Allison originally discovered and reviewed way back in the summer of 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\nLet\u2019s start with our problem to be solved, and it\u2019s way more common than many are willing to admit.<\/p>\n
TV volume!<\/p>\n
This may well be an issue right in your own home, with one person turning the volume up WAY too high and someone else feeling blasted out.
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\nI\u2019m actually a bit of a special case. Most days I solve this problem differently than I would suggest here.<\/p>\n
I wear hearing aids to help with all aspects of my own world. I\u2019ve actually got a proprietary piece of hardware that I plug into my AppleTV to take care of this for me. For me it\u2019s a $7000 pair of hearing aids, plus a $300 \u2018custom box\u2019 that passes TV audio directly to my years. This lets me adjust the TV volume to whatever I need without affecting anyone else at home. I\u2019ve often had visitors comment on how cool that ability would be. Usually the next words out of their mouths are \u201cbut I don\u2019t want to have to get hearing aids to get it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, now you too can have this ability with the app TUNITY on the iOS or Android App Store.<\/p>\n
You can also read more about the app and their services at www.tunity.com<\/p>\n
Tunity only works for \u201clive TV streams\u201d. So broadcast, cable, satellite should work just fine for you. Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, and the soon-to-come Apple TV+ – not so much.<\/p>\n
Just install Tunity on your iPhone or Android phone and create your free account, and then give the app permission to use your camera and you\u2019re GPS. The app needs camera access to be able to scan your screen and visually recognize what you are watching. GPS access is required to locate you and decide what TV providers are in your immediate area.<\/p>\n
Once you start the app, it will open a camera screen and show a rectangle for you to line up the TV screen. I\u2019ve been more successful if I stand and walk toward the TV to fill the scan area with my TV picture. Once you do that you activate the \u201ctap to scan\u201d button.<\/p>\n
First, you will see UPLOADING as the image you just took is uploaded to their service. You will then see DETECTING as the Tunity servers try to decide what you are watching.<\/p>\n
At this point your TV stream should be identified, and your TV audio should begin playing in your headphones immediately. As an added bonus, this is an independent audio stream using your phone\u2019s data. So, if you have (by way of example) started the morning news and decided to head out on your morning walk around the neighborhood, your TV audio is now traveling with you! How cool is that?<\/p>\n
One huge feature update has come along since Allison\u2019s 2016 review. You may notice a slight misalignment between the audio in your headphones and what is on the TV. That\u2019s not a problem in this most recent version. At the bottom of the app\u2019s screen you will see a \u201cFine Tune Audio Sync\u201d graph. It\u2019s got a scale that lets you adjust forward or backward. The scale seems to indicate you can jump either direction. It appears that there are five incremental marks before you hit each full second. So you should be able to either shift forward or backward by fractions of a second.<\/p>\n
SO now… here\u2019s the problem solved.<\/p>\n
Whether you\u2019re at home with someone who likes the TV at a radically different volume than yourself, or at hotel, a friend\u2019s house, a sports bar, or anyplace else where you would like absolute and personal control over the volume of the TV without disturbing others in any way. Check out Tunity for your smartphone.<\/p>\n
Oh, and by the way – STAY SUBSCRIBED!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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