For enjoying UCL Final at late night, you turned on your TCL TV. But without sound, football can’t be enjoyable. But if you turned on sound then there is a high chance of getting scolded by your mom and that’s why you choose to use your wired headphone with the TCL TV.
But after connecting the headphone to your TCL TV, you find out that the headphone jack is not transmitting any sound through your headphone. Well, this issue can happen due to improper sound settings or a loose connection. This issue can be solved by restarting the TV or changing the sound settings.
However, there are other reasons and solutions too. In this article, we have shared the reasons as well as solutions that you can follow to fix the headphone jack of TCL TV. Let’s fix it now!
Reasons Behind The Headphone Jack Of TCL TV Isn’t Working
Before providing a medicine, you will need to identify what the actual disease is! When the headphone jack of your TCL TV isn’t working then the following reasons are to be blamed.
- TCL TV is Connected to another sound source.
- Dust and debris accumulated inside the headphone jack of your TV.
- The headphone or the headphone jack of the TV is physically damaged.
- Headphone mode isn’t selected in TV sound settings.
Sometimes, we lower or mute the sound of the TV. And when we encounter this kind of issue, we forgot to check with these two things. That’s a very common mistake of ours. So, check them out whenever you will turn on your TV or connecting an peripheral device to your TV for audio.
Methods For Making The Headphone Jack Of TCL TV Workable Again
Sometimes, we lower or mute the sound of the TV. And when we encounter this kind of issue, we forgot to check with these two things. That’s a very common mistake of ours. So, check them out whenever you will turn on your TV or connecting an audio peripheral to your TV.
Now, let’s find out how to fix the TCL TV headphone jack.
Method 1: Perform A Power Cycle On Your TCL TV
Due to a bug or glitch, the headphone jack mightn’t work. In this case, a power cycle can solve this issue. Here are the steps that you will need to follow.
- Step 1: First turn off the TV.
- Step 2: Now, unplug the power cord of your TCL TV and wait for at least 5 minutes. It will help to discharge the electricity.
- Step 3: Now plug in the power cord and turn on the TV.
Now, connect the headphone to the TV headphone jack and see whether it’s working on not.
Method 2: Disconnect Wireless Audio Device
If your TCL TV has the Bluetooth feature then most probably the TV is connected to a wireless audio device such as speakers, or wireless headphones. For this, go to the Bluetooth settings and turn off Bluetooth. Now, connect your headphone to the headphone jack and check whether it’s working or not.
Method 3: Switch To Headphone Mode
There is a unique feature on TCL TVs which is Headphone mode. Basically, after connecting a headphone to your TCL TV, the headphone mode is activated by itself but if it doesn’t then you will need to turn on the headphone mode. To do so,
- First go to the TV menu.
- Then from there, navigate to settings.
- Inside Settings, look for Sound/Audio settings, and navigate to it.
- Now, navigate to Audio Mode, there you will have the Headphones option, and select it.
Check whether you are getting sound or not.
Method 4: Clean The TCL TV’s Headphone Port
If dust and debris accumulated inside the TV’s headphone port then it won’t let you connect the headphone to the headphone port properly. For this, take a toothpick and clean the inside of the TV’s headphone port. After cleaning, try to connect the headphone and check whether it’s working or not.
Conclusion
By following the aforementioned methods, you can easily fix the headphone jack of your TCL TV. If still you are facing this issue then try another headphone with it. And if all of them failed then take your TV to a nearby customer support center.
Frequently Asked Questions And Answers
1.How Do I Connect My Wired Headphones To My TCL TV?
The process is very easy. Take your headphone and connect your headphone jack to the TV 3.5 mm headphone port.
2.How To Get Sound On Speakers And Headphones From TCL TV?
For getting sound on both speakers and headphones, you will need to use a digital-analog converter. Connect the converter to the optical output of your TV and then connect the wireless headset base. Now, you can get sound on both speakers and headphones.
