160ft LONG RANGE Bluetooth Transmitter or Receiver, Adapter to add wireless audio to Stereo Sound System Speakers Amplifier PC Phone Mac Desktop Extender, 3.5mm AUX RCA(Home RTX -2 Yr Warranty)

This review is of the Miccus Home RTX Long Range. First off it come with a wall power pack, usb cable, one rca-rca cable set (for a dvd or stereo to Miccus) and one 3.5mm to rca cable (for tv headphone, smartphone or ipad audio output jack to Miccus audio in). I didn't see a photo of this in lsiting and in the description it is hidden in a line in the middle so I missed it came with this stuff and I had ordered a TV headphone to unit cable and then found one in the box now giving me extra uneeded parts. I have plenty of usb power widgets so that was not a concern. I only wish the ad listing made it clearer it already has everything in the box you would need to hook it up.. Setup was easy. Well at first I had a problem but then realized my headphones were still paired with my ipad. So unpair first if your headphones were already in use and I turned Bluetooth off in my ipad so as to not interfere. once that was done and a couple cables plugged in to power and tv headphone out the rest was easy. power unit on by holding on-off 3 seconds, you just don't quickly push this one. then it started flashing red and blue lights, this is the pairing mode. turn on headphones, press button on those. they paired up. pretty easy. As for sound staying in sync, I so no problem. I've watched 4-5 movies now and haven't seen any out of sync lips. Range is good too. With my ipad, the range for me with headphones didn't quite reach to the other end of the house. When going from my room to the kitchen I loose connection a little as I walk around a wall into the kitchen or I could not go all the way to the front of the house. They would sometimes loose connection in spots in the kitchen. With the miccus and same headphones and the tv-miccus transmitter is even a little farther away, no problem going to the kitchen and even farther to the front of the house. I didn't try the front porch yet but that is about the same distance I've already gone. Would be possible to listen to music while I'm out there. Once turned on, I've left the Miccus on. I turn my headphones off, recharge them and next time I turn them on they pair up without having to do anything. I like being able to keep the transmitter always on and always ready so I don't have to walk over to it and press on or other buttons every time I want to watch a program. All I do is hit power on tv remote, put on my headphones and I'm good to go. This makes watching tv when I lay down at night more pleasurable. This so far is the best transmitter I've had. I had a couple of those other smaller ones and they didn't go as far or the sound got out of sync with the video. update: Jan 28th 2014 Still working great. Use it every day. Range test: I said before with my headphone just linked to my ipad I could only go about halfway through the house (20 feet or so) before loosing connection. With the same headphones connected to the Miccus and that near the same transmit spot, actually a little farther away, I went down the hall (past the previous cut-off point), out the front door, across the porch, down the stairs and all the way to the mailbox by the road which is 42 feet from the front of the house, and still had audio playing in the headphones just fine. Total distance is over 80 feet and through 3 walls.

Update: Some of the commenters have said the transmitter loses pairing to devices when it is turned off. It does not lose pairing but it does take about 30 - 45 seconds to reconnect when turned on. That is much slower than most Bluetooth devices, but repairing is not necessary. Relax, and be patient for less than a minute. I have moderate to severe hearing loss so I need the TV volume turned up high. Of course high for me to hear is too high for everyone else. Even with the volume up I need to ask my wife "What did they say?" I have had the Miccus Home RTX for only a few days and I am thrilled with it. I use it paired with a Motorola S305 Headset. The Miccus is for TV, and it is not like watching a dubbed Godzilla movie. It works great. Set up was simple and took less than 5 minutes. Most of that time was spent putting the Motorola headset in pairing mode. I have had the Motorola headset for a few years and I had to download the manual for pairing instructions. The Miccus Home RTX was simple to set up and put in pairing mode, just push the Power and TX buttons. I read about keeping it away from WiFi transmitters and was concerned that our WiFi was too close behind the 50" LCD TV. The WiFi is on the right end so I put the Miccus on the left end about 40 inches from the WiFi. There is zero interference. The sound is Bluetooth perfect. Not audiophile snob perfect, but perfect for the other 99.99% of the population. There is a very slight microsecond delay between TV sound and the headset. It is not very noticeable with mouth movements. I read lips so I would notice if it was a big deal. If the TV is loud enough to hear with the headphones, the delay creates an echo. But the echo is no big deal. It makes the room sound bigger. If it is annoying, just turn down the TV sound to where other people hear it anyway. The transmission range is fantastic. We have a pretty big house and I roamed from the family room to the kitchen to the formal dining, to the foyer and living room with walls and insulation in between and zero loss of signal. I can take a bathroom or snack break and not miss anything. I imagine it would transmit to backyard. I have needed something like this for years, but my family and friends probably needed me to have it more. If you have people you like to watch TV with the $50 price is well worth it. If not, keep listening to a loud TV. I like the Motorola S305 headphones also. The sound is excellent. I have been using them with an iPod for two years. I have a huge collection of mp3 music. They fit over the ear instead of in the ear so you can hear people trying to talk to you. The S305's are not good outdoors in the wind though. But I also liked the price at about $35. Aslo, I used my 305s last night for 3 hrs and 4 hrs so far today without a charge. Great for a long day of football.

This works perfectly for what I needed it for: to broadcast music wirelessly at a distance over 30ft. It is designed for a home stereo setup, but with a cheap RCA-to-3.5mm jack cable, it works with your PC also. I hooked mine up so I could broadcast music from my MP3 library into another room. There are a few little bugs, however. 1. The lighting system is backwards. For some reason, they chose to use blue to indicate that the system was syncing, and red to indicate it was connected. That's just weird, as most people associate red with "bad" so it takes a little adjustment to realize that, in this case, red is "good" and you have a solid connection. 2. Initial sync takes way longer than the listing states. I went through the sync procedure several times before I stopped and just gave the two units time to sync. It took a few minutes for the initial sync to take place - not the 20 seconds or so it says in the instructions. Also, the instructions say to sync the two units within a few feet of each other, then move them apart after but it also says that the unit does not have an internal memory, so if you unplug it, it will forget the sync and you'll have to start over again. These two statements are contradictory - if I have to have them so close together to sync them, then I wouldn't need the Bluetooth, and if they won't sync when they are apart, what's the point of doing it wirelessly? I think maybe the engineers wrote the instructions... 3. Speaking of power, the power jack does not fit into the base of the unit very well on my sample. It fits loosely and, since there is no internal battery, I worry every time I touch the thing that the cord will come unplugged and I'll have to re-sync them again. One of these days I'll mix up a little epoxy and just glue the cord in place. 4. You have to hold the power button in for 3 seconds to turn the system on. Not a big deal, but if you don't use the system often you might forget and start wondering if it's broken... So, in short, not the clearest instructions, a bad-fitting jack, confusing lights, and an odd power-on sequence. On the other had, it works GREAT. There is a lag in the music between the transmitter and the receiver, but this is to be expected with Bluetooth encoding. I simply turn off the speakers in one room while I have the wireless set on. I do recommend this device if you need to extend your Bluetooth range.

I have been looking for a device like this to manage my audio playing capability from my cell phone or tablet. I got the device a week back and when I plugged it in the reception was horrible and the range was barely 10ft with no obstructions. Beyond that 10 ft. there was lot of pauses, breaks, static. I got frustrated and started reading reviews to figure out if anybody else had any issues and how they solved it and I found one review where the reviewer has mentioned that there are two metallic plates inside the device housing that is meant to add weight for stability and that caused the interference with the signal but, I don't think that is the case, because I tried removing the metal plates and didn't make any difference. Once I did the below mod and figured the metal plates were not the culprits. In any case for the other reviewer that may be the case and not going to discount him/her on that. Anyway here is what I found and what did to make a it a super powerful device with ultimate reception. ***** Do this at your own risk and if you are handy with bit of gadget knowledge **** 1. Unscrewed the antenna from the back of the device to install a longer antenna and I did find a Wi-Fi router antenna in my stash and unfortunately it did not make any difference. Here is the problem: The antenna base on the device should have a copper pin like protrusion in the center to get inserted into the actual antenna that is screwed in. The copper or gold plated pin was missing and I noticed that there was a hole instead and I checked my Wi-Fi and other antenna bases and they have a pin to sit into the antenna. 2. Took a pure copper wire that I used for my sons school project and etched of the insulation and cut a 1.5 centimeter piece and took a forceps or pliers and inserted it into the base of the antenna firmly and screwed in the antenna making sure it gets inserted into the hole of the actual antenna. Tightened it firmly. 3. Turn on the device and wallah, I have a such a strong receiver now, I can walk anywhere in my two storied house and I get crystal clear sound. Note: 1. You don't need any longer antenna than it came with it. 2. If your device has pin in the antenna try removing the metal plates from the housing of the device, for which you need to unscrew the device from the bottom. I don't think that matters but you may want to try. 3. I am attaching a picture illustrating the problem, if you still have q's contact me or responmd to this review and I will reply back. 4. Regarding the actual clarity of the sound, I tried to compare with playing songs from my DVR and the same song through my cell phone using this device and had very similar result, I suggest that you check the device equalizer and tone settings before you compare the sound quality. 5. Other reviewers mentioned that increasing the volume beyond a certain limit is causing the distortion but that is not the case, I set my receiver at a fairly high volume and use my cell phone volume control to manage the volume and works perfectly well and has no distortion at the max volume. UPDATE: 10/30/12 One of the reviewer replied to my review and mentioned that Miccus has posted the antenna issue on their website and offering to replace the defective antenna. I emailed customer service with the problem and my order details and they replied promptly with acknowledgement of the issue and have sent a replacement antenna in few days. Anyway my fix works well so didn't bother to put the new antenna in. Thank you for letting me know and all good reviewers helping other buyers.

I purchased this so that I could play records - via my home stereo/turntable setup - and use with a bluetooth speaker in another room. I really wanted this thing to work and had high hopes... which were essentially squashed as soon as I took it out of the box. After connecting the unit to my stereo receiver, I followed the instructions and tried to power on the unit by pressing the larger center button. When I did so, the button went into the unit and did not release. Basically, it got stuck - as did the buttons on either side. Long story short, this product is very cheaply manufactured and very poorly designed. After I somehow (luckily) got the buttons to release from inside the unit, I attempted to test it out by playing a record. I immediately noticed that the audio was quite distorted - although the volume control on my stereo receiver was rather low. I also checked to ensure that the volume of my bluetooth speaker was appropriate - which it was. After troubleshooting for some time, I decided to get on the manufacturer's website and read the FAQs section. There, I discovered that the unit transmits audio at a level of +6dB! This is a bit ridiculous and unnecessary. Fortunately, I have a DBX expander unit that I ultimately used as an intermediary between my stereo receiver and this unit. I ran my audio through the DBX device, which allowed me to lower the overall output volume before it ever reached the stereo receiver... and this allowed me to play back audio without distortion. For those who do not have some sort of unit to "dumb down" the volume - pre-amplifier - I think you'd be out of luck. I should also mention that there was a delay between the audio coming from my home stereo speakers and the audio playing via the bluetooth speaker... which is quite annoying. To remedy this issue, I basically had to turn off the volume from the stereo receiver (eliminating the stereo speakers) and just use the bluetooth speaker. I guess if you were going to use the bluetooth speaker far enough from the stereo where you couldn't here the stereo speakers, it might be ok.... but otherwise, it's rather distracting. The final straw was when I wanted to use the unit to play back some music for our guests on Christmas morning. I put a record on, turned on the bluetooth unit and received no audio. Upon further investigation, I noticed that the lights on the unit were not illuminated at all, however the light on the AC adapter was lit... so, basically the unit finally bit the dust. For what reason, I do not know - as I hadn't even used it in days. Again, I really had high hopes for this device. We have a small child in our house, which means I have to keep my stereo (and speakers) in another room where he cannot reach. Therefore, the ability to stream audio via bluetooth to other rooms of the house sounded like a dream come true. Hopefully there are other comparable items out there, but for now, it's back to the drawing board.

Once I got this thing working, it works well. Range is quite good and it pairs easily with a variety of stuff. Sound quality is acceptable. The designers did good in that respect. But c'mon, there are some really stupid things that make this a device for geeks only. Seriously, did the guy with the brain at Miccus quit once they got the prototype working? For the price relative to some of the other options, it should be a little better implemented than it is. First up, the antenna. If you want any range you need it. A female plug into a female plug doesn't work, so you have to search around for a wire with the right diameter to jam in there and make a connection. Don't bother with this if you aren't geeky enough to have a bunch of different diameter wires around along with a wire stripper. I tried a paper clip, but it was a little too thin. Bending each end just a little might do the job, but I happened to have the right wire around. Wish I could tell you what gauge it is, but it wound up being some leftovers from my underground dog fence. Next up, power. All the included wires are all pathetically short. For power, this uses a mini-usb. OK, that's fine. They provide a small travel usb charging dongle and a 2' cord. Yeah, that's not going to make it. Luckily, I had an old phone charger with about a 6' cord laying around. Problem 2 dealt with. Hey, all that's left is to connect the audio input plug and I'm ready to go. For years we've gotten by with a cable that gets plugged into headphone or line-out ports of various devices and plays through the stereo. One of the things I liked about this device prior to buying it was that it could accept either RCA or a headphone style plug. That way we can still use our non-bluetooth devices if necessary by just popping out the plug. But when I plugged it in to my existing connection, it only played out one speaker. Ugghhh. So, I temporarily patched in their included cable and it played out only the other speaker. I found when I pushed it in really hard the other speaker would pop on. So, I shaved a little plastic off the connector and it works. I tested both cables with 3 other devices and all 3 would work with either cable. The Miccus never worked with my nicer, and significantly longer cable. So I'm stuck with my modification of their short and cheap cable if I want this thing to work. I expect this will be a problem in the future after we unplug it a few times. Luckily, I'm geeky enough that I can probably fix it. I shouldn't have to disassemble things out of the box though. But, from the reviews I read, some of the competing devices must be disassembled to work properly also. I'd like to be able to give this thing more stars, but I just can't. It would take very little to make this thing right, but the devil (and stars) is in the details. They didn't get those right. This thing would never work for my mother (and she would want one). The good (once you get it set up): - Good range - Acceptable sound quality - Easy to use The bad: - Antenna doesn't work as delivered, you must fix it to get the good points above - Super short cables - Poor quality 1/8" audio connectors This thing is trying to be a high-end device. The looks, packaging, and price sure make it seem that way. Underneath it's more like something someone assembled in their basement and expects you to figure out how to get it working right. If they just fixed the antenna I'd probably give it 4.5 stars. But I think that is indicative of their lack of attention to details on this product.

First of all, let me reiterate this review is for the Miccus RTX 2.0. I've included the purchase date of Aug 2021 in my review because, although this is the same model Miccus has been producing for at least two years, it has been changed to fix an annoying problem. And that fix is that it no longer does a Bluetooth auto-connect. There are so many complaints regarding bluetooth devices which auto-connect and they all revolve around the fact that the auto-connect feature is built-in and can't be configured. Therefore the user has no control - the device takes charge and grabs the bluetooth connection. For instance, I use this device as a bluetooth receiver for music that originates on my phone. My phone sends the music to the Miccus via bluetooth, and the Miccus is connected via audio jack to my home stereo amplifier. If I want to connect my phone to a pair of bluetooth headphones for listening, I want the ability to disconnect from the Miccus and connect to the headphones. A friend who bought this Miccus RTX 2.0 in 2019 has a product which does auto-connect. If you attempt to disconnect from this older Miccus using the Android phone's menu option, you hear the Miccus report "disconnected"... then a few seconds later "connected". This is really annoying, so I'm happy to report that the auto-connect feature has been removed and is no longer a problem. I can report that the low latency feature works well as both a receiver and transmitter. I had a karaoke setup which was suffering from a ground hum problem when a computer and audio amplifier were connected via audio cables. I needed a wireless connection between the two to solve this problem, but older bluetooth technology introduced a delay which was totally unacceptable; the singer would hear the instrument background, sing into the mic, then hear themselves singing a half-second later. Pairing up two of the Miccus RTX 2.0's as a receiver - transmitter combination solved this latency problem perfectly. I'm happy with the range. Even though I didn't do a long distance test with the Miccus RTX 2.0 set up as a transmitter, it outperformed an older bluetooth receiver I had when I used the same phone to transmit to one receiver, then another. Outdoors, my Android Pixel 3a phone's bluetooth was picked up by the Miccus RTX 2.0 a good 200 feet away. An older bluetooth receiver I had been using couldn't handle anything near that distance. I highly recommend this device for it's consistent performance, straightforward controls, it's capability as either a receiver or transmitter, and it's ability to handle either an analog or TOSLINK digital audio signal.

This is exactly what I was looking for! An easy to use, reliable, far reaching, audio transmitter I could use outside while doing yard work, etc. Now my wife is saying she will use it when we have guests over; guys can watch football on TV while the girls listen to their music in another room. Recently completed hooking this up to zone 2 of an Onkyo TX-NR838 receiver. Setup was very simple; connect to power source using supplied transformer and cable (USB, 3'); then connect to audio source (Zone 2) using the supplied stereo analog cable (RCA jacks, 3'). Then pair with bluetooth speakers (Braven 710) by putting both devices in pairing mode. I have a two-story home on a large yard. The signal is received reliably and consistently along the entire perimeter of the yard and throughout the house. The Miccus is located in the back of the house, so the signal is great in the backyard where the pool, grill and entertaining area is located. The signal is not as strong in the front because it has to travel through several walls and a garage door to get there. As a result, the bluetooth speakers have to be oriented to the signal source, but the signal is established and maintained once oriented properly. Regarding pairing, once paired and then powered down, the speakers have to repaired everytime they are powered back up. So, I have to put the speakers in pairing mode every time I want to use them, they cannot just be turned on and used. Also, if the Miccus is unplugged from power, the entire pairing process has to be repeated. This just means the Miccus has to be put in pairing mode along with the speakers; that just involves pusing the TX button on the Miccus. Regarding volume, the speakers have a volume adjustment and zone 2 on the Onkyo TX-NR838 is a powered zone. I used both adjustments to get the volume level where it sounded best. As an aside, I got the Onkyo to send all kinds of inputs to zone 2 by connecting everything I could using analog RCA cables. The blueray player and DirecTV DVR, while using digital HDMI as the primary signal to the system, also simultaneously output audio on the analog stereo jacks. So, by hooking those analog outputs to analog inputs on the Onkyo (e.g. Game, TV/CD) allowed me to listen to these sources as well as other analog inputs. Other analog inputs I have are an XM receiver and phonograph.

Arrived on time useful bit of kit

Después de buscar mucho, compre uno. Cómo funciona tan bien, compre 4 más por otras oficinas. Simple producto que da exactamente lo que compromete.

Does exactly what I wanted. With this device, a Bluetooth boombox and two audio input splitter switches and a selection of cables, I can listen to my records around the house, while the rest of the family are watching TV or doing their phones. I have connected it in place of the cassette deck via the switch boxes. The dynamic sound response is remarkable, if you adjust the volume of the boombox to a comfortable level while listening to a quiet part of the record, so that the rumble of the turntable is evident, the next loud passage will blow you away!! (Note this as a warning if using headphones)

Excelente artículo

I have put this through it's paces after buying a previous terrible one from a different supplier and this was fantastic, it done EXACTLY as described and at a very good price......delivery time was also good.....Recommended.