Headphones - UC

My wife and I both have Under Armour Project Rock over-ear noise-cancelling wireless headphones. Fab for hiking / gym etc.

Would these be any use flying UC on one of the newly refurbed A330-200s? Can you use bluetooth to connect headphones?

They do have the option to plug in using good old fashioned wire, but then the noise cancelling and bass doesn't work...So not much good.

...I've always found the standard UC headphones to be dreadful, can never understand dialogue on films...

[mitchja]

There is no Bluetooth connection on any of the VS fleet sorry.

The A330-200’s also have a strange 3 pin triangle type connection for the headphones in J. My standard single pin wired Bose headphones did work reasonably well though. No idea about the rest of the cabins sorry?

Thank you mitchja. Will be leaving them at home in that case! Good to know.

Yes...I remember the 3 pin thing now, mine kept cutting out last time unless pulled out 'exactly' the right amount!

Do they hand out adapters for this weird 3 pin thing?!

[mitchja]

I'm not sure to be honest. The standard single plug seems to work reasonably well most of the time (it's not 100% and you may need to experiment picking the best socket to use). Those double pin airline adapters (which my older Bose headphones came with) also work pretty well too in the bottom 2 sockets.

Edit - I've found a pic of he headphone socket on the A332's:

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(USB at the top)

Couldn’t you use an adaptor similar to this one sold by VS with your Bluetooth headphones?

https://retailtherapyshopping.com/rha-w ... ht-adaptor

Rcslt - good question...thanks for the suggestion, it does sound 'on the tin' like it's exactly what we need.

Does anyone have any experience using such a thing on VS?

I have the RHA adaptor, and it works well, only tried it on BA though.

Apple sell a similar one by Twelve South, the Twelve South AirFly Pro Bluetooth Transmitter for £55