like some other reviewers, I was confused by the lack of transmitter as the guide that comes with it only refers to how to use them with the transmitter. Eventually I found the info online that says you don't need it and that you can connect from the DVD player, which is great but that key information is nowhere in the guides that come with it, you have to go online to find it. Then I still couldn't get them working, it turns out because the batteries that were supplied with it were dead. Once I figured that out, it worked absolutely fine. It's also not entirely intuitive or easy to find in the guides that you have to turn down the unit volume separately from managing the volume in the headphones, but again we got there and now it all works great for a great price.