Ernie,

I've had the exact same experience with a pair I bought last November. At first I thought I had a bad set right out of the box, but found out that I had to have the headset on the cradle before plugging into the TV (yeah, doesn't sound right). Then the connection between the TV and the headphones would die during a commercial, which i solved by disconnecting the phones from the TV.

Now they just plain don't work. No static, no nothing. Looks like it is charging, but no green light when connected to the TV. I have changed batteries, but no luck there either. And yes, confirmed that the output jack is hot with a couple of wired phones.

Sorry that my experience did not help you, but thought I would share my experience anyway.