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XDA Exec & bluetooth headset; does it work well?

Hello all,
I'm considering moving up to the XDA Exec; especially now that I see many contributors here have worked out how to get it running well.
However I suspect that, with its bigger size, using a bluetooth headset will be even more important. My experiences with my XDAII were that it was never quite reliable enough to use day-to-day (even after trying different bluetooth stacks etc.)
So what are your experiences:
- does it work well
- how about the voice dialling via bluetooth
- caller id on compatibale headsets work?
cheers,
Pete

I'd say it depends on your headset, but yes: The Exec handles my Bluetooth headset more reliably than my XDA2 did.
I've got a SonyEricsson HBH-65 that was occasionally great and occasionally infuriating with my XDA2, but it seems much happier with the Exec. It's not perfect since it's tough to interpret the various bleeps and boops that the headset gives out and understand what they mean, but I'm getting used to it. It'd be a lot easier if the headset makers could give us more than one button... :roll:
With my HBH-65 and my Exec I can receive calls and use voice dialling to make calls (provided I've configured the voice dial commands already). The voicedial bleeps are a bit quiet in the headset but trial and error might improve things.
Some people seem to have problems using voicedial if their Exec is closed and turned off, but I don't seem to have the same problem. The first press of the headset button switches the Exec on and then a second one gives me the voice prompt.
Hope this helps

I've tried a Bluespoon AX and a Plantronics Discovery 640 with my headset and while they both appear to work fine functionaly, the quality of the audio is bad. I've tested the same bluetooth devices with other phones and the quality is much better.
Does anyone else have this problem? I'm going to go into to O2 later today and see if they've had reports of this before. Maybe I have a dud device.

I have an Exec, a Jasjar *and* an MDA Pro the Exec is mine, the rest is Eval.) and the Exec and MDA pro handle BT Headset fine. The Jasjar however keeps dropping the connection between the device and the headset. Flashing the MDA Pro with the Jasjar ROM made that the Pro also started dropping the connection between device and headset.
Conclusion, something is flaky in the Jasjar Rom.

There are a number of posts relating to this dropping of connection in this forum.

G'day
I have had the Jabra BT800 for a few months and never used it as it was pointless with the XDA IIs, but it works perfectly with the JasJar. It even rings about half a second before the phone does and shows the callers number (pitty it doesnt show the name from the phones contacts).
I am happy i didnt sell the BT800, as now i can keep the JasJar closed in my pocket when i just need to answer the phone.
Paul

ive used a jabra bt250v no problems voice dial is much better and works fine but i havent found how to get the audiogaeway working any ideas anyone so i can get tomtom throught the headset

JJ and Jabra BT 800 work well and voice dial works very well. Have made 1.5 hours in the last two weeks and not dropped calls. When used inside a car or in a room the signal is okay but as soon as you use the Jabra BT800 and JJ outside the signal gets weaker.

TyTN and bluetooth carkit

Hi to all.
Have any of You experience with connecting TyTN to more sophisticated bt carkit. Mine connects perfectly to my simple motorola carkit but does not want to connect to Parrot 3100 at all.

Hi varden,
There are some issues with tytn an parrot CK connection. As it is discussed on this thread, Parrot is aware of the problem and say they are waiting for a tytn unit to test it and solve the problems.
http://www.parrot.biz/forums/english/viewtopic.php?id=2667
Regards.

Do You know of any other working carkit with an LCD and contacts importing?

My Audi BT carkit doesn't work with the TyTN,
It connects and stays connected for about 5 minutes, then it randomly disconnects and reconnects and sometimes just disables the BT on the TyTN :evil:

I have no troubles using my Lexus car kit for making calls, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to transfer contacts from the TyTN to the car address book

Just tried my Orange SPV M3100 with my Audi A4 BT carkit, and it all appears to work fine so far.
To the Lexus guy, most in built car kits I have come accross have the ability to read the contacts off the SIM card. As this is a standard format, car manufactureres don't have to worry about accessing contacts from Symbian, Windows Mobile, Nokia etc etc etc. With my Audi, the first time it connects via Bluetooth, it reads all the contacts from the SIM card. (Note: if you already have a Bluetooth connection created, you will have to delete it and then re-create it to initiate the SIM download bit).
This maybe different on your Lexus, but the mechanism should be explained in your manuals somewhere. If not, Lexus dealers are reknowed for being very helpful, why not try them!
Markee

CK 3000?
Does anyone have any experience with the TyTN and the simpler CK 3000 kit?

I use my TyTN with a sony ericsson bluetooth car-kit. It works perfect at the moment. I didn't use it much yet, but it works very well. the TyTN connects much faster then my previous Eten M600

Does anybody have the Tytn work with a Lexus Bluetooth carkit?
If yes - is the phonebook transferred to the carkit?
Thank you

TyTN with Parrot RNB
Hello together,
I'm using the MDA Vario II together with a Parrot RNB. Paring, connecting and phone-book synchronising is working quite well. But I have problems with phoning. While synchronising I can't make a call. When I try I don't hear anything (no ring tone and no speech) and my MDA disconnects after some seconds.
After synchronising the phone handling is quite good. I can reach and make calls either with the RNB or with my MDA and the sound quality of my phone partner is very good. The big problem is, that my speech is muted every two seconds for about one second. So my partner has big problems to understand me.
On the RNB I have the latest firmware, which is about one year old and on my MDA I have the ROM Version: 1.21.111.3 and the Radio Version: 1.05.02.00
Does anyone have some hints for me to solve the problems?
Greetings Pudl

Phonebook transfer to Lexus now works
Finally managed to send contacts over to my LS430 from my Hermes (Cingular 8525).
How you ask?
WM6!
It has an updated bluetooth stack that now interoperates properly.
Finally.

@Mandingo,
How did you achieve this, i just picked up my RX350 and i already have WM6 on my Hermes, but i can only send 1 contact at a time to the car, and it's becoming painful, i wish there was some way i could select all contacts and then send via bluetooth?

if you go to http://www.jetwaremobile.com/ you can download their cab file, then install it and you can push all the contacts over in 1 go.
Paul

I have a BMW with bluetooth phone kit (official BMW!) and i couldn't use it with me Symbian phone... Now i have a TyTN and all works great

I stopped using sync on my TyTN with my CK3300. Instead I exported all my contacts from Outlook with the Parrot App, and pushed them over bluetooth to the kit.
You need to select the SonyEricsson K800 NO SYNC when pairing the TyTN so it doesn't sync. The advantages with this is that you can use the dual keyword (name then home/work/mobile) instead of the default sync that just puts all numbers in one long list.

Parrot CK3000
I am using a TyTn with a simply Parrot 3000. It works well. If you have a problem with it, reset the Parrot.

BT Carkit without problems?

Does anyone know which bluetooth carkits work without problems in combination with the Hermes/TyTN?
With the Parrot CK3000 Evolution I have now, I have the known problems with the Bluetooth turning itself of on the Hermes/TyTN.
I switched to the Parrot when I had an Magician/MDA Compact and a Nokia CK-7W and that combination had an awful amount of echo for the other party. The Parrot didn't have the echo, but I had to reset my MDA Compact quite often to get it to work properly.
I wouldn't mind getting something else again, but which one? Is there a bluetooth Carkit out there that works as it is supposed to with the TyTN?

Hi SomeJoe
There seem to be mixed reports on this - and it has been discussed previously:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276272&highlight=bluetooth
It seems that a "true" TyTn has issues, whereas Orange and others do not - most likely better ROM/BT?
Irrespective, try going into menu when making/receiving a call and selecting "Turn handsfree off". This seems to reset the headset profile and turns the audio on. Easy for outgoing, fiddly when answering incoming but manageable until the perky ROM update (hopefully) fixes it

Thanks for the reply, but knowing T-Mobile it might be a while before firmware updates show up.
Can anyone name specific brand and types of carkits that they have good experiences with?

Voice activated calls over bluetooth

Hi,
I have an original i-mate JAM and one of my frustrations is that it does not support making voice activated calls over bluetooth.
Is anyone able to confirm that this is possible with the JAMin?
TIA
G

Yes it is.
The Jamin (at least with official i-mate ROM) has built in "voice speed dial" (cut down version of Cyberon voice commander) and it works fine over BT.
Tried with Motorola H350 and Scala 500.

Thanks for the answer levenum.
Related question: has anybody been able to use a Jamin with Ford's in-car audio system? I can't get it to connect but, even more annoying, my daughters £50 phone connected first time!!!

Bumping this in the hope that someone out there uses a JAMin or similar with Ford Audio in-car bluetooth...

Bluetooth Problems

Does anyone know how to fix bluetooth problem of not being able to send files through bluetooth after upgrading a Hurricane SPV 550 phone from wm5 to wm6?

I've got the same problem. After upgrading My TyTN can not receive any files thru bluetooth it can only send.