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hello,
Is it possible to listen to mp3 through the Bluetooth headset?
Not with the current bluetooth software as it stands, however this will change (hopefully) when the new rom is released with the updated bluetooth.
I managed to get MP3s to play through my HBH65 bluetooth headset from my mate's iPaq 2210, but the quality was awful. It was the same trying audio from my PC through the headset (with my sound-enabled bluetooth dongle).
In the long term, it may be possible with the XDA2, but you won't want to do it.
if audio over bluetooth's quality is aimed at the quality of a normal phone it will always be mono and sampled at 3khz or something like that music will never be that nice at such a low rate
of cause i have come across stereo bluetooth headsets which i suppose is strange
stereo bt
There was a stereo bt at CES, only POC but showed promise. I believe they muxing and demuxing at the headset. Obviously needs special drivers, and the hardware at the earpiece is in a dongle, with two ear pieces. Maybe if Apple and Archos take it up it will become available.
sublimatica said:
I managed to get MP3s to play through my HBH65 bluetooth headset from my mate's iPaq 2210, but the quality was awful. It was the same trying audio from my PC through the headset (with my sound-enabled bluetooth dongle).
In the long term, it may be possible with the XDA2, but you won't want to do it.
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Can you share with us how can you do that?
I don't need very good quality for MP3.
Thanks
sublimatica said:
I managed to get MP3s to play through my HBH65 bluetooth headset from my mate's iPaq 2210, but the quality was awful. It was the same trying audio from my PC through the headset (with my sound-enabled bluetooth dongle).
In the long term, it may be possible with the XDA2, but you won't want to do it.
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Can you share with us how can you do that?
I don't need very good quality for MP3.
Thanks
I want to know too.
Thanks~~
When I did it, it was on an Ipaq 2210, not the XDA2, so I'm sure the same technique won't apply since the 2210 uses the Widcomm Bluetooth stack. I had to install a new DLL over an old one on the machine and change a load of registry settings.
I found everything I needed on Google, although I can't recall where exactly.
Do you still want to know?
Yes, I do.
I am not very familiar to use keyword searching on Google.
Instead, i just type a sentence, and normal i cant find what i want..lol
Still looking...
Searched several strings on this, but still looks like no way to play audio (other than phone) to bluetooth headset. I have an XDA II with what appears to be the latest ROM (1.66.00)
As to why, I'm not looking for music MP3, but rather I listen to lots of audiobooks from audible.com. Doesn't seem to make any sense to have to change headsets, bluetooth one for phone and wired one for all other audio!
Whoever finds the solution, please post it here!
Well, several years have passed ...
Any one have an answer for this one ? ( How to play mp3 audio located on the XDA II device thrue a bluetooth headset ... )
Having spend several hours searching for information on the extent to which various stereo headsets are fully supporting A2DP and AVRCP on the Prophet with the A2DP hack, and not really getting a clear overview, I thought it might be useful if a thread was started to list the headsets in common use with an indication of their capabiliteis. Hope people will contribute in providing a useful resource:
So here goes: I have a Globalsat BTH-820:
What's Working:
Note: Only tested with Media Player 10 (results may it seem differ with for example Pocket Music/Pocket Player)
-Once paired, connects with a 4 second press of the On-Off button.
-Next and Previous track buttons work.
-Volume Up and Down work (amplification is by the unit, not the PPC)
-With the Voice Command hack via BT, MS voice Command can be heard through the headset and replied to via the built-in mic
What's Not Working:
-Play/Pause. Audio can be paused and stopped remotely (the latter with the on-off/call answer button) but cannot be resumed without using the PPC.
-Voice Command initiation: Has to be initiated via a button on the pocket pc
Other Observations:
-Sound quality is pretty good so long as the pocket pc's volume is set at max and the BTH-820 volume control is used with restraint. Background noise becomes apparent when the BTH-820's volume is cranked up too far.
-No pauses, skips or breakup of signal if within range of the PPC. Signal strength is pretty good too (though I think primarily because the Prophet's bluetooth signal is particularly strong)
-Bass is good but treble is a little thin and metallic (I think in common with all MS BT Stack A2DP implementations and down to the poor SBC compression algorithm).
Note that the BTH-820 works perfectly on devices with the Widcomm BT stack. On the iPaq hx4700, for example, the sound is very good indeed.
Even the h6340 (running a slower OMAP processor than the Prophet) acquits itself very well
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Steve
Try use Pocket Music Player 4.2.6. All AVRCP function is worked. :lol:
Good to have a Thread like this by now. I want to buy the Motorola HT820 and i like to have good Bass - I friend of mine has got the Sony Walkman Mobile Phone with these awesome in-ear Headphones.
Does a BT Headset have the same/better Sound than a wired one ?
What about the Motorola ?
Battery drain?
How much more battery is drained when you listen to music with bluetooth compared to thru a normal "wire" from the phone to earplugs?
Thanks
Hi: I've not really attempted to keep track of battery drain. There's obviously the overhead of having Bluetooth on and the processing required to compress the audio for transmission. Nothing like as much as with WiFi on, though.
Regards,
Steve
I have:
Sony Ericsson HBH-610
Doesn´t seem to work at all :=(
Can´t get it to make me an offer to check the box for "use as wireless headset", got the option when I rightclick the icon, although it´s greyed out.
My guess is that this headset can´t be used for this, anyone who have it working?
I have the Plantronics Pulsar 590 and they work flawlessly with PocketMusic.
The track fades makes the whole experience a lot better....
Best regards,
Rayan
I have the Plantronics Pulsar 590 and they work flawlessly with PocketMusic.
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Ok, but I don´t wan´t those with the wrap around the head.
How about Sony Ericsson DS970, anyone tried those?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp...der&php=php1_10394&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10394
/fahlis
Moto HT 820
AVRCP works with WMP, Pocket Player 2.72 and up with gen_wmhost.dll plug-in, PocketMusic 2.6.XXX. SOmetimes with WMP u do have to tap play|pause on the screen once to make it work from headphones.
Auto reconnects, however play|pause button also initialises connection.
Uptime: around 12.5 hrs of continious playback, whereas JAMin/display off, Bt on, GSM on, Non overclocked CPU, music from SD card/ stays for something around 7 hrs (6.5 when overclocked to 240).
Bluetake i-phono mini?
Hi,
I am looking to buy the Bluetake i-phono mini (a pain to get hold of in Australia :shock: ). Has anyone tried to pair with this set of headphones (and what was the quality like?)
Cheers,
Winkie
pocket music player
stevep,
I have the same bluetooth bth-820 and have the exact same issues with windows mobile media player.
But goddamn, sas90850 is completely right. Pocket music player solved all the issues. Play/pause now works, plus it has an equalizers and aac support.
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Update 7/26/2006:
PocketMusic was just too resource heavy for my HTC Wizard. Even though my Wizard is overclocked at 264mhz, I still would get skipping, white screens and having to constantly reboot because of application freezes. PocketMusic doesn't work reliably with the Wizard.
I did however find another, lighter and arguably better player. PocketPlayer by Conduits.
First install version Pocket Player 2.8. AVRCP will not work until you install WMP plugin adapter 1.1. Everything works and it is awesome. The program has everything you need.
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Pocket Player version 2.8
WMP plugin adapter 1.1
HTC Wizard (Cingular 8125)
Qtek OS 2.17.7.2
Globstat BTH-820 Stereo headset
I do own a Anycom BSH-100. Always skip every 20 sec. Never got it work with nothing.
Looking to change it.
Option.
Bluetake mini with they audio gateway
BlueAnt X5 (are they the same as the sonorix???)
Globalsat BTH-820 with BTA-830
if i could find an audio gateway
Jabra 620s
Motorola HT820
Any other suggestion would be welcome.
fahlis said:
I have the Plantronics Pulsar 590 and they work flawlessly with PocketMusic.
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Ok, but I don´t wan´t those with the wrap around the head.
How about Sony Ericsson DS970, anyone tried those?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp...der&php=php1_10394&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10394
/fahlis
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I really really want these for my new m600.. anyone got any update on their compatability?
cheers
Re: pocket music player
Nemolacuna said:
stevep,
I have the same bluetooth bth-820 and have the exact same issues with windows mobile media player.
But goddamn, sas90850 is completely right. Pocket music player solved all the issues. Play/pause now works, plus it has an equalizers and aac support.
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Update 7/26/2006:
PocketMusic was just too resource heavy for my HTC Wizard. Even though my Wizard is overclocked at 264mhz, I still would get skipping, white screens and having to constantly reboot because of application freezes. PocketMusic doesn't work reliably with the Wizard.
I did however find another, lighter and arguably better player. PocketPlayer by Conduits.
First install version Pocket Player 2.8. AVRCP will not work until you install WMP plugin adapter 1.1. Everything works and it is awesome. The program has everything you need.
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Pocket Player version 2.8
WMP plugin adapter 1.1
HTC Wizard (Cingular 8125)
Qtek OS 2.17.7.2
Globstat BTH-820 Stereo headset
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Hi: Downloaded Pocket Player 2.8 and can confirm that it works well with the BTH-820. I can recommend this combination: no pauses or dropouts on my JAMin.
I believe that Conduits are using sbc.dll for audio compression, so some sound quality issues do still exist, These can be compensated for to some extent by using the equalizer built in to Pocket Player. In the longer term I hope MS will re-visit this code: Broadcomm's (Widcomm) A2DP implementation produces much higher quality sound...
Cheers,
Steve
chonkey said:
fahlis said:
I have the Plantronics Pulsar 590 and they work flawlessly with PocketMusic.
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Ok, but I don´t wan´t those with the wrap around the head.
How about Sony Ericsson DS970, anyone tried those?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp...der&php=php1_10394&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10394
/fahlis
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I really really want these for my new m600.. anyone got any update on their compatability?
cheers
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BengalBoy has a review of them and based on it, I ordered one from ebay. It's bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and AVRCP, so it should work with any device that supports it. It should be a week or so before I get it, but it looks like it will work fine if you have a device that supports it.
http://www.bengalboy.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=527&forum=20
(WARNING: sometimes the reviews are NSFW.)
fahlis said:
I have the Plantronics Pulsar 590 and they work flawlessly with PocketMusic.
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Ok, but I don´t wan´t those with the wrap around the head.
How about Sony Ericsson DS970, anyone tried those?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp...der&php=php1_10394&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10394
/fahlis
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I just received mine from Expansys. I have an i-mate JAMin with i-mate's latest WWE ROM and smartmobile.se's version of the A2DP patch and I have used Windows Media Player and PocketMind's Pocket Music:
+ Sound quality is excellent!
+ Play/pause works.
+ Previous/next works as well.
- The display does not show song details.
Using the headset for phone calls works well and the display shows the caller ID. But the phone seems to be unable to use the headset for handsfree and wireless stereo at the same time as the phone doesn't want to switch back to wireless stereo once a phone call has ended. I have to go in to Bluetooth settings and mark the headset for wireless stereo again to switch back to music. I suspect this could be a problem with the "unofficial" support for A2DP on the Prophet and not the DS970.
I've succumbed and ordered a pair today.. looking forward to getting them working tomorrow/friday depending on the delivery time..
Need to get my head around the fixes for my m600 now...
fahlis said:
I have the Plantronics Pulsar 590 and they work flawlessly with PocketMusic.
Click to expand...
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Ok, but I don´t wan´t those with the wrap around the head.
How about Sony Ericsson DS970, anyone tried those?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp...der&php=php1_10394&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10394
/fahlis
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I don't get it, if you want wireless headphones why buy these? You might as well just plug them in to your device.
Matterhorn said:
fahlis said:
I have the Plantronics Pulsar 590 and they work flawlessly with PocketMusic.
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Ok, but I don´t wan´t those with the wrap around the head.
How about Sony Ericsson DS970, anyone tried those?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp...der&php=php1_10394&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10394
/fahlis
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I don't get it, if you want wireless headphones why buy these? You might as well just plug them in to your device.
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Wireless refers to lack of wires between phone and headphones. The wires you have on the DS970 are just long enough to allow you to keep the receiver/remote in your shirt pocket, while you can keep the phone stuffed somewhere else . . . (no more embarassing questions about why those headset wires going down the front of my pants!)
Wireless refers to lack of wires between phone and headphones. The wires you have on the DS970 are just long enough to allow you to keep the receiver/remote in your shirt pocket, while you can keep the phone stuffed somewhere else . . . (no more embarassing questions about why those headset wires going down the front of my pants!)
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One thing that kept me from buyin the headphones is exactly this: when you're wearing a shirt or coat, you can keep the DS970 in your pocket. but when you wear a t-shirt or sweater, you have nowhere to tuck them away, and they'll just be hanging on your chest, causing all sorts of complications when you bend over and all sorts of weird looks from passerbys...
Hi
I´m thinking of buying the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 bluethooth headset for my qtek9100 (Wizard) and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this headset.
The things I want from it is:
1. play music of course, I use Mortplayer or PocketMusic for my music now but i can change if none of those work.
2. Change tracks and see the song playing in the dispaly
3. Recive calls and see who is calling in the display.
4. Watch video and get auido in headset, use TCMP here but again I can change if neccesary.
I know that the headset supports both A2DP and AVRCP but I would like to know if anyone tested this with the wizard. The headset is pretty pricey (about 900 SEK or 94 euro here in Sweden) so I want to make sure its all it says it is and that it works.
My other option is the RClip35 from itech which seems pretty sweet aswell, anyone tried that one?
Thanks
/d
dodgy said:
Hi
I´m thinking of buying the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 bluethooth headset for my qtek9100 (Wizard) and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this headset.
The things I want from it is:
1. play music of course, I use Mortplayer or PocketMusic for my music now but i can change if none of those work.
2. Change tracks and see the song playing in the dispaly
3. Recive calls and see who is calling in the display.
4. Watch video and get auido in headset, use TCMP here but again I can change if neccesary.
I know that the headset supports both A2DP and AVRCP but I would like to know if anyone tested this with the wizard. The headset is pretty pricey (about 900 SEK or 94 euro here in Sweden) so I want to make sure its all it says it is and that it works.
My other option is the RClip35 from itech which seems pretty sweet aswell, anyone tried that one?
Thanks
/d
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I've got one, using it with my Qtek 9100 with the "Mr Clean" ROM and it works great. Sound quality is excellent, the ear buds appear to be the same as Sony's high end ones (which I'm using with my iPod) and the head set build quality is high.
I can definitely recommend it for the 9100.
/politby
politby said:
dodgy said:
Hi
I´m thinking of buying the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 bluethooth headset for my qtek9100 (Wizard) and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this headset.
The things I want from it is:
1. play music of course, I use Mortplayer or PocketMusic for my music now but i can change if none of those work.
2. Change tracks and see the song playing in the dispaly
3. Recive calls and see who is calling in the display.
4. Watch video and get auido in headset, use TCMP here but again I can change if neccesary.
I know that the headset supports both A2DP and AVRCP but I would like to know if anyone tested this with the wizard. The headset is pretty pricey (about 900 SEK or 94 euro here in Sweden) so I want to make sure its all it says it is and that it works.
My other option is the RClip35 from itech which seems pretty sweet aswell, anyone tried that one?
Thanks
/d
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I've got one, using it with my Qtek 9100 with the "Mr Clean" ROM and it works great. Sound quality is excellent, the ear buds appear to be the same as Sony's high end ones (which I'm using with my iPod) and the head set build quality is high.
I can definitely recommend it for the 9100.
/politby
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Ugh, forgot to say that it does not have caller ID. The remote control function works with WMP but not with TCPMP. Those are the only media players I've tested.
/politby
Ugh, forgot to say that it does not have caller ID
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Is that so? I just checked at a reseller and saw this (translated from swedish)
Bluetooth Stereo Headset with display that has support for Caller ID and also see what song is played.
Bluetooth version 2.O with A2DP protokoll (Stream sound in Stereo) and Digital Signal Protokoll) which means improved sound quality.
So I´m pussled..true or false?
Also, looking at pictures of this one, from what I can see it has many wires, only difference to the one that comes in the package with the Qtek9100 is the wire to the phone of corse, don´t you find this a bit annoying?
Thinking of buying one myself and I have today a HBH-610 that can´t do A2DP sadly BUT it´s just one thingy on the ear and that´s it...oh well guess I have to scarifice that if I wan´t A2DP which I do...
/fahlis
fahlis said:
Ugh, forgot to say that it does not have caller ID
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Is that so? I just checked at a reseller and saw this (translated from swedish)
Bluetooth Stereo Headset with display that has support for Caller ID and also see what song is played.
Bluetooth version 2.O with A2DP protokoll (Stream sound in Stereo) and Digital Signal Protokoll) which means improved sound quality.
So I´m pussled..true or false?
Also, looking at pictures of this one, from what I can see it has many wires, only difference to the one that comes in the package with the Qtek9100 is the wire to the phone of corse, don´t you find this a bit annoying?
Thinking of buying one myself and I have today a HBH-610 that can´t do A2DP sadly BUT it´s just one thingy on the ear and that´s it...oh well guess I have to scarifice that if I wan´t A2DP which I do...
/fahlis
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Argh. It DOES do Caller ID. The display is so tiny that I guess I assumed it would not display the caller ID.
Makes this headset even better!
/politby
Thanks for the replys guys, I think now I will go ahead and buy one when I get enough cash.
One additional question: Does it have a ring speaker och vibrate function?
I'm thinking of a scenario when you have the phone in a pocket or bag and have the clip on your shirt but the earbuds not in your ears and the phone rings, is it possible to hear it or do you have to have the buds pluged in?
Here's a link to the headset and the lowest prices (for Sweden)
http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=87795#rparams=ss=HBH-DS970
/d
dodgy said:
Thanks for the replys guys, I think now I will go ahead and buy one when I get enough cash.
One additional question: Does it have a ring speaker och vibrate function?
I'm thinking of a scenario when you have the phone in a pocket or bag and have the clip on your shirt but the earbuds not in your ears and the phone rings, is it possible to hear it or do you have to have the buds pluged in?
Here's a link to the headset and the lowest prices (for Sweden)
http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?p=87795#rparams=ss=HBH-DS970
/d
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It does not vibrate but it plays the ring tone - and it's audible when just hanging around the neck unless the environment is really noisy.
The phone rings too, of course.
I´ll buy this one also soon, thx for the recommendations/explanations.
/fahlis
I bought one of these last week and agree that the sound quality is excellent. I expected some background Bluetooth-style hiss but I can't hear any.
£70 may be a bit steep, but I think they are worth it.
For me, I always dock my Wizard in a cradle at work, which blocks the phono jack. So these fix that problem. Now I can also carry my Wizard wherever on my person I choose and not have to worry about wires.
And the real benefit is, when docked, I use Raspberry Software's True Connect, so I can control my Wizard with my mouse (excellent software), so even without A2DRP (something like that) I can still change my music at my desk.
The actual bluetooth part is really light and you don't knotice it round your next, most people probably think it's just an MP3 player, albeit a small one.
Highly recommended by me.
Hi Guys,
got this tiny little toy too, sound is good, but some questions are still unanswered:
Songs aren´t display in the sceen of the Sony remote control, any chance to get this thing to work?
I would love it to use an other Player than this f*cking MediaPlayer, but with other Player the Buttons won´t work.....
Any idea?
What about the range?
Hi all,
What are your experiences with respect to the range of this headset, when used in combination with the Wizard? I'm fairly disappointed in that area: As soon as I move the wizard from the 'line of sight' of the headset, the audio feed breaks up. This means that I won't be able to stash my phone in my backpack for example.
regards,
dafit
@Dafit:
I only keep it in my jeans front pocket, or my Suit Jacket inner pocket, so no problems there. However I have noticed it doesn't seem to cope well if it's not in line of sight. I held my Qizard behind my back and it cut out.
So that's one downside. Quite big if you want to keep it in your bag...
@Whumpscut:
Agreed with the songs suggestion, would be nice. As for other Media Players. Have heard mention that TCPMP might allow control via the Bluetooth, but I've tried it and it wouldn't work.
There's also an update coming out sometime soon from Conduit the makers of Pocket Player that will do this. See their forum for details.
Hi Nooner,
I just got my headset this morning and been testing it for a while. I notice that music playback after a call doesn't work even though the music is still playing but just no sound is coming from the headset. Just wonder whether have you experience this problem b4. I am having a O2 wizard with the lastest rom. Thanks
cbchong said:
Hi Nooner,
I just got my headset this morning and been testing it for a while. I notice that music playback after a call doesn't work even though the music is still playing but just no sound is coming from the headset. Just wonder whether have you experience this problem b4. I am having a O2 wizard with the lastest rom. Thanks
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I don't have that problem, as nobody ever rings me :lol:
I have heard this as a problem. But joking aside, I've only had my headphones for about 5 days and usually only listen at work or to and from work (via the tube/underground), which is when I don't really receive calls.
But I've heard this reported. Don't know if it's the headphones or a problem with A2DP.
Thanks for the reply. I will try and search the forum and see. Will report back if I found anything.
In this user review he mentions the same problem http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?p=7463154#post7463154 Maybe its because of the A2DP patch but I dont have the problem with a Nokia HS-12W or Itech Clip S.
Yes is exactly the same problem. But seems like no one has a solution for it so far.
Hi efjay,
Just wonder what do you think about the nokia hs12w. Do you have any problem with it at all or it just works fine with the phone. Cause I am thinking of returning the sony n get something else.
I just ordered mine. Will be here on Monday :lol:
Can't wait.
[edit]
Damn it. They just called and said it's on "national backorder"
Must find one....
cbchong said:
Hi efjay,
Just wonder what do you think about the nokia hs12w. Do you have any problem with it at all or it just works fine with the phone. Cause I am thinking of returning the sony n get something else.
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Have a look in this thread for opinions on the Nokia http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=48290
I myself think its good, solid build, large display, clear sound and the radio is an added bonus.
Hi,
I am consider to buy X7500
But I have one question which is very important for me.
I know the issue of A2DP and jointstereo.After registry modification,I want to know the sound quality of X7500 via BLUETOOTH stereo headset.
I have sony's BRM-1 bt earphone...my primary concern is listennig music with X7500 via bluetooth headset.Is it good!?
taehoon said:
Hi,
I am consider to buy X7500
But I have one question which is very important for me.
I know the issue of A2DP and jointstereo.After registry modification,I want to know the sound quality of X7500 via BLUETOOTH stereo headset.
I have sony's BRM-1 bt earphone...my primary concern is listennig music with X7500 via bluetooth headset.Is it good!?
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Yes -- I have used the Motorola S9 (now broken) and the Jabra BT8010. Sounds good with both. Go for it.
hi there
i use it with my sony hbh ds970.
the only issues are:
would love it to be louder
and it doesnt display the caller name or song on the headset led.
over all the quality is good though.
hope this helps.
daryl mushtaq
no more tear stains for dogs
imaginarynumber said:
hi there
i use it with my sony hbh ds970.
the only issues are:
would love it to be louder
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Any louder and mine would burst my eardrums! Are you sure yours is the genuine item? I've heard there are fakes arround which aren't as loud.
Or do you just like your music VERY loud?
ive tryed 3 bluetooth stereo headphones now, none of them where loud enough. my last set plantronics are ok, but you just cant beat the quality of a wired set. IMHO
And AMEO/ATHENA could use a plain wired bose headset : 99 euro the in-ear, but you can use also the noise cancelling ones ....
I assume that my hbh's are real given that i purchased them from an orange store (at 40% more than expansis- my fault for being impatient I guess).
the supplied headset is akin to something you would find in a cracker. my b&o A8 headphones sound great but i want auto switching between calls and music hence the sony option..
can any one suggest a bluetooth tranceiver with caller id (that works with wm6), built in mike and media player controls that allow me to use my own headphones?
oh... and by the way i do like loud music but my bt headset is significantly quieter.
cheers
daryl mushtaq
angels eyes- no more tear stains for dogs
imaginarynumber said:
I assume that my hbh's are real given that i purchased them from an orange store (at 40% more than expansis- my fault for being impatient I guess).
the supplied headset is akin to something you would find in a cracker. my b&o A8 headphones sound great but i want auto switching between calls and music hence the sony option..
can any one suggest a bluetooth tranceiver with caller id (that works with wm6), built in mike and media player controls that allow me to use my own headphones?
oh... and by the way i do like loud music but my bt headset is significantly quieter.
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daryl mushtaq
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You might consider the Jabra BT8010 which can function either way.
imaginarynumber said:
hi there
i use it with my sony hbh ds970.
the only issues are:
would love it to be louder
and it doesnt display the caller name or song on the headset led.
over all the quality is good though.
hope this helps.
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Hi IN,
does your HBH-DS970 vibrate at all? Mine doesn't and I can't find info on how to set it to vibrate mode. If it doesn't vibrate then this headset and its retarded sister (HBH-DS980, which I bought) are the dumbest headsets that have ever been built. They don't VIBRATE!!! So the only way to get call notification is to wear the ear pieces all the time. If you're thinking of buying it for your Athena, save yourself the trouble. DON'T!!!!!!! I'm returning it to Fry's Electronics after work today. Too bad as they are soo stylish. But then it's common for hot looking guys/girls to have no brains..... and hot looking electronics to have important functions missing!!!
hi there
nope mine doesn't vibrate but then to be fair I purchased in knowing that it doesn't.
there is a bluetooth watch (thingy) that will eventually be compatible with wm phones that will vibrate (not the sony/fosil ones). I will post back once it reaches market.
In an ideal world I would love a remote bluetooth device with vibrate, led/lcd (compatible with wm), built in mike, allows me to use my B&O head phones, complete control of media player (fm radio would also be nice).
surely not too much to ask for???
I think the closest is the NOKIA-HS-12W (not sure if it still marketed though)
Cool... Thanks for the info.
Recently purchased the SE MW600 stereo bluetooth headset. Was pleasantly surprised to discover that track name shows up on the headset, when paired with the HD2.
Display of track info is a SE implementation and is supposed to work only with SE phones. So not sure why it is working with the HD2.
Note that I also paired the headset with my Nexus One, Archos 5IT and Motorola Milestone. However, with these pairings, track name did not work.
So i suppose it is unique to WM/ HD2 bluetooth stack...
That's a good thing to hear.
I have been searching for a nice stereo bluetooth headsets for my lovely HD2 as well.
Does the Sony MW600 has swap between talk and music function?
Damnit!
I have an HBH-DS980 bluetooth stereo headset with OLED display, and it worked fine with a K850i. When I moved to the X1, I figured SE would include support for it in their BT stack - no such luck. Eventually I got the guy who writes SmartWatchM to include support, but its very basic - to show track titles, you lose the ability to take calls on it.
Major bummer! I guess yours uses a different, standard BT profile for track info display that the HD2 also supports?
zerglisk said:
That's a good thing to hear.
I have been searching for a nice stereo bluetooth headsets for my lovely HD2 as well.
Does the Sony MW600 has swap between talk and music function?
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you can do voice dialing using the mw600. and yes, when a call comes in, it automatically switches over from music to call. of course, it also automatically switches over when you dial out from your phone.
also, you can pair it with THREE devices instead of the two that most multipoint bluetooth headsets allow you to.
before this, i have used se ds220, ds980, jabra 3030 and sennheiser mm200. my current mw600 is the most feature-rich headset in a tiny package. the music quality is not as great as the senn bluetooth headest, but you can always swap in your headphone. i would say the quality is good enough for regular commute.
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Damnit!
I have an HBH-DS980 bluetooth stereo headset with OLED display, and it worked fine with a K850i. When I moved to the X1, I figured SE would include support for it in their BT stack - no such luck. Eventually I got the guy who writes SmartWatchM to include support, but its very basic - to show track titles, you lose the ability to take calls on it.
Major bummer! I guess yours uses a different, standard BT profile for track info display that the HD2 also supports?
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i have fond memories of the ds980. in fact, the only thing i miss about it is the access to phonebook and dialing out right from the headset - the mw600 has all the other features except that.
i have not tinkered with the BT settings. it just worked 'out of the box'. please note that my HD2 is on OzROM 2.10 ROM. have gone through the changelogs, but do not see any info on the BT stack being tinkered with.
So i assume track info will also get displayed on a stock HD2 ROM as well. and maybe other WM devices?
I can confirm that mw600 shows song titles with stock rom, using it everyday! Perfect for watching youtube-videos and so on.
How about radio? Are the devices smart enough to know that one (phone) is looking for an antenna, and the other (headset) can act as one, to use the HD2 radio app?
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How about radio? Are the devices smart enough to know that one (phone) is looking for an antenna, and the other (headset) can act as one, to use the HD2 radio app?
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tried it. nope, did not work. i don't think you can get around the limitation of having a cable plugged into the headphone jack for fm to work - the cable acts as an antenna. can fm work without it? i don't know.
however, with the mw600 this point is moot. the headset has onboard FM and the quality, at least where i live, was crystal clear. so the hd2's fm app becomes redundant.
Does it show incoming callers name as well?
Does SE MW600 change songs from dongle ? can i change song from dongle?
aahaan said:
Does SE MW600 change songs from dongle ? can i change song from dongle?
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Yes, all regular avrcp controls are available. you can skip to next/ previous tracks, pause, play...
about incoming caller names, i only see the number displayed when a call comes in.
Does it show track titeles only from htc music player or is it possible to force it to show tracks from S2P or different player? I have this headset and it only shows tracks from htc player...
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Does it show track titeles only from htc music player or is it possible to force it to show tracks from S2P or different player? I have this headset and it only shows tracks from htc player...
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Dosen't show names of tracks from S2P for me either.
Great headset though!!!
i am having problems... so far it wont play music through the blue tooth headset, it will only play thorugh its speakers... I got it to work once after i reset the phone but shortly after (say if i turn the mw600 off and on), it will once again stop working... Handsfree calling is fine though.
any ideas?
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i am having problems... so far it wont play music through the blue tooth headset, it will only play thorugh its speakers... I got it to work once after i reset the phone but shortly after (say if i turn the mw600 off and on), it will once again stop working... Handsfree calling is fine though.
any ideas?
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Have you enabled A2DP on your device?
[Comm Manager]>Tap on "Bluetooth" (Name, not the switch)>[Advanced]>Tap on the MW600 you have paired>[Edit]>check [Wireless Stereo] and Save.
So does the MW600 show the audio track titles in HD2 android?
i didn't notice this. but i'm using pocket player, not windows or htc or s2p.
what i notice is, when in radio mode, my bluetooth can show caller name, but when in streaming mode it only show number.
i hate the slide volume control. never work when i use my finger, but will activate if it touch my shirt. kind of stupid, you have to look at it to use it. also the clip is not "coarse" and strong enough, easy to slip out. lucky, the earphone connection prevent it from dropping.
Pairing MW600 with PC
Has anyone tried pairing MW600 with PC?
pkchips said:
So does the MW600 show the audio track titles in HD2 android?
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No, the MW600 does not display track names when using Android, however, the hardware volume keys on the HD2 will adjust the volume of the headset - this does not happen under WinMo unfortunately. This is useful if you plug the MW600 into an amplifier and stream music to your hi-fi because then you can control everything : )
Another plus of using the MW600 with Android on the HD2 is that if you use DSP manager it will allow you to control bass and treble etc - again, the Audio Booster under WinMo does not affect the headset (even with the hack that allows it to run without a plug in the headphone jack).
The biggest problems with the MW600 for me are the awkward touch sensitive volume control, and the fact that it cuts the beginning off of each track (only a second or so, but if you're listening to music that kicks in on the first beat it gets really annoying).
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Has anyone tried pairing MW600 with PC?
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Yes, using windows 7 64bit and a Nexxus Blue Micro Pro dongle (v2.0 + EDR). With windows drivers it sounds awful. The high frequencies are bleurgh....
With a trial of the Toshiba stack and also Blue Soleil Software, it sounded very good indeed....
Make sure you get a dongle with good software/driver support and it'll sound great : )
The MW600 will show you what type of device you are paired with using an appropriate symbol. Like devices (e.g phones) get numbered one to three.
One word of warning, when you pair a new device, by default both the stereo audio and the handsfree audio (for calls) are routed to that device. This leads to some consternation if you, say, pair your girlfriends phone to it then wonder why your own phone no longer has call functionality but the music is working just fine. Oops. Duh, RTFM ; ) Press and hold the call button on the MW600 to choose which of your paired devices has call functionality. Press and hold the Play/Pause button to choose which has stereo audio functionality. It may help to shout expletives at it when you find you can't select the device you want using the 'insensitive one minute, overly sensitive the next' volume slider ; )