Hi guys, anyone using this new type of speakerphone? Wondered if anyones got any feedback on it. I like the idea of having the call routed to the car's speakers using the FM transmitter.
Ive had one for a few months now and its working great. All of the buttons on it were kind of confusing at first but I got them figured out now. Ill be happy to answer any specific questions you might have.
Hi, only wondered if in general it works ok, like the FM radio bit and the MP3 streaming?
Cheers.
Only issue you might have with it is finding a station that wont interfere with the area your in. Im in Miami Florida which is packed with radio stations (some legal and some not) and every once in a while in certain areas ill get some background static and have to switch stations but the majority of the time I can keep it on the same station without any problems.
Other than that it works flawless with the kaiser. The device does everything it claims it can do and all the buttons work as expected. I stream music with media player for hours without problems. I dont have any sound quality issues but im not an audiophile so I couldnt really tell you how good it really is streaming mp3's.
Ive never had any complaints about sound quality when using it with the phone and the voice recordings ive done sound clear to me. Hope this helps.
Sure does! Thanks very much for your review!
kaiser
hi gays
this sounds great ,I have just bought new kaiser and interested in your invention can you please explain how is need to be done
many thanks
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Im trying to work out if this device does the same thing, but I cant work out if it actually accepts stereo bluetooth and pushes it out over FM....
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Is anyone using the Motorola S705 SoundPilot?
Thanks,
Dave.
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Is anyone using the Motorola S705 SoundPilot?
Thanks,
Dave.
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It worked just fine for me
I like it, it serves its purpose for me. Though some people have mentioned that it has a fundamental design flaw. That it plays the 2 channels out of phase or something of that nature. i don't use it enough to know if it does or not. When I do use it, it while I work out sometimes, and then, sound quality isn't of utmost importance...
Can someone please confirm how the fm radio on this device works. Can you tune the radio over bluetooth or is it just tuned with the buttons on the dial.
I have two negatives about it.
One, callers had trouble hearing me. I heard them just fine if not great since it plays in both ears.
Two, music sound quality was "fair". But I just came off using the HT820.
If it wasn't for the fact callers had trouble hearing me, I would have kept them. All other funtions worked great, but I ended up getting the S9s. I sure wish I had the FM radio the S705 had though.
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Can someone please confirm how the fm radio on this device works. Can you tune the radio over bluetooth or is it just tuned with the buttons on the dial.
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The radio is tuned via the buttons on the pod.
I don't understand what you mean "over bluetooth". Could you clarify?
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The radio is tuned via the buttons on the pod.
I don't understand what you mean "over bluetooth". Could you clarify?
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With "over bluetooth", I meant counld you remotely tune the radio station from your phone using some software without have to tune it using the buttons on the pod but from your reply it seems not.
I've only had the S705 for 2 days, but have been happy with it so far. I picked it up new for $20 - it's definately a great buy at that price point.
I haven't used other bluetooth headphone gear before, so have nothing to compare to but I've been reasonably happy with the music quality (wasn't expecting anything too fantastic, and it was better than I originally thought it would be). I'm using my own headphones and haven't tried the supplied ones yet.
Range is fantastic - left the phone on my desk and went for a walk to the back yard - streaming music was still clear without any dropouts (it's about 13-14 metres through two solid brick walls).
Have only made a couple of calls, and after adjusting where I had placed the unit (was using the neckstrap - I had to adjust it a little so it wasn't hanging so far down) I haven't had any complaints about the quality/volume of the call.
Still determining the battery length as I haven't used it enough yet.
I wish it displayed the track name that was currently playing on the display, but I can live without that feature (caller ID is displayed when a call comes through).
FM radio works well - it's built into the unit so you don't need to pair the device with anything to listen to FM.
Hope this helps!
i've been looking at some bluetooth headphones for a while, and i'm really looking for something thats an in ear style, and not too bulky especially when i'm on the go. these seem to be the best fit...but has anyone used them at all on a kaiser/tilt/tytn ii? i know a few people say that they're running into connectivity issues w/ some bluetooth devices, but i wanna know if this will work w/ the tilt
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/pro...980?cc=us&lc=en
amazon has it for 105, so its not lookin too bad with me...
i has this in 60€ to sell.
sound quality is great, best ive tried.
only problem is after a phone call it will not go back to music and instead will drop the bluetooth link. fairly easy to reconnect by pressing the play/pause button on the headset when this happens but annoying all the same.
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i've been looking at some bluetooth headphones for a while, and i'm really looking for something thats an in ear style, and not too bulky especially when i'm on the go. these seem to be the best fit...but has anyone used them at all on a kaiser/tilt/tytn ii? i know a few people say that they're running into connectivity issues w/ some bluetooth devices, but i wanna know if this will work w/ the tilt
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/pro...980?cc=us&lc=en
amazon has it for 105, so its not lookin too bad with me...
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Have you SEARCH ???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=341291&highlight=hbh-ds980
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361508&highlight=hbh-ds980
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337595&highlight=hbh-ds980
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=359208&highlight=hbh-ds980
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=345805&highlight=hbh-ds980
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=357597
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Sony-Ericsson HBH-DS970 vs. 980
simbadogg said:
i've been looking at some bluetooth headphones for a while, and i'm really looking for something thats an in ear style, and not too bulky especially when i'm on the go. these seem to be the best fit...but has anyone used them at all on a kaiser/tilt/tytn ii? i know a few people say that they're running into connectivity issues w/ some bluetooth devices, but i wanna know if this will work w/ the tilt
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/pro...980?cc=us&lc=en
amazon has it for 105, so its not lookin too bad with me...
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I have the HBH-DS970 and it works very well - great sound. I don't know what the difference is with the 980 - I don't see the 980 listed on the USA accessories list. My guess is that it would work well for you.
I'm so done with wired headphones. Having to spend hours detangling wires is tiresome. I've now opted to only using bluetooth stereo headphones, like the sony one I'm using, which is lightweight and doesn't have a bluetooth unit to carry around!
The only other wired headphones I'm opend to are the 'mini bud' headphones which have retractable wiring:
http://www.boxwave.com/products/minibuds/index.htm
just got the headphones a few days ago, i think thursday. the quality is great, my sister said that the phone quality was good, she heard me just fine. pretty good bass response, the only thing i've had problems with is using the contacts menu on the headphone and getting into my phone. i think it might be more of a problem w/ the kaiser bluetooth setup though. anybody know if there's any kind of updates for bluetooth drivers for the kaiser...i'm going to check to see if theres anything for the headphones on sonys site too
Hey Fellas,
I would like to share with you some usefull information, I drive a lot during the day and at the same time i use my phone a lot. What i wanted is to be able to listen to the music (8GB of music) and at the same time reply to phone calls i receive on my HD2
Anyway I bought Griffin- I tripp Auto FM transmitter and i set the default station 103.7 (in Sydney) and I listen to all my music collection without any problem, the beauty about it is that you are also capable of receiveing and making call through the fm transmitter thus hearing people on your speakers. I was bit pessimiste about it due to the fact that i was worried that people will not hear me too well BUT TO THE OPPOSITE the sound is excellent both ways.
The beauty about the whole set us is you are not connected via bluetooth therefore saving the battery for other things
Anyway I recommend evryone who needs music and phone facility in their car tio get one of the Griffin-Itrip
cheers
Isn't the i trip iphone only?
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Isn't the i trip iphone only?
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definetly not 3.5mm jack output
no! itrip can be for any mp3 player too, it's called the itrip universal
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itrip-universal
I had used itrip many years ago, quality is quite bad, also depends on your car's antenna...
I just got the iTrip auto universal plus which works with any 3.5mm jack and changes the device as well. It's pretty good.
so check it out here is a workaround on the htc hero for sprint to allow you to stream music to a mono (single ear non stereo) bluetooth headset. ok so my bluetooth does not have a2dp capabilities but this works still. this is not my idea its off the android forums i found after doing some digging.
you have to have your phone on vibrate and the music, podcast whatever has to already be playing and your bluetooth already has to be paired.
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Got non A2DP Bluetooth headset to play Music / podcasts
I went searching for a way to play my podcasts over a non A2DP bluetooth headset. I couldn't find anything, but I did figure out a way to make it work. I'm using a Sprint HTC Hero phone.
1. I went to the phone and dialed '**' (2 stars) which creates a 'p' for pause. Then press call. This enables the headset without actually placing a call.
2. After this I started doggcatcher (or other audio / video player) and it played through the headset. Everything went through the headset after this point.
3. In order to stop playback to my headset I just called my voicemail and hung up. At that point, audio was routed back to the speaker.
I don't know if this will work on other phones, but it did on mine.
good luck.
EDIT: I have found that it only works when my ringer volume is off or on vibrate. Also, the media volume needs to be turned up separately -- Either from the settings control or prior to performing the 'p' call. The volume rocker only controls the Bluetooth call volume after the bluetooth headset is active.
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now i give full credit to this guy. i just couldnt find it anywhere after looking all day. so i figured i should post it here. mods sorry if its already posted
Holy crap!!!!! Greatest discovery ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kcarpenter said:
Holy crap!!!!! Greatest discovery ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Did it work for you too ? I'm so glad I've stubbledon this . Ive been streaming over my blutooth for like 30 min
Bump!
Does this really work? Is the quality ok? I'd love to avoid spending the extra dough on one of the few pieces that supports a2dp...
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Does this really work? Is the quality ok? I'd love to avoid spending the extra dough on one of the few pieces that supports a2dp...
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Works great.
Quality of the audio all depends on the quality of your headset. Personally I stopped buying expensive ones. I buy about 1 a month any more. I lose them everytime.
I guess it can sound a little staticy or muffled at times, but I think thats more Pandora and bad reception in this Tin Can I call an office.
Works great for voice on my moto H605, but music isn't very good.
Awesome!!! Ive been searching for this for a while...
This is so cool!! I have a $30 head set from wall mart that is about good for nothing. But now I have something I can do with it.
I was able to listen to my music with my bluetooth on my last phone (which really helps to pass the time at work).
I was so excited to get the HTC Hero for Christmas this year and it is such a great phone. But I was not so excited after I discovered I could not listen to my music with my bluetooth.
Thank you for thinking of others and posting this! I spent so much time trying to figure out a way to fix this. This works great!
GSM Hero
Hey guys,
I just bought a Voyager Pro, because I thought I can listen to music. After I tried it, it didn't work. And I found out I should have one with a2dp.
I can see, that you, with CDMA can do it now.
But do you have any idea, how could I do it with my GSM Hero?
Thanks in advance,
Roland
What kind of battery drain are we looking at when using this?
This only works with 1.5 & possibly 1.6 ROMs. I haven't had any luck on DC v1.0, which is a 2.0/1 ROM.
The bluetooth stack for 2.1 Roms isn't fully complete from what I have figured. a2dp may work with an official release.
EDIT:
Looks like Bluez has supported A2DP since about October 09(v4.15), maybe it didn't make it into our builds.
Hello peeps,
I wonder if any of you folks with an HD2, use it with Bluetooth A2DP and satnav?
My predicament is this...
I am a motorcyclist, and occasionally listen to music from my HD2 via a Bluetooth A2DP helmet. It works great, with good sound quality and no skipping of music tracks using Manilla Music Player.
I also have Garmin Mobile XT, which I often use in the car, and the voice prompts and directions work great through the HD2 internal speaker.
However, if I want to use Garmin Mobile XT with my BT Helmet, it works OK, with the exception that audio coming from Mobile XT seems clipped right at the beginning. For example, the instruction:
"Drive 3.4 miles, then keep left." - which is how it would sound through the internal speaker...
...will more often than not sound like...
".(point) 4 miles, then keep left." - when heard through the helmet.
As you can imagine, it would be quite dangerous to have to keep looking at the screen to confirm instructions, and you can believe how confusing this is when actually on the road and relying on voice direction only.
I have searched thorugh all of the HD2 forums for the tags 'bluetooth' and 'audio', found some similar issues that peeps were having with music player playback stuttering and the like, and tried some of the remedies offered by other forum dweller (like the increase file cache, line rate, etc), but to no avail.
As a computer professional, I am inclined to say that the symptons seem like a buffering or issue. But obviously, I am not a cellualr expert, so I will leave the really diagnosis for the pro's here ;-P
Perhaps one other lucky HD2 owner will have experienced (and hopefully had solved) a similar issue (perhaps not with the BT helmet tho ;-P).
Thanks for taking the time to read my post, and I'd greatly appreciate any feedback anyone has to offer.
Rgds,
drkmtr
Me Too!
I'm using a Samsung SBH-650 Bluetooth Stereo Headset, and I get exactly the same thing! I've no idea about a solution, but at least you know you're not alone.
I have the same with Jabra BT530. No reaction from HTC, no solution here.
i saw once a thread about a similar problem.
there they wrote that the bt-chipset which is used by htc for the hd2 is a Broadcomchip. They told, that there are some differences between the os and the chip and something about the problem, that it switches to standby mode too early or something like this.
this could be the issue. your phone turns the chip too early in standby mode and you cant hear the whole sentence cause it needs time to turn it on again.
sorry mate, im not having a solution, but thats something i read. maybe it helps.
DN41
Bluetooth is a slow (imagine RS-232) comms protocol that was designed primarily for local audio connection. EDR (Ehanced data rate) was brought on for high data rate stereo connections.
If you want stereo audio connection, simutaneous phone connection and GPS connection running while all the associated SW packages are running in your phone, then you are asking a hell of a lot of even a 2.5Ghz laptop!
PLEASE, lets get the device in perspective......
Hello,
Sorry for my english.
I'm biker too, i'm using a Parrot BT Headset and i've got no problem.
I'm listen to music (with S2P) and using copilot live at the same time without problem.
Sometimes instead of S2P, i'm listening to webradio (with Wunderadio) and using copilot live without problem...
Listening radio or music allow that the BT channel is always up.
regards,
Thierry
i'm not a motorbiker, but i use bluetooth headset for listening music.
When wifi is on, and there is not wlan accessible, bluetooth lags every 30 seconds when trying to connect.
I'm reviving this ancient thread, cause I'm having a similar problem with my HTC Amaze and it's driving me nuts.
Sound is played back with about 2 seconds lag, very, very annoying. Never had any issues with my Motorola Droid...
Can anyone explain why this is happening and if there is a possible fix/hack?
Help?!