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Ok guys, so I patch the firmware to get AD2p....
What headset(s) do you guys like? Being able to use them for both audio AND phone calls is a must..... seamlessly is even better.
Recommendations?
I have an Atom and I have the motorola ht820s.
When I'm not driving, they are excellent for music/speech and answering calls seamlessly. Mini-usb charger(same as atom) is an added bonus for me.
Highly recommend.
(reason for not driving is that in cali, you can't wear headphones while driving, so I use regular BT hands free for when i'm in car)
Motorola HT820 headphones work great with my T-Mobile MDA. Here is my review at pocketnow.com. At the time of the review the A2DP fix for the MDA was not available, but once I installed A2DP, it worked like a charm.
The motos are good if you want a well integrated phone/stereo headset that has no issues with the wizard, but I sent mine back for replacement because they didn't compare to the HP FA303s (Logitech is the same thing) when it came to hifi sound and max volume. The motos exhibited a real noticable distortion in the high end frequencies when compared to the FA303s. I'm hoping I got a defective pair because I really liked how comfortable they were too.
Stay away from the IOgear stereo/phone headset. A friend of mine let me try his and while the fidelity and volume was even better than the HPs, there were serious bluetooth connection issues. I had to refresh the device in bluetooth settings every time I wanted to use it just to get it to pair up, and the phone headset never worked properly.
Do the HP/Logitech ones have full PHONE functionality as well? I want to be able to make/receive a phone call while listening to stereo music without having to dork around with taking off the phones, etc.
No, that is their downfall: no phone headset capability. That in a nutshell is why there's no perfect solution out there IMO...
G-SAT BTH 820
I just got the G-SAT BTH 820. They has a small bluetooth until which the headphones plug into (allowing any headphones with a 3.5mm jack) to work. The bluetooth unit has the media player controls and the mic and is quite small (think of a shorter IPOD shuffle). Volume is really good; sound quality good, though slight background noise. While there is a wire from the headphones to the bluetooth unit, you are still untethered from your PPC..and i prefer being able to use the really light headphones (since the bluetooth unit and controls are not in the headphone). A great value since they are only around $60.
BES102 + BES103
I have the BES102 bluetooth stereo headset. It's great value for money since, aside from the headset, it also comes with the BES103 bluetooth transmitter dongle which can be used with any audio source. The headset also comes with a detachable mic attachment to enable you to receive calls while listening to music on your phone-enabled PDA (though I have not been able to make it work; I think it's an A2DP flaw). It also comes with a power adaptor, a USB cable and a splitter power cable that lets you charge both headset and dongle at the same time.
I got it for less than S$100 at Trendsmobile.
Sleuth255, im thinking if i should get the HP or Motos...which one do you think is best for my Vario...i dont want something big on my ears...which is why i looked at the HP ones
im considering on the basis of sound quality and the comfort when warn..
If my replacement motos have the same high end distortion then I'll return them. I'm keeping the HP's for sure unless the fidelity and volume of the replacements is much better.
It's a tough choice for sure. The motos have stellar integration with the Wizard and work pretty much flawlessly when switching from phone to stereo mode. They always pair right up too. Great bluetooth implementation.
fair enough mate...but if a phone call comes while your listening to music via the HP headphones will the voice go through the headphones....and do you have to hold the Vario close to ur head to speak...
or can you just use the phone normally....
because theirs no point in buying them if you gotta listen to the voice through the headphones and hold the phone near ur lips.....(thats like walkie talkies) lol
My problem exactly. You can hear the phone ringing through the headset but when you pick up it goes dead. I wonder if speakerphone works though. I'll check that in a few...
By comparison, the motos are awsome for this... they automatically pause the music when you pick up the phone then resume after you disconnect. The phone actually rings in the background while the music continues to play too so you can check the caller-id and keep listening if its not somebody you want to talk to.
I've got my fingers crossed that the problem with my first headset was actually a defect and that my next ones will be better. It'll be a few weeks before I can determine this though because it's 3 business days one way for UPS and I shipped out the old headset last Friday.
I just tested this: The HPs cut out completely when a phone call either comes in or is initiated from my 8125. Speakerphone mode merely sends the phonecall to my 8125's built in speakers.
hmmmmm thanks for the test mate...
I'd rather not buy the headphones then, considering the hands free are still good enough.... :idea:
£50 of mine can be spent elsewhere (driving lesson etc)
Hopefully someone may write a hack for that problem then...
Thank you guys for pointing out the HT820 headphones. I'm tempted top buy a pair, there's some good prices on ebay too. Well i was looking for other options and notices the Plantronics Pulsar 590A. I like the look of the motorola's more but the plantronics... well its plantronics. Anyone had experience with the both of them?
Hmmmm... guess I'll wait for more reports...
Nokia HS12w Rocks....with FM :lol:
I have the Moto HT820 and the jabra BT620. When I first put the Jabras on my head I was going to throw them in the trash until I figured out the sound was ampliifed in TCMP. I turned th esound down on my phone and headset and away we go. I like both but think the Motos may have a farther range. Next for me is the Nextlinks Spider when it comes out that one is going to be sick. BTW both work well with Windows Media Player.
hdubli said:
Nokia HS12w Rocks....with FM :lol:
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How's the range? Any background noise?
the best in my Opinion with an incredible sound is the logitech. I have the HT820(Headset,Headphone Combo), Sharper Image and the Logitech (Headphone Only)
The Logitech is the Best. Usually Headsets lack Bass and this Headsets is best in that area. It misses the Highs a little but that you can fix with little EQ'ing. The Headset fits nice and is not so bulky then HT820. The Smallest is the Sharper Image. But only 4h batt life.
So out of all these 3 i have i use the logitech the most because of the Sound.
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.
cheers
daryl mushtaq
angels eyes- no more tear stains for dogs
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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.
daryl mushtaq
no more tear stains for dogs
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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.
after checking many bluetooth devices i got 3 majo contenders. buti am not able to figure out which one to buy.
1) Motorokr s9
2) HBH-DS970
3) HBH-DS980
am not sure whats the difference between 970 and 980. i tested s9 but felt when i speak it is difficult on the other side to listen, is that right? or is this because i dont have bluetooth fix and the other s/w installed?
Doesn't matter which, just don't get a Jabra headset. I had one for a week, then sold it and bought a Moto. The Jabra BT620s is absolute crap, as is Jabra customer support.
Jozer99 said:
Doesn't matter which, just don't get a Jabra headset. I had one for a week, then sold it and bought a Moto. The Jabra BT620s is absolute crap, as is Jabra customer support.
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I've had a Jabra 8040 for 3 weeks and it's great. The listening volume is low, but that's a BT stack issue and not an issue with the headset. Personally, I'm more apt to trust a company that ONLY makes headset rather than a company that makes other products besides headsets.
I've got a pair of Motorola S9's and love them. Had no problems. I use them to stream internet radio over bluetooth when I'm working out at the gym.
-Jay
The difference between the HBH-DS970 & HBH-DS980 are mainly on the displayed informations. You get more informations displayed on 980. For instance, DS980 is capable of listing all paired devices. If you flashed your device often. After ROM upgrade, you can easily select the device name from the DS980 list to reactivate the partnership.
The displayed text is also better on DS980 due to its higher resolution screen. Moreover, battery life seems to be better as well.
Due to the BT improvement on WM6.1, DS980 now is able to access the PPC Contacts & call history. Thus you can dial directly from the DS980 unit itself either based on last dial, call history or search for contact to dial. I assume DS970 can do that as well.
Sound quality of DS980/970 are the best that I've tried so far. Noise reduction is excellent. Bass sound is deep & powerfull, volume level is loud.
BTW, I upgraded from DS970 to DS980. The only reason to choose DS970 over DS980 is price. If that is not an issue, then DS980 is the one.
I can't comment on Motorola as I never use one
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The difference between the HBH-DS970 & HBH-DS980 are mainly on the displayed informations. You get more informations displayed on 980. For instance, DS980 is capable of listing all paired devices. If you flashed your device often. After ROM upgrade, you can easily select the device name from the DS980 list to reactivate the partnership.
The displayed text is also better on DS980 due to its higher resolution screen. Moreover, battery life seems to be better as well.
Due to the BT improvement on WM6.1, DS980 now is able to access the PPC Contacts & call history. Thus you can dial directly from the DS980 unit itself either based on last dial, call history or search for contact to dial. I assume DS970 can do that as well.
Sound quality of DS980/970 are the best that I've tried so far. Noise reduction is excellent. Bass sound is deep & powerfull, volume level is loud.
BTW, I upgraded from DS970 to DS980. The only reason to choose DS970 over DS980 is price. If that is not an issue, then DS980 is the one.
I can't comment on Motorola as I never use one
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thanks a lot bro...really appreciate your review. was looking for such review only...i tried s9. its a good headset in terms of listening to the music but if you want to talk using that it sucks. i have another question for the 970/980 while on call it uses only one ear or both as in S9 its only one side. so you listen to music in stereo sound but talk in mono only.....
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thanks a lot bro...really appreciate your review. was looking for such review only...i tried s9. its a good headset in terms of listening to the music but if you want to talk using that it sucks. i have another question for the 970/980 while on call it uses only one ear or both as in S9 its only one side. so you listen to music in stereo sound but talk in mono only.....
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Both talk/music are in stereo
gandotratushar said:
thanks a lot bro...really appreciate your review. was looking for such review only...i tried s9. its a good headset in terms of listening to the music but if you want to talk using that it sucks. i have another question for the 970/980 while on call it uses only one ear or both as in S9 its only one side. so you listen to music in stereo sound but talk in mono only.....
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That's because the S9 has the mic embeded in one side. It picks up your voice from inside your ear. Great for noisy or windy areas. Units that utilize both speakers are still mono. Telephone conversations are sent over the lines in mono. If you take a cheap transistor radio and add a second speaker to it, its not stereo.
-Jay
Might not be an answer to your question, but I got the DR-BT20NX, which are bud headphones with a mic on the control fob. Audio is pretty good and I've used it for h/f in the car until I bought my thb-bury kit. They don't have any display on the fob tho - and the fob looks a bit clunky by comparison.
Cost £40, so pretty cheap
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Due to the BT improvement on WM6.1, DS980 now is able to access the PPC Contacts & call history. Thus you can dial directly from the DS980 unit itself either based on last dial, call history or search for contact to dial. I assume DS970 can do that as well.
Sound quality of DS980/970 are the best that I've tried so far. Noise reduction is excellent. Bass sound is deep & powerfull, volume level is loud.
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Does the track info get displayed now with WM 6.1 or is that still on the wish list for the future ?
I must admit since buying my DS980 i've had no problems and the sound quality is great, i love how it auto turns the volume up when you walk into a noisy enviroment to compensate.
Loud A2DP, a chimera, an uncatchable dream still, even if we are walking towards the end of the first 2K decade.
I've tried a lot of them, wasted a lot of money, all of them were dull, low volumed craps of silicon got me everytime going back to wires.
But now I discovered something really worth mentioning. It's not 100% perfect but yes it's 96% perfect (I had Motorola S705 and i'd give it 20%), loud, clear and screaming.
Gentlemen it's Nokia's BH-500. 3.5mm audiojack for your fave earphones and loud loud LOUD.. Espec on my kaiser this thing rocks. It's almost like listening to Pocket Music wired something like a volumeclick down no more..
After everything been through I HAVE to spread the good news guys. No more wasted money on A2DP. (They should allow testing before you buy but they don't. If they did I'be rich )
I'm looking for non-wired now. I'll give BH-503 a try (princess Leia kindastyle). It's new to the market and I trust Nokia in the sound dept. (N91 is the best and loud MP3 player ever ever) so I'll keep you informed..
Hello, i'm new to having BT and i just got my tilt yesterday. One thing i need to do is get a BT headset, but i'm having trouble finding out if a BT headset will transfer any audio to the unit instead of phone only audio.
I want something that will let me listen to my music or video, and it will need to make some sort of indication that a call is coming in and let me take the call and then go back to the music when the call is done.
I don't want something that has some HUGE boom mike that resembles the head gear i have to wear for work.
I've heard a lot of good things about the Jawbone's noise canceling and sound quality, so i'm leaning towards that. I've looked in many places but haven't heard if the Jawbone does this.
I'm not concerned about stereo audio at all. As long as all the sound goes to the headset and plays in my ear i'm happy. Stereo is completely not necessary cause i'm deaf in my right ear and couldn't hear it even if i wanted to.
I think the Jabra BT8040 does this but is the noise canceling as good as the jawbone?
thanks in advance
Snow
edit: Maybe what i'm asking is, "Does the Jawbone play music and do calls?" I dunno, i'm confused lol
Any BT ear piece like Jawbone can have all sounds diverted to it by using a small free app called BTaudiotoggle. Do a search for BTaudio. It works great.
If you are deaf in one ear, the Jawbone is fine, the BlueAnt Z9 is smaller, cheaper, and Louder than the Jawbone. I have both and they are two of the best earpieces.
Thanks! That was just the information i was looking for.
Snowreaper said:
Thanks! That was just the information i was looking for.
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the jabra bt 3030 is good as well,nice bright blue flashes when calls come in,and can take any ear gear with 3.5 mm plug,mono or stereo.
Ok everyone...I have my handsfree bluetooth headset working great for calls and can hear call audio just fine, but I want to be able to listen to any audio that comes out of my xv8600 so is there a cab file that mods the audio to send over bluetooth? I did a forum search and found nothing on the subject.
THANKS!!
p.s. - the headset is the motorola h700 model
This is one I have used..use...Not a cab..just drop in windows\start menu\programs and it will show up in the programs folder...sure there are many newer versions that would be cab style.
thanks. that did the trick, but wow...audio quality is terrible. I didnt notice how bad it was before since it was just voice audio...
anyone know a high quality BT headset? like as good as regular earbud headphones at least?
-connor
thanks!!
BUMP - anyone? with regards to my last post - trying to find a highquality audio bt headset?
this motorola one I have sound slike 11KHz, and not the full 44KHz quality, sounds very muted and distant, like typical phone quality when I try to listen to music on it...anyone?
It's definitely a hardware issue, so since I just bought this motorola one, I'd like to take it back for a better one, so please post ASAP if you know of a full44khz quality BT headset/earbud
Thanks!!
Heard "jawbones" are nice...and expensive...for that kinda money I would just purchase bluetooth stereo headphones..some come with built-in mics
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Heard "jawbones" are nice...and expensive...for that kinda money I would just purchase bluetooth stereo headphones..some come with built-in mics
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the whole point is to minimize wghile driving but still get good audio....besides wearing stereo headphones while driving is illegal since it inhibits your abaility to hear sirens, etc...had a friend who got a ticket for listening to his ipod with headphones while driving. the cop told him he could hook it up to his car stereo, but not have headphones directly in his ear. bluetooth earbuds are still legal, thats why i want a stereo quality earbud (albeit on channel) but in 44khz so i can take calls and listen to
hq music
try PLANTRONICS 855 voyager. Excelent. That´s you are looking for.
gazela00 said:
try PLANTRONICS 855 voyager. Excelent. That´s you are looking for.
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is it 44khz quality? i cant exactly test one out, i would have to buy it, so is it really like regular headphones quality?
try Jabra BT8040
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