Hi Guys.
i bought the Plantronics Pulsar 590a A2DP Bluetooth headset.
and it works great good sound, good connectivity etc.
But.. and its not a small BUT.. the freaking blue blinking light is to strong!.
people look at as if i where some kind of UFO going around with that blue strong blinking light. and this is in the middle of the day.. i cant even express how much its standing out in the dark. looks like some kind of blinking polis helmet.
so to my question. i have talked with Plantronics about this problem and they have no solution. i cant shut down the light using a software hack(button combination) and they cant supply me with some kind of manual to get to the diode to cover up the diode.
Does any of you guys have a solution for this?, i can be the only person that thinks this is annoying to the extent that i render my headphones unusable when used in the public.
No solution from me, but I like to have a look of a photo of the blue light in action
just use a black felt tip pen and color over it should dim it
I've noticed before with blue LEDs - they are so frickin bright - you need sun-glasses to look at them!
Hanmin: yes i think i will post a picture later.
zbee:i thought of using a black felt tip pen. and tried it.. but the ring that blinking blue is of some kind of material so it wont stick.haven't tried this fully yet.. eg different pens etc
i was on the bus yesterday .. and i had to put the cloak over my head so people would stop looking at me.. but. the freaking light finds it way out so it looked like i had some blue halo or something on me.
The red light is possibly even worse. I leave my 590's charging in their cradle overnight. Once I've managed to get to sleep with the thing blinking away in the corner, if I get up in the middle of the night, it feels like I've woken up in a house of ill-repute....the entire room is bathed in a red glow....I just hope that passers-by don't get the wrong idea one day!?!
sub69 said:
The red light is possibly even worse. I leave my 590's charging in their cradle overnight. Once I've managed to get to sleep with the thing blinking away in the corner, if I get up in the middle of the night, it feels like I've woken up in a house of ill-repute....the entire room is bathed in a red glow....I just hope that passers-by don't get the wrong idea one day!?!
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hahahahha.. yea havent thought of it that way
here is the pictures.. one dark and one light..
as u can see the light is to freaking strong..
I also have this headset, and for me the strong blue light is the only drawback on the entire device, i love all other aspects of it!
(especially now i have different earcushions on it)
I also dimmed the light with a felt pen, a cd-marker to be precise. A tip for when you are applying the pen and you cant quite see what you are doing... put the device on bluetooth discovery-mode so the light flashes blue&red. Now you can see exactly where you need to put more ink
This option only dims the light little bit, if anyone has a better solution, let me know
I also have them. I bought them a long time ago. wow. They are great piece of device. Anyhow, use black tape (electrical tape) and cut them down to the right size. Not perfect but a suggestion.
Being honest, I would look at someone with that headset not for the blue light, but for its size. Everybody will look at you wearing whatever kind of headset that covers your ear. The light just makes them turn earlier. I would use them at home... anyway, watching an evening movie with such a blue blinking may not be the best experience IMHO.
they are not big like a DJ headphones..
anyway.. haven't used them for days now.. just lying around at my desk.
feel like an idiot with that blinking light.. (Beam me up scotty!)
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Plantronics LED's are really strong now that you mention it. I also have a Plantronics Voyager 510SL + HS10... and the blue LED is really powerful.. lights up my room.. it has a red LED too and it is also very strong. Everyone gets attracted to that small BT headset just because of that blue blinking light.... but the call quality is awesome. Its worth $500 if anyone going to buy it.
I have a motorola with the same problem, I can understand and find it usefull for the glow when turning the device on and maybe after pressing a button, but is there really a need for them to carry on glowing while lisening to music? Hopefully the manufactors wll get the hint one day....
I wouldn't say they are unusable because of that blinking. This is in my opinion a minor iconvenience for a very good headset. And black tape should easily solve your blue light problem
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Anyone have any ideas on how to make the LED brighter?
Whether it be through a software or a hardware update.
I bring this up because I use Don't Forget and it would help if the LED was brighter since sometimes I can't even see it from certain distances.
Thanks,
VIVA LA RAZA!
Ummm I do not think there is a way to make this brighter as it only outputs a certain amount of light... unless maybe you can change the light to a brighter one... idk though... if this can be done...
I see your point, and I raise it with another theory.
I was thinking of attaching a hard, clear, piece of plastic directly on top of the LED (but still flush with the top of the phone), that way the refracted light can emit a brighter LED.
Once again...
Just a thought
Well I guess that could work, just wondering why would you want the LED brighter.
It isn't as impressive or noticeable as the LED on the Blackberrys.
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It isn't as impressive or noticeable as the LED on the Blackberrys.
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Oh ok are you trying to impress someone with your LED? haha jk... I totally understand what you are saying man.
Hahahhahaha Yups
Hi,
I got a grey One X last week and while fairly happy with the phone I thought the notification LED was pretty dim. Unless I look at the phone flat on I can't see it is on. I accepted this was to do with the LED being placed within the speaker grill; however a friend got a White version a few days later and the LED on his is about 3 times brighter.
A few videos I have seen show the Grey phone has a very dim light, would post them but can't link unfortunately.
Search this text on youtube for video example
HTC One X videopreview da Hitechworldita.net
Has anyone else noticed this or is this an issue with my phone?
Bobbeh84 said:
Hi,
I got a grey One X last week and while fairly happy with the phone I thought the notification LED was pretty dim. Unless I look at the phone flat on I can't see it is on. I accepted this was to do with the LED being placed within the speaker grill; however a friend got a White version a few days later and the LED on his is about 3 times brighter.
A few videos I have seen show the Grey phone has a very dim light, would post them but can't link unfortunately.
Search this text on youtube for video example
HTC One X videopreview da Hitechworldita.net
Has anyone else noticed this or is this an issue with my phone?
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I think that is simply because with the white casing, the light is able to shine through the white casing itself. Whereas obviously with the darker casing, it is truly confined to the tiny little hole of the earpiece. I do get the feeling that HTC designed the white one first
Yeah maybe, but comparing the two side by side, it looks as though his LED is a different type entirely. Looking at the LED straight on should negate the case colour and in that scenario his white version is still far brighter.
As long as other people think the grey one is dim there is no reason to send mine back.
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Yeah maybe, but comparing the two side by side, it looks as though his LED is a different type entirely. Looking at the LED straight on should negate the case colour and in that scenario his white version is still far brighter.
As long as other people think the grey one is dim there is no reason to send mine back.
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It was one of the first things I noticed when I held a grey one. So I don't think it is faulty. But just like most things, LEDs do vary from unit to unit in brightness.
i haven't seen a grey one, but with my 2nd white replacement, the charging led was stupidly dim. now im on the 3rd replacement, the same led is much much brighter. leads me to believe it was positioned incorrectly, or just a crap led.
quality control really sucks atm.
there is a weird (faint) red light when I'm in a call, anyone know what this is??
(when I take a picture of it using my sensation camera it looks very bright but in real life it is faint like you wouldnt notice it until you look closer)
its there whether screen is on or off, and and if i put my hand over it it just stays lit
is it infrared or something to detect when my ear is near the screen??
My understanding is that is the sensor that tell the phone if your head is next to it or not.
As above, its the proximity sensor for turning the screen off when your face is near the phone.
There are loads of threads on Crackberry about it as their sensor flashes quite noticeably.
Steve
I'm now on my 3rd unlocked European One X for one reason or another - the white one's LED was just right - I could clearly see from a distance if it was charging or flashing. The two grey ones I've had both had barely visible LEDs, which I can't see when the phone isn't right in front of me or when it's at an angle. Is this a problem with some of the phones in gereral or is it just an issue with the grey model? Cheers.
Your 2 grey phones may have been defective, but in general white surfaces reflect more light than black/grey surfaces. This could have made it appear as though the lights were of differing brightnesses, or just that the white phone reflects more of the led's light.
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I'm now on my 3rd unlocked European One X for one reason or another - the white one's LED was just right - I could clearly see from a distance if it was charging or flashing. The two grey ones I've had both had barely visible LEDs, which I can't see when the phone isn't right in front of me or when it's at an angle. Is this a problem with some of the phones in gereral or is it just an issue with the grey model? Cheers.
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My grey one is just the same regarding the LED, it's a pixel sized flash as it is shining through one of the "precision" drilled ear speaker holes, so you have to be almost looking directly down on it to see it, certainly in normal lighting conditions.
I expect the white is just a bit more translucent so you see a bigger area of light.
It is one of those silly design decisions that HTC seem to make sometimes! The LED should be behind the glass at the top right where the border is, in the same way the other sits the light sensor. I've always assumed it was last minute rushed job to add an LED, and as after thought they just had to place it where they could that didn't mean reworking the phones design.
Some phones don't have LEDs at all. I'm not sure why a notification LED has fallen out of fashion, I find it really useful, for example I leave my desk to make a drink or see someone or for a comfort break, then arrive back to my desk, a quick look down at my phone I know nothing arrived while I was away and it saves turning the screen on to check.
Regards
Phil
rob9 said:
Your 2 grey phones may have been defective, but in general white surfaces reflect more light than black/grey surfaces. This could have made it appear as though the lights were of differing brightnesses, or just that the white phone reflects more of the led's light.
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It must be a defect which happens to be on the 2 grey phones then because the difference is huge - one is barely visible and the other I can easily see from across the room (it's probably 30 or so times brighter). Hopefully my 4th One X, which is on its way, will be ok (the white one with the good LED has the wifi problem so that's going back).
I have noticed that the notification led is too much low in brightness. I I find it really difficult to notice it. So I have "ripped" a bit the covering grid (that protects the speaker) and now I can see the full LED, it is incredibly bright now!
Is it normal or can it be a production defect from your point of view?
gianmaxfactor said:
I have noticed that the notification led is too much low in brightness. I I find it really difficult to notice it. So I have "ripped" a bit the covering grid (that protects the speaker) and now I can see the full LED, it is incredibly bright now!
Is it normal or can it be a production defect from your point of view?
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It's normal only, it's behind the speaker protection mesh only
gianmaxfactor said:
I have noticed that the notification led is too much low in brightness. I I find it really difficult to notice it. So I have "ripped" a bit the covering grid (that protects the speaker) and now I can see the full LED, it is incredibly bright now!
Is it normal or can it be a production defect from your point of view?
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Hey my Honor and Huawei phones have a similar design of a very tiny notification LED behind the speaker grille. I am thinking of "ripping" the covering grid like you did but I am scared of damaging the phone or the display. What tool should I use and is it ok if safely and carefully done? As it is, the current notification LED is completely useless as you can't see it from 1 feet away.
xpclient said:
Hey my Honor and Huawei phones have a similar design of a very tiny notification LED behind the speaker grille. I am thinking of "ripping" the covering grid like you did but I am scared of damaging the phone or the display. What tool should I use and is it ok if safely and carefully done? As it is, the current notification LED is completely useless as you can't see it from 1 feet away.
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Don't rip it off as more dust will accumulate in your speaker. Notification led is less visible because of the dust which settles on that mesh. I have found one simple solution. Just buy one paint brush small one and poke it through that mesh & blow air over it. This worked for me. Dust will be removed and it'll become more visible. Hope it works for you too.