I'm thinking about buying a Bluetooth cordless phone set, the type that can link to a cell phone via BT. This is the Vtech phone I'm looking at:
http://tinyurl.com/23b2aou
The way it works is that the cell phone and Vtech pair-up and calls that are received from the cell phone ring on the Vtech when it is in BT range, so I'm able to pick them up on any of the Vtech phones in the house. The Vtech has touch buttons on the touch screen for "Home" and "Cell," so I can use either. This sounds good on the surface but as I understand it there are drawbacks and limitations.
First, I routinely use a BT headset on the cell phone around the house, and BT devices can only be used with one device at a given time? I'm assuming this holds for use, not pairing. My questions are these:
1. While paired with the cell phone will the BT headset still work with the cell phone as long as it isn't taken on one of the Vtech phones?
2. If I get a call on the Home line will I be able to use the BT headset while the Vtech is paired with the cell phone? What about the reverse, if I get a call on the cell phone? I know I can't use the BT headset while receiving or making a cell call on the Vtech.
My understanding is that if BT isn't being used you can use it in another capacity even while paired elsewhere. IOW if the cell phone is paired to the Vtech and I want to use the BT headset with the cell phone I can do it. The same goes for the Vtech, but only on the Home line. That brings up another question:
3. If I push the "Call" button on the BT headset and it is paired to both phones, which phone will respond?
Most of these questions revolve around my inexperience with using two BT devices together. Has anyone owned this or a similar system or have a good understanding of how BT works with three devices and can shed some light on these questions?
Fifty-one people have read this thread and not one has ever done this or knows how Bluetooth would work with this setup?
I have used moto S9 until my son broke it. i had paired it with multiple phones & what i notice is that once you just setup a pair to a device it will search for that device first for a good couple of mins until it does not find it & then will pair up to the other device i want to use it on as long as that device has the bt on. it will not allow you to pair up 2 device unless the settings are setup to allow you too.
groove6969 said:
I have used moto S9 until my son broke it. i had paired it with multiple phones & what i notice is that once you just setup a pair to a device it will search for that device first for a good couple of mins until it does not find it & then will pair up to the other device i want to use it on as long as that device has the bt on. it will not allow you to pair up 2 device unless the settings are setup to allow you too.
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Thanks for the reply. I've got more of a grip on what will happen if I try to pair my BT headset to this land-line phone, but there is one thing that is still up in the air. If I pair the headset to the Vtech phone will it lose its pairing to the cell phone? I read one owner report that headsets can only pair to one device at a time. I would assume there would be a conflict if I used either while both are paired, as how would it know which to give precedence to?
I'm not keen on this idea, but what if I bought another BT headset just like the one I have now? Could I use one on the cell and the other with the land-line phones?
If the Vtech had an audio port I could simply connect a wired headset, which is what I'm doing now with my old land-line phones, but these don't have such ports. They also don't have belt-clips, which for me is a negative. I'm now leaning away from BT for my land-line phone system.
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Hello, can anyone recommend a good Bluetooth Stereo headset. It must be an earbud type, allow change of headset and most importantly chargeable via usb cable. Any ideas?
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Darry.
Hi Darry,
I have the MotoROKR S9 that I am fairly happy with. Tried the HT820 but wasn't happy with the fit.
I can tell you that the sound will cut in and out if you keep your phone/source in your front pocket. It does explicitly say this in the literature, too. You'll have to get creative where you keep your phone.
It does operate the volume, track, pause, etc. very well, haven't tried the voicecall function yet.
I get a very full day out of a single charge (using the same miniUSB that my phone uses).
I spent a long time looking for a BT unit that would allow me to use my own earbuds but caved on this unit after having salesperson after salesperson look at me like I was talking Greek...
Good luck!
Thanks B73C, I'll take a look at this one.
Darry.
hey guys,
anyone have any experience using bluetooth to stream audio(music) to a car receiver? how is the qualitly?
i'm in the market for a new head unit and i would like go wireless. i had been using the headphone jack to the aux port but i got rid of that car. i can't post links yet but i was looking at this model from crutchfield: Pioneer DEH-P6200BT
I got one for my truck, I THINK it's model: Dual XHD7714.
I've owned mine over 6 months now, run it hard, have had everything connected to it and it works well.
After I got my Evo, I started exclusively using the Bluetooth connectivity for Pandora and local media I had copied to the SD card. Never had any issues. Phone calls come through clear as well. You can even control the basic play functions from the head unit as well (to your phone).... such as skip songs in Pandora, pausing, etc.
I have it hooked up to multiple amps (full speakers, subs, etc)
No issues at all.
My Evo and the radio connect very quickly every time I get in the truck.
Not bad for $100.
I have had three of the Sony Xpload series recievers, and all of them have worked flawlessly using Bluetooth on my Evo. The only issue I have seen is that with the windows down or a loud interior the call clarity is poor, but no worse than using the phones speakerphone.
I use BT exclusively...no more cd's, no more radio, etc. Just make sure your head unit can stream...a lot of them advertise BT, but most will only do BT calling.
Agreed. I just put in a Kenwood DNX6160 with integrated BT. It's an awesome radio. The lower models require a separate BT module... How silly is that... Except that the lower models + the BT modules enable the A2DP, while my higher model with integrated BT can only do phone.
aweskelo said:
I use BT exclusively...no more cd's, no more radio, etc. Just make sure your head unit can stream...a lot of them advertise BT, but most will only do BT calling.
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I have a JVC KW-AVX740 with built-in BT (audio & phone use). The audio is decent to good but the phone use is terrible. I have a Plantronics Voyager Pro for my calls (overall, a great bt device).
At this point, I don't use my phone much to listen to music. It is convenient not to carry another device...but I've been carrying 2 devices for so long, it's habit. Plus I don't want to compromise my battery life & phone usage (for music purposes)...as it is my primary communications device.
I just shut off my land line and it would be nice if I could plug in my phone when I got home but have a couple of BT headsets in a couple of rooms of my apartment and use whatever BT headset I'm nearest to answer the phone.
I have two BT headsets and I paired both but only have one active at a time as I don't know how to have more than one functional with the phone at the same time.
No that won't work to spy on your wife.
Perhaps I didn't make it clear. I don't want to have two headphones broadcasting sound at the same time but I would like to be able to pick up the phone from one BT headset or the other. No problem if it disables the other headset while I'm on a call. As long as after I hang up I can put down the headset, walk to another room, then make a call with the other headset - without ever having to touch the phone.
newalker91 said:
Might I suggest this instead?
http://www.phonelabs.com/prd05.asp
with
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Cordless-Handsets-Answering-L903/dp/B003XMA9IU/ref=pd_cp_e_2
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Thanks - that is close but I'd love to avoid buying a lot of extra phone hardware. I guess it isn't possible to do what I'd hope to do but I do appreciate the info.
I always have 2 paired at one time. My cars radio is paired for media, and my Voyager Pro paired for calls. Works brilliantly
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Well BT has a range so depending on the size of you apartment it may not be practical
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Vandam500 said:
I always have 2 paired at one time. My cars radio is paired for media, and my Voyager Pro paired for calls. Works brilliantly
Sent from my Epic 4G Touch
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Is it possible I'm missing something I need to do on the phone? I have two BT headsets but when the phone rings, I can only answer from the last one I paired up. If I go to my BT settings on the phone - both show - both as paired but only one is blue on the phone. Perhaps because they are the same model headset?
i use the sony ericsson MW600 bluetooth headset with my galaxy nexus but it has problems as that is always disconnecting when the phone is in standby mode. Is there any bluetooth headset that works perfect with galaxy nexus, without discconections and auto pairing every time they are in near distance? I would like to be with 2 corded earbuds like MW600.
No issues so far
I'm using the same one .. never had such issues? though I'm not an excessive user!
I will put it in extreme test, will check and revert ..
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i use the sony ericsson MW600 bluetooth headset with my galaxy nexus but it has problems as that is always disconnecting when the phone is in standby mode. Is there any bluetooth headset that works perfect with galaxy nexus, without discconections and auto pairing every time they are in near distance? I would like to be with 2 corded earbuds like MW600.
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I have it, I hate it...
It doesn't disconnect like you said, screen off, if a notification arrives, it plays through MW600...
Altough, you tell about auto pairing, I've noticed that this headset with the galaxy nexus doesn't behave properly, if it is connected, and you walk away (and leave your phone), when you come back, it won't connect, and sometimes, phone bluetooth connection is killed (if you try to turn it off and on again, you won't be able to turn it on)... Also, it doesn't work properly with Galaxy Nexus in ADP, if I play a game, audio is delayed by 1-2 seconds... Same headset in other phones (Motorola Milestone, Nokia E51) work fine, no delay.... In an iPad 2 it also doesn't exhibt this behavior... So, I'm inclined to say that Bluetooth stack in 4.0.4 and 4.1.1 is garbage (since it worked fine in 4.0.2)...
The headset seems great, and if I were using it with my Milestone/E51 or iPad 2, I would be a happy user, but, it simply doesn't work well with Galaxy Nexus in 4.0.4 or 4.1.1 (not sure if other headsets do, I believe they do not, otherwise I would expect to read a lot of complaints here).
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I have it, I hate it...
It doesn't disconnect like you said, screen off, if a notification arrives, it plays through MW600...
Altough, you tell about auto pairing, I've noticed that this headset with the galaxy nexus doesn't behave properly, if it is connected, and you walk away (and leave your phone), when you come back, it won't connect, and sometimes, phone bluetooth connection is killed (if you try to turn it off and on again, you won't be able to turn it on)... Also, it doesn't work properly with Galaxy Nexus in ADP, if I play a game, audio is delayed by 1-2 seconds... Same headset in other phones (Motorola Milestone, Nokia E51) work fine, no delay.... In an iPad 2 it also doesn't exhibt this behavior... So, I'm inclined to say that Bluetooth stack in 4.0.4 and 4.1.1 is garbage (since it worked fine in 4.0.2)...
The headset seems great, and if I were using it with my Milestone/E51 or iPad 2, I would be a happy user, but, it simply doesn't work well with Galaxy Nexus in 4.0.4 or 4.1.1 (not sure if other headsets do, I believe they do not, otherwise I would expect to read a lot of complaints here).
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Its exactly what you saied friend! Its a big preoblem that auto pairing is not working and that phone bluetooth connection is killed and cannot turn the bluetooth on again. So, have to buy another bluetooth headset???
Try the jaybird freedom. I've used it for 8 months and they worked great until I ran in the rain for a good while and the battery doesn't hold a charge anymore. But that's my fault not really the headset. I am planning to buy another set and be more careful.
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Interesting, I got the MW600 mainly to stream music at work on my desktop (was PITA to set up, but that might be a Win7 problem vs SE problem). I have linked it to my phone running various JB ROMs and haven't had any trouble yet.
Fingers crossed. For the 2 weeks I've had it, it's been great for listening to music, but on calls I get complaints of a fair amount of road noise. I'd use it for phone calls in a pinch, but probably not as a main voice headset.
So I have a pair of Anker earbuds (which I can use to make calls) which connect first time, every time and work flawlessly. I use them out and about & when travelling to listen to podcasts etc on the phone.
But around the house, I prefer a simple mono bluetooth headset I can quickly pop in my ear and still have one ear free (and not have to mess around with wires between the buds). I had a Jabra Mini, which I just returned. Most times when I switched on the headset, it just wouldn't connect. If it did connect, sometimes the mic just wasn't working and the other party couldn't hear anything and would hang up. And if it did connect and they could hear me, often as not there would be massive interference, bad enough that the call needed to be ended and I'd have to switch off the headset and use the phone speaker and call again.
So I returned it and got a Jabra Stealth yesterday. It paired straight off and a call to a friend was marked as "flawless". Then today, I turned on the headset and it simply wouldn't connect. I reset the headset - then it wouldn't pair. Restarted headset and phone, and managed to pair them. Made a call and all was well. Except this is exactly how things started with the Mini...
So has anyone else had success with Jabra? (I stuck with Jabra as they're so well regarded in the UK). And can anyone recommend a decent headset that they have found works with the Pixel 2? My price range is around £40 ($60 or so) and I'm in the UK. (I wish Anker did a mono headset.. )
Thanks in advance!