Hi,
I own some bluetooth headsets, which generally work ok in stereo mode wherever I listen to music/videos/Youtube.
But during calls those with a physical & electrical connection between left and right ear still deliver the caller's voice to both ears, while the earbuds (separated objects for left & right ear) default to mono and I hear the caller's voice only on one of them. Is this last behavior avoidable?
I have tried without success different pairing methods, i.e. some ear buds suggest a procedure in which one earbud should first pair to the second bud, and then this one pairs to the phone.
I have searched the net but no real answer is popping out.
Thanks, Leodp
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Hi there.
I need a bluetooth headset with LCD display (for call info) that rings on incoming calls not only on the earpiece but also "externally"; I often have my P3300 on the craddle while being working in another room, so I'm not wearing the earpiece.
Of course, if I'm going to buy a new headset, I thought of going "stereo".
I took a look at a few makers (Motorola, Sonyericsson) but none states clearly if the headset rings.
Anyone has suggestions?
Thanks.
You should be able to accomplish this with any headset. If you set Speaker DWORD at
HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring0 to 1 it should play out the speaker instead of the paired BT headset.
You can also look at using JETWare BT Extension which will add a lot of functionality to the MS BT stack.
h4waii said:
You should be able to accomplish this with any headset. If you set Speaker DWORD at
HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring0 to 1 it should play out the speaker instead of the paired BT headset.
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He's looking to actually have the BT headset itself ring as opposed to the phone, since he may be in a different room.
To the OP: I don't know of any BT headsets that support loud external ringing, as I would suppose that could be damaging to you ears if you happened to be wearing the headset at the time. However, some BT headsets can vibrate, so I would look into those. Alternatively, if you don't mind their aesthetics, you could look into a bluetooth info accessory, such as a watch or bracelet. Those act as a middle man btwn the phone and headset, and alert you of incoming calls.
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However, some BT headsets can vibrate, so I would look into those.
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Not to hijack this thread, but can you point me in the direction of a a2dp device that vibrates? I have been looking for ages.
To the OP: the i-tech clip d-radio could be what you are looking for.
the Jabra BT8010 is very close...it vibrates instead of rings, though, and has an LCD display that will show caller info.
The catch is you have to download the software separately, and manually input the entries into the headset itself, and it can only hold 30 entries.
Anything not in the headset's address book will just display as the number, not the name of the person calling.
http://www.jabra.com/bt8010
Thabks all for the excellent suggestions.
I-tech Clip-D looks like the ideal candidate!
i'm using the itech r35 headset which emits 2 beeps when a call comes through. if you want it on silent mode, there's a setting that mutes the buzzer and the light flashes 2 times instead. it's also a2dp so i simply remove the single ear jack and plug in the stereo cans i have
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hi, I have been searching all day on google and XDA and found no solution so any help would be much appreciated, also apologies if i have missed a solution.
i have a touch diamond and two a2dp headsets that have a 3.5mm output. i want to connect both headsets to my touch diamond so that music plays on both, is there any way to achieve this? i dont mind if one just becomes a slave device and is "stupid" as it were, merely recieves sound. i am not interested in the microphone function of the heatsets either, purely to listen to sound through both.
the reason for this is i have both headsets inside ear defenders which my pillion and i wear on my hovercraft. each headset works fine when connected individually.
many thanks
Ed
I am pretty new to Android and still trying to get all the grips on I need. As of now, there is one thing that really bugs me badly.
I use the device for Sat-Nav driving a lot, I have a semipermanent installetion in my car from my previous smartphones. Basically just a power feed and a 3,5mm Jack that come out of the dash panel where the device holder is mounted. I recharge plug in for recharge as needed. The audio jack goes into the device, from there to a so-called Fastmute box behind the dash which is connected to the stereo head unit (the loudspeaker output cables running away from the head unit to be specific. The Speaker lines are interrupted by the box and just pass through whatever audio is being played back by the stereo. However, once there is current on the 3,5 audio jack (i.e. speech from the SatNav) the music immediately goes mute and you can hear the turn instructions in perfect quality through the car speakers. Once the signal fromthe satnav dies down stereo music comes back.
For my taste this beats most commercial, fixed systems.
Now, since I am on Android weird stuff happens.
On a first testrun shortly after I gut the Desire (which was o2 branded stock 2.1 at that point) I noticed that I do not get any announcements through the fastmute. Checked the jack, opened the dash to check internal wiring, retried a mp3 player. It's all good on that side. The accouncements come through the device speaker, hard to hear, easy to miss a turn etc. I do not why or how, but it seems that the audio routing takes a route different from other audio. This had me pretty much meh!
Well few days later, now with a ModaCo R8 custom ROM and Froyo I was hoping for good luck and gave it another whirl. Of course, no dice. When I plug in the jack of the supplied headset (which I assume doubles as a handsfree) I get the symbol for that in the upper symbol bar. When I exchange that headset jack with the regular 3,5mm jack the symbol looks different, but still vaguel like a set of speakers.
But now here comes the completion of the mindfaq... I had the SatNav volume at about medium (so barely hearble with driving ambient noise) when the phone went and I took the call through the Bluetooth Handsfree instaalled in my car and was distracted by the call (the car came euipped with the BT Handsfree from factory, so the stereo goes to "pause" and the conversation is routed into the vehicle speakers.. A few minutes into the call I suddenly hear a perfectly well understandable, clear turn instruction hopping into the phone conservation. I was extremely intrigued and was hoping that I discovered that CoPilot can route instructions either into A2DP or more likely emulate a "call event" that results in routing the audio into the according BT profile.
However, after that singularity I tried reproducing this for a god part of an hour, driving a route that forces many instructions from the SatNav, all the while calling my own answering machine fo have an connection established.
Sorry for the lengty explanation. Questions:
1 Has anyone ran into this before? What was your solution? Bear with it, switch SatNav software, avoid listening to music in oder to not miss any turn directions?
2. Is there a hack, hidden configuration that would enable me to _force_ this audio routint into the direction of the BT Handsfree, making it think it is an incoming call?
As a fellow co-pilot user I share your frustration.
You will probably find that it's nothing as technical as it not routing to bluetooth or whatever.
Co-pilot has a nasty habit of messing with it's own volume setting when a headset is plugged in. It tends to reduce itself down to zero without notification or cause. You would try to reset the volume, but firstly, it wont go more than a third of the way up, and secondly, it will simply jump back down to zero again on it's own.
They know about this issue and their response is not to use it with a headphone jack!
It is rather annoying!!
I'm using an HTC Touch Pro 2. It lacks a 3.5mm headphone adapter, so I thought, I'd get a bluetooth headset with A2DP support to get around it. I've bought a Plantronics Voyager Pro+ and been using it the last few days, however, I've noticed a few problems:
1) Ringtones don't go directly to the headset. I've fixed this halfway with a mortscript to adjust the handsfree options in the registry. Now my ringtone goes to the headset, but the ringtone that plays in the headset that the headset comes with plays along with my ringtone. Not cool.
2) Half the time when I'm walking around listening to music or in my car on a call, I get my sound dropping in and out or the people I'm on the phone with complain about me breaking up a lot or being static-y. Are there certain things around me that attribute to this? The first thing I had thought was my phone's radio playing into the bluetooth communication with the headset, but I'm just guessing.
I've considered getting a new headset instead, but before I take that plunge, I thought I'd try to gather some input on other perspectives. If I do go for a new set, what are some suggestions for one in the $70-80 price range to start with?
I have the Samsung Car dock, and I have my phone paired to my stereo (Sony DSX-S300BTX [aka. alphabet soup]) with an external mic which I have mounted up by my visor. I can use vlingo once every time I'm in the car, and after that it goes haywire trying to listen all the time. Is there a way to turn down the sensitivity from the phone, or do I have to do it in the stereo somehow? I have a relatively loud car (Mustang GT) but the exhaust is stock, so I don't think it's that loud. I just want to be able to use the voice recognition reliably.
When you trigger the speech recognition, make sure you leave about half a second of silence before you actually speak. I think it uses that "silence" part to actually build a baseline. That helped quite a bit for me.
Under the Voice talk Settings, Motion, turn off Motion Activation. Most vehicles shake and vibrate too much for that to work right anyway.
Did any of these work? I have the car holder (no bluetooth or audio in/out) and I want to use the phone as my navigation with voice commands. Problem is, unless the car is at a complete standstill, voice talk will hear "Hello Galaxy" but then it won't hear anything after that. The red bars in the microphone icon are going off the charts indicating its picking up too much background noise. I usually use it in a rental car and I've tried all kinds of cars, all of them fairly quiet sedans. I've also tried it in my friend's Mercedes and same problem. Is there a work around? I've never had the motion control turned on. Thanks.