13 replies to this topic

[arita99]

Hi all,

I just got mine too this saturday.
So far so good. I agree that the speaker could have been a bit louder.
I use ms voice command too, but it doesn't work that well on the A701, the sound is too low to hear what the voice says. And I can't use my BT headset with it, so in a car navigating with Tomtom it's totally useless.

I have some problems though, I can't have the smart dialing function, whenever I type a number, it doesn't propose me contact names.
I also noticed the sound quality in GSM mode is bad. When I talk with the PDA (no headset, no handsfree), me and the receiver both hear a crakling/buzzing noise constantly. It's sometimes low and sometimes very audible. It's really annoying hearing that, it's like you're talking to a person next to drilling machine or something. Does anyone have the same problem?

Thanks for your reply.

[PaulOBrien]

I have found the in call quality exceptionally good, so maybe you have a faulty unit?

P

[arita99]

Paul [MVP], on Mar 28 2006, 09:45, said:

I have found the in call quality exceptionally good, so maybe you have a faulty unit?

P

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Maybe it's because of the mic gain? Can anyone tell me how to change the microphone gain? I saw this option on other PDA phone, but not in the A701.

If it's not the mic, damn it, then it must be my unit, I see no other options than to return it.

[murf62]

People I'm calling are moaning about bad background noise. I've tried it myself and listened to it on a landline and it's not really acceptable. Anyone else have this problem?

[bando]

No, in fact my wife tells me I sound like I'm on a land line - perfect sound.  It must have a stronger antena too because it works in a few places where my old phones did not work!

[murf62]

Hmm, looks like mine will be going back then. I'm on UK Orange, but have tried Vodafone too and it's the same.

[the_changing_man]

murf62, on Mar 28 2006, 21:29, said:

Hmm, looks like mine will be going back then. I'm on UK Orange, but have tried Vodafone too and it's the same.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

mines fuzzy in the background as well unfortunately...nothing too dramatic but i'd rather get it replaced if its not suppose to be like that...

makes the same sort of sound a PC will if it picks up a mobile signal near to it...

Another real issue is after my first voicemail notification the icon wont disappear and every time i switch it on it tells me i've new voicemail!!! ( this is after deleting all voicemails..even old ones )

[murf62]

Try 'check notification' from here...

http://www.scarybear...n_overview.html

The clear notify one doesn't seem to play on WM5 but check clears all the shite out. Also fixes alarm issues, which is why I use it.

[the_changing_man]

murf62, on Mar 29 2006, 12:42, said:

Try 'check notification' from here...

http://www.scarybear...n_overview.html

The clear notify one doesn't seem to play on WM5 but check clears all the shite out. Also fixes alarm issues, which is why I use it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Any idea which ones you remove? there doesnt appear to be any pointers on their site!

[murf62]

the_changing_man, on Mar 29 2006, 15:22, said:

Any idea which ones you remove? there doesnt appear to be any pointers on their site!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Go to options-->settings and tick the 2 boxes. Then it should show up in red the ones that will be deleted when you press clear.

I have had a problem with mine where I needed to delete one called NULL, that got the alarms working again, but this wasn't red.

[the_changing_man]

murf62, on Mar 29 2006, 16:27, said:

Go to options-->settings and tick the 2 boxes. Then it should show up in red the ones that will be deleted when you press clear.

I have had a problem with mine where I needed to delete one called NULL, that got the alarms working again, but this wasn't red.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i did have a juke for any of the files mentioned and any duplicates in red but no joy...dear knows!! There are 12 events in the list but i dont want to start deleting them in case it needs a hard reset ffs  :shock:

repllog.exe, connmgr.exe, calupd.exe, calnot.exe, clocknot.exe, calendar.exe ( a few are duplicated... )

if anyone fancies some trial and error on their own...let us know  :?:

[jn753]

I do find the in-call volume on the A701 a little quiet, especially in a noisy street - I seem to always be pressing the vol. buttons up to the max. and even then, it irritates a bit to think that I am about to not hear something, if you see (or hear, ahem) what I mean. In contrast to my ex-Orange C550... this was almost too loud at the max. setting.

In a quieter environment, the call quality is fine, although on balance, I think I currently prefer that of my ex-C550 (yes, that did have a mic gain issue - I always left the vol. on at least half, as if set to low, the mic started to give some kind of feedback loop given it up-gained: why this did this whilst setting the earpiece vol. setting is beyond me)

regards

[gilesjuk]

jn753, on Apr 13 2006, 10:01, said:

I do find the in-call volume on the A701 a little quiet,

There are two sliders though, master and call volume, gotta make sure both are on full.

[cooperte]

arita99, on Mar 28 2006, 00:39, said:

I also noticed the sound quality in GSM mode is bad. When I talk with the PDA (no headset, no handsfree), me and the receiver both hear a crakling/buzzing noise constantly. It's sometimes low and sometimes very audible. It's really annoying hearing that, it's like you're talking to a person next to drilling machine or something. Does anyone have the same problem?

Thanks for your reply.

Hi, I received mine yesterday and it is exactly the same. I am on vodafone. It's really quite bad - enough that I can't wait to finish the phonecall. I guess I will have to send it back unless anyone has any ideas how to stop it?

Cheers,

Terry