Bluetooth headset Works on SPV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest blade6750]

I have successfully tested a bluetooth headset on the SPV.

http://www.jabra.com/products/FreeSpeak_no...onBluetooth.htm

take a look.

i will try and carry out further testing becuase im not too sure on the sound quality of the kit as i only used it for a few minutes.

[Guest vadonald]

This is exactly the headset I was considering, just thought it was a wee bit pricey, but looks ever so cool. 8)

Awaiting your further impressions.

Cheers, Vince

P.S. Where did you buy from, did you get a good price?

[Guest blade6750]

the headset is not mine i just borrowed is off a friend. but he got it for £112 from the states. which is a great price.

I have an erricson headset from my t68. but no adater to pair it with the SPV.

[Guest yatpeak]

How do you connect a bluetooth headset to a phone without bluetooth???

Thanks,

Wyatt

[Guest yatpeak]

Sorry, I didn't read through the article. :oops:

Wyatt

[Guest blade6750]

Basically the kit comes with a headset and a adaptor.

The adaptor plugs into the phone in the headphones jack. onces thats dont the adaptor transmitts to the headset any sounds sent to it by the phone.

This means that u could even watch a film on the phone and listen to it from the bluetooth headset. Same with Music.

I tried this yesterday and the sound quality is quite good.

Im basing this opinion in comparison with the Erriccson headsets which i have used and are very good quality too.

[Guest yoos]

Anyone else use this? Would you recommend it for the money?

Looks like there is a specific SPV model now (I didn't see this exact model number in the previous posts)...

The following is from http://www.jabra.com/products/results.cfm (under cellular phones --> Orange)

ORANGE SPV Smartphone FreeSpeak for Microsoft-Powered Pocket PC Phones & Smartphones (FSSPVPocketPC302) Runs on Microsoft's Smartphone OS. Made by HTC. $179.00

[Guest jmjarvis]

Here's one available on Ebay and states :

JABRA BLUETOOTH HEADSET WITH BLUETOOTH ADAPTER FOR:

T-MOBILE POCKET PC, SIEMENS SX56, POCKET PC HTC-9500,

SPV SMARTPHONE, DOPOD 686, QTEK 1010,

GRADIENTE PARTNER AND O2 XDA!!!

This is one thats "available" to the UK and is also a "BUY NOW" for $115 (yep US dollars)

So ready....................steady..................go ;)

Oh and its NOT me selling this guys :!:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...&category=15040

[Guest lutzh]

hi there,

thanks for sharing this info. its nice to see that there's a workaround for the missed bluetooth but at the end of the day this shows that voicedial is missed even more then since the use of the headset is then only half as good as it could be...

cheers, lutz

[Guest jmjarvis]

:idea: Makes you wonder if this BlueTooth adaptor would work with a BlueTooth car kit - hhmmmmmm

Would DEFINATELY buy one then. ;)

Anyone in a position to test ?

TIA

Jas

[Guest MECX]

This looks very cool--how big is the bluetooth adaptor (the bit that plugs into the phone cant seem to see a good pic of this :roll:

[Guest yoos]

I just purchased one... It should be to my house on Monday... Let me know if anyone is interested in my thoughts on it once I try it out for a little while...

[Guest uczmeg]

Just quizzed the seller a little. He wants $28 for postage to the UK (which seems a little high) but he does mark down the value and tick gift to help get it through customs which is good!

That makes it $143 or at today's exchange rate £89.50 if you don't get stung by Mr Customs.

I thought that was a very good price, until I started shopping around.

It appears to be £88.13 at Expansys!

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=BT200-NB

Tempting....

Cheers

Marc

[Guest uczmeg]

Okay, I wouldn't normally reply to my own post.

But I kept on searching, and I think you'll like what I've found!

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/1544.htm

£69.95 + £2.50 for first class shipping!

;)

Mine is now ordered. They must have dropped in price a lot recently as first time I looked at this a few months ago it was well over a hundred quid!

The site shows you a picture of what the phone end looks like. Not great, but seeing as it will be in my bag most of the time not too bad.

I'm sure I'll use this to listen to music at the gym more than for speaking on!

Cheers

Marc

[Guest uczmeg]

So is posting to yourself like talking to yourself? A sign of maddness??

I really should learn to read before typing in my credit card details.

There appear to be a few different versions of this headset as mentioned in one of the above posts. I believe I have been lulled into a false sense of security by the wording on the page 'ANY PHONE WITH 2.5mm Jack" which the spv of course has.

Look at page 2 of this pdf:

http://www.jabra.com/products/Datasheets/F...akDatasheet.pdf

It describes three versions:

1:

Headset and Adapter for Most

Non-Bluetooth Phones*

100-91030000-02

• JABRA FreeSpeak headset

• Multi-adapter with 2.5mm,

3-conductor audio plug

2:

Headset and Adapter for Non-Bluetooth

Microsoft-Powered Pocket PC Phones

and Smartphones*

100-91130000-02

• JABRA FreeSpeak headset

• Multi-adapter with modified 2.5mm,

4-conductor audio plug

3:

Headset and Adapter for Most

Non-Bluetooth Nokia Phones*

100-91430000-02

• JABRA FreeSpeak headset

• Multi-adapter with 2.5mm,

4-conductor audio plug

No idea which one I've bought, 1 or 3 probably.

The above suggests we need 2.

However the jack plug on the supplied SPV headphones is a 3 conductor audio plug, and 2 says it is a 4 conductor one!

:?

Now I'm confused. Going mad even!

Anyway, I'll give it a go and report back. I have a good case should I need to send it back!

Cheers

Marc

[Guest yoos]

Yea, I called Jabra before I ordered to confirm and they gave me the 2nd model you have listed...

[Guest uczmeg]

Yea, I called Jabra before I ordered to confirm and they gave me the 2nd model you have listed...

I still don't understand as I'm sure the phone uses a 3 conductor plug!

Anyway the only difference appears to be the connecting lead. If all else fails I'll be sweet talking Jabra UK into switch it for me...

Obviously a refund will be possible, but at this proce I'd rather get a working version!

Cheers

Marc

[Guest vadonald]

I still don't understand as I'm sure the phone uses a 3 conductor plug!

Nope, look at the headphones that came with your phone, the connector has 4 conductors, (1 earth, 1 mic, 1 left earpiece, 1 right earpiece), the SPV has stereo audio 8) whereas most ordinary mobiles only have mono .

Hope this helps.

Vince

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

Stereo Audio is in fact a Micrsoft requirement for any hardware producers...

[Guest jmjarvis]

We've read about it but I've not been able to find a picture of it. Finally managed to find one plugged into an SPV and here it is.

I'll be giving the aforementioned companies a ring today to find out exactly what model/connector type we need.

jabra_orange.jpg

[Guest madu]

Looks BULKY... ;)

[Guest jmjarvis]

It came from a review by Guy Kewney. You can read the full article here:

http://www.kewney.com/articles/021022-jabra.html

Its this statement that interests me :

It plugs into the audio-out socket of the phone, with a cable; and then phone and cable vanish into an inside pocket, and you can listen (mono) to the audio output

Two things:

1) Vanish into an inside pocket - hmmmmmm not sure about that ;)

2) Can listen MONO to the audio output - hhhmmm need to check this out as I can't understand why you would have to go from Stereo output down to MONO :?

The article was dated the 22/10/02 and I'm hoping that a few modifications have been done to it since then. Fingers crossed

[Guest uczmeg]

It came from a review by Guy Kewney. You can read the full article here:

http://www.kewney.com/articles/021022-jabra.html

1) Vanish into an inside pocket - hmmmmmm not sure about that  ;)  

2) Can listen MONO to the audio output - hhhmmm need to check this out as I can't understand why you would have to go from Stereo output down to MONO  :?

The article was dated the 22/10/02 and I'm hoping that a few modifications have been done to it since then. Fingers crossed

Well there is only one ear piece, so it can't be stereo!

Cheers

Marc

[Guest jmjarvis]

Ah ha but what if you were to have 2 :oops: ahem

Cheers Marc

Second baby is only days away and my sleepless nights have already started :cry:

I'll go and crawl under a rock and attempt to recover from there :wink: