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Here is a Music & Hands Free FM Transmitter from Verizon that is pretty sweet! I bought one of these last week and so far I'm impressed with the quality. It will set you back $130 bones though...
http://www.myventuri.com/
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/accessoryPopup?item=accessoryMart&accessoryId=33022
Here are some details:
It has a hi res OLED screen that is white text on black background so it's easy to view in daylight and at night. It's not too bright at night, but it doesn't have a setting to change the brightness. It shows the current FM station by default and it will display the phone number when some one is calling. You can download your phone book to it as well, but I haven't figured how to download it from my XV6800 yet.
There are two buttons and a scroll wheel. The button on the top left is for changing FM stations. The one on the right is for the configuration menu: phone device type, pairing, paring reset, and FM on/off. Then scroll wheel works well for navigating through the menus. The wheel responds to the speed you turn it and it has a similar feel to the scroll wheel on the phone. There are also four buttons on the face surrounding the display and scroll wheel: Select Phone, Select Tunes, Answer/Play/Pause, and Hang-up/Stop.
The Bluetooth A2DP stereo over FM is killer! This is the main reason I bought this thing. The only drawback is finding a good FM station to transmit on, but you have the full FM spectrum to chose from. Overall, it works well and the sound quality is great. Also, no cables - hooray!
It has two (in & out) 3.5mm stereo jacks on the left side, and standard USB jack on the right side for charging 5v devices. I think this is a nice bonus if you want to hook up your other MP3 player...
The hands-free works very well. It will play a chime over the speakers and beep from the device to let you know a call is coming in. It will pause you music if the player supports it. The sound through the speakers is full sounding and not "tin can" sounding. The mic sound good on the other end of the call, and the noise canceling actually works - at least with my windows cracked @ 75mph.
I hope this helps someone who's in the market for one of these devices.
for the touch it does not sync up the phone book so it will probably not sync the titan's either.
Damn, the radio i have is the only year they did not put RDS on their units. BAH.
Other than that it looks pretty cool.
I have a Moto Rokr T5 on the way from Newegg. It looks like it has the same functions minus the audio in and out jacks. It was about $80.
I'll post some thoughts when it gets here.
link please
Sorry it's T505 not T5.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875982146
Moto T505
I ordered one of these T505s as well. Will report back but the reviews basically sound positive and it appears it should work as expected.
Mine came today. I haven't used it much yet but so far it seems really nice.
No trouble pairing with the Mogul. The audio streaming sounds really good.
More later.................
now that looks like something I will buy. Nice find.
that looks nice. now details, how is the music and calls, what programs are you using for music and what does it control. And while we are at it, throw in your audio set up in the car as well.
And now..... they are out of stock. BAH
So far the music playback is great. The FM transmitter is very powerful! It plays over the top of other stations with ease.
The channel selection is neat. Push the FM button and a nice british lady tells you which station to tune in. If the current station goes bad (hasn't happened yet) push the button again for a new station.
Sound quality over FM is pretty good as far as I can tell. I have a stock Toyota Tacoma 04 sound system and ears that have been exposed to a lot of loud noise, so take that for what it's worth.
If you take the phone out of range, when you get back in the car just tap the phone key to restore the connection.
Call quality seems fine. I've made a couple of calls today (while parked) and nobody complained so far.
I'm going to try leaving myself a couple messeges tomorrow and see how road noise factors in.
Audio controlls work with HTC Audio Manager and Windows Media but not TCPMP although the sound comes through fine.
thanks for the info. now to find one......
Moto T505
Echo the same results here. I love it. Very slick device. Now all I need to do is get the $2.99 upgrade to Sirius premium streaming since 32K sounds like crap on the car now...
Nice, but I'd really rather opt for the T605 and just do a clean install myself. I can't stand the thought of streaming my music via A2DP and it having my music quality capped at FM Quality.
sonus said:
Nice, but I'd really rather opt for the T605 and just do a clean install myself. I can't stand the thought of streaming my music via A2DP and it having my music quality capped at FM Quality.
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I'm sure the 605 is a sexier solution but the sound from the 505 is pretty good. It's nice to be able to move it from car to car and the radio in the shop.
I'm really happy with this gadget so far.
Hi all,
is there a (cheap) solution for transmitting a Bluetooth signal (over my HD2) to Aux Audio? That would be great! Oh and I'm not looking for this for my car, but for a stereo music box (hope this is right word in English!)
greats!
Check these out ..... i bought them froom woot for 12$ ...you can connect ur cell phone to it using btooth and then put the aux cable instead of headphones..
http://s3.amazonaws.com/wootsaleimages/Kyocera_Bluetooth_Dongle_Stereo_Earphones060Detail.jpg
And if you still decide to use it also as a handsfree for calling purposes check the sound quality of the mic before buying (call few friends with it and ask them if they hear you). I did not do it and now I have to use my Philips shb7100 just for listening music over a2dp because the mic is crap (or the AD conversion mechanism)
Bluetooth® Home Stereo Adapter DC800 [Motorola]
I use Motorola Bluetooth® Home Stereo Adapter DC800. this was a costly item 5 years back running up to 100 USD...but now a days you will find seconds everywhere on line and even the new one's shouldnt be too costly....
I am very happy with the performance...I connect my HD2 to this by Bluetooth
And DC80 has a output wire to my Home Theater....and it plays wonderfully.
I also have a Input wire into DC800 from my TV headphones jack....this allows me to use my Motorola HT820 headphones to listen privately late night shows when others are asleep....
try to find them in your country,..who know you might get a good deal on ebay/online.....
I'm looking for the latest/best Bluetooth kit that will allow me to stream Pandora and phone calls through my car speakers. I like the idea of the Motorola T505, but can't tell if there is something newer/better out there. I would prefer suggestions from people who know first hand about the pros and cons.
Thank you!
Bluetooth Advice....
I actually just posted this article over at my website....
http://www.drunkentechblog.com/?p=404
There's some good advice there.
BTW, the Jabra headset I was initially using was this one:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=jabra+bt3030&hl=en&cid=10591963048415444032&ei=kQzwS9eiNo2i2ATI5KjdDQ&sa=title&ved=0CAcQ8wIwADgA#p
For a little more money you could have the fully integrated stereo I feature in the article.
I will check it out, thank you!
I didn't see anything about sending or receiving phone calls. Can you?
I've been using the Motorola T505 for a while and I love it, especially the amazing battery life! I found the same Sony Stereo on Amazon for about $149.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MEX-BT3800U-Receiver-Player-Bluetooth/dp/B0032FOJPM
This is what the description says about recieving calls:
Bluetooth Functionality
The MEX-BT3800U features Bluetooth hands-free with an integrated microphone (or through an external microphone), as well as audio streaming functionality using your compatible Bluetooth music device.
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I believe this means it should handle calls just as well as streaming Music from your device.
The only thing that gets me about the T505 is when traveling, even with the auto-station finder, since it is an FM transmitter it can take a while to find a decent station to listen to your music. Around my own area I've already found the best stations and have them set as presets though so not a problem however it would be nice to get CD sound quality through the speakers instead of FM sound.
Yes, the Sony stereo handles calls very well. And as for the FM Transmitter on that T505 I can't say. The reason I went with the Jabta BT3030 before I got the Sony stereo was so I could use the line input instead of an FM transmitter. (I tried something with an FM Transmitter before with poor sound quality).
I wish I had seen that deal on Amazon!
I tried the line-in in my Mustang and the sound was horrible.
Thanks for the helpful information.
It will probably be a few months before I will be able to part with the cash to buy anything, but it'll take me that long to make a decision. lol
I was going to place an order until I realized it wouldn't fit into my Mustang.
Any other suggestions?
photonmedia said:
Yes, the Sony stereo handles calls very well. And as for the FM Transmitter on that T505 I can't say. The reason I went with the Jabta BT3030 before I got the Sony stereo was so I could use the line input instead of an FM transmitter. (I tried something with an FM Transmitter before with poor sound quality).
I wish I had seen that deal on Amazon!
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Nice setup with the stereo if you have only 1 car and you spend plenty of time in it.
I'm using a Jabra Cruiser speakerphone. Clips to the visor, transmits to the car radio and sounds good. Also it is supposed to announce caller name via access to the Inc's phonebook - Inc is supposed to have PBAP. This doesn't work however with the Jabra Cruiser. It will announce phone numbers only, not names of incoming caller.
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I'm using a Jabra Cruiser speakerphone. Clips to the visor, transmits to the car radio and sounds good. Also it is supposed to announce caller name via access to the Inc's phonebook - Inc is supposed to have PBAP. This doesn't work however with the Jabra Cruiser. It will announce phone numbers only, not names of incoming caller.
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I just ordered that one
Hi everyone, I just recieved my Sony MW600's in the mail and charged it up and paired it to the Focus. http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=25845
This is by far the best headphones I've used next to the HBH-IS900's I've owned the past 2 years. I would've gotten another pair of the IS900's but didn't want the propitary charging port after seeing the MW600's are micro usb too. Pairing was easy and all the music controll functions work great. The headset has it's own volume adjustments too, but it's touch sensitive which you have to watch out when your holding it by the sides. You can skip tracks or pause music with no problems. Now for watching video they of course don't work because there is a problem with Zune sending sound to the headset, but the controls still work. The FM radio function works pretty awesome, better than my cars tuner. To bad you can't store station pre-sets. Only other thing is finding a place to clip it. Other than that it is a very good buy.
I have it - I second it as one of the best devices for bluetooth.
Hi Folks!
Recently got a bluetooth FM transmitter so i can go hands free in the car and use phones music player too
However the audio is very heavily compressed when using A2DP - no bass and the top end frequencies turn to mush - ie not good enough to use
Checked all eq settings and different FM frequencies, no difference
plugged the analogue audio cable direct from the phone to the bluetooth FM transmitter and immediately got perfect sound again
I dont see many poeple talking about this on this forum or many answers but the closest seems to be windows phones can access and modify registry settings to check and increase the bitrate
My current thinking is the bitrate (or bitpool) over bluetooth A2DP is set too low, or when the phone and FM transmitter pair the phone selects a bitrate that's too low for quality audio (but ok for calls)
My question is does anyone know how modify the bitpool settings on the Galaxy S please?
I am going to get a custom ROM and will very happy when the phone is really mine so if that's what it takes I'm up for it
Many many thanks!
DJ LIBRE
Samsung Galaxy S
2.1.1 Eclair on 3 mobile network in the UK
Nexus Drive Transmit Pro (Bluetooth FM transmitter music and hands free car kit)
I have the Galaxy S on 3 UK since August. I use the bluetooth to transmit sound to my Samsung surround sound system (as I don't own a stereo). I don't notice significant quality issues doing this. Are you sure both your devices are supporting A2DP. Not all A2DP devices talking nicely with each other, so you may be failing back to the normal Bluetooth frequencies which are more focus of the vocal range. I'm looking a car stereo's right now that support A2DP so I can stream my audio from my phone straight to my stereo, my phone is becoming the centre of my entertainment!!
I'm running Doc's ROM on my phone, can't recommend moving to his Froyo ROM's and an enhanced kernel enough, my phone is working so much better with his ROM, but there are lots out there to choose from.
I am using A2DP in my car too and I find the sound quality being very good.
The thing is, the default Android audio player (Music Player) is pretty poor and often it lags for me.
Since I moved to MiuiMusic (Search here) all those lags are gone and it works perfectly and smoothly in my car.
Now, as pointed already to you, all BT devices do not communicate flawlessly between each other sometimes...
works great for me, streaming from the SGS to the car CZ 509 deck
i don't even carry CDs in my car anymore
even the lovely sub base sound comes through clearly.
nothing better like a Sonic Massage meanwhile you are driving
I wanted to create a new thread on this, but then I've seen this one. Is there no one with a solution except flashing cyanogen?
It could be a setting on your bluetooth receiver.
For example, I've got a pair of Sony DR-BT21G bt stereo headphones. When you hold a special button combination, it switches it from "high quality" to "any quality", and will just select whatever bitrate it thinks is best, usually, something that sounds about half as good.
Try looking in your manual for troubleshooting and see if there are any settings that you can change on the receiver itself?
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It could be a setting on your bluetooth receiver.
For example, I've got a pair of Sony DR-BT21G bt stereo headphones. When you hold a special button combination, it switches it from "high quality" to "any quality", and will just select whatever bitrate it thinks is best, usually, something that sounds about half as good.
Try looking in your manual for troubleshooting and see if there are any settings that you can change on the receiver itself?
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Hmm, i using Sony MW600 BT headphones. I've checked the manual, but there's nothing about quality :/
But i dont think that's the problem anyway, as i tried Cyanogenmod and it got perfect quality then. But otherwise cyanogen is quite useless for me on my Galaxy S, its just too buggy. There must be someone who can change the bitpool quality on the stock gingerbread to the highest possible...
Exact same issue for me (as described by DJ LIBRE), I have a Belkin Wireless Bluetooth Music Receiver and the sound quality is horid... it's got nothing on AirPlay which I think is still kind of average quality!
I also wonder if there is a highbitrate setting that can be adjusted?
Running CyanogenMod Nightly #130 on SGS.
After getting used to listening to 24/96 FLAC's with the Voodoo Sound mod enabled with a custom built headphone amp and semi decent can's all I can say is BT Audio is a waste of time!
Has anyone noticed whether the music player was set to 5.1 surround mode? Had a similar issue where turning off the 5.1 fixed the sound streaming...