I'm rocking the Bluebuds X and they are great but I'd like to get a good (<$100) set of headphones instead.
What do you guys have?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/10-b...id-iPhone-and-other-Bluetooth-devices_id65629
I was looking at this.
I'm using the LG Tone Pro. Wears around your neck that way it doesn't interference with the vr strap. Bluetooth. Great battery life. Google voice action integration
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handling the headphones as "one more thing to put on your head before you can start" bothered me. i think i came up with a funny and handy workaround for this:
i used the note4 earplugs (which arent great, but ok quality) and, well, how to say this, wrapped them around the gear VR in a speficic way. english is not my mother language and i will have problems describing this, but try to hear me out on this because IMO its pretty awesome:
1. the earplug cable "splits" a couple of centimeters before the end (so that you have space to put one earplug in each ear). use that as a starting point and place this right under the "overhead strap" of the gear VR. from there, right earplug goes right and left earplug goes left (thank you, captain obvious), BUT: wrap them around the gear VR headstrap, so that it runs through the velcro part where you set the size of the headstrap. if you wrap it around once, the remote control for taking calls will disappear right between the two velcro parts, and the remaining cable will be precisely long enough that the earplug hangs right next to your ear when you put the headset on. with just enough "buffer" when putting it into the ear to move freely without every noticing it. same for the left side of course. and on the left side, also wrap the remaining cable around the velcro area a couple of times, so that not only does the earplug "hang just in the right position", but so does the jack that goes into the headphone plug of the phone.
it sounds like a mess, but if you do it right (i.e., wrap from inside, not outside, hide parts of the cable under the facepad etc), its totally fine, and the big big plus is that from then on you perceive the gear VR as "one device, including headphones". imagine it would have earplugs coming out of the headstrap - its almost exactly like that. and it makes the process of putting it on and removing it so much more convenient. no extra headphone cable mess. but also no extra "uh, did i charge my bluetooth headphones before i went on the road?" traps to fall in. i love it. highly recommended.
zorglub667 said:
handling the headphones as "one more thing to put on your head before you can start" bothered me. i think i came up with a funny and handy workaround for this:
i used the note4 earplugs (which arent great, but ok quality) and, well, how to say this, wrapped them around the gear VR in a speficic way. english is not my mother language and i will have problems describing this, but try to hear me out on this because IMO its pretty awesome:
1. the earplug cable "splits" a couple of centimeters before the end (so that you have space to put one earplug in each ear). use that as a starting point and place this right under the "overhead strap" of the gear VR. from there, right earplug goes right and left earplug goes left (thank you, captain obvious), BUT: wrap them around the gear VR headstrap, so that it runs through the velcro part where you set the size of the headstrap. if you wrap it around once, the remote control for taking calls will disappear right between the two velcro parts, and the remaining cable will be precisely long enough that the earplug hangs right next to your ear when you put the headset on. with just enough "buffer" when putting it into the ear to move freely without every noticing it. same for the left side of course. and on the left side, also wrap the remaining cable around the velcro area a couple of times, so that not only does the earplug "hang just in the right position", but so does the jack that goes into the headphone plug of the phone.
it sounds like a mess, but if you do it right (i.e., wrap from inside, not outside, hide parts of the cable under the facepad etc), its totally fine, and the big big plus is that from then on you perceive the gear VR as "one device, including headphones". imagine it would have earplugs coming out of the headstrap - its almost exactly like that. and it makes the process of putting it on and removing it so much more convenient. no extra headphone cable mess. but also no extra "uh, did i charge my bluetooth headphones before i went on the road?" traps to fall in. i love it. highly recommended.
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Good description but a photo is worth a thousand words my friend.
Please load a photo of your setup.
hehe youre right. well, i tried
heres some photos.
- middle (where the cable "splits" below the headstrap and then hides behind the facepad)
- right side (earplug remote disappearing between velcro, earplug coming out with just enough "buffer" - you do have approx. +-4 centimeters buffer here depending on how you wrap it)
- left side (rest of the cable wrapped around the velcro area, earplug coming out in the back, headphone jack coming out in the front).
it takes a bit of fiddling when you do it like this (one could use some tape to make it more elegant, just didnt have any around atm), but its really a handy solution IMO. the "gear VR as ONE thing instead of two things" perception is really the key selling point to me.
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I'm using airphones.
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I have no sound whats so ever?
I think i know the answer to my problem - i'm just not sure how to fix it.
Basically part of my headset is stuck in the headset port. It's the little tiny tip section of the jack end. I think the phone thinks there is a headset plugged in and thats why the speaker is not working - also when taking calls i cant hear the other person and they cant hear me.
Problem is, what do i do about it? It's an awful small jack fitting in the first place - never mind trying to get the smallest part out of that hole?
Any idea's? I want to avoid returning the phone to O2 because when they last had it (the touch screen stopped working) it took 4 weeks before i got it back and I need the phone for GPS everyday!
OOooooo errrr.
Thats got to be the worst of luck.
I can only siggest two possible things to do and they're nasty, very nasty!
1. Get a cocktail stick and dip the smallest possible amount of SuperGlue on the end(and I mean the smallest dribble.) Infact put a drop on a ceramic tile and dip the cocktail stick into it for a really small amount. Then insert and hold for a few minutes. You may have enough bond to ease out the remains.
2. If you dont use the jack you could shove a nail in there and gently wiggle if for quite a while to break the solder points carefuly and then pull the jack off, thus disconnecting the headset.
Sounds rough and nasty but thats what I'd do and then if it failed I'd put the jack on the remaining headset and send it back to O2 for replacement.
Just thought I would let everyone know that this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140216977701
(same device appears to be at
http://www.wirelessground.com/touchcarmount.html )
Is a great hands free kit/car mount for the Vogue. I spent a lot of time researching car mounts, and decided to take the plunge on this one. Shipping was quite reasonable and only took 2 days from New York.
The suction cup works GREAT, adhered instantly and very securely to my windshield. Figuring out exactly how to adjust the neck of the mount can take a few minutes, but I had mine up and positioned perfectly in about 2 minutes.
Very little vibration is transferred to the device. The external speaker works great, and has plenty of power. You can the charger off with a easy to use switch on the base, which also has a 2.5mm headphone jack, and a volume dial. My wife said I sounded a little distant when using the hands free, but less distant than I sounded when I just used the speaker phone on the vogue.
Also on the base of the unit is a "Hands Free" button, with which you can answer a call just by pressing it once, and hang up a call by pressing it for a moment. You can also initiate voice dialing on the vogue by pressing it for a moment when not in a call.
My vogue fits very securely in the socket, it actually takes a bit of force (but not too much) to get it out.
The only downside that I see to it is that you have to turn a knob to rotate the device 90 degrees (for any applications that use landscape), but I think this is an acceptable trade off to how solid the entire mount/phone is when everything is locked down.
do you happen to know any kind oif mounting system for a bycicle? now that i have gps, i would like to have it on my bike
Hands Free button
I bought this cradle for my Sprint Touch. I find it to be very sturdy, speaker volume is excellent. Only problem I'm having is the hands free button does not work for either answering or making calls. Is there a setting in windows mobile or some other setup required?
Will this work with the extended battery on? is there room in the back of the cradle to accomodate this?
Today my phone slipped out of my pocket. It slid out while I was attempting to change songs. I didn’t even look down. Just waited to hear the sound of it hitting the ground. Thankfully I never heard that sound. I looked down and the phone was dangling inches from the cement; saved by my headphone wire.
Question 1) Is this by design? The female/male connection of the 3.5mm jack seems unusually snug*. The USB by comparison sometimes falls out.
Question 2) Are there any apps that utilize the volume rocker to change the songs on the music player?
*that's what she said
I think you just got lucky *
I order to give good audio quality, the jacks need to be snug, better connection. I've seen many instances where I'd need to replace headphone jacks in computers because they wouldn't snap in firmly and not make good connections. If you held it at the right angle, music would play, but not without crackling and popping occasionally.
I have no clue if there are any apps. I imagine that would be more a limitation on the plug portion than the programs. The Aria did it, but I know there are particular types of headphones that have them built in that speicifically will/will not work with the phone. Just have to try.
*that's what I said. Just now. See, I said it. Earlier in the post. First line. See?
Hey guys,
Received one of these in the mail today:
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/13863959/-/Product.html
(Warning: I got mine from memorybits.co.uk; I warn you that the customer reviews of that place are dire but I didn't see them until after ordering. However, I got it in 2 days just fine, so YMMV).
It's pretty decent- connects as an A2DP unit and then all audio is routed via the car stereo. It's a little dumb at finding a "blank" radio space (seems to pick up the tail ends of real stations and use them instead of actual space) but the audio quality is clear and static-free.
I called my home landline and the wife says she can hear me just fine through the microphone that's built into it. I didn't try the USB charging just yet, although that's a really nice thing to have. You can hang up, answer calls, play/pause and next/previous track with the buttons on it.
The only real problem I've found so far is that there are little rubber strips down the side of the cigarette lighter adaptor that are meant to hold the unit in place and stop it moving. DO NOT turn the unit when it's plugged in- you WILL tear these strips off, as I found.
Once it's plugged in, you will have enormous difficulty getting it out again; just don't do what I did and twist it.
Overall, it functions nicely as a hands-free + audio unit. I'm stoked to get music from my phone in the car, as burning CDs was getting highly annoying. For £18 it's a complete bargain as well.
If you do happen to order from memorybits.co.uk, do use a full credit card. Last year a bunch of people complained that their orders weren't turning up etc. It looks like the site was bought out by someone else and seems to be doing business okay now, but I wouldn't take the risk. Play.com has a looooong waiting list for these.
Hope this helps someone.
Well the bundled stock headphones include a right angle connector.
But I want to use my iPhone headphones (aftermarket, not the bundled ones)
There's plenty of right angle connectors that are 3 conductor/2 band but you lose the mic/play button with that.
Has anyone found a right angle adaptor with 4 condutor/3 bands?
Without a right angle adapter I fear too much movement will damage the port or the connector on the headphones (and it doesnt really feel right in the pocket)
Found this one, It may be cheaper to build your own.
I also found some that include are TRRS at the phone (male) end, TRS at the female end and include a mic like this one. With this adapter you can use any headphones and still make calls.
The first like seems to be what I need, it's a bit pricier then what I wanted but it's the right description of what I want. If there was one for approx $10 inc shipping it'd be perfect.
My headphones are the apple in ear headphones so they already include a mic (and more importantly a button to control audio)
marvin02 said:
Found this one, It may be cheaper to build your own.
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That's perfect, but the pricing is loonacy !
It came to nearly $20 after (even the cheapest) shipping. As the headphone jack was the last piece from keeping me from completely retiring my old iphone (i only used it for music) I figured it while it was expensive it was redicilously expensive.
Once it arrives i'll do a mini review of it, should be here by the middle of the week.
You could probably get the right angle plug and make one, but then you have to actually take the time to make the darn thing. you would also need the straight plug and wire and solder and the skill, Nah - I would probably order one just like you did.
Mini-review
So I recieved my connector today.
It doesnt match the picture exactly on the earlier link, but that's a good thing.
The headphone port body seems to be made of electrical shrinkwrap. This good as it means there's nothing on it that can possibly scratch your phone. The issue is that the overall look makes it look like someone hand assembeled it and is not factory made.
It does exactly what it's supposed to do, passes all signals without any perceptable loss in quality.
Pros:
TRRS on both ends (passes all 4 wires)
No metal on body so cant scratch anything
No perceptable change in audio quality
Cons:
Electrical shrinkwrap doesnt scream quality
Price, very expensive for what it is and the build quality
Other:
Doesnt match picture
Cable is 6 inches
Cable is very thick! compare the headphone cable and the extension's cable.
Final Thoughts:
If it were around $8-15 with shipping it'd be a pretty good buy even for it's quality. At $20 it's a bit much for something so small even if it had really good build quality/materials.
But as I mentioned earlier this is the last piece I needed to make my streak fully replace my old iphone. Being able to carry 1 less device makes the high cost not so high.
Issues left to tackle related to streak:
I'm currently using doubletwist to sync with my itunes library and as my music player, currently you can only do single press on the headphone button to play/stop music. It cant do double press to skip forward a track or triple press to go back a track.
Edit: It turns out doubletwist does support double press to skip a track, but not triple press to return to a track. It's a bit finicky though, as it seems to be a hack on detecting that you pressed play/stop quickly and not as a single smooth command.
Also unfortunately you cant use the vol up/vol down button on the headphones (but this isnt the fault of the streak, it's intentional vendor lock-in)
As I'm currently using the apple in-ear headphones I dont expect to change them any time soon, not that other non iphone headphones support volume buttons on the mic block anyway.
The volume buttons on the streak are small and with the right angle connector connected and the port so close to the vol buttons it might be a bit difficult to change the volume without removing it from your pocket. As I have no case for my streak but did for my iphone I dont have the case to guide me to the buttons as easily (You can feel the vol buttons even though the outside of jeans with a case) But I have to walk around a bit and try this part first. The vol buttons work fine for me, I have the phone upright in pocket with screen facing outwards. Finding the buttons isnt an issue at all.
The fact the streak has a metal body means I dont need a case to protect the back from scratches (the front is a different story).
Great review, thanks for taking the time to follow up.
Edited review, turns out using the vol buttons is fine even with the connector.
Doubletwist also includes double tap for skip track so it's pretty much everything I need