Jabra BT8040 vs Plantronics 640- multipoint battle - Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus Accessories

There are already lots of reviews of both devices and they are good. I have both, the Plantronics for two years now while the Jabra arrived yesterday. The reason I got the Jabra was basically for the A2DP profile.
There are tons of reviews but none of them reviewed it thoroughly for one of its main functions, MULTIPOINT, the ability to have to phones connected to the headset at the same time.
Here In the Philippines, having two phones is a must. So for us blutooth users here, Multipoint is must.
Ive been using Plantronics 640 for about two years now. I love it. It doesnt have DSP and or noise cancelling technology but I dont need it, I use it in the car, office or indoors, rarely outdoors, and its really not that windy here in the Philippines.
Phone A: HTC Touch Dual (supports handsfree, headset, A2DP profiles)
Phone B: Myphone Dual SIM (supports 2 SIM CARDS simultaneously, and all profiles of Phone A)
Im kinda in a hurry now but heres a summary of what I am trying to do and what I cant, im not sure if its a Jabra Issue, but my Old Jabra BT620 didnt have this issue at all.
When Using the 8040
1.) Pair it with two phones. I was successful here.
2.) On phone A listen to music while being able to accept calls from A & B
3.) While on a Call with A and receiving a call on B, I want to hear a beap/tone on the headset so I can put on hold or end the current call and switch to the call on B just by pressing the 8040's button.
4.) While Listening to Music, I accept a call on A, then I get a call on B, so I want to end A, then answer B, then when I end B, I want music to automatically connect to A.
Right now when I answer a call on A, it looses its connection to B, when a call comes in to B, Phone B rings but there is no Beep/tone on the headset so I have to manually end A via headset, then B connects again to the headset.
When I am listening to Music on A, and a call comes in on A, there is no problem, music pauses, I press headset button to take the call, then I end the call again with another press and music comes back on. BUT when I try number, it fails to connect back, music just plays on phone itself not on the headset.
My Jabra 640 has not trouble at all with everything, except for the music part since its not A2DP.
Thats all for now!

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Req. BT-Sim. Stereo Phone Calls

Greetings all,
I have read through the forums for days, done countless google & forum searches, & played with my registry inside & out, all to no avail.
Now for the question I need help with.
Is there any way to get the phone call bt audio to transmit to both BT headset speakers? I am using the Kaiser (Tilt Version) with the Motorola S90 stereo BT Headset (Which is nice BTW) & while I can get great stereo movies & radio, the phone calls are all mono to the left ear. I've tried looking at the media BT registry profile & the phone call registry profile & have made some changes again to no avail.
Anyone figured out how to simulate stereo for phone calls & get the audio over to both channels?
Any help is appreciated & will be reciprocated somehow! RS
Might be a function of the headset itself. I have the Moto S9 too. I like it but it gets uncomfortable for extended periods of time. Plus only gets calls in one ear, hence it's sometimetime hard to hear the caller. I recently picked up the Sony DR-BT21G, and although the Motos sound a little better, the Sonys get phone calls in stereo and have up to 11 hours battery life (to the Motos 6-7), and are much more comfortable for long periods.
So now I use the Motos just for working out, and the Sony's during the day at work.
Start a BT Compatability list
What headset do you use: Moto S9
AD2P Quality 1~10: 8
Phone Call Quality 1~10: 3
Phone Call Mono/Steroe: M

Bluetooth receiver for audio

can anyone recommend a bluetooth receiver that works well with this phone?
I am looking for something I can plug my own headphones into... has its own mic... and controls that will work to skip tracks when listening to music.
A friend recommended me this
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=152
which is about 2 years old now... just wondering if anyone else uses anything else?
or even a wired one that controls the music and has a mic, but lets you use your own headphones.
Thanks
Hi
I have a set of Motorola S9 Bluetooth headphones, which also has a built in mic and music control keys. I was getting backgroud hiss issues with my Vario II, but I can confirm that these headphones work flawlessly with my Touch Dual.
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=177
hmmm was hoping for something i could use my own earphones with...
thanks though
The S9s are good and sound quality (at least on my old N73) was absolutely fantastic.
However, I couldn't recommend the Motos to anyone. I've had 3 of them, and they've all failed with exactly the same problem - all the controls have failed. They're supposed to be waterproof, and having used them down the gym whilst running, they couldn't cope with a small amount of sweat.
You could go for :
http://l8shop.net/products/SonyEricsson-Stereo-Bluetooth/Headset-HBH-DS200.aspx
Only £30 at L8shop.
ahh... thats the one i ended up going for... hopefully arrive soon...
we must think alike haha
Sony Ericsson HBH-DS220
I ordered a Sony Ericsson HBH-DS220 from Ebay about a month ago and paid 60 USD - works really well for music, has full controls including call functions - even pauses music when you have an incoming call and you get to use your own headphones if you prefer - which is why I chose this set?
Here's the link - hope this helps?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/hbh-ds220?cc=ca&lc=en
just received my Sony Ericsson HBH-DS200 today...
I have to say I am disappointed.
In the description on the mobilefun website I think it said music browsing... I was expecting to be able to twist the thing (like on my old md players, etc) to be able to skip forward or backward.
I was also expecting a volume control, but there is none.
Other things that bug me...
- when phone is on standby mode, when you press play on the ds200 the phone turns on. I am not sure if this is because of my ROM (t-mobile uk) or because of the ds200. A mate of mine back in oz has the touch dual with the motorola mentioned above, and the screen doesnt switch on. Pretty annoying.
- when someone rings me... I thought that I would just hear the ring in my earphones... but my phone rings.
- when listening to music... it seems to cut out momentarily (half a sec) every once in a while. Not sure if most bluetooth audio things do this, since this is my first one.
On the positive side of things... when listening to music and you decide to call someone... it switches automatically and the mic seems to work alright with the earphones. But I guess this is something that I expect anyway.
Also it is a good size.
Lbt-hp210c2bk
any one had try or tested this new logitec LBT-HP210C2BK??
I'm generally disappointed with the music playback on the Dual, either with the supplied headphones, or with my Jabra BT620s.
Pressing play on the Jabras doesn't always make the Dual start playing. Sometimes pressing play on the Dual, playback commences through the phone instead.
The momentary pause in the music seems to be a "feature" of the Dual though It does it both via wired and A2DP headsets.
Also, see what happens with incoming calls when you've got the bluetooth headset connected. Mine routes incoming calls through the phone, not the headphones.
And for those considering the S9HD - consider the price difference, and look at installing the SRS WOW HD software onto the Dual - probably does a similar job.
Blob8me said:
I ordered a Sony Ericsson HBH-DS220 from Ebay about a month ago and paid 60 USD - works really well for music, has full controls including call functions - even pauses music when you have an incoming call and you get to use your own headphones if you prefer - which is why I chose this set?
Here's the link - hope this helps?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/hbh-ds220?cc=ca&lc=en
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I have a DS220 and am generally satisfied with the sound quality for music playback but I do have one (rather major) problem: after phone calls (both incoming and outgoing) the phone drops the connection to my headset and I have to switch the headset off and then back on to reconnect. This is really irritating!
hass said:
I have a DS220 and am generally satisfied with the sound quality for music playback but I do have one (rather major) problem: after phone calls (both incoming and outgoing) the phone drops the connection to my headset and I have to switch the headset off and then back on to reconnect. This is really irritating!
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As I've said before, mine won't route incoming calls through the headset, makes it VERY dangerous whilst driving.
clonmult said:
As I've said before, mine won't route incoming calls through the headset, makes it VERY dangerous whilst driving.
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my dual occasionally, without notifying me, turns off bluetooth.. found out yet again today when i got a call in-car.
i can find no reason for this, but i sympathise...

Question about Bluetooth profiles on the Diamond

Hey all,
I just picked up a shiny new set of Sony DR-BT10CX A2DP headphones, because I was sick of the huge Diamond headphone adapter.
I was hoping that the clever folks of xda-developers could clear up a few things for me, though.
Does A2DP support calling (microphone, etc), or should the phone switch the HFP/HSP when a call is made (or comes in)?
I ask because I'm getting bizarre behaviour...
If I'm listening to music and I make a call, the music mutes and I get my friend's voice through the headphones, but I have to speak through the phone.
If I'm listening to music and I receive a call, the music still mutes, but I have to use the phone to hear and speak.
Also, voice commands don't work through the microphone.
If the phone is supposed to switch into HFP from A2DP to deal with calling, this all makes sense (sort of...), but it doesn't explain why the profile switching doesn't happen.
I know there are already a bunch of topics about the Diamond and A2DP, but nothing that fits my situation. Since I'm using the Telus CDMA Diamond, I imagine that the other problems with A2DP were fixed (since I never have the problem of the phone playing music through the speaker instead of the headphones after a call), but it's still not perfect.

Jawbone II

I've been using my cheap plantronics headset for a year now w/o any problems....I've had my Jawbone 2 since X-Mas and had to return the 1st one, and am ready to flush the second one down the toilet....
It turns off, doesnt pick up calls, and is very cheaply made. Anybody else w/ a Kaiser have any problems or rants about the Jawbone II???
I tried a jawbone for a day -- ended up returning it the next day because for $130 I thought it might support A2DP profile -- it doesn't, so if you want to use it to listen to tunes you have to mess with the registry, etc.
Instead I ended up with the much less expensive Jabra BT 8040 -- it lacks the fancy noise cancellation, but it sounds louder and supports A2DP, with multi-pairing!
In other words, I can use it to listen to audio streaming from my laptop with Bluetooth, then when a call comes in it pauses the laptop stream and switches to the phone to let me handle the call, then it automatically switched back to the laptop and started the stream again,right where it left off
I'm impressed, so far.

Bluetooth issues: headset connected but calls go through the phone!

I have been having some Bluetooth issues with my Huawei P20 Pro dual sim CLT-L29.
My mono bluetooth headset often appears as connected, but, if I make or take a call, it goes through the phone speaker, not through the headset. If I click on bluetooth - headset name it says "connected for calls and media audio", but it doesn't work. The only way to get it to work is to apply the IT approach and reboot the phone.
Has this happened to anyone else? This makes the phone quite unusable; when I get important phone calls, I can't always say: "please wait 30 seconds while I reboot my phone"!
This has happened with 4 headsets: 2 Jabra Talk 45 and 2 Plantronics V3200. The Plantronics has sensors to direct the call back to the phone if the headset is not in your ear, but I have disabled that. The Jabra has no such function, so this cannot be the issue.
Oddly, this has never happened with stereo bluetooth earphones / headphones. The worst that has happened with those is that, since a few months ago, the Jabra app no longer recognises the Jabra 65t earbuds, even though they otherwise still work just fine.

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