Pocket PC Smart Phone Bluetooth to Stereo Headphones

[tmmanson]

I have been searching the web for a while and cannot seem to find any info on how to get the Poceket PC software to allow a Media player connection to a bluetooth enabled headphone set. I can get the headphone (w/microphone) to work fine with the phone. But I am unable to get my mp3s to play on the same bluetooth headphones.

Any help is geatly appreciated.

thanks,

[Cybrid]

I have been searching the web for a while and cannot seem to find any info on how to get the Poceket PC software to allow a Media player connection to a bluetooth enabled headphone set. I can get the headphone (w/microphone) to work fine with the phone. But I am unable to get my mp3s to play on the same bluetooth headphones.

Any help is geatly appreciated.

thanks,Once the connection is active then start the media playing. It works on my two BT PPC's (Dell X50v and UTS 6077)

[Darius Wey]

I have been searching the web for a while and cannot seem to find any info on how to get the Poceket PC software to allow a Media player connection to a bluetooth enabled headphone set. I can get the headphone (w/microphone) to work fine with the phone. But I am unable to get my mp3s to play on the same bluetooth headphones.

There are different ways to connect Bluetooth headphones to a Pocket PC, and in remote cases, your Pocket PC might not even support Bluetooth headphones. Perhaps you could start off by telling us your headphones and Pocket PC model, and the steps you took to connect them together?

[Cybrid]

There are different ways to connect Bluetooth headphones to a Pocket PC, and in remote cases, your Pocket PC might not even support Bluetooth headphones. Perhaps you could start off by telling us your headphones and Pocket PC model, and the steps you took to connect them together?headphone (w/microphone) work fine with phone.....I'm assuming a PPC phone...

[Darius Wey]

headphone (w/microphone)[/b] work fine with phone.....I'm assuming a PPC phone...

Right. But there's a stark difference between the use of A2DP and HFP/HSP when connecting Bluetooth headphones to a device.

[Cybrid]

I can get the headphone (w/microphone) to work fine with the phone. But I am unable to get my mp3s to play on the same bluetooth headphones.,Darius, He means a headset.....not headphones. Sorry :D my previous post is somewhat garbled. Just discovered several posts previously where I wrote 6077 instead of 6700. :rolleyes:

[Darius Wey]

Darius, He means a headset.....not headphones.

Are you sure? He doesn't specifically mention "headset", and there are Bluetooth headphones with microphones (I have one :P).

Sorry :D my previous post is somewhat garbled. Just discovered several posts previously where I wrote 6077 instead of 6700. :rolleyes:

It's okay. I missed my coffee this morning too. The effects aren't showing yet. ;)

[Cybrid]

Are you sure? He doesn't specifically mention "headset", and there are Bluetooth headphones with microphones (I have one :P).
Waaay cool! didn't know they made stereo/mic sets. Nonetheless, since he got it working as a headset, wouldn't it still work? albeit mono?

It's okay. I missed my coffee this morning too. The effects aren't showing yet. ;) Naw, quit smokin'. I swear......nicotine must have some serious brain activity benefits....I felt much sharper previously.

[Darius Wey]

Waaay cool! didn't know they made stereo/mic sets. Nonetheless, since he got it working as a headset, wouldn't it still work? albeit mono?

Yes, you can connect it under HFP/HSP with mono audio, but gosh, it sounds bad. Reeeeeeeally bad. 8O And, Windows Media doesn't necessarily playback music under those profiles (OEM-dependent).

[Sven Johannsen]

I believe the majority of headphone/headset/mic sets actually have two independant profiles and connections going at a time. The headset/handsfree function that supports a mic, and routes mono sound to both ear pieces, and the A2DP profile for stereo listening which doesn't support a mic. Right now I don't think there is any single device that natively supports both profiles (except one Motorola phone I believe). AKU2 should change that.

The headset/headphone sets seem to be designed so that if you are listening to A2DP stuff and a headset call comes in, they shut off the music so you can take the call. The A2DP profile even lets you pause the music if the music player supports that. So if you have your rx3715 with the A2DP profile (from the HP BT headset files), and your cell phone paired with your Motorola HT820 or iTech ClipS, you can listen to music, and when a call comes in, you can take it, and when you are done the music starts again.

Think about a single device, a phone edition, with these two profiles though. It would be designed to act the same way. If the headset profile is active, you are on a call, you don't want the music playing. So if you just have a headset, it would be designed to not let you listen to music over the headset profile...at least normally. when the headset is connected, it wants to attach it to the phone side, not the MP side.

If you have a non-phone device, like a Dell Axim x50, which has only the headset/handsfree profile, it would likely be designed so that any audio would be routed to the headset when it is connected, and the mic would be connected, which is how it works.

[Cybrid]

I believe the majority of headphone/headset/mic sets actually have two independant profiles and connections going at a time. The headset/handsfree function that supports a mic, and routes mono sound to both ear pieces, and the A2DP profile for stereo listening which doesn't support a mic. Right now I don't think there is any single device that natively supports both profiles (except one Motorola phone I believe). AKU2 should change that.

The headset/headphone sets seem to be designed so that if you are listening to A2DP stuff and a headset call comes in, they shut off the music so you can take the call. The A2DP profile even lets you pause the music if the music player supports that. So if you have your rx3715 with the A2DP profile (from the HP BT headset files), and your cell phone paired with your Motorola HT820 or iTech ClipS, you can listen to music, and when a call comes in, you can take it, and when you are done the music starts again.

Think about a single device, a phone edition, with these two profiles though. It would be designed to act the same way. If the headset profile is active, you are on a call, you don't want the music playing. So if you just have a headset, it would be designed to not let you listen to music over the headset profile...at least normally. when the headset is connected, it wants to attach it to the phone side, not the MP side.

If you have a non-phone device, like a Dell Axim x50, which has only the headset/handsfree profile, it would likely be designed so that any audio would be routed to the headset when it is connected, and the mic would be connected, which is how it works.
Woosh! Sven makes a low level fly by ....right over my head ;) It took about 2 readings to get the gist of it.
It does have the same effect on the UTS 6700 as well. I was experimenting, and yes....it did sound really baaad. Far worse than 22Kbps internet radio with it piped through a plastic garden hose.