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agball · 05-19-2006, 07:17 AM

I recently Purchased a Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 5.0. (Cingular 8125) In addition I purchased a motorola stereo bluetooth headset(HT-820). The Phone does not come with a function to play mp3 files via bluetooth, but a found a software call BlueCast that will give the phone that function. I got it working, but but the sound quality of music is very poor in comparison to when i have a wired head set plugged in. Im 99% sure that its not the software because i found a second one called BTToggle and got the same results. Is this typical of listening to music via bluetooth or did i do something wrong?

Thanks

3Z3VH · 06-14-2006, 05:08 PM

Most Bluetooth headsets have 2 different modes. One for listening to music, and one for speaking to a device such as a cellular phone. The type of data being sent is determined by the source (the phone, PDA, etc.). if the PDA does not have an option to change the audio quality level, the headset will assume it is a cell phone, and use the higher-compression audio setting that allows it to do duplex for a microphone, using the one datastream. You will notice the same problem with most headsets like that. The Plantronics version is the same way how you only hear the quality stereo if you use their bluetooth sending unit that plugs into a headphone jack (it looks like a mini silver hockey puck).

05-19-2006, 07:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
agball Insane Location: Long Island	MP3 Via Bluetooth I recently Purchased a Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 5.0. (Cingular 8125) In addition I purchased a motorola stereo bluetooth headset(HT-820). The Phone does not come with a function to play mp3 files via bluetooth, but a found a software call BlueCast that will give the phone that function. I got it working, but but the sound quality of music is very poor in comparison to when i have a wired head set plugged in. Im 99% sure that its not the software because i found a second one called BTToggle and got the same results. Is this typical of listening to music via bluetooth or did i do something wrong? Thanks __________________ "A friend with weed is a friend indeed"

06-14-2006, 05:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
3Z3VH Tilted	Most Bluetooth headsets have 2 different modes. One for listening to music, and one for speaking to a device such as a cellular phone. The type of data being sent is determined by the source (the phone, PDA, etc.). if the PDA does not have an option to change the audio quality level, the headset will assume it is a cell phone, and use the higher-compression audio setting that allows it to do duplex for a microphone, using the one datastream. You will notice the same problem with most headsets like that. The Plantronics version is the same way how you only hear the quality stereo if you use their bluetooth sending unit that plugs into a headphone jack (it looks like a mini silver hockey puck).