From the time I bought laptop, I was looking for wireless headphone/mic option. Since, bluetooth headset/headphones would serve two-way wireless communication between computer and with mobile phone. And also, with the buzz around IP telephony, bluetooth stereo headset might give me some mobility. Recently, I was stumbled on a deal from Kyocera (GSH300) Headset/Headphone for 30$. When 'buy.com' categorized it for non-returnable, I was little hesitant to proceed. But, I decided to check out the cheap and sweet deal. Finally, I brought it through google checkout option for 20$.
When it had arrived, I paired it with my mobile with a little bit of a hiccup. I was really glad by the sound clarity it offered. Having balanced the returned on investment, I tried milking more from the product. I was again surprised by the easy with which Mac deducted the Head-Set. I said to myself, "Let me hear some music". Thats it. That was the end of happy story. Mac was not able to send or receive audio signal. I was little pissed off. I also tried paring with a windows machine, but same story there too.
Later, by surfing the internet for a day, I learned that mac does not support A2DP (Advance audio distribution profile) protocol used by blue tooth headsets. I didn't give up my search for alternate options. By refining search keys, i did find instructions to invoke bluetooth headset in mac through sound routing option. Applications namely 'Jack Router' and 'a2dpcast' working in synergy can grab the audio input/output and send out a2dp signals to bluetooth headset. Since some tireless minds already had figured the way, I simply followed the instruction. Though the mobility was not 10 m as mentioned, I could listen 10 feet away from my computer. Nevertheless, it was a damn good deal.
7 comments:
Good one da...Pass on the info to me...abt the product and the process.
Here you go...
Product:
http://www.buy.com/prod/kyocera-bluetooth-stereo-headset-headphones-oem/q/loc/111/204239053.html
Process: http://blog.david.connolly.name/2007/06/stereo-bluetooth-profile-a2dp-on-mac-os.html
Do you experience any problems with the music stopping intermittently? Or with the pitch changing?
I followed those instructions to stream via bluetooth to a bluetooth stereo, but the connection seems to be very flaky...
Yes, at times when there was some other program running in the background. But when itunes was the only application, the music was well and clear. Did u try 'adpcast adrr 32' ? I didnt first give 32. there was more single leak.
Good deal da...
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