I have a Bluetooth headset that I used for my phone and for the TV in the condo. I use cheap earbuds for meetings. I have them plugged into a USB adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L56C28R?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Most of the earbuds you get with a phone work fine. I have them plugged into a USB hub on my desk. -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6 B B6E7 On Thu, Oct 29, 2020, 3:07 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I bought a USB Bluetooth dongle that works with Linux and have > successfully paired two different headphones to it. The headphones are > primarily for use with mobile phones. > > The PulseAudio Volume Control shows two profiles: > > High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) > Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) > > One of the headsets shows both profiles, the other only shows A2DP. > When I use the headphones with both profiles, switching it to HSP/HFP > should then allow microphone access, but it also switches the audio to > the PC speakers. The resulting audio from both headphones, is nothing > short of perfect. > > The headset with only the A2DP profile, shows HSP/HFP as 'unavailable' > in the PA Volume Control. > > However, in trying to test the other headset's microphone at one of the > test web sites, I can't get the microphone to turn on. The button to > activate it, I presume, would be the same button that's pressed when > answering a phone call. And all I hear is a 'beep' when that's pressed. > > At this point, can it be reasonably assumed that this type of headphone > will not work with the PC and something special would be required? I > also have a set of wired Logitech USB headphones that includes a mic > and those work perfectly. The mic built into the (apparently, cheap) > web cam is junk, so I wanted to be able to use something wireless for > online meetings, rather than deal with a wired headset. > > Thanks in advance. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
