Hello Chip. Thank you for this summary.
I suspect that your experiences may show themselbes for me using Bluetooth hearing aid devices. I think there might be some confusion, which I did not intend but which I hope I understand. My hearing aids have a bluetooth aware accessory that allows me to connect them to cel phones and according to the documentation, other bluetooth devices. They would in effect become bt headphones. I won't be purchasing bt headphones if I can get the hearing aids to work, and based on your advice and comments from others, certainly not Sony headphones Hopefully the problems you have encounterd will be fixed with the next scheduled software release for the Book Sense. All the best. Vaughan. email: [email protected]. Telephone: +649 299 5390. Mobile: +6421 784 856 -----Original Message----- From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 1:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [GW-Booksense] Bluetooth Hearing Aid Devices and the BookSense Hi Vaughn, I'm surprised at Don's good report. I've used 2 different brands of bluetooth headphones, and have had numerous problems when using the booksense with bluetooth: * trying to pair with anything often results in a lockup of the booksense * listening to anything, but especially music, causes frequent "drop outs" of signal. * turning off the booksense, or having it shut off because of the sleep timer, will cause it to play the shutdown sound loudly through the speaker (waking me back up and my wife if I've tried to fall asleep to the booksense with bluetooth). * it does not respond to any of the headset controls for volume or track changing, pausing, etc. * I often find the booksense itself very sluggish to respond to any key commands once it has begun playing something via bluetooth. it has the feel that handling the bluetooth is taking 100% of the processor, and so often I can't pause it, or go back, etc. Given Don's experience I'd have been willing to say it's the Sony headsets sold by GW, but I had the same experiences when using a Dell headset. Chip -----Original Message----- From: Vaughan Dodd [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GW-Booksense] Bluetooth Hearing Aid Devices and the BookSense Hi all. I think that it is great that the BookSense supports Bluetooth headphones, and I wonder if hearing aid wearers have used bluetooth devices to connect their Booksense to their hearing aids. Specifically: I have relatively new Phonak hearing aids which are supplied with a device called Icom - which allows for the hearing aids to connect via Bluetooth to cellphones and many other devices. The icom's paring arrangements are not accessible, so before I try myself I wonder if others have had luck setting things up with or without sighted assistance. Many thanks. Vaughan. email: [email protected]. Telephone: +649 299 5390. Mobile: +6421 784 856 If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list andyour message is related to GW Micro or the BookSense, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-booksense in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list andyour message is related to GW Micro or the BookSense, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-booksense in the body of the message. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.427 / Virus Database: 270.14.104/2560 - Release Date: 12/12/09 07:38:00 If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list andyour message is related to GW Micro or the BookSense, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-booksense in the body of the message.
