Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-29 Thread Ray Foret jr
naries@googlegroups.com>[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao > Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2016 7:35 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: bluetooth headph

RE: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2016 7:35 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness Hi Scott, Do you know how I can update firmware on LG HBS-1100? I tried Googling, but cannot find a utility, release notes, or if this is even

Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-28 Thread Kevin Chao
Hi Scott, Do you know how I can update firmware on LG HBS-1100? I tried Googling, but cannot find a utility, release notes, or if this is even possible. Hoping you're able to help :) On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 4:12 PM Scott Granados wrote: > HI Ray, so most modern headsets have a firmware compon

Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-27 Thread Scott Granados
HI Ray, so most modern headsets have a firmware component and a settings component. You install one form of updater or another, plantronics uses the headset updater, the jawbone uses the jawbone update tool and so forth. It’s very likely your manufacturer has a set of tools or both updating yo

Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-27 Thread Matthew Dyer
Hi, Not sure about your iphone problem, but I do have a pair of headphones that work with my imac with bone exception. VLC sounds very distored but itunes is fine. This is only with the bluetooth headset. If I use wired vheads, the problem is fine. I am using the latesed searia update.

Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-26 Thread Ray Foret jr
Configuration for headset? Where would I find that? I assume that to get to it, I’d have to have it connected? Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac,

Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-26 Thread Scott Granados
Hey Ray, about the call quality issue, I have some ideas that may help you. I’m not sure the carrier you use, if you use T-Mobile you’re set for this out of the box, if you use Verizon you need to activate advanced calling features on your phone, you can do that through the web portal or by call

Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-26 Thread Ray Foret jr
Yo Dave, thanks but I already knew that. I think perhaps you missunderstood me due to the fact that I failed to mention that I did in fact bring up the mini player window. Inside the mini player window, I double tapped and held down the next track button. Under ordinary circumstances, as you

Re: bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-26 Thread David Chittenden
When in iOS, Apple Music now brings up the mini player. Double-tap on the expand mini player button. When in the full player screen, previous and skip will scan forward and back through the track with double-tap and hold. When the button is then released, the scan stops. Note: the scan starts af

bluetooth headphone strangeness

2016-12-26 Thread Ray Foret jr
Okay, Yesterday, I was gifted a pair of bluetooth headphones, (Philips SHB5500). Very nice sound except when on the phone, the sound tends to suffer quite a bit. I guess Philips did that on purpose to help spare the battery. Anyhow, that’s not my question. My questions are these. 1. When