Yes, they stick up about an eighth of an inch and are at least half-inch in
size. They have different shapes--talk is round, play/pause is triangular,
rewind and fast-forward are arrows, the minus is a minus and the plus is a
plus or cross.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fanus" <buys.fa...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: the big jam box or the Bose sound link mobil speker
Hi Steve
Are the buttons on the Jambox easy to feel. I have a sensory
problem and when buttons do not stick out a bit I find it
difficult to access.
Regards
Fanus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <pipeguy...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: the big jam box or the Bose sound link mobil
speker
Les,
\
You can turn it on with no sound by holding the minus button
when you turn
on power. You hit the talk button to answer a call if you
are connected via
bluetooth.
For everybody's reference, here are the key commands for
speakerphone:
Power On/Off
Hold POWER button
Power On/Off Without Sound
MINUS button, then hold
POWER button
Activate Pairing Mode:
Hold PAIRING button until
LED flashes red & white (if Jambox is talking it will tell
you entering
pairing mode).
Re-Connect to Paired Device*
Press talk button.
Turn LiveAudioT On/Off*
Press Plus and Minus buttons.
Hear Battery Status*
Press Talk button.
Play Audio Demo*
Press Talk, Plus and Minus buttons.
SPEAKERPHONE**
Answer/End Call
Press Talk Button.
Activate Voicedial/DialApps
Hold Talk button.
Switch Between Calls
Press Talk button.
End Call & Answer Incoming
Press talk button twice quickly.
Mute/Unmute Microphone
Press Play/Pause button.
Redial Last Number*
Press Talk button twice quickly.
----- Original Message -----
* Not during a call ** Bluetooth® only
CONTROL
From: "Les Kriegler" <kriegle...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: the big jam box or the Bose sound link mobil
speker
Hi Steve,
That was a great review. I have the big JamBox and have two
questions.
First, how does one answer phone calls with the unit? Also,
how does one
enable it to talk upon power up? Thanks.
Les
On Nov 8, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Steve <pipeguy...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Casey,
I posted on this a couple weeks ago in a different
discussion. I have
both speakers. You can look at more in-depth reviews on
either one on
large sites like Amazon.
First, as to sound quality and loudness. The Big Jambox
is a bit louder
than the Bose SoundLink. When we're in the hot tub, it is
a bit harder to
talk with the Jambox than the Bose, so the Jambox is
slightly louder. As
for sound quality, both are great. I'd say the Jambox has
more presence.
From an audiophile standpoint, presence is a slightly more
marked or
prevalent midrange. The Bose Soundlink, on the other
hand, has slightly
better bass, but I don't think the midrange or high-end is
quite as crisp.
Several Jambox reviews on Amazon have noted that you can,
if you want,
duplicate the extra bass by adjusting your iPod/iPhone
equalizer.
There is no, absolutely no, contest when it comes to
usability. The
Jambox wins hands-down.
The Bose is basically a speaker-only. It has six buttons
across the top;
power, aux, bluetooth, a slight gap then mute, volume down
and volume up.
The only time the Bose will beep is when you plug in the
charger or hold
the bluetooth button in long enough (about ten seconds) to
erase all the
bluetooth memories. It is the size of a hard-back book
and the cover
opens to allow the speaker to stand on it. Closing the
cover will turn
off the speaker. The Bose has a bit shorter battery life
than the Jambox,
and there is no way to get feedback on remaining battery
charge unless you
can see the Led display and remember the two-button
command. If you only
plan to pair it with one device, then the following will
probably not
apply. However, if like us, you intend to pair it with
more than one
device, you will find that the pairing process can be a
bit frustrating.
Rarely, it will be nice and pair by just selecting the
bluetooth option on
the Bose. More often than not, I have to hold the
bluetooth button in for
three seconds to put it in discovery mode, go to the
iPhone and go into
Setting, General Bluetooth and select the Bose from the
list.
The Jambox, on the other hand, almost pairs too easily.
At times, I've
turned it on and it will automatically see my phone and
pair. All of a
sudden, the phone comes blasting through the speaker.
Even though my wife
and I alternate who's phone is going to play music on a
particular day, we
rarely have to go into settings on our iPhone to pair, the
Jambox
automatically remembers these things and will usually pair
without any
extra crap. Rarely, I've had to hit the bluetooth
discovery button on the
Jambox, but very rarely. In addition, the Jambox can be
set up to talk
whenevery you turn it on. It will tell you the battery
level remaining,
whether it is in discovery mode or not, whether you have
normal or Live
Mode selected, etc. The Jambox has two pushbutton
switches on the side,
the upper one is power, the bottom one is Bluetooth
discovery. Across
the top are six buttons. The left circular one is Talk
and it will tell
you battery level, the next one is Play/Pause if I recall,
the next two
are rewind and fast-forward (they work just like the
rewind and
fast-forward buttons on your music player, double-tap to
go back or up to
the next song; hold in for rewinding or fast-forwarding in
a song), the
final two buttons are minus and plus for volume. If you
hold both those
in, if I recall correctly, you switch between Normal and
Live mode. The
Jambox also has a microphone built in, so if you get a
phone call, you can
answer the phone.
Both the Bose site and the Jambox site seem difficult to
use if you want
to update the software. I don't think an update is out
yet for the Bigger
Jambox. I've written Jambox support about the
accessibility issues, and
found them very responsive, but I don't think they have
made any changes
on their website. The one update I think I managed to do
on the Bose
Soundlink was a real challenge. I had to use the Jaws
Convenient OCR as
there were graphics you needed to click that none of the
Windows-based
screen-readers would recognize, and this also applied
during the software
installation process on the Soundlink.
Hth,
"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else."
-Frederic Bastiat
Steve
Lansing, MI
----- Original Message ----- From: "Casey"
<cwoll...@wi.rr.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 5:37 PM
Subject: the big jam box or the Bose sound link mobil
speker
Hi I am now trying to decide whether to get the big jam
box.
Or the Bose sound link Mobil speaker for my I Phone.
I have the small jam box but that sounds like a
transistor radio.
I have a dock but I really don't use it much.
Because to charge my I Phone I have to take it completely
out of its case
and then charge it.
So if I could get either the big jam box Mobil speaker or
the Bose sound
link Mobil speaker.
So if anyone out here has listened to or owns what of
these units?
What made you choose to purchase either one of these
units?
Also what are your thoughts on either one of these units?
Wis of these to speakers would give me the better sound
and battery life?
I guess I would like to get the best sound that I could
for what I may
have to spend on either one of these units.
So thank you all and I will look forward to reading all
of your responses
on this.
--
Casey
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