Koolstude said:
In the literature I've found on the Sonorix Bluetooth Audio player OBH-0100, it says: "With the Audio Player connected to PC and Bluetooth phone in 'Scatternet' mode, you don't worry about missing calls while streaming audio from PC. When phone call is received, the music stops automatically and goes into handsfree mode, simply pull out the high performance microphone and start chatting".
Does it actually do this? As the I-Phono claims to do it, but it doesn't.
Also, can it be used to listening to MP3's stored in the Bluetooth phone and automatically switch to taking the call on the handsfree headset?
I guess there is no real need to listen to MP3's in the phone, but the main thing is the auto switching facility to work 100%
Do you have experience of Sonorix Bluetooth Audio player OBH-0100 working 100% correctly?
The phone I have is the O2 XDAIIs.
Hi Koolstude,
I'll try and answer all of your questions as clearly as possible.
I think to start out, and for clarity I'll try to define a few terms just in case you or anyone else reading is not familiar with the terminology associated with the technology.
'Scatternet' in Bluetooth terms is the ability of one Bluetooth device to connect to several other Bluetooth devices simultaneously.
'Piconet' in Bluetooth terms is the ability of one Bluetooth device to pair on a 'one to one' basis with another device.
'A2DP' stands for Advanced Audio Distribution Profile and is the advanced Bluetooth profile required to transmit a stereo signal over a Bluetooth link from a Bluetooth A2DP Source to an A2DP Sync.
An A2DP 'source' is any Bluetooth device capable of encoding and transmitting an A2DP signal. i.e. a PC/PDA/Mobile Handset/MP3 player/Bluetooth Dongle etc.
An A2DP 'sync' is any Bluetooth device capable of receiving and decoding an A2DP signal.
O.K. that done here we go.
The statement about the unit working in 'scatternet' mode is both true and false. The unit is capable of working in 'scatternet' mode with the addition of a firmware upgrade that is available as a download from the manufacturer. The reason the firmware upgrade was not applied to the original unit was there are issues associated to the rate the battery consumes power from the rechargeable cell in scatternet mode i.e. the power in the rechargeable cell is consumed at a commercially unaceptable rate.
You can use the unit to listen to an i/c Bluetooth A2DP signal from a suitably equipped handset to listen to CD quality music and if at the same time you receive an i/c call on that handset a ringing tone is heard over the track, at which point if you chose to accept the call, with the simple press of a key on the headset the music is paused so you can hold your conversation. On clearance by either party your music track is faded back in and restored. The headset works in the same fashion when making out going calls too and supports all the regular 'hands-free' profile features such as voice-recognition dialling etc.
The unit also has a 'built-in' MP3 player housed in the right ear-piece that can store MP3 tracks that can be played back in full stereo for users without MP3 playback in their handset or used in a stand alone form. Whilst listening to the integral MP3 Player and paired with your mobile the 'handsfree' profile of the headset works as per the paragraph above and in my experience works 100% of the time.
Finally, I'm not 100% sure but I would be suprised if the handset you quoted is currently A2DP enabled. I can tell you though that in the very near future SONORIX will also be releasing an A2DP enabled Audio Dongle that will enable you make any non A2DP enabled handset/PDA/i-POD/MP3/CD player or stereo audio source into an A2DP 'source'.
I hope this has helped to clear some of the issues you have. If anything is not clear or you need any further information please 'ask away' on here or feel free to drop me an e-mail.
If you want to see a unit up close I can tell you they will be in branches of The Carphone Warehouse from tomorrow (1st March 2005)