Could Bluetooth headsets be more frustrating?

I'm so irritated! I'm on my fourth bluetooth headset, and can't get one to just work sanely.
Now it's a Motorolla HS850. Once connected it worked - even worked on skype. but only once.
Once it disconnects I have to re-pair (pair it again, not repair), to get it connect.
I love that the bluetooth pref-pane has a disconnect button, but not a connect button.
I've tried "iStumbler" and can use it to pair easly - but then it just disconnects in time and has to pair again to work.
I'll stop ranting now - does anyone have one of these things that works? I'm willing to take this one back...

Before you start you Mac your headset must be on.
Never turn it off while your Mac is on. Easy as that.
Inconvenient as that.
I think you're on to something there.
I'm on my second bluetooth headset and this one is a 2.0 Bluetooth headset (Nokia BH-900). I only use it with Skype. My first pair was a Motorola HS805 which was a 1.2 headset.
In both cases, I have never had pairing issues or reconnection issues. The problems I have had with both of them is that sometimes after the headset connect, the mouse tracking movement (I'm using a wireless Mighty Mouse) becomes very jittery. The Nokia BH-900 is better in this regards though, meaning strange tracking happens less frequently than with the HS805.
What I notice is this though. If I have the headset turned on before I start up Skype, this usually doesn't happen. Sometimes, if I turn on the headset after Skype starts up, then I do have the problem (but not always).
Prior to OS X 10.4.8, whenever the mouse tracks strangely after the headset connects, the mouse would never recover even after the headset disconnects. I have to turn the mouse on and off to recover.
With 10.4.8, the mouse tracking movement stops being jittery after the headset disconnects. If I want the mouse to track properly if it's jittery, I turn the mouse on and off (even if headset is still connected). But if I don't do this and the headset disconnects after I'm doing using it, the mouse tracking returns to normal.
Due to these behaviours, I think that Apple's implementation of bluetooth is perhaps still a little buggy. After all, the mouse tracking behaviour prior to 10.4.8 and at 10.4.8 are different.

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HI there,
Is it possible to pair the Apple Bluetooth Headset to more than one phone, obviously not at the same time. (I have an iphone and Sony ericsson phone and need to use it with both.)
Thanks in advance for help.
Regards
Nick

unlike some of the sony ericssons, the apple headset can only be paired with one phone at a time. that doesn't stop you from repairing it when need be, however...

No ringtones and notifications through Bluetooth headset?

I have searched the app market high and low for an app that will direct ringtones and notification tones to the bluetooth headset. Not just some cheesy tone from the app itself, but the actual tone that the phone emits.
This seems to be a limitation of the X, no?
Geri O

That's a strange one, I don't use a bluetooth headset any more so I never noticed this happened, since it worked on all my other devices I figure this would work for the headsets also. I remember when I had this issue with WM devices and I usually could resolve with a app, I would be surprise that there isn't a app on market for this.
Another thing to try is to go to Settings / Wireless and Networks / Bluetooth Settings and press and hold on headset label and select Options and see if there is any advance options that can resolve this..

Is there a stereo bluetooth headset that can pair with more than one device at a time?

Is there a stereo bluetooth headset that can pair, i.e. multipoint, with more than one device at a time?
Are the MacBook and iPhone 4 capable of multipoint bluetooth technoloagy?
The goal is for my wife to be able to watch her Korean TV soap operas on her MacBook and still receive a call on her iPhone 4 via a stereo bluetooth headset.
I was looking at the Motorola S10-HD but after further review saw that it only pairs with one device at a time.
Appreciate any and all input. My Googling has returned no results.
Rick

TeslasBB wrote:
pairing my BB8330 with my blue tooth earphone(TM:jawbone) and my microsoft sync thats in my car simultaneously? if i pair with the car, will i have to pair my jawbone all over again?
You can only pair one device at a time to your 8330, or any other phone for that matter. The "pairings" are saved to the phone, you can use one or the other and you won't have to pair it again. Once you turn your bluetooth device on and the phone is on, they will find each other again.
Hope this helps,
John
Stevie Ray! 1954-1990
** Don't forget to resolve your post with the accepted solution.

How could they not let top-end Bluetooth Headsets activate Voice Control

I love Voice Control. It was an important feature missing from the 3G. Also was a video function. They addressed both with the 3GS. But then what do they do, forget to let Voice Control be accessed by a Bluetooth Headset.
Don't get my wrong, probably not all Bluetooth Headsets can support picking up a Voice Control function from a random cell phone. But I have a $140 Headseat, the Motorola Pure H15. This is the Nissan GTR of Bluetooth Headsets. Trust me, if there's a function that a headset can possess, this one has it and more.
So after pairing with the 3GS, why can't it gain access to the Voice Control? Hold the H15 button and the 3GS redials the last number dialed, which is a universal language between headset and cell phone. So I know that works, but push the button and the H15 attempts to connect and shows this by expressing several different tones: an access tone, then a deactivated tone. It's a weird combination of tones when pressing the button, it's trying but not getting through.
I hope Apple can fix this by way of software and avoid a hardware revision. Please please! I hope it's a quick fix and that Apple has this missing function on their priority list of future updates.

fear not... the people out there testing 3.1 mention that voice control works via Bluetooth on 3.1 so just give it a couple months and the feature will be there

Could anyone connect a Bluetooth headset?

I tried connecting a Bluetooth headset to my N200. It seems to install fine and I can connect/disconnect a Skype call from the earpiece's button, but there's absolutely no sound coming in or out of it. In fact, I can see no new sound devices listed for playing or recording.
I tried updating the Lenovo driver and then also installing the latest driver from Broadcom, but there's absolutely no change.
Could anyone get a Bluetooth headset to work right?
Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone.
I finally solved this problem. The Microsoft guys gave me this program
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/AudioPlayback/es-es
You have tu run it while the headset is connected.

Is anybody else having a problem with Bluetooth functionality after iOS 7? I have lg tone Bluetooth headset that I use while working out, cutting the grass, etc. Before the update I could press the "next track", but anymore.... Help?! Please!!!!!!

Is anybody else having a problem with Bluetooth functionality after iOS 7? I have lg tone Bluetooth headset that I use while working out, cutting the grass, etc. Before the update I could press the "next track", but anymore.... Help?! Please!!!!!!

Tell Apple about it: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Be sure to give as much detail as possible.
I would also check LG's site.

HT3563 can I connect more than one bluetooth headset to my imac?

Can I connecy more than one bluetooth headset to my imac?
Thanks

Anthony
I have a Plantronics 975 earpiece that works very well with my Razr. I
just got a Panasonic KX-TG7873S phone system for my home, it has a
"Link-to-Cell" cellular convergence solution, from what I understand it is
just Bluetooth enabled. I have paired both device with my Razr. In
settings, Bluetooth setting, both device show. But only one device can
connect at a time. If my Plantronics is connected and I choose the
Panasonic device, the Plantronics device disconnects and the Panasonic
device then says it is connected. Both devices work when they
are connected. Is it because they are both "headsets"?
So, to have to remember to connect to one or the other device, depending on
weather I am coming or going is not practical.
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Re-connecting a Bluetooth headset after being more...

I have a N80 and a Nokia HSW3 Bluetooth headset. It paired no problem. I switch on BT on my N80 1st, then switch on the BT headset and they connect no prob.
However if I leave the car for example leaving the headset swictched on in the car, when I return, it doesnt seem to auto reconnect to the headset.
Can this be done? do I have to do something to achieve this?
Please help, it says nothing in the manuals
thanks
My N80 is on Orange purchased in June 2006 firmware v 3.0617.06 03-05-2006
Cheers
Andy

no one got this problem? Is my handeset or headset faulty then?
thanks
My N80 is on Orange purchased in June 2006 firmware v 3.0617.06 03-05-2006
Cheers
Andy

Google Voice Won't Work With Bluetooth Headset After Jelly Bean

I am SO frustrated. I had no idea I was installing the Jelly Bean update when I updated the software on my phone. Note to Verizon Communications team: PLEASE do a better job of communicating significant software updates. I would not have installed Jelly Bean. I learned long ago to stick with factory OS on my phones.
Since the update, I noticed that I could no longer dictate texts and emails. Also, my call recording app no longer worked. I switched to Swype and it would work for a few minutes and then stop. I could still use my bluetooth headset to make calls and S voice worked (although, like others here, I noticed that it's now worse--it doesn't recognize any contact names I request anymore). After trolling Android forums I found that the problem is with the bluetooth headset. You can still dictate when the phone's bluetooth is on, but when a device is connected, all bets are off.
I almost did a factory reset, but then I read that a hard reset will not restore ICS, nor did it resolve this bluetooth Google Voice issue for the few people who tried it already. In fact, resetting caused more problems (eg., more battery drain and removal of Adobe Flash, etc.).
Does anyone know how I can go back to ICS? Bluetooth and Google Voice are the two features I value most in my phones. This is a NIGHTMARE.

rcschnoor -
The Bluetooth/Voice Search/Dictation issue is a valid issue for the OP, a valid issue for me and oh yeah, the hundreds of other people affected by the, "Google Voice Search stuck on "Initializing" bug filed here on the Google Android Project page. Here is yet another reference to the same issue from Android Central.
The "Google Music freezing after Jelly Bean Update on Galaxy S3" is also a valid and documented bug located here also on the Google Android Project page.
So I ask, how does sharing with these people that do have these issues, and are affected by them, that you are not experiencing these issues help in any way? Isn't that the whole purpose of a community forum to help others?

My bluetooth headset stopped working! Whoever broke it must fix!

I occasionally use a bluetooth headset, but it stopped working recently. The status icon in the menu bar shows it is connected - but no sound comes to the headset. This used to work perfectly a month or so ago. This seems to be a software problem, introduced by one of the software updates. I tried to connect the bluetooth module to my vmware-fusion Ubuntu guest OS and it works perfectly. It is kind of sad and ridiculous that the bluetooth works on the guest OS, but not on the host. This problem must have been introduced recently, because it used work perfectly on the host as well. I tried to find a place on the apple support web site to report the issue, but all I could get to was place to talk with an expert after paying for it. I just hope somebody from Apple support reads these forums, because there is nothing the users can do here. Whoever broke it must fix it!

...explains my frustration with questions like: "Are you sure you are not using a bluetooth dongle?"
In point of fact that wasn't the question. It was whether you were using built-in Bluetooth or whether the headphone was one which relied on a USB dongle. Either might have been true and would affect the fault-finding process. The more information you can provide in a post the less necessity there is to start with the basic questions.

I use a bluetooth headset with iPhone 5 but when I ask Siri to read my email she says I must unlock my phone first. If I take the phone out of my pocket I might as well just read the email then. Is there a way to fix this?

I use a bluetooth headset with iPhone 5 but when I ask Siri to read my email she says I must unlock my phone first. If I take the phone out of my pocket I might as well just read the email from the phone screen. Is there a way to fix this so the phone doesn't have to be unlocked?

Apple, as I'm sure you know, now manage official phone 'unlocks' directly rather than the Newtork doing so.
When a GSM Network Provider buys a consignment of iPhone's they are locked to that carrier and may only be officially unlocked if said carrier requests it. If so, it is Apple who do this, via iTunes.
I am therefore inclined to think that part of the any generic iTunes syncing process involves the transmission of key hardware data, including IMEI, to Apple whenever the handset is synced.
If this is the case and, as each iTunes account is linked to a credit card, were Apple to maintain a database of genuinely stolen phones (ones reported to Police) they could advise said Police force when a stolen phone stuck its metaphorical head over the parapets once again? They would be able to identify the name & address of the new user.
I have spoken to the Police here in Ireland today and they regularly engage with Apple on such matters.
This may not be tracking as we know it Jim, (not using GSM Triangulation or GPS) but it's arguably even more targetted and leaves an indelible fingerprint of guilt on the thief.
The laws here are simple in this regard, if you are in possession of stolen property, knowlingly or otherwise, you forfeit the goods once the Police show up. Whether you get prosecuted depends on whether you stole the goods or were duped into purchasing them.

No sound on my Sony Bluetooth Headset because Windows 7 can't find Bluetooth peripheral device driver

SO, I am dealing this problem for the second day in a row and no working solution still. I own the latest iMac 2014 (though the model is exactly as 2013) 2,7 Ghz with Bluetooth 4.0, I've installed through Bootcamp Windows 7 x64. My bluetooth headset Sony DR-BTN200 http://store.sony.com/bluetooth-headphones-zid27-DRBTN200//cat-27-catid-All-Home -Theater-Headphones (which is on Bluetooth 3.0 and of 2013 year model) is working fine with Mavericks and Yosemite on my MBP, but not working as it should on iMac with Windows 7..
THE PROBLEM: I find the headset, connect it, but afterwards Windows writes that no drivers for Bluetooth peripheral device were found (3 or 4 encriptions like this, so, 3-4 drivers needed). The headset itself guarrantees fine working with Windows 8, the producer doesn't give any drivers to install, you won't find them on Sony's website - it should work as plug-n-play, they say those drivers are preinstalled on Windows 8.
WHAT I'VE TRIED: So, the problem, as I've read from many-many-many sources is common for everybody running Windows on Mac devices. In cases with notebooks it is easy to solve (if you know it) - download the Bluetooth software from Broadcom (the producer of Bluetooth adapters/receivers of Macs) http://www.broadcom.com/support/bluetooth/update.php - install, it finds the devices and istalls correct driver. This worked with my MacBook Pro 2010, on iMac it stucks on recognizing devices - nothing happens next, like it doesn't recognize any bluetooth device. Downloading many other drivers packages didn't help either, nor Toshiba Bluetooth helpers could detect Bluetooth headset to properly download the correct drivers (though it was already recognized by Windows, just couldn't connect properly), nor different other programs like Bluesoleil, Blue manager and so on.
On other notebooks and computers many try to install manually the drivers, usualy Microsoft Windows mobile-based device support. I've tried to install many drivers, all of the Broadcom drivers I've found (including the Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB driver that makes the headset work on MBP), and I must say that Windows recognizes (doesnt show the yellow triangle next to the icon of the driver) only for the Microsoft Windows mobile-based device support driver. Though it's like that, the sound still is not playing out of my headset. On MBP after the drivers were installed, I chose the device in Printers and devices and there was an option of Control (maybe I remember the name wrong), it went first in the right-click menu, and aftewards there was a page were I could connect my headset through ticks/checks on different options. Nothing like this appears if I install any of the drivers on iMac (nor Broadcom, nor Win mobile-based). I must also mention, that some kind of package that I've downloaded from Toshiba or Acer's Broadcom Bluetooth kit, I don't remember, installed some bluetooth drivers (Bluetooth Audio, "receiver" if I recall it correctly and 2 more), that were recognized as right drivers for peripheral device when I connected my headset, but even then - no sound came out of the headset.
HELP ME: What shoud I do? I've tried all of the methods that are on the net. Sony store won't help me out, because the problem is not in the device - it's in the software/hardware of "your iMac". The headset works with Mac OS, should work fine with fully-Windows PCs, it just doesn't with iMacs on Bootcamp Windows. The interesting thing is that updating windows to Windows 8 might also not help, since Sony guarrantees only work on pre-shipped with Win 8 devices, not with the upgraded devices. I do think the problem is with drivers, that Mac's Bootcamp utility doesn't come with pre-installed Bluetooth drivers for connecting Bluetooth headsets, only for the Apple mouse and keyboard. I must also mention that I've tried to install manually many of the Broadcom drivers, all of which were for Bluetooth 3.0 or 4.0, they didn't help.
It's awfull that I've got the latest iMac, so the latest hardware and face such problems. I only think that a cheap 5-7$ bluetooth-usb adapter could help, maybe it could recognize the headset and therefor install its own drivers for its manufacturer. But I don't imagine how would it work and connect since iMac has a peinstalled Bluetooth receiver. Is there a software sollution? An app or driver?

So, finally I found what worked for me: Re: Full Bluetooth functionality in Bootcamp (audio, A2DP, FTP, OBEX) third variant, none of first 2 worked.. The only trouble was to find the correct link since on Acer site there is no download link. I've googled for "Bluetooth_Atheros_7.4.0.96_W7x64_A.zip" since this is the archive the guy is actually talking about. The 4th link on google was http://www.laptop-software.com/Acerdriversdownload.php?GDFiles/Driver/Bluetooth/ Bluetooth_Atheros_7.4.0.96_W7x64_A.zip?acerid=634556349384706773&Step1=Notebook& Step2=Aspire&Step3=Aspire%204830Z&OS=721&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_6 and I chose to downlad from the first download link. Then the steps are:
1) unzip the folder
2) don't look for x64 or x32, there is only a one installer called "Bluetooth_Suite_win7"
3) install Bluetooth_Suite_win7
4) after it installs Windows starts downloading and recognizing drivers, I don't know how it actually works, but it also downloaded and recognized the unrecognized before drivers for my Bluetooth headset.
5) Restart Windows
6) Turn on headphones - they connect automatically, everything works and works great, the quality of sound is exactly the same as it was on Mac OS, nothing that would bother me.
****, it took me 2 full days... finally...

Callers Can't Hear Me on Multiple Bluetooth Headsets

After getting tired of having my corded headphones ripped out of my ears when they get snagged on doorknobs I broke down and bought a wireless Bluetooth headphones (a Samsung Circle).
I was able to pair it with no issue.
I could hear music fine.
I could stream Sirius XM.
I could voice-to-text with no issue.
I could voice-to-text (email) with no issue.
I could voice-to-text (Facebook Messenger) with no issue.
I could talk to Siri with no issue.
However, when I was trying to talk on the phone, the person on the other side could NOT hear me, but I could hear them.
I dismissed this as a faulty headphones and returned it to Best Buy. I got a different one, a different brand and everything. Got the exact same result.
This is ridiculous. So I tried my Plantronics bluetooth headset which worked in the past. Now THAT ONE isn't working. I can hear callers, but they can't hear me. So that's three different Bluetooth headsets.
My earbuds work fine.
My speakerphone works fine.
The standard iPhone handset works fine.
The problem is isolated to Bluetooth headsets (single ear and double), while using the phone... people just can't hear me. I tried muting/unmuting and that didn't work either. I can click back and forth between the speaker and iPhone and they work fine, but I switch to the Bluetooth and nothing. No one can hear me.
I have an iPhone 5s running 8.1.3. I tried restarted, synching, deleting all the Bluetooth connections and rediscovering them ... nothing.

I've had this same problem for a while now. iPhone 5s on Verizon, and same issue with Blueant, Jabra, and Plantronics headsets.
Sometimes the people on the other end can hear me, most of the time not. I can always hear them.
I had the Blueant headset for a while and it worked fine. It was just a cheap one to keep me going until I got another one. Got the Jabra Supreme, it worked fine for a while but then started intermittently not transmitting my voice to the listener. I can hear them fine but they can't hear me. Thought it was the headset, so got the Plantronics Voyager Edge bluetooth headset but same issue. Can't figure out if it was concurrent with a system update or not that the problem manifested itself, but it wasn't apparent from the getgo, so it started sometime after I'd been using the phone with headset for a while.
I'm glad (but sorry) to read that your wiping the device didn't make a difference as I was just about to try that, but don't want to do so if it's not going to make a difference.
Just updated to 8.3 today, so hoping that maybe something will be different. Charging up all 3 headsets now in hopes that problem will be miraculously gone.
No one seems to have a clue as to why this is, what could be causing it, and what to do about it. Frustrating to say the least. I had a Plantronics with my cheap old flip phone and it was fantastic. I used it for business every day. Now I'm relegated to using the speaker phone on the iPhone until I can get this figured out.

I have problem with bluetooth headset.

My bluetooth headset does not work well.
and google and wiki.archlinux do not give me a good answer.
so I come here, ask you.
bluez gnome-bluetooth and other packages related to bluetooth are installed.
and gnome-bluetooth can find and connect to my bluetooth headset in mode A2DP.
but when I open music player Rhythmbox, the sound goes to loudspeaker, not bluetooth.
i find it need .asoundrc to play via bluetooth, and "aplay -D btheadset xxx.wav" works well.
Rhythmbox still can't use bluetooth. I think some plugin may do this, but I can't find it.
and more funny, "mplayer -ao alsa:device=btheadset xxx.mp3" makes system die. Is that command right?
Do i need install pulseaudio, if I want bluetooth headset is connected, and sound is switched automatically.

With the word 'automatically', yes you do need pulseaudio. I'm sure you could cook up some udev or related rule to do that in Alsa, but pulseaudio would be easier.

Could Bluetooth headsets be more frustrating?

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