My bluetooth headphones/-set problem?

So, I bought these bluetooth headphones with a mic, I pair them with my Macbook.
It says I can use it as audio in and audio out.
But when I go to System Preferences, the headphones appear as Bluetooth Headset and Bluetooth Headphones. The microphone won't work unless I choose the Headset, but then the bluetooth connection crashes.
When I go to audio-in, I see my built-in microphone and the bluetooth microphone. The problem comes when I choose the microphone. It gives me an error Bluetooth sound failed.
I have to pair it every time just to get the normal sound to work, but my Mac just won't connect to the microphone?

The type of headphone you describe can be used either as a headset or headphones, that's why you're given that choice. Connecting as headphones will give you better sound quality for music, whereas connecting as a headset will enable the mic for telephony, but the sound quality will be degraded.
In addition to selecting the bluetooth device option, you may also need to go into the sound settings in System Preferences with it connected and make sure it's selected as the audio input and output device.
Otherwise, bluetooth dropouts are an unfortunate but fairly frequent occurrence with OS X bluetooth. You might try deleting it from the bluetooth devices list and then pair it and go through the setup again.

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