Almost on-topic: Anyone using a Bluetooth Speakerphone?
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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 8 Mar 2010 21:42 I bought a bluetooth hands-free on eBay for $14. You get what you pay for. The one good thing was it has a headphone jack, so I connected a Rad Shack amplified CB speaker for more ooomph, but the speaker is awkward. It is somewhat audible now. Part of the problem might be my old Palm Treo 650, not known for their sound quality. I want something LOUD! Remember, spring is coming and the Supra with the Sport Roof is coming out of the garage soon, and I want something I can HEAR! Some of them have FM transmitters as well, but I'm a bit leery of broadcasting my phone calls to the 5 cars around me... Any recommendations?
From: FatterDumber& Happier Moe on 8 Mar 2010 22:43 Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: > I bought a bluetooth hands-free on eBay for $14. You get what you pay for. > The one good thing was it has a headphone jack, so I connected a Rad Shack > amplified CB speaker for more ooomph, but the speaker is awkward. It is > somewhat audible now. Part of the problem might be my old Palm Treo 650, > not known for their sound quality. > > I want something LOUD! Remember, spring is coming and the Supra with the > Sport Roof is coming out of the garage soon, and I want something I can > HEAR! > > Some of them have FM transmitters as well, but I'm a bit leery of > broadcasting my phone calls to the 5 cars around me... > > Any recommendations? > > I use an mp3 player to play tunes through the FM when driving. They don't broadcast very far and someone would have to be turned to the right frequency and drive really close to be able to listen to much of a conversation. I doubt it would even be possible. There must be a thousand ways to get from here to there. Lots of things on youtube about this kind of thing, here is a simple one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo_nOk3JlUA&feature=related It's one of those trial and error things, I think a baseball hat with vlecro might work the best.
From: Ray O on 9 Mar 2010 01:39 "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:hn4cj7$9cd$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >I bought a bluetooth hands-free on eBay for $14. You get what you pay for. > The one good thing was it has a headphone jack, so I connected a Rad Shack > amplified CB speaker for more ooomph, but the speaker is awkward. It is > somewhat audible now. Part of the problem might be my old Palm Treo 650, > not known for their sound quality. > > I want something LOUD! Remember, spring is coming and the Supra with the > Sport Roof is coming out of the garage soon, and I want something I can > HEAR! > > Some of them have FM transmitters as well, but I'm a bit leery of > broadcasting my phone calls to the 5 cars around me... > > Any recommendations? > > The bluetooth in my old Palm Treo had such a short range that I pretty much had to hold it next to my bluetooth earpiece for anyone to hear me or for me to hear anyone, which defeated the purpose of hands free. I now have a Blue Ant ear piece which works very well. The noise cancellation function seems to work, people can hear me, and I can hear them, and the range is good enough that I can leave the phone in my car and answer from outside when filling up. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Mar 2010 20:14 On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:39:58 -0600, Ray O wrote: > > "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message > news:hn4cj7$9cd$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>I bought a bluetooth hands-free on eBay for $14. You get what you pay >>for. >> The one good thing was it has a headphone jack, so I connected a Rad >> Shack amplified CB speaker for more ooomph, but the speaker is awkward. >> It is somewhat audible now. Part of the problem might be my old Palm >> Treo 650, not known for their sound quality. >> >> I want something LOUD! Remember, spring is coming and the Supra with the >> Sport Roof is coming out of the garage soon, and I want something I can >> HEAR! >> >> Some of them have FM transmitters as well, but I'm a bit leery of >> broadcasting my phone calls to the 5 cars around me... >> >> Any recommendations? >> >> >> > The bluetooth in my old Palm Treo had such a short range that I pretty > much had to hold it next to my bluetooth earpiece for anyone to hear me or > for me to hear anyone, which defeated the purpose of hands free. > > I now have a Blue Ant ear piece which works very well. The noise > cancellation function seems to work, people can hear me, and I can hear > them, and the range is good enough that I can leave the phone in my car > and answer from outside when filling up. BlueAnts are EXPENSIVE! I have a plantronics earpiece I got cheap (the cell co I had had a jar on the service desk for a month, and I got 50% off on headsets...) but I don't use it. You still have a radiation emitter next to your head, and even more than just using the phone. I'm looking for a speaker phone. If I were /NORMAL/ and had only one car I'd wire in one of these http://www.topedgeonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=I-35 but with three cars 'in rotation' I'd had to get...er, three. And there's the consideration of summer driving with the roof off... These are supposed to be pretty good http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=motorola+t505+bluetooth+car+kit&cid=895608190733390135&sa=button#p Best Buy had spaces for three Motorola units...all empty...
From: Ray O on 10 Mar 2010 01:09 "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:hn6rp4$g0v$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:39:58 -0600, Ray O wrote: > >> >> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> news:hn4cj7$9cd$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>I bought a bluetooth hands-free on eBay for $14. You get what you pay >>>for. >>> The one good thing was it has a headphone jack, so I connected a Rad >>> Shack amplified CB speaker for more ooomph, but the speaker is awkward. >>> It is somewhat audible now. Part of the problem might be my old Palm >>> Treo 650, not known for their sound quality. >>> >>> I want something LOUD! Remember, spring is coming and the Supra with the >>> Sport Roof is coming out of the garage soon, and I want something I can >>> HEAR! >>> >>> Some of them have FM transmitters as well, but I'm a bit leery of >>> broadcasting my phone calls to the 5 cars around me... >>> >>> Any recommendations? >>> >>> >>> >> The bluetooth in my old Palm Treo had such a short range that I pretty >> much had to hold it next to my bluetooth earpiece for anyone to hear me >> or >> for me to hear anyone, which defeated the purpose of hands free. >> >> I now have a Blue Ant ear piece which works very well. The noise >> cancellation function seems to work, people can hear me, and I can hear >> them, and the range is good enough that I can leave the phone in my car >> and answer from outside when filling up. > > BlueAnts are EXPENSIVE! I have a plantronics earpiece I got cheap (the > cell co I had had a jar on the service desk for a month, and I got 50% off > on headsets...) but I don't use it. You still have a radiation emitter > next to your head, and even more than just using the phone. I'm looking > for a speaker phone. If I were /NORMAL/ and had only one car I'd wire in > one of these > > http://www.topedgeonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=I-35 > > but with three cars 'in rotation' I'd had to get...er, three. > And there's the consideration of summer driving with the roof off... > > These are supposed to be pretty good > > http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=motorola+t505+bluetooth+car+kit&cid=895608190733390135&sa=button#p > > Best Buy had spaces for three Motorola units...all empty... > > I had a Plantronics Voyager bluetooth ear piece and I was not happy with it because people had a hard time understanding what I was saying and the hooks for the ear piece kept breaking. Next, I got a Jawbone, and it wouldn't work well unless it was touching your jawbone. During the course of a conversation, it tended to move away from my jawbone and the sound quality would deteriorate until I moved it back. My BlueAnt is the first one I've been happy with. I've heard good things about the Motorokr speaker units, and since they use the car's speakers, I would imagine that you can make them plenty loud. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
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