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HP Bluetooth Headphones
 

HP Bluetooth Headphones

By Jack, posted Friday, Nov. 12th, 2004

…and the technology from HP continues to make my life easier! HP’s NEW Bluetooth Headphones give you comfort, great sound and wireless connectivity.

I absolutely love walking on the shores and woods of Maine enjoying the stunning scenery. I have spent the past few months discovering the wonders of Maine and of course, I always have some sort of technology attached so I can have the best of all worlds. Clearly, the reason I love my SCOTTeVEST is because I can carry it all or at least what I need for the day. Besides a multitude of pockets to carry what I need, it has a PAN (Personal Area Network) to wire my vest enabling me to listen to my MP3s or a small radio I carry all the time.

It is hard to believe that I have not acquired an iPod yet, but I have always felt that my iPAQ could serve the same purpose. Now with the availability of memory cards that have significant storage and low prices, that decision to hold off was the correct one for me. All of us acquire a vast library of CDs, each having one, two or three songs that are favorites. Compiling them into play lists that I can carry in my iPAQ has been a great experience but I always found that having that wire connected gave me a feeling of being restricted and I hated having a wire “flopping” around. Of course, that problem was solved with the routing of the wires through my SCOTTeVEST but still, I just dislike dealing with wires.

Bluetooth connectivity has evolved to such an extent that the concept of wires is fast becoming a dinosaur. HP has designed and implemented this technology to near perfection. Giving you exceptional high quality stereo sound, this device is going to change your listening experience with your iPAQ.

The “behind the head” design of the HP Bluetooth Headphones gives you a secure fit while you’re on the move and the placement of the controls makes your experience very comfortable. Raising your right hand up to your ear, you can easily adjust the volume controls, power on/off, play/pause, and track fwd/back controls. Each function is conveniently placed on the ear piece for easy access. It took me less than a minute to know where each control was placed and its function. I found that making any adjustment was a “piece of cake”. Kudos’ to the engineer that made this design…it truly is “user friendly”.

I couldn’t wait to try out the headphones when they arrived. I was surprised when I opened the package because there were just the headphones, a very tiny device that had a strange connection on one end and a connection for power on the other, the AC adapter with multiple power connectors, carrying case, extra earpads and the install software. I don’t know why I was surprised; after all, I was just getting a pair of headphones. Well, it didn’t seem like much but boy was I about to be surprised.

Loading the software was easier than expected. The user guide was clear and concise in directions. I soft reset my device, establish a connection with my iPAQ to my desktop computer via ActiveSync, installed the software (it took seconds) and reset my device again.

Pairing the two devices was even easier. I turned on the Bluetooth function on my iPAQ, pressed the Multi Function button in the center of the right earpiece for about ten seconds until the light flashed red and blue. On my iPAQ, I selected New, then High Quality Audio Setup from the Bluetooth connection types. An icon of a man wearing a headset appeared as it discovered the iPAQ headphones for the first time; it then prompted me for a Passkey. Entering 0000, the shortcut was created and I was listening to my MP3s in seconds.

The entire process…maybe 4 minutes and that was because I was double checking myself so I could write the steps I took for this review. It was incredibly easy, very quick and brought me to listening to my music instantaneously. It was a very impressive setup!

From that point on, using the headphones is simple. Turn on Bluetooth on the iPAQ, turn on the headphones by pressing the multi-function button, click on the headphone icon, and voila…your ready to go!

To turn the Bluetooth Headphones on, push and hold the Multi Function button for two seconds until the blue light flashes or if you’re wearing the phones, you will hear a unique sound indicating that the phones are on. To turn the Bluetooth Headphones off, press and hold the Multi Function button for two seconds, until the light flashes red and goes off or if you are still wearing the headphones, there is a similar but different sound indicating the phones are turned off. Very cool!

As you are listening to your music, you have the ability to pause the audio by pressing the Multi Function button and then you can resume play by pressing the Multi Function button again. Of course, you can track forward by pressing the Forward button, marked “>” or track backward by pressing the Back button marked “<“. Two buttons marked “+” and “-” will let you adjust the volume easily. The whole process of using the controls is very intuitive…hey; I figured it out and quickly!

Charging the Headphones is very simple. Do you remember me telling you about a strange little device that came with the headphones? It was an adapter that is used in conjunction with the same power pack you use to charge your iPAQ.

You just turn off the headphones, connect the adapter and plug in the power pack. While the headphones are charging, an amber light will come on and will go off when the batteries are fully charged. It didn’t take long to charge, I didn’t time it but after I plugged it in and came back to it a while later, it was charged. They say that the headphones may take up to four hours to fully charge but that has not been my experience.

I have had virtually no trouble at all. There has been an issue with losing the sound or getting some “scratchiness” but an HP engineer attributed it to the fact that I was using a pre-release driver. I expect that they have resolved that issue with the new driver. The only change I would make is that HP should add a similar “bungee” type cord to the charger adapter like the one on the connector you use to charge your iPAQ directly from the AC adapter. It is so small that I am afraid I will lose it. If it had that “bungee” cord, you could leave it attached to the AC adapter cord and not worry about losing it.

I’m impressed! The quality of the sound is terrific but I would caution you to have high quality music files…the experience is just so much better! I have no hesitation in recommending these headphones. I have used them virtually everyday for the past two weeks and have enjoyed them immensely. I can only tell you that I am glad I have all those pockets in my SCOTTeVEST…this is one more item that I will definitely be carrying!

So what do you get? Headphones, Charger Adapter, Carrying bag, extra earpads, AC adapter (which charges your iPAQ, too) and the software, all for only $99.00 at HP Shopping.com.

Have you read our HP Bluetooth Foldable Keyboard review? If not, you can read it here.


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