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I have Just Purchased and Installed the Parrot CK3100 Bluetooth Hands Free Car Kit. :- Here is the Outcome
1. Installed Very Easily Within The Hour
2. Discoverd the Hands Free Profile and Paired First Time
3. Phone Connects and Disconnect Automatically
4. Sound is Piped through the Cars Audio Speakers and mutes the radio
5. Display Shows Phone Name ie Pocket PC and Network OK but no signal or battery strength Display.
6. Voice Recognition Through The Parrot is Very Good
7. When Call Comes in the Ringing is Played Through The Car Speakers and If Voice Tag been Recored Name is Played Too.
8. regognised +44 or normal numbers
9. More than 1 number per contact.
10. there is no auto contact sync, but a Bluetooth Contact Push worked first time.
11. Caller Name On Display if in phonebook, otherwise number when receiving a call
I am very supprised at the functions this kit has, i read very carefully through this forum and notice no one really did a review of this kit. the firmware on my version is the latest v4.11 and the only problem i have was i wired the ignition and perm live the wrong way round. this was easy to correct as they were both fused Holdered and just swapped the fuse cap over.
you will know if you have wired them correct by the following, if the display just turnes off when turning the ignition off , they are they wrong way round and any setting you changed will not be saved,
if the display say Disconnecting, then goodbye then the wiring is correct,
It uses standar ISO connectors and you may need a adaptor depending on you radio and vechile make.
all in all i very happy with this and only cost £84.00 with postage from
www.justcarkits.co.uk
I see they also do a CK3300, which has intergrated Satellite Navigation
I'm going to order one today
I bought a CK3100 as I already have a BT GPS and am happy with the telephone part for my XDA IIs but for the life of me I cannot get TomTom directions to go through my car speakers.
I have tried WM2k3se/WM5 and I still cannot do it.
If anyone has found a way can they let me know?
Ta.
I bought a CK3100 as I already have a BT GPS and am happy with the telephone part for my XDA IIs but for the life of me I cannot get TomTom directions to go through my car speakers.
I have tried WM2k3se/WM5 and I still cannot do it.
If anyone has found a way can they let me know?
Ta.
i was also interested in that point. i thought it would be very useful hearing voice instructions on the car speakers. but for now, i prefer not to use that feature beacause may have a lot of interruptions when you're driving in a city or there is a lot of change of directions (or something making tomtom speak).
HaganRE - How on earth did you get ur contacts onto it. THe only way I can get it to go is by an BT Beam Contact but I have nearly 400 contacts.
I have to say that the Parrot CS is even worse than O2. They tell me that it will auto-synchronise and that I must have my PDA set up wrong. Numpty's.
So - no tomtom through stereo and no auto-sync makes me think the Sony or god forbid a Nokia might be better.
OhBuggerit2k2 said:
I bought a CK3100 as I already have a BT GPS and am happy with the telephone part for my XDA IIs but for the life of me I cannot get TomTom directions to go through my car speakers.
I have tried WM2k3se/WM5 and I still cannot do it.
If anyone has found a way can they let me know?
Ta.
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Its not a great solution but you can take an output from the headphone socket and feed this into the aux in on your car stereo.
I did this to listen to mp3's via media player and found out tomtom5 nav instructions come through as well.
Parott CK3100 Contacts and TomTom
Unfortunatly you cannot get tomtom Audio over the bluetooth connection.
and you cannot autosync with it either for contacts, if you open your address book, and select all your contacts you can beam them over bluetooth, i have 120 and took about 5mins, or just do them 1 at a time
I have the Parrot 3000 evolution and the sounds quality for people I call is terrible - is the sound quality with the 3100 better on the XDA IIs? has anyone had issues with sound quality with BT carkits?
Thanks
you want to talk about Parrot????
Parrot but real one!!!!
i was eating few days ago in my friend flat, with a Parrot on my shoulder!!!!
and then he eat from my dish!!!! what an impolite behavior!!!!
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I just bought an MEX-BT2500 and had it installed - all at Circuit City, for the Americans on this forum.
Since I literally *just* got it, I will give an initial impression and then update this in a few days probably with some more info.
INITIAL IMPRESSION
Well, it looks nice. The buttons have blue LEDs. But that's not very important. Pairing it with the Hermes was pretty painless, you just turn it off and then hold the Equalizer/Bluetooth button >7 seconds. The passcode is, of course, 0000. It has three separate Bluetooth icons - one for it being off/on/discoverable, one for hands-free being connected, and one for A2DP being connected.
When re-pairing after turning it off or something, the A2DP mode does not reconnect automatically. I've tried pressing 6 (Pause) and that made it reconnect. Maybe there are other ways of doing it, I don't know.
I am still experimenting with the A2DP settings to figure out what sounds best - I am using the Microsoft stack, so I'm not expecting miracles here - so far, it sounds OK at BitPool/MaxBitPool = 58 and Joint Stereo = 1. Contrary to popular belief, Joint Stereo is NOT mono, but I have yet to determine whether the Microsoft stack thinks that. I just need to play the right song. I read somewhere on this forum that increasing BitPool/MaxBitPool to 72 while keeping Joint Stereo on sounds good, so I'll try that later.
I will try the hands-free mode later on as well. Updates to follow.
UPDATE 1: More on A2DP (and a bit of hands-free)
I set both of the BitPool values to 72 and enabled Joint Stereo. It works well. The sound is most definitely stereo, and the quality is a lot better than what it was with a lower BitPool and Joint Stereo off. I've never tried the Widcomm stack, so I can't compare it to that. I also tried hands-free calling, but it did not work at all. That turned out to be an issue with the ROM (because it no longer worked with my HT820 either), which has since been resolved by flashing a different ROM. One extremely disappointing thing is that it looks like, for making calls, you can only initiate a redial from the device. I haven't looked into that too much yet.
UPDATE 2: Hands-free
I still haven't been able to make it do anything but redial for initiating calls, but the call quality appears to be quite good, both for the person on the other end and for me. I have to say, I'm impressed by that, especially since the Parrot MK6000 apparently has a huge separate dual microphone that you have to mount in order to get clarity.
One thing that has started to annoy me is the beeping when I turn off my car. Apparently it's to remind me to take off the faceplate, but I don't always want to do that and it pretty damn annoying. I don't believe there is a way to turn that off. You can turn off other beeps, but not that one.
UPDATE 3: A2DP again
The wireless stereo really does work well! The Hermes is able to handle receiving Internet radio streams (www.di.fm in my case) and piping them through A2DP just fine using MortPlayer. Speaking of which, AVRCP works well. Play/pause, previous, and next buttons all work, but with a slight (<1 sec) delay, which is caused by something other than the BT2500 because the same delay occurs with the Motorola HT820. It's either an issue with MortPlayer or the Microsoft stack - I don't know which one since that is the only combination I've used that supports AVRCP.
One thing I have yet to try is receiving a call while listening to music. I will try to do it tomorrow and see what happens.
I've had the MEX-BT5000 (the BT2500's predecessor) since January & use it with my Wizard. I haven't had any issues with A2DP connections -- I've paired it only once when I installed the headunit.
The only time I have to reconnect is if the Sony powers up without my Wizard in range -- the next time I power up the Sony, it'll connect to the Wizard's hands-free profile, but not in A2DP. To reconnect A2DP, open up the Wizard's BT connections screen, select the MEX-BT5000 device, and right-click "Set as Wireless Stereo".
3waygeek said:
I've had the MEX-BT5000 (the BT2500's predecessor) since January & use it with my Wizard. I haven't had any issues with A2DP connections -- I've paired it only once when I installed the headunit.
The only time I have to reconnect is if the Sony powers up without my Wizard in range -- the next time I power up the Sony, it'll connect to the Wizard's hands-free profile, but not in A2DP. To reconnect A2DP, open up the Wizard's BT connections screen, select the MEX-BT5000 device, and right-click "Set as Wireless Stereo".
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Im fitting a BT5000 today in my new car. What car did you install yours in?
Ive fitted a new head unit to a vauxhall corsa before but never needed to use the smart cable for steering whell controls...is it dead easy?
P.S: the new car is a 2003 vauxhall astra
Does the BT5000 let you do voice dial through the Hermes/Wizard, or does it also just support last number redial? So far, I haven't been able to get it to do anything but redial for call initiation.
mrvanx said:
Im fitting a BT5000 today in my new car. What car did you install yours in?
Ive fitted a new head unit to a vauxhall corsa before but never needed to use the smart cable for steering whell controls...is it dead easy?
P.S: the new car is a 2003 vauxhall astra
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Mine is a 2002 Mitsubishi Diamante -- I had to get a $60 translation unit to interface the steering wheel controls to the headunit. Installing the translation unit took some doing -- they're a bit tricky to program.
Trancecoder said:
Does the BT5000 let you do voice dial through the Hermes/Wizard, or does it also just support last number redial? So far, I haven't been able to get it to do anything but redial for call initiation.
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Haven't tried voicedial -- I've got Voice Command 1.6 installed on the Wizard, so I think it'd work. I'll give it a try tomorrow.
Quick report back, had a right bastard of a time installing it LOL!
Vauxhall cables are deliberatly CRAPPY, i had to swap over two of the wires because the unit was not keeping the time or radio stations when i switched off the ignition. I also purchased a smart lead to enable the steering wheel controls.
Finally got it working, works an absolute DREAM with both A2DP and handsfree.
I am also thinking of getting the BT2500, but my big problem with it is the 'redial' problem. Apparently the BT5000 can download and store 50 numbers but doesn't allow for voicedial, (I've heard anyways)...
Trancecoder: Did you ever find something to trick the phone into launching voicedialing when a bluetooth redial was activated? What about the 1-6 buttons, can they be programmed for speeddials like the BT5000 ??
JamesManios - I don't believe the BT2500 downloads any contact info whatsoever, so those keys won't be able to be programmed. As for the redial vs voice dial issue, I haven't experimented much with it, so if there is a way to make it speed dial, I haven't found it yet.
Trancecoder: Thanks for the reply, how are you liking the unit now that you've had it for a while.
As an idea for dialing I was thinking of making an app to maybe accomplish it, but some of it I don't know how to do yet...
My idea was, have the app pole every 200msec or so and see if the phone has started dialing (that I pretty much know how to do), then see if you are connected to the bluetooth handsfree (don't know how to do that just yet)... then the program can assume that if you are dialing AND in the car (because you are connected), then you must be using the redial... STOP the redial and launch the VoiceDialing app...
It leads to some questions, like would the Stereo drop the BT connection and therefore the voice prompt would be from the phone speaker and using the phone mic and NOT the stereo...
I currently have this (which works very well), but not as clean as the stereo ... but I'm not sure I want to lose CallID and VoiceDial... to buy this unit.
http://www.vitebo.com/ny00050/produ...betiew&MenuID=28&BClassID=9&SClassID=0&PID=13
ive had a bmw m3 and the bluetooth sucks in it my infiniti much better. i always use my jawbone though. I may need to pick this one up.
JamesManios said:
Trancecoder: Thanks for the reply, how are you liking the unit now that you've had it for a while.
As an idea for dialing I was thinking of making an app to maybe accomplish it, but some of it I don't know how to do yet...
My idea was, have the app pole every 200msec or so and see if the phone has started dialing (that I pretty much know how to do), then see if you are connected to the bluetooth handsfree (don't know how to do that just yet)... then the program can assume that if you are dialing AND in the car (because you are connected), then you must be using the redial... STOP the redial and launch the VoiceDialing app...
It leads to some questions, like would the Stereo drop the BT connection and therefore the voice prompt would be from the phone speaker and using the phone mic and NOT the stereo...
I currently have this (which works very well), but not as clean as the stereo ... but I'm not sure I want to lose CallID and VoiceDial... to buy this unit.
http://www.vitebo.com/ny00050/produ...betiew&MenuID=28&BClassID=9&SClassID=0&PID=13
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The unit's pros outweigh its cons, at least for me personally. I receive a lot more calls than I make while driving, so the dialing issue is not a big deal for me. The person on the other end can definitely hear background noise, but they can still hear me pretty well when I have my windows open and driving ~50MPH. The unit also plays MP3 CDs, which is nice because I have some from when I was using my old MP3 CD player. A2DP quality is good, although occasionally there is a drop out for about half a second. Sometimes it happens 20 minutes into driving, sometimes not at all, so I have no idea what's causing it. Overall, I'm satisfied with it.
One thing I noticed is that when I press the Hermes button 5 (mapped to Cyberon Voice Commander) while fully connected to the BT2500, the "Say command" prompt goes out through the Hermes' speaker and not the BT2500. That may cause additional problems if you want to try and create a software fix for the auto-redial.
That Vitebo website is full of Engrish! "THE FRESH PET OF CAR ARTICLE" - what does that mean?
Ya, that website is pretty brutal, unfortunately the manual is similar but I got it finally figured it out (I hope)
I decided against the Sony and bought a none BT headunit, thanks for all the info though.
Had mine for 8 months now...
Excellent unit. I had BMW factory fit bluetooth in my old car, this is much clearer (VW Passat).
I used mune with an Artemis, and now an Elf/Touch...
It doesn't download a phonebook, so the only dialing it can do is redial last number - but just use PocketCm and dial with your finger!
Quality is good - I have found, however, that A2DP streaming breaks up unless I use Coreplayer, which is 100% perfect... and yes, pressing '6' a coupl eof times toggles on the bluetooth stereo on the device, which is good, because otherwise, I wouldn't be able to hear tomtom instructions if I had the radio on!
Sound quality all round is excellent - just a shame it dosn't have a steering-wheel mounted remote instead of the useless IR one...
Hi there - long time lurker, first time poster!
Now, I'm not sure if this is a phone setting issue, an Android issue or my satnav/hands free issue - and sorry if this is a common problem, I did a search on the forums and haven't managed to find anything yet, probably using the wrong key words
So then, I've paired the S3 with my Navigon 70/71 (rebranded as maps & more by Volkswagen) and it works beautifully for streaming music. It connects as soon as I enter the car and holds the signal well!
...however, when I go to make a call from the satnav - it dials the number fine, but plays the audio through the phone earpiece and not the satnav speakers.
Of course, to remedy this I can manually click the headset icon on the phones call screen - but this is far from ideal as it means every time I nip in the car I have to get the phone out, set it to send audio through the bluetooth device and then start my journey. The moment you forget renders the hands free useless and you click answer or dial on the satnav and it plays the audio through the phones earpiece
My old phone used to just allow me to get in the car without a thought, get a surprise phone call, click answer on the satnav and all the conversation would play out through the car speakers without a second thought... can I do this on ICS and the S3? Basically getting it to auto route audio through to the car stereo when connected?
Thanks for your help and sorry if this is the wrong section/covered a million times before..
I've had this for a couple of months now and I thought I'd share my experience with it so far. (I've already done a short version under another thread here)
The MW1 looks amazing, design wise. Sleek, elegant and pretty high tech. It complements any recent SE/Sony phone. As I use my headphones every day, either commuting or when training/working out, I bought this so I wouldn't have to use the headphone-port on my Sony Acro S. That way I keep it waterproof and won't wear out the flimsy hinge on the cover (phone).
Daily Use:
The clip:
In daily use, the clip doesn't provide enough "grip", so the entire thing has a tendency to move around. I believe that the spring on the clip is strong enough, but the grippers on the inside are not sharp enough to grip things like thin fabric (ie. t-shirts, shirts, synthetic material). The shiny (slippery) polycarbonate body of the adapter also makes things worse.
The clip hinge is placed at the opposite side of the charging port. A natural way to open the clip would then be to hold the adapter with one hand and use your thump to activate it. Problem is, SE/Sony designer has placed a "Call Answer Key" button right were you would hold your other fingers. When operating the clip, most of the time, you end up pressing the button. Then you get an annoying "peep'ing" sound, prob for voice dialing or something. Trying to avoid pressing the button only makes you fumble with the adapter.
The clip end is also flush with the adapter body and the hinge itself is placed very near the end of the body. As a result, the clip is "harder" to activate and your thumb does not have a natural resting place when it's fully engaged. Add to that the slippery surface of the entire thing, most times your thumb will slip and/or you will push the button.
- The clip should have had more leverage
- The clip should have been further in, that way you would be able to open the clip and hold it open until you find a suitable place to clip it.
- The surface of the clip should have been less shiny/more rubbery.
- The button is placed "illogically" compared to the clip mechanism. Either clip should be on other side or button should.
The Buttons
It's a small device, so butting a lot of buttons on it is not easy. But it could have been done so so SO much better than this. Operating the MW1 clipped into something and not looking at it is very difficult. Even after this amount of time, I haven't seemed to get proper "muscle memory" use from it.
The "Play" buttons are on a sort of "rocker", skip on either side and play/pause button in the middle. It's raised out from the adapter body and is pretty distinguishable from the other buttons on the device. The problems are as follows. There is a circular "Back" button placed very close to the rocker. Most of the time when I try to skip back, I end up pressing the back button. This brings the device out of the Bluetooth play function and into the device menu. Most times you wont notice this happens and you will press the back button again, that then selects another item in the menu and the device doesn't auto-return to the music funtion. I then have to stop and look at the screen to enter the music functions again.
A lot of times this happens, I end up in the SC-Card music function in the menu This renders the music function via Bluetooth useless. I then have to manually select the phone to use the play functions.
The volume button on the adapter is placed on the other side of the device. Quite often, but not as much as above, I manage to hit the skip button on the other side because one of my fingers is resting on it or near it.The volume rocker is also too narrow and it's sometimes hard to hit the right way, up or down.
One would also think the "Call Button" on the display side of the adapter would be the enter button, but it's not. All "confirm" responses done on the device is via the Play/Pause button. Sometimes I still hit the big call button as this is a bit more intuitive, too me at least.
Using any type of glove, in my case very thing biking-gloves makes it's neigh on impossible to use any of them. But this is sort of outside the parameters of use for most.
- Music/play buttons should have it's own side of the adapter. This would immensely help operating the thing without looking at it.
- Call button should be confirm button. That way you could hold the device with two hands, using our index fingers for either skip button and then your thumb on the call button as enter/confirm.
- The play functions should be placed closes the the charge side of the adapter. Increasing the distance from the volume buttons.
- Back button should be removed or placed someplace else, on the front opposite side of call button.
The Menu System
All in all, it works. Little or no lag, simple UI and easy to use. BUT BUT BUT I F-ING HATE using it connected to my phone, then entering the SD-menu instead. It's a hassle and a real annoyance. I've found it easier to unlock my phone and use that to change music instead. This is prob the worst part of the whole product and could have been a deal breaker for me had I known about it.
Using the smart app is also a bit of a hassle when playing music, since it automatically shows the received in the display. You then have to push play to view the entire message or back to enter music function again. Most times, I fumble with this and it's annoying. I will probably uninstall the sms/email/calender app because of this. Great idea thought and I love the functionallity.
- LOCK MUSIC FUNCTION WHEN YOU ARE CONNECTED VIA BLUETOOTH!!!!!!!
- What about removing the SD-CARD options from the menu, either user selectable or when there is NO sd-card in the slot.
- Press call button to view the message or play it via TTS...(WHICH IS GREAT BY THE WAY)
The SD MP3 Player
What a load of horse manure!!!! I can't say this enough time, this functions utterly destroys the usability of the device. Removine this ENTIRELY would INSANELY improve the device. But, actually having this function is a very VERY smart idea and would be great if it worked. There are problems with getting mp3's to the device. COME ON, WERE IN 2012. I had easier times getting MP3's to my Creative MuVo2!!!
Why does it sometimes enter the SD player in the menu when I'm playing via my phone and there is no sd-card in the slot? Grrrr...
- FIX IT
- Make it user de-activateable (SAME WITH RADIO)
- If there is no SD card, DONT SHOW it.
The Sound
Mainly very very good. Good earbuds, clear enough and deep enough. But why does it play the sound louder when skipping to a song, then 0.5sec later turn ut down, even if it's all the way up? It also started "skipping" the sound after a recent update. At the same time, I also started getting some static on it.
Actually I'm very impressed with the sound and the earbuds!
The "Metal" Cover
Looks pretty good, works pretty well. But this WILL wear out and become fllimsy. So the device's quality in it's entirety is solely based on the durability of this part. When this is worn, for the most part, it will make the device useless for me.
- A USB-key for charging and moving files would be better IMO
The Earbuds
The mic should have been on the ear-bud wires. I mostly look like a twatteroony trying to talk into the adapter. They are also too short to keep the adapter say, in the pocket.
- Longer wires and a mic would be very good. Then you could use the device display and call at the same time. You could also keep it in your pocket if it rained. Some jackets down have a natural place to clip the adapter to.
CONCLUSION
I'm happy with it, don't find it too expensive for what you get, battery life is great. You get a lot of accessories. If you needed another charger, that would be (here in Norway at least) HALF THE PRICE OF THE ENTIRE MW1 SET!!! You also get a short micro-usb cable which I find very "nifty".
But it's obvious that they didn't test this product IRL, but went straight from the CAD drawings to production in China'ish. If they used a little bit more of their brain capacity, this would be the single best product ever released from Sony Ericsson. That's what really annoys me, only very small adjustments would turn this adapter into the work of a genius!
WHY WHY WHY WHY CAN'T I GET ARTIST/SONG INFORMATION FROM SPOTIFY ON THE ADAPTER. Even Sony manages to get this info onto their lockscreen automatically. It's not like it takes a lot of bits to send this info vi BT.....
Pro:
- Light
- Sleek
- Esthetically design
- Great headphones
- Flat cable (tangle free) headphones
- It has a wide clip, strurdy
- Nice, unobtrusive display. Would a color LCD make it better? No, IMO it would look less for it)
- Long battery life
- Bundled accessories: microSD adapter, short micro USB cable, Micro USB charger
- Smart Apps; SMS, Mail, Call Log, Calender on device display
- Update device via phone
- Price, it's really not that bad when proper headphones are equal in price and you get FM/MP3 bundles as well
- Keeps my Acro S waterproof since I don't have to open the headphone flap.
- GREAT SOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cons
- Glossy is as glossy does, fingerprint hell!
- Short headphone cable means you can't use it on other devices and that you can't keep the BT dongle in you pocket if you wanted to
- 2GB microSD card? Come on, it goes straight in the trash and it's 2012. Skip it, or ship larger.
- Won't display song info from Spotify.
Can I talk even I changed the headphone? My headphone can only play music but not talking.
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Wow! this looks great.
I really like mine, the headphones in particular and awesome. I just hope Sony releases some firmware updates to address the issues. They were quick with release one of them but since then it has been a long wait.
To use it as headset it is great!
If you wanna use the additional benefit of SD-Card player and radio it's just a pain to use, some thing do not work at all!
Hi all just thought id drop by and say there's a new software release, though to caveat that SUS hasn't worked fro me and the standalone bin file isnt available to DL yet
http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/306121#306121
A new update (0.1.C.0.3) for Smart Wireless Headset pro is now being rolled out. I suggest that you use SUS to update.
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/
Software improvement:
- improved micro SD card compatibility and handling
- improved mp3 player functionality and playlist handling
- progress bar added for indexing of music
- Japanese caller-ID improved on non-Android phones
and yes its a dupe post but thought id get the news out
Another update 0.1.D.0.6
I've got a question about the mp3 player... if I pause it and turn it off... will it remember where I was the next time I turn it on.
I'm thinking of listening to audiobooks on it, but then it's very important that it remembers where it was last time when you power on the device.
Brgds... Tubgirl
Tubgirl said:
I've got a question about the mp3 player... if I pause it and turn it off... will it remember where I was the next time I turn it on.
I'm thinking of listening to audiobooks on it, but then it's very important that it remembers where it was last time when you power on the device.
Brgds... Tubgirl
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I can test it when I get home later. When you play MP3 from phone, the music app will remember what you are playing. WHen you turn off the MW1, the music app is still active. WHen you reconnect the MW1, you can play from the pause because the app remembers
//Just got the MW1... definitely could use more polish (the device resetted a few times.. sigh)... the call button is totally useless for me, I keep accidentally pressing it and it beeps 3 times(mutes the music), then continues to play music
for those people wondering why A2DP or Stereo Audio isn't showing up --
You either have FM Radio or "nothing" selected... You'll need to go to the music icon on MW1, and select the device name. Then, A2Dp / Stereo Audio will work.... for multipoint, I have to do this manually everytime I switch device source
EDIT: for playing music off of the microSD, if I shut down and restart the player, it only remember the last song, but not the location within the song.... you could fast forward through the song (but no timestamp display)
there is playlist/album support, along with shuffle, and group by artist.... a basic music player
I am using this headset with a Nexus 5. I've had many other headsets of this type, such as a retired sony mw600, jabra clipper, and a still currently functioning samsung hs3000.
I liked all of them for various reasons. One of them being that if my phone was in my pocket, I could press the main button to load up google now search (using another app in the play store to change the default application opened by this button)
The MW1 impressed me at first. But I noticed a problem.
I noticed I was not able to use the action button on the headset for anything other than answering a call, or ending a call. If I pressed the button, it just beeps in the headphones. NOTHING! So I reinstalled the app I use to take control of what happens when you press a headset button and tested it was still working with my samsung HS3000. It worked like a charm. Press the button, said "text message John Smith Hey let's go see a movie later tonight" google prompted me to confirm I wanted to send the message, and away it went.
But when I use the MW1...NOTHING HAPPENS. It just beeps.
Is there a way I can use the circle button on the mw1 to load up google now, and how can I find out what application is taking up the first space in my notification bar?
I still have not found a way to do this.
Thanks!
Battery Info
is there any way to read the battery level from mobile phone?
Using this BT headset for 1 month..
Mostly agree with the review..
For me, flat cable is not good, although it's tangle free, it's very microphonic.
The clip's grip is very light, can't hold MW1 on my pocket well
The rest is no complaint..
Amazing sound quality from it's DAC chip (play from microSD), the SQ is near to sansa clip+, just less soundstage and separation. Much better than my galaxy S2. SQ degradation due to BT transmission is very little.
The bundled IEM (Sony Ericsson MH1a) is very-very great for basshead. Surprisingly, it also good for rock! Yeah, it has good speed and transient! That's rarely found on basshead IEM on it's price
So far I'm so happy to be MW1 user
srk_srinivas said:
is there any way to read the battery level from mobile phone?
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no, until someone try to make android application fot it
codes not matching
Couldn't find a better place to ask this. Trying to pair my Sony MW1 with a Taotronics Wireless Audio Bluetooth Transmitter (TT-BA01) to listen to my TV through headset. Can do this easily with my newer Sony SBH52 headset. When trying to pair with MW1, the MW1 keeps on saying on display "Codes not matching". Transmitter manual says it can pair with pin codes: 0000, 1111, 1234, or 8888. Does anyone know what pin code for MW1 is? And whether pin code can be changed?
MW1 manual has no mention of pin codes. Troubleshoot on Sony site makes not mention of "Codes not matching" prompt.
Pls help. Sorry mods if this is the wrong place to ask.
Hi ! Exactly the same problem!
podezebi said:
Hi ! Exactly the same problem!
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you could try downgrade if you using newest firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-u/issues/how-to-downgrading-sony-mw1-to-0-1-d-0-6-t2909130
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Somebody has any experience with MW1 and Marshmallow ?
vhanna said:
Couldn't find a better place to ask this. Trying to pair my Sony MW1 with a Taotronics Wireless Audio Bluetooth Transmitter (TT-BA01) to listen to my TV through headset. Can do this easily with my newer Sony SBH52 headset. When trying to pair with MW1, the MW1 keeps on saying on display "Codes not matching". Transmitter manual says it can pair with pin codes: 0000, 1111, 1234, or 8888. Does anyone know what pin code for MW1 is? And whether pin code can be changed?
MW1 manual has no mention of pin codes. Troubleshoot on Sony site makes not mention of "Codes not matching" prompt.
Pls help. Sorry mods if this is the wrong place to ask.
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Did you find solution??
vhanna said:
Couldn't find a better place to ask this. Trying to pair my Sony MW1 with a Taotronics Wireless Audio Bluetooth Transmitter (TT-BA01) to listen to my TV through headset. Can do this easily with my newer Sony SBH52 headset. When trying to pair with MW1, the MW1 keeps on saying on display "Codes not matching". Transmitter manual says it can pair with pin codes: 0000, 1111, 1234, or 8888. Does anyone know what pin code for MW1 is? And whether pin code can be changed?
MW1 manual has no mention of pin codes. Troubleshoot on Sony site makes not mention of "Codes not matching" prompt.
Pls help. Sorry mods if this is the wrong place to ask.
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Anyone who has any new updates regarding this case?
If you know, please let me know cause this is a big problem with MW1
Same problem with tewtross Bluetooth transmitter
I have the z2 and just bought the sony mex n4000bt car stereo. I have been told by sony that I'm unable to listen to my usb stick containing music and have my navigation app cut in to give me directions. I can only listen to one or the other. So does anyone please no a way around this. I am not rooted.
Mount the usb stick to the phone with usb otg and listen to music via bluetooth. Navigation will cut in then.
Great thanks will give it a try.
[email protected] said:
I have the z2 and just bought the sony mex n4000bt car stereo. I have been told by sony that I'm unable to listen to my usb stick containing music and have my navigation app cut in to give me directions. I can only listen to one or the other. So does anyone please no a way around this. I am not rooted.
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I have the 5000 , just use the phone for your music, media and navigation. It will auto mute the music when navigation instructions are required.
Ok thanks. Sony told me it was one or the other. I'm obviously doing.something.wrong
For some reason neither is working for me. Is there any other app I need to install or anything specific set in my settings or sony smart connect app. Sorry but thanks
I have a similar Alpine system and the issue is you can only listen to one source. So if you play USB media the bluetooth will only cut in for calls. If you load your music on phone and play it from phone via bluetooth streaming then notifications and navigation will cut in as it's being done on the phone.