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For those of you that are using the FreeSpeak with great results:

What version of the Ericsson T68 software are you using?

I recently got the FreeSpeak and find that it's rang is only about 5 feet. Also, if the phone is on the opposite side of my body, the connection is poor at best. Anyone else having similar problems?

Thanks

Jim
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Posted: 2002-11-20 01:44:00
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I'm using R2E. I seem to remember from other threads that R5x has introduced some little bugs into phone/BT headset communication, but I can't recall what they are.

I have the same range as you sound like you have, except that with line of sight I can get to about 15 feet. I've ccertainly found that you get interference if the phone in a front trouser pocket on (say) the left, and the headset is in your right ear - almost as if the signal is too weak to go straight through your body tissue, and doesn't bend around it too well.

I find keeping the phone and headset on the same side of my body helps, and I find positioning the phone so that the keypad faces my body helps. I also find having the phone in a backpack works pretty well, which makes me think that the transceiver in the headset is on the back, behind the ear.

I've also seen similar comments from some (but not all) posters in the Bluespoon thread, so it seems that the problem may be a BT one, rather than a headset specific one. On balance I regard this as no more than a minor gripe with a piece of kit I'm otherwise very happy with. As minor gripes go, I've got more with the MCA-20, and that cost more!
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Posted: 2002-11-20 10:49:00
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I luv my t68i so much! This post was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2002-11-20 11:15:00
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I'm still using R2B025, havent had my phone upgraded since. But I am planning on having it upgraded this weekend to R5D.
As for the range, I can go as far as 12-15 feet. Pretty much same as most of us do. But I dont get static even if my phone is on the left side shirt pocket or in my pants.
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Posted: 2002-11-21 02:33:00
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Jabra is really great- have used it extensively with Sony Ericsson T68I. I agree that it is more comfortable than hbh 30.
The only voice command that does not work is magic word. Bluetooth headset devices dont listen all the time. In voice command mode when you tap the ear button first you get a tone confirming you hit the button then you get a second tone when the headset has connected then you get a third tone from the phone indicating that the voice recognition process is working. - it is after this third tone that you speak- I have had no problems using voice recognition
Sound quality and volume are outstanding. The ear gel in the Jabra is really great.
There is one problem and it is repeatable, If you dial a number and it is busy- the next time you make a call it connects but you cant hear anything as you get a loud continuous tone/sound in the head set. The person who called can hear you but you cant hear them. Only solution is to power off and back on both the head set and the phone
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Posted: 2002-11-21 21:15:00
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im going to get one for christmas , sounds liek you all really liek them, I want a BS so bad but since my wife got laid off i dont have any extra $$$$.
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Posted: 2002-11-28 03:00:00
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I just pick one up today in Toronto. Paired the first time with my old T39m (R3B). The T39 is starting to develop a problem with the mic volume. Now I can hang on to this old workhorse for a little longer and save up for a bluetooth Memory Stick for my Clie instead.

Just wondering if there is any way I can find a car charger for the Jabra short of getting an AC adaptor. Any suggestion?
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Posted: 2002-11-29 02:03:00
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I'd like to try the Jabra but want to check out the Bluespoon Panther first and then see....
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Posted: 2002-11-29 02:27:00
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If you wear the Jabra on one side of your body and put your phone on the other side, you are going to have problems... this is regardless which phone and headset you use.

Bluetooth is an extremely low power radio transmission (to enhance battery life amont other things) so just your body in between will block part of the transmission.

You should look at this as a GOOD thing, who the hell wants a 2.4 gig personal access network that is bombarding every cell in your body?
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Posted: 2002-11-29 22:56:00
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jmpage too is right...they say bluetooth radio signals are harmless but how can they know that for sure. Who knows, with all the electro-magnetic fields everywhere you go our brains will be fried in a few years. But that doesn't stop me using my Panther! I love it!
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Posted: 2002-11-30 03:40:00
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