I hear the Plantronics m100 will let you pare to two devices at a time. I'm not sure how this works as I don't have one at the moment, but a lot of people are using it. Good luck.
On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:02, Christopher Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > Hopefully someone can help me out here. I have just brought on board a few > more staff members to my company (See signature below for more information.) > Now that I am trying to get this company up and going with more than a 1 > person operation, I need to be in the market for some equipment to help my > business grow. > > Basically, here is the situation. I have a white mid 2010 13 inch macbook, > with no customizations. So basically, 2 USB ports which 99% of the time are > already in use, then my one stereo 3.5MM audio jack which depending on system > preferences can be set as a line-in or as an earphone out. I also have an > IPhone 5 running I O S 6.0.2. I need a good quality headset, but here is the > catch. What I need to be able to do is have it where I can somehow connect > my macbook's audio to the headphones, but I also need to be able to connect > my IPhone 5's audio to the headset. I need to do this so that if I get a > business call, callers will not hear Voiceover yammering in the background, > as that is totally! unacceptable, not to mention downright unprofessional. > Plus, if I am looking through account configurations or back end stuff which > is only accessible by the company staff, then I don't want that stuff > bleeding out for the caller to hear. > > I know that there are lots of good bluetooth headsets. Believe me: I have a > few of them which are killer, but they all will only let me connect them to > one device at a time. Obviously, they can be pared with as many devices as I > want, but they can only be connected to one of them at a time. So what I > need is something where I either could not only pare it to my phone and my > mac, but could even have it be connected to both at the same time, or > something where I could use a 3.5MM plug going to my mac, and another to my > phone, or something similar. Preferably something where I could pan it out > where my mac be on one ear, and the IPhone on the other. If that isn't > possible, I'd settle for both coming through both ears, but I just need some > way to work around this. I know some people will just put the phone up to > one ear, and the ear phones up to the other, but for me, especially over an 8 > hour shift day find that incredibly uncomfortable, not to mention at best, > very awkw ar > d. > > I'm willing to pay upward of $250 on the high end for something that would > accomplish this, but I don't really want to spend more than that if I can > help it. > > Do any of you all have any suggestions? Before you ask, no, we cannot use a > softphone or a sip phone via software on the mac then do our calls from the > computer instead of the phone. The way our pbx trunks are setup, that isn't > an option that we have. Calls have to get routed through a physical phone > line, be it a land line, or a cell phone. > > Thanks. > > Chris Gilland > Founder of CLG Productions > http://www.clgproductions.com > Phone: 803-760-7136 > Toll-free: 1-888-405-3185 Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except > weekends and holidays > > E-mail: [email protected] > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. 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