I am about ready to throw these headphones against the wall. :) The
manual says up to 8 devices can be paired. But in reality it looks like
only 2. I started with the Mac, then the iPad. I could switch between
them fine. But not the iPhone. If I reboot all, start with the iPhone, I
can connect to the iPad but nothing else.
Bluetooth keyboards and braille displays allows one easily switch
between devices. I think that "8 devices" is misleading.
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On 8/30/2022 6:47 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote:
Just to clarify from personal experience ...
Connecting isn't enough. By way of example, my Bose 700 connect both to
my Mac Mini and my Sony Android phone. Furthermore, listening generally
works well.
The problems start when I try to speak. From then on the performance is
unusable. People on my teleconference don't understand what I'm saying,
and subsequent audio that I'm hearing can become garbled. This is
frustrating, because these are expensive headphones. What's more,
they're my second pair that's not worked out along similar behaviors. I
also have a Sony pair where the microphone yielded very unsatisfactory
results.
In my home office I'm relying on a wired Jabra USB (single earpiece
headset. I'll be taking this device on the road to a weeklong conference
in a few weeks, where many participants will be virtual, though many
will also be present in person. But this is USB, not bluetooth.
I do have a pair of Jabra T85 buds that do seem to work pretty well, but
I use them mainly in situations like taking the train between Washington
and New York.
Best,
Janina
'E.T.' via MacVisionaries writes:
Just ow, I tested with the iPhone and iPad. The iPhone connected right
off. The iPad needed to be connected and still, I could not reliably switch
between though the iPhone always connected when I unlocked it. The Mac
refused to connect.
Tried last night with the Samsung TV and Apple TV, Samsung refused but I
connected the ATV manually.
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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible
will make violent revolution inevitable."
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On 8/28/2022 5:33 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote:
My experience is that having paired a bluetooth headset to multiple
devices, it will automatically connect to all the devices that are up
and within range when the headset is turned on.
My experience further is that issues tend to arise when a headset is
paired with devices from disparate operating environments, e.g. both a
Mac and an Android device seem to introduce problems for my devices.
Consequently, I'm trying to avoid using the same bt headset across OS.
Best,
Janina
'Jason White' via MacVisionaries writes:
On 27/8/22 09:47, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:
I have tried to pair it with the Samsung but was unsuccessful. I will
try again shortly. What I am curious about is, are there other BY
headphones that makes it easier to easily switch to other connected
devices?
Connecting to multiple devices and switching between them appropriately
seems to be a problem for Bluetooth generally. Find out how many devices
your headphones support concurrently. Mine support two only.
I have Bose noise cancelling headphones, and switching them between
different connected devices has always been problematic. It's supposed to
happen automatically
Also, if you're using Bluetooth headphones with a screen reader, latency can
slow down your work. Apple devices seem somewhat better in this respect,
perhaps due to their support for the AAC audio codec via Bluetooth.
Microsoft Windows is considerably worse, at least for my headphones. Linux
performs remarkably well though (but there's still the problem of connecting
multiple devices, as mentioned).
So, be aware of latency issues if you plan to use such headphones with
VoiceOver.
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