Don't get me wrong, this speaker seems to be a good choice given its
price but anyone who waits for Humans Beware to do something or other
and buys a pair of speakers just because they might is living in a fools
paradise, I'm sure I read on a list not all that long ago - may have
even been this list - that Humans Beware had no intention whatever of
introducing Bluetooth to the Victor Reader stream, the claim was made
that a survey had been done and users of Victor weren't interested in
anything so practical and that's a shame as adding Bluetooth would have
added huge potential to the stream by making it compatible with a whole
heap of devices such as your JBL, making it compatible with hearing
instruments and so it goes on.
Again, I'm not having shots but just a pair of speakers would have been
for the purposes of the Victor Reader Stream, if one day - by chance -
Humans Beware came out with a Bluetooth model then look at the option
then as there will be a whole new set of Bluetooth gadgets around if and
when that day ever arrives.
On 6/08/2015 10:10 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
Dane: I had heard about this speaker (was looking for something that was
portable) figured this would serve my purposes (and it does) I tried a
speaker called the Soundpod (not a bad speaker...but no stereo sound! So I
had heard about this JBL model and decided to try it! So now if they ever
do make the Victor Stream Blue Tooth compatible, I'll be all set!
Tom Kaufman
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 2:58 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Re: Help With JBL Flip 2 Needed
I've just been looking at some reviews, its certainly one of the better
mini blue tooth speaker sets out there for its price but I won't be
buying one given I have a Bose Soundlink Mini model, I've had it for 12
months and Bose released an updated version which I may get in the
future but perhaps you can clear something up for me.
Why did you buy this JBL model if the victor Reader stream doesn't have
Bluetooth? I mean you could get far cheaper solutions with an Aux-in and
without blue tooth.
On 6/08/2015 1:23 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
Hello list: Today I purchased the JBL Flip 2 Blue Tooth speaker from
Radio
Shack! It's a great speaker (I am going to use it to listen to my Victor
Stream through) well the rechargeable battery has died, so I need to
charge
it up; this is where I need help: I get that you have to plug in the end
that has the USB end into the adapter. However the adapter seems to have
no
prongs on it to plug into the receptacle; just two holes! So how am I
supposed to plug this little thing into the receptacle if there are no
prongs? Am I missing something here; did Radio Shack forget to include
something in my package of stuff I was supposed to get? Or is it that
this
only fits certain types of receptacles? Also, I am told that with this
particular speaker, one _must_ let the battery run all the way down until
it
cuts off before charging; is this also true? I was listening to the
stream
tonight, when the speaker just shut off; no warning; nothing to indicate
that my power supply was getting low! Anyhow right now I'm mainly
interested in getting this thing charged up; there just seems to me that
there is no way to do so, for there is nothing to plug into the
receptacle,
that is, unless I am missing something! Help will be much appreciated.
Tom Kaufman
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