Hello Dane Actually I was wrong about Bluetooth. The equipment they sell is FM, as you describe. But there are a number of designs. Some of them work with an input she, some of them work by interfacing with the iCom which I bought for Gordon a while back. Actually he has 2 of them now, and that pay dividends. There's a device which gods with the iCom which I also bought him called a "TVLink. Perhaps a misleading name; because the device works with any audio source.
Yes, there is a delay of a very short period but it isn't enough to cause Gordon problems. But the microphone transmitters are FM with digital coupling so I'm sorry I gave inaccurate information there. Some of them as I said use the iCom and some use an input shoe directly. But the problem with those which use the input shoe is cables. The reason we were looking at the iCom type is that they are cable-free apart from the lead between the iCom and the receiver. I think the problem with the shoe type is that there is a cable leading from the ear, which could get in the way. Also the iCom can, unless it's overridden when the Euro socket is in use, also be used with the phone at the same time. The iCom can be paired with up to 8 simultaneous devices if it has the latest, open firmware. Phonak has released their firmware source to outside developers which is interesting. Anyway, yes; I was slightly wrong about the transmitter. You're correct, they af FM rather than Blue Tooth. Lynne On 22 Sep 2011, at 13:25, Dane Trethowan wrote: I agree with all this though I have to say that Bluetooth would be the last platform I'd be using for this sort of thing because of the delays involved, now perhaps to be fair the developers of this ket you're talking about have found a way around the delay factor and perhaps that's where some of the cost comes in, this kit may use custom chips or something who knows but whether or not this is the case its still a nasty pain to the hip pocket. I have a system with my hearing instruments that uses some sort of FM transmitter/receiving system and its digitally encoded somehow so as to prevent static and I paid half the price you're quoting so I'm wondering if there's an alternative kit or model you can look at. The model I have connects directly to a connector at the back of the hearing instrument and is powered from there. If someone is wishing to speak to the wearing of the hearing instrument then they were the microphone with the FM transmitter round their neck and speak into this, the conversation is then transmitted directly to the hearing instrument. The transmitter can be programmed for multiple operations, for example you can ttransmit a line in source - say a tape recorder - to one receiver connected to the right ear whilst transmitting someone's speech or another source to the left ear and this sort of arrangement can be damn handy for those times when you need extra description for slides at a lecture etc. On 22/09/2011 10:02 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > At the risk of being accused of trying to put people down, I am going to > raise one further subject because this is something that I find outrageous. > > I was just looking on a website here in the UK which is that of a company > which sell equipment for the hearing impaired.<http://www.connevans.co.uk>. > They sell a series of items designed for hearing aid users in an environment > where it is difficult to hear the spoken content. For instance in a lecture > room, meeting or similar where the desired audio source is either a > considerable distance from the listener, or where the background noise makes > it difficult for the listener to hear what's being said. > > These devices use Bluetooth to communicate with a receiver that's either at > ear level or which interfaces with a hearing instrument to give the listener > access to a desired audio source via a radio microphone which the speaker > either wears or holds. > > The transmitter and receiver, as a kit, cost over £1100 Pounds Sterling. > That, I would think, is way beyond the reach of most individuals, and I think > it's absolutely outrageous that a company supposedly there to "help" the > disabled is charging quite so much for its products. > > No; I'm not dumb! I understand fully that developers have to eat. I also > understand that companies and developers have to make a reasonable profit on > what they're selling. But that is outrageous. We're talking nothing but a > transmitter/receiver here and nobody can convince me that a > transmitter/receiver kit is going to cost anywhere close to that kind of > money to develop. That, to me, is profiteering above and beyond the > "reasonable" and I'm disgusted. I have already written to the company > concerned to express my views. I don't for a second expect to receive a > response; nor do I expect them to take notice of what I said. But I have at > least made my views known. > > I think it's utterly wrong that those who are afflicted by what is a very > debilitating disability should be victimised in that way, just because they > can't take advantage of what the rest of us take for granted. > > Now I hope nobody will twist what I'm saying; but I think it's grossly unfair > that companies are able to profit in that way in a market which, I accept, is > a minority market. All the same, there should be some kind of dispensation > for individuals struggling to buy that kind of equipment for their own use. > > Lynne > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/techno-chat@techno-chat.net> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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