Hi famous,

The buttons are very large and I would imagine you will have no difficulty in 
identifying them.

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 9, 2012, at 12:44 PM, "Fanus" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Steve
> Are the buttons on the Jambox easy to feel. I have a sensory 
> problem and when buttons do not stick out a bit I find it 
> difficult to access.
> Regards
> Fanus
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 7:18 PM
> Subject: Re: the big jam box or the Bose sound link mobil 
> speker
> 
> 
> Les,
> \
> You can turn it on with no sound by holding the minus button 
> when you turn
> on power.  You hit the talk button to answer a call if you 
> are connected via
> bluetooth.
> 
> For everybody's reference, here are the key commands for 
> speakerphone:
> 
> Power On/Off
> 
> Hold POWER button
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Power On/Off Without Sound
> 
> 
> 
> MINUS button, then hold
> 
> POWER button
> 
> 
> 
> Activate Pairing Mode:
> 
> Hold PAIRING button until
> 
> LED flashes red & white (if Jambox is talking it will tell 
> you entering
> pairing mode).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Re-Connect to Paired Device*
> 
> Press talk button.
> 
> 
> 
> Turn LiveAudioT On/Off*
> 
> Press Plus and Minus buttons.
> 
> 
> 
> Hear Battery Status*
> 
> Press Talk button.
> 
> 
> 
> Play Audio Demo*
> 
> Press Talk, Plus and Minus buttons.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> SPEAKERPHONE**
> 
> Answer/End Call
> 
> Press Talk Button.
> 
> 
> 
> Activate Voicedial/DialApps
> 
> Hold Talk button.
> 
> 
> 
> Switch Between Calls
> 
> Press Talk button.
> 
> 
> 
> End Call & Answer Incoming
> 
> Press talk button twice quickly.
> 
> 
> 
> Mute/Unmute Microphone
> 
> Press Play/Pause button.
> 
> 
> 
> Redial Last Number*
> 
> Press Talk button twice quickly.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> * Not during a call ** Bluetooth® only
> 
> CONTROL
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: "Les Kriegler" <[email protected]>
> 
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 6:35 AM
> Subject: Re: the big jam box or the Bose sound link mobil 
> speker
> 
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> That was a great review.  I have the big JamBox and have two 
> questions.
> First, how does one answer phone calls with the unit?  Also, 
> how does one
> enable it to talk upon power up?  Thanks.
> 
> Les
> On Nov 8, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Steve <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Casey,
>> 
>> I posted on this a couple weeks ago in a different 
>> discussion.  I have
>> both speakers.  You can look at more in-depth reviews on 
>> either one on
>> large sites like Amazon.
>> 
>> First, as to sound quality and loudness.  The Big Jambox 
>> is a bit louder
>> than the Bose SoundLink.  When we're in the hot tub, it is 
>> a bit harder to
>> talk with the Jambox than the Bose, so the Jambox is 
>> slightly louder.  As
>> for sound quality, both are great.  I'd say the Jambox has 
>> more presence.
>> From an audiophile standpoint, presence is a slightly more 
>> marked or
>> prevalent midrange.  The Bose Soundlink, on the other 
>> hand, has slightly
>> better bass, but I don't think the midrange or high-end is 
>> quite as crisp.
>> Several Jambox reviews on Amazon have noted that you can, 
>> if you want,
>> duplicate the extra bass by adjusting your iPod/iPhone 
>> equalizer.
>> 
>> There is no, absolutely no, contest when it comes to 
>> usability.  The
>> Jambox wins hands-down.
>> 
>> The Bose is basically a speaker-only.  It has six buttons 
>> across the top;
>> power, aux, bluetooth, a slight gap then mute, volume down 
>> and volume up.
>> The only time the Bose will beep is when you plug in the 
>> charger or hold
>> the bluetooth button in long enough (about ten seconds) to 
>> erase all the
>> bluetooth memories.  It is the size of a hard-back book 
>> and the cover
>> opens to allow the speaker to stand on it.  Closing the 
>> cover will turn
>> off the speaker.  The Bose has a bit shorter battery life 
>> than the Jambox,
>> and there is no way to get feedback on remaining battery 
>> charge unless you
>> can see the Led display and remember the two-button 
>> command.  If you only
>> plan to pair it with one device, then the following will 
>> probably not
>> apply.  However, if like us, you intend to pair it with 
>> more than one
>> device, you will find that the pairing process can be a 
>> bit frustrating.
>> Rarely, it will be nice and pair by just selecting the 
>> bluetooth option on
>> the Bose.  More often than not, I have to hold the 
>> bluetooth button in for
>> three seconds to put it in discovery mode, go to the 
>> iPhone and go into
>> Setting,  General Bluetooth and select the Bose from the 
>> list.
>> 
>> The Jambox, on the other hand, almost pairs too easily. 
>> At times, I've
>> turned it on and it will automatically see my phone and 
>> pair.  All of a
>> sudden, the phone comes blasting through the speaker. 
>> Even though my wife
>> and I alternate who's phone is going to play music on a 
>> particular day, we
>> rarely have to go into settings on our iPhone to pair, the 
>> Jambox
>> automatically remembers these things and will usually pair 
>> without any
>> extra crap.  Rarely, I've had to hit the bluetooth 
>> discovery button on the
>> Jambox, but very rarely.  In addition, the Jambox can be 
>> set up to talk
>> whenevery you turn it on.  It will tell you the battery 
>> level remaining,
>> whether it is in discovery mode or not, whether you have 
>> normal or Live
>> Mode selected, etc.  The Jambox has two pushbutton 
>> switches on the side,
>> the upper one is power, the bottom one is Bluetooth 
>> discovery.   Across
>> the top are six buttons.  The left circular one is Talk 
>> and it will tell
>> you battery level, the next one is Play/Pause if I recall, 
>> the next two
>> are rewind and fast-forward (they work just like the 
>> rewind and
>> fast-forward buttons on your music player, double-tap to 
>> go back or up to
>> the next song; hold in for rewinding or fast-forwarding in 
>> a song), the
>> final two buttons are minus and plus for volume.  If you 
>> hold both those
>> in, if I recall correctly, you switch between Normal and 
>> Live mode.  The
>> Jambox also has a microphone built in, so if you get a 
>> phone call, you can
>> answer the phone.
>> 
>> Both the Bose site and the Jambox site seem difficult to 
>> use if you want
>> to update the software.  I don't think an update is out 
>> yet for the Bigger
>> Jambox.  I've written Jambox support about the 
>> accessibility issues, and
>> found them very responsive, but I don't think they have 
>> made any changes
>> on their website.  The one update I think I managed to do 
>> on the Bose
>> Soundlink was a real challenge.  I had to use the Jaws 
>> Convenient OCR as
>> there were graphics you needed to click that none of the 
>> Windows-based
>> screen-readers would recognize, and this also applied 
>> during the software
>> installation process on the Soundlink.
>> 
>> Hth,
>> "Government is the great fiction, through which everybody 
>> endeavors to
>> live at the expense of everybody else."
>> -Frederic Bastiat
>> 
>> Steve
>> Lansing, MI
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Casey" 
>> <[email protected]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 5:37 PM
>> Subject: the big jam box or the Bose sound link mobil 
>> speker
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi I am now trying to decide whether to get the big jam 
>>> box.
>>> Or the Bose sound link Mobil speaker for my I Phone.
>>> I have the small jam box but that sounds like a 
>>> transistor radio.
>>> I have a dock but I really don't use it much.
>>> Because to charge my I Phone I have to take it completely 
>>> out of its case
>>> and then charge it.
>>> So if I could get either the big jam box Mobil speaker or 
>>> the Bose sound
>>> link Mobil speaker.
>>> So if anyone out here has listened to or owns what of 
>>> these units?
>>> What made you choose to purchase either one of these 
>>> units?
>>> Also what are your thoughts on either one of these units?
>>> Wis of these to speakers would give me the better sound 
>>> and battery life?
>>> I guess I would like to get the best sound that I could 
>>> for what I may
>>> have to spend on either one of these units.
>>> So thank you all and I will look forward to reading all 
>>> of your responses
>>> on this.
>>> 
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