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RAS108 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 17

Can MJ detect a Bluetooth headset when it is on and being worn?

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Stewart · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 663

LikeMagic · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: Bluetooth headsets

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RAS108 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 17

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aone999 · MagicJack User Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 42

AFAIK....the bluetooth story goes like this:

Your PC on which you run MJ should have a built-in bluetooth support, or you should buy a USB-Bluetooth adapter. They are available for less than $20 these days.
The bluetooth headset / USB-Bluetooth adapter should come with software that runs on the PC and connects all the things. The most popular one is BlueSoleil (http://www.bluesoleil.com/download/).
The software installs new sound devices in your PC. You need to set this as your sound device in your MJ setup.
The Bluetooth software will "pair" with the Bluetooth headset, and redirects the output (and input) from MJ to the headset (and vice-versa)

Please correct me if I am wrong.

RAS108 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 17

Stewart · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 663

My Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop came with Bluetooth built in. There is a Bluetooth Audio device that is always present. When you first pair a new headset, you push a button on the headset to put it in pairing mode, then tell the Bluetooth software to search for devices in range. It shows an icon for the headset and you double-click it to connect. Once connected, you can use it like any sound card, e.g. play MP3s through it or use it with MJ (Bluetooth Audio appears in the list of Headset devices that you can use). If you turn the headset off or it goes out of range, MJ is not informed. Any audio output it produces gets ignored, and the input is silent. Of course, you can then tell MJ to use the telephone or the sound card again. When a previously paired headset is turned on and brought back into range, it connects automatically, but for MJ to use it you have to select Bluetooth Audio manually, if you had previously selected another device.

Your software may be smarter -- I have no other experience with Bluetooth headsets, except with cell phones.

RAS108 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 17

Can anyone who has used BT headsets w/MJ recommend any for a newbie like me to try out on my computer setup?

Thanks

RAS108 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 17

I have downloaded and installed the Soleil bluetooth program to my WinXPpro computer. Question:

When I click on the BT icon I get the following menu:

'My Bluetooth Device Type' and the following choices appear:

USB

UART

PCMCIA

BCSP

What are these about and are they choices I should make or not?

aone999 · MagicJack User Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 42

aone999 · MagicJack User Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 42

I just finished my setup (total time - ~10minutes) and MJ is working fine with bluetooth.

OS - VISTA Business 64Bit
BlueSoleil version 5.0.5 for 64bit
Bluetooth Device - TrendNetUSB Dongle (My PC doesn't have on-board bluetooth support)
Bluetooth Headset - I have many, but I chose my Philips VOX-340 since it supports A2DP (I can listen to stereo music from my PC)

Installation was plug-n-play. The only manual intervention needed was to pair the headset with BlueSoleil
I made some test calls and everything is working fine.

RAS108 · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 17

Thanks, aone999 for your pointers.

Here's another situation with a question that I came across and it went like this: I live in Central Texas and I called a Canadian cousin who lives in Ontario and she could hear me very well; called a store in Marble Falls, a place just 12 miles away from me and the clerk could barely hear me at all. Have you or anyone on this forum have any ideas as to why this kind of situation could come about? Would a dongle help this case or not?

Thanks for any guidance

RAS108

aone999 · MagicJack User Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 42

I think this has to do more with your internet connection than anything else.
When I use my MJ from home (I have Comcast cable), I get the best call quality. I speak to people who live in different countries and use MJ as well as other phones.
But when I use it at work (we have a very good internet connection, except that all our traffic is routed through another server in CA through VPN), the voice breaks on both ends. This happens when I speak to my wife who is less than a mile away at home.

Check your VOIP quality with some tool like http://www.testyourvoip.com/