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Anycom Inc CC3300-43 Anycom Bluetooth Stereo HDset Plug-n-play Wrls No Driver/sw | List Price: $125.09
Discount Price: $51.50
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Brand: Anycom
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 2 years warranty
Features: - Connect to your music device and Bluetooth phone
- Listen to music up to 7 hours
- Gaming and chat
- Standby Time up to 200 hours
- Bluetooth A2DP Device
Decent, but not for Palm Centro even with Audio Gateway [Posted on 2008-01-09]
This is a decent set, but with my Palm Centro I can only use it as a hands-free phone device, not A2DP stereo headphone (this is a Centro problem, though). I wear ITC hearing aids, so I needed something to go over the ear. These work great and I only look a little bit like Princess Leia when wearing them. They aren't like the big cans.
For my Palm Centro, I couldn't use them for music unless I downloaded the $20 Audio Gateway software (www.softick.com) (there is a demo). It was very erratic, sometimes working fine, sometimes being scratchy, sometimes cutting in and out. I could call, though. And, for hearing aid wearers, it's nice being able to use both ears to hear the other end.
I would not rely on these to work with any Palm, but if you have another phone they would probably work fine. I'm trying to pair them with my computer, too, but haven't succeeded yet.
The main reason I give these a 3 instead of 4 stars is the microphone that you have to remove to charge. I think it could get lost easily. I leave mine plugged in when not charging, but I'd rather have had one that hides up next to the earpiece like some other models have. If you can live with that, these sound good and if you are reasonable with your electronics, they are plenty strong.
A Bad Egg? [Posted on 2008-01-10]
These headphones spent all of about 3 hours in my possesion. Fortunately amazon has offered a full refund.
They proved extremely hard to pair with my laptop. I had to try over and over again. I kept getting a message saying that no devices were found, or that it would find the headphones and tell me no services were detected.
Eventually it did pair with the laptop. However when it connected the sound was VERY choppy. I would hear 1 second of sound followed by 2 seconds of silence.
Furthermore the 1 second of sound wasn't of very good quality.
Too much Static and Noise [Posted on 2008-01-27]
I bought this primarily planning to use it as a headphone with my laptop. There is lo of static noice and clearly the music quality is very poor.
unchained [Posted on 2008-03-28]
setting up the software required 2 tries because microsoft tried to help, but IF you read the instructions (I know, how blase!) the install works fine. Nice little headphones, will probably get another set for work. The range is not huge but is considerably larger than ones with a cord, and if you get disconnected you have to reconnect, it is not automatic, but, for the price, they do the job.
Works well most of the time [Posted on 2008-09-26]
I bought this headset to listen to music/radio at work without bothering coworkers. I also bought the audio gateway so I could use the headset with multiple devices, and I thought that was more universal than a USB bluetooth connector.
The combination of the headset and gateway works pretty well, once I get it going. Unfortunately, even after months of use, I still have to mess with it almost every time I turn it on to use it. I don't use it every day, and the blue/red blinking lights the devices use to tell you what status they are in are not intuitive. They are also not the same for the headset and the gateway. Furthermore, one light is used to indicate both battery status (charging/charged/full/empty) and communication status (linked to partner device, looking for a link, standby mode, etc.), not to mention power on and power off. It is very confusing and I have to keep the manuals handy for when I can't get things going on my own.
Also, I use it with a WinXP computer, and every time I plug in one of the devices to charge, Windows tells me there is an unrecognized USB device. This doesn't seem to interfere with functionality, but it is annoying.
I am happy, however, that I can charge and use the devices at the same time. Battery life is not great (a few hours?), and even though I turn the gateway off when leaving for the day, if it is plugged in to charge it and then my computer goes to sleep, somehow the battery is drained the next morning. So recharging while I use the device is a must. The only problem I have noticed is some background static during charging.
As for the comfort of the headset, it always feels like it is going to slide down off my ears. I have tried various positions and nothing works. I think the battery, etc. is just too heavy. Whatever happened to regular "top of the head" headphones?
So, it gets the job done for me, but I am not overly impressed. I guess that is what I get for being an early adopter. Normally, though, I am very pleased by the new technology items I buy, because I do read directions and pick up on new things quite well. Not so with this product. Even the directions leave much to be desired.
I kind of wish I had tried a different product before investing in these, because now I feel stuck with them. At least they sound good. They do the job.
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