In Depth: The clever sound tech behind Sony’s new headphones

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Sony Bluetooth Wireless Transmitter for iPod Black

Sony Bluetooth Wireless Transmitter for iPod Black

This convenient transmitter lets you enjoy your iPod music wirelessly on a compatible Bluetooth sound system. It doesn’t use a battery, and draws minimal power from the iPod. Basic functions can be controlled from a compatible Bluetooth headset with AVRCP compatibility. The compact size and simple operation make the TMR-BT8IP transmitter a must-have accessory for true music lovers. It is designed for any iPod with dock connector (30-pin).

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars MP3 bluetooth transmitter solution to Home stereo audio receiver
I bought this and “Sony Portable Bluetooth Transmitter/Receiver HWSBTA2W”. This allows me to tranmit audio from my iPod and receive using the HWSBTA2W connected to my home audio receiver. So, you can sit anywhere in the room and listen to your iPod on your home stereo. This is not a good solution if you want to transmit from one room to another room. It is excellent if you want to transmit from one room to the same room. Sound is excellent. Also, the transmitter is powered by the iPod which is very handy. Another consideration is that the transmitter uses the iPod’s line-out, so you do not control the Volume from the ipod.

Also, you could just buy 2 of the HWSBTA2W’s set one as a transmitter and one as a receiver. Use the one that is transmitting to tranmsit audio from anything with a Headphone jack (computer, ipod, mp3 players, etc). However, this device requires power from a wall jack as there is no battery. Sound quality is excellent.

5 Stars Excellent add-on for ipod touch 2g
I really don’t understand why Apple hasn’t built in the features that this tiny accessory brings to the ipod touch 2g… I use it with my DRBT-21G Sony BT stereo headphones and am as happy as can be. Set up is trivial and the quality is great.

5 Stars Great product for an unforortunate iPhone shortcoming
A year ago I picked up a Jabra BT8010 headset. This is your basic bluetooth headset, except you have the option of plugging in a second speaker for stereo music use. I used it with a Windows Mobile phone and loved the headset, but hated the phone.

My new iPhones lack of bluetooth stereo headphone support really ticked me off. It’s dumb, the phone already has a bluetooth radio, I wasn’t excited about spending money on adding a dongle to my phone. If I had to, I wanted the best and this Sony unit appeared to be it.

And… it works exactly as advertised! Mostly. Sound quality is perfect, pairing is fast and easy, it appears to have very little impact on battery life, and playback starts very quickly (virtually no buffering).

I expected certain hickups with the iPhone though (this adapter was really intended only for ipods). So what are those kickups? When first plugging in this adaptor you get a warning about it not being designed for iPhone use. It suggests putting your iPhone into flight mode… just click no to this dialog box. Using this adapter while also using WiFi is a no-go. Wifi signal drops to almost nothing the moment the music starts streaming (however this doesn’t happen with the Edge data network). My headset allows pairing with two devices, which is good since the iPhone and Adaptor will take up both slots. It switches rather smoothly from music to a call and back. However I’ve found if I want to use the bluetooth adaptor with any other software (pandora, last.fm, tuner, etc) that I have to start and stop the native iPod app first.

This adaptor is fricken TINY. That’s a good thing when using it, but I’m not looking forward to the first time I misplace it.

I sure as heck wish I could charge the phone at the same time I’m using the adapter.

Overall, this Sony adapter does exactly what it was designed to do, and darn near perfectly. But it sure would be nice if Apple would get with the program and add the one feature to their phone that nearly every smart phone offers as a standard.

1 Star Sony Bluetooth Wirelessdoes not work with iPhone
This Sony Bluetooth Wirelessdoes not work with iPhone and this is not stated in their product brochure.

5 Stars Finally Bluetooth for iPhone
This finally allows bluethooth music streaming from the iPhone.

The iPhone complains that it is not a ‘real’ iPhone device, but after pairing it with my Motorola S9, music worked great. Getting it to allow phone calls via the same headset is a bit trickier, but works too.

First pair your stereo headset with the iphone. Then pair it with the wireless transmitter. Then go back to the iphone and pair again. Now you should have both music and phone capabilities in one headset. It works for me, but I don’t know if other stereo headsets will work.

Biggest disadvantage is that the transmitter is really easy to loose.

Otherwise great, although Apple should provide music streaming capabilities with the iPhone.

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