Sony Bluetooth Wireless Transmitter for iPod Black
June 20, 2009 by Mp3 Players Review · Leave a Comment
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.
iLuv I199 High Fidelity Audio Multimedia System with Bluetooth AM FM CD Dual Alarm and MP3 Dock White
May 31, 2009 by Mp3 Players Review · Leave a Comment
The I199 High-fidelity Audio Multimedia System brings to you is clear quality sound using jAura acoustic speaker technology playing music from your iPod, CDs, MP3 CDs, USB or AM/FM radio. Designed with Bluetooth wireless technology and BluePin wireless audio transmitter & receiver, you can listen to music in your room wirelessly on headphones or speakers equipped. Your music can put you to sleep or wake you up and you can always know the song title and artist on an MP3 track if it has an ID3 tag. With the AV output, you can even send video content from your iPod to a TV. This system gives you a lot and you can give a little something in return. Provides a variety of basic and convenient functions, such as Repeat, Random, Intro and more AM/FM radio with PLL digital tuning technology Programmable presets for 40 radio stations (10 for AM / 30 for FM) Digital clock display with dual alarm Wake to your iPod, USB, CD, radio, or buzzer Fall asleep to your iPod, USB, CD, radio, or AUX Supports 9-minute snooze and 4-step dimmer functions Plays MP3 files stored on a USB storage device, such as USB MP3 players with USB connector Auxiliary line-level input for 1st and 2nd generations of iPod and other audio devices Negative liquid crystal display (LCD) Bluetooth Core – Bluetooth V1.2 compliant Bluetooth Profile – A2DP, AVRCP Operating Frequency – 2.4 – 2.4835GHz Security Features – 128-bit Encryption Transmitting Rate – 721Kbps (Max) Wireless Technology – FHSS
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Dud
Everything seemed great until after 2 weeks use the device could no longer be turned on.
2 Stars Pretty good Player
This Player worked pretty well. The sound was great for my room. Its a little larger than I thought. But I returned it because when I would be playing from my ipod- it would just stop playing- almost like it had been paused. It would do it randomly. So I wasnt too happy with that. Everything else worked just fine.