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K750i & HBH-300 BT Headset |
Klorin
Joined: Oct 09, 2004
Posts: 262
From: Norway
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I have a HBH-300 that I used to use with my K700i. Now I bought I K750i and it connects fine, but the mic volume is way to low. People cant hear what I say, I can hear them perfectly. I tried connecting it to a Nokia 6600 afterwords and it works fine. Anyone else had this problem?
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Klorin
Joined: Oct 09, 2004
Posts: 262
From: Norway
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Now I got confirmed from another guy that also have HBH-300 that he got the same problem. Guess I just have to wait for new sw then. |
flanonthenet
Joined: Jan 28, 2003
Posts: 38
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Oh no! I'm waiting for a HBH-300 from Amazon for use with my new K750i. Any other HBH-300 and K750i owners out there having this problem?
I read so many positive comments about the HBH-300, that I thought it would be ideal. Strange thing is, it is specifically listed as a K750i-compatible accessory on the Sony Ericsson website. If it doesn't work, I'll be mega pissed off |
Klorin
Joined: Oct 09, 2004
Posts: 262
From: Norway
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I talked to a service-center here in Norway couple of days of ago.. they said they could upgrade the sw on HBH-300 and that might help. A friend of mine will deliver it for me there tomorrow so I might get it back tomorrow or the dayd after. I'll post here how this turns out. |
flanonthenet
Joined: Jan 28, 2003
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Thanks Klorin. My HBH-300 arrived today, but I won't be able to test it until I get home from work and charge it up. My hope is that it will have a recent firmware version on it and hopefully will work OK. I'll post the result later. |
flanonthenet
Joined: Jan 28, 2003
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Well, I've paired my new HBH-300 with my K750i. It looks like I'm having the same issue with the person I'm calling barely able to hear me.
I did an experiment by leaving my own answerphone a message using the headset, and when I listened, it was indeed barely audible.
This is really annoying as the HBH-300 is supposed to be a compatible accessory with the K750i.
I hope a firmware upgrade will fix this. Grrrr |
Partybuster
Joined: May 24, 2005
Posts: 8
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I have the older model, the HBH-35, and this model works great with the K750. People can hear me very well. |
vojta66
Joined: Apr 18, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Praha, CZ
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i have hbh 200 and hbh 300 as well. did not try hbh 300 with my new k750i and i will not, after reading above ehhh. i can confirm that hbh 200 works fine with k750i. |
Klorin
Joined: Oct 09, 2004
Posts: 262
From: Norway
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@flanonthenet
Sad you got the same problem.. today they called me from the service-center, they didnt have the right dongle to do the upgrade and had to send it somewhere else. So I said thats not good enough and they offered me to trade it in with a brand new HBH-660. They also said that if I wasnt happy with the HBH-660 they would trade it with a HBH-300 again in a couple of weeks when they was able to upgrade them.. great service after all.
It turned out the guy I talked to lives not that far from me so he took the new HBH-660 with him after work and I met him 2 min driving from my home.
I checked the HBH-660 with K750i tonight and it works as it should!! But.. from what my gf said when we testet it the sound wasnt as loud as she used to hear me with HBH-300 and K700i. More then loud enough though.
Anyone have any experience with HBH-660.. should I keep it or trade back to HBH-300 when I can?
I will test it myself.. but in general, would you go for HBH-660 or HBH-300?
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dyndragon
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
Posts: 14
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sad. I have the same problem...
back to my jabra 250 until its fixed...
does anyone have an HBH-300 working normally with the k750i? post please! let us know when you bought it too, maybe its just the headsets that were manufactured a long time ago that are having problems.
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flanonthenet
Joined: Jan 28, 2003
Posts: 38
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dyndragon,
My HBH-300 is brand new - I only received it from Amazon yesterday! It works superbly with my K700, my Nokia 6230i and my Samsumg D500. I can only conclude that the problem lies in the Bluetooth implementation in the K750i firmware.
I've written a very detailed email to Sony Ericsson about it, and will let everyone know what they say when I get the reply. I've asked them to acknowledge the fault, and to assure me that it will be fixed with a firmware revision. (I'm hoping!). I also pointed out that the HBH-300 is specifically listed as a K750i-compatible accessory on the SE website.
Other users may not even be fully aware of the problem. I would ask them to do the test I suggested a few posts ago. |
thelight
Joined: Jun 02, 2005
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I assume this is why ive been unable to get voice activiation or calling to work over the headset. Can someone confirm that there is or is not currently a firmware upgrade option to fix this at the moment? |
flanonthenet
Joined: Jan 28, 2003
Posts: 38
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thelight,
I'm checking my email frequently hoping to get confirmation of this from Sony Ericsson. No reply yet.
Just to confirm, my voice tags don't work either - well maybe one in ten attempts...
I know a lot of people have said that there are bound to be issues with early firmware, but one might have expected SE to test the compatibility of its own accessories before listing them as compatible on its website. I bought my HBH-300 on the strength of that, and am really disappointed.
Otherwise, great phone - but I've been forced to swap my SIM into my Nokia 6230i for long car journeys in order to use my headset - a bit of a pain. Ironic that I have to turn to another manufacturer's phone in order to use a Sony Ericsson product. |
flanonthenet
Joined: Jan 28, 2003
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Just one more thing for now - I would really encourage HBH-300 and K750i owners to email Sony Ericsson about this issue, or else they won't do anything about it.
Other Bluetooth headsets and car kits don't seem to work well with the K750i either. It's a shame really as the T68i had great Bluetooth implementation and that was years ago. You'd think it would get better, not worse. |
flanonthenet
Joined: Jan 28, 2003
Posts: 38
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Me again... Got this reply from Sony Ericsson this afternoon:
"With regards to your enquiry, this current issue has been passed to the relevant department and will be answered in due course.
Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again for further help and support."
Not much help, but I thought I'd post it anyway to keep you guys up to date. |
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