bambrose wrote:You might want to try covering both eyes too and using only the GPS! This is insane but that doesn't mean some won't try it. snort! guys!

I believe that is called 'Nightmare Mode'

Per WalMart's website:

Availability:
• Online - NOT SOLD ONLINE

Go Figure...

What is the price when the item is available??? This item is not available in Store, I have never seen the item in Store, no option for Site to Store...

HAS anyone ordered this item from Walmart?
Seems a bit confusing...

mike240se wrote:man it would be awesome if these were ad2p. if would have been so nice if they communicated with their plug in device with ad2p so you could just not use the plugin device if you dont need it. but of course, that would never happen for $12.

Connectivity
Bluetooth profiles : A2DP, AVRCP, Handsfree

Info Linky

DocThan.com wrote:BlueTooth signal is digital. So you can't loose audio quality

Wrong! Why is it that some people insist that just because a transmission is digital, that there can never be a loss of signal quality? This is just not true!

In for two.

This is actually a very good price for an A2DP headset, let alone one that comes with an A2DP transmitter too! I plan on cutting off the ear buds themselves, soldering on different headphones and mounting them in my motorcycle helmet. This way, I can connect to the phone and either the radar detector or the mp3 player without wires coming from the helmet (letting me take it off without getting tangled). The lump attached to the headset should mount somewhere allowing me to take calls.

For those interested, you'd probably be able to take off the headphones and wire up a 3.5mm jack, effectively creating a digital stereo music transmitter.

Oh, and to whoever said digital is perfect, just because it's digital doesn't mean there's no compression. MP3s are digital too, but aren't full quality. A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Protocol) is pretty heavily compressed; most likely similar to a 64-96kbps MP3 file. Can't imagine I'll care on the R1.

Finally, about the Walmart thing, as recently as May, it was good news that they were on sale for $60. I have a feeling that they're out of stock everywhere - they're certainly not available online.

Woot!

Does anyone know if this would work with my macbook pro?

if not, this would still make it easier to work in the dark room without a cord coming from my ipod

Well I have looked at most of the reviews on this, and it gets very good reviews. If you prefer not to use the provided earbuds, there is a possibility your bluetooth headset will pair with the transmitter. Some people have had luck with this according to their posts. It is a 2 piece set.. The transmitter attaches to the MP3 player and the earbuds and receiver are one piece.. what Philips refers to as pendant style. You hit a button to switch between your MP3 player and bluetooth enabled cellphone. It's pretty simple and seems to work quite well. I'm sure it doesn't sound quite as nice as a $200 setup from some other companies (but realize when this came out, retail was comparable to most of the other solutions $130 range). I'm in for 3!

how are the quality on these?
i already have a bluetooth phone...nokia 5300
im just looking for a bluetooth headset

Wow, it's not really that complicated...

First, the little black box is a Bluetooth transmitter for your audio device, not your phone. It sends music via BT to the headphones. Those same headphones also act like a hands-free BT earpiece for your phone. You're listening to tunes, out for a nice fall stroll, your phone rings, beep, you're connected. No switching earpieces or holding your phone to your ear.

I'm down for 2, the girlfriend will enjoy them as well.

in for 1....wireless zune headphones is good

Per WalMart's website:

Availability:
• Online - NOT SOLD ONLINE

Go Figure...

What is the price when the item is available??? This item is not available in Store, I have never seen the item in Store, no option for Site to Store...

HAS anyone ordered this item from Walmart?
Seems a bit confusing...

It looks like this is an item that some Wal-marts have carried at some point, so it is listed on the website. However, you'd really have to call around to try to find the item. I bet that this is sort of a rare item for Wal-mart.

Ok dorks. Answer this! Isn't Bluetooth technology supposed to be wireless? Why am I seeing wires in this thing?

Let me get this straight, So you would walk around with an MP3 player, a phone. a transmitter, a receiver, and still.... WIRERESS!!!!

MP3 player, $100.
Phone, $100
Another way to charge your credit card, BRAINLESS.

I once purchased some Philips earbuds that looked not unlike these...I hated them because they wouldn't stay in my ear and when they did they lacked any real bass. Now I'm used to the several pairs of Shure in-ear phones I have and likely would be unsatisfied with these sound quality wise. If you needed the transmitter though it's still a good buy even if you don't use the phones/receiver dongle.

jamilio123 wrote:Does anyone know if this would work with my macbook pro?

Supposedly, A2DP and AVRCP are now in Leopard! I work there and didn't even know...

As another poster mentioned, it would be simple enough to ad a stereo jack to use your own earbuds, you would lose the combo earbud/lanyard feature, (if you consider that a feature.)

So can I use this for my bluetooth phone, to take calls and listen to music from the phone? It does have bluetooth, it does not have a headphone jack...

Have you ever tried to sort out the fine wires used in thin cabling like on earphones/buds? Even if it was just stereo it would be something for someone with fair soldering experience. Add the mic with it's wires and it could be a no go for most of us who would even like to try! I'm sure many of you could add the needed jack so any phones could be used, but I'm sure I'd mess it up trying. I'll pass...But, again, if you need a transmitter I've seen those alone going for from 19 to 59 bucks.

Hmm... I've been looking for something like this for a long time. I'm in a band and wireless in ear monitors are super expensive ($200+). I was thinking this might work as a sort of poor man's monitoring system.

So theoretically I could have my source audio that i want to be sent to a singer's ears that comes from a 3.5mm jack... I could use the included transmitter to plug into the jack and then the singer could have the headset and listen to his mix wirelessly. Is my thinking correct there? What would the range be like? Isn't Bluetooth (1.1?) like 10 feet or something and some other bluetooth (2.1?) like 100 feet?

This would be awesome if i could get these for everyone in the band.

I'm going to give it a try. First Woot!

Was thinking of using this with my Ipod shuffle, but the receiver looks twice as bulky as that! Wonder why amazon still sells it for $125 !!

would it be weird to just have headphones that are headphones and a cell phone that is only a telephone etc.

silly, a phone already exists. it's pretty much any SonyEricsson Walkman phone, but specifically the w810i

for crying out loud people, its not hard to figure out.
it is:
a stereo bluetooth transmitter that will plug into any headphone jack,

combined with a bluetooth reciever (with a pair of no doubt crappy earbuds that can be hacked off and a headphone jack soldered on) which can switch between your phone, and the previously mentioned transmitter.

if you want an easy and cheap way to seperate your audio producing device from your person without wires, this is just the device for the job.

how do u cancel an order on woot???. anybody??

Hm... why not? between my Zen and my Bluetooth-enabled laptop, I'm sure I'll find a use for it.

As for whoever said it'd be too hard to solder... nah. the small wires just mean you have to strip it carefully. the actual soldering shouldn't be too hard.

seriously...what if someone came out with a cell phone that only did one thing but did it really, really, well...ya' know...like send and receive telephone calls 24 hrs. a day.

ok they are a2dp as someone point out for me on philips website. thats impressive. $18 for a2dp stereo headphones seems descent, i might bite. my moto q supports a2dp so i could use it to listen to music wirelessly and stereo, yay

How do you keep each part charged??

I am in for 1 pair. Maybe they will oversale, like the zune browny, and they will ship me a purple headset with a bluetooth phone and a bluetooth enabled BMW.Don't laugh it CAN happen.

neelkrish wrote:Was thinking of using this with my Ipod shuffle, but the receiver looks twice as bulky as that! Wonder why amazon still sells it for $125 !!

Strange prices are not unusual to see on Amazon. Look again at this product at Amazon. It actually isn't Amazon that is selling it. It is some place called "Ace Photo" that just has it listed on Amazon's site. I have seen two identical products, both listed on Amazon, but from different sellers and at very different prices.

yello wrote:seriously...what if someone came out with a cell phone that only did one thing but did it really, really, well...ya' know...like send and receive telephone calls 24 hrs. a day.

It would be a nightmare for Supply and Demand!

same thing I was thinking.

oops wasn't logged in, so missed the reply/quote thingy.
that was in response to swedespeed77's

"silly, a phone already exists. it's pretty much any SonyEricsson Walkman phone, but specifically the w810i"

waningestrogen wrote:same thing I was thinking.

Haha! ur id, if u r there, so tru!

ymibhdu wrote:Picked this one up. Gonna give it a try with my cell phone and my GPS on the motorcycle.

are you going to tape those ear buds to your ears?

AudioFileZ wrote:Have you ever tried to sort out the fine wires used in thin cabling like on earphones/buds? Even if it was just stereo it would be something for someone with fair soldering experience. Add the mic with it's wires and it could be a no go for most of us who would even like to try! I'm sure many of you could add the needed jack so any phones could be used, but I'm sure I'd mess it up trying. I'll pass...But, again, if you need a transmitter I've seen those alone going for from 19 to 59 bucks.

It appears, to me at least, the mic is on the bluetooth receiver piece, and not wired up through the headphones. Wiring you own headphones, or a 3.5mm jack, should not be much of an issue. You may loose the lanyard, but if you are creative enough you can get around that too.

I'm in for 3 just to see what I can come up with :-) One for late night tv listening.. one to wire up into my car stereo (ie any ipodmp3 player bluetoothed to aux in on the headunit),... one for commuting (keep the ipod stowed away in the bag) etc..

hopefully they dont sound like poo :-P

bluetide wrote:Haha! ur id, if u r there, so tru!

huh?

i have to also add that is a horrible product photo.

neither view shows what the hell is going on.

it seems like there is a neck strap to keep it on your neck?

anyone know if this is class 1 or class 2? aka ~10m range or ~100m range?

ordered two. at this price it seems like these were made for headphone modding. I have a pair of AKG cans that haven't been used in a while, the reciever would fit with room to spare. my dremel and soldering iron await.

mike240se wrote:man it would be awesome if these were ad2p. if would have been so nice if they communicated with their plug in device with ad2p so you could just not use the plugin device if you dont need it. but of course, that would never happen for $12.

ummm... yes it does that. you can chose not to use the transmitter if your device already has bluetooth. or you can use another bluetooth headset with the included transmitter. It's just that your device or headset needs to support 'handset profile' and/or 'handsfree profile'. And they probably do.

As a matter of fact you might also want to use the transmitter even with a bluetooth device because it supports bluetooth stereo (A2DP), which means dual headphones.

check out the manual pdf:

http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/v/vox340_17/vox340_17_pss_aen.pdf