Bluetooth Stereo Gateway DC800 Bluetooth Adapter for Home Stereo

by Motorola

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 7 x 3.3 inches ; 8.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BBAL1Q
• Item model number: 98690H
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,003 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 18, 2005

Product Description

Motorola Bluetooth Home Stereo Transceiver By streaming music to your the Bluetooth Stereo Headphones, the Bluetooth Home Stereo Adapter turns audio devices such as home stereos and MP3 players into wireless music systems. Just plug the DC800 into your home stereo or MP3 player with an included RCA cable or 3.5mm cable and you are ready to go. You can even hook up to your RCA capable TV!

Customer Reviews

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for listening on headset in my basement, March 22, 2009

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someguy "handy guy" (Kansas City) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bluetooth Stereo Gateway DC800 Bluetooth Adapter for Home Stereo (Personal Computers)

I was seeking a way to watch t.v. in my basement while running on the treadmill and lifting weights in the early morning hours. The T.V. had to be turned up way too loud so that I could hear it while on the treadmill. I started by purchasing an FM transmitter and using my arm-band fm "walkman" type of device. The reception was terrible unless I stood right next to the transmitter.

I bought the Motorola S9 stereo headset and the Motorola DC800 stereo adapter. These two paired easily and the sound is unbelievable. I can run on the treadmill and watch "loud" T.V. and there are no reception problems. I would highly recommend this set-up to anyone.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for connecting wireless input and output to stereo, April 19, 2008

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R. Simpson (Athens, Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bluetooth Stereo Gateway DC800 Bluetooth Adapter for Home Stereo (Personal Computers)

I use this most of the time to connect the Bluetooth audio output from my iMac to the stereo, so that I can listen to internet radio using real speakers. The computer and the stereo are in different rooms, not even adjacent rooms, and the DC800 has no difficulty connecting to the Mac. Sound quality is very good; I have not had the problems that some other reviewers mentioned about sound quality.

The DC800 will do more, though. I can listen to whatever the stereo is playing, such as broadcast TV or a DVD, via Bluetooth headphones (I use Motorola BT820s). I can listen to my iPod through the stereo using a tiny Bluetooth iPod adapter (from Sony) that attaches via the iPod's docking connector. Now, it's easy to connect an iPod to a stereo by just plugging a stereo cable into the iPod's earphone jack, but then you have to leave the iPod near the stereo or use a long cable. With a Bluetooth connection, you can sit across the room, holding the iPod, and use the iPod's controls to select music. You'll also need some sort of remote for the stereo's volume control, because the volume setting on the iPod has no effect on the volume of the Bluetooth connection, at least using the Sony adapter.

The DC800 was easy to set up and easy to pair with the Bluetooth devices I have. It has no controls other than a power switch (I leave it on all the time) and a button to press for pairing. It just works.

One thing it WON'T do is two Bluetooth sessions at once. I can't play the computer's sound through the stereo via Bluetooth and at the same time listen to the stereo's output via Bluetooth headphones. There's no real need to do this (just pair the headphones directly with the computer), but I tried it to see if it works -- it doesn't.

I definitely recommend this product.

28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sound quality may disappoint you!, May 22, 2007

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CSGLinux (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluetooth Stereo Gateway DC800 Bluetooth Adapter for Home Stereo (Personal Computers)

Great idea. Very convenient and easy to set up and use, but the novelty
is going to wear off quickly as the sound quality is quite poor.
We've used this to stream music from bluetooth devices to a stereo
system and it doesn't perform well, even with the bluetooth audio source
right next to the DC800. As it buffers the incoming audio, the pitch
varies quite noticeably. It's like playing an old record, with one hand
on the turn-table alternately slowing and then speeding up the playback.
It'll drive you nuts! Save some money and buy yourself a decent cable instead.