- Insignia Stereo Bluetooth Headphones
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Wireless Bluetooth connection to your Bluetooth-enabled MP3 player, cell phone or PC; Behind-the-head design; Over-the-ear style for a comfortable fit; Stereo sound for quality listening; 10 hours of continuous music play; Built-in microphone
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great set for the money!,
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This review is from: Insignia Stereo Bluetooth Headphones NS-BTHDP (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I got these because they were cheap and because I have an Insignia NS-8V24 PMP and figured they would work well with it. Note that there are two versions, one with the USB Bluetooth adapter and one without. The one without is widely available, the other, not so much (and costs more). You only need the adapter if your PC or laptop does not already have a bluetooth device built in. My Insignia player has bluetooth built in.Setup: Super. Worked well right away. I just followed the instructions (hold the on/off button for 7 seconds, turn on player and use search, select, done). Once paired, they worked great. The headset buttons can be used for play/pause, next/previous, ffwd/rew, and volume +/- and everything worked well. The buttons take a little practice to find by feel, but have raised markings and after awhile I got the hang of it. They do require quite a firm press, so you won't accidentally active one while adjusting your headset or anything. Sound quality: In my opinion, excellent for a bluetooth set. Certainly as good as your average wired set. There was nice presence and stereo image, no noise, crisp percussion, decent bass (not boomy, thank god), in short, very pleasant. I am very happy with the sound quality. They have plenty of volume, nice S/N ratio, good overall sound. I compared them to a wired set I like (panasonic) and they were very comparable. This set has a more open sound to me which I actually like. (While they may not be as good as your best set of cans, they are perfectly fine. And no damn wires!) Bluetooth functionality: I have not yet tried the combo phone/music setup, just using with my player for now. The connection is solid and the range is great. I tested up to 40' away or more with no problems which exceeds the 33' stated. I left my player downstairs on the charger and walked upstairs into a bedroom. There was a drop out when I passed behind a wall and fireplace (metal liner probably) but that was it, I had full sound all the way upstairs and in the bedroom, no problems at all. This is far better than I expected from a bluetooth set. They support bluetooth 2.0 and 1.2 and A2DP, AVRCP, and HSP -in short everything you could want,e.g. full stereo hi-fi sound, device control, hands free operation (i.e. voice dial if your phone supports it). Pretty good feature set that touches all the main bases. Nits: This is my first 'behind the head' style set and it took me a bit to get used to them. But after awhile I think I've adjusted. The "frame" is sort of cheap, plastic looking, but seems OK (pretty much like most sets of this style I've seen). I pulled and twisted a little and nothing came apart. ;) Reasonably comfortable, but could be a little better. I still find the small, lightweight over the head phones the most comfortable. That said, a 3 hour session was no problem though I did need a bit of a rest after that. (The over the ear part is the issue for me, it causes some discomfort after awhile.) Overall, I would certainly recommend these as a great BT set for the money if you can still find them. I was pleasantly surprised. Update 9/18/08: The model listed here comes without the USB key. I got the model NS-DTHDST which comes with the USB Bluetooth key which adds Bluetooth capability to your laptop or PC (it comes with the drivers and software on CD). I installed the sw on my laptop and it went well. Paired easily. Now I can play MP3's on my laptop and listen w/o wires, also DVD's, -all audio goes to the headsets when connected automatically (well, within my limited tests so far, anyway). Sounds great. This headset also has a built-in mic so you can use it with cell phones -or the laptop. I assume you could use this as a gaming headset, but I haven't tried it. If they were over the head instead of behind, they'd be perfect. I'm getting used to 'em, but I still prefer the over the head style.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Works but doesn't impress,
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This review is from: Insignia Stereo Bluetooth Headphones NS-BTHDP (Wireless Phone Accessory)
Sound quality and bluetooth range are average. Is pretty light and confortable. Battery life sucks though. Built-in controls are excellent (works perfectly with iTunes under OS X). In terms of bluetooth pairing up, it's a little buggy sometimes (requiring a restart etc)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
My Dissipointing Replacement,
This review is from: Insignia Stereo Bluetooth Headphones NS-BTHDP (Wireless Phone Accessory)
• The Good - Great Stereo sound on my Verizon XV6900 White Smartphone (Verizon Wireless)• The Bad - Not as good as my old headset Motorola Bluetooth Headset for Cell Phones and Music - Black (HT820) • The Ugly - Sound quality I had my old Bluetooth headset, similar in style to the BTHDP, stolen from me at work. I went to a Best Buy store to pick these up for around $58 some dollars, thinking it would be a great deal since my old ones were around $99. Unfortunately, some times you really do get what you pay for. • BAD • I have had a lot of complaints from people who say they get a bad reverb on their side when talking to me. There have been many times that when I talk on the phone, it gets choppy, so I do not hear every word. It has gotten so bad that many times I have to stop my connection and just talk on my speakerphone. Also, while the battery is better than any BT mouthpiece I have had, it is poor in comparison to my other BT stereo headset. There is suppose to be a warning when the battery is low, and while I have heard it a rare few times, more so than not I end up pressing talk on my phone to find my headset is not sync with my phone (due to it being dead). Pairing this up with my Gateway P-7811FX laptop, I have terrible sound. The sound is in such a low bandwidth that there is absolutely no reason to even attempt to use for music from my laptop. The fact the sound is wonderful with MP3 songs on my phone indicates this could be more a driver issue than headset. Another problem when listening to music on my phone, and increasing for voice calls, is a rattle sound heard in the left speaker. It is a sound one would hear if they cranked up the bass extremely loud and put a piece of tin foil over the hole of the bass. The problem does not always happen, and I was able to recently get this noise to spot by pounding the earpiece with a battery a few times, possibly knocking something... unloose? :) This tells me the construction of the unit on the inside is not the best, or at least, not for the one I have. As for the touch buttons (vol, play, forward, back) I found for the most part this worked, but gets a "bad" since one thing that does not seem to work, is after I press "play" to pause music playback, pressing "play" again to resume activates voice resonse instead. Since most people are going to use this for a mobile phone, I imagine they will have the same problem. • GOOD • Music on my phone sounds wonderful. I very much enjoy using my phone as a MP3 player when doing snow. My ears even get slight protection from the wind. The biggest problem I had with my old headset was the foam covers would screw off a lot. Eventually, one of them got lost and I had to use the hard plastic. These do not have the same problem. The foam ear buds are not going anywhere (unless my son should get a hold of them). Also, I find it is comfortable. Now keep in mind, the behind-the-head fit is not for everyone. Some people, especially those with long hair (mine goes half way down my back), will not enjoy this design. I find many times attempting to take this off when my hair and headset get caught up, and I lose a hair or two. Another thing, while some people have had pairing issues, I have had none (or it was phone/computer related). The pair-up process was simple: hold the power button until it flashes rapidedly, tell the device to search for BT devices, put in 0000 passcode, lather, rinse, bake, and serve. • OVERALL • Doing some research, I see even my old headset that was $100 is way cheap now. With that in mind, I really cannot recommend this headset to anyone. I will continue to search for a nice BT headset that really takes advantage of what this technology has to offer. PRO • easily paired with my phone and computer • longer battery life than normal BT earpieces • great stereo sound on XV6900 as MP3 player • one touch answer (standard with most BT headsets) • USB rechargeable • unlike former headset, can use while plugged into USB to charge (a plus) • better volume than any headset I have used before (see "rattle" under CON) CON • horrible phone quality both in and out (XV6900) • shorter battery life than previous stereo headset • bad sound quality on Gateway P-7811FX laptop • unable to really crank sound many times without rattling noise (some songs and calls not all and the song does not require heavy bass to happen) • "play" button while in Media Player does not resume music, it activates voice command (and if this feature is not on your device, there is a good chance this will then work)
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