Re: Bluetooth thingy

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/28/2013 10:23 PM, chasbo@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:39:18 -0500, JoeRaisin
> <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 12/28/2013 1:45 PM, TomR wrote:
>>> JoeRaisin wrote:
>>>> . . . ,
>>>> It may have more to do with the phone and the three year gap in
>>>> technology, but with the revolution voice calls were more or less just
>>>> spinning the contacts wheel - but now I can make 'em first time, every
>>>> time (even working 95% with text and notepad) through this device.
>>>> Answering calls is super easy.
>>>>
>>>> In case you are missing it - I endorse these.  They are light enough I
>>>> don't even know I'm wearing them.  The only frustration I have so far
>>>> is that when wearing a jacket the ear bud (I usually only have one in
>>>> on the work site or driving) I'm not using gets knocked out of its
>>>> magnetic cradle and I just know I'm gonna end up ripping it out.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/LG-TONE-Review_id3206
>>>
>>> I am just curious..., since they are stereo, if you just have one ear bud
>>> in, do you just hear 1/2 (or one side) of the stereo signal?  I assume that
>>> there is no way to set them for "mono" where each ear bud produces the same
>>> sound with no stereo, right?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Not as far as I know - and yeah, music that takes advantage of
>> left/right outputs leaves me missing the right side.  I am finding,
>> however, that the ear buds don't drown out too much background yet still
>> give the buds a fighting chance to be heard - so having both in isn't
>> too bad.  Assuming I keep the volume reasonable, I'll still hear someone
>> yelling, "Hey!  That wall is about to fall on you!"
>>
>> I'll still generally stick to one, though.  Makes me feel safer and it
>> doesn't affect too many songs - so far, I've only notice it on
>> 'Frankenstein'.
>
>
> Are these buds and the attached wrap-around-the-collar-thingies able
> to double as a hearing aid?
>

Nothing in the documentation about it, but I just had that conversation
with a hearing aid wearing guy on another forum and he uses:

http://misc.oticon.com/com/OurProducts/Connectline/Support/StreamerSupport/index

which looks pretty cool.