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I have a pair of moderately priced Sony BT headphones. Could be a similar model given the price range. You can't charge and listen at the same time (wtf) I g

by bmurphy1976 7y ago

I have a pair of moderately priced Sony BT headphones. Could be a similar model given the price range. You can't charge and listen at the same time (wtf) I get no warning when the battery is about to die (combined with the above this really sucks, they shut off in the middle of something) I dual boot OSX and Windows on my laptop and I have to re-pair the headphones every time I switch OSes. I suspect each OS has a different encryption key, but the headphones can't tell the difference between which OS is running. They cut out and skip all the time when walking through the City. They are borderline unusable when walking between the train station and my office. They cut out and skip occasionally when not walking through the City, for no discernable reason. They have an obnoxious and unnecessary blue LED that blinks periodically when they are turned on. This lights up our whole bedroom at night and annoys the crap out of my wife. I have to keep a piece of black electrical tape over the LED. These are the best bluetooth headphones I have ever owned, they sound great, and I absolutely hate them.

bunderbunder 7y ago
My favorite regular reason for mine cutting out and skipping is when I turn my head to the right. These were an inexpensive model, but were nonetheless very well-reviewed on many tech sites, and often recommended as one of the top budget options.
arethuza 7y ago
Mine are the MDR-XB650BT - I checked and they were probably cheaper than I thought (probably ~£60). I use mine when I commute by train into Edinburgh and they really haven't given me any problems - I didn't even know they had a blue LED until I checked there... :-) Battery life is good enough for my purposes - but I do make a point of keeping them charged up as I live in fear of a commute without an audiobook! They certainly don't cut out for me.
clort 7y ago
"I dual boot OSX and Windows on my laptop and I have to re-pair the headphones every time I switch OSes. I suspect each OS has a different encryption key, but the headphones can't tell the difference between which OS is running." Your suspicion is correct. The real problem is that Apple and Microsoft both have not provided any way to specify the key to connect with, and they both paired independently, creating a different key each time. One solution would be to find where the link key was stored in one of the OSs and copy it over to the other OS. Then they would both use the same link key and you are good to go until you re-pair for some reason. I don't know if this (still) works, but some instructions are here: https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268837-dual-boot-bluetooth-pairing-solved/ A different solution could be that the Bluetooth adaptor usually has a way to store the link key within the device in NVRAM. The technicality of that is that the adaptor does never ask the OS for the link key, it just connects. I don't know if tools exist in OSX or Windows to do that, however.

bunderbunder 7y ago

My favorite regular reason for mine cutting out and skipping is when I turn my head to the right. These were an inexpensive model, but were nonetheless very well-reviewed on many tech sites, and often recommended as one of the top budget options.

arethuza 7y ago

Mine are the MDR-XB650BT - I checked and they were probably cheaper than I thought (probably ~£60). I use mine when I commute by train into Edinburgh and they really haven't given me any problems - I didn't even know they had a blue LED until I checked there... :-) Battery life is good enough for my purposes - but I do make a point of keeping them charged up as I live in fear of a commute without an audiobook! They certainly don't cut out for me.

clort 7y ago

"I dual boot OSX and Windows on my laptop and I have to re-pair the headphones every time I switch OSes. I suspect each OS has a different encryption key, but the headphones can't tell the difference between which OS is running." Your suspicion is correct. The real problem is that Apple and Microsoft both have not provided any way to specify the key to connect with, and they both paired independently, creating a different key each time. One solution would be to find where the link key was stored in one of the OSs and copy it over to the other OS. Then they would both use the same link key and you are good to go until you re-pair for some reason. I don't know if this (still) works, but some instructions are here: https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268837-dual-boot-bluetooth-pairing-solved/ A different solution could be that the Bluetooth adaptor usually has a way to store the link key within the device in NVRAM. The technicality of that is that the adaptor does never ask the OS for the link key, it just connects. I don't know if tools exist in OSX or Windows to do that, however.