Set as Hands Free

[watnuweer]

I'm somewhat puzzled about the terms Headset and Hands-free.

There is an option to set my BT headset as hands-free, but I have no idea what that does.

My BT headset (airoblue) is supposed to have an mp3 interface, but when I play an mp3, the sound comes out of the speaker.

I would like to hear all sound to go through my BT headset.

So there are 2 questions in the latter:
1. What is the difference between Headset and Handsfree?
2. Is it possible to have all sound go through my BT headset?

any ideas?

[bleepy]

I can answer the first one.

Headset is pretty straightfoward...plug in your headset, use your bluetooth, etc

Handsfree is kind of like speakerphone I guess. No headset or accessories required, the sound is played thru the phone's main speaker instead of the earpiece, so that you can sit the phone on the desk in front of you and hold a conversation. (I haven't used this feature on my mini yet tho, so no idea how well it works and I *think* you activate this mode by holding down the green answer button onc the call has been answered).

[Dandie]

I think you misunderstood the question bleepy. The latest Radio Stack of the Magician seems to implement the Handsfree Profile for bluetooth in addition to the Headset profile. The difference between these two is, that Handsfree has some additional capabilities compared to Headset. I think it allows voice dialing as well as initiating calls by the headset (therefore: Handsfree!). It is not meant for audio transmission and i doubt that the WaveOut of the Magician is linked to the bluetooth profile. That's what the A2DP profile is there for. This is not included in the Microsoft stack and i think currently also not available from third party developers. So I think you should forget about the audio streaming over the headset, also because the audio quality should be really bad since the handsfree profile wasn't developed for music streaming.

[watnuweer]

Thanks for the clear explanation.

I hoped there was a way, because it is nice to watch a movie or something in the plane, or bus.

Guess I'm stuck with the wired headset.