Nokia bh-501 stereo bluetooth headset

[soadownz]

hey guy,

I'm having problems getting this thing to work properly, i've searched and searched and can't seem to find anyone else with this problem:

Device pairs fine and seems to function perfectly as a handsfree, however, using media player the audio comes out of the phone even as the 'click' sound effects are coming out the headset! Can't seem to get any audio from media player or core player to come out the headset, the 'htc streaming media player' uses the headset but you can't open files etc using that.

I've tried with WM5 and WM6, same results.

Anyone faced this problem before?

[tsaurus]

Hi

I've just purchased this headset last week and am thoroughly impressed by it so far. There's not much info on it out there but theres a few characteristics I've found out about this headset; i wonder if you can help me confirm them.

- It seems like when you take the headset off your head it automatically turns off? at first I thought mine was faulty but this behaviour was quite consistent and I figured it was just a power saving feature.

- seems like it likes to turn by itself if idle quite fast.

- need to manually set the device as hands free for it to actually work as a hands free

- unable to use the mic when connecting to pc. I wanted to use it for my sip client on the pc but alas the microphone function doesn't register? What should I be doing to make this work?


In regards to your problem; I'll outline the steps I take to use mine.

1. turn on headset
2. turn on trinity bluetooth from comm manager
3. go to bluetooth settings from settings
4. touch and hold down the nokia bh501 item until the drop down menu appears ,then select "set as wireless audio" or similar
--> you should hear a sound, if you can hear this then it will work, if theres nothing
--> alternatively, select hands free if you want to use it as hands free!

5. open your favorite mp3's and it should work fine.

Does this work for you? Btw im using Mun's TE wm6 rom. What rom are u using?

[soadownz]

Eureka!

Your post made me realise I had only tried the headset with AAC files and not MP3 and guess what? The headset only works with MP3 files! Although this is probably a limitation of the trinity.

I can also confirm it doesn't work with nerodigital video files.

I'm using the GPS enabled WM5 Ship ROM.

I'll do some more tests on different media files, it would be a real shame if we're limited to only MP3s...

EDIT: Wow the sound quality is amazing and the bass is fantastic!

[tsaurus]

I haven't tried playing AAC files because I haven't got any...I specifically converted all my formats so I could use GS player. I'm pretty sure the headset can play WMA as well..I haven't really tested...

[soadownz]

The next thing I notice is this constant high pitch ringing or hissing sound...It's very uncomfortable.

I've seen reports of this all over the forum in regards to the Triity, let's hope there is a fix available soon.

[liam_duan]

wma file work.
i have wm6 and a motorola ht820 and it works great. the only thing is that the perfomance of the trinity decrease while i'm using the bluetooth-headset.

[yuvrajgopal]

Hi guys,

I am finding difficulties connecting my nokia bh-501 to my laptop. Not even its discovering in My bluetooth places. Is there any driver that i need to upgrade to use the Nokia bluetooth headset BH-501 on my laptop?

Please help me...

Yuvaraj

hey guy,

I'm having problems getting this thing to work properly, i've searched and searched and can't seem to find anyone else with this problem:

Device pairs fine and seems to function perfectly as a handsfree, however, using media player the audio comes out of the phone even as the 'click' sound effects are coming out the headset! Can't seem to get any audio from media player or core player to come out the headset, the 'htc streaming media player' uses the headset but you can't open files etc using that.

I've tried with WM5 and WM6, same results.

Anyone faced this problem before?