Headsets with volume control compatible with Lumia 800

[htc12345]

Today was in the phone shop. A whole bunch of Jabra headsets are available. This made me wonder where the good headsets went.

Good headsets working with the Lumia are for example Sonyericsson HBH-DS200 series, which are stereo and bluetooth, have internal volume control on top of that on the phone, and have media player controlling options.

This made me wonder what today the better headsets are.
If anyone can help out listing headsets which work and can control the several options like mentioned above that would be welcome.

I had looked into Iphone compatible headsets, but the controlling buttons did not seem to work, at least not in the Dre-series 99 euro version I tested.

Can anyone list their experience with different headsets on the Lumia 800 which have controlling options like volume, media and call answer,

Bluetooth or Wired makes no difference in this topic

 

[Andraz11]

Nokia Purity Stereo Headset by Monster come in Lumia 800 matching colors and seem to have at least volume control. But they are quite expensive, in various stores around 90GBP.

 

[htc12345]

today made a phonecall with lumia and htc hd2 headset. from this headset sound is horrible, but the controls all work. So this made me wonder, why don't the controls of the iphone headsets seem to work?

 

[William Richardson]

This seems to be a complete hardware flaw on the back of windows or apple. I have struggled with this one ever since i got my first wp7 last year. I recently received the 800 and immediately bought a headset - it did not work. I bought another on mobilefun, according to them compatible. It was not! This one was a platronics headset. My suggestion would be go to a massive Carphone Warehouse or other shop that sells headset, and try and see which ones work. I did this and bought a fantastic headset for £14.99; it was a Samsung headset. It does not have volume control but I can do everything bar next/previous song. I am sure now if I wanted to I could have spent more and had what you are looking for. My main thing I need the microphone to work. It works superbly. I received a text the other day as I was cycling along, it asked me if I wanted to listen/Delete/Ignore; I said listen, it then asked me if I wanted to Reply/Call/Ignore - I called, spoke to the client and then carried on cycling. I did not at one point take my hands of the handlebars. The music switched back on afterwards. For £14.99 - Perfect!

I hope this helps. If it does just press Thanks -

Will

 

[voluptuary]

I'm using Sony hbh-is800 Bluetooth wireless buds and they are great. There no volume control on the buds so you have to use the phone to adjust but that's a minor thing to deal with for the form factor these sweet things have. I also can be about 15 feet away from the phone and still have signal unlike some of those otherones where if you have your phone in the wrong pocket you drop out. I only really use these for tunes though so I have no idea about call quality and whatnot.

 

[magers]

Does anyone have more links to compatible headsets?

I was looking at the Nokia Purity Stereo earbuds and got excited, but then saw they don't support track skipping control? I listen to a lot of music biking/walking and need both volume control, pause/start and track skipping control(at least track forward control).

There must be something out there, that doesn't force me to choose between track control or volume control..

thanks

 

[Sonic Steven]

I use the Nokia BH-111 headset - came with my Lumia 800 free as part of the phones deal.
It is a Bluetooth stereo headset which comes in a variety of colours. Has volume control and media keys, and also allows you to control calls with it.
The earphones supplied fit in my ear very well - never fall out even when running.
Quality through the supplied earphones is more than acceptable when listening to music - was good enough to stop me from buying a £20-30 pair anyway.
Noticed it currently sells for around £23 in black, which if I didn't get it for free I'd be happy to pay that.

 

[GeneNZ]

So I was in carphonewarehouse in Ealing and found the Nokia purity on ear headset. Inline control works well. One click to play/pause, two for next track and three for prev track. Volume also works well.

But for £200 headsets they sound like crap. Just as poor as the audio by beats range (for their price). My £40 Soundmagic PL45 have better quality and volume by far. I have some Klipsch S4 on order from play.com (£22). Heard good things about the S4. Was hoping to find a good quality IEM with inline remote.

Sent from my Lumia 800 using Board Express

 

[Rusty!]

Just as poor as the audio by beats range

Well given that they're both made by Monster...

 

[htc12345]

ordered a mw600 today. meaning i can just buy any headphones i like

 

[Gahgah]

Anyone found a fully compatible in-ear headset? I really need a working in ear headset but don't know which one to choose. I don't want to try them and send them back if they don't work...

 

[htc12345]

the provided in ear phone in the box works, and has one button.
a htc as provided with hd2 headset works, and has up, down, answer buttons

 

[FatTrousers]

These work brilliantly with my Lumia 800 and HD2 running G/Bread, play/pause/skip and volume. Only downside is they're not in-ear. Bass range is quite good for such a low price.

 

[mahesham22]

I would suggest Sony Ericsson MW600 (Bluetooth)

I am using Sony Ericsson MW600 with my HD7, but I use it with my Sony in-ear headphones (Hybrid silicone rubber earbuds, angled earbud structure)
- because supplied headphones were worst.

It supports Call/Play/Pause/Next/Prevous/Voice Commands with my HD7.
It also has independent Volume control. Supports simultaneous multiple device pairing (1 for music source, 1 for voice calls)
Inbuilt FM radio is also there but I dont use it because of poor reception.

As Lumia 800 is windows phone, it should work with it as well.

Call/Music both quality very good. Battery life also good.

Think you should give it a try..

 

[htc12345]

I am using Sony Ericsson MW600 with my HD7, but I use it with my Sony in-ear headphones (Hybrid silicone rubber earbuds, angled earbud structure)
- because supplied headphones were worst.

It supports Call/Play/Pause/Next/Prevous/Voice Commands with my HD7.
It also has independent Volume control. Supports simultaneous multiple device pairing (1 for music source, 1 for voice calls)
Inbuilt FM radio is also there but I dont use it because of poor reception.

As Lumia 800 is windows phone, it should work with it as well.

Call/Music both quality very good. Battery life also good.

Think you should give it a try..

Confirmed working with the Lumia800.

 

[Ricehead]

This seems to be a complete hardware flaw on the back of windows or apple. I have struggled with this one ever since i got my first wp7 last year. I recently received the 800 and immediately bought a headset - it did not work. I bought another on mobilefun, according to them compatible. It was not! This one was a platronics headset. My suggestion would be go to a massive Carphone Warehouse or other shop that sells headset, and try and see which ones work. I did this and bought a fantastic headset for £14.99; it was a Samsung headset. It does not have volume control but I can do everything bar next/previous song. I am sure now if I wanted to I could have spent more and had what you are looking for. My main thing I need the microphone to work. It works superbly. I received a text the other day as I was cycling along, it asked me if I wanted to listen/Delete/Ignore; I said listen, it then asked me if I wanted to Reply/Call/Ignore - I called, spoke to the client and then carried on cycling. I did not at one point take my hands of the handlebars. The music switched back on afterwards. For £14.99 - Perfect!

I hope this helps. If it does just press Thanks -

Will

Do you have the box and things still, With a model code on ?, I would love to try these.

 

[Alfi91]

Confused

Have been using the cx300II senheisers..had been using them with the lg optimus 7 and loved the music..but using them with the lumia made the music feel like i was under water..

i started using the jvc marshmallows i had..the quality wasnt unbearable but it just feels incomplete..like its missing something..have been wondering which pair of earphones to get and loved the monster purity until i saw the pricetag..compatible earphones with good sound quality at half the price..anyone? please?

 

[William Richardson]

They were samsung ones - sorry, I don't have any other info..... Go to carphone warehouse...?

Will

 

[sendark]

I've just switched to this phone after loosing my iPhone and i am very disappointed that nokia hasn't sorted out headset compatibility, and only their horrible pure headsets are compatible.

I have a pair of AIAIAI TMA-1 dj headphones which work brilliantly as a mic source on blackberry, iPhone and Android, but do not on this nokia. I think we should push for nokia to sort out their headphone compatibility - It's most likely a software issue, since the middle button works for popping up the voice recognition software, but the mic doesn't work, nor the volume up/down buttons.

-1 for nokia for not supporting a quasi-standard headphones and headsets.

 

[george-sot]

anybody knows if nokia BH-111 is compatible with 800?
music controls works to forward rewind play pause songs?