Motorola HT820 Wireless Stereo Cell Phone Headset

Motorola HT820

Posted Jul 7, 2006 - Out of the box this headset paired well with both an IBM Thinkpad and a Dell Latitude D620. Sound quality was quite good as long as you stayed in one room. The headset is a nice toy for the casual listening of music but I wouldn't recommend it for phone communication. While the headset supports most audio profiles, I found that most cell phones do not support stereo output to a bluetooth headset as of this writing.

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Headset, Stereo Bluetooth HT820

Posted Jul 24, 2006 - I was looking for a pair of great stereo bluetooth headphones primarily for using on my computer to listen to music and talk via Skype. I haven't upgraded my cell to bluetooth yet so can't verify performance on this feature. What I can say is the feature of integrating the cell phone with music into a high quality headset at an affordable price is a terrific deal. The headphones sound great and are comfortable after several hours of listening. Did have problems getting the set to talk to the BT dongle but eventually got it to work.

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HEADSET, STEREO HT820 BLUETOOTH

Posted Jan 4, 2007 - These things are great. Sound quality is very good with both laptop (Dell D520 w/ Toshiba BT module) and cellphone (T-Mobile MDA v2.26.10.105 firmware) for MP3 and movie playback. You'll need the firmware upgrade from T-Mobile website to make 'em work (Windows Mobile 5). Comes with wall wart to recharge, but can use car charger or laptop to rejuice as well. For laptop and desktop use, be sure to set audio quality to high in the BT driver or you'll get AM radio sound. Comfort is an issue. Tight at first, bow is now relaxing, but this causes them to hang heavier on the ears. Bow projects behind neck, so uncomfortable on airlines. Wish these were over the head instead of behind the neck. Love the USB mini-B for rejuice as this is what is on the MDA and also the Motorola H700 headset I use. Major disappointment is inability to get more than one headset on the network at a time. So sharing a movie or music is NOT possible. This seems to be a generic BT problem as multicast is not supported by the Toshiba or Blue Soleil drivers I've tested. So if you're looking for the summa strat solution, these are a good start, but they need to be foldable, allow over the head as well as behind the neck support, allow user to change pass code and turn off blinking blue light, and support multicast. These are replacing my older Blutake i-Phono that are not compatible with Windows Mobile 5.

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Yeah right! works with limited item.

Posted Mar 14, 2007 - It's a Motorola, that said, you expect it to be good and does what it promised. I am very disappointed that I can not get help to connect with the Perl's Mp3. It just work with the phone part only!

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Not for adults!

Posted Feb 1, 2007 - Motorola ads show this headset on a teenager girl. This is what they are for. I'm a normal male adult and I find the headband to be too short for me. Unfortunately, with no length regulation it quickly becomes very uncomfortable, cutting into my ears. Also, the sound quality is rather poor, which may be a general bluetooth problem (I do not have another bluetooth set to compare to). When I noticed the distortion, I compared it to wired headphones that came with my phone, and the sound there was much clearer.

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HT820 Bluetooth Headset

Posted Nov 22, 2006 - I mostly play on-line games and I hate carrying around cords and what not so I thought I'd give these a try. They are made of high quality materials, the setup was easy to setup with my Dell laptop and they work well. I've even been able to get it connected with my cell phone and I've had no problems in cell calls either. I'd recommend them to everyone.

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I got these to use with my phone, which has a buil ...

Posted Aug 9, 2006 - I got these to use with my phone, which has a built in mp3 player. They are a little frustrating to connect to my phone each time because the phone thinks that the headphones are just a regular phone headset until you manually tell it otherwise. Once connected though, the experience is just what I was looking for. The fact that it has a cable to allow wired headphone listening is really great... I use it with my non bluetooth mp3 player now. These are great sounding, cool looking midrange headphones with a lot of control options and solid performance. Honestly, I think the connection issue has more to do with my phone (LGV-8300) than anything else. A pretty good buy overall, just wish my phone would connect the headset a bit easier.

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Not the showstoper i was hoping for

Posted Aug 20, 2006 - I bought this headset because it has the same charging connector as my razr, and because i like Motorola quality, however, this product didn't really hit all the marks. I wear glasses full time, and most wrap around headsets dig into the back of my ears, but these were very comfortable, and i was able to wear these for more than a few hours with no discomfort. one thing i noticed right away was that the audio sounds like a old internet radio stream (think mid-late 90's real audio) even when using a 320kbps mp3. now i own a logitech mono headset, bought 2 years ago, and the audio quality is easily 5 times better, i can't hear any loss in quality in that headset. another issue was that it looses it's charge after you don't use it for a day, at first i thought it was just me leaving it on, but after 3 times charging it and then unplugging it and walking away, next day, dead. works fine when you just unplug it and use right away, but i am never really comfortable leaving things plugged in. and 4 hours to charge just agrivates the issue. (not to compare products again, but my other headset does not share this issue) I am willing to accept the fact that it may be a bad battery, but it not being replaceable keeps me from verifying that fact. all in all, a comfortable headset, but not worth the issues that come along.

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Great Stereo Headphone from Motorola

Posted Jul 16, 2006 - Just received this headphone several days ago and I'm so Happy with it. In fact this is one of the best headphone I have used in terms of sound quality and built quality. To use it to listen music, your cell phone has to support A2DP protocol. You can adjust the volume directly by using volume-adjust botton on the headphone. Also, if your cell phone support AVCRP (Audio Video Control Remote Protocol), you can skip forward/back the songs. I also tested it with my bluetooth-enabled computer, works flawlessly! I even used it make several Skype calls, just perfect. The sound quality are much better than my Sony RF wireless headphone. I've already used it make several calls via cell phone, everyone in the other end said they can hear me clearly. The 17-hour talking time and 500-hour standby time is a huge plus. Highly recommend to everyone who want a high quality bluetooth stereo headphone!

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Use with the right dongle!

Posted Oct 16, 2006 - Searching for a good bluetooth dongle took time, buying, returning, installing, uninstalling. Not the fault of the headset...but it was a pain. I wish a list of recommended dongles had come with the product. I installed first the IOGear dongle...it failed miserably, would not support even low fidelity stereo audio. MSI's BToes dongle worked for low fidelity but would not separate the stereo headset function from the phone headset funtion so I could not use my phone with the headset at the same time as the computer stereo function. Finally Belkin's class 1 hi speed dongle (same price as the others) worked for everything. v2.0 +EDR and USB 2.0. Don't give up on this headset til you try the belkin dongle.

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So good, I'm ordering a second one now @ great PriceGrabber price!

Posted Jun 5, 2006 - Hard to believe that this is just like integrating my iPod with my cell phone...and I can finally get rid of my Palm Pilot. This headset is working FANTASTIC with my new Motorola Q. What a great all-in-one solution to so many issues. (Maybe there finally is 'convergence' happening.) I'm ordering a second pair on PriceGrabber to leave in the office so the home/car use doesn't interfere if I forget it sometimes. While that sounds extravagant, the PriceGrabber delivered price for this headset ($75) is less than one month of a Verizon Single line data plan @ $80. Clearly a great value! Though I've only just gotten the Q on the first day available, I'm so enthused, I'm ordering a second headset right now, today...

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Stereo Headset by Motorolla

Posted Nov 22, 2006 - The headset produces good sound. With the bluetooth dongle I am using, I can walk anywhere in my house and still hear clearly. The product was easy to set up and use.

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Sssssuper Duper!

Posted Jun 6, 2006 - For the positives, it works excellent, it doesn't fall off your head, and it's not something you are going to forget you have in your pocket and subsequently wash in your laundry. It's also nice and loud, unlike almost anything else I've tried. The fact that it is wireless is huge because nothing gets tangled. On the negative side, though not that big of a problem, it's a smidge bulky looking on your head. Looks like you are about to pilot a 747 when you put it on!

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overall a great piece of bluetooth technology. i ...

Posted Oct 3, 2006 - overall a great piece of bluetooth technology. i would like to see a less bulky headset but it works good and has very good battery life. headset very functional as well as a phone headset i would probably buy it again.

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Headset, Stereo HT820 Bluetooth

Posted Jun 22, 2006 - I just got my order of Stereo Headset Bluetooth HT820. It comes with a box written in Chinese and the instruction is very bad written. The instruction is very hard to follow and I can see the unit is comes form China. I did try it to pair up with my PC and my phone and it take me for a while to do so, but I did it. Sound is very good but I still cannot get my HT820 microphone to work. Other than that every thing is great. I been search for this product for some time and I know it come with a leather case but I don’t have it with this order. That does not look good for your company to take something out of the box to sell it cheaper to the customer.

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