Harrier, Headset and Skype

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#4137 27-May-2005 10:40

I have a Harrier and I use a bluetooth headset as the handsfree device with it all the time. This is great until I want to use Skype, the sound (input and output) still goes through the Harriers devices and not the headset. Is there a way to set the Harrier up so that when using applications like Skype the sound is diverted through the bluetooth headset?

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#15077 27-May-2005 10:57

Not with the current versions.

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#15081 27-May-2005 16:56

Hi Apaice - welcome to Geekzone - home of the shortest & clearest forum replies on the planet. :-)

Is it just the Harrier thats affected M? Or is it all Phone Edition Pocket PCs w/B.T. ?

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#15082 27-May-2005 17:10

Some answers can be quite long - you've seen this in other discussions

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Yes, most current Widcomm/Broadcom based Bluetooth stacks are like this. Exceptions are the HP iPAQ hx4700 and rx3700 series - they have built-in headset support, but not stereo.

A few months ago someone floated a non-authorised version of a patch that added the A2DP (Advance Audio Distribution Profile) to the Widcomm/Broadcom Bluetooth stack - but only worked on HTC Blue Angel (PDA2k) and HTC Harrier (Harrier or Verizon XV6600). In some other models it would completely corrupt the sound system - nothing would come out, not even through the speaker. Only a hard reset would fix this. And Widcomm/Broadcom asked the sites hosting the file to take it down, since it wasn't an authorised patch.

So that's the story.

Long post, right?

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#15119 29-May-2005 21:43

thats a shame i have a harrier and would like to use my bluetooth headset for listening to and recording audio. Can anyone email me the patch?

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#15121 30-May-2005 11:42

hi just wondering if anyone has got that patch saved somewhere or know where we may be able to download it please
also on subject of voice, can us downunder-ites get a legal copy of microsoft voice comannd from anywhere ? getting tired of hard restting my harrier every 5 days ;|
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#15122 30-May-2005 11:52

The patch is not legally available since it was never released by the official channels. As for the Voice Command, there's no way to buy it until Microsoft let's us do it...

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#15123 30-May-2005 11:57

Actually, why don't you try Fonix VoiceCentral 3? It does have more features than Voice Command, including text to speech for e-mails, sending voice recorded e-mails, and more... I have both, and use VoiceCentral more.

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#15126 30-May-2005 12:42

thanks, but find that with fonix voice central 3.0 can not use my bluetooth headset, also find it doesnt recognise my speech very well

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#15246 2-Jun-2005 15:19

Thanks for everyone who has replied to my original query. I now have the Harrier setup with the patch but when I try to connect my Logitech Bluetooth Headset it can not find any services, does anyone have a headset that works with the patch? I will change over to that if needed.

Tah

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