JayBird uSport Bluetooth Adapter for 3.5mm Devices - Bluetooth Headset - Retail Packaging - Black (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

I've been looking for a way to listen to the TV's at the gym without wires, now I have it. The JayBird uSport worked perfect right out of the box. I charged it, paired it to my Jabra Sport bluetooth headphones Jabra SPORT Bluetooth Stereo Headset - Black/Yellow , and went to the gym. The sound is so fast that you can bairly see the lag when watching someones lips move and hearing their voice. I would say the only two drawbacks are the specialized USB cable for charging and it can only be paired with one headset at a time. The pairing was simple so the only thing I would be worried about is losing the USB charging cable. Otherwise it is a great product.

After 8 or so 20-30 minute walks with the JayBird in my pocket rubber banded to the back of my phone, sound started to cut out intermittently. I had arranged its wires under the rubber band to minimize their movement since its tiny audio jack wire looked so fragile, yet it still began to fail. I think the disconnection is happening at the base of the wire closest to the body of the device. I wrapped the whole length of the wire in about 3 layers of electrical tape to stiffen it and prevent the base from bending too far and sound has stopped cutting out for now, but designing it with such a tiny wire and flimsy supports is an obvious ploy to make the device fail early so you have to buy another one.Besides being so thin and prone to breaking, the audio jack cable is so short that the transmitter will always "hang" from it instead of resting at the bottom of my pocket. Thus the need to rubber band it to the back of my phone. The audio jack wire is permanently connected to the device so if it breaks you're gonna have to solder (probably very difficult) or replace the whole thing. It would have been so much better to include a 2.5mm or 3.5mm hole you could plug your own cable into (I've seen other bluetooth transmitters do that).The JayBird has a number of other "features" that make it likely you'll break it or damage the battery and have to buy a new one. First, it uses a "soft" power button that requires the device to always maintain a certain level of power just to detect when you hold the button for 5 seconds to turn it fully on. That means it runs itself out of battery if you don't use it for 2-3 months (which happened to me) and likely damages the battery. Next, it never turns itself off when it's not paired to anything. I left it running for over an hour unpaired and it was still happily blinking. The manufacturer obviously hopes you'll forget to turn it off so it runs completely out of battery and damages the battery so you have to buy a new one. It only takes forgetting once or twice to do serious damage. That is, unless it has a low-battery auto shutoff, but given the soft-power button design and other "designed to fail" features, I highly doubt it. The manual also doesn't mention any low power shutoff. Even if it does shut off, letting it run through most of the battery reduces the number of times you can recharge it.They also use a tiny barrel connector charging port instead of micro USB so if you ever lose their USB charging cable with the barrel connector on the other end, you're stuck buying a new device, paying some ridiculous price for their proprietary cable, or spending a lot of time trying to find something compatible without knowing the exact inside and outside sizes and polarity of the barrel connector you need. I think the barrel is 2mm diameter with a very tiny internal diameter JayBird does not come with a wall charger so you'll have to charge it from your computer or buy a USB wall or car charger. I recommend using a 0.5amp USB port instead of the 1-amp wall charger such that the JayBird battery doesn't get charged too quickly and overheated which will lower its life expectancy.Other than all those problems, it works fairly well. It's got a slightly rubberized coating around the whole thing that should prevent it from scratching my phone when they're in my pocket together, although having to rubber band it to my phone also prevents scratches. JayBird is also completely sealed in its rubberized coating with no screws or seams visible which would make it difficult to try to do any repairs or replace its battery.The reason I bought the transmitter is that I want to be able to listen to audio books while I walk with my wife. I was originally looking at three bluetooth mirroring devices: Sena SM10-01 SM10 Dual Stream Bluetooth Stereo Transmitter KOKKIA A10m (NEW Luxurious Black) MULTI-STREAM 3.5mm Universal EDR Bluetooth Stereo Transmitter/Splitter (can stream to 2 EDR receivers concurrently) for iPod/iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch/iPod Shuffle, e-Book Readers, Sandisk Sansa, Zune, Tablets, SONY PSP, N... Interphone Dual 3.5mm Stereo Bluetooth Transmitter The first one has good reviews but is very expensive. The last two had no reviews (though one now has a positive review) and the Interphone one claims to only work with Interphone headsets.I don't mind wearing a wired headset and giving my wife the bluetooth, plus that saves buying another headset, but the phone won't transmit sound on bluetooth when a wired headset is plugged in. I looked for an android app that might fix that but it doesn't seem to be possible.So I bought  Belkin Speaker and Headphone Splitter  along with this JayBird bluetooth transmitter. I plugged the splitter into my phone, plugged a wired headset in one side and the JayBird in the other side and magic - we can listen to audio in a bluetooth and wired headset at the same time. The only downside is the wife has to have the bluetooth headset on her right side with the phone in my left pocket or audio starts to cut out. In other words, JayBird won't transmit through my torso and her head to reach the headset.The headset I'm using is  Jabra Extreme Bluetooth Handsfree Wireless Headset.  but any bluetooth that supports A2DP or APT-X is supposed to work. The manual also mentions that the bluetooth device must respond to pairing with one of the following pins: 0000, 1234, 1111, or 8888. If you have a device you can't set the pin on and it's not one of those pins, then I think you're out of luck. For me, pairing involved holding the button on the Jabra till its light turned blue, then holding the button on the JayBird for 5 seconds. JayBird always enters pairing mode when turned on. The first time I paired, I turned JayBird on first and then set Jabra to pair mode, and the light on JayBird said it was paired, but no audio came through. I turned both off, then on and tried again and it worked. I've also gotten them to pair just by turning them both on at about the same time.Manual states that charge time is 2 hours and play time is 8-10 hours. However, if JayBird was left off the charger for a month or two, you can expect it to fail in 30 mins or less.Size of the Jaybird is 1.75"x1.5"x5/16" and it's very light.The package is a cardboard box instead of a glued plastic clamshell, so it's easy to open or pack away again if you need to return it.

I bought these because I travel a lot and wanted something to use on planes and in gyms, while it meets those needs, I'm not exactly ecstatic about the product.Pros:Good sound qualitySmall and lightBattery indicator on deviceCons:Poor battery lifeProprietary chargerMy major complaint and hence the 2 stars is with the charging adapter. All of Jaybird's headphones (I've had 3 of them) use micro-usb to charge, which is very common with many electronics now. But for some RIDICULOUS reason, they use some terrible proprietary charger on this one. Which means I now have to carry two different chargers with me. It's ludicrous that they wouldn't use the near-standard micro-usb - that is the whole reason i bought Jaybird.Also, the battery life is not great, you have to make sure you charge it before every use, only adding to the frustration of the charger.

Purchased this device in hopes of using it with my XM/Sirius mobile device (XMp3i)since it does not have BlueTooth capabilities and I recently purchased the JayBird BlueTooth wireless headphones (which work great!).The device is small, compact and lightweight. It "paired" instantly with my BlueTooth headphones (they are both from JayBird). I didn't even have to read the instructions. Plugged the device into the audio jack of my XMp31 and I had instant music. The sound is surprising adequate. I was expecting that since this device has to do some type of conversion from pure-3.5mil-audio-jack to BlueTooth and then broadcast it to the headphones that I would loose substantial quality, but it sounds good.The device has no control buttons other than turning the device on/off and pairing. The 3.5mil audio jack is built-in/not removable. You cannot control any settings of the device this thing is plugged into with this device. In other words, all it does is take the audio from ANY 3.5mil audio source and broadcast into BlueTooth signal (I plugged it into my TV, an old MP3 player and old stereo and it did the job).The device comes with a specialty charging cord for/from any USB connection but then it connects to the device with a very small/unique DC barrel-like connection. Battery is built-in so when it dies I'm assuming you'll have to send it back. The battery life seems to be reasonable. I have used it for a couple of hours straight and I don't think it used even half the charge (it took under an hour for the red "fully charged" light to go off after plugging it in). The device does not have a long range outdoors. If your get more than 3 feet away from the device outdoors it will start loosing the BlueTooth connection. Indoors is different. I was a good 10 feet from my television and the device seemed to work fine with little to no signal interruption.The device is very small and lightweight and it sort of "dangles/flops" around when connected to a mobile device (it also could be easily lost because it's so small) so I attached a small piece of Velcro to the device, mobile device and armband, etc. This works perfectly to secure it in place, not loose it and does not interfere with the device functionality.UPDATE: Unit was purchased On June 2012. It is now October of 2013. The device has been treated with great delicacy and kept away from any moisture, dirt or debris. I even used a small velcro patch to secure it when in use so the cable/connection wouldn't become stressed. It has never been dropped, scratched or otherwise traumatized. Yesterday after connecting to my Player the device would cut in an out of the connection. Thought maybe it as the 3.55 jack and cleaned and checked. Tried connecting it to a completely different Player with the same result. If you wiggle the cable just right you can get it to work but only for a few seconds. There are no visible damage to the cord/cable. It has never been stretched, pulled or stressed. Bottom line--- The device failed with no plausible cause. Battery seems to still be holding a good charge but there seems to be some weird problem with the physical cable connection that happened abruptly with no indication of how or why... Disappointing. I'm going to contact JayBird and see if they will replace even though it is over a year.UPDATE: Contacted JayBird and they reminded me that it was out of warranty. If I send the unit back to them they said they would give me a credit towards another unit from THEIR store. Probably going to try a different manufacturer of BlueTooth-Wireless adapters now.

it worked well with Sennheiser wireless headphones.The delay is certainly noticeable if you're sending it from a headphone output.If you're using it for music, the delay is irrelevant (unless you're dancing in a live performance with it).The range was pretty good - around 30 ft - but I didn't test if it went further than that (just not the application).The quality of the headphones came down a little, the noisefloor went up but for wireless Sennheiser headphones, it's really the best option.

El adaptador detecta sin problemas auriculares bluetooth aunque se echa de menos una mayor duracion de la bateria. El envio y las especificaciones son las detalladas en articulo por eso.

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I have been trying for years to find a hi-fi, professional audio Bluetooth transmitter that could be connected to any audio device, in order to stream my huge collection of thousands of digital audio files from my portable devices to my audio system.Unfortunately, as most Bluetooth users probably know already, the standard AD2P Bluetooth SBC compression codec (which is typically used by most Bluetooth interfaces to compress wireless audio), creates a great deal of compression artifacts, which are particularly noticeable in any kind of music using acoustic instruments, like jazz, classical, orchestral music, etc.As a matter of fact, the typical SBC compression usually turns the higher frequency ranges into a shrilling garbled mess of unbearable noises, which can be easily noticed on instruments such as violins, flutes, and high-frequency percussions such as hi-hats, cymbals, shakers, sleigh bells, tambourines, etc.So, until today, all of the traditional Bluetooth transmitters I have tried turned out to be almost unusable, other than for standard pop/rock music, at least to my discriminating musician ear.Luckily, in recent years the APT-X Bluetooth high-quality compression codec was introduced, producing much less artifacts in wireless compressed audio streams. (Actually, now there are even _lossless_ APT-X codecs, which should completely solve this problem, hopefully)Since APT-X-compatible transmitters, receivers and devices have become more and more available and common, I read many positive reviews on the various devices using this codec, even if they are _very_ costly, on average; so, I finally took the plunge and decided to try the most readily available couple of transmitting/receiving devices I could find on Amazon, i.e. the Jaybird uSport transmitter and the Qed Uplay receiver  Qed UPLAY-PUCK UPLAY-PUCK Bluetooth Receiver with Apt-X Technology .IMPORTANT: please note that, even if APT-X devices are usually also backward-compatible with the standard Bluetooth SBC audio compression codec, in order to take advantage of the better sound quality of the APT-X codec you MUST use APT-X compatible devices BOTH on the transmitting AND the receiving devices.This point might seem obvious, but I noticed _a lot_ of negative reviews from people who just bought an APT-X transmitting device (a dongle, an APT-X phone, etc.) OR an APT-X receiving device (amplified speakers, headphones, wireless receivers, etc.), and then complained about the quality being identical to that produced by standard Bluetooth devices. (Or even worse than that, more on that below...)Unfortunately, as you will notice by looking at the lists of all the APT-X enabled devices currently available on the market (there are a couple of such lists on the Web), although there are lots of _receiving_ APT-X devices (amplified speakers, headphones, earphones, audio systems, receivers, etc.), the available non-dedicated APT-X _transmitters_ are very few (apart from those embedded into _very costly devices, such as some of the most recent Samsung/HTC smartphones/tablets, for instance).As a matter of fact, at the moment I am writing (September 2012) as far as I know there are only _a couple_ of actual APT-X transmitters which can be connected to _any_ audio device through an ordinary 3.5mm jack: one of them is an old Sennheiser one, which is very difficult to find at the moment, and the other one is the uSport, so I did not have much choice in choosing the transmitter...But how did it work in the end?First, I must say that this transmitter is _extremely small, much smaller than it seemed by judging from the pictures: it is just an inconspicuous 3.3x4.5x7 mm elegant and very light black plastic box with a fixed short 6.5cm cable ending with a 3.5 stereo male jack; the transmitter can be easily hidden under any audio device, although it offers no attachment system, and has just a single button, a power input female micro-jack and a red/blue small led.The transitter must be first charged for a couple of hours through the provided USB power cable, which must be attached to any standard USB powered port or USB adaptor (not provided).Then, you just have to turn it on pushing the power button for a few seconds, and wait for the device to pair automatically with any receiver it can find. It pairs automatically with the first device it can find using the "0000", "1111", "1234" or "8888" codes, which are used by most Bluetooth devices, so there should be no problems about possible pairing incompatibilities, as it happens sometimes with other devices.Please note that this device can be paired to just ONE device at a time, so if you change device, _you need to repeat pairing_ by keeping the on/off button pushed for 3-5 seconds until the blue/red led flashes again.I connected the uSport cable to my Samsung S8500 phone, which has a good sound chip, great sound quality and several equalization options, and which I use as huge portable media player.Just as an experiment, at first I tried to pair the uSport to a standard Bluetooth receiver which was NOT compatible with the APT-X codec, and the results were, in my opinion, _terrible_.The audio was heavily distorted as soon as I increased the volume over half on the phone, and even at low volume the sound was "shrieking", with excessively high-pitched frequencies and a shrilling overall sound, not to mention a noticeable lack of bass frequencies. Even using equalization, I was barely able to obtain a decent sound, since I realized that the output signal of the uSport was way too loud for the standard Bluetooth receiver. So, I would NOT recommend using this device to stream audio to a STANDARD NON-APT-X Bluetooth receiver/device. My old, cheap B-Speech TX2 Bluetooth transmitter, in comparison, is way better in terms of sound quality and definition.Then, I finally paired the uSport with the QED Uplay puck, (no problem in pairing them, either), and only at this time an entire new world of wireless audio opened to my ears!!The quality is _astonishingly_ good! The garbled high frequencies of the standard Bluetooth audio transmissions magically disappear, replaced by a wonderfully detailed, _almost_ perfect sound, which closely resembles the one you can get from a wired connection! High frequencies are clean, well defined, without any noticeable distortion, and low frequencies are reproduced properly and clearly, too, without sounding muddled or distorted... PROVIDED YOU DO NOT RAISE THE SOURCE VOLUME over approx. 50-60%!As a matter of fact, again, as soon as I increased the volume on the phone over 50-60% (depending on the source material volume level), some distortion appeared again, especially on mid-low frequencies, and this was more noticeable when the uSport was connected to smaller amplified speakers (whose line input saturated more easily), while on a Hi-Fi system the distortion was much less noticeable, and the sound stayed cleaner even at slightly higher volume levels.So, in my opinion, the most negative aspect of this transmitter is that its output signal is so high, that in order to keep a clean sound you should always keep the volume of the player it is connected to as low as possible, and just raise the volume on the playback device (speakers, amplifiers, etc.) This unfortunately might be a hassle, if you do not have any way to control the speaker/amplifier/headphone volume wirelessly, too, of course... I solved this by setting the amplifier/speaker volume at almost the maximum allowed without distortion, and then reducing at minimum the volume on my phone/media players, using their 50-60% volume level as if it was 100%.I also noticed that using any equalization on the phone usually made things worse, too, depending on the source material; luckily, since the uSport frequency range reproduction is already very good, in my opinion you should just avoid applying ANY equalization on the source player (or just minimal adjustments), and adjust the equalization on the amplifier/speakers/headphones, if possible.Please also note that I heard some slight hiss on quieter music passages and/or extremely low-volume audio files, but this is a common behaviour in most Bluetooth audio connections. On the other hand, I noticed no audio breakups or interference, even in a small room with several active cel phones and electronic devices/computers around.Another relative limitation of this device, instead, is that its rechargeable battery is built-in and non-user replaceable, so in a couple of years (or even less, depending on when the battery was manufactured) it might probably become unable to holde a charge, as it happens with all Li-Ion batteries, even if you do not use them. Anyway, by that time I will be probably using directly an APT-X phone or player, considering the incredible quality difference with the standard SBC codec I have experienced! ;-)Anyway, these minor limitations, in my opinion, are negligible compared to the huge leap ahead in quality you get from such an incospicuous and relatively cheap device; so, all things considered, I am totally satisfied with this little gem, and I absolutely recommend it to more demanding users who actually care about the quality of wireless audio. I can't wait to try soon an APT-X -_lossless_ device! Qed UPLAY-PUCK UPLAY-PUCK Bluetooth Receiver with Apt-X Technology

Ich bin von dem Teil begeistert!Nachdem ich mir das Sennheiser MM 400 X Bluetooth Headset für mein Handy zugelegt habe, wollte ich dieses nun auch als drahtlosen Kopfhörer für meinen TV benutzen. Da musste natürlich ein 3,5er Klinke Dongle her, welcher ebenfalls wie das Headset den apt-x Codex unterstützt. Da es das Sennheiser BTD 300 Audio mit 3,5er Klinke nicht mehr zu kaufen gibt, war das Jaybird uSport meine letzte Hoffnung (eine anderes 3,5er Klinke Dongle mit apt-x Unterstützung gibt es nicht...).Was soll ich sagen - es funktioniert einwandfrei. Das Pairing klappt problemlos und die Soundübertragung geschieht ohne warnehmbare Verzögerung - die Sprache ist absolut Lippensynchron (und ich bin da sehr anspruchsvoll). Ein weiterer Vorteil ist, dass das Headset sogar gleichzeitig mit meinem TV und mit dem Handy verbunden sein kann. Ich kann also TV gucken und wenn mein Handy klingelt, kann ich das Gespräch über das Headset annehmen, wobei sich der Ton von TV stumm schaltet und wenn ich fertig mit telefonieren bin lege ich einfach auf und der Ton vom TV wird wieder eingeschaltet - Technik die begeistert!Der einzige Nachteil ist, dass das Dongle nicht im Lademodus übertragen kann, aber da der Akku eine gefühlte Ewigkeit hält, gibts dafür von mir keinen Punktabzug...