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Nokia bh-501 stereo bluetooth headset

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?

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?

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!

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...

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.

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.

Nokia bh-501 Not discovering in my windows XP laptop
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
soadownz said:
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?
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Media Player took over my Bluetooth Headset

With my previous phone 8525, I was able to control Pocket Player and Core Player with my JayBird Bluetooth headset using AVRCP controls (pause, next track etc) All you had to do was go into the audo player program and map a function with button press on the bluetooth headset - easy. However, with the Fuze, everytime I press the button on the bluetooth headset the audio player doesn't recognize the button press and instead Media Player automatically loads.
Is there any way to keep Media Player from being the default player when using a bluetooth headset?

Bump.
Nothing guys? Compared to Media Player, Core Player and Pocket Player are so much better which is why I'd rather be able to control these applications with my headset.
Shouldn't the music player app that's open and active be the one that the Bluetooth headset focuses on when I try to assign a keypress?

Topic being discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406116
http://conduits.com/community/forum_posts.asp?TID=1321&PN=1&TPN=2
Looks like this problem is on the Diamond as well as the Touch Pro variants.
From Condiuts (Pocket Player) "We are currently investigating this problem. It seems that the HTC today plugin intercepts all AVRCP commands and prevents other players from detecting the commands".
It already been pointed out that de-activating the HTC Today plugin does not solve the problem.

nthdgreee said:
Topic being discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406116
http://conduits.com/community/forum_posts.asp?TID=1321&PN=1&TPN=2
Looks like this problem is on the Diamond as well as the Touch Pro variants.
From Condiuts (Pocket Player) "We are currently investigating this problem. It seems that the HTC today plugin intercepts all AVRCP commands and prevents other players from detecting the commands".
It already been pointed out that de-activating the HTC Today plugin does not solve the problem.
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Problem Solved. Check here for specifics.

CorePlayer works. Here's how I got mine working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3056512&postcount=74
edit: after testing my Nokia headset I have become mystified. This headset remains hardcoded to WMP. Maybe if I try re-pairing...

music through car bluetooth

I have bluetooth enabled handsfree in my car. Whenever I make a phone call the sound is routed through the car speakers and there's a microphone in my car...
My question is: is there a way to route music from my ppc to my car? I tried a lot of softwares (VJ Volubilis, BlueTooth Audio...) I think its routing to my car (on the ppc it says that its routed and I stop hearing the music), but nothing comes out of my car speakers...
(calling works fine)
any solutions, or is it a hardware thing thats missing in my car?
Thanks!!!!

Not sure if this will work but it is worth a shot (I'll try it myself later on)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=393309

Which phone and music software are you using. (so we can help troubleshoot)
I use this and it works fine for me.

BtMusic 1.0 beta4 works GREAT..
http://maxmobilesoft.com/downloads

nir36 said:
BtMusic 1.0 beta4 works GREAT..
http://maxmobilesoft.com/downloads
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Hey nir,
I went to the site and register but the program seems to be out of the beta 4 stage (it says it expired in October). Is yours still working? If it is, can you post the cab? Thanks.

oh.. maybe it's working because it was already installed on my device for a while.
mine works fine.. it's the same cab on the website.

thanks everyone!!
Well I tried them all and it seems its always the same problem... it connects to my car and the sound disappears from my ppc, but nothing comes out from my car.. on BTmusic it gives:
Status: enabled
Headset: connected
A2DP: off
And I tried everything to turn A2DP on.. but it always stays off (menu -> A2DP) , is that the problem?
I feel that my car recognizes only when a phone call comes in, but fro some reason is not transmitting the music from my ppc.
I have a 2006 BMW 525xi with idrive, my ppc is a tmobile wing, and i tried both s2p and the default music player.

In your bluetooth Partnership settings - Click Start, Settings, Connections, Bluetooth and and click on your car's bluetooth, Does it show both Wireless Stereo and Handsfree (are both boxes checked) if not make sure that Wireless stereo is checked) should work if it is. If you do not see wireless stereo and only handsfree - then you will not be able to stream music because your car's bluetooth is not able to stream the music, only calls. My new car's UConnect Bluetooth does not support wireless music streaming, only calls. But in my other car I have the Motorola T505 which can stream both Calls, (handsfree) and Music (Wireless stereo). In partnership settings I see only Handsfree and serial port for Uconnect and my Motorola shows both Handsfree and Wireless stereo. You may be out of luck trying to transmit music if you do not see Wireless stereo in the partnership settings (your car's bluetooth may not support it. If you see the (Wireless Stereo in partnership settings but it is not checked, then check it off and start enjoying wireless bluetooth music streaming.

thanks ...
that's what i thought also.. no i dont have wireless stereo option, i only have the handsfree...
I will ask this knowing that most likely the answer is "no":
anyway to fool the bluetooth to stream music through handsfree?

salahnajm said:
thanks ...
that's what i thought also.. no i dont have wireless stereo option, i only have the handsfree...
I will ask this knowing that most likely the answer is "no":
anyway to fool the bluetooth to stream music through handsfree?
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There might be a way, but I don't know how to myself. I don't know if the sound quality would be any good - Mono Vs. Stereo Sound Plus pitch no Base etc.. If so, you will probably want to explore other Options - MOTO T505 I use is great - If you have AUX jack - you can use that - There are other bluetooth devices as well capable. Good luck. If I see or hear anything else I will reply back to this tread or PM you

i've tried BTMusic 1 beta but when i try to start the program it says that i need .NET CF, but i do have NET CF 3.5 ! is that a rom issue or i need an earlier version of NET CF ? Somebody else with the same problem ?

Th3Hunter said:
i've tried BTMusic 1 beta but when i try to start the program it says that i need .NET CF, but i do have NET CF 3.5 ! is that a rom issue or i need an earlier version of NET CF ? Somebody else with the same problem ?
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It is a newer verson - Google it and download and install on your device. You probably only have version 2.0. It is easily found in this XDA site - Various Links - and on microsoft's web site

if anyone is still interested in this problem check out my comments here:
http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Le...ing-audio-and-music-to-Hands-Free/td-p/506915

Windows Mobile 6.5 & Bluetooth A2DP - THE HORROR!

SOLVED!!!
Hi there,
Ever since I have my Touch Diamond and My cherished Nokia A2DP headset, I've been enjoying wireless music, calling and everything at the touch of a few buttons on my headset.
Recently I finally flashed to winmo 6.5, and I also decided that Touchflo was costing me too much precious memory. So I flashed to a nice clean rom (BsB).
Everything cool so far, that is, until I tried my BT headset. With out the touchflo player you're automatically dependent on windows media player, and if there is one piece of software that makes listening to music a b*tch it's wmp. So I installed pocketmusic. Everything fine so far. but the controls on my bt headset stubbornly only work with AND automatically start WMP. very irritating. after extensive searching of the beloved XDA forums I found out that this was a known problem. WMP Hijacking BT controls.
And finally it appeared I had found the solution: T-back's 6.5 BT driver.cab
This was supposed to give back the control of Bluetooth to the program running at the moment. all the coments left in said thread were joyous, it works, it's alive...
So I installed it, and too my suprise it did indeed stop WMP from hijacking the controls and also assigned the controls to pocketmusic...
Unfortunatly it also stopped the audio from going to my Bt headset, which kind of beats the purpose of a bluetooth headset.
So now I'm back to listening to music without T-back's driver, on my BT headset, and having to control my music on screen, which is a little irritating.
I've allready replied to the thread in hopes of getting a solution or something, but unfortunatly no reply.
I'm hoping someone beter technically endowed than me can give me a solution for this problem, this is the only thing standing between me, and my perfect rom!
HELP
Note, I tried this on 2 different winmo 6.5.1 rom's (benko's clean and the BsB 6.5.1)
note2: could this maybe be something having to do with the difference between 6.5 and 6.5.1?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I don't know about the ROM being the problem. You can try pocket player. It supports AVRCP by default. It also has a lot more features than Pocket Music.

dgaud007 said:
I don't know about the ROM being the problem. You can try pocket player. It supports AVRCP by default. It also has a lot more features than Pocket Music.
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Same problem there, i've tried them both.
you wouldn't happen to knwo what the latest version was by any chance?
I had a version which I had to import a dll, to get exclusivity for a2dp controls.
Which also didn't work for me
*edit* Never mind, it's 4.1 ;-)
But it's not really the solution I'm looking for, I want to fix the problem internally (so I can use a2dp for any program I want, for example S2P)
*edit 2*
Tried it, still not working, it's still starting WMP, even with the extra wmp plugin which Conduits recommends for this issue...
So still in need of assistance

Crap! It turns out I have the same problem using ENERGY ROM, but hadn't notice since the volume control on my HT820 works OK. I'm actually using HTC Audio Manager (manila) so I don't get WMP, is just the FWD / REV controls on the headphones don't work. Looks like Conduits will provide a fix for their player in the next release.

dgaud007 said:
Crap! It turns out I have the same problem using ENERGY ROM, but hadn't notice since the volume control on my HT820 works OK. I'm actually using HTC Audio Manager (manila) so I don't get WMP, is just the FWD / REV controls on the headphones don't work. Looks like Conduits will provide a fix for their player in the next release.
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Nope, there not fixing it, that is the fix, it's a DLL file. the problem he's having is he isn't able to check the box to override wmp control. which you can do by selecting it, and then pressing the enter key on your virtual keyboard, unfortunatly the fix did not work for me
this is the dll file you need to put into your player directory, which you can then configure through the plugins tab in pocket player itself (after soft reset)
Try it, maybe it'll work for you, it didn't for me
volume control does work for me as well though, but it's the only thing taht's working

Solved
Thanx to Zänker
You should install the two files from these posts.
With this one you can toggle a2dp manually once your headset is connected:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437726
The following makes it toggle automatically after you connect your headset:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502549
(you should have the t-back driver installed as well)
Worked for me, using the bsb 6.5.1g rom and s2p media player.
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Is that player dependent ?
I usually use Pocket Tunes, and never had this issue with 6.5 builds (I indeed use BsB 6.5.1G atm). If it helps i use Sony-Ericsson HBH-DS970...

God_Lx said:
Is that player dependent ?
I usually use Pocket Tunes, and never had this issue with 6.5 builds (I indeed use BsB 6.5.1G atm). If it helps i use Sony-Ericsson HBH-DS970...
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I had this problem with all the players I tried (except WMP, which was the culprit)

In case you're interested...
Juts fixed my AVRCP problem using HTC Audio Manager in NRG's ROM. I installed this version of audio manager and everything is working fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5069731&postcount=1813

a2dp
A2DP doesnt work in my htc p3400i too after upgrading to wm 6.5 and it works in 6.1 ?

[Q] Query about Headset!!

Guys,
I'm looking for a wired headset which will allow us to use the music controls tat comes with it(like play/pause, skip track and answer/end calls). I found the headset Nokia's WH-701 to be adequate. I wanna know if the music controls would work on our Galaxy 3? If not please suggest me a good headset with music controls.Thanks.

Sadly it doesn't work on our phone.. try headset button control app from market .... works perfectly for me

Yes, you can. Enable headset control in PowerAMP option.
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App

Rapier07 said:
Sadly it doesn't work on our phone.. try headset button control app from market .... works perfectly for me
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Does it work on our default(stock) music player? I tried the trial version but no luck . Something particular i have to do? Or should i change players?

krishk said:
Does it work on our default(stock) music player? I tried the trial version but no luck . Something particular i have to do? Or should i change players?
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It works on every other player apart from stock..
Use ubermusic or miui player

@Rapier,
Sorry to bother u again. One more doubt. What about Bluetooth headsets? They also have this problem? Normally some Bluetooth headsets comes with music controls rite?Have u tried any? Did they work with stock player? I mean w/o Headset Control App.

krishk said:
@Rapier,
Sorry to bother u again. One more doubt. What about Bluetooth headsets? They also have this problem? Normally some Bluetooth headsets comes with music controls rite?Have u tried any? Did they work with stock player? I mean w/o Headset Control App.
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Never tried a Bluetooth headset sorry

krishk said:
@Rapier,
Sorry to bother u again. One more doubt. What about Bluetooth headsets? They also have this problem? Normally some Bluetooth headsets comes with music controls rite?Have u tried any? Did they work with stock player? I mean w/o Headset Control App.
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Yes they work
I tried a samsung one with volume controls and play/pause
Stock app

I was searching more on this topic and found this link. Check it out :
http://www.digisecrets.com/gadgets/sony-ericsson-mw600-bluetooth-headset-review/
I hope this is useful for persons who has doubts like me

thanks i am also trying to figure this problem out may b that will help me..

Goodmorning. I am new to this forum, and also new to Android. I have a few days that I started using the SG3 and I updated to froyo thru official firmwares without any modification. Everything works fine, and because I use voice call, I instaled the Cyberon voice commander. This software works perfect without the bluetooth, but thru bluetooth handfree the software doesn't talk to the headset, only to the speaker and also when I talk it doesnt hear me to the phone neither to the bluetooth. the same problem it has with the stock voice call. I tried it on both Nokia CW1 car kit and on Sony Ericsson MW600 stereo headset. What do you think I shall do? Possibly if I install the Kyrilos rom it will solve this?
Thank you