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Stereo Bluetooth® Headset SBH54

A new Sony handset.
Tis thread is for opinions, reviews, price and for sharing experience with this gadget.

Hangout HEK-810
Vlad Paul said:
A new Sony handset.
Tis thread is for opinions, reviews, price and for sharing experience with this gadget.
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Hangout HEK-810 it is a good bluetooth stereo headset...
It is not costly....
Sony headsets somewhat costly but worthy one

interesting

Not Bad, I think is good for a newer. Thanks to share it Bro.

Can this device be used while charging , because on the mw600 it didnt let you listen while charging.

Megan Rutix said:
Can this device be used while charging , because on the mw600 it didnt let you listen while charging.
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The official page says nothing about it, but the SBH52, which I have and which this unit replaces, can indeed be used while charging, so I would be extremely surprised if the SBH54 didn't have the same capability. Previously had the MW600 and that lack of ability to use while charging annoyed me too.

What annoys me to no end is the absence of key-lock. my current MW600 turns on, or changes volume, or channel by it self. but i see the new 54 doesn't have this feature either.

Good device?
Very few models have the sony's clip design, the Smart Wireless Headset pro (2012) is the best of the best for me (12 hrs battery life).
EDIT#1: Interested in the headset, I found it:
Bluetooth Stereo Headset (Jan-2015)
wwwDOTsony-asiaDOTcom/product/mdr-ex31bn
Looks better (10.5 hrs battery life, see link for full specs) because it has Wireless ANC. Don't know why the SBH54 forgot this premium feature, again, a very rare device made by SONY.
EDIT#2: I found a Walkman alternative:
8GB M Series MP3 Walkman® (Black)
Model: NWZ-M504/B (Sep-2014?)
wwwDOTsony-asiaDOTcom/product/nwz-m504
Still looking better for me (15 hrs of battery life, see link for full specs).
Why SONY is the only one with those features?.

awesome.. will try it

I have bought the sbh54, great device but the Loud speaker is not Loud, I can bearly here the music even with volume set at max...
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febo76 said:
I have bought the sbh54, great device but the Loud speaker is not Loud, I can bearly here the music even with volume set at max...
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Have vibrate mode?

Yes it does...
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Hey guys, I have some questions about this Stereo Bluetooth® Headset SBH54 ..
1- Does its FM radio have built in digital tuner which can pinpoint the exact radio frequency to receive the radio channels .. or it is automatic search only ?
2- Can I use it with VOIP apps as Skype and viber ?
3- Can I connect it with more than one device as the previous edition sbh52 ?
4- Can I connect it with the laptop via bluetooth ?
Thanks in advance ..

Guys! I just received this as freebie from Sony Xperia India on pre ordering the Z5 Premium Dual!!!
Check out the below thread for pictures and video.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3266562
sent from my Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual [E6883]

With Xiaomi Mi6:
Its hardly 2 days, while I'm using it with Xiaomi Mi6, and up till now, it worked very well, except for two major issues:
1. I can't receive notifications from any app, despite of giving full permissions on phone to this app and apps sending notifications.
2. I can't dial the number from call logs, although call logs are displaying and I can navigate these.
One minor issue is, if I play music from Pulsar music app, SBH54 can't display the track details, it only shows MI6 playing. But if I shutdown its app from Mi6, while Pulsar is still playing, device starts displaying the music track information. However, when I changed my music player to Media Monkey along while its app was running, device worked fine and displayed the music track information. So it looks like, app is not cooperative with every music player.
With LG Nexus 6:
However when I used it with LG Nexus 6, SBH54 was able to receive and display notifications. I tried with Google+ and Google Play. Note: I used both phones simultaneously connected...
I will update if I find anything else...
If anyone finds solution to above mentioned problems with Mi6, would really appreciate any help...
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NaGuiB said:
Hey guys, I have some questions about this Stereo Bluetooth® Headset SBH54 ..
1- Does its FM radio have built in digital tuner which can pinpoint the exact radio frequency to receive the radio channels .. or it is automatic search only ?
2- Can I use it with VOIP apps as Skype and viber ?
3- Can I connect it with more than one device as the previous edition sbh52 ?
4- Can I connect it with the laptop via bluetooth ?
Thanks in advance ..
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1- Does its FM radio have built in digital tuner which can pinpoint the exact radio frequency to receive the radio channels .. or it is automatic search only ?
- It does both. You can tune it by increment or decrement the channel digits, or press for long to search for the working channel.
2- Can I use it with VOIP apps as Skype and viber ?
- I haven't tried it, but I think it would work. I have another sony headset MDR-XB80BS which worked fine with Skype.
3- Can I connect it with more than one device as the previous edition sbh52 ?
- Yes, I tried it with Mi6 and Nexus 6.
4- Can I connect it with the laptop via bluetooth ?
- I haven't tried it yet, but as it can work with two devices, then it should work with one laptop and one cell phone...

Cannot play audio over USB with the Mate 8? Is it possible?

Hey there, hopefully someone can offer some insight here. I just recently got a Mate 8 and something that I did frequently with the Note 4 I had before was play audio in the car via the usb connection to my stereo. I am not able to do this with the Mate 8.
It ACTS like it's playing audio, but there's just no sound coming from the stereo or from the phones speakers. I can still change songs and play/pause it via the car stereo controls, however, which is also weird. In the developer usb options it's listed as "Audio Source", and trying to choose a mode for file transfer from the notification just causes USB to disconnect and reconnect and go back to not having anything selected. It didnt work on unrooted, unmodified, stock firmware (chinese B156), and it still doesnt work after I fully wiped all data and flashed a custom rom (KangVIP Slim).
Any ideas? Has anyone else successfully played audio over usb with their mate 8? Thanks guys.

What head unit do you own?

themissionimpossible said:
What head unit do you own?
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I own a Kenwood Excelon DPX791BH. It has two modes, one which plays local files using its android app and displays the song info on the unit and one which just plays back any audio from the phone at all, both do the exact same thing (act like they're playing, and respond to controls from the unit.) Interestingly, in the file playback mode the current time indicator on the head unit seems to run through the file at double speed. It happens with any audio, notifications or Spotify or local files, etc.

Have you tried with USB debug ON or OFF?

themissionimpossible said:
Have you tried with USB debug ON or OFF?
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Yeah, I've tried both, it doesn't change anything. It still acts the same way.

Where are stored your audio files? Internal memory or microSD?

themissionimpossible said:
Where are stored your audio files? Internal memory or microSD?
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the main thing i use it for is just the routing audio mode, which is independent of the location of the files. It basically functions like how a pair of headphones would if you connected it to the headphone jack and plays any audio that is produced by the phone. I've tried playing audio from the SD card and internal storage, however.

Have you tried the Mate 8 USB connection mode as MTP?

themissionimpossible said:
Have you tried the Mate 8 USB connection mode as MTP?
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yeah, as I said in the initial post selecting either of the two USB connection options from the notification, MTP or PTP, causes the device to quickly disconnect and reconnect with neither selected.

Maybe there is an incompatibility with Android 6.
If you can you could try to connect another Android 6 smartphone.

themissionimpossible said:
Maybe there is an incompatibility with Android 6.
If you can you could try to connect another Android 6 smartphone.
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That's what I was thinking is possible, but I haven't heard of anyone else having this problem. Has anyone used USB audio on the huawei mate 8 or any other android 6 phone? The only other phone I have is my old note 4 and that doesn't have android 6 on it.

aDarkBox said:
but I haven't heard of anyone else having this problem. .
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The compatibility problem might reside in your car stereo, you might find other users of your same unit to contact on a Kenwood car stereo dedicated forum.

themissionimpossible said:
The compatibility problem might reside in your car stereo, you might find other users of your same unit to contact on a Kenwood car stereo dedicated forum.
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If anyone else can confirm audio out via USB is possible on the mate 8, then that would be the next step, as the head unit has worked with other phones in the past, and still works with my note 4. Right now asking here seems like the best idea. Hopefully someone can confirm or deny usb audio out is a possibility with the mate 8

aDarkBox said:
Hopefully someone can confirm or deny usb audio out is a possibility with the mate 8
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But with which car stereo or device?

Under developer options there's a setting to enable USB audio source. The toggle is under network then select USB configuration. Not sure if this will help but worth a shot
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manook said:
Under developer options there's a setting to enable USB audio source. The toggle is under network then select USB configuration. Not sure if this will help but worth a shot
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I've tried that one as well, it does the same thing as choosing an option from the notification bar

did anyone find a solution for this? ill be forever in debt if you share it, i buy this phone yesterday and i love it but if i cant make it work that way i throw it away :crying::crying::crying:

hdavid185 said:
did anyone find a solution for this? ill be forever in debt if you share it, i buy this phone yesterday and i love it but if i cant make it work that way i throw it away :crying::crying::crying:
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No, sadly. Nobody has responded and it still doesn't work. Nobody has said they have been able to do it, either.

aDarkBox said:
No, sadly. Nobody has responded and it still doesn't work. Nobody has said they have been able to do it, either.
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It seems to be Android 6.0 ive seen threads about the same issue with other phones that worked just fine before marshmallow.

hdavid185 said:
It seems to be Android 6.0 ive seen threads about the same issue with other phones that worked just fine before marshmallow.
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Have you seen any threads where someone is actively working on this issue?

[Solved] Honor 6X FM Radio not working

The stock fm radio seems to be not working, it opens up and scans and finds the channels just fine but I can hear nothing at all (headphones are of course connected). I've also tried to check it in safe mode but it's not working. Anyone experiencing the same or got any solution (don't tell me to use another app).
UPDATE: The google app search from any screen causes this issue, turn it off and the radio will work fine.

FM working like a charm in my BLN-L21 using stock app.

Do your headphones have controls on their cable?
If not, that might be the problem. My car aux also did not work until i ordered a male to male aux cable with controls.
Other phones work fine with any aux cable.

Mvs1989 said:
Do your headphones have controls on their cable?
If not, that might be the problem. My car aux also did not work until i ordered a male to male aux cable with controls.
Other phones work fine with any aux cable.
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Yes I do have controls on them, they are the earphones that come in the box.

working fine on BLN-AL10 model also

Works fine...no issues

I didn't even know that the Honor 6X had a FM radio...

DarkGuyver said:
I didn't even know that the Honor 6X had a FM radio...
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It does have

DarkGuyver said:
I didn't even know that the Honor 6X had a FM radio...
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It has...
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shashank1320 said:
It has...
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What about yje battery life???

krispy321 said:
What about yje battery life???
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Can stretch upto 10 hours...on regular basis 7+ hours SOT and 1+ day standby easily
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shashank1320 said:
Can stretch upto 10 hours...on regular basis 7+ hours SOT and 1+ day standby easily
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Thats good

I am also facing same issue
FM Radio in Honor 6x does scan all the local radio stations but no audio either from ear phone or speaker. Request to let me know how to turn off google app search . I did it in my phone but looks like not working, May be I am doing something wrong.

Just try it with other earpiece . It works fine . Same thing happened to me

There is a conflict with the radio and the google voice detection
Switch of the option in google parameter and it should work
Envoyé de mon BLN-L21 en utilisant Tapatalk

Same issue with my Honor 6X too
zekarlito said:
There is a conflict with the radio and the google voice detection
Switch of the option in google parameter and it should work
Envoyé de mon BLN-L21 en utilisant Tapatalk
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Hi All I too am facing the same issue. Can you suggest another app or how to disable the google app search from any screen as per the "UPDATE: The google app search from any screen causes this issue, turn it off and the radio will work fine." The reason being that I have enabled Google Assistant and the Voice Detection just wont get disabled. Even if I try, it comes back on. Is there any other app you can suggest as a workaround? TIA.

Found a workaround
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Hi All I too am facing the same issue. Can you suggest another app or how to disable the google app search from any screen as per the "UPDATE: The google app search from any screen causes this issue, turn it off and the radio will work fine." The reason being that I have enabled Google Assistant and the Voice Detection just wont get disabled. Even if I try, it comes back on. Is there any other app you can suggest as a workaround? TIA.
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For those who have enabled Google Assistant and have the "OK Google" detection ON, it was seen that if you open the Radio app, you will not be able to hear any sound although the equalizer will be showing graphics as though it is playing some music. This is probably to do with the initial mention of "UPDATE: The google app search from any screen causes this issue, turn it off and the radio will work fine." I was unable to get this turned OFF or needed the functionality. However, I figured out that after you have opened the Radio App and switched ON your channel, if you lock your screen, the sound will be back ON and you will be able to listen to FM Radio. No need for any 3rd party app or any other setting change. Perhaps this will be all be anyway fixed in Nougat....Fingers crossed!

Hold the home key.then google assistant popups.press 3 dot button.go to settings.go to ok google detection and turn it off.radio will work fine then.

:good::good:

Turn off Google voice recognition
I had the same problem
solved it by turning off the voice recognition by google search "OK Google"
Best

HTC U11 Bluetooth Audio Quality Issue on Android 8.0

Hi, last week I installed the OTA Android 8.0 update on my HTC U11.
Since this update the audio quality when streaming to my car's audio system or to my pioneer hi-fi system at home is a lot worse than on Android Nougat. Especially on tracks with a lot of high tunes. There's always a slight 'clink' noise. I don't know how to explain this in English..
Have you noticed this issue as well? Is there something I can do about it? Thanks

question are you using any sound mods?

6th_Hokage said:
question are you using any sound mods?
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No, I don't use any sound mods.

joscht said:
No, I don't use any sound mods.
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Same for me. Since this update, the quality of phone call when connected to Bluetooth to my car is really bad. No problem with music stream connected to the same car.
I tried managing the new bluetooth options in developper mode menu but it doesn't solve the problem.
The codec used is all the time SBC even is I change it to AAC or aptX or AptxHD.

Fredz said:
Same for me. Since this update, the quality of phone call when connected to Bluetooth to my car is really bad. No problem with music stream connected to the same car.
I tried managing the new bluetooth options in developper mode menu but it doesn't solve the problem.
The codec used is all the time SBC even is I change it to AAC or aptX or AptxHD.
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I have the same issue, it seems it was fixed in 42 version for US market(at least for LDAC)

I have 2 issues with Bluetooth connections with the car. The first is that it picks up interference from the noise of the wheels and engine while driving, and the sound quality suffers and it sounds unclear, unless I mute the vehicle.
The second is that it has a lot of trouble connecting to the car at times. Or, more often, it would not connect the media through the car. Don't know what's up with that.

I know how you feel
I've got exact same problem like yours. Although I'm using HTC u11 plus. My new pair of Bluetooth headphones have the same not OK audio quality. You're right especially the high tunes. I'm desperate, trying to reset everything, but doesn't help. If you find the solution, please let me know. Thank you.
joscht said:
Hi, last week I installed the OTA Android 8.0 update on my HTC U11.
Since this update the audio quality when streaming to my car's audio system or to my pioneer hi-fi system at home is a lot worse than on Android Nougat. Especially on tracks with a lot of high tunes. There's always a slight 'clink' noise. I don't know how to explain this in English..
Have you noticed this issue as well? Is there something I can do about it? Thanks
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Same issue here. I have the U11 as well and just updated to Oreo and I have the same issue as well. Music over BT was ok on Nougat but after the update, music sounds as if there is digital clipping. And it's there with both my headset and car audio system.

Got the same issue, hope they fix it soon. The only solution seems to do a RUU right now.
Btw. I am on a custom rom (LeeDroid), gonna go full stock and try again.

I would suggest looking in developer options and trying some of the different options for bluetooth in there!
Settings > about > software information > more > then tap the build number till it says you are a developer.
Then
Go to developer options and check under networking, there are some settings to toggle in there.
You may find something you are looking for! I personally haven't tried bt since the update so I don't know if it is a common issue. Good luck!

Thank you!
Thank you very much.
Playing around with the bluetooth options in the developer's menu solved this issue.
The audio quality through bluetooth is now pretty much the same as it was with the previous android os

joscht said:
Thank you very much.
Playing around with the bluetooth options in the developer's menu solved this issue.
The audio quality through bluetooth is now pretty much the same as it was with the previous android os
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Share what settings you stuck with so it may help the other people with the same problem

Hey there!
Same problem for me since updating my U11 to Oreo - very poor bluetooth audio quality...
I tried using different bluetooth settings under the developer options but the thing is: no matter what I choose, it keeps switching back to the default values not affecting anything at all.

If it switch back to default SBC it means your headset/BT device doesn't support other codec.

Alpert3 said:
If it switch back to default SBC it means your headset/BT device doesn't support other codec.
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That's not necessarily true. On 7.1 both Bluetooth devices which I use can support either AAC, SBC and aptX. My understanding is this issue occured because of the removal of AVRCP 1.3. I think Google added 1.3 back to Android 8.q because of this.

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That's not necessarily true. On 7.1 both Bluetooth devices which I use can support either AAC, SBC and aptX. My understanding is this issue occured because of the removal of AVRCP 1.3. I think Google added 1.3 back to Android 8.q because of this.
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Yours is not necessarily true either. I'm on 8.0 and I can still use aptX if I want but only if my BT device supports aptX.

Alpert3 said:
Yours is not necessarily true either. I'm on 8.0 and I can still use aptX if I want but only if my BT device supports aptX.
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I'm not arguing that aptX and other codecs aren't working on 8.0. What I'm saying is that with certain devices, we are no longer seem to be able to use certain codecs that we could use prior. It's obviously device dependent, but to say their isn't a problem and blame it on the Bluetooth device is incorrect. Infact the same problem has occurred on non HTC devices when they've upgraded to 8.0 such as the OnePlus.

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I'm not arguing that aptX and other codecs aren't working on 8.0. What I'm saying is that with certain devices, we are no longer seem to be able to use certain codecs that we could use prior. It's obviously device dependent, but to say their isn't a problem and blame it on the Bluetooth device is incorrect. Infact the same problem has occurred on non HTC devices when they've upgraded to 8.0 such as the OnePlus.
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Fair enough, I didn't understand.

Does anyone know how to make the bluetooth options under developer options stick? I'm on stock unlocked Oreo, and they go back to defaults as soon as I change them. I've tried changing them whilst connected in the car, but no change. The only thing that could make a difference is that I'm running Pitch Black Substratum theme. Anyone else got them to stick?

In my Audi a3 2015 before oreo i can able to skip the track with entertainment commad and in the display i saw name of the track. After update i have lost all funtionality and the car see my device only like esternal suorce . Can i do something?

Pixel 3 a Q Beta 5 Android Auto Volume Low

Anyone have issues with low volume with android auto. My 3 XL works fine, proper volume etc....But with my 3a whenever I try and play music the volume is very low. I have to turn the head unit volume all the way up to even hear it.
I tried a different cable, resetting car and phone. etc
If yours is good are you on Pie?
Thanks

Direct connection or via Bluetooth?
If Bluetooth, there is a setting in the developer settings called "Disable absolute volume". Click that and it may fix your Bluetooth volume issues.

sic0048 said:
Direct connection or via Bluetooth?
If Bluetooth, there is a setting in the developer settings called "Disable absolute volume". Click that and it may fix your Bluetooth volume issues.
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The issue is with direct connection. Bluetooth is perfect.

Reinstalled pie.... volume is fine..... anyone on Q beta 5 have good direct connection sound in Android Auto?

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/139212436
Reported. Still an issue on DP6.
Edit: please star it if you experience the issue as well.

I have a Pixel 2 XL and have the exact same issue. Started having the issues in DP5 and it's continuing into DP6. I also just got my phone replaced yesterday by Google for a screen burn, so the first thing I did was update to Q and check to see if it was maybe the old phone, but nope, even with a straight from factory phone with new install of Q it's no different. Starred your post in issuetracker

Found a Reddit article with a work around for this issue. It worked for me so maybe it will work for you! In developer settings change the below Bluetooth setting to 1.6 and reboot phone and try again.

engle2192 said:
Found a Reddit article with a work around for this issue. It worked for me so maybe it will work for you! In developer settings change the below Bluetooth setting to 1.6 and reboot phone and try again.
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Odd a Bluetooth setting fixes USB audio routing. Audio through BT is fine in the car, only when routing through USB it is low. Will try next time I drive my in-law's car.

Uzephi said:
Odd a Bluetooth setting fixes USB audio routing. Audio through BT is fine in the car, only when routing through USB it is low. Will try next time I drive my in-law's car.
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I agree it is odd. However after thinking about it a little when using android auto it requires your phone to be connected via bluetooth at the same time. Even if you un-pair your phone and turn off your bluetooth android auto turns bluetooth back on and pairs your phone to your car.(Atleast with mine that is)
But I have been having success since Friday now after making that change so hopefully it helps you out as well!

I saw the suggestion of that during DP5 and tried that and there was very little difference for me switching to 1.6