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P800 without Bluetooth headset
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Posted by: LarryH

I almost always use my P8 with my Digital Bluespoon or HBH-35. Today I left the house without either. When placing calls on the handset, there was a noticeable delay before the connected call could be heard through the handset.

Thinking that it might have been looking for a headset before letting me hear the call (annoying) I tried turning Bluetooth off. That did it. I could hear the connected call right away.

I haven't tried changing the setting in the handsfree profile from headset to phone but I will.

I'm just wondering if this is "normal" behavior. It's no biggie but I'd have to change a setting everytime I want to go off or on headset.

FWIW, I'm using the very latest R2D firmware, just upgraded last week by VDX.

Posted by: Flex

try to put it on "AUTO" instead of "ON" and it should do the job...

Posted by: LarryH

Thanks, Flex, but I've had "Auto" create other problems for me. I'll play around with it and see whassup.

Posted by: BlackJ

Funny you should notice this. This same pause has been happening to me in the last month...I think it's AT&T, but I'm not sure. I'm in LA as well.

Posted by: BillB

I believe it is a fairly common issue. It happened to me both before and after the upgrade to R2D (by the way I think the BT firmware version did not change on my upgrade.)

To avoid problems, I always make sure have my headset "on" before turning on BT on the P800. If I am not using the headset, I turn BT off.

I'm no expert, but I attribute the problem to the general instability of bluetooth on the P800. I never had so much BT trouble on my R520m or T68i as I do with the P800.

Hopefully a future firmware update will help.

Posted by: jh67

I always turn BT completely OFF when not using it,..theres no reason to have it on,...

AUTO-mode should not cause any problems if theres no headset, I have never experienced that.

AUTO-mode does have limited functionality, and can cause some problems when using headset...e.g. lost calls etc.
Guess thats also why this function is left out on the T610.

True ! ,..the P800 isnt exactly the most stabile BT-phone out there, unfortunately.
Thats one of the main reasons why I dont have it anymore,..it behaves strangely sometimes.

When I use BT,..I always turn phone BT on first,..then headset.
When shutting down : headset off first,..then phone.
This always works for me...

And my phone's answering-mode is set to AUTO or Normal,..this way it will work with headset, when headset is visible, and as a normal phone when headset is turned off.

BR

Jan