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Posted by: diggler

i love my mpx220 and the wmp is great...does anyone know of a good pair of headphones to use on the mpx220? i love listening to my mp3's but i do not want to bother anyone else with the music playing on loudspeaker. thanx.

Posted by: phjnky

Motorola sells them direct on their site, but I would just like a good set of headphones without the phone function of THESE

But, I have a pair on the way since they weren't included in the box, I'll just go ahead and give them a try. At least they don't have the crazy pop port connector on them. It seems hard to find just stereo 2.5mm headphones. They are all 3.5mm and I can't locate an adapter.

Posted by: diggler

thanx alot....i went ahead and ordered those from the motorola website, shipping hurts though.....15.00 for 2 day, oh well. have you had any luck located a spare battery for the phone? i love it but the battery will not last over a day with the use i plan on giving it. hehe.

Posted by: RichardL890

Let me know how the sound quality on the headphones are whne you get them. I'm not an audiophile, but I've had bad experiences with headphones/earplugs that are under 25 dollars.

I use those sony wrap behind your neck headphones I've had for about 3 or 4 years and the quality is acceptable to me on those.

Posted by: diggler

oh yeah? i have a pair of those right in front of me now, i'll try them out. i just want to be able to answer calls as well when they come in. which is why i ordered the motorola set. i managed to speak to someone at motorola regarding a battery and they told me they did not have any for sale yet. bummer.

Posted by: miZzgirl

I checked out the link to the headphones and wonder if the wireless bluetooth peice that AT&T/Moto are giving out works too for music and mute when calls come in...?

Posted by: scingram

What I would really like is something like these bluetooth stereo headphones.

You can see the review here

The only problem is that it looks like it does some sort of non-standard compression on the buletooth that may not work directly with say the 220 or the 5600.

That and they are dammed expensive.

Posted by: Xenious

the moto stereo headset is a little boomy. It might sound better with foam pads on the ear pieces. It does have the bonus effect of adding some bass to it though.

I picked up my pair at best buy. There are 3.5 to 2.5 adapters out there but they aren't easily found. Try searching easto.com's forums on one for the P800/P900 (which also has a 2.5mm headphone jack).

However, I will add that when I tried my headphones that came with my P900 on my MPx220 I only got sound out of one ear. Dunno why. It could be that the part that sends signals from the button on the headphones (answer/hangup) was switched with one of the audio channels between the P900 and the MPx220.
-jim

Posted by: diggler

WOW! those headphones look amazing...but geez, $250 is a bit to much for a pair of headphones.

Posted by: MHouse

Quote:

Originally posted by Xenious
There are 3.5 to 2.5 adapters out there but they aren't easily found. Try searching easto.com's forums on one for the P800/P900 (which also has a 2.5mm headphone jack).

I might be mistaken, but isn't this the adapter we are talking about?

I know it say's 1/8" stereo to 3/32" stereo, but my impression was that this was the same as the 3.5mm to 2.5mm adapters.

Posted by: RichardL890

So, how bout them sound quality diggler?

Posted by: diggler

im still waiting for them to arrive, hopefully they will get here tomorow, if not i will have to wait until monday. but i will let you all know how they sound.

Posted by: dwest218

Check out this article on MGN. The author shows you how to convert the Motorola headphones into a pretty cool set of MP3 headphones. Hope the manufacturers out there start to make some headphones with both size of plugs!

http://mpx200.org/modules.php?op=mo...=article&sid=76

Posted by: phjnky

Well I have to say the new Motorola headset don't sound bad, but I was hoping they would improve the mic problem for the called party. With the headset on, the mic volume seems lower on the far end. You have to put the mic right up to your mouth to be heard. BT headsets do seem to fix the mic issue.

I think I'll send it in for repair, everything else is working fine, I'll see if it comes back in the same condition.

Posted by: RichardL890

how bout them headphones now, diggler?

Posted by: diggler

whoops, i forgot to post before.. but they work great man. the sounds is amazing. i also found the same headphones on ebay going for $8...i think the sellers name was "bluetooth king" or something like that. but i definately approve, and i am somewhat of an audiophile when it comes to my music.

Posted by: RichardL890

Cool, thanks for the input

Posted by: diggler

has anyone checked out those bt headphones that are springing up now? im veeeeery interested but before i drop $250 on a pair i want to be assured of the sound quality and ability to hold a conversation.

Posted by: RichardL890

The 250 dollar ones don't work for everything so you gotta be careful. I know they don't work for ipaq users. Hp is going to release some BT headphones that I don't believe have receivers so it should be cheaper than those 250 dollar ones that are suppose to work for everything.

Posted by: sullivanpt

I bought the MPxAA 2.5 to 3.5 adapter with built in Mic from pc-mobile.net. I saw the link while reading the mpx200.org, wire your own headphone article above.

It's a little bit bigger than I expected, but includes a wire retractor which is nice. And it works superb! I plugged in my high quality headphones with a standard 3.5 plug, and got warm stereo output.

Posted by: Swami

Circuit City has these for $5.99. They come with headphones, but I think ill get it just for the 2.5>3.5 adapter.