Product Description

The ANYCOM Blue Stereo-Headset BSH-100 is intended to give you many applications: listen to music in digital quality, use it for chat or gaming, and switch over to talk hands-free on your cell phone. You can connect to your favorite MP3 player, PDA or entertainment center. Its ergonomic, lightweight design enables the user to wear it for long periods of time - perfect for jogging and traveling.Connect to your music device! More and more devices like MP3 players and SmartPhones will be able to send MP3 files over the Bluetooth A2DP profile to the ANYCOM BSH-100 stereo headset. The music device can be controlled by the buttons on the headset for volume, title selection and pause.With the attachable microphone, the ANYCOM BSH-100 will also work as a Bluetooth headset with your mobile phone. When a call comes in it will stop the music and resume it after hanging up. The ANYCOM BSH-100 can also be used for popular applications like online gaming, chat or Voice-over-IP telephony.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28726 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Anycom
• Model: CC3300-43
• Dimensions: 3.30" h x 7.00" w x 10.00" l, 3.00 pounds

Features

• Connect to your music device and Bluetooth phone
• Listen to music up to 7 hours
• Gaming and chat
• Standby Time up to 200 hours
• Bluetooth A2DP Device

Customer Reviews

Works well most of the time
I bought this headset to listen to music/radio at work without bothering coworkers. I also bought the audio gateway so I could use the headset with multiple devices, and I thought that was more universal than a USB bluetooth connector.

The combination of the headset and gateway works pretty well, once I get it going. Unfortunately, even after months of use, I still have to mess with it almost every time I turn it on to use it. I don't use it every day, and the blue/red blinking lights the devices use to tell you what status they are in are not intuitive. They are also not the same for the headset and the gateway. Furthermore, one light is used to indicate both battery status (charging/charged/full/empty) and communication status (linked to partner device, looking for a link, standby mode, etc.), not to mention power on and power off. It is very confusing and I have to keep the manuals handy for when I can't get things going on my own.

Also, I use it with a WinXP computer, and every time I plug in one of the devices to charge, Windows tells me there is an unrecognized USB device. This doesn't seem to interfere with functionality, but it is annoying.

I am happy, however, that I can charge and use the devices at the same time. Battery life is not great (a few hours?), and even though I turn the gateway off when leaving for the day, if it is plugged in to charge it and then my computer goes to sleep, somehow the battery is drained the next morning. So recharging while I use the device is a must. The only problem I have noticed is some background static during charging.

As for the comfort of the headset, it always feels like it is going to slide down off my ears. I have tried various positions and nothing works. I think the battery, etc. is just too heavy. Whatever happened to regular "top of the head" headphones?

So, it gets the job done for me, but I am not overly impressed. I guess that is what I get for being an early adopter. Normally, though, I am very pleased by the new technology items I buy, because I do read directions and pick up on new things quite well. Not so with this product. Even the directions leave much to be desired.

I kind of wish I had tried a different product before investing in these, because now I feel stuck with them. At least they sound good. They do the job.

unchained
setting up the software required 2 tries because microsoft tried to help, but IF you read the instructions (I know, how blase!) the install works fine. Nice little headphones, will probably get another set for work. The range is not huge but is considerably larger than ones with a cord, and if you get disconnected you have to reconnect, it is not automatic, but, for the price, they do the job.

Too much Static and Noise
I bought this primarily planning to use it as a headphone with my laptop. There is lo of static noice and clearly the music quality is very poor.