BH-214 Bluetooth Stereo Headset White with Detachable Headphones
BH-214 Bluetooth Stereo Headset by Nokia lets you control both your music and phone calls hands free or rather no need to reach in your pocket for your cell phone, instead you can do other things with your hands like hold a cup of coffee or dance. Compared to other stereo headset devices the BH-214 has an additional 3.5mm jack so you can connect headphones of your choice. There is also a built-in clip so the stereo headset stays with you throughout your journeys and won't fall off and be lost somewhere on the ground. Operating time - up to 8 hours talk time & up to 7 hours music time Standby time - up to 300 hours LED indicators for status notifications - green, red, and blue Rechargeable 110 mAh Li-Ion Polymer battery Connectors - Additional 3.5 mm jack Nokia 2mm battery charger connector Operating Keys - On/off key Send/End key Backwards Forwards Volume Up/Volume Down Play/Pause Bluetooth Profiles - Hands free profile (HFP) 1.5 Headset profile (HSP) 1.2 Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) 1.2 Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) 1.0 In the box - Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-214 Nokia Music Headset HS-44 User guide Nokia Compact Charger AC-3 Unit Dimensions - 2.00 x 1.53 x 0.70 Supports Bluetooth Specification 2.1 + EDR, Headset Profile 1.2, Hands-Free Profile (HFP) 1.5, Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) 1.2 and Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) 1.0
BH-214 Bluetooth Stereo Headset White with Detachable Headphones Features
- Listen to music for up to 7 hours without recharging
- Attach securely with the built-in clip
- Manage your calls with the push of a button
- Control your music with the easy-to-use keys
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User Reviews about BH-214 Bluetooth Stereo Headset White with Detachable Headphones
I bought these headphones due to reviews I'd seen online (I think youtube, but I don't remember exactly) and have been very happy with them so far.
reasons selected:
1. no rigid band thats the wrong size for my head and/or that can crack/break thus rendering them useless.
2. I can select my own headphones if I don't like the ear buds provided
3. no more getting tangled up in my headphones at work when turning in my chair or going to get coffee
4. can start/stop/skip music at work without having to leave my current application or look at my screen
Pro's:
1. can connect to av & headset at the same time - ie I can listen to my ipod touch AND be connected to my cellphone. if a call comes in the music pauses and I can then pick up and hang up the call from the headset and then press play to start playing the music again.
2. I wasn't expecting to use the headset part - but it works great no complaints from the other end about being able to hear me so bonus there.
3. I plug it into my car stereo (via a tape deck adapter) and then I can listen to music and take calls through my car speaker system. when taking calls there's no problem with feedback.
4. RANGE! wow the range on these things is fantastic bluetooth is meant to be 30ft or 10m freespace I consistently achieve at least 1.5 times that through walls (for example I can leave my ipod in the kitchen and go to change my son in the bedroom which is 3 walls and 35ft away - the music won't drop or skip) - bear in mind that as bluetooth works at 2.4GHz water/moist bodies will attenuate it so from my sons room if I turn my back on the ipod it'll start to cut out. However there are no problems with the ipod in the back pocket situation :-) I can also happily plug it into an aux in on my amp in the living room and then use my ipod from the kitchen to play music (one wall and up to 45ft)
5. no cutout problems (see above)
6. auto shutoff if no paired devices are in range - a nice feature to prevent run down of the battery if you leave it in the car overnight.
7. good battery life - i can get a good 6-8 hours of music out of it before it starts beeping at me (which is about a 1/2 hour warning before it shuts off and only beeps once every 3 minutes or so - so not overly annoying)
8. very tight earplugs that are closed - I don't hear any office noise with these on
cons:
1. please note that apple/ipods don't fully support the av headphones spec so the skip fwd/back buttons won't work with your ipod touch - they do work with winamp though (my computer media player of choice)
2. It's not one rigid piece (the advantage of some of the other bluetooth headsets depending on how you view it) so you do technically have a dangly wire that can get caught on something.
3. you need to clip it onto something - we have ID lanyards at work so that's just perfect for me, but at home it's trickier as the clip is slide over style rather than pinch and grip style.
4. very tight earplugs that are closed - I don't hear any office conversations with these on. I have to pull them out to converse with someone else - but hey I always have the choice of switching back to my old headphones via bluetooth if I want.
conclusion:
overall I am very happy with these and they do exactly what I was looking for, the dangly wire is about the only compromise (bluetooth is meant to make things wireless ;-) however for me the other options that are available through a regular 3.5mm headphone jack more than make up for this. finally once again range & sound quality are exceptional (especially for bluetooth) -- awesome range & sound
Looking for a good and not-over-priced bluetooth stereo headset for a long time. Finally I found this one.
BH-214 looks pretty, works great. Sound is not bad. The music control is great for me. Swing forward/backward, pause/resume.
I occasionally use it for call, but the call quality is good.
The only thing I want to complaint a bit is the clip design. I prefer a lanyard/over-neck design so I can always have the headset on me, as I don't want to squeeze my T-shirt to clip this..
But other than that. This is a great headset. I use it with Sony-ericsson C905a and iPhone 3GS/iPT. All work great. -- Nice work, Nokia!
this item is the best bluetooth item i have bought. it is much better than any of the sonys i tried. the sound volume will go as loud as you want it. i use these alot while mowing the lawn. with the sony i could barely hear the music. however these are plenty loud. big difference. the battery life it good. i have only had them 2 weeks, but i will keep you posted. -- great
I saw a review at the beginning of the year on Kotaku or Engadget. I had some of those wireless headsets from Logitech, but it had a quite big base to plug into mobile and the wired phone which came with my Nokia N97 is pretty good, but some times incoveniente because I had to hide the wires inside my T-Shirt.
The best thing about this one is that you can plug any other phone you have, and the controls works perfectly! The battery life is also as good as that big wireless adaptors and the charger connector (Thanks Nokia) is a Nokia standard one.
The only thing I don`t like too much is the base... I just could find a discrete place to put that clip, so I just put the whole thing under my T-Shirt, or in my T-Shirt pocket. It works for me. -- Just sweet and convenient!