Diretions over a BT earphone?

DavidH · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2004 Posts: 78

With an IPAQ 2210 running NAvigon MBNEE 4, is it possible to have the direction announcements / traffic coming only over the earphone rather than the PPC speaker? I feel that way I could always hear them, but my passenger(s) wouldn't need to!

Anyone know if that is possible?

big_ipaq · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 05, 2004 Posts: 24

Wouldn't a headset solve the problem? Just plug it in your iPAQ and listen to it. What is your concern?

Dave · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject:

AFAIK it's not possible over a BT headset, alternative is to use headphones but you'll probably get pulled over by a police officer if he sees you wearing headphones.

big_ipaq · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 05, 2004 Posts: 24

I tried myself using my Nokia HDW-2 with iPAQ 5550, but I get only a beep once at each second or so. I've no idea why, but it does not seem to work, let alone when BT GPS is already connected.

DavidH · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2004 Posts: 78

Thanks for the replies.

It seems very odd if you can't get the sound to an earpiece. All I'm after is a sort of wireless headphone (easily available for hi-fi etc) but to an earpice so that, as Dave Burrows says, the police don't get involved. I s'pose I could buy wireless headphones, take them apart, fit the decoder onto a standard earpiece ....

I believe there are FM transmitters to send the output to a radio (with an FM decoder in it naturally). Do they mute the PPC's output? If so, I've no idea what BT is (is it a MHz transmitter with some digital coding?) but couldn't the transmitter be added to so that it puts out bluetooth?

As a temporary measure, do the sort of in-ear phones that come with mobiles work with an IPAQ 2210?
(I suspect the answer will inevitably be no, but can't see why!)

big_ipaq · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 05, 2004 Posts: 24

If your're looking at a wired solution, I suggest buy some walkman stereo/mono earpiece. The jack should fit your iPAQ nicely. As for the wireless solution, I've no idea.

I use myself an earpiece and place it in my ear (I am not so mobile when driving so wired is not that anoying) when I need to listen instructions carefully.

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