Monday, October 1, 2012

Play music through Plantonics PLT 510 bluetooth headset from Iphone

By default you can get voice to work but not music

From my understanding their seems to be some limitations with some older headsets due to the Bluetooth stack.

By using A2DPblocker I got it to work.

The only thing is that you will not get CD quality, it seems to be at voice quality but it does work.

1. Downloaded and installed A2DPblocker from App Store.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a2dpblocker-bluetooth-stereo/id448525106?mt=8

2. Connect to Bluetooth headset – click on settings Bluetooth then pair and connect to PLT510 headset.

3. Click on A2DPblocker

4. Turn on A2DP Blocker

5. Under Default Audio choose headset

6. Under sleep Block turn off

7. Under Proximity Sensor turn off

8. Click on playback Queue press play once. (you should hear the music come through)

9. Press pause

10. Now press close not play.

11. Then close again

12. Now use the play buttons at the bottom this is your IPhone’s music player. Even though you can use the A2DPblocker music player to play music the music will stop when the screen turns off.

13. Using the bottom player will allow the headset to continue working even if the screen turns off or if you press the sleep button on the iPhone.

14. Be aware that you cannot receive calls from the Plantronics voyager 500A and play music from the iPhone at the same time.

15. I have been unhappy that this has not worked for some time now. This is a great app. (Could do with some improvements like adjusting the audio volume level, you need to use the volume on the headset once to get it to work on the iphone but even then it will not go low enough)

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