Many of today's newer wireless devices (i.e. the Samsung Blackjack) support A2DP audio output. A2DP audio devices, such as stereo bluetooth headsets, offer high quality listening ability without those nagging wires. As the iPhone is birthed from the iPod, and is undoubtedly the most music oriented phone ever to be developed, surely the iPhone supports A2DP, right?
UPDATE: Unfortunately, this is not the case. As of firmware version 1.1.1, there is not yet support for the A2DP Bluetooth profile on the Apple iPhone.
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It better otherwise, well, I will cry or something...
I'm thinking about picking up a pair of bluetooth headphones, such as Logitech's FreePulse, though I'm waiting on news of A2DP on the iPhone, as I will be getting it immediately at release =D.
don't waste your money.... the iphone bluetooth support is crap
I have the Logitech FreePulse BT headphones and the iPhone and can confirm that they do indeed work with each other. I was just out gardening listening to the iPod component of the iPhone thru the bluetooth headphones and enjoying the freedom of having no wires!
Rick
>>>I have the Logitech FreePulse BT headphones and the iPhone and can confirm that they do indeed work with each other. I was just out gardening listening to the iPod component of the iPhone thru the bluetooth headphones and enjoying the freedom of having no wires!
Rick<<<
You were? I've been getting increasingly frustrated with this iphone - I have several bluetooth headsets and have been using their A2DP capabilities for some time now [on a PROPER phone - that even has an 'auto-answer' feature, just something else apple 'forgot' to add] - the iphone however, does NOT appear to support A2DP!
So phone operates, streaming music does not.
You appear to have found a secret that I have yet to uncover? Please share :-)
got the answer goto the voice mail function and on the top right (audio) enable the blutoot function
as a output for your audio device wat it will do is it will play music through your bluetooth but if
you have stereo bluetooth it olnly plays mono...
That's not an answer and I think you are confusing yourself or don't quite understand what this FAQ is about. A2DP is STEREO BLUETOOTH, who wants to listen to MONO on a $500 phone/mp3 player, not me that's for bloody sure!
If you use a "Made for iPod" bluetooth dongle, you will be able to get A2DP and even track control on some... try 8bananas.com :)
If you're happy carrying around another box that not only increases the size of the iPhone, but risks snapping the iphone where it joins up to the dongle via the stereo connector, and paying an extra $100 odd dollars for the priviledge, then sure go for it - I'd rather wait until Apple includes A2DP in the iphone itself, until then my money stays in my pocket.
That's not an answer either.
The stereo music streaming thourgh bluetooth should be supported from the inside of iPhone but attaching box to the outside of it.
IPhone is a great gadget but disappointing. It's like a beamer with 14inch wheels and like PS3 attached to 14inch monochrome tube TV.
Dear Friend,
check this out.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/headphones/devices/212&cl=US,EN
IPhone does not have A2DP, I Agree with you. But the Logitec FreePulse headset or www.sitecom.com 's CN 530 headsets are designed in such a way that they take the input from your 3.5 mm audio jack output and then the device uses its built in A2DP profile converts and sends it to its Bluetooth headset.
Thanks to the Idea, I am planning to get one from MediaMrkt-EUROPE. I understood the device and I have to try it.
Hope it works?
Thanks in advance
Pavan
You can enable Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) profiles via hardware solutions such as iBlueT from 8bananas.com. Basically it is a "Made for iPod" dongle and stereo headset bundle. You connect the dongle to the iPhone via the dock connector and then pair the stereo headset to your iPhone / dongle. I can confirm it does NOT have the annoying speaker playing at the same time problem that everyone has experienced with the workarounds of enabling A2DP via tricks / hacks etc... It only cost $99USD vs the Apple Bluetooth headset at $129 USD...
My friend recently got his IPhone and wanted to see if my Ipod adapter (Jabra 125As) would work with it. When connected we recieved an error that stated the device was not created for the iPhone but it worked. The on board speaker did not play over it and the device connects (stereo) to any A2DP bluetooth. Then only catch is that you have to have it connected. We tested it with a Youtube video but he had not put any MP3's or video on the iPhone yet. Hope this helps. The adapter retails for about 30 bux at newegg.com.
This is fucking rediculous. Apple needs to pony the fuck up.
All of these work-a-rounds are good for those seeking fullfillment by conquering the giant with finger twisting! However, having customers wait (like myself) while there are comparable smart phones that can utilize the A2DP function as well as the "resizing" and touch screen perks is nut wrenching!! I'm considering a new phone in the next few hours, man! That is because I need a phone with man toys that I can get a good grunt out of instead of trying purchase, return and to purchase another product to try to get around an obviously "obvious" ploy at having you spend the doe now and we"ll give you "the hook up" later!
I vote screw waiting, I'm buying the headphones anyways, because it has the bluetooth adapter, which has a 3.5mm (1/8") jack, as does the iPhone, so if it doesn't support it, I can always just use the adapter, no loss.
No loss?!! You're paying X amount of dollars for the use of the earphones via the adapter. Not for an adapter alone so there is an inherant loss(ear phones, huh?). A sound invetsment willl not have you settle for a win-win but a get-what-the-hell I paid for conclusion. In these times of the diminishing of the American Dollar's value, Apple still wants to have us sitting on pins and needles when the problem is clear and apparent...They can afford to release the hold on the A2DP and not suffer at all... How greedy and selfish is that?.
I think it would be pretty stupid of apple not to have A2DP on this. Considering all the phones that are popping up with it and samsung having the T9B MP3 player (currently in asia only right now). Its sad that when the video iPods popped up they didnt have Bluetooth. Cingular only has 1 other phone with A2DP that i know of currently. I find it incredibly retarded for apple to have this exclusively with cingular, but i suppose cingular ponied up a lot of cash for that. No matter it's GSM and if I decide I want one ill get one from europe, or buy an unlocked one here stateside. For now im extremely happy with my T-Mobile Dash and my motorola bluetooth stereo headphones.
Also Nokia dropped the ball big time when they released the N91. It has a 4gb hard drive but no A2DP! I was ready to order until i found that out.
Now I own a SonyEricsson W810i and I am disappointed that it doesn't have A2DP and for the future I plan on buying the iPhone.
By the way , Sean, I recommend you the Plantronics Pulsar 590A instead of the Logitech’s FreePulse(I hear they aren't comftable) because I have them and I am very very satisfied with them.
Silly boy, why wouldn't you check something like that before you shell out your cash?
I'm also desperate for A2DP on iPhone.
It's rather hard to imagine Apple will not incorporate A2DP to a music phone so I'm waiting with my fingers crossed.
BTW, to Sean and Alex, I recommend you guys to check out Lubix headsets. I have a pair of UBHS-NC1 and it's really awsome. They have really nice sound quality.
I believe Apple disabled it so they can enable it when they release a stereo bluetooth headset ... at this moment I use the iBlueT set from 8bananas.com.... it is just a "Made for iPod" dongle and stereo bluetooth headset...but it works really well. You could look for just the dongle and then you can use any headset the dongle supports...
i am just going to assume that many of you are not too familiar with mac osx and therefore dont know that the current version (tiger) does not support a2dp. that having been said the next version, leopard, does support a2dp. in addition, leopard has been officially delayed due to work on the iphone. since we know that the iphone runs mac osx we can also assume it will run leopard in which case it will support a2dp natively.
They delayed Leopard to move engineers from development of Leopard to development of the iPhone, in order to make the iPhone release deadline. Just because Leopard was delayed at the expense of the iPhone doesn't mean the iPhone will run it.
Let's hope, though.
It's kiling me that Apple wont release details about support for A2SP. support for A2DP willbe the deciding factor on my purchase. I currently have the Cingular 3125, which support A2DP. I have become addicted to a BT stereo world and cannot live without it. I even upgraded my car stero with a Sony BT head unit whoch supports A2DP. It is fabulous to listen to music in the car wihtout wires, and I cannot imagine going for my daily 3 mile jog without my BT Sterao headset. PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE support A2DP!! ;-)
cheers all!
I called the apple store and asked about support for A2DP or Stereo Bluetooth headsets. 'Matthew' said 'I believe it does not support it'.
BLUETOOTH STEREO WORK-AROUND FOR iPHONE
I have used the iMuffs MA110 BT dock adaptor with my iPod for more than a year and have been quite happy with it, in combination with my Motorola HT820 headphones. I was looking forward to an iPhone that would not require such a dongle. But alas, Apple fell seriously short this time.
So in a fit of desperation, I tried my MA110 adaptor on the dock of the iPhone and guess what?
IT WORKS ! ! !
I have BT stereo music from iTunes and full BT remote control of iTunes from the controls on the headphones (Play, Pause, FWD, Back, FF and REW). I just have to put up with a dongle for a little while longer, while Apple gets their Bluetooth act together. At least the iMuffs MA110 is very small.
This is the first Apple product that has ever been produced that has had any really major flaw and the lack of support for A2DP is a very major flaw. But, at least there is a work-around.
The iphone does not support BT stereo headphones and this one flaw is ruining my weekend! I bought the iPhone Friday evening and the unopened box is still sitting no my desk while I decide whether I can justify it without that simple and, one would think, logical feature. I can live without not being able to cut and paste and the lack of direct download from iTunes, but I was really looking forward to wireless headphones with my $600 device. The tech at the Apple store said that the iPhoone used 'Bluetooth 1.5' and was not sure if it would require a hardware or a software upgrade to support stero BT headphones.
I am encouraged to hear that a BT adaptor for iPod works correctly on the iPhone, do you know if the upgrade to A2DP support is a software/firmware upgrade or if it is a hardware issue (which means no true solution before iPhone Ver.2 arrives)?
First of all, Orlando... not too sure you should be jamming out your iPhone with headphones while driving... because that's kinda breaking the law. Also whats wrong with the other way of listning to music in your car with out wires, aka your car stereo? As for A2DP the iPhone has BT with EDR and should support it, so it should just be a matter of software. I'm sure they will add the feature eventually, however that will definatly kill the battery a lot more. I could care less either way the phone is amazing and the ear buds that come with it are fine for me.
I just got a pair of Motorala S9 headphones yesterday ($129 @ a cingular store), and they work fine with the iPhone "Phone portion" the BT profile for that is already there, but not A2DP for stereo streaming yet...! According to the Apple engineer i spoke with, it will probably be a software upgrade still to come, probably when apple start selling there own stereo headsets...
You could use a "Made for iPod" bluetooth dongle to enable your Motorala S9 headphones and A2DP stereo streaming... try 8bananas.com for a solution or the famous ebay :)
Dan --
Does ANY audio stream over the Motorola S9s? Mono, same stereo signal to both R and L (i.e. no separation), anything? Or when you sync with the iphone and play music or video, does nothing come through the headset? If Dan doesn't check back in, does anyone know the answer to this question?
Thanks!
Here is the issue at hand with A2DP support with the iPhone. If you're like me and have the Motorola S9 Stereo Bluetooth Headset, then only the right channel of the headset will put out an audio. This means both for the telephone feature and also for streaming music via the ipod feature of the iphone.
It looks likely from all support bulletins that A2DP will in fact be added as a software (firmware) update in the near future. The only option right now is to purchase a headphone which has it's own bluetooth adapter (bypassing the internal Bluetooth feature in the iphone). I per se hate the idea of an added dongle to the iphone, especially since I haven't seen one small enough or match the iphone in color/style.
Perhaps, when Apple releases the next update which will include support for iTunes music downloads they'll see the added request for Stereo Bluetooth Support (internal, A2DP) without the need of an external work-around.
Hope this helps and was useful.
Zak Wood
www.zakwood.com
No dude nothing at all just the phone not even mono sound total bummmer it's just as if it wasn't even paired
Seems this thread hasn't caught up - A2DP *should* be supported on the iPhone, because the software stack provided by Open Interface already includes it. (See the Gizmodo thread, http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/iphone/iphone-bluetooth-not-much-but-whats-there-is-charming-274068.php) But Apple disabled the feature for reasons of their own nefarious choosing. We're all hosed until the next version, apparently...
Has anyone tried making a call and at that the same time switching to iPod functions? I noticed that you can hear audio clearly while in the call using any headset. Is this just a glitch or does this suggest possibilities of routing audio through a software update?
I just fround a glitch with my bluetooth (apple) headset.....
I can listen to music through my bluetooth, with one large string attached. I have to be on a phone call at the same time. Try it, make a call, and then switch to the iPod and play a song. You will hear the music over the person talking. I don't know what exactly this means as far as stereo capability, but someone figure a glitch out so that I can at least listen to it in one ear....
Wow... that works. When the phone call ends, the music stops streaming.
As you said, I hope this means the functionality is there, just waiting for a firmware update from Apple!
I found away around the music stoping when u end the phone call. LOL
Go to your voice mail (you may have to select a mail, but dont play it)
Press the audio button at the top right hand corner
Select your bluetooth device
Go to ipod, play something. You should hear it through your bluetooth.
The only thing is that sound also plays on the Iphone speaker, what's up with the mute button?
In the interim, until iphone catches up and gives the stereo bluetooth to its users u can use the sony bt txmitter it's small, has the same playtime as the iphone and will sync up to the s9 headset.
this will give u stereo bt from the iphone and still have the bt phone active. the sony unit costs between 40 and 50 dollars depending on where you get it.
It's OFFICIAL!!! Apple INTENTIONALLY had the A2DP for BT Stereo disabled!
One can only assume that the Great American Marketing Greed Syndrome (GAMGS) has truly struck Apple Corp, one of the final corporations that I had held practically "sacred" in terms of bring its consumers some of the best cutting edge technology available today! Can I go as far as saying; "Apple your rotten to the core!"
I've been craving for A2DP on the iPhone -- awaiting firmware updates and searching google all the time for solutions or hacks then I came across 8Bananas.com who sells a bunch of Bluetooth accessories. I bought and tried the iBlueT set. It is basically a "Made for iPod" Bluetooth dongle and Stereo Bluetooth Headset bundle that adds A2DP fucntions to the iPhone ! I've personally tested this and it works perfectly. The speaker of the iPhone does NOT continue to play (like the workarounds you seen on the web) and I can also make / take calls with the stereo headset all for only $99USD...much cheaper and more functionable than the Apple Bluetooth headset for $129 USD. I'm sure Apple will enable A2DP officially soon - I predict they are finalising a new Stereo Bluetooth headset and hence the delay..
If apple really did disable AD2P until their new headset hits the market, then here is one sale they can take off their list right now. That's just STUPID and inconsiderate to their customers. It's like delaying Christmas for 6 months because one of the 100 gifts you have to put under the tree is on back order. I think the rule of thumb here is that you don't piss off and alienate your customer base over a damn ACCESSORY!!! If apple isn't that shady, and it's only a matter of working out some software glitches, then apple needs to communicate that. Either way, I expect that update very soon.
I have had the displeasure of trying these 8bananas earphones and let me tell you they are CRAP! the sound is crackly, it pops in and out, I constantly lose signal, I have to keep the damn thing within 10 inches to get a reliable signal. Big thumbs down, don't waste your money. I'm dumping these in the bin.
Funny enough that it is impossible that you have tried the 8Bananas headset and dongle as it has not shipped as yet until next week ! I've ordered a pair myself to try. Thanks for writing a useless comment to those who need a solution to A2DP.
bluetooth HEADSET and IPHONE---->LISTENING TO UR MUSIC with BLUETOOTH
iPhone 8GB Unlocked using 1.1.1
Nokia BH-503 / JABRA BT150
Also working with 1.0.2
Method:
1. Pair your headset, make a test call to see if it works. End the call normally.
2. Dial *#307#, press call.
3. Press the answer button twice with 2 seconds delay in your bluetooth headset (If you don\\\'t do this correctly, you will continue to listen the ringtone in headset)
4. Press answer on iPhone.
5. Press the home button, do NOT end the call.
6. Open iPod and play a song, you won\\\'t get sound from iPhone, nor headset.
7. Once it is playing, press the home button.
8. Open phone.
9. Dial 0, press Call.
10. It will ring again, answer.
11. Press audio source, select your headset.
12. Press home button, do NOT end call. (we\\\'re almost there)
13. Open iPod and play anything you like.
Shorter Way:
1. *#307# Dial, press the bluetooth headset button twice.
2. Answer on iPhone, press source.
3. Select bluetooth headset.
4. Press home button, open iPod, play anything.
Now, you will get iPod playing through your bluetooth headset.
Cons:
- MAY not receive calls ( u can answer directly to ur phone)
This works! Fantastic. Thanks. Using iPhone 1.1.2 and Sony wireless headset.
Hi I did the above, works great. But it only comes out of one speaker but I figure this is normal using this option? ...
I love how all the iPhone fanboys told me not to buy an HTC Touch, because the iPhone has "everything" you'd ever need in a phone. I'm currently listening to music on my Touch on my Motorokr S9 headphones in glorious crystal-clear stereo. Oh, and I got the phone, the headphones, and an 8GB MicroSDHC card for the same price as a new iPhone after all the rebates from Sprint and SanDisk.
Oh, did I also mention the streaming Internet Radio at bitrates upwards of 256k/sec? Without a hitch...