Sony Ericsson Hi-Fi Bluetooth Stereo Headset with FM Radio
- 3.5 mm jack: Use any headphones with a 3.5mm pin to listen to the music on the phone; Fast automatic volume adjustment; High-quality dual channel sound for music; Caller ID; Full duplex echo cancellation
- Connect to two wireless devices simultaneously, allowing access to the music files in your computer, PDA or other <img src="http://www.awltovhc.com/image-3127911-10398522" width="1" height="1" border="0"/>')">Bluetooth -equipped devices
- The hidden depths of a mirrored OLED display illuminates the information you need while you stay mobile. Controls: Call control, On-off, Play-pause, Volume up/down (touch!), Next track, Prev track
- Listen to FM radio in your wireless <img src="http://www.awltovhc.com/image-3127911-10398522" width="1" height="1" border="0"/>')">Bluetooth accessory, while controlling it from your phone
- Kit contents: Headset (MW600), Headset (MW600) Headphones (HPM-78) upper part with small, medium and large ear buds, Charger; Talk Time: up to 11 hours, Stream Time: up to 8.5 hours, FM Radio playing time: up to 11 hours, Standby Time: up to 500 hours
Product Description
Rock to the radio. Groove to your tunes. Network. Gossip. While you?re hands are free to do as they please.Enjoy exceptional on-the-go audio.Join the wireless revolution. Discover MW600. Walk off your worries. Leave your phone home. Clip on MW600. Tune into your favourite radio channel. And get your groove on. Crank up The Cure. Jam to Jack Johnson. On the tube. At the park. Anywhere your feet take you. Plug in MW600?s sound enhancing ear buds. Hit play. And jam! Cl… More >>
5 comments Tuesday 17 Aug 2010 | admin | Blogroll
ok lets be brief.
1>realy stylish
2>good radio
3>real long working range.
4>awsome sound quality(depth and bass is good (awsome))
5>everything works good but apple ,u cant change track on your ipod(you can pause/play and adjust the volume.)
Rating: 5 / 5
Sound was clear but not full. Could not adequately drive any of three ear buds I tried.
Rating: 2 / 5
The Sony Ericsson MW600s are not perfect, certainly not a panacea, but they function well in multiple roles; offering a stereo bluetooth headset that allows the option of using high-end headphones for improved sound quality and isolation. I voted for them with my own money and, so far, I would be more than happy to buy them again.
Before going on to talk about the real, solid reasons for liking them, it is necessary to get other people’s reasons for disliking them out of the way. The MW600 has characteristics that some who have reviewed it have called problems. The following things are true about the MW600:
1. It is not made of solid titanium.
2. It doesn’t fit a keyboard’s worth of controls onto a two-inch cylinder.
3. It offers only partial compatibility with Apple products.
4. It is not so simple to set up that a monkey in boxing gloves could do it blindfolded.
Now, the good stuff.
Physically, the MW600 bluetooth stereo headset is a short, black cylinder with its sides forming a triangle. A clip with a light spring is attached to one angle of it, while the other two angles house controls that let you attach it to devices and control it using a black-and-white, organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) display.
Its overall length without headphones is shorter than my pinky and yet it interfaces with many bluetooth-equipped computers, smartphones, and music/movie players with limited compatibility with Apple’s iPod Touch and iPad.
Unlike it’s predecessors, the MW600 has a headphone jack instead of fixed headphones meaning that it can accept any stereo headphones with a standard 3.5mm plug. The headphones that come with it have a short cord and offer very good reproduction for the sort of sound that comes from a portable player, but the fact that you can plug anything you like into them offers you the option of swapping out the units that come with it for better headphones, including audiophile-level units.
For people who need better sound or louder volume this is a definite cause for celebration. It means convenience: it means that users with high-quality, two-part headphones of the kind made by companies like Shure and Denon can integrate them into their telephones via bluetooth for enhanced call-quality; it means that exercise-lovers can use high-end equipment while running on treadmills and it means that someone sitting in a cafe can stand up and stretch without having to disassemble their set up first.
Call quality on the user’s end with the MW600 is as good as you can expect when the sound of the caller’s voice is sent directly to both the receiver’s ears while MW600′s microphone seems adequately sensitive and wind-resistant.
Of course, nothing is perfect and the MW600 is no exception. The MW600 is not for people who can’t be bothered to learn control sequences of simian complexity, or who are too sensitive to put up with the limitations of an interface that runs off of four buttons and a (slightly frustrating) volume slider to control a device that is smaller than the average matchbox.
Also, Sony and Apple are not the best of friends and the Sony device’s music controls aren’t recognized by Apple devices (including computers). The MW600 will interface with and play output from Apple devices, but the controls on the MW600 only play/pause the iPod Touch/iPad. They will not fast-forward, select, skip or do anything else to the actual music sequence.
This means the user of any of Apple’s i-devices will have to undergo the ultimate hardship to change tracks or playlists: he will have to reach into his pocket and use the iPod’s physical controls, supporting the brutishly heavy machine in his hand for second, after grueling second…
At the end of the day, it is hard to call the MW600 a bluetooth device because it goes above and beyond the great majority of bluetooth devices, offering a power and flexibility that makes it better than nearly everything out there, including stereo units like the Motorola Motorokr M9s and single-ear bluetooth units like the various Jawbone devices that can cost nearly twice as much. Even paired with good headphones, their sound is never as good as a metal-to-metal connection’s is, but for bluetooth, they’re a revelation.
Oh, I almost forgot: they threw in an FM radio for free.
(addendum 08/15/2010: After several hours of listening to an audiobook on my iPod Touch at work, the iPod touch ran out of power (in part because of the high power demands of using bluetooth). I set it on a charger a substantial distance from where I was standing and I found that I could still keep listening to it using the MW600 with no loss of sound quality. The pause/play function worked fine with me standing where I was with a closed door between myself and my player.)
Rating: 4 / 5
I’ve had my Sony Ericsson Hi-Fi Bluetooth headset for a couple weeks now. I’ve tried it for running. I’ve tried it for sitting at my desk at work to listen to music from my computer. I’ve tried it as a headset for my iPhone. So, far the best I can give it is a 2.5 out of 5. No it doesn’t suck… but it sure doesn’t rock either.
So, upsides:
Light, compact, and allows you to unplug yourself from your bluetooth equipped computer or phone.
Neutral (not good but no bad)
Sound quality is fair, the ear buds are comfortable, Connecting the headset is easy, and sound quality on phone calls is decent.
Downsides: The touch strip used for volume control is moisture sensitive (so if you sweat much… using this during workouts is an annoying experience in varying volume and little control). Its so compact and small that its almost impossible to interact with the controls while walking or running without causing to to do something you don’t want. (For example, while running I was trying to adjust the volume and inadvertently got the headset in to voice command mode with my iPhone. The result was I had to stop my run and turn the headset off to get it to stop trying to voice command and dial my phone. Bluetooth reception has generally been fair, while running I get lots of drop outs, however sitting still reception is nearly perfect. I’ve also noticed a high tendency to suffer drop outs if I touch my iPhone while listening to music.
The only mode I’ve found it works fairly well in is as a headset for my iPhone when I’m at work. I can listen to music and still take calls. So, if you’re just hanging out around an office its not bad at all (only way I can honestly give the headset a 3 start rating).
I personally wouldn’t buy this product again unless Sony makes some significant adjustments to the design.
Rating: 3 / 5
What a tiny little marvel! This device clips to your shirt or collar, and provides excellent connectivity (much better and more reliable than my BT headsets) – it does not cut out unless you get a long way away – more than 30 feet.
I was surprised by the quality of the FM reception! No hiss or static – don’t get that from my hi-fi receiver…
Volume control is a little tricky until you get the feel for it. Excellent voice pickup and noise cancellation.
The only drawback – which of course is not part of this product – is the stupid earplug wires…
They include in-ear earphones, but I don’t like in-ear. My Bose headphones work great, but I wish I could shorten the wires so I don’t have a lump of wires with a rubber band around them hanging inside my shirt…
If you want a great little BT headset for your phone, this is the one!
Rating: 5 / 5