[access-uk] Re: Wireless headphones
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:52:32 +0000
Here's the direct link.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Basic-Rechargeable-Wireless-Headphone/dp/B000HBBA0G/sr=1-2/qid=1164840647/ref=sr_1_2/026-5536728-8814804?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:46:40 -0000, "Christine Weetman"
<goatmum@xxxxxxx> said:
> Ummmm, you Don't set up the aereal! Its like you don't set up your mobile
> phone aereal its just there and you need it, thats all. Can you give me
> a
> link to the Soni ones? I am mystified and interested in reading about
> these
> because if you don't Have a base unit then you Must plug your CD player
> (what have you) into the headphones directly so they won't be cordless in
> that case! lol
>
> Curious Christine.----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:26 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Wireless headphones
>
>
> Yes, these sound great actually. I can always get help to set up the
> arial, but after that I guess I'm all to go. I saw one, however, from
> Sony, that doesn't need a base unit; it comes built in to the
> headphones. Thanks for the description.
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:01:42 -0000, "Christine Weetman"
> <goatmum@xxxxxxx> said:
> > Hi Chris, the head phones are FM which you can hear all around your house
> > and down the garden too, but the Infrered can only pick up in the same
> > room
> > And if you are in line with the beam, not good.
> >
> > How they work is:
> > As I said the headphones are completely without wires. They run off two
> > rechargable penlight batteries which can be replaced after 2/3 years.
> > They
> > charge whilst in the headphones, read on for how.
> >
> > In the box there is a small base unit (about the size of a telephone
> > handset
> > base. This you plug into a mains socket, You need to have a Small arial
> > screwed in to it, which is supplied and about 3 inches long.
> >
> > Now we take the cable supplied and plug one end of it into the base and
> > the
> > other into the headphone socket of whatever you want to listen to, beit
> > your
> > daisy player, radio, cassette, CD or computer.
> >
> > Your set up now, so you fit the headphones on to your head. There is a
> > braille letter L on the lefthand sid and R for right. One side has two
> > wheels, one for tuning into your base units station (for want of a better
> > word) and the other is your volume controle. If you loose the channel
> > you
> > will use the tuning wheel on there, but if your outdoors and can't ajust
> > satisfactorily then go indoors and you will find a small wheel on the
> > base
> > to turn which will find you another channel. We live in a bunglow by the
> > seaside so our interferance is quite bad for cordless telephones, but I
> > have
> > Never had trouble with the headphones my daughter and I use. Our bunglow
> > is
> > 30 foot from one end to the other and our garden that again and still we
> > have sat outdoors using our headphone set.
> >
> > I put my hearing aid on the middle setting which is known as the T and
> > away
> > I go, just like being in a Fantastic Theatre, I wouldn't be without them.
> > Trouble is I have bought 4 of these now one for of these, one for my
> > daughter as she kept breaking her wired headphones, and she still has
> > them a
> > year later with no trouble at all, one for myself, my son and a spare one
> > for when my daughters busts. Son didn't open his as he said he didn't
> > like
> > headphones that didn't go in your ears and the other "Spare Pair" don't
> > seem
> > to be needed! lol This is why I was offering them for sale, but I won't
> > sell to anyone who has doubts because I think they are Fantastic.
> >
> > Hope this helps, o forgot to say, coming from the base unit is a coily
> > short
> > cable which is fitted and not removable so you can't mix the cables up,
> > the
> > plug on this goes into the socket on your headphones and charges them.
> > You
> > put them on charge for 24 hours the first time but after that only 2
> > hours
> > will give you hours of listening.
> >
> > Christine W, in Answer to your doubts and questions. ----- Original
> > Message -----
> > From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:15 PM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Wireless headphones
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> > From a blind person's point of view, can someone thoroughly explain to
> > me how wireless headphones work? I know they work by either RF or IR,
> > but like to know How does the transmitter work, including whether they
> > work on batteries or plugged in? Also, are they suitable to use for
> > visually impaired people, and possibly people with some manual dexterity
> > issues? Someone called Christine W is going to research some wireless
> > headphones she's got, which I've took great interest in, since obviously
> > there's no cables to tread on, but the other reason being is that I have
> > moderate hearing loss and apparently they're suitable for people with
> > that degree of deafness.
> > Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.
> > Christopher Hallsworth
> > Skype name chrishallsworth7266
> >
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