[bookport] Re: Bluetooth headphones

  • From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:37:35 -0600

Walt,
When you consider that the Bluetooth radio signal is designed to only be received at a distance of between 30 and 40 feet, it shouldn't be surprising that it doesn't take much to break up the signal. Any metallic objects in your walls, such as pipes, house wiring, or steel framing members, can do the job nicely. Richard probably just has less metal in the way than you do. 

Gary King
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:41 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Bluetooth headphones



You keep saying that, but it's not always true. The simple fact is that I
can totally kill the signal to my Bluetooth headphones in less than 10 feet 
and do so consistently. This has nothing whatever to do with the level of
charge on the batteries.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Benoit" <reb503@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:24 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Bluetooth headphones
Bluetooth uses the the same frequency band as the newer cordless phones, so 
it is an RF signal and therefore capable of passing through walls just as
cordless phones do.  It has a shorter range and ies less subject to
interference and is more secure when this is necessary. As long as you use it within the 30 foot or so range it will work anywhere in the house with a 
clear signal, at least this has been my experience.  I use it, ay various
times, with the Bookport, a laptop and desktop, and the NLS tape machine, This allows me to move about the house even when using the computer as long 
as I am reading longer documents and newsletters.

Richard

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