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HandsFreed.com – Not sure with regards to you – but for me, attempting to drive while chatting with my better half isn’t always easy. Juggling a phone on my ear while desperately attempting to search for the most inexpensive gas station just isn’t for me. Of course there is a solution and if you’re like most people who don’t receive pleasure from sticking anything in their ear [other than fingers of course], perhaps it’s time to try a hands-free product such as the Jabra SP5050 Bluetooth Speaker.

Jabra SP5050 Speaker-phone

Design & Usability: This stylish and sleek speakerphone may be used on the go in any vehicle. It attaches to your sun-visor and may be set up within minutes of use. For those night-crawlers amid us – the Jabra even goes into night driving mode turning off the LED permitting the driver to drive without a blue light blinking out the corner of his eye.

Battery: There are tons of good features with regards to this hands-free device including the automati shut-off after 15 minutes of no-phone connection which preserves your battery life. The battery holds it is own for approximately 6 hours talk time and 150 hours standby.

Compact: The SP5050 compact device is great for any person who uses their phone often while driving, or plainly for not getting fined. It not only allows you to keep up with the world but likewise keeps things safe. I have to confess I use it everyplace – I may be spotted sneaking it out my car into the office. This is one of those bluetooth speaker phones you listen regarding that in truth works and is employed rather often. Not to mention how great it is for working out, it’s awful how fast a workout passes when you’re occupied while talking on the phone. Anyways this device gets dragged with me all around town, just because it is light weight and easy to carry along closely anywhere.

Prices: Retail price runs at $99.00 at most stores. I snatched mine from JR a couple of months ago, genuinely caught it on sale at $80 which was a little over $20 in savings after taxes. After the purchase, I assumed it would take awhile to install but it was in truth finelooking simple; the instructions say “little to no installation” – right on the dot, took me only regarding 10 minutes to do. I purchased it because I kept dropping my phone in the car. Finally decisive it was too dangerous to drive without numerous kind of device to help take phone calls when my family & office are calling each ten minutes.

Cons: Like all products, including this Jabra, there is always some catch; the car-charger (which is included) is 3 feet long! It may oftentimes interfere with your driving depending on where you latch it. With the cord being so long it tangles easily, so make sure to charge while not-driving. About sound quality – it has outstanding quality on the streets and urban areas. Once you hit the highways and freeways the noise inside the car reduces the sound quality a bit. But again this is something that I think goes with the territory and isn’t to blame on the device.

Summary: Personally other than the length of the charger I’m overall happy with my Jabra SP5050 equated to a few others I’ve applied in the past. I also think the price is justified for this great product.

Stay concentered and your driving while enjoying handsfree communication in your car with the Jabra SP700 Bluetooth speakerphone, which may be applied on it is own by way of an integrated speaker or transmitted to your car radio thanks to the embedded FM transmitter. Intuitive voice proclamations give you the speakerphone’s status so you may keep your eyes on the road. Just pair the SP700 with your mobile phone and place it on your car’s sun visor–it’s that simple. The Jabra SP700 Bluetooth speakerphone may transmit calls and music to your car radio by way of it is embedded FM transmitter (see a more spectacular schematic of all controls). Use the supplied clip to attach the SP700 to your car’s sun visor. Additionally, this compact device may be used to stream music stored on your mobile phone (compatible with the A2DP Bluetooth streaming music profile) through your car stereo speakers, permitting you to get enjoyment from your favored track while driving. Excellent audio quality is guaranteed thanks to the modern DSP noise reduction and echo cancellation that insure crystal clear sound quality on both sides of the call. Features and Specifications Up to 14 hours talk time and up to 255 hours standby Play calls and music from your mobile phone on your car stereo thru FM and Bluetooth transmission A2DP Bluetooth profile for streaming music Auto-pairing for no-nonsense get started up Background noise reduction and echo cancellation by way of DSP engineering Night Driving Mode–no interfering lights while driving at night Auto off function saves battery Features Answer/end calls, Reject calls*, Voice dialing*, Last number redialing*, Mute (*phone dependent) Easy to operate–gives spoken selective information in 10 languages (UK English, US English, Russian, French, Italian, German, European Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese) Comes with USB charger, Car charger and visor clip Pairing the SP700 with Your Phone The introductory time you turn on the speakerphone it will mechanically be in pairing mode. To enter pairing mode subsequently, turn off SP700 and press the Answer/End button for 5 seconds. Release the button when the Bluetooth Status Icon begins to flash quickly and you listen a voice announce: “Pairing mode.” Activate the Bluetooth function on your phone and set the phone to “discover” the speakerphone SP700. Confirm with PIN code = 0000 (4 zeros). Using the SP700 with Your Car Stereo The FM transmitter in the speakerphone allows you to transmit calls and music from your mobile to the car stereo. Connect your mobile and your speakerphone. Press the FM button to enter FM mode. The FM Status Icon will turn solid red and a FM frequency will be announced. Manually turn your radio into the same FM frequency and you are now ready to transmit calls and music from your phone to your car stereo.

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Most helpful customer reviews

72 of 72 people found the following review helpful.
Neat device but does not support multipoint
By Omar Shahine
This is a really cool device.

I got one for my wife so she could answer and talk on the phone without looking for her headset and turning it on.

Product works as advertised, and in fact has a number of novel features.

The only “Con” is that it does not support a 2 phone household. It can only be paired to a single phone. It does not support multipoint or dual pairing like some other prodicts (the Jawbone headset). This means that to reconnect it to the secondary phone you must pair it again.

Other than that:
1) It’s very loud. easy to hear
2) uses standard USB to charge
3) The FM feature allows you to listen to the caller through your car stereo
4) the caller ID of the caller is spoken to you and broadast on your radio using RDS (so you can see the text of the phone number). Very nead.
5) it announced when it has turned on, off, paired, enabled FM. It’s fantastic to get this audible feedback so you know it’s working.

I highly reccomned this to anyone who needs a speakerphone for their car. My only caveat is that if you plan to share a car with 2 people it’s not so great unless one person only uses the SP700. I would have given it 5 stars if it supported dual pairing.

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent speaker phone
By Daniel A. Koblosh
Pros:
1. Easy to pair
2. Very long lasting battery: went all week without charging
3. Allows voice dialing if your phone supports that feature: press the unit until it beeps (about 2 seconds), the phone goes into listen-for-command voice dial mode; speak into SP700 the name you want to call as it appears in your phone’s list (i.e., “Home”); the phone makes the call (I’m using a Nokia 6555–not all phones have the voice dialing function) UPDATE: works even better with iPhone 4.
4. Compact.
5. Easy to charge via its USB port
6. Clear communication: both parties hear clearly (this is, after all, the main goal) with virtually no background interference or feedback
7. Announces its state: electronic voice says, “Connected,” “Power off,” “Incoming call from xxx-xxx-xxxx,” “Call ended”
8. Automatically turns itself off 10 minutes after phone is out of range (30 feet
9. Can play music or podcasts through it if you want–assuming you have a decent player on the phone; many don’t
10. Portable: it would work as a desktop speaker phone if you want and easily moves from vehicle to vehicle.
11. Easy to travel with: especially useful with rental cars.

Cons:
1. Can only pair with one phone at a time–if you have a personal and a work phone it’s one or the other
2. Can be too loud–it defaults to a very loud initial volume (perfect if you have earphones jammed in your ears–you can still hear everything); it’s almost painfully loud
3. You have to turn it on when you get in the car. It would be nice if it sensed the phone and turned itself on.
4. FM transmission to 88.1 or the other freqs is difficult in Los Angeles. The spectrum is so full it’s almost impossible to find a clear open channel. This is hardly necessary because the built in speaker is so effective. If you really want to use your car stereo it probably can be fiddled with until it works, but why bother?
5. The control buttons (volume, FM) are poorly marked
6. Because the whole thing is a giant button (like an Apple mouse) the unit turns on easily when you put it in your briefcase.
6a. It needs a lockout lever or a hard case to stop it from being activated when you carry it.

Bottom line: it really works for both ends of the call, it’s not expensive, it’s portable, battery life is very long.

47 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
FM mode doesn’t work as advertised
By Syracuse Skier
I purchased this device so that I could listen to my music from my Blackberry Pearl on my car stereo. The concept for the device is good. It’s sleek and fits well on the visor. My phone recognized the device and they paired right away. I had the device for 2 weeks and used it almost everyday before I returned it.

The device has two modes: speaker and FM transmitter. In speaker mode, the device works just like a speakerphone for phone calls or like a speaker for music. In FM mode, it retransmits everything it receives on its bluetooth interface to an FM channel. I thought the device was a bargain selling for a street price of ~$70 when compared to an FM transmitter alone or a speakerphone alone (~$50). Boy was I completely wrong!!

The major problem with the device is that the FM mode doesn’t work as advertised.

The Good:
The speaker mode worked great with my phone. I was able to make/receive calls with no issues. It would cancel out the road noise and background music. The battery lasts for a long time on one recharge — upto 18 hours (manufacture claim).

The Bad:
The device would stop transmitting in the FM mode every 10 minutes or so and I would have re-activate it. The logic on the device used to determine if the phone is streaming music is faulty. I tried emailing Jabra technical support, but never received a response.

In either mode (speaker or FM), the device would auto-adjust the volume down when it thought there was no music being played, even though it was connected to the phone and streaming music. Every minute or so, the device would automatically adjust the volume down so low that I couldn’t hear the music on the FM radio any more. This was especially true on podcasts or interview type programs. Then, all of a sudden, it would re-adjust itself and transmit at full volume again for sometime until it would start adjusting the volume down again. It didn’t matter what volume setting I used on the phone. There is no way to adjust the volume on the Jabra device when it is in FM mode. It was rather annoying to adjust the volume on the FM radio every minute to try to match what the device was doing.

I wasn’t able to stream music from my phone to the device with the standard Blackberry music/media engine application, though it did work with the Mobiola xPlayer music/media player application. I think this is more a function of the Blackberry standard software than it is a problem with the Jabra device.

The device uses a micro-USB connector for power. My phone uses a mini-USB connector. The cigarette lighter attachment provides a standard USB interface. Since I couldn’t plug the micro-USB into my phone, I needed to carry two cables for power.

The user-interface needs some work. The on/off/pair/answer functions are all combined onto one button. Jabra would have done better to put the on/off function onto its own button or use a switch.

The FM mode is not strong and distant FM stations on the same channel do intermittently interfere with the device FM signal.

The FM mode has a very low treble and very high bass response. The music actually sounds more balanced coming out of the tiny speaker than the FM stereo.

I returned the device as the main reason I bought the device was to listen to music from my phone on the car stereo. I am buying a Motorola MOTOROKR T505 instead.

Pros:
* sleek look; attaches to visor
* two modes — speaker and FM
* Speakerphone is loud; can be heard clearly over background noise
* Microphone picks up voice over moderate background noise; Works well to cancel noise when having a phone conversation
* Bluetooth paired right away; no need to re-pair each time you get into the car
* Long battery life

Cons:
* FM Mode is terrible and needs a lot of work
* FM Mode stops transmitting every 10 minutes
* Intermittent interference in FM mode
* Terrible music response in FM mode
* non-standard micro-USB connector for power
* User interface poor – each button has too many functions
* Jabra does not have a North America support team. They do not respond to email inquiries.

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