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Naftuli Kay
Asked: 2011-09-12 20:24:48 +0800 CST

Can I use my Bluetooth headset as a microphone?

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I have a Motorola S305 Bluetooth headset which I use with my computer often for headphones. I've been using them for a while and have been really pleased with the sound quality, form factor, and battery life.

The only thing is that I haven't found a way to use them as a microphone yet. Is there a way for me to use them for a microphone so that I can seamlessly use them for Skype and other applications?

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  1. Best Answer

    From the Sound Preferences menu we select the Input tab to choose our Bluetooth device (here depicted for a Philips headset) for audio input:

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    In order to use your headset for telephony we will also have to make sure, that the hardware is set to Duplex mode in Hardware -> Settings:

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    Note: In duplex mode the sound quality may not be very high due to usage of the HSP/HFP codecs.

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  2. I have no explicit solution but the bug ticket for this: #508522

    Perhaps sometimes there will be the solution for this issue.

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  3. If you open the sound menu and select "Audio preferences", then you'll get a dialog where one of the pages is called "Inputs" or similar. You should be able to see your headphones as an input source there.

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  4. Just try talking into the headsets and see if it work.

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