Phone Accessory - Motorola DC600 Bluetooth Phone Adapter

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Binding: Wireless Phone Accessory
Brand: Motorola
EAN: 0723755985971
Feature: No complex phone menus to deal with.
Label: Motorola
Manufacturer: Motorola
Model: 98597H
Publisher: Motorola
Studio: Motorola

Features

No complex phone menus to deal with.
A simple button press on the adapter allows pairing with each Bluetooth device
Allows users to answer/end calls from the Motorola line of Bluetooth Wireless Headset/Speaker/Car Kit products. Offers Motorola Original™ quality and worry free compatibility.
Pass through connector on the bottom of the adapter allows you to use your phones existing phone travel charger or car charger to charge your phone’s battery.
Adapter is powered by the phone’s battery – no additional battery required.

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Summary: How to setup/pair the DC600 with a bluetooth headset or notebook
Comment: 1.With the DC600 and a Bluetooth audio device in close proximity:

i. Press and hold down the DC600 pairing button. When the right LED indicator lights up, continue holding the button until both LED indicators light up.
* This puts the DC600 into pairing mode, allowing it to find other Bluetooth devices.

ii. Turn on your Bluetooth audio device and start pairing mode.(Follow Bluetooth headset manual for pairing instructions)

When the Wireless Adapter has successfully paired with the Bluetooth audio device, both LED indicators will rapidly flash 10 times. The Bluetooth audio device will also indicate that successful pairing was accomplished.

Using the Wireless Adapter with your Bluetooth enabled PDA or Computer

1.Follow step 1 above

2. Initiate Bluetooth pairing on your Bluetooth enabled computer or PDA. When your computer or PDA is pairing with the Wireless Adapter, enter "0000" as the pass key number on your computer or PDA.
* When the Wireless Adapter has successfully paired with the computer or PDA, both LED indicators flash rapidly10 times. The computer also indicates that the pairing was successful.

3. Follow the instructions for your Bluetooth enabled computer or PDA to use your phone with the Wireless Adapter as a modem.

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Summary: Nextel I-series cell phone owners beware!!
Comment: Unfortunately, someone forgot to put in the product description the fact that this adapter DOES NOT FIT ALL MOTOROLA PHONES. I have no idea if it works because the thing wouldn't even plug into my I315 phone. Will think a little harder next time I may want to order ANY electronics from Amazon or Motorola. The tiny bit of money saved isn't worth the headache I've gotten trying to figure out exactly what adapter it's going to take. I recommend buyers go straight to the source and maybe THEY can tell you if the thing will even fit your phone.

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Summary: If you are a Mac user read...
Comment: Okay, so I wanted to take my T720 up a notch in terms of capability. Can't afford a new phone, so why not upgrade the old one. I am a mac user and the syncing capability is always nice, so why not make it even easier and have wireless syncing. Wonderful, except, you only get to push cards to the phone and then have the phone accept them. No calendar syncing capability, which I had before through USB. So mac users beware, you get limited bluetooth. If you got a laptop, try and connect through your phone, if you have wireless headset use that (most of the time it works, scratchy though). But get on apple and motorola to make this product more compatible with the full potential of the connection and your computer.

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Summary: So much for wishful thinking.... (Updated)
Comment: My v60s is an awesome phone, only thing I wished it had was built in Bluetooth. There was no way I was going to touch a V710 with its "compatability" issues, so I saw this item last summer and thought I had found the holy grail. No such luck.

I am unable to make the phone reliably work with my Jabra BT250 headset nor work at all with my Apple Powerbook and Sony Clie for cellular data connections. The manual is near worthless. All in all I am very dissatisfied. Motorola needs to go back to the drawing board for all their Bluetooth products.

UPDATE: It now works 75% of the time with my original Jabra BT Headset. Drawbacks -- Batterlife is poor (both on the handset and the headset compared to my old SE t68i), I hear a steady hiss from the headset being almost always on, and if the unit is connected the only thing that rings is the headset. Cant seem to access voice shortcuts. Still not impressed. I'm going to have to wait till my Alaskan CDMA carrier (ACS) offers an E815 -- it only took 2 years for them to offer a 710.

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Summary: DC600
Comment: After reading reviews for the DC600, I decided to pick this little gizmo up. There are good and bad points to it, and hopefully this helps out whoever wants to purchase one.

Good
1. Clear sound
2. Good distance
3. Does what it promises
4. Able to charge phone when attached, due to charger port on bottom
5. LED's let you monitor functions
6. Phone becomes controlable from headset (limited functions)
7. No trouble pairing headset and unit

Bad
1. Cumbersome when attached to the bottom of the phone
2. Drains battery (lost about 1/3 of battery life when attached, due to the LED's constantly blinking)
3. Doesn't automatically disconnect (this explained below)
4. Connector not completly tight on bottom (this causes the unit to activate the headset if bumped)
5. Too big to be put in a pocket, and won't fit in most holsters or cases
6. If placed in pocket and you sat down, pressure on the connection would cause it to snap off bottom of phone

Overall, this is a good product, but a little troublesome to use upon disconnection of a call. I'm using the Motorola HS820 with the DC600 attached to the bottom of a T720. When answering a call, I just press the MFB and it connects perfectly. When disconnecting a call, I tap the MFB twice and it disconnects the call. No problem so far. Now, even though the call is disconnected, the DC600 still stays in call mode, so it keeps the headset activated. Only way that I have found to over-ride this is to turn off the HS820 and then turn it back on, re-setting the Bluetooth connection between the two. Maybe this is the limited functionality of the T720, or maybe this is an inherant flaw of the DC600. A minor annoyance, but no less frustrating.

Overall, a good product, but could have been designed a little better. A lot of people I know had the same connector-related problems with the T720 camera when it first came out, so Motorola should have addressed this in the DC600 in my opinion. But good call quality, easy pairing, and affordable price make it a choice if wanting to convert your phone to Bluetooth.

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Now you can get the benefits of Bluetooth on your non-BlueTooth Motorola cell phone. The DC600 attaches easily to your conventional Motorola phone and gets your phone ready to use any other Motorola Bluetooth companion products. Once you're hooked up, a simple press of the button on the adapter allows pairing with each Bluetooth device. You can also take calls from other Motorola Bluetooth wireless headset/speaker/car kit products. The handy pass-through connector on the bottom of the adapter lets you to use your phone's existing travel charger or car charger to charge your phone’s battery. In fact, no additional battery is required for the adaptor; it uses power from your phone's battery.

What's in the Box
Motorola SYN0895 Wireless Adapter, Quick Start Guide, 1 year Warranty