Q: Bluetooth speaker sound goes juddery on iPad sometimes
I have been using an Inveo Bluetooth speaker for a few years with my iPad, and until very recently it has worked without a hitch. Typically, I have the speaker turned off, and I turn it on when I want to listen to, say, a YouTube video, and the iPad then instantly notices it and switches the sound over to it. Lately, however, I go to turn the speaker on, about as I've launched into the YouTube video, and s-s-u-u-d-d-e-e-n-n-l-l-y-y t-t-h-h-e-e s-s-o-o-u-u-n-n-d-d g-g-o-o-e-e-s-s j-j-u-u-d-d-e-e-r-r-y-y, which is to say, it sounds rather like someone has placed his head against the top of an electric fan housing to get a vibratey-voice effect. The only thing that has really changed lately is I've gotten a budget Android tablet that I've placed down near where I have my iPad, and it also has bluetooth turned on (so it can use a bluetooth keyboard I got for it) (and I also have a separate Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad that I've had for years), but that might just be a coincidence. Nothing else has changed, other than of course the iOS updates and YouTube app updates. It doesn't do this steady-choppy sound all the time, it seems to just be SOMEtimes.... like maybe on some videos and not others, I'm not really sure. Any tips on how to determine what's going on with this? I've got the Bluetooth speaker charging at the moment to see if maybe it's a low charge that's the issue or something. Anyone else having a similar problem? Oo
iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, Windows 7
Posted on Mar 4, 2016 8:05 PM
