Bluetooth audio in OSX Lion

This fixed the problem I was having.

Thanks!

I have a similar issue with the Jaybird J3 Freedom, except mine connects and pairs fine, lets me choose it as the audio device, but when I play music, nothing happens. I tunes says its playing but the song timebar doesn't progress. I tried updating services and deleting and starting over, but neither worked. I don;t know if it my computer (lion) or the headset..errrr.

Also for what its worth, this is the error that I believe is keeping it from working.

http://cl.ly/2q3z1m0g2S123C2z2K0N

Got the same issue Mac OS 10.7.3 with my Jawbone Icone... Can sycn with it In the bluetooth settings but can't get it to send or receive any sound!!!!!

Verry disapointing!

Please do something with it it's been a while now! And i really hate do say this but it's the Apple problem! We can't solved it from our side!

Please do something's it's ridiculus!

Thank's

I just fixed this issue, select your headset in Buetooth setup, and click settings button next to buttons "+" and "-", then select update services, now your headset can be connected to Mac OS Lion.

That had already been suggested, and It works for some, but not for others. For me it does not. I imagine is device related at that point, but if my iPhone can connect fine, you'd think my mac would as well.

I think apple's solution will be found in Mountain Lion, as we are gearing up towards that. Really sad to see a bug like this unswatted.

Jawbone won't connect with OS Lion. Much of what has changed in my Mac since loading Lion has been frustrating and a giant step backward. My Mac went from a flawless exceptional computer to a...dare I say...HP or Toshiba. It freezes up, it's mechanically less user friendly and fluid than it was previously. It freezes up. It won't connect to bluetooth devices. It's slower. Pauses. And, oh yes, it freezes up.

My mac has turned into an HP. I'm disgusted with it.

Need to remove Lion. This is a horrid step backward.

I have a SE MW600 bluetooth headset that I can pair but not use properly. I'm on mbp late 2008 and Lion.

The problem is that I can use stereo output, ONLY if I'm NOT using the MW600 mic simultaneously.

The non-stereo option sounds really bad (though not useless) when using the non-stereo output regardsless of if I'm using the mic simultaneously, it's just that I don't have an option if I do want to use the mic at the same time.

Anyone else experienced anything similar? Any suggestions?

Just adding some weight to the claims. Similar problems, similarly disgusted. Has anyone at Apple ever even hooked up a Bluetooth headset to a Mac? If so, it can't have succeeded; nothing about this is difficult to reproduce. Now using mid-2010 MBP with Lion 10.7.3, but Bluetooth audio hasn't worked for me since my first MBP in 2008 on whatever-the-heck-OS-that-was ... Tiger? Have tried 4 brand name headsets (mostly mono but one A2DP, too), have tried the posted workarounds -- nothing works. And the headset brand is obviously irrelevant. It's just faulty Bluetooth software in the OS. Have reported this through Apple's OS X feedback form. Don't know how useful that is, but the grousing on the forums about this has been going on for fully FOUR YEARS (that I have noticed!), so THAT clearly isn't getting us anywhere...

Hi Sodemus, You can't use the MONO input and stereo output at the same time. this is a Bluetooth spec limitation.

Hi gtmagnet,

Thank you so much for a fast answer! But so, to me it doesn't make any sense that mono output should be of lower quality than stereo output. Is there any setting that could explain this and that could be changed?

PHILIPS SHB6110 bought the phone, bluetooth.

It worked perfectly, with stereo sound and all the commands on the iPhone 4 and

iPad 2, both with IOS 5.0. It was enough to activate the bluetooth tablet and

and then the phone handset.

I used the MacBook Pro with OSX 10.7.3 Lion. MBP activated the bluetooth, I called

the handset (held the power button until the lights flash blue and red,

alternately), and finally clicked on "Configure Device

Bluetooth, "in OSX.

If the sound is "mono", just go to "Preferences

System "/" Sound "/" Exit "and select" Stereo Philips SHB6110 "which

is further down the list.

Just can not setup pro microphone SHB6110 work on MAC. if

anyone knows would be grateful if you can help.

Thank you.

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Adquiri o fone PHILIPS SHB6110, bluetooth.

Funcionou perfeitamente, com som estéreo e todos os comandos no iPhone 4 e no iPad 2, ambos com IOS 5.0. Bastou ativar o bluetooth dos tablet e do telefone e depois o do fone.

Usei no MacBook Pro com OSX Lion 10.7.3. Ativei o bluetooth do MBP, liguei o fone (segurei o botão power até piscar as luzes azul e vermelha, alternadamente) e, por último, cliquei em "Configurar Dispositivo Bluetooth", no OSX.

Caso o som fique "mono", basta ir em "Preferências do Sistema"/"Som"/"Saída" e selecionar a opção "Philips SHB6110 Stereo", que está mais abaixo na listagem.

Só não consegui configurar pro microfone do SHB6110 funcionar no MAC. Se alguém souber ficaria grato se puder ajudar.

Obrigado.

Mono is also only 8khz sampling versus 44.1khz, so there is obviously a very big difference in quality there. Also, Mono in/out and stereo in/out use very different Bluetooth link types — one type (mono) is more susceptible to co-located interference, antenna design, and whether you have 2.4ghz Wi-Fi in use at the same time, or not.

it would be nice if the Bluetooth spec allowed for high-quality stereo input, but there currently is no such provision.

Just got a brand new JABRA HALO 2 Bluetooth headset - and having the same problems as you guys. Really like my 'fruit' gear, but Apple has had a number of problems with Bluetooth (or at least in my experience: the Bluetooth keyboard, the magic mouse, a Plantronics headset, an ICON one and now the HALO2. Tried them all with my MBP and a brand new iMac)

Tim Cook (and Apple) supposedly asked the retorical question: what should we do with some/all of our money?

My retorical answer: fix the Bluetooth stack on your devices!