Bluetooth audio in OSX Lion

I have had the same Bluetooth issues described above with two different earpieces since the PuddyTat upgrade. An LG HBM210 and my weapon of choice a Jawbone Icon.

I've tried SMC reset...Zapping PRAM and re-installing Limpy the Lion and still the difficulties continue.

Both earpieces display extremely flaky connectivity issues [which previously worked flawlessly in Snow Leopard] on both a 2007 iMac and a 2010 MacBook Pro which range from poor audio in/audio out quality, lost connections. When the Bluetooth device is turned off [but not deleted from Bluetooth Device Manager] I cannot send/receive an email without having this annoying pop-up.

Until I dismiss this [and keep in mind the device is not even turned on] Mail just freezes with the SPOD [Spinning Pinwheel of Doom] Given the frequency of my mail polling, it's every few minutes.

I do tech support and like to move around and being tethered via a USB headset until this gets fixed is killing me.

I can't even get Apple to agree there's something wrong with Bluetooth in Lion but but Bluetooth earpieces work fine on a 2005 iMac and 2009 MacBook Bro both of which still have Snow Leopard.

Motorola S305 here - worked fine on my MacBook with Leopard - worked initially with my new iMac on Leopard.

Lion has caused the error messages, but somehow only the past few days, and I downloaded Lion on the release date. That makes me think there is something in process that is a work around.

I did note that deleting and pairing seem to stop the problem, but only until I disconnect from Bluetooth via headset. In order to get rid of the error message I have to delete the device from the Bluetooth list of devices.

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Same issues here with a Jabra BT3030. Works fine for a minute, then cuts out. It, too, seems that system alerts aren't coming from the "stereo" headphones profile, but from the mono--so when it switches over I get a Bluetooth Audio error.

Same issue here - this time a Motorola S9 HD.

Even tried routing Alerts through the speaker and Audio through the headphones with no luck. Used to work flawlessly in Snow Leopard.

The same bluetooth audio routing problem is now occurring for my Sony Ericsson bluetooth headset. The unit pairs successfully, but when changing the audio input and output to the SE Headset the error popup occurs as shown earlier in this thread. This pairing and audio routing worked flawlessly under Leopard and Snow Leopard, however since the upgrade to Lion it fails. Have tried unpairing / repairing with no success. Apple please listen to this and fix the bluetooth problem because a rollback to Snow Leopard is starting to look probably until you stabilise Lion.

The user has to unpair the device to stop this from happening even if the audio and input are not directed to the BT Headset

I am experiencing the same problems with my Jawbone Jambox... Worked perfectly the days before on Snow Leopard. Is there any way to submit this as a bug?

I have both AppleCare & JointVenture and reported problems to each....they both seemed unaware of the BT problem. In fact AppleCare wanted to set me up with a genius bar appointment to fix the BT issue [like it was hardware related instead of an OS problem]

Since it's occuring on five different Macs, I asked them if they wanted me to bring them all in at once?

It used to be that I would connect up my JawBone Icon it would ask me if I wanted to pair as an Mono or Stereo device but now that option is not given at all.

So we wait for 10.7.1 without knowing if they're even working on an issue related to this thread.

In talking with several former co-workers who are Genii, they have no solution to the problem other than "wait and see what the next OS update brings."

I have similar problems. All my headsets worked fine on Snow Leopard. After upgrading to Lion they all sound horrible. Many interruptions and noises!

Same issue here. New MBA running Lion. Plantronics Voyager 520 pairs fine. But when I start Skype test call it beeps, like it's going to work, but then shows the error dialog mentioned earlier. Same headset works fine on MBP running Snow Leopard.

Same problem here. I've got a MBP from early 2007 running Lion. I'm using a Motorola SD-9HD and have a lot of audio interruptions even though I'm 2 feet away from MBP. Didn't have these issues with SL. Also get an error message every now and then that says "A Bluetooth audio error occured."

Come on Apple, recognize this as an issue.

Got also problems with two different SonyEricsson Headsets. Every second i get a very short interruption. No chance to do a call with this issue. Its like "HE-interruption-L-interruption-LO, ...."

Reinstalled SL on my Macbook and it works fine.

I have this exact problem using Subjekt PLS-9400 headset. They worked flawlessly on SnowLeopard. Surely this is a Lion/bluetooth problem?

It's definitely some kind of software issue with Lion. Hopefully we will see a fix whenever the first update comes out