Bluetooth audio in OSX Lion

I just tried what Ressac had offered what worked for him on page 19.. And now my Bluetooth is completely unusable.. Any idea on what I can do to get it functional again?

I am using a new MacbookPro 2.4Ghz OSX 10.7.4 and trying to use a bluetooth phone headset with Skype. Skype works fine. I can pair the Jawbone Original to the MacBook and the options appear in Skype. I can make a call fine or receive a call. The problem is after 60 seconds of inactivity (or something very close to that time) the headset goes offline (is no longer bold in the BT drop down).

I can hit the talk button which takes around 5-7 seconds to reconnect. This is okay if all I need to do is make another outgoing call, however it does not work for incoming calls. The headset doesn't reconnect in time and I get the Bluetooth Error has ocurred at some point as well.

Is there a way to eliminate this timeout of Bluetooth connectivity? I have read many forum posts but haven't found any workaround. I was thinking maybe a BT dongle might work but the issue seems to be with OSX as the problem seems to exist for people regardless of BT headset being used. Does anyone have experience with Jawbone Icon HD + Nerd dongle?

Thanks.

so, New MBP, ML, could see and connect to the HT820 No problem, however, no audio (the audio error message would display)

as soon as I shut off the bluetoh on my iPhone 3gs it would connect and can use the audio now

weird

Major issues with mm400s from Sennheiser here. iPad perfect. MacBook pro 5.4 ML gets kernels every other time. Major issues between choosing stereo vs mono. Doesn't do automatically - always chooses mono. Often distortion produced, needs reconnecting... Beautiful headphones otherwise.

Was having the same problem with my Jawbone Era and Sony Ericsson MW600. Upgrade to Mountain Lion fixed it all. Quite unfair that you have to pay for an OSX upgrade to get this functionality working right.

Kaomaru wrote

"I believe I have found the solution to this problem.

In the bluetooth menu of system preferences:

Select the devices you are experiencing problems with.

Click the settings button (the gear with the downard pointing arrow)

Select "Edit Serial Ports"

Select the + sign and add your device, then click apply.

Go back to the configuration and select 'use as audio device' "

That was a good start for me, thanks for that. I removed my device and set it up new, then followed the above steps. I needed to do a little more to get my JayBird Freedom to work.

Under "Edit Serial Ports"

-Change the 'Service' from 'Headset' to 'Hands-Free unit'

Then back under the settings 'button' (the gear) if the main bluetooth menu

-Select 'Update Services'

Afterward I had to again 'Use as Audio Device'

An Update: That wa only a temporary fix. It's still wonky and will suddenly "lose" the headset. It seems like a bug to me.

Forget about it, Apple will not let you use other brand of headset. The solution you came out with is only temporary, one or two hours at maximum. Do not forget everything was working fine with OS-X Leopard. this problem is not a problem it is created by Apple for some obscur reason. This discussion is almost in it's second year and has not resolve anything, same with OS-X Mountain Lion. Dont buy it, boycot Apple.

I didn’t know there where Apple branded Bluetooth headsets.

They sell other brands in the Apple Store.

I can’t believe they have let this go for so long without fixing it.

Is there anyone reading this that has no issues?

Please post if you have no issues with a Bluetooth headset on a desktop Mac.

I don't have any issues with headsets on Lion or Mountain Lion, so your troubles are baffling to me. I'd be happy to help though - if you can reproduce the issue and then option-click on the Bluetooth Menu Extra, select "Create Diagnostics Report on Desktop" and send it to me email I'd be happy to look and see if there is an obvious issue. If you are on Mountain Lion, first shift-option click on the menu extra, select Debug, then "Enable Bluetooth Logging" and the follow the first steps, it may shed even more light.

Here it is , but I have to tell you that I have been working on this for more than 6 months. Here is the link for the report in Dropbox.

Thanks...........Guy

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/60449588/BluetoothReporter_2012-08-31_12.43.13.zip

Thanks - the log says

[Aug 31 12:37:17.637] [HCI COMMAND] [0428] Setup Synchronous Connection - Connection Handle: 0x002E

[Aug 31 12:37:17.649] [HCI EVENT] Synchronous Connection Complete - Status: 0x1A - Connection Handle: 0x002E

which seems to indicate that your headset doesn't support the modern way to connect to Bluetooth headsets. Apple switched to this new way of making connections in Lion. From the BT device cache the headset is called the "P5HM-001", which headset is this? Is it the Jawbone 2? thx

Please recommend a Bluetooth headset that will work.

I bought a Plantronics Voyager 520 that somewhere in this thread said worked.

It does not work.

Thanks ... Ken

Send me your logs as I outlined above. Without knowing the source of the problem, recommending a headset may be a challenge.

The headset was bought last year and is an I-Con to use with a PS3 game, it has an extended microphone and a mono receiver, you might be right about Apple changing to a new way of operating Bluetooth, but it should be Apple to explain us the reason.

Many thanks for your effort.............Guy