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iPhone 5 Bluetooth Audio / Video sync delay?

I currently have an iPhone 5 and have tried 2 different bluetooth headsets with it. Both of them have a noticeable lag or a/v sync issue. My previous iPhone 4 had no issues. The video content is stored on my iPhone 5 (not streaming) and plays fine when using wired headphones, but with bluetooth there is a big lag in the audio and it makes watching video on it with bluetooth headphones unbearable!!


The 2 bluetooth headphones I have tried are the Motorola S9 and currently the Plantronics BackBeat GO.


Anyone else have this problem or know a solution?

This seems to be an iPhone 5 problem!

iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Dec 4, 2012 5:03 PM

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Dec 19, 2012 2:44 PM in response to taz_in_805

I have the same audio/video sync issue with my new iPhone 5, also on 2 different models of bluetooth headsets. A Sony DB-22 headset that synced perfectly with my iPhone 4, had a problem with the audio/visual sync with my iPhone 5. Thinking it was the newer hardware of the iPhone 5, I bought a new Jabra HALO2 headset but the issue persists. This appears to be a software issue.


My iPhone 5 is fully up to date with iOS 6.0.1 (10A525), and I sync to my iTunes library almost every day.

Dec 26, 2012 7:01 AM in response to taz_in_805

Same here... I have a jawbone headset. The audio is delayed by about 1/2s – both, when watching video or listening audio, and when normal system sounds are played (like keyboard clicks).

I noticed that sometimes (very rarely) the system sounds aren'd delayed and play fine but haven't figured out when yet.


I tried the same headset on a mac, where it played fine.

Feb 1, 2013 12:53 AM in response to taz_in_805

I have had this problem since day one with the iPhone 5. Never had the problem with my iPhone 4.


I have noticed, if you go to the home screen, then lock your phone. It seems to fix the problem once you unlock it again. I have only tested this once, but after watching a movie on a plane the other day, it had gotten worse and worse the longer I watched the movie. I got frustrated and locked my phone. The lock sound was delayed by almost a full second. When I unlocked it, it was in sync again!

Mar 20, 2013 2:59 PM in response to taz_in_805

So the Apple engineers and I guess 2nd level or 3rd level techs said it is the processing of the bluetooth headsets that doesnt processing it fast enough or what not. I didnt believe really but then for some reason the Jaybird JF3s work so it must have some truth. I tried 4 different ones before I found the JF3s which ended up working in sync.

Mar 20, 2013 3:06 PM in response to Bxscig

That is likely to be the case, but stil doesn't explain why the Backbeat GO works fine with the Galaxy S of a friend of mine, and with my iMac too...


And why the "locking" helps a lot in my case? If it's only an headset BT chip problem I shouldn't have any improvements by locking and unlocking the phone!

Jun 3, 2013 8:27 AM in response to taz_in_805

Lets see now...

I moved from Samsung to Apple and Im facing these issues:

Many of my videos dont play...

Ok... lets spend some money on video player apps.

Ok, I did that. Now I can see the videos but I cant hear them due to apple's patent policies.

Ok... lets convert them!!!! (I must love apple to go through all this and still be here...)

Now that I did all that... I took my reletively expensive bluetooth and left for work, to watch these important videos.


Result???

The speaker's mouth moves but I hear what he says after a second or two...


and now to my main question: "Hello apple"!!!! Anybody there??????"

For how long to these people think we will continue to comprimise????

Ofcourse I will get no answer from them so maybe I should turn to myself and ask the very sane question:


Why in the world did I spend so much money on a device that makes my life 100 times more difficult than my previous one???


Anybody know a good psychiatrist??????????

iPhone 5 Bluetooth Audio / Video sync delay?

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