starkey halo

I also went from the Wii aids with surflink to Halos. The streaming focus function worked like the microphone tab in trulink.

at the bottom of the trulink app there are 3 tabs remoted, soundspace and microphone. Microphone is the phone's microphone, not the hearing aids.

click that tab if you click circle with the vertical line, it streams from the phone mic to your aids. If you click the red button it records. Then place the phone as close to what you want to stream as possible, it will work very similar to surf link.

LanB22 - one minor correction to your post. I think you meant the ideogram that contains a circle, a speaker and a diagonal line when you wrote "circle with the vertical line," as there is no circle with a vertical line. If you click that, you will mute the microphone of the Halos. This is true whether there is anything streaming at the time or not.

OldGnome,

On the microphone tab, there is a one graphic, when I first looked at it, I thought it was the outline of 1/2 the phone, and then I realized it is suppose to be a microphone. it has 4 sections, the top is a shape full of small circles, representing a microphone, there is an eye shaped section that has an incomplete circle in it, with a vertical line through the open section, under that are 2 sections, on the left is a red dot, on the right a list icon. The red dot records the list icon takes you to any recordings. The mute button you mention, is on the remote page??

LanB22 - you are entirely correct. My mistake.

Thank you and Thank you all for coming to my "aid" (haha. little joke?) So happy I found this group!

I saw my "dedicated and patient" (thanks for that description SantafeNM, she liked it) audiologist today and she approximated the Focus function by setting up a program called Restaurant in which she reduced the hearing aid sound level and chose the microphone. It's not "Focus" but approximates it. She also said that Starkey is working on producing a Focus-like function on the Halo. Can't come soon enough for me! I haven't worked on the Television and Streaming programs yet! I don't watch TV but I do watch DVDs and will happily accept a program that sends sound to my HAs instead of having to insist a DVD have subtitles.

I'm not sure either Television or Streaming is going to do what you might think. "Television" is merely a preset with a particular shape to the sound coming through the Halo's microphones. Streaming will take the sound being produced by your iPhone, whether through the iPhone's microphone or another program such as Music, and push it through your hearing aids. If you want to use Streaming to watch TV by using the iPhone's microphone, be aware that it will pick up all sounds and feed them directly to your hearing aids.

It's amazing to hear the dog scratch behind his ear and listen to the sound his collar and tags make at that kind of boosted volume....

I still use subtitles when watching TV and DVDs.

I use a Sony wireless headset to watch TV with closed captioning. I have severely decreased word recognition and have always relied on lip reading when speaking to anyone in person. For me when the TV sound goes into the air, so much is lost even when I am wearing my aids, I can't enjoy the show, I have to work to hard to try and figure out what is being said. Some actors are easier then others. I am much more successful with the headset. Of course the sound isnt enhanced for my loss as it is with the aids, but at the end of day, when I do watch TV or a DVD I've already had my aids in for over 12 hours, so I like being able to take them out and still somewhat hear. I recently switched to Dish TV, the closed captionings appearance is very customizable, you can remove the black box entirely or make it translucent, you can also change the color of the text, I use a translucent box with cyan colored text, much less obtrusive then the opaque black box with white text, My family finds closed captioning very distracting. Not so much in this mode. So that's a win! I also have an LG Tones headset that is blue tooth, it will connect to the Dish's main hopper and I can watch TV with my family, the BT headset allows sound into the room, the sony headset uses the microphone jack and doesn't. Which is great for my bedroom TV when I don't want to disturb my husband.

Different tools for different applications is sometimes the path of least resistance.

Has anyone tried pairing the iPhone 6 to more than one Bluetooth device simulantansly? For instance hearing aids plus a Bluetooth speaker.

I Have my phone paired to my halos and to an LG tones 730 headset. I use the iOS audio button to toggle between the 2 devices.

Sorry I meant simulanousy or at the same time. I like to,send music to a Bluethooth speaker from the iPhone for guests (not stream to the Halos) but be able to adjust the Halos as needed during a party.. Can I do both?

from my experience I don't think so. I have my phone paired to several BT devices, aids, lg headset, car sync system. When I use the phone all connected devices appear in a popu up list I have to pick one. My default is my aids, if I want to use one of the other options I have to switch.

I believe Bluetooth is restricted to a single active connection, while up to five (I think) devices can be connected in total.

Thats correct, Oldgnome. I've been experimenting with a MAC OS X program "Audio Hijack 3" that allows me to connect multiple Bluetooth audio devices simultaneously, and configure a complete audio processing SYSTEM any way that I can dream it up. But that is on a MAC, not a phone. I'm also experimenting with two very long range Bluetooth base stations (one is standalone, taking analog inputs, the other plugs into the USB of my Mac). I haven't yet tried pairing either with my Halos. For those that have interest, here are the links:

http://www.aircable.net/online/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=50

http://www.miccus.com/Long-Range-Bluetooth-Transmitter-or-Receiver-p/bbrtx-01.ht m

When I've used these with a Sennheiser MM550X headset, the range has been about 100 metres. That's over 300 feet.

I've been on the road, but hope to play more with these devices, and perhaps try them with the halos, when I get back home next week.

Jim in Littleton

Thought this is interesting for you and the community. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/what-my-hearing-aid-taught -me-about-the-future-of-wearables/385145/

I have been experiencing something odd with my Starkeys the past two days. I will get a clicking/static sound in one hearing aid or the other (never both at the same time). Then the hearing aid goes dead - the battery is apparently shot. This has happened three times in less than twelve hours, all with fresh iCellTech batteries. Is it the batteries or do I need my Starkeys looked at? My first set of iCellTech batteries lasted a remarkable eight days.