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Q: Bluetooth audio lag

Just updated (17th.Oct.2014) to OS X Yosemite. Im having trouble with bluetooth connection. There is an audio lag on my bluetooth headphone which progressively gets worse. Im using Sony DR-BTN 200. Is there a temporary solution until they fix it? 

 

P.S. I found others with similar issues as well. Ive tried re-pairing the connection to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 9:27 AM

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  • by TimB69,

    TimB69 TimB69 Mar 24, 2015 12:27 PM in response to daverstevens
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    Mar 24, 2015 12:27 PM in response to daverstevens

    Ok - try this, go to apple logo - about this Mac and click system report, Select Bluetooth - under LMP Version, if its anything below 0x6 you do not have Bluetooth 4.0, so maybe purchase an Orico BTA-402 USB Bluetooth 4.0 dongle.

     

    My Bluetooth is so much less temperamental.

  • by Rx10,

    Rx10 Rx10 Mar 26, 2015 5:45 AM in response to reaxion
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    Mar 26, 2015 5:45 AM in response to reaxion

    The bluetooth audio problem is much more of an issue for me when streaming audio from Youtube for example bluetooth audio becomes unusable, if my wifi on Macbook pro is off bluetooth audio much better.

  • by JonTemple,

    JonTemple JonTemple Mar 30, 2015 10:07 AM in response to mommu
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    Mar 30, 2015 10:07 AM in response to mommu

    i found a really terrible solution on apples behalf: boot into windows. zero issues in windows. i have a 2007 macbook pro santa rosa with bluetooth 2.0 and the fact that its only 2.0 is definitely not the problem. i had a phone and tablet both with 2.0 and never had a problem listening to music or watching movies on them. but with a clean yosemite install on this laptop, my bluetooth audio lags and skips, and when i boot into my clean windows 8.1 install (with bootcamp 5.1.2) bt audio is just fine. ive tried every obscure method listed in this thread to try to fix it and nothing works. its not a hardware issue, its a software issue. which explains why so many people are complaining about it. come on apple, i shouldnt have to boot into windows for functionality on a mac.

  • by adieswift,

    adieswift adieswift Apr 3, 2015 6:48 PM in response to mommu
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    Apr 3, 2015 6:48 PM in response to mommu

    I have been having a similar problem for a while, since updating to Yosemite.  I'm not sure if anyone else has already covered this but I now believe my lag / stuttering is partly caused by bluetooth signal strength.  I was getting RSSI value of 72, which apparently is quite poor according to this link: http://www.cnet.com/au/how-to/how-to-check-bluetooth-connection-strength-in-os-x /

     

    0 to -60 --> good

    -61 to -70 --> OK

    -71 to -90 --> poor

    less than -90 --> bad


    One thing I didn't realise is that you can check the signal strength for each device and other advanced options by holding the option button and clicking the bluetooth icon in the menu bar.


    I moved my Bose Soundlink mini and the strength improved.  Not an ideal solution as it worked fine before Yosemite but definitely an improvement.


    Hope that helps

  • by TimB69,

    TimB69 TimB69 Apr 4, 2015 10:15 AM in response to adieswift
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    Apr 4, 2015 10:15 AM in response to adieswift

    Thanks for the info regards "alt/option and clicking bluetooth" didn't know about that, pretty interesting.

     

    I bought a bluetooth 4.0 USB Dongle, I had to run a Terminal command because the Mac was still looking for the internal Bluetooth board.

    Could only have the keyboard connected with the headphones to prevent the audio stuttering problem, but the device connection speeds are like lightning.

     

    If you purchase an external USB Bluetooth, type the following command followed by a restart:

    sudo nvram bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehaviour=always

     

    To go back to default type the following, followed by a reboot:

    sudo nvram -d bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior

  • by JACOBTheProblemSolver,

    JACOBTheProblemSolver JACOBTheProblemSolver Apr 10, 2015 3:30 PM in response to mommu
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    Apr 10, 2015 3:30 PM in response to mommu

    I 'was' having the same problem with my Hudl 2 and kitsound Bluetooth headset but I managed to locate the problem, and what this problem is, is an app is interfering with Bluetooth connections and making it lag, in my case an app called 'Battery' so I reccomend just deleting apps you recently downloaded and you should get a fine Bluetooth connection in no time,  Hope I helped

  • by Okmer FiND,

    Okmer FiND Okmer FiND Apr 16, 2015 2:02 PM in response to mommu
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    Apr 16, 2015 2:02 PM in response to mommu

    Still same problem here :-(  Philips bluetooth speaker and mac pro 2011  (with anti glare screen ;-) )

     

    HELP ! :-(((

     

    Bluetooth speaker works when first connected. second time not.

     

    First time connected open audio settings and the connection *****... close audio settings and the connection works again...

     

    WHY??

  • by Tafadzwa chitete,

    Tafadzwa chitete Tafadzwa chitete Apr 17, 2015 10:56 PM in response to mommu
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    Apr 17, 2015 10:56 PM in response to mommu

    I feel like Apple don't care much bout this problem.

     

    Yosemite bluetooth is a Fail :<

  • by uzitotte,

    uzitotte uzitotte Apr 21, 2015 10:28 AM in response to mommu
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    Apr 21, 2015 10:28 AM in response to mommu

    Same here, Bose mini is lagging alot ((

  • by bandarrr,

    bandarrr bandarrr Apr 21, 2015 11:32 AM in response to mommu
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    Apr 21, 2015 11:32 AM in response to mommu

    its not an issue of any software you might be using!!!

    for some reason wifi is breaking the bluetooth connectivity. same thing goes for the mouse or any other bluetooth device. turn off the bluetooth and the lag will go away.  this has been one of the worst most annoying things.. bought new speakers and can't even enjoy them properly. Need Fix Apple!!!!!!!!!!!

  • by alext84,

    alext84 alext84 May 7, 2015 6:31 AM in response to bandarrr
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    May 7, 2015 6:31 AM in response to bandarrr

    LAG FIX: RESET THE PRAM HOLDING CMD+OPTION+P+R BEFORE OS STARTS, HOLD THEM UNTIL YOU HEAR THE OS CHIME. It worked for me. Hope it helps

  • by sojab0on,

    sojab0on sojab0on May 7, 2015 12:15 PM in response to mommu
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    May 7, 2015 12:15 PM in response to mommu

    For every one with this problem ,

    I have an macbook pro 2012 non retina 13 inch with dvd drive when my JBL Charge 2 is to close to my macbook pro it wil shutter when i place it say 10 -15 centimeters away from the laptop de connection doesnt shutter any more i am listening to itunes music trough the jbl charge 2 now while typing this and no music shutter or audio lag at all.

     

    Mac os 10.10.3

    itel core I5 2,5ghz

    8GB ram

    500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD

    Dvd drive

  • by SebastienBD,

    SebastienBD SebastienBD May 19, 2015 7:55 PM in response to mommu
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    May 19, 2015 7:55 PM in response to mommu

    **** **** ****... I have a Bose Soundlink that work with bluetooth on a not that old mac mini... the sound is ****** ever since i upgraded for Yosemite and it has been for more than two months now!!! When i use the sound on my tv, wich use the HDMI link there is NO problem so obviously there is a problem with bluetooth... Is there ANYONE from Apple reading this????? because I don't think you are doing ANYTHING to fix the issue!!!!

  • by AlinM,

    AlinM AlinM Jun 15, 2015 11:57 AM in response to mommu
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    Jun 15, 2015 11:57 AM in response to mommu

    Ladies and gents, please do try this.


    I've been having the same issue for months now. Tried every possible solution I could find, still to no end (as you probably have already, if you're still here). The crackling sound was never out of the 5 min range. Here is, however, what worked for me absolutely flawlessly for the past couple of hours.

     

    Change the channel on your wifi router. You are probably getting interference.

    Wi-Fi and Bluetooth both occupy a section of the 2.4 GHz ISM band that is 83 MHz-wide. Bluetooth uses Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) and is allowed to hop between 79 different 1 MHz-wide channels in this band.

     

    Changing the setting depends on the model of the router - here is a link on how to scan and choose for channels, and here is one on changing the channel.

     

    I read through each and every one of your posts and I completely understand your despair, so I came back here to publish this. I hope it works at least for some of you as it does for me.

     

    And thanks perry1023 from Reddit for his answer.

  • by vernonlloyd,

    vernonlloyd vernonlloyd Jun 29, 2015 5:23 PM in response to mommu
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    Jun 29, 2015 5:23 PM in response to mommu

    Same issue here MBP 15" Early 2011 and MBP 2012. Logitech UE Bluetooth stuttering/lagging.

     

    Works great on my iPhone with no problems at all.

     

    I'm using 3.5mm audio cable to have a smooth audio playback on my MBP's. So much for bluetooth :\

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