Hi Evrerybody,
I have Parrot Zik 2.0 Bluetooth Headphones but I can't connect them with the AAC codec on Yosemite, I only get SBC and it's very annoying. Does anyone know how to force the AAC? I tried with Bluetooth explorer but the only thing it did was to increase the SBC bitrate. Please Help me.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
Thanks for your help! All working now, will see if there is any different. My sharing now - got the BTE v5 via the Xcode add-on. Hope it helps the others. Regards
Ask the manufacturer.
Barry
I also have beats wireless compatible SBC, AAC and Apt-X and only SBC is chosen, AAC was working only with the first betas of Yosemite last summer. When the system came out it stopped working.
there is an app called "Bluetooth Explorer" that is made by apple for developers. it is part of the "Hardware IO Tools for Xcode" located at https://developer.apple.com/downloads - however, there is a chance you might need to have some kind of apple developer account or access to see it. there is a checkmark button in one of the settings for audio that says "force aptx" - i did this for my audio device, and it now always works.
overall, apple has been seriously dropping the ball on bluetooth. with 10.10.2, i there were white noise sound blasts, as well as occasional interference with the apple bluetooth keyboard. so, i tried the 10.10.3 beta which fixed the white noise, but made the keyboard conflict happen constantly. with the last update to the beta, that's even worse and now i get audio crackling at the same time. extremely disappointed. hope they nail it for the final release, but looks grim.
i already used bluetooth explorer, it helped me increase the SBC bitrate to 385kb/s but i can't get any AAC. i have the last beta of OS X 10.10.3 and there's no weird noise in the sound. It's actually good but recompress and i would like to avoid that.
Also i dont use any keyboards or bluetooth devices except continuity and I'm starting to think it's this that causes my problem.
I also have beats solo wireless 1.0 i used to get AAC on them with the first betas of Yosemite before it comes out but I can't get any AAC with any of my headphones with 10.10.3 beta 2 public. What are your settings in bluetooth explorer corsairstw?
I don't think I changed anything in bluetooth explorer. It seemed to correspond with me installing the last beta of 10.10.3. Try installing the public beta that was released today and see if that helps. Also I don't know about Beats Solo 1.0. I have the revised model that came out last year.
Oh i didn't know there was a beta that was release today, thanks for the info, i'm going to install it right away.
I updated Yosemite, and there's no change, I still don't get AAC.
i am just curious, when you option click on the bluetooth menu bar icon, and go to your audio device - does it actually say "AAC" - i've only been able to get "aptX" to show (though, the sound quality is quite good). of course, i would prefer no conversation at all. but, my guess was it only says SBC or aptX, and nothing else. very curious what you see. thanks for reporting in!
Yup, says AAC. That's how I can tell- by option clicking on the bluetooth menu bar icon. I'm on a MacBook Pro mid 2009 BTW.
I tried to reinstall yosemite and turn off continuity but i always get SBC as a codec in bluetooth. I don't know what else to do.
Sorry man, I don't know what else to suggest. I have a feeling my Beats may have started working with the update because the company is owned by Apple and they are giving them special attention.
And it could be that it is unique to the Beats 2.0 revision- not the original Beats wireless.
Yosemite and Bluetooth AAC
