Plantronics .audio 995 Digital Wireless Headset For Mac
Plantronics have announced their latest, the Plantronics.Audio 995. Rather than use a standardized wireless technology such as Bluetooth, Plantronics have plumped for their own 2.4GHz system which requires a USB dongle. The range is similar to that offered by Bluetooth, at around 40 feet, and the Plantronics system also includes control of volume, play and track skips in iTunes and Windows Media Player from buttons on the headset itself.
The microphone features noise-canceling technology and automatically mutes when raised into the upright position. The Plantronics.Audio 995 Digital Wireless Stereo headset is available in the US and UK now, priced at $109.95 and £79.99 respectively. Press Release: Plantronics Introduces New Wireless PC Headset for Enhanced Multimedia and Voice Experiences The.Audio 995 Wireless Headset Provides Digital Stereo Sound for Music, Movies, Gaming and Internet Calls Without the Cords London – May 27, 2009 – Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today introduced the new.Audio™ 995 Digital Wireless Stereo Headset for multimedia and voice applications on the PC.
The.Audio 995 combines rich digital stereo sound and great voice quality to provide users with a single headset for all of their PC activities — including music and movie listening, gaming, PC calls and podcasting — without the cords. The Plantronics.Audio 995 headset utilizes advanced Plantronics audio technology and the digital 2.4gHz frequency for exceptional audio and lower interference with other wireless devices.
Users can wirelessly roam up to 40 feet away from the PC and remotely control volume, play and skip tracks on iTunes® and Windows Media Player® via music controls directly on the earpiece. “Consumers shouldn’t have to decide between superior audio quality and the benefits of wireless when selecting a PC headset,” said Matt Miller, director of PC and Entertainment at Plantronics, Inc. “Unlike other wireless products on the market today, there are no compromises with the.Audio 995. We designed it to enhance the array of multimedia and voice-intensive activities that PC users perform everyday through full-range stereo sound, clear audio and a comfortable fit.” The Plantronics.Audio 955 includes pillow-soft, swivel-mounted ear cushions and a lightweight design for long-wearing comfort. The headset features Plantronics’ noise-canceling Fast Mic Mute™ technology, which quickly mutes audio when the boom is raised. Users can connect the.Audio 995 in one simple step with the plug-and-play wireless USB connector. Pricing and Availability The Plantronics.Audio 955 is priced at £79.99 The product is also available at www.plantronics.com.
For more information about the.Audio 995, please visit www.plantronics.com. About Plantronics In 1969, a Plantronics headset carried the historic first words from the moon: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Since then, Plantronics has become the headset of choice for mission-critical applications such as air traffic control, 911 dispatch and the New York Stock Exchange. Today, this history of innovation is the basis for every audio product we build for the office, contact center, personal mobile, entertainment and residential markets. The Plantronics family of brands includes Plantronics, Altec Lansing and Clarity. For more information, go to www.plantronics.com.
I recently purchased the Plantronics.Audio 995 wireless usb headset. It claims it works on both Windows and Macintosh. I have used Plantronics headsets in the past and they have worked fine with iChat.
This headset will not give me any audio output in iChat. The mic works in iChat. I have both chosen in the iChat preferences, however, the sound does not work.
This headset works fine using Skype, Garage Band, and Rosetta Stone, the sound works with iTunes. The only problem I have is the sound output in iChat. Has anyone had this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions? I called Plantronics and they said since it works with skype, it's not the headset, it's iChat.
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Thanks Message was edited by: greyeyed. Kernel-specific gnu c compiler for mac. Hi, In System Preferences Sound Output is th USB Headset the Output device? In iChat Preferences Video section do you now have an Output Choice? Is the headset Selected? (I see you say it is) It does seem odd it works elsewhere if it is not selected in System Preferences. Also look in Audio MIDI Set up (Applications/Utilities) Check that it is set to the rate of 44100 And theta the Volumes, if Stereo, are turned up. (The M is the Master volume for the computer) EDIT: In iChat 5 I heard my Headset when I selected it in the iChat option that appears when you have two output devices.
I was about to test it with a call when I heard someone go off line after I had changed it in the System Preferences. IS it a USB 2.0 device that needs a USB 2.0 port? Some apple Keyboards are not USB 2.0 but only USB 1.1 8:49 PM Sunday; September 13, 2009 Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line 'Binary Images for iChat' Message was edited by: Ralph Johns (UK) Message was edited by: Ralph Johns (UK). Hello, I went to look at the utility for the Audio MIDI. I noticed something odd. My older headset that is not wireless shows up as one device.
Hi, So it is a Wireless headset to a USB Dongle? It is not a Blue Tooth one? I have no other MIDI Devices. Back in iChat 2 we discovered that if you had your own sounds in you Home Folder/Library/Sounds iChat could see them but had difficulty playing those that were not at 4100 bit rate recording. Later in iChat 3 and 4 we discovered with the Audio MIDI Utility that some Mics were not at 43100 sample rate and changing it seemed to help in iChat Mostly because people were using mics hooked up to external Sound devices and there were issues at OS Updates.
I am not sure from your description what you mean by 2 In / 2 Out but I am thinking it is the number of item at the top as choices for In and Out When the New Headset is shown in Input details does it show a Volume setting? I include a Pic for reference 8:41 PM Monday; September 14, 2009 Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line 'Binary Images for iChat'. Hi, Host the pic on any web site. Flickr and PhotoBucket are popular as is Skitch which has an App to take the pic and add comments and arrows to it. Some of these Pic Hosting sites will tell you or enable you to get the URL of the pic itself (Click and hold or right clicking/Control Click will bring up a Menu in Most browser to 'Copy Image Location' Then it requires some HTML here.
As in Open tag type img src and = and ' and then place URL. Finish with another ' and the Close tag On the Wireless front are you using WiFi as well? I have seen some reports of a Non Blue Tooth wireless Mouse losing Control because the router's Channel was close to the Wireless Mouse's channel (Interference) 10:14 PM Tuesday; September 15, 2009 Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line 'Binary Images for iChat'. Hi, I'm wondering why it shows as two devices?
My guess is it is using two different WiFi Channels iChat 2 and 3 certainly had issue with playing any sound that was not sampled at 44100 I have also seen post where changing the Mic in Audio MIDI Set up to 44100 seemed to help. This one seems particularly low. I do have wifi turned on, on my router, however, my computer is hardwired to it via cat5 ethernet cable.
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The wifi is only used by the iPhone. My mouse is wireless as well. Everything else is hardwired. I tried to see what I could do with the MIDI Sound Utility. First, I could not change the 16000.0 Hz that was the only option available and I could not change it by choosing another option or typing over it.
I also tried to create an Aggregate Device and combining the both into One Device. I got a mismatch message so the only way I could Make them match was to back the speakers off to match the mic, by changing the 44000.0 Hz to 16000.0 Hz. However, iChat would not allow me to choose the Aggregate as an option. I did set the computer to use the wireless headset as my sound output and sound input. I set iChat to use the wireless headset as my sound output and sound input and when I received a call I heard it RING through the wireless headset, but when I answered, no sound at all. I am wondering if it's because it's showing up as two devices if iChat is confused and only giving me the wireless mic as an option for both input and output.
I just don't understand why it works everywhere else and not with iChat. As no one else seems to have this problem, maybe it's time to call AppleCare. I did try talking with Plantronics and they say their product is working, it's a problem with iChat. They do not test with iChat and have no information, I have to go to Apple for help. Thank you for your time and patience and suggestions.
Have a lovely day. Ok, The Alerts set in iChat Menu Preferences Alerts are played by the System as if they are System Alerts (System Preferences Sound Sound Effects is what controls their volume) This is different to the Sound Output chosen in the Output tab or the Input selection in the Input tab - both of which need to match what is selected in iChat Video Preferences. It is possible to hear the Alerts and not get Sound elsewhere.
More on this Normally we only say that people need to match the Mic Choice in System Preferences Sound Input and the Microphone choice in the iChat Video Preferences. You will have to also do the out put choices in both places.
(if I have not made that clear) Any chance you can test Recording in GarageBand or iMovie? And then Playback to the headset as well in those Apps? That would tend to pint more towards iChat if you can do those.
10:03 PM Thursday; September 17, 2009 Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line 'Binary Images for iChat'. I also have the Plantronics 995H wireless headset. It also does not work in iChat 5 (worked in iChat 4!). When I launch iChat v.5 in Snow Leopard, the headset will send audio from the mic to the other person on iChat, but I cannot hear the person. Here's a workaround: 1) I launch the preferences for iChat, set the audio and mic preferences from my Plantronics to my USB Logitech headset (which works with iChat 5).
2) I launch the 'Audio MIDI Setup' app, change the 'Audio Device' Format for the 'Plantronics Wireless Audio' between 44100Hz to 32000Hz. 3) then I switch the preferences in iChat back to the Plantronics from the Logitech headsets. Only then will the Plantronics 995H work with iChat v5. If you have a wired headset, let me know if this trick works for you. I have sent this to the iChat feedback. Hopefully, something comes out of it. Apple Footer.
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