Binding: Wireless Phone Accessory Brand: Cardo Systems EAN: 0701890621534 Feature: Compatible with all BT Mobile Phones Label: Cardo Systems Manufacturer: Cardo Systems Model: SCALA500 Publisher: Cardo Systems Studio: Cardo Systems
Features
Compatible with all BT Mobile Phones Embedded Wind Blocking Technology Exchangeable Ear-Loop and Eye/Sunglasses Attachment 9 Hours Talk-Time / One Week Standby All advanced functions: Mute, Reject, Transfer, etc
Take your Bluetooth headset experience to new heights with the thoughtfully designed scala-500. The unit comes equipped with all the high-end features and functionalities you would expect from a leading headset, with the addition of revolutionary technology that is designed to cut wind noise.
Easy to wear around your neck or on your belt. Take a closer look.
An ear-clip and an exclusive eye/sunglasses clip come with the scala-500. Take a closer look.
Equipped with the WindGuard solution, the scala-500 overcomes wind interference significantly better than does any other Bluetooth headset on the market. Whether you're walking the sidewalks of a busy city, or biking or hiking on a windy day, you will appreciate this addition.
Click on the demos below to listen to a comparison between headset performance without and with the WindGuard technology (at a wind speed of 9 mph):
Customer Rating: Summary: Nice for price Comment: I can hear very clearly on this headset and works fairly well for voice dial. A little uncomfortable on the ear at first, but have gotten used to it. All in all a nice headset for the price. Customer Rating: Summary: Not bad for a first try but still looking. Comment: This headset is comfortable and works well most of the time. IT says range of 30 ft but 3 ft is closer to the truth. Sometimes it gets alot of static iven if I have my phone on the opposite waist. And perhaps most annoying of all is that I cant get the light to stop blinking; announcing to all that I am Borg! Not only that, now the price is much lower than I paid. Moving on. Customer Rating: Summary: Works very well Comment: Much better than the Jabra 500, this unit has worked up to 30' away from my Treo 700. Good battery life and comes with ear, clip, and eyeglass mounts. No car charger or USB chatger that I'm aware of? Customer Rating: Summary: Good volume, good connectivity with right phone. Comment: Updated 2/25/2007: It looks as if my original discontent should have been with my phone. I'm now using a Sprint PPC 6700 (Starcom), and this headset works magnificently. I've never had to re-pair. I leave the headset in my car during the week for my trips into work. On the weekend, I charge it. I'm very pleased, now.
The annoying beeps I reported in my earlier review were actually notifications of alerts that I hadn't deleted from the headset.
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I've been looking for a reliable bluetooth headset for my Spring Samsung a900. I've used Motorola and now this item. While, when connected, it works like a charm, all to often I'm hearing beeps - kind of like a glissando(sp) - that I'm assuming is telling me I'm either losing signal or connectivity to the phone. It could well be Sprint and not this headset. Not sure. But that's where this item loses points. I've been unable to find any reference to this particular signal - what it means or how to correct it.
The other thing that bothers me is having to re-pair with the phone every several days.
Maybe I need to wait for the next generation of bluetooth devices.
Short story, long - if you have confidence in your phone's bluetooth signal strength, I can't recommend against this headset. Because I get those strange annoying beeps, though...it's currently sitting on the shelf. Customer Rating: Summary: Over-rated... Comment: After reading a few of the reviews, I was very excited about getting this item at the low price. I have experienced lower than reported distance. While approximately 30ft is reported, I can walk about 10-15ft away before experiencing static and then losing the signal. After a few weeks the earpiece began to experience inconsistent connections when making and receiving phone calls. After about 6 weeks with the product, connectivity has stopped completely. While the earpiece does come on, connectivity with my phone has been limited at best. On a positive note, set up for the earpiece was pretty easy.
