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Review on πŸ”‡ Jabra SP700 Speakerphone with Bluetooth Connectivity (Discontinued by Manufacturer) by Pius Aponte

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good product with some limitations

I've been using the product for about a month and overall I'm happy with it. The product's size and design are great - you won't even notice it on your car's sun visor. It takes a bit of time to figure out where to press for certain functions as there are no obvious buttons for many functions. Rather, you have to press somewhere else on the device's smooth surface to turn it on/off, make/end a call, etc. Initial setup and connection with my Blackberry Storm was easy and I had no problems. Audio quality for calls is good and I've been told it's good on the other end too. I would not recommend anyone to use it to listen to music through the device itself. When broadcasting through a car radio using an FM station, the sound quality is just great when you can broadcast a clean FM frequency. This can be a problem, especially when driving in big cities. For some reason the device does not transmit on frequencies below 88.1MHz, so using the default frequency of 87.9MHz is not possible for this type of application. The search function for finding a new frequency is handy and the device uses the entire FM spectrum. My biggest criticism of the product is that manually finding a new frequency with the +/- rocker is tedious. The device steps through the frequencies in 0.1MHz steps, including even numbers. So, for example, if you see interference at 88.3MHz and want to try 88.5MHz, you need to cycle through 88.4MHz to get there. I've never seen a car stereo that can be tuned to frequencies like 88.4MHz, 88.6MHz, etc. Maybe some newer car audio systems can tune to these even frequencies, but my factory system installed on a 2005 Subaru doesn't work like every other car. I was in. In a large circuit, frequency control is a minor issue. All in all I think this is a quality product that gives me 'hands free' in the car and a good way to listen to my digital music collection while driving. I would recommend it.

Pros
  • Dope πŸ”₯
Cons
  • Compatibility