Overview of VoIP-kit Plantronics Voyager 510

Package Contents:

• Headset
• USB-dongle
• Credle
• Cable to charge from USB
• Three interchangeable attachments for speaker
• CD with software PerSono Call
• User

Additional accessories (not included):

• Cover to be worn on a belt
• Set for connection to standard telephone

Design, construction

Design of the set is unusual, it is an understatement. Imagine a model 665, which has attached to a powerful arc, in which the battery is hidden - perhaps this description will be the most faithful. But let's talk about everything in order.

So, starting use, you must detach the device from the package, it is glued to a drop of silicone gel, a trace of it remains, such concern is pleasant. Then otderite bag with nozzles on the loudspeaker, select the appropriate size (I was approached by the average), and insert it into a groove and rotate to fasten (tapering piece must be directed deeper into the ear canal). Now you need to configure the headset to be worn on the right or left ear, the design just looks monolithic, in fact, here are two hinge rotates leg microphone and bow itself, you can see in the photos, as it happens. Everything we put on the device is ready for use.

The design used different materials, plastic is a soft-touch, they lined the inside of the arch, it is very nice, its outer part, and the front portion of the foot microphone, made of silver plastic. Well, if we talk about the little things, the glossy black plastic trimmed volume control button, rough black - the inner surface of the legs. Encouraged by the very design of the microphone, rather, the closing cap - it's rough gray material, whether plastic, or something else, but it looks interesting. Assembling a fairly accurate, but not without incidents - and there are a few extra clearance, met fin and balances, but all this is, in principle, little things. Looks and looks good on the ear headset, but you need to immediately understand what that thing is unlikely to be worn on the street, it was too large size, in the eyes of those around you will remind combat cyborg or natural dog of war. In the office, car, gym, it is not evident, for there in its place. Image design is not as a class, this is a working machine, which can be recommended for companies to equip the workplace of their employees.

Indicator light little that is good news, but the blue light flickers while running often enough, it catches the eye, can not be disabled. Attachment to the speaker is made of soft rubber, they wear foam earplugs.

Extremely pleased with the delivery, and especially the cradle, it is small in size, simple as five cents, on the inner side has a special slot for memory and plug the cable. Inserted into his headset is very simple, it can be done with one hand without holding the cradle - solid five and a huge plus, I think most consumers will keep the 510-yu front of a computer's great to have such a useful base.

Wearing

Ergonomics in the 510th is good, if not excellent. Despite the massiveness, she sits on the ear as poured, there is no pain, despite the traditional design. True, I am afraid that is not for everyone it would fit if your ears are special, be sure to buy pomerte device, buy only if you will be sure that everything is fine, never too tight and not smart.

Management

The headset has only four buttons to control everything in the foot microphone is the key answer / reject the call, the arc is small and extremely tight power button, volume rocker. In principle, everything is fine, but something bad, but it is not right with the button On. She, like I said, very tight, not only in the instructions rather odd describes the process of transferring the call to the phone, if you follow it, then you need to click on this button very unfortunate, but then the device simply turns off and the call continues on the phone. But at the very beginning of instruction key is number four, you need to press to transfer the call, has a completely different purpose - it's the volume control buttons, judging from the picture, then press the desired button number five, which in reality is an on / off switch. Same thing with the function Mute - on the instructions you need to press the button Mute (Again, this is number 4), after which the microphone is turned off. One in the pictures, the text of another - Respect the interpreter, as well as those who checked his grief work. I beg you not write me angry letters to ridicule: "At the very mind that if no deal?!" I just put myself in place of a potential customer who does not have anything to investigate.Instructions should be simple and understandable, there is not.

And finally - a normal user is here at this address. And, of course, I'll tell you how it works: lightly press the power button, the microphone is turned off immediately, turn by pressing the same button (push to short-term). Feature is extremely useful, unique, other products practically does not occur.

Food

Claimed battery talk time - six hours of standby time - one hundred twenty hours, in practice the device apart from the cradle to work about two or three days off for the night and quite a great time talking. In principle, you can forget about talk time, as during the power cradle the device continues to work, communication with the phone is lost, it is a huge plus. Charger brand here, charging for the car to find the market is difficult, it's not very cool, the kit can be immediately put such a charge. By the way, and the official site I could not find mention of these devices, at least interested in their indices.

Connection with telephone, computer

What can we say about the device, which is so in the military work? See for yourself:

- I took the headset out of the box, put the cable into the cradle, cradle placed next to the computer and put the headset plugged in the USB connector.

- Add to the right place laptop (Windows XP SP2) installation CD with the program Plantronics PerSonoCall. The program window opened in my running Firefox, I downloaded the desktop installer, installation takes a little more than a minute on the settings, I do not speak, can not to touch anything at all - set and forget.

- The USB plug adapter from the kit, Bluetooth for a laptop I have not included, it is not necessary. The operating system recognizes the Thing as a HID-device, there is something set, and then invited to reboot, you can make it and then.

- Press and hold the adapter until it flashes different colored lights.

- Take out of the cradle the headset, turn it, then press both the volume up button and the answer.

- A second device find each other, they light up blue lights pleasant.

- Start Skype, the program asks whether you can trust PerSonoCall, put a tick in front of "trust always".

- All, enjoy the normal work of the answer and end call, voice quality and all that. Made me very pleased at how quickly the headset and adapter are each other after the trip, is where a few seconds, and you can already speak again. The whole process of initial installation is at a certain sleight of hand somewhere in five minutes.

Not only that trick works well with Skype, so it also supports Multipoint, you can connect the mobile phone. At the same time talking on the two devices fail, the headset is turned off during a call from passive to active if the phone rings, when you talk on Skype, then this 510-I signal to a quiet trill, you'll need to break the active call to connect to the second device.

Talking about the phone: I tested the headset with the Nokia N93, the sound quality is good but not excellent, the absence of any effect "improvers" sound, it strongly depends on how you position the microphone - phone must be on the same side as the headset, then it is perfectly acceptable. Multifunction button allows one-touch redial the last number or, if you hold to activate voice dialing. Of all the people with whom I spoke, but my spouse to find fault with the quality of communication, but she always finds fault with everything. Increasingly, people could not even understand, by phone or headset me talking.

Listen to music when adapter is connected, it does not, rather it will be transferred to the headset, while talking on Skype heard it my interlocutors.

I liked the range of headsets, claimed ten meters I could not be reached, but somewhere in the eight it "breaks." Alas, the lead class of the device is not yet possible, but I suspect that he is not the third, it was too large distance when using the phone. By the way, with USB-adapter, it is the same as the phone is likely to use the third or second class of Bluetooth.

In this device profile Bluetooth 1.2 with support for AFH (technology aimed at "bypassing" the frequency Wi-Fi), alas, I failed to achieve pairing with Sony Ericsson W880i, it is possible that this occurred because of using the latest Profile 2.0 with EDR while backward compatibility has not been canceled. The problem has always occurred at the stage of adding the headset to the phone, before that it is easily detected, prompt for the password, but that's when you add the phone hung up, and take him out of this state could only be removing the battery. With the Nokia N93 process takes seconds, although here, too, Profile 2.0. In general, highly recommend to buy sopryach your phone with a headset in order to understand "understand" whether they are to each other properly.

As for Plantronics PerSono Call, in fact, a program intermediary between the adapter, headset and software for VoIP, supported by Avaya Softphone, Cisco Softphone, Shoretel Softphone, Skype (including version 2.0), Pingtel Xpressa. Program settings are extremely simple: you can choose whether to run it at system startup, select a basic program, which is supposed to use, adjust the action when you press the answer - everything is simple and clear, once again, you can not to touch anything at all, for enough initial installations.

Conclusions

Immediately I will say that estimate is just set, and not the headset separately.At an average cost of approximately three thousand three hundred rubles we get here are pros:

• Perfectly realized work with your computer using an adapter for VoIP
• Excellent ergonomics
• Good voice quality
• Stable, office design
• Excellent equipment
• The availability of Mute
• Presence Multipoint
• Work while charging

Cons also has:

• The assembly could be better
• Instruction is quite strange
• Tight power button
• Find a sales charge for the car hard

If we talk about personal opinion, I set very much, it does not toys, but a serious thing for a "fast" people. It is clear that it is quite possible and normal headset connected to a laptop or standard PC with Bluetooth, but by the time "deployment" of a set has no equal. As for stability, especially pleases Software included. If you need a working headset for the office or home, you talk a lot on Skype and mobile phone at the same time, it is very good solution. So I boldly recommend this thing to buy.

Specifications:

• Profile Bluetooth: 1.2
• Hours Talk Time: Up to 6 hours
• Standby time: up to 120 hours
• Wearing style: classical

WARNING! To work correctly with Windows Vista on a Bluetooth-adapter should be marked 1P23 (number may be greater than 23, as long as no less). On my adapter was marked 1P15, with Vista it will not work. Consider this point in the purchase, the software methods to fix the problem there.