Overview stereo Bluetooth-Headset Nokia BH903

Package Contents:

• Headset
• Charger
• Set of interchangeable nozzles for speaker
• User

Well, here ends another curious milestone in our lives. Know very well that some of those who now reads the material, just as I do, enthusiastically awaited the appearance of this headset directly to the announcement, remember, it was last winter, the road on the shelves was a long and thorny, but I will say in advance: worth the wait. Do not even know where to begin, honestly, probably better to talk about the first day with the BH-903. I took her sunny March morning, and already out of the mission, managed to connect to the Nokia N81 8Gb, the benefit after the first inclusion, it goes into pairing mode, it remains only to discover it. On the way to the subway and had to listen, to make a first impression. First, the headphones were not such as I thought, but after the plug headsets Nokia ??????? the sound seemed to me tihovat. In the subway listening to do not like it, because music has disappeared under the onslaught of other sounds. However, on the way to the office got some favorite track in normal quality, which in volume and quality of play even better than a wired headset - again like. Like it - not like, and so the first day, it was particularly hurt that little thing can not live up to her expectations, though the cost will be in retail for about seven thousand. But do not worry, justified, and with a vengeance. Good stuff.

Design

I remember in the review Nokia BH-902 I've spent enough parallels between the accessories and the phone company, I think you will easily guess at the appearance sets the overall direction, then you and glossiness, and licked the form, and pleasant subtlety. Headset collected for five-plus, no defects could not be found, tight, whole and in the hand unit is good. Weighs only 32 grams, a sense of the size comparable with a slightly resounded in the sides of the lighter. Wires are hidden in a cloth sheath, it is interesting that here they are not hidden in the neckstrap as, say, the DS-970, and connected with each separately through the special grooves. Separately, it must be said about the belt: it is thick, made of cloth, not neck rubs, I spun on the word "rich". Naturally, the possible adjustment of the length, it is very simple: take the headphones and pulls up to the desired distance, no complaints about the length of the cables I have, in my case, after adjustment device located below the solar plexus. No questions to ergonomics, it is very convenient. The only thing in the summer you will literally fly into the wires, but such is the design, I am ready to put up with it, better so than overhead headphones.Besides, nobody prevents remove BH-903 in a shirt pocket, so it is not hung during walking, carbines and other fixtures here.

Initially I thought that here we used the same earphones that bundled with Nokia N81 (to put it mildly, not the best option), but it is a different model, as far as I know, hitherto unseen in the company's products, "ears" are different in appearance and its audio performance, talk about it in the head office of sound.

Do not be surprised scarce complete, justified the absence of any cradle, covers the fact that the device, and it turned out insanely expensive at retail, and textile (say otherwise - cheap) veshchichki here is obviously not "roll", do not fit into the concept of an expensive product.

Management

There are many keys in advance to say that the management has to get used, be sure to read the instructions before using. I'll start with the microphone, he is the right cable is a little blochok, but even here we find interesting. For example, a solid black inset is the key answer / end call, and the side of it there is a small controller mute, meeting with a special button for this first time. Come on to the headset itself. At the bottom there is a round pimpochka on / off switch, this process takes a few seconds, forget about other products, BH-903 is included imposingly and slowly, not only on the first screen you see the proud inscription Nokia. Under the button is OLED-display, it's the most wonderful part, explain why. Forget displeychik Sony-Ericsson HBH DS-970, for here the functionality moves to a new level. Two-line screen, shown at the top of the battery charge level, the mode (radio or listening), the key lock indicators, status of Bluetooth, call (shown and availability are not taken calls, and the second included, it is very convenient), play mode (displayed characters Play, Stop, Pause, REW and FF). At the bottom we can see the caller's name, and can be read both Russian and Latin dialed contacts, regardless of the selected device language. Also, there appears the name of the current track, station name, frequency, volume level, the information to which the device is connected, and so on, to go into detail does not make sense, in the course of the review, we'll talk about what can be seen on screen. Beneath it there is already semipozitsionny joystick, even eight, if we take into account the presence of sensory area around the key evidence, it is in the middle.So, what's here? At the corners are located playback controls, it is Play / Pause, Stop, REW, and FF, I think, not to say what they are accountable, if you connect, you can press the button Play, and starts playback without having to worry smartphone. On the left and right parts of the joystick are located exactly in the middle a sort of bumps that they scroll through menus to get to it, you press a chrome button below the joystick, even less settled button answer / end button, it duplicates the small controllers on the microphone.

You may ask how to adjust the volume? Just as in the Nokia N81, there is a kind of Navy Weel, you need to run your finger clockwise around the key confirmation, and you will see how the display will show the increasing stripe. Swipe your finger counter-clockwise - the volume is reduced. Honestly, I did not used to this part, frankly, it would be better to make a simple rocker on the end, so it is familiar.

In the presence of a number of controls it was impossible not to think of any blocking, I searched the lever on the body, found, looked at the menu, there is also not found, then that is called "undestanding. Press the power button, the display key, press again - he goes, an elegant and robust solution.

What would still find fault? A key tugovat lightly. Well, when working with a menu keystroke movements sometimes lead to stopping the track or to rollback, this is due to the fact that inevitably sometimes you press on the wrong button, you need a habit. Here, perhaps, that's all.

Menu

I think you already guessed that the BH-902 and BH-903 is largely twin sisters, especially the contents of the menu, I think, on the mono run-in functionality relating to built-in address book, any additional opportunities to transfer and then experience in the senior model. So, we get to the menu by pressing the silver button below the joystick, there is only four points. First activates the mode of musical devices, I mean to listen to music phones, laptops, portable music player and so on. The second paragraph can be guessed from the characteristic icon, he is responsible for activating the built-in radio, this time working voice functions with a connected device, in principle, can not connect the phone (for example, in the gym). In the third section, we find ourselves in the call lists, all in the same way as in the BH-902. At your disposal are three lists - incoming, outgoing and received calls, all of them have the last ten numbers, you can immediately dial a number by clicking the appropriate button. The fourth and final section is devoted to the settings, I think we should stay here more. First, you can adjust the brightness, although I would recommend leaving the value of "default", where some fifty percent, more than enough. Secondly, you can work with a menu of connections, it is here that activated the pairing mode, you can connect to the device for calls to the music (here it is possible and see lists of devices, which can be connected). What does it mean this or that connection? Here lies the puzzling because, in theory, on the connection for the calls you can view only the paired phone without A2DP and connect to them for making calls and nothing else.Meanwhile, in the list for some reason, visible and N81 8Gb, you can select it, then cease to be displayed on the display song title and name of the caller. If suddenly you have this happen, and you're scared to death (slomalas!), just select the connection for music and reconnect the device. Why is this "mudrezh" - is unclear.

Than those described in the menu you can enable or disable the automatic lock keys (there is 30 seconds after the last touch to the device), select the language (Russian is, but after full discharge, he again dropped into English) to make a return to factory settings. Not once I figured out how to make sure that the headset has shown you the time, this is only possible when the connected phone Nokia.It turned out that it is necessary to enter the menu, and then pinch and hold the confirmation, I do not think it's great, it could allocate to this place in the status bar for permanent display.

Food

Actually, if you seek an answer to the question, why is so cool it's worth, then be sure to keep in mind that the engineers themselves whether hard job, or did not use their ideas, but in fact it is very nice has a function of fast-charging battery. In reality, this means that somewhere in half an hour you get about nine hours of battery life. I repeat - half an hour. Nine hours of music. A full recharge time is about fifty minutes, all that can go on about their business. The claimed running time is 11 hours of music playback, radio or conversation, in the standby mode the headset is working 150 hours. Naturally, the data I have checked and rechecked, in practice, boldly reported to you that, in conjunction with Nokia N81 8Gb, exposed to full volume and connectivity for music playback, plus somewhere else with a half-hour conversation, the device worked for almost ten hours. While the battery is still not shaken, plus talk, plus I'm still tormented by her, that is working display. Moreover, the headset can operate while charging, that very very unusual, I'm used to seeing such behavior in "large" closed set.

Connector for charging a standard (2 mm), it is not covered for obvious reasons, no plugs, charging the battery, the display shows the progress.

We can not say how such savings achieved. Well, if you speak only of visible things, the display after a few seconds of work goes into "hibernation" every five seconds, it displays the status symbols (for example, signals an active connection via Bluetooth, play, stay in the player mode, all of this - three small icon on the display). By pressing the central button of the screen "wakes up" and you'll see the song title and so on.

Radio

Built-in radio includes a menu of features is to highlight the presence of RDS (yes, this is a headset) see the name of the station, in some cases and a telephone for communication. Controlled simple: press and hold for a second rewind button, thus proceed to the next or previous available station to keep it in the list (in fact, it is infinite), you press and hold Play / Pause, rewind and then we select the desired number of us in the list and then hold the Play / Pause. To appeal to your saved stations, simply rewind to move from room to room of cells - all quite logical, but the instructions should be read.

The quality of reception in the building I do not much like it, though, it does not affect all stations. But on the street all right. Of course, not be compared to that obtained by using the same N81 8Gb with a wired headset, or even more so when used with the player. Acceptable. Loud. Sufficient quality. Perhaps this is all that can be said about the radio.

Voice quality

Perhaps not surprisingly at all would be for you to know that I will definitely buy this headset, for me it means a departure from the headset SE, as well as by phone, BH-903 is designed for phones Nokia, and it works with them all the functionality. So for me it was extremely important and exciting to understand how to operate voice features, the last of such things, called HS-12W, it was not very good. I dare you to report: BH-903 - a completely different song, talking on her extremely comfortable, well you can hear, you hear a great companion, thanks to say the microphone sensitivity and the presence of DSP (which, I think, not only works during the conversation, but and "pure" sound during playback songs). As I said earlier, you can see the display name or number, the caller can answer the call button on the microphone or headset at a very, very good work all the basic functions, this last number redial, and activate voice dialing, and switch between calls. I shall especially note once again a special key to turn off the microphone - actually a necessary thing, not once or twice I use it during the operation.

You know, I sum up under the dome this way: you just about anything you're just talking and everything. Microphone, in any case is close to your mouth, do not raise your voice, just convenient and all. Unsubscribe from this difficult.

We also can not say that works fine avtosopryazhenie, after not the first (at first it goes into pairing mode), turn the headset begins to search for previously paired devices, and should not disappoint her. Separately must be said about it: for some reason many users think that the device supports multi point. About this there is no mention of any company's website, nor in the manual (it is located, by the way) anywhere else. I even believe in that, when implemented pairing and connecting to DUOS, and then pull up the "top" and even Nokia N81 8Gb, BH903 such torture could not stand it and just turn off. It was the same, and paired with Nokia 8800 and Nokia 6510. I tried different options: to connect separately to music, talking to multiple devices - not working, simultaneous access is possible only to one phone.I think from Nokia «multipoint" headsets not wait until late this year or even in the 2009th, the company did not consider this area so much innovation, fit. A bit about supported profiles:

• Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR
• Headset Profile (HSP) 1.1
• Handsfree Profile (HFP) 1.5
• A2DP
• AVRCP 1.0
• PBAP (responsible for access to the phone book)

Operating range is approximately seven meters, not bad.

Playback quality

Another thing that scared me at first, even before I got the device in his hands: it seemed to me that here is no good and never will. Indeed, the biggest problem the device is in the headphones. Rather, when listening in noisy environments, the design is such that exclusion does not occur, therefore, at full volume, standing or walking right next to you people can also listen to the music, the textbook of English or an erotic book. In addition, you are perfectly hear what is happening around and because of this do not understand what is at stake in an erotic book, say, the subway does not make out (I am, however, more and more electric music listening).

But on the street, home, office, on the walk quite a different picture. Headphones still good, but it all depends on the composition. Say, could not yet determine the regularity, or whether the case in the normal "grab" the disc, or even in anything, but that's preinstalled on the Nokia N81 8Gb songs (in particular, the new Maroon 5 album) sounds disgusting. And personally copied from the original disc songs sound just fine. In general, I want you to understand a simple thing, which many often forget: if the headset and the phone in your opinion really does play music, the case may be, as the songs themselves, this also applies to bit rate, and so on. Of course, in the case of the BH-903 is not all right, there is also lightly "fringe", common to almost all Bluetooth-headsets, and bass can be pobasovitey and equalizers better not to change, to use "credit default". However, this does not mean that I'm disappointed, not at all. I liked the little that I liked very much for such great quality headphones. Sorry that did not use any headphones with better insulation, very sorry. Many were probably worried about how it is on the volume - normal or even good. Even for a shell-shocked head is more than enough if all around is not too noisy. Adjust the volume as possible from the phone and the headset.

What more do you need to know about reproduction? Perhaps, then, that there is some delay when you press, they do not strongly interfere with life, you just have a habit. There are (ura!) rewind not only from track to track, but within the songs, though, you do not see a status bar with time, track skipping can only be on the phone. But this may well be used if the train on the display, then going blindly "choose" it as much time as needed.

The screen displays the title track sets the same way as in the phone that do not fit the names scrolled (so it is with the subscriber's address book).

Nokia BH903 - only for Nokia?

Here I would like to talk about the compatibility and bugs or problems. I'll start with the apparatus, which is recommended to use a gadget, here you can "compare notes". Interestingly, that is not listed N93i, for this device support the headset has been added in the October version, but I think it's not one is missing, forgotten, and the N95, for example. Since these devices will work show time, name calling, name of composition, the light is not received calls will be displayed correctly lists the call. Need I say that with devices from other manufacturers may be, to say the problems that brings us to the only logical conclusion: in fact, this device only to owners of Nokia. I can list and the best in this regard, devices - N81, N95 8Gb (of course, not a fountain, but still), N96, N91 8Gb (alas, could try for a few minutes, but the sound quality is still cleaner than in a pair with N81 ), a stretch it could be 6310/6510.

Now a little about "bugs" and so on. Expecting the worst, but not actually met with one hundredth share of the problems that are seen in operation Nokia BH902, but once the device just turn off the above, I wrote why it happened. Need to keep track of which mode you are connecting, sometimes for no apparent reason lights display device. Immediately I note an interesting fact: when you go from FM-tuner to the player, then see how the volume bar itself is regulated to the same condition in what stayed at the last turn. Such concern is proper and logical.

Conclusions

Headset Nokia BH903 will be available in April - early May, I repeat: the price will be about seven thousand. We must understand that this is not a simple device, here are collected, merged so many innovations. It's quick and easy battery charge, and for a long time, and the widespread clearing of sound, and call lists with the ability to dial directly from the headset and the built-in radio, and very good (close to excellent for such devices), the transmission quality of both voice and songs. Competitors in the market for aggregate performance is not, and in the near future is foreseen. I understand all about the inflated price, which is unlikely to fall rapidly (will not be until this fall, most likely). This product is for wealthy tehnofetishistov, owners of the latest models of Nokia, I do not recommend it to owners of devices other brands.

And finally I would like to dream about what the market will be simplified BH-903, I think that you can leave the player controls, quick charge function with preservation of the impressive work time, remove the display and a built-in radio, add in-ear headphones with an insulator. Even for three thousand rubles, it will be very high demand thing, I suppose.