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Questions tagged [headset]

Headsets are a combination of headphones and at least one microphone. Includes wired (analog or USB) as well as wireless or Bluetooth headsets.

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Bluetooth headset with poor sound quality on Ubuntu

I've bought a Philips SHB4000 headset (phone+mic) wireless (bluetooth) and It has a good quality when I pair it with my phone or PC Windows but when I pair it with the same PC on Ubuntu (14.10 64 bits) the sound quality goes down. I've been googling…
Cleber Marques
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Bluetooth - Connection Failed: blueman.bluez.errors.DBusFailedError: Protocol Not available

I'm trying to add a BlueParrott B-250XT+ bluetooth headset on a Thinkpad X230 tablet running Ubuntu 16.04 with its hardware bluetooth adapter. The adapter works - meaning it detects/sees the headset. However, when connecting to the headset it…
psedach
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No sound from bluetooth headset, but it's detected

I have a Bluetooth headset connected to my computer. The buttons play/pause/volume are working fine, but I have no sound in the headset. It only works in the speaker of the computer. In fact, I played with the sound settings of my headset in the…
imago
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Pairing Apple Airpods as Headset

With Ubuntu 16.04 I've been attempting to pair by Apple airpods as a headset. They come up as headphones. They work fine as headphones, but I would like the microphone to be available
Doug T.
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Bluetooth Headset: Can't set A2DP (High Fidelity Playback). Poor sound quality

I'm trying to use my bluetooth headset (Bluedio, in the screenshot) in Ubuntu-Gnome 16.10, but I keep getting a horrible sound quality in everything. Important note: I've just tested with a different device, a bluetooth speaker, and it gets the A2DP…
Fabrik
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Headset microphone not working on Ubuntu 20.04

When I'm speaking with my internal microphone and I connect my headset, it's not detecting the microphone on it. Thing that does not happen in Windows, also didn't happen in Ubuntu 18.04 Any suggestion to fix it?
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Ubuntu 16.04 won't output sound to Bluetooth headphones

I'm trying to use mt SONY MDR-XB950BT headphones on Ubuntu 16.04 but not having any luck. I've managed to get them connected but it doesn't seem like I can actually listen to music/videos out of them. I tried setting the audio output to the…
Chris
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Failed to change profile to headset_head_unit

I got the Sony MDR-ZN770BN connected to my PC via bluetooth. But I can only use A2DP. When I switch it to HSP, I get message "Failed to change profile to headset_head_unit", so no skype calls possible. How can I solve that?
D. Joe
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Use Bluetooth headset with microphone (HFP) in Ubuntu 18.04

My Bluetooth headset (IFROGZ Toxix Wireless) supports the Headset Head Unit profile (headset_head_unit or HSP/HFP) and the audio playback profile (a2dp_sink). It pairs and connects successfully with my Ubuntu 18.04 laptop. However, when connected,…
Amit Moshe
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How do I connect to my Bluetooth headset?

I have an ACER C7 Chromebook with Ubuntu 12.04 installed. Also I have two apps installed Bluetooth Manager and Bluetooth. I am trying to connect an MEElectronics AF9-BK Air-Fi Stereo Bluetooth Wireless Headset with Microphone to Ubuntu. I have…
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How to make aptX-capable Bluetooth equipment work with Ubuntu?

I have an aptX-capable headset and I want to use it to play music with the highest possible audio quality the headset can technically provide in Ubuntu. How can I do that? While A2DP supports a lot of codecs optionally and is extensible to support…
LiveWireBT
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Autoconnecting seamlessly to Bluetooth headset (Sennheiser Momentum M2 AEBT) in Ubuntu 16.04

I own a Bluetooth headset (Sennheiser Momentum M2 AEBT). I am having an issue with autoconnection, for which I have found a workaround. I would prefer a real solution. If I want the connection to work, I have to Connect the headset. Edit the…
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Buttons on my bluetooth headset aren't working

I have noticed, that although my "Bluetooth Headset" works perfectly fine, buttons on it, like Previous, Next, Play etc do not. Why is that?
vava
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No sound on USB headset. How to manage soundcards and audio devices?

I had a fresh reinstall of Lubuntu 13.10 and my USB headset seems to be not working. I looked for solutions in some forums, but these didn't work for me. My headset is a Genius Wire Gaming headset. Thank you!
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Ubuntu 20.04 headphones detected but no sound

So, after my computer started to be a bit slow this week, I decided to do a reboot. After, the sound output of my headset was not working at all and it seems to me that I have not changed anything on my computer before this infamous reboot. I've had…
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