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On September 6, 2011, Sony released their first wireless stereo headset [26] which allows users to hear both in game audio and voice chat. The headset runs independent of then HDMI, optical and A/V outputs, and instead connects wirelessly via a USB dongle (which can also be used to connect it to a PC or Mac).
Most Bluetooth headsets implement both Hands-Free Profile and Headset Profile, because of the extra features in HFP for use with a mobile phone, such as last number redial, call waiting and voice dialing. The mobile phone side of an HFP link is Audio Gateway or HFP Server. The automobile side of HFP link is Car Kit or HFP Client.
Most 2.4 GHz Wireless Headsets come in two units, a wireless headset and a wireless base-station, which connects to your original telephone unit via the handset jack. The wireless headset communicates with the base-station via 2.4 GHz RF, and the voice signals are sent or received via the base unit to the telephone unit.
The company launched its headsets in early 2008 followed by the launch of its Transport Series of gaming gear bags. By 2010, ASTRO Gaming had 23 employees and had raised more than $5 million in additional funding. [5] In early 2011, the publicly traded Utah-based company, Skullcandy, purchased Astro Gaming for $10.8 million, acquiring all ...
A headset is a headphone combined with a microphone. Headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Among applications for headsets, besides telephone use, are aviation, theatre or television studio intercom systems, and console or PC gaming.
Plantronics entered the multimedia headset market in 1999 with the release of the HS1 and the DSP-500 headsets, the latter featuring a built-in digital signal processing card. In 2002, Plantronics and Microsoft created the headset for the Xbox Communicator, the first headset to enable voice communication with Xbox Live . [ 13 ]
The wireless headset is available as standard in white/grey. [3] In conjunction with the release of Halo 3 , Microsoft released a Halo 3 themed Wireless Headset. [ 4 ] To coincide with the launch of the Xbox 360 S a black Wireless Headset was made available, [ 5 ] and Halo: Reach themed Wireless Headsets were released alongside the game.
The receiver can use a 3.5 mm headphone jack to plug into most audio outputs. The headphones emit sound from up to 10 metres (33 ft) away from the receiver using Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) wireless technology. It is also compatible with most music players but can also be connected via an external Bluetooth source.