Thread: Which earphones are you guys using?
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2010-07-04 , 23:07
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Originally Posted by shadow skill View Post
This really sucks. At any rate I did find out something interesting. The Astro Gaming A40 headset does appear to work right out of the box the same should be true of the A30. I have to do some more testing but I think the mic works as well. If you can deal with headsets it may be worth taking a look at the Astro gaming line:http://www.astrogaming.com/products/3/Audio-Systems/
Well - the problem is partially in the pinouts of the four-conductor pin on the 3.5mm jack on iPhone headsets, so if you have one that's wired differently (clearly so in the case of the A40 4-conductor adapter) the mic has a chance of working. But obviously - no way to control call pickup, adjust volume, etc etc. So pretty useless either way.

It's rather bizarre that Nokia seemingly hasn't made this bit open, or that no-one's done anything with it. Some third-party iPhone headsets have three-button remotes which do call pickup and media playback (with full transport controls by multiple button-press sequences) for example. But perhaps more bizarre that they've not made it work with their AD-series jacked remotes.

It occurs to me that it should be possible to use the USB port on the phone to connect a headset and just pass the various signals that way. Any gaps in functionality could be addressed in software with relative ease.
Good luck with that.
Last edited by punto; 2010-07-04 at 23:16.