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| Jabra SP5050 Bt Speakerphone | 
 enlarge | Brand: Jabra
Category: CE
Buy New: $72.93
New (5) Used (1) from $64.80
Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 634
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 6.4 x 2
MPN: 100-45050000-02
Model: 100-45050000-02
UPC: 706487009214
EAN: 0706487009214
ASIN: B000XQGJUG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: We can not ship to PO Boxes, AE, HI, AK or APO addresses. Brand New Item. Directly from Distributor. Shipped within 24 hours.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Works fine, but read the manual! July 19, 2008
The first unit I received worked for a day and then refused to power up. Customer service at Jabra was a waste of time (1.25 hours on hold; I finally gave up), and you can't even email them your question without giving them every piece of personal information--name, address, phone, and so on--which seems unnecessary.
I returned the unit to the seller, JoWow, at my own expense, and received a new one, which works. The most important thing to know before you try to use this is that you MUST read and learn the difference between a "tap" a "press" and a "press & hold" on the device, otherwise you will forever be hanging up on people, not able to voice-dial, and so on.
I drive a pickup that is relatively noisy in the cab at highway speeds. However, I am able to hear people and they can hear me, which is more than I can say for some of the earphone units I've tried.
One gripe: when someone calls you, your phone starts ringing AND the unit starts ringing. When you tap the device to answer, your phone stops ringing, but the device KEEPS ringing for a few seconds, during which time you cannot hear the caller and they cannot hear you. I have had people hang up on me because they thought the call was dropped, but in reality, I was saying "hello! hello! hello!" but they couldn't hear me until the device stopped ringing.
This delay is annoying, and I am not certain if it is related to the phone I am using (LGVX8300 from Verizon) or if it is a function of the device that is just stupid. I'm going to keep it because other than that it does work well, and bluetooth earphones drive me crazy.
 Not everything it's cracked up to be July 17, 2008
Don't know if anyone else has this problem, but sometimes when I first turn it on, it takes two or three phone calls out for me to hear that the phone is ringing and if anyone answers it (my cellphone says "connected" but I hear nothing coming out of the speaker). Also, you can't use your voice recognition dialing, unless you push the button on the phone that starts the process, shout the name of the person you are dialing at the speakerphone, and hope it recognizes it. It could be a bit louder when you finally do get someone on the line also. It is very difficult to hit the right spot on the unit to answer or turn off your phone while you are driving and it is very hard to see somtimes if it is on or off. And, sometimes if my phone is in my purse and not on the car seat, it can't find it and disconnects. And, it does not come with an AC charger. I called the company about that and was told that they weren't going to bother with an AC charger. Oh well. Maybe customers shouldn't bother with Jabra.
It isn't loud enough! July 17, 2008
Ok, so the new cell laws in California are now in effect. So I go to Best Buy and pick up this set because it is the only one they have in stock and it looks nice. I used it for 2 days before wanting to return it at the end of the 2nd day. I liked everything about it BUT the volume. It isn't loud at all! I had to turn off my radio and turn down my air conditioning and I still had trouble hearing it through the din of freeway traffic while I sweated with my windows up. In a parked car, I can hear everything fine, but otherwise, it just doesn't cut it. I returned it to Best Buy and paid an extra $40 to upgrade to the Motorola t505, which I can hear through my car speakers.
Does what it's supposed to do July 16, 2008
Due to the California law, I needed to get a handsfree device. The reviews were good on the Jabra SP5050 so I got one and tried it and then had my wife try it. It was simple enough for her to be happy so I bought a second one.
If your phone Bluetooth is on (which shortens battery life) and you turn on the SP5050 it hooks up with your phone and you're good to go. If you leave the SP5050 over 30 or 40 feet and are gone for 15 minutes or so, it automatically turns off. It's simple and works well. If the volume is too low and you can't get it high enough on the SP5050 you can try increasing the volume on your phone. I have been happy with the performance and volume.
Just not loud enough July 16, 2008
I got this product on Monday 07/14/08. I printed out the return label back to Amazon on Tuesday.
I drive an older car that sounds like I'm driving a semi on the inside of the car. At 70MPH, I can barely hear the caller. I was able to hear my caller when I was driving at lower speeds.
The other thing that happened is when I made a few calls on it, they were on the phone, not the Jabra and I didn't do anything to make that happen. That got really annoying really quickly.
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