[cisco-voip] Cisco 8851 and Bluetooth Speaker

[Anthony Holloway]

Something to note about the 8861/51 and Bluetooth, is that when I pair my
Plantronics Voyager Focus UC directly to my 8861, the quality is not that
great.  However, if I stick the included Bluetooth dongle (BT600
<http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/bt600>) into the side of my 8861
first, then pair with the dongle, the quality is pretty great.

So, for whatever the reason for my experience, the 8861 cannot meet the
high quality demands I have, on its own, without the dongle.  This might be
true for you folks looking to get the 510 as a speaker phone too.  I.e.,
You should use it plugged into the phone via USB, instead of using
Bluetooth.  Maybe.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 8:47 AM Ryan Ratliff (rratliff) <rratliff at cisco.com>
wrote:

> The 8800s are the only bluetooth endpoints that support wideband audio.
>
> I wouldn’t bother using bluetooth on anything else unless you are a g729
> shop or in general don't care about audio quality.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Jan 30, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Ed Leatherman <ealeatherman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We've been using the speak 510's for just this reason and they've worked
> out OK.. actually started using them with 8945's initially but bluetooth
> seems to work better on the 8800's, anecdotally.
>
> I haven't been thrilled with the 8831. Internal customers don't care for
> the form-factor and they haven't been as reliable as the 7937's for us.
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Pawlowski, Adam <ajp26 at buffalo.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried to use the Cisco 8851 and a Bluetooth speakerphone as
> sort of a poor man's conferencing set? The sets themselves sound pretty
> good on their own, but, something like the Jabra Speak 510 that is
> Bluetooth enabled would be a more cost effective option than the $900+ 8831
> set (which still has an unresolved bug causing the Conf button to randomly
> fail anyways).
>
> It is obviously not explicitly called out as supported, but, anyone tried
> this and had any success? Or, any recommendation on a 3rd party
> conferencing phone that is more cost effective, even if not as capable, for
> a smaller (6 - 8 person) conference?
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam Pawlowski
> SUNYAB NCS
> ajp26 at buffalo.edu
> +1.716.6458489
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