HS801 bluetooth headset for V600 - piece of shite?

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My v600 hs801 is brilliant! No problems at all
"Deep Thought" <Trout@MaskReplica.org> wrote in message
news:40ef321d_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> Recently bought new V600 which came packaged with HS801 headset.... the
> handsfree was bloody awful - constant echo experienced by all callers to
the
> phone... neither O2 nor Motorola offered any practical solution beyond
> stating that they thought it was faulty and would exchange for another
SAME
> headset - when I suggested I wanted them to test a replacement before
> sending me a unit I suddenly realized that all their customer/service
> support suffered from a logic-bypass and could not understand why I would
> want them to do that! I explained that the odds of only me receiving the
> "rare" faulty headset in a new purchase are VERY low and there could be
many
> suffering from same problem... anyhow, as luck would sort of have it, O2
had
> screwed up my upgrade order and sent me TWO new phones (and billed me for
> two unfortunately...) so before returning the other I switched headsets...
> GONE was the echo but HELLO low level humming/buzzing whenever the phone
> user speaks... are people really paying around 50UKP for these things when
> bought separately?? So new problem... A colleague of mine has one which
was
> boxed with the HS810 headset (has fold-up boom mike, otherwise identical)
> and his works PERFECT. Why are there two variants of these headsets
floating
> around and why is it such a lottery as to whether you end up with one that
> works properly?
>
> I am interested to hear of other users' experiences with Motorola
bluetooth
> handsfree headsets and maybe advice as to what I may be doing wrong
(believe
> me I have thought hard about it and I cannot fathom a user issue here). I
> don't fancy forking out a lot more dosh on a different headset (HS810) -
> surely Motorola should swap it for the headset that I believe should work?
>
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At some point:x09Ic.72$S66.49@newsfe5-win.ntli.net,
Melv <melvyn.rattenburynojunk@ntlworld.com> typed:
> My v600 hs801 is brilliant! No problems at all

Same here - maybe the OP *has* got a faulty one.... it does happen!