Earpiece audio quality - Sanyo 4920

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David G. Imber wrote:
> Hi:
>
> My wife and I have been using the Sanyo 4920 since it came
> out, and have used Sanyo phones for the past 4~5 years.
>
> I'm thoroughly happy with the Sanyo's form, functions,
> reliability, reception and signal holding ability. Indeed, for those
> things I have no doubt it's the best cellular handset I've used
> (although the 4700 was equally good, and I don't take advantage of
> Vision, Ready Link, or anything else introduced since then that
> distinguishes the 49XX line).
>
> There's only one thing that disturbs me about this phone. The
> earpiece audio is just not crisp. It's certainly loud enough, but not
> well-defined. Too often "I'll meet you at the corner of 47th and 9th
> avenue" sounds like "Aahheeeuuuaaacorophilaseanai" (you get the
idea).
>
> Of course, a lot depends on the other party's instrument. But
> I've had this phone long enough to tell when it's my handset.
>
> Two questions:
>
> * I've heard this reported by others on occasion, but is this a
> generally accepted assessment of the 4920?
>
> * Are any of the other Sanyo phones better in this area? I don't
> remember my 4500, 4700, or 4900 phones having this problem. They had
a
> somewhat different problem, which was that it was difficult to find
> the earpiece "sweet spot". Sanyo seems to have overcompensated by
> making the spot easier to hit, but increasing the audio signal to the
> point where it distorts.
>
> I have tried cutting the earpiece volume from the default "4"
> to "2". Paradoxically, decreasing the volume increases the clarity,
> but that's obviously not a great solution.
>
> Thanks in advance for any observations and advice.
>
> DGI


Yes the more recent Sanyos don't sound as good as the older generation
but they're starting to get better again with 2300 and 5600 models.
The 8200/7300 phones probably have the worst earpiece sound out of any
Sprint phone ever. The 4920 is a little better than those at least.

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Actually this was a known issue on the 4920s and a reported software upgrade
(preformed free of charge at a Sales AND Service location) fixed this.
"David G. Imber" <imber@maniform.com> wrote in message
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> On 22 May 2005 21:47:34 -0700, larryt510@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>
>>Yes the more recent Sanyos don't sound as good as the older generation
>>but they're starting to get better again with 2300 and 5600 models.
>
> Thank you. I was thinking that if I got new phones, they might
> very well be 2300's, and I was specifically wondering about the sound
> on them. I would definitely stick with Sanyo in any case.
>
> DGI
>
>

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You are correct the 4920 software revision was for the echo problem and
not overall sound quality.