Motorola S305 connects in low quality "Bluetooth Hands-Free Audio" mode

[Keith Gillis]

Binary package hint: gnome-bluetooth

I connected to my S305 headphone while running the 9.10 live cd. The audo sounded distant and tinny. When I connect to these headphones under windows two bluetooth audio devices appear "Bluetooth Stereo Audio" and "Bluetooth Hands-Free Audio". The sound quality under linux is similar to the sound quality under windows when "Bluetooth Hands-Free Audio" is connected. The audio is fine when "Bluetooth Stereo Audio" is connected under windows. From reading about bluetooth I believe the computer is failing to connect with the A2DP profile.

[Baptiste Mille-Mathias (bmillemathias)]

Hello Keith,

Could I have more information of the software you run (ubuntu version, bluez, gnome-bluetooth).
Once you're connected you should be able to switch the audio profile in the sound preferences.

Do you see also some information in the log file /var/log/daemon ?

Thanks.

[Keith Gillis (kjgillis)]

Ok, my mistake. I was looking for the option to change the profile under bluetooth settings and not sound settings. It works.

[Baptiste Mille-Mathias (bmillemathias)]

thanks keith.
Happy that it's working fine :)

[Dan Quade (danquade)]

I can't set it to A2DP on Maverick :-(
All that works is the low-quality HSP/HFP

How did you guys fix this?