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	<title>Comments on: Altec Lansing Back Beat 903 Stereo Bluetooth &#8216;phones Arrived</title>
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		<title>By: jp</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-71956</link>
		<dc:creator>jp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can seem to get the 903  to work with my Mac Book Ppro .. how did you get them to pair and work.. thx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can seem to get the 903  to work with my Mac Book Ppro .. how did you get them to pair and work.. thx</p>
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		<title>By: Marvi1</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-68508</link>
		<dc:creator>Marvi1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You cant plug them into a computer to charge.  They come with a micro-usb charger.  Ive walked around my apartment with them on and had no dropouts so you should be fine cycling.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You cant plug them into a computer to charge.  They come with a micro-usb charger.  Ive walked around my apartment with them on and had no dropouts so you should be fine cycling.</p>
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		<title>By: Ira</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-68502</link>
		<dc:creator>Ira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So what happens when you plug them into a PC? Do they charge like I&#039;d hope, or did Altec just borrow into the ubiquitous mini-USB connector and (annoyingly) still need their charger?

...And what is the story on the actual range. I want to stick my iPhone under my bike seat when I ride. Is there any hope for getting the signal that far away?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what happens when you plug them into a PC? Do they charge like I&#8217;d hope, or did Altec just borrow into the ubiquitous mini-USB connector and (annoyingly) still need their charger?</p>
<p>&#8230;And what is the story on the actual range. I want to stick my iPhone under my bike seat when I ride. Is there any hope for getting the signal that far away?</p>
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		<title>By: Nick Read</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-67866</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick Read</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes the mute and skip track functions didn&#039;t work on my 3G but that didn&#039;t bother me too much. Funnily enough the Altec vp of marketing just contacted me about it on Twitter after I posted about. . He&#039;s @altec_Bernice. Hopefully he can help me sort it out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes the mute and skip track functions didn&#8217;t work on my 3G but that didn&#8217;t bother me too much. Funnily enough the Altec vp of marketing just contacted me about it on Twitter after I posted about. . He&#8217;s @altec_Bernice. Hopefully he can help me sort it out.</p>
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		<title>By: Kev</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-67860</link>
		<dc:creator>Kev</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just bought them and have them connected to my iPhone 3GS. The quality is very nice but I can not mute or skip forward and back. It would also be nice to connect them to my MacBook Pro.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just bought them and have them connected to my iPhone 3GS. The quality is very nice but I can not mute or skip forward and back. It would also be nice to connect them to my MacBook Pro.</p>
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		<title>By: Nick Read</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-67198</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick Read</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I now have a problem - I recently got the iPhone 3GS - only to discover that these headphones are not even recognised as a Bluetooth device! I&#039;ve tried 2 3GS phones, and neither can detect the headset. What&#039;s the deal? Worked fine in the 3G, even play and pause, and all call functionality. Very frustrating!

Nick</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I now have a problem &#8211; I recently got the iPhone 3GS &#8211; only to discover that these headphones are not even recognised as a Bluetooth device! I&#8217;ve tried 2 3GS phones, and neither can detect the headset. What&#8217;s the deal? Worked fine in the 3G, even play and pause, and all call functionality. Very frustrating!</p>
<p>Nick</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin C. Tofel</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-67193</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin C. Tofel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I used the BackBeats with my Pre for two different conference calls today without a problem. One thing I&#039;ve noticed: the Pre says it&#039;s connected to the headphones over Bluetooth, but it&#039;s not until I tap the left earpiece button (and hear a beep) that it works when placing a call. Receiving a call is no problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used the BackBeats with my Pre for two different conference calls today without a problem. One thing I&#8217;ve noticed: the Pre says it&#8217;s connected to the headphones over Bluetooth, but it&#8217;s not until I tap the left earpiece button (and hear a beep) that it works when placing a call. Receiving a call is no problem.</p>
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		<title>By: Mac/Pre</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-67188</link>
		<dc:creator>Mac/Pre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the back beat 903 works great with a macbook pro. very well. YOu don&#039;t get the stereo sound, that&#039;s the only problem.

I&#039;m trying to use the back beat with my new pre, and it works well for music, but not for phone. Any ideas out there? It just doesn&#039;t work, period, with the phone app, even though it&#039;s connected.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the back beat 903 works great with a macbook pro. very well. YOu don&#8217;t get the stereo sound, that&#8217;s the only problem.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m trying to use the back beat with my new pre, and it works well for music, but not for phone. Any ideas out there? It just doesn&#8217;t work, period, with the phone app, even though it&#8217;s connected.</p>
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		<title>By: Nick Read</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-62461</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick Read</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, I did assume that was the case. I wonder if an update to the 3.0 software could address the issue?? I&#039;d love the extra functionality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I did assume that was the case. I wonder if an update to the 3.0 software could address the issue?? I&#8217;d love the extra functionality.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin C. Tofel</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-62456</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin C. Tofel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nick, the AVRCP issue is the iPhone, not the headphones. On my Pre, I can skip tracks as shown my video review. http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/18/altec-lansing-backbeat-903-bluetooth-stereo-headset-review/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nick, the AVRCP issue is the iPhone, not the headphones. On my Pre, I can skip tracks as shown my video review. <a href="http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/18/altec-lansing-backbeat-903-bluetooth-stereo-headset-review/" rel="nofollow">http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/18/altec-lansing-backbeat-903-bluetooth-stereo-headset-review/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Nick Read</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-62454</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick Read</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have these headphones, and I&#039;ve been using them with the iPhone 3G, OS 3.0 for about a week. 

The sound quality is great! I&#039;m no audio expert but I can hear very little difference in quality between these and my previous expensive metro-fi headphones. 

Call quality is also good, people I&#039;ve spoken too haven&#039;t complained at all, in fact one person said I sounded clearer than with using the actual iPhone handset. Another did hear a little distortion though. Overall it&#039;s good. 

The problems though - The skip track forward and back does not work. Also, the play/pause button works inconsistently - sometimes it works and other times not at all, which is a little frustrating as it means you need to take your phone out to skip and stop tracks, but now i&#039;ve had them a week or so, i&#039;m used it and it doesn&#039;t really bother me now. 

Volume function works fine, so does answering a call. 
Connecting the headphones has worked flawlessly every time. 

They&#039;re very comfortable to wear, they don&#039;t put pressure on any part of your head, neck or ears, and have held up well in the gym, on the running machine, doing sit ups etc. You can also take them out of your ears and let them sit on the back of your neck quite safely. 

I&#039;ve not tried connecting them to any other bluetooth device so can&#039;t comment on connecting to a laptop etc. 

Overall, I love them. It&#039;s a liberating experience not having wires dangling around your neck all the time. 

If the lack of AVRCP compatibility is an issue for you then you may not want to get these, otherwise, they&#039;re a great product.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have these headphones, and I&#8217;ve been using them with the iPhone 3G, OS 3.0 for about a week. </p>
<p>The sound quality is great! I&#8217;m no audio expert but I can hear very little difference in quality between these and my previous expensive metro-fi headphones. </p>
<p>Call quality is also good, people I&#8217;ve spoken too haven&#8217;t complained at all, in fact one person said I sounded clearer than with using the actual iPhone handset. Another did hear a little distortion though. Overall it&#8217;s good. </p>
<p>The problems though &#8211; The skip track forward and back does not work. Also, the play/pause button works inconsistently &#8211; sometimes it works and other times not at all, which is a little frustrating as it means you need to take your phone out to skip and stop tracks, but now i&#8217;ve had them a week or so, i&#8217;m used it and it doesn&#8217;t really bother me now. </p>
<p>Volume function works fine, so does answering a call.<br />
Connecting the headphones has worked flawlessly every time. </p>
<p>They&#8217;re very comfortable to wear, they don&#8217;t put pressure on any part of your head, neck or ears, and have held up well in the gym, on the running machine, doing sit ups etc. You can also take them out of your ears and let them sit on the back of your neck quite safely. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve not tried connecting them to any other bluetooth device so can&#8217;t comment on connecting to a laptop etc. </p>
<p>Overall, I love them. It&#8217;s a liberating experience not having wires dangling around your neck all the time. </p>
<p>If the lack of AVRCP compatibility is an issue for you then you may not want to get these, otherwise, they&#8217;re a great product.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Lyman</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-61728</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lyman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These look great, but I have a couple specific questions that haven&#039;t been answered online:

* Are they fully functional with the new iPhone 3.0 OS -- play/pause, skip/back, streaming music, answer/end calls, mute calls -- *without* using the dongle, only the iPhone&#039;s built-in bluetooth?

* Can they also be paired with a Mac that has bluetooth, for example a Macbook Pro? If so, then in addition to streaming the system audio, can the mic be used as a sound input for the Mac?

In other words, I&#039;d love to be out biking, listening to music and taking calls with my iPhone, then come home, pair it with my Macbook, and continue using it for music and Skype calls.

Any more information you have on this would be great! I&#039;ll keep checking this page to see what people say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These look great, but I have a couple specific questions that haven&#8217;t been answered online:</p>
<p>* Are they fully functional with the new iPhone 3.0 OS &#8212; play/pause, skip/back, streaming music, answer/end calls, mute calls &#8212; *without* using the dongle, only the iPhone&#8217;s built-in bluetooth?</p>
<p>* Can they also be paired with a Mac that has bluetooth, for example a Macbook Pro? If so, then in addition to streaming the system audio, can the mic be used as a sound input for the Mac?</p>
<p>In other words, I&#8217;d love to be out biking, listening to music and taking calls with my iPhone, then come home, pair it with my Macbook, and continue using it for music and Skype calls.</p>
<p>Any more information you have on this would be great! I&#8217;ll keep checking this page to see what people say.</p>
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		<title>By: Jon Marvin</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-61680</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon Marvin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kevin, I&#039;m considering these &#039;phones now that the Stereo bluetooth is unlocked on the iPhone 3G.  What was your opinion overall, comfort-wise?  I debating between these and the Motorola S9-HD&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kevin, I&#8217;m considering these &#8216;phones now that the Stereo bluetooth is unlocked on the iPhone 3G.  What was your opinion overall, comfort-wise?  I debating between these and the Motorola S9-HD&#8217;s.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin C. Tofel</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-61679</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin C. Tofel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scott, the 903s do support the AVRCP profile and they work great for controlling music playback. No need to fish out your phone. A MicroUSB port is used for charging, but the included charger must be plugged into an outlet. However, I am able to charge these with the same MicroUSB cord that came with my Palm Pre. I don&#039;t know that the company technically supports it, but it is working.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scott, the 903s do support the AVRCP profile and they work great for controlling music playback. No need to fish out your phone. A MicroUSB port is used for charging, but the included charger must be plugged into an outlet. However, I am able to charge these with the same MicroUSB cord that came with my Palm Pre. I don&#8217;t know that the company technically supports it, but it is working.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Willy</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-61662</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott Willy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Looks like a nice headset. 

Does anybody know if can be charge by USB and what is the connector? I am only buying stuff what uses mini or micro USB connectors for charging. No more proprietary crap.

It is a shame the 903 does not support Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP). It is a pain to fish out your phone to stop the music.

Also, it would be nice to be able to use only one headphone. Sometimes you want to look like you are on the phone and not listening to music  :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks like a nice headset. </p>
<p>Does anybody know if can be charge by USB and what is the connector? I am only buying stuff what uses mini or micro USB connectors for charging. No more proprietary crap.</p>
<p>It is a shame the 903 does not support Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP). It is a pain to fish out your phone to stop the music.</p>
<p>Also, it would be nice to be able to use only one headphone. Sometimes you want to look like you are on the phone and not listening to music  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Kevin C. Tofel</title>
		<link>http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/17/altec-lansing-back-beat-903-stereo-bluetooth-phones-arrived/#comment-61629</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin C. Tofel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you don&#039;t need stereo BT, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/03/plantronics-voyager-pro-bluetooth-headset-sounds-like-a-winner/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Plantronics Voyager PRO I just reviewed&lt;/a&gt; would do the trick. Not sure what to recommend if stereo BT is a requirement, but I&#039;m sure we&#039;ll get some other commenters to chime in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you don&#8217;t need stereo BT, the <a href="http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/03/plantronics-voyager-pro-bluetooth-headset-sounds-like-a-winner/" rel="nofollow">Plantronics Voyager PRO I just reviewed</a> would do the trick. Not sure what to recommend if stereo BT is a requirement, but I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll get some other commenters to chime in.</p>
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