So the company handed out all these hands free devices yesterday, I started using it in the semi today.
Pretty simple stuff, actually. You enable blue-tooth on your cellphone. Turn on the device and it finds your device, you add it. That's it. Incoming calls are automatically directed to the device and you push a single button to answer the phone.
The problem? Background noise. Driving down the road, a semi makes a considerably amount more of noise than most any car does. And it's a constant noise. It conflicts with your voice and makes it hard for the person on the other end of the line to hear what you are saying. Further, with the volume turned all the way up, it is hard to hear what someone is saying unless you get your ear pretty much right next to it.
I have seen people wearing an earpiece device that has no wires on it so I assume those are blue tooth and that is what I thought we were going to get in the first place. I don't wonder if those might work better for the noise element at hand in the truck. It's good to be able to talk again while driving the truck - but - it would be better with a different setup, I do believe.
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Read your post on Hands-Free devices. By now you have probably found a better device. If not, try the Motorola HX550. Very compact, affordable, long battery life and excellent sound- both incoming and outgoing. Blocks out a huge amount of background noise. Also will also allow hands-free dialing on android phone with a free app download.
No, I haven't found another device. Whatever is in the truck now, it is a Motorola product, I will have to take a look and see what model and kind it is. Thanks for the comment.
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