Motorola DC-800 Bluetooth Adapter Review.
After search for months for a solution to listen the sound of my Playstation 3 on a Bluetooth device, because my Motorola S9 Bluetooth Stereo Phone only works for chat not to games, I found the Motorola Bluetooth Stereo Adapter DC-800.
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-DC800-Bluetooth-wireless-transmitter/dp/B000BQK7EM
The Motorola DC800 Bluetooth Home Stereo Adapter may be the perfect accessory to bring the Bluetooth wireless world to your stereo system. The DC800 allows the streaming of music using the Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) bi-directionally.
Specifications:
- Dimensions: 130mm x 150mm x 70mm
- Weight: 3.5 oz.
- Supports Bluetooth® Streaming music profile (A2DP)
- Audio input and audio output capabilities
- Designed with advanced Bluetooth® Class 1 technology which provides a wire-free range of up to 100m (300 ft.) when used with other Class 1 devices
Package content:
- Motorola Bluetooth Home Stereo Adapter DC800
- One RCA to RCA Cable
- One RCA to P2 Cable (3.5mm Cable)
- Power supply
- Quick Start Guide
- One Year Limited Warranty
Unpacking:
The DC-800 package feels like the HT-820 package.
Figure 1: DC-800 Package
Figure 3: DC-800 size comparative.
Figure 4: DC-800 RCA to P2 Cable (35mm)
Connections:
The DC-800 Adapter has RCA connections for audio input and output. There is one USB connection to power supply, the adapter does not have internal battery.
A compliant Bluetooth enabled music player (like a cell phone) can stream music through the stereo system using the AUDIO IN connection.
The stereo system (any RCA stereo sound source) can stream music to a set of compliant Bluetooth enabled headphones (like Motorola S9 or HT-820) using the AUDIO OUT connection.
Figure 5: DC-800 Connections
Paring:
For paring testing was used a Motorola Bluetooth S9 headphone to audio output and one Nokia N95 to audio input. The paring process is very simple with the S9 headphone, just put the S9 in paring mode pressing the on/off button until the indicator led blink blue, then press the frontal “M” button in DC-800 until the light still on, the device will search for bluetooth devices and blink the light in success paring.
In the Nokia N95 paring, first put the DC-800 in paring mode pressing the “M” button until the led still on, then in N95 phone start the search process, when DC-800 is founded a password will ask, just digit the factory password “0000″ and finish the process.
Audio Quality:
In my tests I was glad with the quality of audio and with the transmission. In future I will test with another devices and post the comments.
PROS:
- Eight device Bluetooth pairing memory.
- Bi-Directional A2DP compliance.
- Simple to pair with Bluetooth enabled headphones.
- Good audio quality.
CONS:
- The device doesn’t have a internal battery working only plugged in A/C.
- Unable to pair an inbound audio stream that does not have a keyboard and the factory bluetooth password isn’t “0000″.
- The device dimensions are big, I thought he was smaller, the pictures on Internet gave no idea of the real size.
