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Motorola T305 Bluetooth car speaker.I can hear callers clearly and the people I am talking to say my voice is coming across to them clear. The blue flashing light can be anoying at night if it is in your line of sight but that can certainly be dealt with without to much work, it certainly isn't a deal breaker because of the quality of the unit.I really like this one beats the heck out of an earpiece type headphone wired or wireless.
It is a tiny little thing on the very top of the speaker. My only complaint would be that the directions aren't very clear about where the "on" button is. I have recommended this speaker to a number of friends. Bought the Motorola T305 Bluetooth Hands free for my husband who wears hearing aides so can't use an ear device. It works very well, great volume, little background noise, easy to use. But once we found that, it synched up very easily and works as promised.
So if you are 20 ft away from the unit and it is not shut off, you will have difficulty communicating with your caller. Some people moan about the flashing blue light for night driving, that's one reason electricians tape was invented.Prefer the T505 because it can integrate with audio system. Good stand alone unit as an alternative to an earpiece, doesn't take long to master. Can be used outside vehicle, works better than any phone speaker if more than one person would like to speak to the caller concurrently. So if tunes cranked you won't miss call, with the T305 call could be missed, but if you don't listen to deafening music, it does a great job.Always, always remember the unit has a 30 ft range and does not turn on and off with one's vehicle.
I love the products fit and finish and how it works.I'd been looking forward to getting one for 6 months and when I got a new phone with bluetooth, I immediately bought this unit.Unfortunately, this product only works for people that care about themselves.What I mean to say is that while it worked perfectly for me, anyone that I talked to had to suffer highly-annoying reverb or echo.Often, when the person on the other end of my phone call would speak, they would get their own voice back in his or her face, thus making it extremely annoying to talk at all.I tried turning down the speaker volume on my side so that the mic wouldn't pick up the voice of the other person and send it back to them, but by the time I could reduce the level low enough that the other person didn't hear feedback, the speakerphone was too quiet for me to hear, thus defeating the whole purpose of the product.It's as if the product has no echo-canceling SW or perhaps it is resonating really loudly inside itself and causing the problem.Disappointed, I sent back the two units that my wife and me were hoping to use.8(
It's not like it would not be even cheaper to have a lower intensity, steady light that indicated a connection.But the flashing light is not JUST a distraction. Either way I have to hide the unit at night.There are several comments saying "just cover the light" and that is what I have done. It is more frustrating in that the issue is so unnecessary. A new product should not have to be redesigned by the end user for something this simple.
This would continue for several minutes until they finally passed me.After some experimentation with hiding the unit, it has become apparent that they think the flashing light is either a radar detector giving me a warning or perhaps even indicates that I am a police vehicle (in a red Chevy pickup, go figure). If the review ended there, I would give it 5 stars.First of all, the on/off button is way too small and hard to activate.Second of all, I have some experience with "human factors" engineering. I took a can of black "plastic" spray paint and painted over the light. The flashing light is a distraction. It holds a charge a LONG time and the sound quality is OK. I think chapter 1 in the book says: "Flashing lights mean ATTENTION". It is very surprising that Motorola would make this mistake. I was on a trip at night with the unit on the visor.
Looks like you-know-what but it does the job.My point is it is a stupid, unnecessary mistake that would be easily avoided. OK, this thing works fine. The light should not flash when it means "all is well". I run with my truck on cruise control and I noticed that repeatedly people would come up upon me at a faster rate, brake and tailgate me.
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