Can the headset be charged without using the base? I'm thinking about using it as a normal bluetooth headset when I'm on the road or over the weekend.
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I had the same thought, but could not find a way to charge it away from the base. However, you can get extra batteries, charge them up and take them with you for extended talk time...
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Not that I am aware of, there is no car charger that I have seen for the base, and you need that for the headset to work..
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Hi Larry, I'm sorry that I cannot answer your question. I use it as it was sold and really love the headset. I can say that it does not appear that you can plug in a different headset to the base. Plantronics does have many other headset types and probably has something that interfaces with your phone system but may require that you call them to find out what your options are. Best of luck
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Technically No.......unless your charger cord is very long. I usually have my spare traditional headsets, if I'm listening for longer than a couple of hours because you need to be prepared once you get the second "battery is low" message. But, they charge back up pretty quick. Hope this helps.
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The wire is only for charging. You CAN use the headset while charging. You must use either the Bluetooth or the nano receiver to use the headset. Once it's set up with your computer, it generally pairs very quickly on its own when you turn on the headset. I would not leave the receiver in a laptop at all times - I did and when I dropped the laptop the thing was destroyed (laptop was fine). You can get another, but I could never get the new nano device to synch with the headphones. Gave up and used a bluetooth dongle, which works fine.
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Jerome, I've not tested the headset for any other use case beyond plugging it in my USB port. Interesting question, and sorry I don't have a good answer, but if you get one, would love to hear what it is. Good luck.
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I haven't had a problem charging mine. Charges great at home and with the car charger as I use for in my car for my commute to work. I listen music from YouTube, pandora and iTunes and take handsfree calls.
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You just bought the EXTRA headset. It comes without a rec. To charge you must buy the whole set that comes with a charger. In my review I said the sound was great but construction of the units was really bad. Of two that I bought, one had the elastic strap come out of it's receptacle I sent it back to Costco, they sent me a new one. Then the other one broke and I taped (good & bad) with black duct tape. Costco should stop selling these.
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The headset works well, I went through a 2 hours talk without trouble.As for the handset, seems like you can't dock and use it on speaker mode at the same time. I tried once, but was in a rush, so didn't really explore to see if I did it wrongly.Normal rechargeable AA batteries is used.
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Never had an issue with the charger, however most of the time I charge it using my computer usb port. These were the best headsets, I wish they weren't discontinued.
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They do not come precharged. After connection, you place the headphones on the headset to be charged.
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You can use it as a case and it will charge the headset twice before you have to charge it again, it has it own battery built into the case.
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Actually, it is USB charge and you CANNOT use the device while it is charging: meaning NO headphone jack and NO Bluetooth. It CANNOT be charge at the headphone jack!
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This headset doesn't require batteries since it's a wired headset. There is not charging required. It has two 3.5mm headset jacks that handle the audio and the mic. It's one of the wired standards for PC headsets.
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It recharges like all other bluetooths. Some bluetooths charge for a certain amount of hours and then it is time to buy new one. They are sealed units. That is how they make money. They keep you coming back. This unit is very nice though. I purchased three so far.
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if u wanna charge it, it comes with a wall adapter and cord. ur pc can charge it and it can be used to transfer file to an sd card in the headset, but if ur gonna use bluetooth u dont need to worry about that.
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The hand held devices are charged by a re-chargeable battery. The base acts as a charging station, which means that when the hand held sets and headset sit in the base they're charging. There is no rechargeable battery in the headset. It simply charges by the base.
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I can't give you any technical answers to your question but the headphones are wireless and need to be charged which the base does.