GE 99004 Bluetooth Home Stereo Transmitter and Receiver

3 Comments

1. F. Gingras says:

   November 9, 2009 at 5:29 pm

   I use it to watch TV with a pair of top-of-the-line Sennheiser MM450. It works ok for a while, then the sound starts to cut-off and it takes many on/off cycles before I can hear clearly again. I can stand right in front of the unit and touch the antenna and it still cuts off (it’s really bad, you can’t even hear complete words). There is no microwave or anything wireless running except a Wifi. The same headset works beautifully with an iPhone, no interference. This is absurd, I just bought a Sony transmitter and I will throw this one away.
   Rating: 1 / 5
2. Didier Juges says:

   November 9, 2009 at 5:49 pm

   This device did not initially work with my Dell D400 laptop. Read the additional post below. The laptop works with another brand of audio device (an A2DP stereo headset) but while the laptop recognizes the GE device and pairs with it, it does not find any usable service and therefore cannot connect to it. The laptop’s Bluetooth module (Dell BT 350) supports stereo headset and audio gateway profiles, but neither are recognized with the GE device. The manual for the GE Bluetooth device is a disgrace. The instructions for connecting and pairing are very incomplete and misleading. The polarity of the battery for the remote is not even indicated anywhere, the battery can be inserted either way. There is no help on-line that I could find. I recommend not getting this device. I should have bought the Sony which costs about the same…
   Rating: 1 / 5
3. JoeBob says:

   November 9, 2009 at 8:07 pm

   What a wonderful toy! Any audio you can listen to on your A2DP bluetooth-enabled computer can be easily streamed to your home stereo system.

   I bought this particular Bluetooth module because:
   
   a. it can act as either a transmitter or a receiver by flipping a switch and
   
   b. it has both front panel buttons and and IR remote, allowing the box to send AVRCP commands (pause/fwd/back/vol) back to the bluetooth transmitter.

   I programmed my universal remote (Harmony) to replace the GE mini-remote.

   Pros:
   
   I use the box mainly to stream music from a Dell e1505 laptop to my home stereo and the sound quality is absolutely fantastic. I’ve run it for several hours straight with no disconnect problems.

   Cons:
   
   This could be an issue with my laptop, but sometimes the GE Bluetooth box stays in “connected” mode even after the laptop is put in standby. The result is that I can’t reconnect the laptop until I power-cycle the Bluetooth box (unplug/plug-in). I probably need to do a bluetooth disconnect before going into standby mode…

   Also, the aforementioned AVRCP commands don’t seem to work with iTunes, but they do work with Windows Media Player.
   
   Rating: 4 / 5