Treo A2DP Stereo Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones Review

Can girls with long hair wear this without having to put their hair up?

On my second pair due to sweat issue. I just received my replacements and I am going to seal the control buttons on both sides with.... something... not sure yet. I was toying with liquid nails using a toothpick or silicone. If they fry when I do it I will just replace them again.... This is a poorly designed product.

The second issue I have with my 700p is that when running outside I have the phone in my pocket and since the antenna on the S9 is in the back of my head, I lose signal on almost every stride!! that sucks. I have to buy a fanny pack to put my phone in close proximity to the antenna.

When I am in a health spa it is fine since there are many windows to bounce the bluetooth signal off of.

After further thought I think wrapping the controls in black electrical tape should do the trick.

Same problem with the volume after working out using the S9....I deliberately went to this product after sweat problems with other types I have tried.

Wish I would have found this site before I decided to purchase them.

I guess I will just continue to replace them until they won't replace them. At that point I agree with the idea of Class action lawsuit. Definitely a case of false advertising.

Hi Guys,

Mine packed up for a while but I got them working except for the mosic track back botton by leaving then overnight on a radiator.

I as reading this forum this morning and decided to take a closer look at my S9.

It turns out that the rubber over the controls are just stuck on with glue/double sided tape or whatever.

Gently easing the rubber back starting at the "M" Moto symbol so as not to damage the contacts, allowed me to peal the rubber and dry out the offending area, and the S9 is now fully functioning.

Just need to work out how to mahe them seal better.

I bought mine on Ebay second hand, and therefore have no warrenty, so did not mind taking them appart.

If yours are under waranty, send them back cos it's not your problem.

Hope this helps.

I received the Motorola S9 for Xmas. I have a Treo 700w. After downloading and installed the Treo 1.22 Firmware and Audio Patch from Palm website the S9 works perfectly. Before the patches the S9 only worked at talking on the phone after the patch I can now listen to music and talk on the phone. Only complaint is my Mom was given the floor model so no extra ear buds were in the package. But that is the Radio Shack sales Rep's fault!

Got Motorola S9's. Will not pair with Treo 680 with or without Softick. Pairs with AT&T Tilt perfectly. Will take everybody's advice and use them inside...

I think I have the sweat issue eliminated now that I wrapped the side controls with a single layer of electrical tape. I had quite a few workouts and so far (knock on wood) I think I have kept the moisture out of the controls... Also, you cannot even see the electrical tape since it matches the black casing.

Now I wish they would work better when using them while running outside. The bluetooth antenna doesn't pick up my treo 700p in my pocket very well... cuts out on almost every stride. I have to wear a fanny pack and have the phone behind me.

Spoke too soon. They fried AGAIN on a three mile run. these things s*ck for real workouts.

Re: waterproof...same problem here...use mine to workout. After a few months, the unit started beeping and the controls stopped working. It seems I have the same 'shorting' problem others report here. I'll call Moto and ship mine back.

Love the headset but hope they get the message loud and clear...the unit needs to be truly 'water resistant.'

These headphones are not worth the price. The first pair I bought lasted about a month and then crapped out. (Device features would not operate properly-volume, play/pause button, answer mode, etc.) So I figured I just got a bad pair. Took 2 MONTHS of going through Motorola to get a replacement under the warranty that they are on!! Finally got my second pair, and after about another month, these just stopped connecting to my phone via bluetooth. I am now 3 weeks into getting Motorola into sending me another pair. Most unpleasant $140 I've ever spent!!! If you've purchased this item, good luck with it not going bad on you...and if you're considering purchasing this item, you cannot say that you haven't been warned. Good Luck!

I also tested with Nokia N73M. Works perfectly fine..

Here are a few things that I discovered when testing the S9.
1. Not a big problem but phone sound is mono not stereo. Just wasn't expecting it.
2. When using the ipod adapter (D650) I have to perform the following ritual.
A. turn off my Bluetooth on my Treo 650 phone.
B. Turn on the headset by holding the button for 4-5 seconds.
C. Unplug the D650 ipod adapter from my ipod.
D. Turn on Ipod
E. Re-plug D650 adapter
F. Wait for 10-12 seconds before devices are paired.
G. Turn phone Bluetooth back on.
H. Check my voicemail just to confirm that S9 re-paired with phone.
I. If not re-paired with phone then go through pairing process again with phone and hope that it did not cancel out the ipod.
J. pray that headset does not stay dormant for any length of time. If so then start back at "A" again.
3. If a call comes in then ipod pauses and I take the call, when call is done then play resumes. However, If I am on a call for any length of time then the ipod goes into a sleep mode. Ipod will not resume by itself nor by using the play button on headset. You must find your ipod and push the play button there first.

I have several good points about the S9 as well that have mentioned in other reviews so I will spare you the redundancies.

i want to know , why the s9 doen't want to work on the nokia n73 music edtion , it just only work as a bluetooth calling , but it doesn't work in the music player ..... some body help me and tell me what shell i do ????? i want it to be worked on it ... and thanks for reading my massage

just recieved my head set today paired it up with my mp3 player..worked ok untill i turned the volume down and now the volume up doesnt work.. im sending them back...i was looking forward to this thing but im scared of them now...

Someone have the motorola S9 and doesn't have any problems. Because, I'm thinking to buy for me, but after read all the coments, I'm scared and I don't know, how to do. Someone can tell me his experience. !!?

Hi there:
I bought a S9 but after I used for a short time it begans to discharge the battery too quick, so I decided to open and replace the battery. Do you have any idea about the type and specification of it and where could I buy it?. Thanks in advanced.

I too have had the same problem with the S9. After running for 30 minutes, it would develop a short. I tried two of them through Target and encountered the same problem. I then bought a bluetrek through Amazon, although they lasted longer than the S9, they too literally fell apart I guess because of the motion associated with running combined with the sweat. I really loved both headsets, but you would think that these people would make sure that their products work, and that we would not have to do the testing for them. Could anyone out there actually reccommend a set of Stereo Bluetooths that actually are made for running and sweating?

out the door to buy pair three. (well, exchange, anyway.)

someone mentioned somewhere something about spraying the insides (of different bluetooth headphones, but headphones nonetheless) with shoe waterproofer. anyone daring enough to try? otherwise we're all going back to wires, if we wanna keep running that is...

The S9 was very uncomfortable for me. Whenever you tilt your headback the ear buds would dig into your ear. If you wanted to lean your head back against a chair or pillow forget it. If you also have collared shirt forget it it bumps into that as well and digs into the ear. Sound quality was fine and if you just want it to workout then get it, but from reading other forums it tends to crap out with a little water. I brought my back.

I had the same problem with the volume controls after working out with 2 pairs. Just going to return them which is too bad because I really like them otherwise.

I purchased the S9's about 4 months ago with a service contract. They are great when they work, as I have had to take them back and exchange them a total of 4 times and I am about to take them back again. It seems that any amount of perspiration shorts out this units buttons, sometimes permanently. I can't get a refund, so I guess I'll just keep taking them back!

HELP: So i purchased the Motorokr for my centro (I downloaded the necessary A2DP software). The headset works well for streaming music,and all of the music related controls work. However I cannot connect to a call. The headset just slowly flashes red (as in idle), and never bluetooths to the phone portion. Any suggestions?

Waterproof with 'Party Balloons' [the twisted animal ones], color choices galore!
Or clear plastic 'tubes' [that new stuff come packaged in to prevent scratches]...

Thanks for the info (all) about getting Palm Treo 755p to Stereo A2DP Bluetooth for Motorola S9 with Softic Audio Gateway (et.al.)...

The design of these headphones is great....small, stay on while running, etc....A+. The Quality however is the worst I have ever seen. I have gone through 3 pairs in the past 2 months, each failing for different reasons. I can see one pair being bad, but 3???? Another company needs to copy this design and build it anywhere but China, preferable in the US so there is some kind of quality control. You will never get that with products made in China. Here where I live you can get a pair for $39.99 and it comes with a 1 gb card and a starbucks card. I think they finally realized that these were just junk and are trying to get rid of them. If you can buy one for 1 dollar, then you are wasting your dollar.