Xbox 360 Wireless Headset

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Xbox 360 Wireless Headset

The Xbox 360 Wireless Headset is a wireless headset designed for the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live manufactured by Microsoft. It can be used for in game voice chat, private chat, audio for video chat and in game voice recognition. You can use up to four wireless headsets simultaneously on on a single Xbox 360. The headset fits over either ear and comes with two sizes of removable ear grips for a better fit. It uses 2.4 GHz radio technology the same as the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller so it will work within 30 feet of the console. You can have up to eight hours of battery life per charge, with an AC wall adapter for recharging. The headset can be used with or without a controller. The headset also produces various beeps to signal different actions and give messages to the user.

1 Features
2 Beeps
3 Issues
4 Current prices
5 External links

[edit] Features

Buttons on outer side of headset to control volume, power and mute functions
Sync Button to connect to an Xbox 360 console when the console's sync button is pushed
Port to connect to AC Adapter (Included in package)
4 LED's used to signal which quadrant in the consoles ring of light the headset is connected to and to indicate status during charging.

[edit] Beeps

This is a key to the various beeps the headset produces from the speaker and what they mean:

2 beeps = 30 minutes of battery life remaining
3 beeps = 5 minutes of battery life reaming
Single beep every 20 seconds = Mute is active
High pitch beep followed by a low pitch beep = When mute is activated
Low pitch beep followed by a High pitch beep = When mute is deactivated
3 very fast consecutive beeps increasing in pitch = When headset is turned on
3 very fast consecutive beeps decreasing in pitch = When headset is turned off
Single high pitch beep = Volume increased
Single low pitch beep = Volume decreased

[edit] Issues

Problems have been reported by some users of the headset. One issue reported is that the headset may not be able to be used with some early controllers. Other users have reported the headset losing its connection with the console during use.

Microsoft has issued a statement saying that they are aware of some problems and that users should contact Xbox Support for help.[1] Despite this, many consumers have found that call center staff at Microsoft are not instructed on how to resolve these issues. [2] The only option currently being offered by Microsoft is to replace faulty headsets, provided they are covered by warranty and the owner still possesses the receipt.^{[citation needed]}

Some users on the Microsoft Xbox Forums have reported that switching to a newer controller may fix some issues.[3] It has yet to be explicitly documented whether or not the wireless headset will work with wireless controllers manufactured during the early days of the Xbox 360 life-cycle, or if it was even intended to do so. Microsoft has not commented on this issue.