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Apple iPhone TTY Adapter

Makes your favorite headset compatible

Written by WN from San Diego

Jan 13, 2009

One of my frustrations with the iPhone was the lack of plug in telephone headsets. This solves the problem. I am using it with a noise cancelling Plantronics headset and am as happy as can be. Voice and sound quality are both better than with any Bluetooth unit and as good or better than holding the telephone up to your ear.

Note that the three-contact adapters sold at Radio Shack and other places don't work. I am not sure why, but you need to get this four-contact TTY plug for good voice quality. (see the photo and compare to the others to see what I am talking about).

51 of 62 people found this useful

Apple iPhone TTY Adapter

Works with Plantronics headset

Written by MK from NORCROSS

Mar 11, 2009

I use this with a Plantronics headset and it works very well. Volume levels incoming are fine and no complaints on the outgoing volume. Occasionally when removing it from the iPhone 3G it activates the iPod current song which is strange. I really like the convenience of using a corded headset sometimes.

33 of 39 people found this useful

Apple iPhone TTY Adapter

Works BUT makes outgoing voice VERY soft

Written by RW from Atlanta

Dec 21, 2008

I purchased a iPhone 3G and this TTY adapter after reading the reviews about this allowing me to use my existing 2.5mm wired headset with my iPhone.

I will report that it does work. However, my voice is so soft that the party on the receiving end of the call can only hear me if they turn there volume all the way up and are in a very quite environment. If I unplug the headset and talk on the phone directly they can hear me loud and clear.

This is using the exact same headset that I used on my previous Motorola flip phone that sounded excellent. So it obviously and adapter/phone issue.

It's a shame that no one feels the need to create a quality wired headset for making phone calls on the iPhone. I could care less about listening to music so a two ear approach is overkill and could be down right dangerous. If I'm driving while using my headset it's important to be able to hear other nosies outside of the context of a phone call. Perhaps that fire truck that's about to blow through the red light and t-bone you if you don't stop on green?

I have yet to find a blue tooth headset that does not sacrifice sound and voice quality for the sake of convenience or to look cool.

Call me old fashioned but the "killer" app on any mobile phone should still be a phone!

32 of 49 people found this useful

Apple iPhone TTY Adapter

Even works with a commercial corded headset requiring its own adapter!

Written by DB from Washington

Nov 30, 2009

I use a commercial-grade headset that requires one adapter to work with a normal phone and a second, TTY adapter--this one--to work with my iphone. The sound is still perfect. I stock up on these things because they're easy to lose, and perhaps the price dropped recently, but my last two purchases were $29 in-store and, later, $19 online.

Note that if you ask an Apple store staffer to confirm this, they can't. No one in any Apple store I've visited seems to know that TTY adapters work with corded headsets.

Apple iPhone TTY Adapter

TTY Adapter with Plantronics M114

Written by DS from South Williamsport

Aug 24, 2009

I have had the Plantronics M114 head set for a couple years and used it with a Motorola 120t cellular phone with good results. This iPhone TTY adapter allows me to continue to use this headset. I use this combination for work and need both good quality sound to and from the headset. I am very pleased with the results. With the head set microphone set to most sensitive and the head phone volume set to maximum the sound levels are good, for me and for the person I am talking with, with some sound adjustment still available on the iPhone. My iPhone is a 3GS.

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