Softick Audio Gateway User guide Copyright © 2005-2009 Softick Ltd. All rights reserved. Softick Audio Gateway http://www.softick.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction...............................................................................................................3 1.1 Main features.......................................................................................................3 2. System Requirements and compatability..................................................................3 3. Installation and starting.............................................................................................5 3.
1. Introduction Softick Audio Gateway is the first audio streaming solution for Palm OS handhelds which allows to connect Palm OS handheld to the Bluetooth stereo headphones and listen to digital audio played by any of Palm OS applications, including multimedia players, audio book readers and games. Softick Audio Gateway can operate with any Bluetooth ® audio device which supports Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) designed to transfer a highquality stereo audiostream wirelessly.
Tested devices: Palm Model Processor type Test results Notes Tungsten-T3 Intel PXA25x Fully compatible High quality mode is supported TX Intel PXA27x Fully compatible High quality mode is supported Tungsten-T5 Intel PXA27x Works fine Medium quality mode is supported Zire 72 Intel PXA27x Works fine Medium quality mode is supported (high quality with TCPMP player) Treo 700p Intel PXA27x Fully compatible Version 1.
Tested headsets: Lubix UBHS-LC1 Lubix UBHS-NC1 Helium Digital Bluetooth Headphones HDBT-700 Motorola DC800 Stereo Transceiver Motorola HT820 Motorola S9 Plantronics Pulsar 590A Headset Bluetake i-Phone BT420EX Bluetooth Hi-Fi Sports Headphone iPAQ Bluetooth Stereo Headphones (made by Logitech) iMuffs Stereo Bluetooth Headphones for iPod Samsung SBH-100 TEN naviPlay Bluetooth Stereo Kit for iPod Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 Jabra BT620S Bluetake A2DP enable PC dongle According to our customers feedback the follo
set. Unpack archive to any temporary folder. Enter this folder and double-click the mouse on the AudioGateway.prc. file. If option Do not show this dialog again previously haven't been chosen, a similar to this one window has to appear: Click ОК. Fig. 1: Hot Sync procedure, step 1 Following window will appear: Fig. 2: Hot Sync procedure, step 2 Connect your handheld and PC, than tap the synchronization button. Soon both computers will report that synchronization is complete.
3.2. Connection Before using your Bluetooth headset or headphones, you need to establish trusted relationship between your Palm powered device and the headset. To pair the Bluetooth device, launch Prefs application (System category). Please note that the following screenshot was taken on Palm Treo 650 and may vary from device to device. Choose Bluetooth. Fig. 3: Pref configurator Make sure that the Bluetooth module is turned ON. Tap the Setup Devices button. Fig.
Tap the Trusted Devices button. Note: If you are Treo user and want to use your headset answering the phone calls, you need to tap the Hands-free Setup button instead. Fig. 5: Setup Devices form Trusted Devices form shows the list of currently paired Bluetooth devices. You need to put your Bluetooth headset or headphones into discoverable mode and tap the Add Device button. Fig.
During connection to your headset you may be asked for PIN code (passkey). Usually it is '0000', but please refer to your headset/headphone User manual for details. Fig. 8: PIN code request Now the pairing of your Bluetooth headset or the headphones is complete. It is obligatory to reboot your handheld before launching Softick Audio Gateway. 3.3 First start During the first launch a device setup wizard will appear. If you have already paired your A2DP device, press the Skip button.
Select from the list your device, audio settings Profile and press A2DP Device button to establish connection to the A2DP headset or the headphones, and redirect sound stream to it. Fig. 10: Softick Audio Gateway Main Screen If you want to stop such redirection and disconnect from headphones, tap Internal Speaker, and sound will be routed to the internal speaker or to the wired headset. You can start a Media Player installed on your handheld from the program main screen.
Choose one of the seven bitrate values to achieve an optimal sound quality. Smaller bitrate values can be applied in sources with low bitrate, for example when listening to an audiobook. The less is the value, the less resources do processor and radiomodul need. On some handhelds with a slow processor dropouts of sound fragments are possible due to the lack of processor time. Fig. 12: Configuration Softick Audio Gateway built-in audio filter activates automatically for audiodata with low bitrate (e.g.
receive unmodified audiostream, more natural than the scaled one. You can adjust the volume directly on your headset. Audio settings are saved in user profiles. There are 4 ready profiles, and user can create his own profiles as well. All the changes, made in Quality Tweaks and Bitrate, are implemented to the current profile that is set on the program main screen. Рис. 14: Profiles There is a Troubleshooting menu in order to eliminate problems with some handhelds. Fig.
hybernation, or after Hot Sync while using Softick Audio Gateway, switch Enable extra program resources protection option. Pay attention – while this option is ON, you can't delete or reinstall Softick Audio Gateway. Disable extra buffering allows to eliminate sound dropouts that are possible in the headphones with a small buffer. It happens, that such headphones pass audiodata which was sent by Softick Audio Gateway in order to fill its buffer.
5. Usage recomendations 5.1 Media player launch After the connection to the Bluetooth headset is established, you can switch back to the Launcher using the Home button (Softick Audio Gateway will keep Bluetooth connection), launch your media player and enjoy music via Bluetooth! Note: Make sure to disconnect the Bluetooth headset when you do not use it. Keeping Bluetooth connection active can quickly drain your batteries. 5.
6. Purchasing and registration Softick Audio Gateway is distributed on the try-before-you-buy basis. The application works as a full version within a period of 21day. When this period is over you should buy the application or stop using it. You can buy Softick Audio Gateway on http://www.softick.com/bluetooth-audio/ 6.1 Registration code entering After you have purchased our product, you will receive an unlock code. You have to enter this code to the Audio Gateway.
Also you can visit our forum: http://www.softick-forum.com/ Before asking a question please read FAQ on our site (http://www.softick.com/faq.php) and following section: 7.1 Well-known problems and solutions ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Mono Bluetooth headsets don't support stereo A2DP profile, necessary for Audio Gateway. These headsets operate only in SCO mode. Currently this profile isn't supported by our product.
We can suggest you the following: a) Try to store your MP3s to SD card and listen to music from this card. b) Do not exit from your media player during music play. Also please read our forum http://www.softick-forum.com/ ● ● Sometimes while listening to music sound some dropouts can happen, since Audio Gateway sends too large data stream via Bluetooth. In case of a transmission error, Palm Bluetooth library has no time for the second transmission.
