Before the headset can be used it must be charged. The included charging unit comes in two parts, as shown in Figure 4, the wall plug unit and the USB cable. The unit can be charged in two ways. First, open the tiny plastic cover on the headset, as shown in Figure 5, and plug the small end of the cable into the headset. Then plug the USB end of the cable directly into a laptop where it can draw its power. Or, plug the USB end of the cable into the wall plug unit and plug it into a wall outlet. The initial charging took 2 hours. We liked having the capability to use two different power sources. Road warriors will certainly like the ability to charge the unit from their laptop in airports and other environments when a wall outlet is unavailable.

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Figure 4: The charging mechanism.

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Figure 5: The charging outlet on the headset

After charging, the headset must be “paired” with a Bluetooth-enabled phone to make the Bluetooth connection. As shown in Figure 6, the phone has one main button, the call handling button. At the bottom of the unit, just above the Honeywell name is a small light. To put the phone in pairing mode you simply press and hold the call handling button until the light flashes blue and red continually. Then you put your phone in pairing mode and allow the two to “mate”.

If you are unfamiliar with using the Bluetooth on your phone, you can look at your phone’s documentation for instructions, but it is usually pretty easy. Just find the Connectivity area in the phone’s Settings. Then follow the phone’s menu prompts to put it in pairing mode. You will need a Pairing Key code. As the Honeywell owner’s manual states, the default code on most phones is 000.

When the pairing is complete, the indicator light on the headset will flash blue and the headset will be ready to be used. Most phones also have a small Bluetooth icon or light that indicated that they are connected to a Bluetooth device. In most cases, you will only have to go through this pairing process once. When both the phone and the headset are turned on in the future they will find each other automatically unless some settings have changed or other pairings have taken place.

Before you hang the headset on your ear, you will want to try out the various ear caps and ear loops, determining which is the most comfortable for you. There are 3 ear caps and 2 ear loops of different sizes to choose from. Unfortunately the owner’s manual gives no instructions to getting the ear caps on. Although it seems an easy thing to do, it wasn’t. With some headsets, you twist and push to get them on. With this headset, we never found an easy way to attach them and wound up just playing with the caps until they attached properly.

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Figure 6:The call handling button with the indicator light below it.