PV702 bluetooth headset

PV702 bluetooth headset

Written by Ken Tuesday, 03 June 2008 23:13

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Sony Ericsson HBH-PV702 bluetooth headset

Price paid £13.49 with free delivery from play.com

After a few years working abroad, I was amazed to come home and find that Bluetooth headsets could be had for under £10. I remember when a Bluetooth headset was around £70, so I had to get one to play with! After all, its worth that much to be legal in the car, and to get rid of the wires around your desk.

As it turned out, the headsets I could find for under £10 weren’t perfect – they didn’t use rechargeable batteries, or had bad reviews, or were from dodgy brands I’d never heard of. However, for £13.49 I was able to secure a Sony Ericsson headset, the HBH-PV702, delivered to my door.

I was intending to use this with my phone for handsfree calls, and also with my laptop for calling my family on Skype and for chatting to groups of friends in Ventrilo.

First impressions

The PV702 headset comes in a decent box
The PV702 headset comes in a decent box
The box is an attractive white cardboard affair, and nice and easy to open with a smart hinge system. Inside, the headset is tastefully presented on a cardboard inlay, beneath which sits the charger and a stack of manuals in at least 8 languages.

The headset itself is a small, discrete, good looking sliver of plastic; dark grey on the inside and matt black with a carbon fibre effect on the outside. The transparent green Sony Ericsson logo ‘jewel’ makes a nice counterpoint, and the whole ensemble looks very smart when dangling from your ear.

Nice presentation inside the box as well
Nice presentation inside the box as well
The main control is a large button on the side for pairing, connecting and ending calls, and which also acts as a power switch. There’s a slim two-way rocker switch on the top that controls volume. Next to the main multi-function button is a small LED which flashes red or green depending on what the headset is doing.

The charger connects to the back end of the headset, and takes the form of half of a Sony Ericsson “Fastport” mobile phone connector. When I saw this I had to try my phone charger on the headset – yes, it worked. The headset charger will also charge my Sony Ericsson P990i mobile phone, which is a nice touch. It’s a little disappointing that the headset isn’t USB chargeable (even using a USB to fastport cable), but nice to know that I need only carry one charger to service both my phone and headset.


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