Oticon Streamer has a poor battery life.How to solve it?

[seb]

The Oticon Streamers battery with a full charge will allow you to talk on the phone, listen to music, listen to TV or listen to any other device though Bluetooth for 5 hrs max. If you listen to any audio device with the patch cord that comes with the Streamer you can listen up to 6 hrs max. One way to extend the use of the Streamer during the day is to plug it into your computer or an electrical outlet or a car charger while you are sitting at your desk or driving your car and also as I stated before you can purchase an auxiliary power supply that can be plugged into the Streamer if non of the above are available.

[timfl]

Originally Posted by seb

The Oticon Streamers battery with a full charge will allow you to talk on the phone, listen to music, listen to TV or listen to any other device though Bluetooth for 5 hrs max. If you listen to any audio device with the patch cord that comes with the Streamer you can listen up to 6 hrs max. One way to extend the use of the Streamer during the day is to plug it into your computer or an electrical outlet or a car charger while you are sitting at your desk or driving your car and also as I stated before you can purchase an auxiliary power supply that can be plugged into the Streamer if non of the above are available.

What a pain! Phonak's ComPilot will go 12-15 hours without a problem. Yet the sound quality is way below Oticon's streamer. It boggles my mind how these companies, with all their expertise, could offer such seriously flawed products. There were rumors that Oticon would come out with a new streamer this spring. Unfortunately, it did not happen.

[Don]

Originally Posted by timfl

What a pain! Phonak's ComPilot will go 12-15 hours without a problem. Yet the sound quality is way below Oticon's streamer. It boggles my mind how these companies, with all their expertise, could offer such seriously flawed products. There were rumors that Oticon would come out with a new streamer this spring. Unfortunately, it did not happen.

I would probably go nuts listening to TV or music for 15 hours straight.

[seb]

I think it all has to do with the size of the product. You can only fit so much in the package: electronics, microphone, battery, so you are kind of stuck with how long it will last on a charge by how big of battery they can fit in the unit. Everybody on the Forum complains about how big the Phonak's ComPilot is and I'm sure the bulk of its size is the size of the battery in it. I've solved my Streamers short battery life with the Tek4 auxiliary power unit which gives my more than enough battery life. Yes Oticon needs to improve the length of time the Streamer will operate on a charge,but I don't want to be wearing around something the size of a brick either.

[prodigyplace]

It ought to be interesting to see what the battery life is like on the Starkey Surflink Mobile if/when it ships.

You are supposed to be able to place it across a room so the built-in microphones can pick up sound. It then transmits across the room to the aids.

I know Starkey wanted an FCC waiver that would help them extend the range of their remote controls.

[timfl]

Originally Posted by seb

I think it all has to do with the size of the product. You can only fit so much in the package: electronics, microphone, battery, so you are kind of stuck with how long it will last on a charge by how big of battery they can fit in the unit. Everybody on the Forum complains about how big the Phonak's ComPilot is and I'm sure the bulk of its size is the size of the battery in it. I've solved my Streamers short battery life with the Tek4 auxiliary power unit which gives my more than enough battery life. Yes Oticon needs to improve the length of time the Streamer will operate on a charge,but I don't want to be wearing around something the size of a brick either.

That sounds like a good solution, Seb.I'm still in trial with both. My decision will be based on which one gives me the best results with speech recognition. Then I will have to live with one or the other of the remotes.

BTW, I don't find the a size of the ComPilot all that egregious. It would seem like the Oticon with power source attached would be rather large as well.I do find the size of the buttons a lot easier to locate, and the "home" button, although easy to press accidently, is a nice touch.

[seb]

The auxiliary power supply that I use plugs into the bottom of the Streamer and I drop the aps into my shirt pocket. The size is a little larger than a roll of quarters but lighter.

[xbulder]

Originally Posted by timfl

What a pain! Phonak's ComPilot will go 12-15 hours without a problem. Yet the sound quality is way below Oticon's streamer. It boggles my mind how these companies, with all their expertise, could offer such seriously flawed products. There were rumors that Oticon would come out with a new streamer this spring. Unfortunately, it did not happen.

No it won't happen, you need to wait for april when the new high end instruments comes out

[xbulder]

Originally Posted by timfl

That sounds like a good solution, Seb.I'm still in trial with both. My decision will be based on which one gives me the best results with speech recognition. Then I will have to live with one or the other of the remotes.

BTW, I don't find the a size of the ComPilot all that egregious. It would seem like the Oticon with power source attached would be rather large as well.I do find the size of the buttons a lot easier to locate, and the "home" button, although easy to press accidently, is a nice touch.

Oticon answer to this, seems to be you buy 2 streamers and you are able to enable both to the hearing aids

[eliotb]

the microphone on my 18-month-old streamer quit working suddenly. I could hear incoming calls ok, but no one could hear me. This followed months of having to -- after dialing -- switch into speaker mode, then switch back, for a party to hear my voice. Very frustrating. I have a new streamer remote on order from my audiologist, but think 18 months is way too short a life span for such a device. I am absolutely hooked on the system because i work by the phone a lot, but this is disappointing.

anyone had a similar experience?

thanks

eliot