No longer in my ears

[micky]

I have a pair of Bose Hearphones, cheaper than hearing aids.

I only use it at meetings (which I don't go to because of Corona) and to watch Law & Order on TV (because all the other shows are loud enough but it's not.)

The device consists of a yoke with the on/off button, two leds, a charging jack, and the battery, and two earbuds.

Each earbud has 3 microphones, they say**, and when being put in my ears they sometimes squeal, which the manual says is normal. Feedback, I guess.

The question is, when both buds are no longer in my ears, the device waits a while and turns off.

How does it know that the earbuds are no longer in my ears?

**And it can be set to amplify what's in front, what's in front and to the sides, and sounds from all diretions, so it probably does have 3 mikes per ear.

As good as this might sound, there are one or two other competitors. Before I bought this I googled but didn't find them. One will play the last 10 seconds back again, and iirc will play the last 10 seconds at reduced speed. I'd feel real bad that I didn't get that one, except I probably wouldn't use those things, at least at a lecture. If I were in the market, I'd look at the others before buying any of them.

[Paulo]

Vacuum switch?

[micky]

Maybe. If it's so high tech, I'm surprised the maker Bose doesn't brag about it, about how they do it. But it does work right.

[micky]

That certainly makes sense.

I have Law & Order amplified and so when it comes to the commercials, it can be uncomfortably loud and I have to fast forward through them. (or turn down the tv and turn it baack up again.)

[micky]

This is about one of the other companies, the one that replays.

And it turns out they don't make mine anymore ;-( but they'er still for sale reconditioned, and much cheaper than I paid. Although the battery has been cycled many times maybe.

And I hadn't even thought about it, but this does have bluetooth, and even though i never use it, there's no way to turn it off.

[micky]

I almost never use the app that goes with it but I used it yesterday and saw it has indicators that show which ears have the buds in them.

It only takes 2 or 3 seconds for it to know when I take one out or put it back in!!

[bruce bowser]

What is Bose supposed to say? Something about 'chermin engineering', like one or two car manufacturers do? Call them over in Austria at [phone].

[bruce bowser]

Oh, I see: Bose Corporation The Mountain MS 236 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701