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Using an "off the shelf" Bluetooth headset with an APX6000 with Bluetooth capability

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human8472

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Does the APX6000 only work with other Motorola Bluetooth devices? I have a Bluetooth speaker mic and it works well. What I would like to have is a bluetooth earpiece that works with my iPhone so I can use the hands free functions but also use with my APX6000. So I would hear any transmissions from my APX6000 over the same earpiece as well. Likewise if I key up the transmit button on my APX6000 (I carry on my vest) I would like to be able to transmit over the Bluetooth earpiece as well. Is this possible? Thank you.
 

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must be a Motorola “mission critical” product… the only radio I believe supports your traditional commercial wireless headphones is the APX4000 which is designed to be used undercover
 

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You may have limited luck using off the shelf bluetooth headsets. I use a Jabra on my 8000 and it works decent. You have to go into the bluetooth settings in the codeplug and set bluetooth type to "LF MPP & STANDARD". Not all consumer headsets will connect or have the required audio profile the APX is looking for. Somewhere on another site they had a thread about which non-moto headsets they had luck with.
 

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I use a Noxgear 39g and it works perfectly with the 6000. Also has a 3.5mm port on the bottom to connect to my truck stereo AUX connection.

 

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Motorola APX line supports the "Headset HSP" Bluetooth format for non-proprietary accessories. Many Bluetooth headsets use the "hands-free protocol HFP" which will probably not work. You do need to make sure that the CPS is set to LFP MPP and Standard and that a menu key is set to access the BT settings.
 
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