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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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I sometimes listen to my headphones on my iphone while riding. Most of the time I do it when I'm on a trip and I also have the GPS app running in the background. Ever since I bought my iphone 4 the audio is unstable. It's only unstable when I have my headphones that have the inline mic. When I listen to my regular headphones everything is fine. Does anyone else have this problem? I going to try to use a different brand of headphones with an inline mic to narrow down the problem.
 
Old Aug 17, 2010 | 02:48 AM
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Really?
 
Old Aug 17, 2010 | 03:09 AM
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Same issue here. I ride with regular headphones now, but would like to find an off brand that maybe works w/ the phone features. Apple's headsets are built pretty similar.
 
Old Aug 17, 2010 | 04:07 AM
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I'll take a stab and say it's because of the VOX on the mic. If you have voice dialing , try turning that off and see if it makes a difference.
 
Old Aug 17, 2010 | 04:35 AM
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I use skull candy ones and every once in a while the volume goes nuts at speed but other than that it works.
 
Old Aug 17, 2010 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Ohiobellboy
I'll take a stab and say it's because of the VOX on the mic. If you have voice dialing , try turning that off and see if it makes a difference.
+1 - on it being the VOX with the the in-line mic. Either run a simple set of earbuds only, or go with one of the in-helmet comm systems like the Bluetooth Scala G4.
 
Old Aug 17, 2010 | 07:25 AM
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I have a great pair of noise isolating ear buds that work like ear plugs and let you hear the music a lot better. With the background noise blocked out I can actually hear what's going on around me in traffic a lot better. The iPhone ear buds are kinda crappy in a noisy environment.
 
Old Aug 17, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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Have you tried posting in the APPLE forum?

http://discussions.apple.com/categor...categoryID=201
 
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These are what I use with my I-phone, They are 85 mph approved and they sound great! http://www.google.com/products?q=jvc...ed=0CFgQrQQwAg
 
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Originally Posted by Ohiobellboy
I'll take a stab and say it's because of the VOX on the mic. If you have voice dialing , try turning that off and see if it makes a difference.
I'm kinda thinking it may have something to do with that. In order to voice dial i have to hold the home button in for 2 seconds. I don't think there is a way to shut that feature off.
 



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