pixel buds: either mono or no microphone, take your pick

[Neal Becker]

I'm trying to use my pixel bud headphones with my laptop (lenovo X1 carbon
gen 4).  I'm using kde and blueman-applet.

Basically I can choose 2 profiles:
High Fidelity Playback (A2DP sink)
or
Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP)

There are also variations on these with different codec choices, but that
doesn't matter.

If I choose High Fidelity Playback, I get stereo output, but no pixel bud
mic input.
If I choose Headset Head Unit, I get pixel bud mic input, but output is
mono.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Neal

[Neal Becker]

In case I wasn't clear, what I want is to have a microphone input AND
stereo sound.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 7:51 AM Neal Becker  wrote:
> I'm trying to use my pixel bud headphones with my laptop (lenovo X1 carbon
> gen 4).  I'm using kde and blueman-applet.
>
> Basically I can choose 2 profiles:
> High Fidelity Playback (A2DP sink)
> or
> Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP)
>
> There are also variations on these with different codec choices, but that
> doesn't matter.
>
> If I choose High Fidelity Playback, I get stereo output, but no pixel bud
> mic input.
> If I choose Headset Head Unit, I get pixel bud mic input, but output is
> mono.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Neal
>
> --
> *Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it*

[Samuel Sieb]

On 2/2/22 04:51, Neal Becker wrote:
> I'm trying to use my pixel bud headphones with my laptop (lenovo X1 
> carbon gen 4).  I'm using kde and blueman-applet.
>
> Basically I can choose 2 profiles:
> High Fidelity Playback (A2DP sink)
> or
> Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP)
>
> There are also variations on these with different codec choices, but 
> that doesn't matter.
>
> If I choose High Fidelity Playback, I get stereo output, but no pixel 
> bud mic input.
> If I choose Headset Head Unit, I get pixel bud mic input, but output is 
> mono.

Those are the choices you get with bluetooth.