3G and 3GS
The headset included with your iPhone has a number of functions, some of which you may not know about so we thought we’d do a quick iPhone Basics for everyone. There are now two headsets available one for the 2G/3G and one for the 3GS. The oe for the 3GS has a couple of extra functions not available on the older one and they are listed below.
The included headset features a microphone and an integrated button that allows you to answer and end calls easily, and control audio and video playback. The headset included with iPhone 3GS also has volume buttons.
3GS Volume Control
Plug in the headset to listen to music or make a phone call. Callers hear you through the built-in microphone. Press the center button to control music playback and answer or end calls, even when iPhone is locked.
Built in Microphone
Here’s a list of the controls available for the button:
Pause a song or video:
Press center button once. Press again to resume playback.
Skip to the next song:
Press center button twice quickly.
Adjust the volume (iPhone 3GS only):
Press the “+” or “–” button.
Answer an incoming call:
Press center button once.
End the current call:
Press center button once.
Decline an incoming call:
Press and hold center button for about two seconds, then let go. Two low beeps confirm you declined the call.
Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and put the current call on hold:
Press center button once. Press again to switch back to the first call.
Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and end the current call:
Press and hold center button for about two seconds, then let go. Two low beeps confirm you ended the first call.
Use Voice Control (iPhone 3GS only):
Press and hold center button.
Lastly, If you get a call while the headset is plugged in, you can hear the ringtone through both the iPhone speaker and the headset.
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I don’d have the volume control on the headphones that came with my 3GS… should I have?
(bevan has made 7 comments)
Yes, definitely. All 3GS models come with the new headsets. Where did you buy it from, if was a store was the package sealed?
I bought it from the Vodafone Online store. Pretty sure it was sealed when I got it…
Maybe in the unpackaging excitement I didn’t grab the new headphones out of the box and have been using my old ones… will check the 3GS box when I get home
(bevan has made 7 comments)
I’m very disillusioned with the Apple headset I got with my 3G. Every two steps and the left ear bud always falls out. Very annoying on a 3km walk!
(alikat has made 15 comments)
@alikat – Ah yes the old falling out the ear issue. This happened to me all the time and my fix for this is to put the left one in your right ear and the right one in your left ear. You’ll find they stay in place much better that way.
I am sure Apple did this on purpose to increase the sales of the “in ear” headphones they sell.
Funny you should mention the earbud-falling-out-of-the-left-ear thing. This drove me nuts for the first few days, but then I figured out that if I took out the earbud, twisted it through 360 degrees and put it back in, it was fine. Sounds nuts, but I think it has something to do with the way the wires were coiled up in the original packaging – when the earbud is in your ear its like it is trying to uncoil still and in the process ‘twisting’ itself out of your ear. I know, I know. It sounds nuts but it works for me every time.
(Steve has made 320 comments)
Wow, great blog post here. I never knew about half of the functions on my 3G S headphones! I was wondering when I was changing the volume on the headphones why it would pause..cause I was pressing the middle button rather than the to or bottm buttons.
Great blog post!
(ant has made 10 comments)
I discovered the other day that triple clicking the centre button goes back to the beginning of a track/back one track when listening to the iPod.
Makes things much easier.
(ThreeFace has made 1 comment)
Wow I really didn’t knew about this feature at all and I thought the iPhone headset is costing $150NZD for nothing. Thanks for sharing it mate.
(MX28080 has made 29 comments)