More good news. This month, Rocketfish started selling two new wireless headphone models in Best Buy stores nationwide. There are two models, the RF-WHP01 and RF-WHP02. Each model has Avnera’s first generation wireless audio system, which at this point is popping up in many other places.
Both models are targeted at TV and home AV environments.
Key application usages:
- Watching TV at night without disturbing house-mates (Killer frickin’ app)
- Enhancing TV/AV audio for people with diminished hearing
- Listening to music from iPod dock, PC, home stereo while cooking dinner, doing housework, etc.
The RF-WHP01 and RF-WHPo2 are both very similar models, with the primary difference being:
- RF-WHP02 is mainly targeted at TV users, so it offers some hook-up flexibility. Including a boom mic option for older sets that don’t have supplementary audio outputs. This is also a quick and dirty way for someone to enjoy music at a higher volume level than others also watching the same TV, without headphones.
- RF-WHP02 has a spatial enhancement feature to enhance stereo sound.
- RF-WHP02 also offers some voice enhancement meant for people with diminished hearing who have difficulty picking out speech when watching TV.
- RF-WHP01 has black trim. The RF-WHP02 has metallic maroon trim.
The RF-WHP01 & RFWHP02 are available now at Best Buy stores. As of the writing of this article, they are not yet available online, though that’s only a matter of time.
UPDATE: They are available now online: RF-WHP01 for $79.99 and RF-WHP02 for $99.99.
To get a sense of what a killer deal this is… compare this to Sony’s 2.4GHz and the 60-some dB SNR 900 MHz junk that is still hanging around…
So forget IR, forget 900 MHz, forget paying north of $200… pick up a pair of Rocketfish headphones that just work.
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It’s been a long time coming – I’m glad to see these on the market. This is one of the no-brainer applications for wireless audio. I actually appreciate the boom mic – I demo’d a previous product for some friends of mine and their TV’s audio shuts off when you plug in the RCA connectors…
Sound quality on the Rocketfish RF-WHP01 is poor. Volume fades in and out, stereo tracks drop in and out.
Sorry to hear. Sounds defective or you have hooked it up incorrectly. Have you tried using a different audio source to make sure it isn’t your source?
The hookup seems straightforward. Without using the Rocketfish the sound quality is adequate through system speakers. I will try them on another system as you suggest.
I retract my unfavorable review of the RF-WHP01. Evidently, the tuner/amplifier used initially is the culprit. The Rocketfish works as advertised on a separate audio device.
Glad to hear. Sorry about your tuner, though. Hope it’s still good for other uses.
Ihave the rf-whpo2 headset and it works great but it is
tight on my ears and I can’t wear it very long. What would
suggest I do about it. Thanks, Jack
Got a pair and can’t get them to work! All I get is a flashing green light on the ‘connect’. Called tech support, and they had no clue to anything! Could not tell me why light was flashing, or how to pair the headset to the base.
The instruction manual includes pairing instructions. I think you need to press the pair (or connect) buttons on the headphone for 3 secs, and on the base station for 3 seconds. Make sure both devices have power on when you do this.
Blinking light means generally that you don’t have a link established.
Good luck.
i need replacement batteries for these but have mislaid my original pair…can somebody tell me what mAh i should get.
I am using 1600 mAh batteries. They seem to work perfectly fine.
The stock batteries that come with the WHP02 headphones are 2250mAh…if/when mine finally die, I’ll probably just go with the highest capacity NiMH batteries available at that time.
WHP02
Can you use two headsets on one docking ststion? Can you use two docking stations on the same audio source?