The Micro-Mic+ is a remote microphone that can be used with Jabra Enhance Pro 20 HA. It s available through Costco.
Using the Jabra Enhance Pro App, when the Mic is turned on, the App offers the ability to send the Mic output to the HA in addition to the HA input from your surroundings. You can adjust the volumes of these two inputs independently to suit yourself.
The App allows volume control of the Mic if it is on, and the HA modes, like “Normal” for example, are applied to the Mic input as well as the surround input from the HA itself. The Mic has a volume control on itself that extends the App volume control to a wider range.
For example, placing the Mic near the TV, I can hear the TV sound track anywhere in my house. Jabra says up to 81 feet away. Using the Mode selections and the volume controls I can understand speech on the TV pretty well, although comprehension does vary depending upon which program is on.
I’d say the Multi-Mic+ is a useful addition to the Jabra Enhance Pro20 HA.
In this useful post you variously call it “Micro Mic” and Multi Mic". What I have is the Multi Mic from ReSound/Jabra. According to a page online, it seems that they also make a very similar item and call it the Micro Mic. So, either way, an external mic like this can be a big help in all the ways you mention–and beyond. Brands other than ReSound/Jabra also make and sell external mics that can connect with HAs and greatly extend your pickup area.
It’s also called the Minimic2 and very useful with a Cochlear implant. The Minimic2 is exactly the same, made by Resound for Cochlear only Cochlear rebranded it and hiked up the price considerably.
Does the Edu-mic serve as an omni-directional mic like the Multi-Mic and Multi-mic+ do? My reading is that the Edu-mic is more like ReSound’s Mini-mic, good for one person’s voice.
Yeah - it’s a lot less money than the Roger system, and it really helps in some situations. It works only with ReSound, Jabra, and other relabeled ReSound HAs, though. I’m hoping Auracast will give us a wider choice of options.
The Mic also can be plugged into the TV headphone output. My observation is that not using the plug but instead putting the Mic in front of the TV and using its microphones provides more control.
I agree. My original Jabra Multi-Mic had no identifying marks on it. It failed in warranty. The replacement came in a ReSound box and has ‘ReSound’ silk-screened on the clip. The instruction manual is identical except for the brand name. I’m comfortable thinking the Multi-mics and other accessories are the same no matter what the cover says.
Disconnecting the Multi-Mic. Is there a way to do this? Even after I disconnect from my HAs, it remains in ON position until it decides to quit, later, with a loud chime. Annoying. Would rather do the disconnect action when I desire.
I use the mulit-mic and tv streamer a lot. Every time I’m done with the accessory, my EP 10s stay in the program for the accessory. Eventually the accessory realizes it’s doing nothing; it beeps; and it switches to the All-Around program. Is that what you’re writing about?
I avoid the annoying and jarring beep by manually going to the All-Around program. Definitely annoying. I often forget to do the manual switch…
Yeah but one thing is that “annoying and jarring beep” is easily adjustable in SmartFit, different frequencies can be added as well as the volume (dB)
So either a frequency you can’t hear or dB level you can just hear will sort that out.
I’m looking at the Jabra Enhanced Pro 30’s and trying to wrap my head around connections & accessories. If I am reading it right it sounds like the Multi-Mic+ can be used instead of the TV connector?
Should I try the HAs first then order the Multi-Mic+?
Or given Costco’s generous return policy that I’ve never used, just order them together to minimize return visits for adjustments?
If it helps, I’m coming from the Phonak Brio 2’s. I had the Compilot II, Compilot Air II, their TV connector and eventually picked up a Roger Pen with a Roger X.
It almost sounds like I can do it all with the Multi-Mic+.
A Multi-Mic+, Multi-Mic, or Micro Mic (Jabra or ReSound, doesn’t matter) will work with your new Jabras instead of a TV streamer, yes. You connect a compatible mic to the Jabras in the Smart 3D app on your smart phone or tablet and select it as your program in the app when you want to hear the sound from the mic. You place the mic near the TV speakers. The volume can be adjusted on the mic or in the app. The mic which has its own rechargeable battery can be plugged in to the mic’s AC charger and left on all the time. Or you can unplug it and take it with you to a restaurant, doctor’s appointment, etc.
The arguable downside to using a mic for this rather than the TV streaming device is that you’ll also pick up and transmit ambient noise in the room (people talking, appliances running, dogs barking) when connected and selected in the app, whereas the streamer only transmits TV sound directly with no ambient noise when connected and selected in the app.
The difference between the Multi-Mic+ and the other two is that the + model can get Auracast. The Micro-Mic is smaller.
You can do it all with the Multi-Mic+, yes. Those who have tried both say it is not as good a mic as the Roger pens with Phonaks, but the ReSound mics are reasonably good. Since you’re used to the Roger, this may bother you more than someone who never had a Roger. The Rogers are also a lot more expensive than the Jabra mics.
You can get the ReSound mics as refurbs on eBay, possibly cheaper than new at Costco, certainly cheaper than new from an audiologist.
Whether it makes more sense to make a separate trip to Costco to get the mic is your call. You can return either one purchased there to Costco.
Resound make them like that for a good reason, but it does mean they don’t both do exactly the same thing.
Both of them are Bluetooth low energy audio, so are ideal for the Nexia/EP20 and the Vivia/EP30. Neither of them do Auracast. They use unicast to connect to the hearing aids.
