Hey, I was bouncing around Nokia's USA web site and ran across this:
What type of headsets can I use with my Nokia Lumia phone?
Always use compatible headsets and accessories with your phone.
Nokia Bluetooth headsets: for example BH-108, BH-109, BH-111, BH-112, BH-214, BH-217, BH-218, BH-219, Nokia Luna (BH-220), BH-504, BH-505,BH- 609, Nokia Essence (BH-610), Nokia J (BH-806), BH-904, BH-905 and BH-905i .
Nokia Wired headsets: WH-902 and Nokia Purity by Monster stereo headsets WH-920, WH-930.
Nokia Lumia has an American Headset Jack (AHJ) 3.5 mm connector which is different than the OMTP (Open Mobile Terminal Platform) pin-out in all other Nokia non-Windows products outside of North America, the differences can be seen in the below diagram:
The Nokia headsets with OMTP interface may not work properly with your Lumia because the pin-out is different, the user may experience:
- Audio may be dampened.
- Microphone may not work.
- Answer/End buttons do not work (digital protocol not supported).
- Occasionally, the audio is turned down to ?0? when the headphones are plugged into the phone thus ?turning off? the audio.
It is advised to use the wired headset that came with the device WH-902 or the Nokia Purity by Monster stereo headsets WH-920, WH-930, BH-940. The OMTP headsets can still be used with a special adapter as an alternative, an adapter you can get from your local Nokia Care point or phone retailers.
Please note that Nokia headphones
without a microphone having the 3.5 mm audio jack will work normally, but Nokia headphones (with microphone) with Nokia AV/OMTP pin-out do not work properly with Nokia Lumia.
Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 introduces a universal audio connector, it enables the use of both American Headset Jack (AHJ) headsets and standard Nokia OMTP headsets.
Further reading I find on Wikipedia:
American Headset Jack: an alternative pinout configuration for 3.5mm audio connectors. This configuration can be found on devices such as Apple
iPhone, and is not compatible with the configuration found in many other devices which conform to
OMTP specifications. When a non-compatible headset is connected, audio may be poor or non-existent.
So.. the Lumia 920/820 should be able to use either or. Now does the 810? I'm guessing yes.
I still need to find an inexpensive set of earbuds that have song forward/back/pause controls (I ride and love having music when I ride, but need to skip around what's playing).