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A short range wireless protocol used by various devices, such as cell phones, wireless headsets, mice and keyboards.

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MacOS connecting to bluetooth module

I have lots of issues connecting Mac OS Mojave to my sparksfun Bluetooth module RN-42. I can pair my Bluetooth module to my Mac, but after several seconds, the connection goes away. However, for the ...
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Hardware bluetooth doesn't activate when hardware switch is on

my laptop is a Toshiba Satellite c55-b5200. I upgraded from a 2.4ghz only wifi card (m.2 NGFF) to an Intel 8620NGW. The integrated Bluetooth on the card isn't recognized, and doesn't show up in ...
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How to automatically use Bluetooth headphones as audio output in Fedora?

When I turn on my Bluetooth headphones, I hear "connected" if my Fedora laptop is nearby, and I see the device appear in the Bluetooth settings window. If I go to the Sound settings window, however, ...
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How disable Bluetooth automatically when there is no active connection anymore after a while?

I'm looking for a solution to keep Bluetooth disabled if there is some idle or no active connections after a while. Let's say after 10 min. Is there some exist one? The purpose of that, to save ...
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Record sound from bluetooth speakers

I am using ffmpeg to record any sound playing on my system, using the following command: ffmpeg -f dshow -i audio="Stereo Mix (Realtek High Definition Audio)" "<output_file_path>" This is ...
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Bluetooh hci0: command 0x1009 tx timeout

I have a problem with kali linux boot proccess I got this message when the system boot up bluetooth : hci0: command 0x1009 tx timeout I have searched for a soultion for this problem over this ...
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Clone audio from a virtual device into three physical devices that often are disconnected/connected

I have three audio devices I often switch between. One by 3.5mm through the motherboard, one pair of speakers connected through my monitor, and one pair of Bluetooth headphones. I switch between these ...
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Bluetooth connection problems, win 8.1, connected but no audio

Bluetooth headphones pair with windows 8.1 laptop then say connected then just go back to "paired" status. When and if they do connect to the laptop, the status is connected but there is no audio ...
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Bluetooth speaker is connected but greyed out

I use a bluetooth USB-adapter (v4.0) to conntect JBL-speakers to my Windows-7 PC, but I fail to output any audio via the speakers. (The JBL-speakers work fine on other devices). My PC detects the ...
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How to save driver details to a text file - Windows 10

I am trying to diagnose a problem where Windows is mistaking two different Bluetooth audio devices for the same device (see this question). As part of my investigations, I would like to save the ...
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Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP) pairings deleted after each Windows 10 Feature Update

Our customers use Windows 10-based tablets as marine navigation systems. They are paired to NMEA-based GPS and rate of turn sensors via Bluetooth (classic, not LE) Serial Port Profile which creates ...
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Sending specific keypresses over USB or Bluetooth to another PC

I wish to make my laptop think im pressing alt when I press it on my desktop so I can use it to do push to talk on my laptop when im playing games, but not use a voice chat on my desktop, i've checked ...
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TCP connection using RFCOMM sockets over bluetooth

I am using TCP over RFCOMM socket for client server communication over bluetooth My server is Linux based machine and clients are android phones. The issue I am facing is sometimes pairing takes long ...
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Beats Studio Headphones with Skype?

Ok so I cannot make my beats Studio 3 Headphones work with Skype, I'd like to use both the Headphones and Microsoft from the Beats with skype, I've seen plenty of solutions that say to just turn off ...
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From bash script, play sound through internal speakers, while leaving them effectively disabled otherwise

I posted a similar question earlier, but Kamil Maciorowski correctly & wisely pointed out that, as posted, it wasn't really the single problem it appeared to be, but an amalgam of 3. So I deleted ...
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obexftp is not working on all devices

I use bluetooth to transfer files between by Fedora 26 (with KDE) box and my Android devices. I have 4 devices paired, 2 mobile phones and 2 tables. The Android versions are 5 & 7. My problem: ...
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Windows Shell Command for Turning on Bluetooth

I have been having some issues where my Bluetooth is not functioning correctly on my windows 10 device. I have probably accidentally clicked Airplane Mode and that can result in a well-known glitch ...
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Get channel for bluetooth transfer without sdptool

According to this, sdptool is removed from bluez-utils. So how can I see does a device support Obex Object Push and (if it does) a channel for transfer, without it (I need a new way to do what the ...
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Audio intermittently starts crackling and stuttering via bluetooth headsets

I Noticed this issue while using almost all Bluetooth headsets I used with Windows 10. Specifically when watching online videos on Mozilla Firefox. Normally the sound would be working fine and the ...
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The default sound format for bluetooth audio quality is disabled

I use the JBL e45bt headphones connected via Bluetooth on my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 device. This used to work fine until just a few months ago when I got my device replaced by Microsoft. Now, this ...
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How to check on Ubuntu 17.10 the percent power from a bluetooth device at command line?

Would like to know how to check the charge from a device connected on laptop with Ubuntu 17.10. Tried with bt-device without success (bluez packages): root@ubuntubox:/home/marlon# bt-device -l Added ...
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Windows 10: Bluetooth Headphones Only "Work" When Facing Computer

So after a very frustrating time connecting my Sony MDR-XB950B1 headphones, I ran into something very odd. The sound only works when the receiver in the headphones is facing directly at my PC. If I ...
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why choose bluetooth over wifi-direct for an ad-hoc-network

I always thought, that wifi opposed to bluetooth is mostly used to connect to a hotspot and that most desktop wifi chips lack the possibility to use them as a wifi hotspot (while its no problem with ...
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Bluetooth Headset - Windows 10 - appearing as Bluetooth hands-free

I recently bough the following product from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B019ZEHA36/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Essentially it works in terms of connecting etc and ...
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Extracting Realtek Bluetooth firmware from Windows drivers possible? - RTL8723DE

I have a RTL8723DE Wifi-Bluetooth module in a laptop. In Linux—in order to get Bluetooth working—it needs the Bluetooth firmware. I extracted the data .cab files in the Windows driver provided by the ...
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Choppy Bluetooth Audio

I have a bluetooth speaker, the Creative SoundBlaster Roar SR20A. It works perfectly with my laptop (Intel AC Wireless 3165, I don't know the bluetooth module), except that after a while (especially ...
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Apple Magic Mouse 2 in Arch Linux - Keeps Disconnecting

I've a second generation apple magic mouse 2 that works perfectly on my macbook pro. When I connect it to my linux machine however, which is running Antergos / Arch Linux, the mouse just disconnects ...
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cant select paired bluetooth speaker on Debian 9 - gnome

I have a paired bluetooth speaker (via gnome) ; But it is not proposed in the devices list in the sound configuration... I really dont know where to look to understand what seems to be the problem ; ...
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How to get to Bluetooth settings that are not in the metro form?

I have Windows 10 and when I pair a device for the first time using this form... ...it launches C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\BTWUIExt.exe which has some additional features that I can'...
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Bluetooth headphone mic and stereo audio not working simultaneously on laptop [duplicate]

I have a Sennheiser HD4.40BT bluetooth headphone. When I connect this to my android phone, I can listen stereo quality music and while call, I can hear other person clearly and use the mic also. ...
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Wakeup from suspend with bluetooth mouse

I was using my usb mouse to wake up my Windows machine from suspend, but now I have a bluetooth mouse and the power management options doesn't appear for 'Targus Soft-Touch Bluetooth Mouse' in device ...
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Connect 5-10 Bluetooth headphones at one time?

I'm trying to figure out a way to connect multiple sets of bluetooth headphones to a home theater PC. Is there a device out there that does this? I have search high and low. I found a BT Splitter but ...
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Bluetooth headphones connect to "Forward VoIP Calls to Handsfree" but not to "Listen to Music"

After restarting my computer, I can always connect my bluetooth headphones just fine. However, if they disconnect (intentionally or not) I open the device under "Devices and Printers" and connect ...
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Windows Event Viewer for Bluetooth Disconnect?

I have a bluetooth mouse that is constantly disconnecting from my Windows 10 laptop (once or twice at my office, every 2-10 minutes at home). Is there an event in the eventviewer that would indicate ...
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Use bluetooth headset remote as A/V controller

I recently got a pair of Bluetooth headphones with an in-line remote. After updating drivers I was able to get the headphones and microphone working with my computer. During the driver installation ...
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Can't connect bluetooth audio device to Linux

I recently bought a wireless bluetooth earphones (Awei A960BL). I am able to connect and play audio with it through my Android phone but here come's the problem: I can't connect or even find it in ...
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How do I do a scan for BLE devices on a specific channel using hcitool lescan?

I tried looking at the manual for hcitool but there seems to be no explanation as to how the channel can be set. By default, it seems like hcitool will only scan on channel 37(one of the 3 advertising ...
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Bluetooth is not working properly on Debian

I have an ASUS nettop with Debian Jessie and just want to enable bluetooth there so it will be dicoverable and can discover other devices. All bluetooth utilities showing that it is up and working, ...
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Windows 10 creators update bluetooth weird behaviour

I have a Asus bt gamepad (TV500BG) and it works perfectly fine with older windows 10 devices and Android devices. It gives visual feedback using lights for searching for devices discoverable and ...
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How do I stop Chrome keeps turning on the feedback in my Bose QC-30 headset?

I have a pair of Bose QC-30 headphones. They have noise cancelling and when you are in a call, they stop doing the noise cancelling by playing the environment noise into the headphones so you can hear ...
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Add dongle to wireless keyboard/ change bluetooth frequency/channel/etc

I recently bought a Logitech K380 and unfortunately that I'm working in an environment where there is a lot of bluetooth signals surrounding me and it makes my keyboard bluetooth signal very unstable. ...
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How Do I Set Bluetooth Headset As Default Recording Device on ASUS VivoTab TF810C?

My bluetooth headset does not show up in recording devices on my ASUS VivoTab TF810C. It does show up and work for playback. I do have both "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconneced Devices" ...
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What limits bluetooth data transfer speed

It's pretty much all in the title, I am trying to figure out important factors in optimizing a bluetooth data transfer. Specifically my question boils down to the speed difference of different ...
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Maximum dev number in rfcomm bind

rfcomm bind expects a <dev> argument to choose which /dev/rfcomm<dev> device name it should bind to. What is the maximum number allowed as <dev>? Let me rephrase: I can do rfcomm ...
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VR Box Bluetooth Remote Driver Error in Windows 10

I'm working on a project that requires a small wireless device that can trigger events in a Unity application I'm writing for PC, and I settled on a VR Box Bluetooth Remote. I originally found the ...
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Bluetooth Reconnect Audio Issues

I've recently bought TaoTronics TT-BH07 Bluetooth Headphones to use with my Vaio laptop (model:SVE14A190X) with Windows 7 64-bit. This laptop has an integrated Bluetooth Radio Adapter with the model ...
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Is it possible to wirelessly connect to dual monitors? What is required to do so?

Is it possible to wirelessly cast to dual monitors? What does it require? Is it as simple as one hdmi casting dongle per monitor, then display manager>detect screen? I'd like to extend my desktop ...
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Bluetooth UI under CentOS 7 + Cinnamon

I have a fresh CentOS 7 installation on a laptop with bluetooth transciever. When CentOS starts I see the 'bluetooth' service started. However, on the desktop (Cinnamon) I don't see any bluetooth ...
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How to connect one audio system via a wired connection and another with bluetooth simultaneously?

Currently I have one laptop connecting to an audio speaker system via an audio output wire. I have another audio output system (a portable Bose) which can be connected via bluetooth of the laptop. Is ...
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Bluetooth suddenly disappeared [duplicate]

I am very frustrated. Turned the PC on, worked some time with my bluetooth mouse on, suddenly the mouse stopped working, the occasional OFF-ON the mouse did not help (as it usually does), I went to ...
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