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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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Does Bluetooth 5 fix the sound quality issues with using headphones audio+mic at the same time?

I recently bought a pair of Sony h.ear on 2 bluetooth headphones that include a mic intending to use them to replace the wired headphones I currently use with my late 2016 Macbook Pro (the first touch ...
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Which Bluetooth Stack supports APT-X on Windows 7

I'm thinking about buying wireless desktop speakers for ease of use with different audio sources (Notebooks, Mobile Phone etc.). For higher audio quality over the standard A2DP protocol there are ...
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Stop volume change noise when Sennheiser Bluetooth headphones connected on Windows 10

When my Sennheiser HD 4.50 BTNC Bluetooth headphones are connected to my Windows 10 PC - changing the volume makes a beeping noise. This is the case whether I press the volume button on the ...
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Enable pulseaudio equalizer only for bluetooth headsets

I'm using pulseaudio with the LADSPA equalizer. I want to enable the equalizer only when my bluetooth headset is connected. The behaviour at the moment is that when I disconnect the headset, the ...
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Can I use my pc as a bluetooth headset with windows 10

This Article worked for me on windows 7 but now That I am using Windows 10 I can't seem to figure out how to make it work. All Hardware is the same only Windows has changed. Can I use my PC as a ...
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Windows 8.1 Does not Detect Bluetooth Headset

I have the Motorola S11 Flex HD wireless Bluetooth headset which I have had connected to a Windows 8.1 Pro x64 machine with an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 + Bluetooth for Desktop card. This ...
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Windows 10: Bluetooth headset's media play button doesn't work

I have a JBL E40BT Bluetooth headset. It comes with media controls on the left ear cup, a play/pause button, and a volume up and down (previous and next track is handled by three and two fast presses ...
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Windows 10: AAC Support

I bought new AirPods Max for various reasons. They work flawlessly when connecting them via Bluetooth to my Windows PC when only listening to music. The microphone quality is, however, atrocious. ...
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Bluetooth mouse wake up lag

I bet this same question was asked a billion of times throughout the internet, however I was not able to find any workable solution for it. So, the problem is in the wake-up lag on Bluetooth mouse. In ...
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How can I prevent bluetooth keyboard disconnect after inactivity whenever my computer is on?

I have two Microsoft Surface Ergonomic bluetooth keyboards, one at work and one at home. With my work laptop running Windows 10 Pro, the keyboard is always 'on' and functional, ever since I did the ...
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Bose QuietComfort 35 stopped connecting to Windows 10

I have a Bose QuietComfort 35 and it used to able to use it on my Windows 10 PC over an aplic bluetooth dongle. Unfortunately, it stopped working. It's not possible anymore to switch from my ...
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Bluetooth pairing between android phone and windows 10 surface book

I don't succeed in transferring files between phone and computer (which is sometimes not comfortable, for example when you prepare a trip on your computer and need to quickly transfer any confirmation ...
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Pairing Bluetooth device with PIN fails

I'm trying to pair my old BlackBerry 8310 to my Linux desktop (up-to-date Debian Sid, 3.15-10.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64) by using blueman and its associated tools. Scanning for the device works equally ...
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How do I disable a bluetooth adapter and install a new one in ubuntu?

I am running Ubuntu 13.04 on a Macbook Pro (8.2). I have a faulty bluetooth antenna that I am not interested in paying to fix. In windows I have a usb bluetooth dongle and I just keep the built in ...
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Bluetooth not seeing mouse (Fedora)

I have a Lenovo S10 'netbook' that I've installed Fedora 17 ("LXDE spin") on. So far pretty much everything works great, except, the on-board Bluetooth. lsusb shows the controller present (0a5c:2101 ...
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Bluetooth not detecting any devices in Windows 7

My Lenovo ThinkPad E320 Laptop running Windows 7 64bit has recently been refusing to detect any Bluetooth devices. I have tried to connect, using 'Add devices' under 'devices and printers' to two ...
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Bluetooth mouse won't reconnect after reboot or wake from sleep in Debian squeeze

I have a Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 and have experienced the same problem with two laptops, a Sony Vaio Z, and now a Lenovo Thinkpad T420s: I can pair the bluetooth device to the ...
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How to create a hotkey to connect to a specific bluetooth device (Windows 10)

I have a question that's been surprisingly difficult to find answers for, and the answers that I have found were either not what I wanted, or far more complicated than they were worth. So. What I want ...
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How can I check the Bluetooth version of a connected device?

I recently purchased a keyboard that seems to have had a few different iterations on its Bluetooth chip (3, 4, and now 5). I'm trying to determine which version of Bluetooth is supported by the ...
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disable bluetooth file transfer on ubuntu host for a specific user

I'm running ubuntu 18.04 and I need to keep bluetooth and the applet running as it's required but I want to disable file transferring via bluetooth for a known user or disable it system wide. I need ...
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Windows 10 Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), cannot open virtual port

After upgrading our Windows 10 PCs (to 1803 + 1809), it is not possible to connect to/open the (Bluetooth) virtual serial ports anymore. We are using Bluetooth Barcode-Readers, which are connected ...
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Linux bluetooth audio issues. No working mic/sound via HSP

Running crunchbang++ ( debian 9 ). MPOW-059 bluetooth headphones. Bluetooth device: Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0a5c:21e8 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 If I connect them via a2dp sink I ...
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"Force" Bluetooth headphones to change connected device under Windows 10

This feels like one of those, "Yea, that's just how Bluetooth works" questions, but in the year 2018 I'm holding out hope that there's a better answer. I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones, and they'...
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Unwanted macOS connection requests

Even though I didn't initiate anything, popups in macOS popped up a few times asking me to allow a connection request from my (?) iPhone which is already paired with my computer. The device name ...
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Set Bluetooth audio device to always use AD2P on Linux

I have a bluetooth speaker that works perfectly on my Arch Linux, but whenever I connect it's in HSV and I must manually set the protocol to A2DP. How can I make it always use AD2P by default on ...
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Bluetooth LIAC discovery on Windows 10

I want to use a 3rd party Wii U pro controller as an Xbox controller or mapped to my keyboard/mouse. On my old Linux machine, I could connect to the controller with hcitool inq --iac=liac. How can I ...
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Bluetooth Tethering Windows 10 & Nexus 5x

I am trying to setup bluetooth tethering between a Windows 10 Laptop and a (rooted) Nexus 5X Android device, running the latest 6.0.1 version of Android (update from March 2016). I have managed to ...
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Can I use wired and wireless headphones in the same time?

I have a bluetooth headphones which work with my windows 8 machine. I want both: wired and wireless headphones to work in the same time. But if wireless headphones device is connected to a machine, ...
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Quickly write byte to Bluetooth dongle's serial port when webpage loads

I have a USB Bluetooth dongle mounted (?) as /dev/rfcomm0, and when I navigate to my local IP address from another device on my network in a browser, I want it to write a 't' to the serial port so ...
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Completely backup bluetooth pairings/profiles

I have a device running Windows 8 embedded using an Intel wireless Bluetooth 4.0 + hs adapter. Every few weeks/months the device needs to be wiped to upgrade the software. In what way can I ...
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100+ bluetooth devices in close proximity? Will there be issues?

I'm evaluating the use of over 100 Bluetooth headsets in a call center environment. My understanding of Bluetooth.. is that the stream of data is chopped up over 79 bands. So a telephone call can ...
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How to set the key repeat rate for an external/Bluetooth keyboard in OS X?

I am using OS X and started using an external Bluetooth keyboard. The main pain area working with the keyboard is the slow repeat rate when a key is pressed. Changing the system preferences only ...
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Hard crash when using bluetooth headset on MacBook Pro and Lion 10.7.2

I recently picked up a bluetooth headset (Motorola S10-HD) and started using it with my MacBook Pro (17" purchased new in 2010) running Lion 10.7.2. Here's what works - stereo audio: iTunes Spotify ...
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Windows 7 scroll wheel settings are lost after resume from sleep

After my Windows 7 resumes from sleep, the mouse scroll wheel settings that specify the number of lines are always set to 1. I have this set to 5, but it changes to 1 after every resume from sleep. ...
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How to share computer's internet connection among network users

I wanted to connect to internet from my mobile through laptop wireless-broadband internet connection.. For that I have gone to Network Places, there i have done appropriate settings for "Wireless ...
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Accept calls from my iPhone 4S on my Windows 7 PC

What steps would be necessary to connect an iPhone 4S to a Windows 7 desktop computer, and then to accept a phone call from the microphone/headset on my computer? I'm essentially looking to pair my ...
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How to check the battery level of devices connected via Bluetooth in OS X

I have a set of Bluetooth headphones that I use with my iPhone and Macbook (OS X Yosemite). On my iPhone, a little battery meter pops up next to the Bluetooth logo each time I'm connect the ...
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How do I use my phone for SMS (while connected via bluetooth)

I connected my Nexus 5 to my Windows 8 computer via bluetooth, with the hopes that I could do 2 things. Use my computer to send SMS messages Use me computer as a headset (with my microphone and ...
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How to rename Bluetooth device in Windows 11 Pro 22H2?

All the guides that I managed to find (namely this one, this and this) seems to be pre 22H2. The Control Panel section named Hardware and Sound → Devices and Printers seems to be no longer exiting in ...
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can't record screen using ffmpeg, including microphone and bluetooth headset audio, in sync

I'm trying to record my screen using ffmpeg, but including the audio from the computer microphone and the computer audio (the one I hear for my bluetooth headset). I can get the file with this command:...
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Bluetooth not working.No Adapter showing up

I am currently using Pop!_OS based on Ubuntu 22.04. Unfortunately, Bluetooth has not worked since installation. It was working while using Windows 11 on the same machine however. I am relatively new ...
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How to NOT autoconnect to bluetooth devices on Ubuntu

I am using a System76 laptop running Pop-OS (Ubuntu-based). It is really annoying to me that every time my computer discovers a bluetooth device that it knows about, it automatically connects whether ...
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Remap Bluetooth headset button on Windows 10?

I have Bose QC 35 II and I am trying to get the Multifunction button to mute/unmute calls in MS Teams. For the purpose I will be using AutoHotKey, but in order to do that I need to capture the message ...
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Bad bluetooth headset audio quality on windows 10

I've seen few related topic but still not found any solution that works for me. I've got: JBL Tune 700BT Bluetooth headset Lenovo T460s with Intel 8260 Bluetooth Windows 10 version 2004 When Stereo ...
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How do I reconnect my Bluetooth mouse to Windows 10 after pairing it to another device, without un-pairing and re-pairing?

I know this is possible on Linux and Android. Just select the device in your paired device list while the mouse is in pairing mode and it will re-pair, even after previously being connected to ...
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Windows10 Bluetooth error: "We didn't get any response from the device. Try connecting again."

Same problem like Windows 10 Bluetooth can't connect to any device Error: Didn't get any response from the device What I have done: Restart Bluetooth support service. Run Bluetooth troubleshooter. ...
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Audio cuts off completely when using bluetooth headphones?

So, I started having this really annoying problem when using my bluetooth headphones. I tried looking for answers everywhere but either no one has encountered the same issue, or my english doesn't let ...
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Bluetooth headphones reconnect as headset in windows 10

I can connect bluetooth headphones to my windows 10 pc with no problem but when they reconnect for some reason they connect as a headset not headphones. If I delete and repair I get headphones back ...
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How to Disconnect from BT without Unpairing in Windows 10?

In Windows 10's default BT stack, it seems like there's no option to simply "disconnect" a BT device. It gives me the option to "remove" it, which does disconnect the device, but it also deletes the ...
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Trouble using bluetooth headset with Skype

I have a pair of Phasier HBS-730 Bluetooth earbuds. I like to listen to Spotify, and I also like to use Skype. Both of these work fine, but only independently. Not at the same time. Also, I am ...
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