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General Category => Off the Record => Computer Affairs => Topic started by: Josquius on September 09, 2014, 12:17:14 PM

Title: connecting a bluetooth speaker to a windows 7 computer?
Post by: Josquius on September 09, 2014, 12:17:14 PM
This one is probably a bit of a long shot but you never know, maybe someone has done the same before.
I've just bought a cheap little bluetooth speaker for my computer- going to buy some decent speakers after payday but for now using my earphones is a pain.

My computer has a bluetooth dongle which detects my phone just fine.

But it just won't detect the speaker even if it is transmitting.

The speaker is by a no name company called microspot.

Apparently you need a different driver for audio devices vs regular devices?

Any ideas?
Title: Re: connecting a bluetooth speaker to a windows 7 computer?
Post by: DontSayBanana on September 09, 2014, 05:59:42 PM
Quote from: Tyr on September 09, 2014, 12:17:14 PM
This one is probably a bit of a long shot but you never know, maybe someone has done the same before.
I've just bought a cheap little bluetooth speaker for my computer- going to buy some decent speakers after payday but for now using my earphones is a pain.

My computer has a bluetooth dongle which detects my phone just fine.

But it just won't detect the speaker even if it is transmitting.

The speaker is by a no name company called microspot.

Apparently you need a different driver for audio devices vs regular devices?

Any ideas?

Make sure the dongle supports AD2P (most common Bluetooth stereo format).
Title: Re: connecting a bluetooth speaker to a windows 7 computer?
Post by: Josquius on September 14, 2014, 04:40:34 AM
Even bought a new dongle which said audio compatible but no. :(