Windows 10: Seeking guidance on WiFi Bluetooth card or dongle

Discus and support Seeking guidance on WiFi Bluetooth card or dongle in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hello. My Dell Optiplex 380 has Win 10 PRO 32 bit & is operational to date. I have a BELKIN N600DB router works fine for my Amazon Prime video & would... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by 3score+8, Sep 29, 2020.

  1. 3score+8 Win User

    Seeking guidance on WiFi Bluetooth card or dongle


    Hello. My Dell Optiplex 380 has Win 10 PRO 32 bit & is operational to date. I have a BELKIN N600DB router works fine for my Amazon Prime video & would eliminate it, if I could use a proper NIC combo PCIe card INTEL AC8265 desktop kit? or a combo USB dongle, if either are compatible with the older INTEL G41 express chipset running Win 10. Should I contact DELL or Intel for suitability? Go ahead, make my day! Thank You from 3score+8.

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    3score+8, Sep 29, 2020
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    Ok so here's a question. I had a revelation today that: "Duh, my keyboard/mouse is bluetooth, shouldn't that be the same thing?" My goal here is to get my new Motorola HT820 bluetooth headphones to work with on my computer.

    Keyboard/Mouse is Logitech MX5500 Revolution, bluetooth wireless, came with a USB dongle that they connect through. I tried today to get the headset to work, and it won't receive sound. I can get it "connected," but with complications. I'm using Windows XP, have Setpoint 4.7, and I've tried the following:

    -Changed the radio settings to a bluetooth hub instead of locked to the keyboard/mouse.

    -Clicked "Connect Other Devices."

    - Paired headphones with windows. Windows connects correctly, the device reads connections, windows shows it as "already connected" when I try to connect it again. I click on Control Panel -> Bluetooth Devices, and I see the "Motorola HT820" listed as "Passkey enabled," but it doesn't say "Connected" like the keyboard and mouse do. Also, audio does play on the headphones.

    -Click on Properties on HT820, and then on services, it does not show any services at all.

    - Searched around google, logitech, motorola websites & forums to answers or help, nothing. Closet I got was logitech's "Bluetooth FAQ" which has the following paragraph (http://www.logitech.com/lang/pdf/bluetooth/bluetooth-faq.pdf):

    "3.6 How do I listen to music wirelessly with a Bluetooth headphone?
    All you need is a Bluetooth headphone and a media player such as iTunes or Windows Media Player 10. For optimal results, it is recommended you use a headphone with Bluetooth 2.0 Enhanced Data Rate, to benefit from the maximum bandwidth (up to 3Mb/s).
    Please refer to our online "How To" documents for step-by-step instructions related to your specific device (www.logitech.com/bluetooth/howto)." [That link transfers you back to the same pdf document - it's a circle]

    -I tried to install latest Widcomm stack from broadcomm's website, but it says it's not compatible with this dongle.

    -Called Logitech Tech Support - got a total jerk girl who straight up said "No i can't help you." And then wouldn't give me the time of day after that.

    I've read on threads on Logitech forum that people are using this headset with logitech dongles. Any help getting this connected? I just don't want to have 2 bluetooth dongles connected when I rly only should need this one. Otherwise I guess I'll just purchase one of the ones above, and use that to connect my keyboard, mouse, and headphones all in one swoop.

    Sidenote: anyone have experience/knowledge with behavior when 2 bluetooth USB dongles are connected to the same computer?
     
    surfsk8snow.jah, Sep 29, 2020
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  3. Try3 Win User
    Activating Bluetooth in Win 10 Home

    One further point that I have only just noticed - you referred in your initial question to wanting to buy wireless headphones & then started referring to Bluetooth. WiFi & Bluetooth are not the same thing.

    All my posts latched onto your references to Bluetooth. So did the others, I think.

    1 Bluetooth headphones certainly exist.
    • You can use them at the same time as other Bluetooth equipment such as Bluetooth mice & Bluetooth keyboards through a single Bluetooth adapter.

    2 For all I know, WiFi headphones also exist.
    • If they do they will include a USB dongle that uses up one of your USB connections.
    • That USB dongle is specific to the WiFi equipment it comes with so you cannot use it to connect anything else & you cannot replace it with a dongle from elsewhere.
    • WiFi headphones, if they exist, would not make any use of your existing WiFi adapter so that would remain available for you to use for whatever you want.

    Since you seem to have built the computer yourself, don't the WiFi card specs confirm that it is WiFi-only not a combined WiFi-Bluetooth card?

    Denis
     
  4. aasim1111 Win User

    Seeking guidance on WiFi Bluetooth card or dongle

    Bluetooth in windows 10

    My computer specs are as listed in the profile. I think all of you guys are correct. I don't have built-in Bluetooth in mobo.

    I contacted skull candy headphones and thy have told me if I do not have built-in Bluetooth, I would need a dongle which supports at least a2dp. I do not know what the heck that means. I have a feeling I would need more than a cheap dongle.

    Anyone suggest some a2dp adapters. I searched but don't know what a2dp is so couldn't make a decision
     
    aasim1111, Sep 29, 2020
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