Questions tagged [bluetooth]

Bluetooth is a global open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short wavelength radio transmissions) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs) with high levels of security.

Bluetooth wireless technology was developed by Jaap Haartsen Mattisson Svenis in 1994 and is the global short-range wireless standard enabling connectivity for a broad range of electronic devices using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz.

Features include:

  • small-form factor radio
  • low power
  • low cost
  • built-in security
  • robustness
  • ease-of-use
  • ad hoc networking abilities.

Manufacturers and consumers can choose to activate one or all of these features in Bluetooth enabled devices, depending on device functionality.

Oficial Site

bluetooth.com

Mainly specifications

  • 1.2 2003, 721 kbit/s
  • 2.0 2004, 2,1 Mbit/s
  • 3.0 + HS 2009, 24 Mbit/s
  • 4.0 2010, 32 Mbit/s
  • 5.0 2016-17, 64 Mbit/s

More details in wikipedia.

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Bad sound through bluetooth headphones

I have a problem with the sound quality of a pair of Acoustic CHP600BT Solutions Bluetooth Headphones - Black. When I connect these headphones to my phone (Samsung S2 plus), the sound quality is perfect, but when connecting to my laptop the sound…
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What's the difference between stereo and hands free?

Every time I connect a bluetooth headset it shows up as 2 things on sound playback devices. I can choose bluedio stereo or bluedio hands free. What is that? What's the difference? I often see the stereo part to be unstable though.
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Bluetooth Headphones sound terrible on Mac OS X?

I got a pair of Plantronics bluetooth headphones. Work great with my iPhone. Sounds terrible with my Mac, cuts out, sounds choppy, sounds mono to me. A co-worker tells me he has the same problem. BTW, I'm on Leopard, patched up. So question is:…
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Option to Turn Bluetooth on or off is Missing

I want to disable Bluetooth on my laptop running Windows 10 Pro x64, but I have a problem: the option to do so is missing even though I know that it was previously available. Here is the Bluetooth settings pages should look like on Windows 10: Here…
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How to enable Bluetooth in Mac with shortcut or command line?

I accidentally disabled the Bluetooth on Mac OS. I can't enable it because my Bluetooth based keyboard and mouse are now disabled. I found a USB based keyboard I can use, so how can I enable Bluetooth just using my keyboard? Is there a command line…
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How many devices can be hooked up to one PC Bluetooth adapter at a time?

I'd like to buy a bluetooth adapter to hook up game-console controllers to my PC. However, I need to know if I can play 4-player games with 4 controllers using only one adapter, or if I need to buy four. The Internet is filled with conflicting…
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How do I play audio through a Bluetooth headset in Windows 7?

I recently did an in-place upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 RTM. For the most part, things have gone brilliantly. The only issue I've been facing is regarding my Bluetooth headset, a Dell BH200. The laptop is an Inspiron 1720. I can get Windows 7…
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Possible to use Bluetooth headset in Stereo mode with Mic?

Okay, so I have this bluetooth headset (it's a Skullcandy Hesh 2 Wireless). I want to use it with my PC which is running Windows 8.1. I can pair it just fine. After pairing it adds three devices under the "Sound" setting window: Hesh 2 Wireless…
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Can I use my PC as a Bluetooth headset for my mobile phone?

I have a very good headset and have become quite fond of making all my calls on my PC with Skype. In fact, whenever someone calls my mobile phone, I ask them to call back on my Skype-In number. My computer has Bluetooth, so I'm wondering: can I use…
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Windows 10, manually reconnect to already paired Bluetooth device?

On Windows 10 and I've already paired the Bluetooth headset previously. When I turn it on it connects to the last used device (my iPhone; I manually disconnect). How do I tell Windows "Please connect to this device you've already paired with?". The…
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How can I get the battery level of my Bluetooth headphone over a Windows PC?

I am talking about headphones that can send GATT Battery Service data over the Bluetooth connection. I get the battery levels natively on Android and iOS devices without any additional software, as shown in the screenshot here:
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Turn on/off Bluetooth radio/adapter from cmd/powershell in Windows 10

Such a simple task, one would say, and I haven't found a satisfiable solution. What I've tried (with music playing through a Bluetooth-connected speaker to really know the state of the radio): using devcon as admin: devcon disable…
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How do I stream Android audio to Windows 10 over bluetooth?

I'm trying to stream audio to my Windows 10 PC through my bluetooth adapter (Kensington Bluetooth 4.0 USB Adapter for Laptops (K33956AM)). I was able to get the device paired with Windows 10 but I can't seem to connect and do anything. When I try…
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3.5mm Analog Audio vs. Bluetooth Audio Quality

I want to buy a wireless Bluetooth headset, but I am worried about the sound quality when it's connected via Bluetooth. All other things being equal (e.g. the quality of the headphones themselves is the same), is there a noticeable impact on sound…
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Bluetooth adapter not detected on Linux

I've been using Arch Linux for a while and bluetooth has been working without issues. Now, for no explicable reason, Arch doesn't detect my bluetooth adapters anymore. I tried doing: $ sudo systemctl enable bluetooth, $ sudo systemctl start…
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