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7 Replies Last post: Dec 18, 2007 4:30 PM by acelera  

Bluetooth Headset posted: Feb 21, 2007 6:32 PM

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TheAngryPengu…
60 posts since
Sep 21, 2006
I am unable to use my Jabra BT125 headset when paired with an XP Pro guest. I have installed the BC drivers and I can actually pair the device to the guest. However, there is absolutely nothing listed in the Services tab in the device's properties dialog. Additionally, the device is not visible in Skype as well as other VoIP applications. The BT125 works perfectly fine in the host environment. Is there some sort of magic trick required to get a bluetooth headset working in a guest environment?

Re: Bluetooth Headset

1. Feb 21, 2007 6:48 PM in response to: TheAngryPengu…
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bgertzfield
1,120 posts since
Sep 7, 2005
Hi TheAngryPenguin,

If you can pair your Bluetooth device with the guest, it definitely sounds like this is a problem with the software in the guest. (I assume you connected your Bluetooth adaptor to the guest directly, right?)

Re: Bluetooth Headset

2. Feb 21, 2007 7:36 PM in response to: TheAngryPengu…
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rcardona2k
5,567 posts since
Oct 20, 2005
TheAngryPenguin,

Does your toolbar and Windows Bluetooth Adapter control panel look like this? What error (or error codes) are you getting pairing your headset to the Guest VM?


Re: Bluetooth Headset

3. Jun 13, 2007 2:51 AM in response to: TheAngryPengu…
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mdavis75
2 posts since
Jun 13, 2007
Hi,

I am running Beta 4 and attempting the same thing with a Plantronics Explorer 340 BT headset. I am suffering from exactly the same issue. The drivers in the guest (XPSP2) are listed as shown in the previous image. The headset connects, but that is about it. No services are listed.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Regards,

mdavis75

Re: Bluetooth Headset

4. Jun 13, 2007 3:45 AM in response to: TheAngryPengu…
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mdavis75
2 posts since
Jun 13, 2007
Hi again.

I followed these intructions:

http://www.dev-hack.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1297

... and now have a working BT headset. Nice.

Great work on the software guys.

Regards,

mdavis75

Re: Bluetooth Headset

5. Jun 13, 2007 9:46 PM in response to: mdavis75
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TheAngryPengu…
60 posts since
Sep 21, 2006
Thanks for the replies! Sorry it's taken so long to respond, as I neglected to 'watch' this thread. mdavis75's response is what I ended up doing, albeit many, many weeks ago. While I was able to get the BT Headset to function properly using the method outlined at dev-hack, the BT125 in itself is just a plain PoS and wasn't able to provide enough quality for everyday use.

Re: Bluetooth Headset

6. Dec 5, 2007 9:13 AM in response to: mdavis75
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MikeY-UK
1 posts since
Dec 5, 2007

Can someone post the how-to, 'cause the dev-hack site is down.

thanks.

Re: Bluetooth Headset

7. Dec 18, 2007 4:30 PM in response to: MikeY-UK
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acelera
1 posts since
Dec 18, 2007
I found it somewhere else:

http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=10822

Turns out that it's a pretty common issue with XP SP2.

Enjoy :)

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