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My Bluetooth-fu is weak.

NovaNova Registered User regular
edited October 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Is it possible to use a Bluetooth adapter on a PC with any old cellphone-type Bluetooth headset, or not? I want to talk to people with all the usual internet chat programs, but wirelessly. I dislike enormous headsets that make me look like I should be communicating with the assistant coaches in the press box at an NFL game, and I dislike wires too.

If I'm not dreaming the impossible dream, then what specifications, versions, protocols, buzzwords, or what-have-you do I need to keep in mind in order to make the one thing work with the other? I'm on Win XP Pro.

Thanks in advance.

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  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    i don't believe any bluetooth headset will do it, but quite a few will

    as for the rest of it it is a rather lengthy explanation and this site seems to do it pretty well

    including how to set up the actual device

    http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/07/05/bluetooth.html?page=1

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  • NovaNova Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    That's a fantastic explanation. Thank you.

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  • ZonkytonkmanZonkytonkman Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    hope you don't have vista, cause vista doesn't DO bluetooth.
    There's a work around, but it's lengthy.

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