Bluetooth USB Adapter
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Posted by mavigozler on August 18, 2008, 12:39 pm
Please log in for more thread options Unfortunately I can find no active newsgroup more appropriate to post this question. I bought a relative a stereo bluetooth headset (Jabra BT8010 for the curious) and want her to be able to listen to whatever (music, radio stream). The desktop is a bit older and lacks bluetooth wireless so I want a USB adaptor. Desktop owner lives in a two-story house, the computer is on the 2nd floor in a loft-type corner midpoint to the house's square-footage. I would like a good power output and range so that user can walk around the house anyway without any signal cutout (but then I suppose the headset would also need similar range and power requirements?). I also want to avoid---despite the customary 1-year warranty (whoever buys a product that has poor reputation no matter how long the warranty?)---- buying a product where the reviews are not certain that it is a good or bad make...so much poorly tested crap out there. Got any recommendations? Machine: HP Pav a1640n (equipped with USB 2.0, I believe) OS: XP Media Center Ed 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by RBM on August 18, 2008, 3:51 pm
Please log in for more thread options Bluetooth is to short range to do what you want | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by mavigozler on August 18, 2008, 4:11 pm
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>> Unfortunately I can find no active newsgroup more appropriate to post >> this question. >> >> I bought a relative a stereo bluetooth headset (Jabra BT8010 for the >> curious) and want her to be able to listen to whatever (music, radio >> stream). >> >> The desktop is a bit older and lacks bluetooth wireless so I want a >> USB adaptor. Desktop owner lives in a two-story house, the computer >> is on the 2nd floor in a loft-type corner midpoint to the house's >> square-footage. >> >> I would like a good power output and range so that user can walk >> around the >> house anyway without any signal cutout (but then I suppose the >> headset would also need similar range and power requirements?). >> >> I also want to avoid---despite the customary 1-year warranty (whoever >> buys a product that has poor reputation no matter how long the >> warranty?)---- buying a product where the reviews are not certain >> that it is a good or bad >> make...so much poorly tested crap out there. >> >> Got any recommendations? >> >> Machine: HP Pav a1640n (equipped with USB 2.0, I believe) >> OS: XP Media Center Ed 2005 >
> Bluetooth is to short range to do what you want Really? Claimed ranges on some devices is 100 meters (300 feet), although most seem to go only 10 m (30 ft). Perhaps there are Bluetooth devices with special range-extending antenna configurations? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DTC on August 18, 2008, 4:16 pm
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mavigozler wrote: > I would like a good power output and range so that user can walk around the
> house anyway without any signal cutout Bluetooth is modern English for Harald Blaatand, medieval King of Denmark Bluetooth is an old indian phrase for "poor range" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Joel on August 18, 2008, 7:50 pm
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> Unfortunately I can find no active newsgroup more appropriate to post this > question. > > I bought a relative a stereo bluetooth headset (Jabra BT8010 for the > curious) and want her to be able to listen to whatever (music, radio > stream). > > The desktop is a bit older and lacks bluetooth wireless so I want a USB > adaptor. Desktop owner lives in a two-story house, the computer is on the > 2nd floor in a loft-type corner midpoint to the house's square-footage. > > I would like a good power output and range so that user can walk around the > house anyway without any signal cutout (but then I suppose the headset > would also need similar range and power requirements?). > > I also want to avoid---despite the customary 1-year warranty (whoever buys > a product that has poor reputation no matter how long the warranty?)---- > buying a product where the reviews are not certain that it is a good or bad > make...so much poorly tested crap out there. > > Got any recommendations? I don't have much experience with Bluetooth, but since I don't see you mention DRIVER so I wonder *if* you have the driver or bluetooth util *installed*? > Machine: HP Pav a1640n (equipped with USB 2.0, I believe)
> OS: XP Media Center Ed 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> Unfortunately I can find no active newsgroup more appropriate to post this
> question.
>
> I bought a relative a stereo bluetooth headset (Jabra BT8010 for the
> curious) and want her to be able to listen to whatever (music, radio
> stream).
>
> The desktop is a bit older and lacks bluetooth wireless so I want a USB
> adaptor. Desktop owner lives in a two-story house, the computer is on the
> 2nd floor in a loft-type corner midpoint to the house's square-footage.
>
> I would like a good power output and range so that user can walk around
> the
> house anyway without any signal cutout (but then I suppose the headset
> would also need similar range and power requirements?).
>
> I also want to avoid---despite the customary 1-year warranty (whoever buys
> a product that has poor reputation no matter how long the warranty?)----
> buying a product where the reviews are not certain that it is a good or
> bad
> make...so much poorly tested crap out there.
>
> Got any recommendations?
>
> Machine: HP Pav a1640n (equipped with USB 2.0, I believe)
> OS: XP Media Center Ed 2005