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Trying to Get bluetooth headset to work

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by onlinegeek101

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I have a playstation 3 bluetooth headset and i just purchases http://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-USB-Micro-Adapter-Dongle/dp/B001EBE1LI/ref=pd_cp_e_0_img which is a bluetooth dongle usb adapter. It didnt come with any drivers so windows is installing the default and I cannot find any better ones. This would be fine except the default driver stack for windows doesnt have any ability for me to actually use my headset. After looking around I found that there is this generic stack called the wincomm driver I cant find the actual files anywhere thought just exe's and stuff. Any pointers suggestions or links to those drivers would be much appreciated.

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by older mycroft

I don't understand where you problem lies.

What does the driver stack have to do with whether the headset works or not?

Does this headset work when connected to the PS3 ?

Just because the PS3 headset happens to be Bluetooth and you've now got a Bluetooth dongle for your PC - doesn't mean they can communicate with each other.

I would think your problem more likely lies with the fact that the PC can't understand the signals coming from the PS3 headset and also vice versa.

[b]If you get on an aircraft and fly to Taiwan, then buy a cell phone upon arrival - then phone Directory Inquiries in Taiwan, the Telephone Operator will not understand what you are saying because it doesn't mean you can speak Taiwanese.[/b] ;)

*From what I've been able to find out, your headset should have a 'Discovery' mode - if you enable this, it might [i]learn[/i] to communicate with the PC.

by onlinegeek101

The computer can connect to the device but it is not a usable audio device because I dont have the services for my bluetooth adapter to cause it to be seen as such. I believe this to be due to my driver stack.I believe this tutorial will show my issue and I dont have the drivers to load as shown. http://oreilly.com/windows/archive/bluetooth.html

by older mycroft

Nowhere in your supplied article is there any mention of the Playstation 3 headset. It is solely concerned with the use of a cell phone bluetooth headset.

Does your Playstation 3 bluetooth headset work with a bluetooth cell phone?

Have you tried connecting it to your PC [u]with a USB cable[/u] - so that the two of them can maybe have a little 'chat'?

Apparently it is USB capable?...

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/09/03/official-bluetooth-headset-for-the-playstation-3/

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