bourne-no longer

Hey guys,

I am thinking about giving Skype a try as they have the ability to call anywhere in Canada and the US for next to nothing.

I don't want to be tethered to my computer with a cable so I figured I would see if I could get my Plantronics Explorer 350 bluetooth headset connected up to my PC so I could us it to talk using Skype.

I have a bluetooth adapter now for my PC however it is old and apparently doesn't work properly in this configuration.

I have been looking at this USB adapter: MSI Starkey from Canada Computer

From what I gather this should do the trick, however I still haven't come across anything concrete that says that it will.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this particular USB adapter running it in the configuration I wish to do? Or if anyone can suggest another USB adapter for a similar price would be great as well

Thank you in advance


Cheers

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bourne-no longer

Well I went out and got the MSI Stay Key 2.0 V2 and already I am beginning to regret it... Either there is something wrong with my dongle or I am retarded because for the life of me I can't get it to install.

Whenever I try to install the device using the drivers from MSI it tells me that there is no bluetooth device detected.. I don't know how that is possible because I have it plugged into my laptop and the light is green.. it makes no sense.

Does anyone have any experience installing this device?


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bourne-no longer

Welllll.... after wrestling with this MSI Star Key 2.0 and the widcomm bluetooth software I finally gave up and decided to run what came on the CD with this device....

When I first bought this bluetooth dongle I was reading a bunch of forums that said that the drivers and software that came with this device (blue soleil) was crap and didn't function as it should. So after reading this I decided to go to the manufacturers website and get the software and drivers that they had posted. Nothing on their site worked on any of the 3 machines that I tested it on and I tried multiple different methods to install the widcomm bluetooth stack the software that comes with it. So out of frustration I ran what came in the box and I now have full connectivity between my Plantronics headset and my PC. I have the audio and mic functions being routed through my bluetooth headset and everything seems to be working great...

At the final conclusion of this I feel like a bit of an idiot since I should have just tried what was on the disc in the first place... lesson learned though...

Thank you guys listening haha

If I can help anyone with... don't bother asking me because I honestly don't have the answers haha.. no I am just kidding... I have a few helpful websites that describe how to install the widcomm drivers so if anyone else is having issues please feel free to contact me!

I would write up a little tutorial on exactly what I did to make my bluetooth device work but honestly I didn't do anything special. .. Well actually I did have to change a few things in the windows settings... so since that is the case I will do a little write up on what I did to get it running and post it here for anyone who needs help ...


Thanks again guys


cheers

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