http://www.datapoohbah.com/tech *All Things Tech & No We Won't Fix Your Computer Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:57:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.datapoohbah.com/tech/the-perfect-bluetooth-headset/#comment-22578 Lawrence "Amigoid" Brown Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:35:32 +0000 http://www.datapoohbah.com/tech/?page_id=399#comment-22578 I was able to successfully pair up a Motorola HS850 earpiece with a dell latitude laptop, the trick was to download the toshiba bluetooth drivers and firmware update off dell's website, delete the headset (which the braindead ancient windows drivers were only listing a link as a serial device, not an audio headset) flash the firmware for the bluetooth module, install the toshiba drivers, and then re-pair the HS850 with the laptop. I can now hear music with the earpiece, and the Cisco IP communicator works like a charm. Flipping the boom mike back closed turns off the earpiece and drops the connection between it and the laptop. Give it a try and let me know if you have any problems. I was able to successfully pair up a Motorola HS850 earpiece with a dell latitude laptop, the trick was to download the toshiba bluetooth drivers and firmware update off dell’s website, delete the headset (which the braindead ancient windows drivers were only listing a link as a serial device, not an audio headset) flash the firmware for the bluetooth module, install the toshiba drivers, and then re-pair the HS850 with the laptop. I can now hear music with the earpiece, and the Cisco IP communicator works like a charm. Flipping the boom mike back closed turns off the earpiece and drops the connection between it and the laptop. Give it a try and let me know if you have any problems.

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