Jawbone Headset on PC

[dealsmith]

#52 Yesterday, 10:39 AM
dealsmith
Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Palo Alto, CA
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Using Jawbone for audio with Windows xp laptop

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I have a Jb which I use very successfully with my Nokia N75 phone. I want to use it for skype, etc on my windows xp laptop (a Thinkpad). I have tried several times to set it up but when I connect, I get an annoying rapid 8-tone signal about every 5 seconds. I suspect I have to change some audio setting on the laptop but I cant seem to find and fix the problem. Does anyone know how to make this work?

[sonus]

What is beeping your laptop or your headset? What bluetooth stack are you using on your laptop?

[dealsmith]

Thanks for your interest. The headset is beeping. I am not sure what bluetooth stack I have. I have a linksys usbbt100 bluetooth device plugged into a usb port. I set windows to use bluetooth for audio and microphone instead of the default internal Intel device. it worked perfectly the first time I plugged it in and paired it with the jawbone. then the next day I tried again and something was wrong. I dont recall exactly what I did but I have now messed with all of the windows settings and cant get it to work. I have also deleted and re-paired a couple of times as well as reset the jawbone. I spent two hours on the phone with linksys and they gave up. The computer works fine for a data transfer via bluetooth with my nokia phone which I did with the help of the linksys tech. I spent a half hour on the phone with Aliph, the jawbone maker, and they said it was not their problem.

[ndonahue]

I think you're out of luck getting the Jawbone to work with XP. XP doesn't currently support bluetooth headsets, and Aliph decided to embrace style of substance and save a few pennies per device by not licensing the WIDCOMM drivers for their headset.

I haven't looked at it, but check out the SP3 white paper to see if that might give you the services you need.

[jamesbest77]

I had this *exact* problem and couldnt figure out how to solve it (my first bluetooth headset) :)

I think that ringing sound means the PC is trying to connect to the headset, and is waiting for you to press the talk button. So, I pressed the talk button and *nothing*. I pressed it again, and again etc... still nothing. It turns out, I wasnt pressing it hard enough. Anyway, it connected after a while and I was happy.

I think some sets might just have a stiff button or something. But I find I dont have to press so hard anymore - maybe it just takes a while to "break in" the button for everyday use...
I recommend the following steps:

- press the reset button on the jawbone
- pair the device
- turn it off using the talk button (try pressing it from different angles with different pressures)
- turn it on
- wait for your bluetooth software to detect it as a headset
- connecting to the headset using the pc
- wait for the 8 ringings
- try pressing the talk button from different angles with different pressures. the ringing should stop and it should start working...

Hope this helps,
James.

[dealsmith]

I will try this sequence and the careful pushing of the talk button tomorrow. I hope it works. Thanks for the valuable coaching.