Bluetooth connection

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sinc · #1 Post by **sinc** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:38 pm

Hi,

I'm trying to connect my t60p to a Belkin bluetooth receiver, without success. Any hope?

I have got it working between the device and a different computer (win7) so it does work.

Thanks

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:38 pm

Belkin makes a few types of Bluetooth receivers, are we talking about this one?
http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage. ... _Id=508754
Connect is not really the correct bluetooth terminology...it is attempted to 'pair' with.

sinc · #3 Post by **sinc** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:42 pm

yes, that's the one. Model # F8Z492

I'm running xp sp3.

The internal bluetooth radio is called 'thinkpad bluetooth with enhanced data rate' by Broadcom, if that helps.

#4 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:18 pm

This worked for me with my T42. Perhaps the method is similar for the T60p.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 69#p276869

sinc · #5 Post by **sinc** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:51 pm

I got it working. I installed the latest driver from lenovo. The odd thing is that when I clicked 'update driver' in Device manager it told me I had the latest. I guess that was only checking windows drivers.

The belkin seems sketchy to me, it drops out when objects move through its path.

Would another device work better?

sinc · #6 Post by **sinc** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:11 pm

Thanks GomJabbar,

I got it working in the meantime. My experience was quite similar to what you said in your thread. I had no 'my bluetooth places' icon, and I could connect but no sound came through. The installation instructions from lenovo were quite useless. I couldn't uninstall the driver from 'add/remove programs', and I couldn't cancel the automatic installation of drivers when I powered the radio on. So I installed the drivers with bluetooth radio off through the 'add/remove programs' window by selecting 'add programs from CD' and browsing to the folder. I guess it turned the bluetooth radio on automatically when it needed it, and from there everything worked. I seem to have much more complete bluetooth functionality now.

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:16 pm

I'm glad you got it working.

Yes, I had some bluetooth functionality, but not full functionality until I performed the steps in the link I posted.

upip · #8 Post by **upip** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:44 pm

some ThinkPad have this problem. I have a T40 manufactured 10 years ago can not be paired with Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver and can work well with Logitech Bluetooth Adapter. I got this tip in this website

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