Bluetooth Audio

Sony

Apr-2011

I got a Sony HWS-BTA2W bluetooth stereo audio adapter, in Sony's catalog, from Amazon for about $50.

Receive mode

It is intended to allow playing music from a bluetooth mp3 player or phone. I connected the line out to an available line input on my stereo receiver.

Mac

It pairs with MacBook Pro, so that I can watch movies on the laptop and listen to the audio track on the stereo. When playing music you select the HWS-BTA2W bluetooth headset as the output option.

Ubuntu

I ran bluetooth-wizard from the ssh command line (I don't have a monitor on my media server.) and got a connection right away. Running gnome-control-center works too.

Transmit mode

It will send audio (but you have to throw a switch to put it in Tx mode) so you could feed music to a pair of bluetooth headphones.

Motorola HT-820 headset

Passkey = 0000

File:Motorola ht820 quickstart.pdf (local copy)

Mar-2007-- I have had this headset for about a month now. Have not really done much with it except confirm it works. I have connected successfully with a Motorola Razr phone and a Dell Axim X50V. I have not gotten it to work yet with a bluetooth/usb dongle and a computer. Either windows or linux. Summer 2012 -- we use this one with our Mac's to make phone calls. Sometimes I watch movies (on my Mac).

Pairing

With the headset OFF, hold down the left side button for 6 seconds (light will pulse) Then go into the host computer and tell it to look for new devices.

Motorola H350 Handsfree headset

Using this now with my Galaxy Nexus phone.

Takes about 2 hours to fully charge it according to the manual.

Pairing: hold down the call button for 6-10 seconds.

Turn on: hold down call button until light flashes

Turn off: press and hold until light blinks rapidly