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Bluetooth Headset Won't Show in Playback. EVER.
I've tried about every solution imaginable to this, found in tons of threads. I have HP Bluetooth Module in Device Manager, and my headset shows up as a Bluetooth Peripheral Device there too. I have two Bluetooth instances in the taskbar, I have all the settings on for recognizing BT devices and my headset is in Devices and Printers. The other BT thing in the taskbar is "Bluetooth on MYPC" and only has two rightclick options, "Start the Bluetooth Device" and "Bluetooth Device Not Found." If you try to start BT this way it just whines about "Bluetooth Device not found." Even though it shows up in Device Manager. Yes, I've tried it with the headset on, in pairing mode too. At one point I even had an entry for the HP Bluetooth Module in Devices and Printers.
None of this has made a jot of difference - I've never seen the headset in the Playback Devices, not once. Do you only get that when you spend over $100 or something? This is really irritating. This is an HP HPE h8-1220 desktop with a clean install of Win 7 x64 Home Premium, with every update installed. I've used a couple of driver scanners to improve things - no change. Went to HP's website and installed all kinds of junk - no change. Installed a copy of Bluesoleil, whatever that is - installing that wouldn't let me see the Devices and Printers page any more, so a bit of a change. It also added its own useless icon to the taskbar.
So, unless something posts something really AHA! here in the next day I think I'm just going to return these pieces of crap to Fry's and exchange them for something tried and true, i.e., radio or infrared. Oh, it's a Vivitar headset - I bought something slightly more expensive before, Iliveelectronics or something like that. That didn't help either. I can provide screenshots if that helps. Cripes what an annoying technology.