Bluetooth Hardware Question

Help and Support Vero 4K / Vero 4K +
#1

Can somebody put me straight here. I have a Vero 4K with remote controller. The controller comes with a small dongle which is plugged into the USB (black) socket. Is this dongle a bluetooth device?

I have purchased a separate Bluetooth dongle with the intention of being able to stream music from phone or Sony walkman. There is now only a white USB socket available.

2 questions, can I use the second Bluetooth dongle in the white USB socket.
How are these devices controlled and will what I want to do work?

Sorry to be so dumb but rather new to Bluetooth.

#2

It’s not a Bluetooth dongle
Vero 4K has built in Bluetooth. Go to My OSMC and you can use the built in Bluetooth receiver

#3

I went into My OSMC. turned on Enable Bluetooth & Start/Stop Discovery but when I try to connect to my Samsung A5 (2017) phone, I get Connection Failed. I have had the Vero 4K for eleven months now and it has never connected to my phones. Had a Samsung Galaxy S3 & it did not connect either.

Is this ever going to be fixed?

#4

It’s probably not broken…

Did you install the A2DP package? You need to do so before you can pair with a phone for A2DP purposes.

#5

No, have not installed those, I have just searched for A2DP installer but only find people talking about it. Have you a link to the package and how to implement them?

#6

See [TESTING] Bluetooth audio streaming (A2DP)
Bluetooth audio has worked since 2015, but it’s still experimental.

Sam

#7

Thanks for the link. For those of us who would rather not have to change/add things via logging in, can you do a Hotfix, like you did for the 10-bit video just recently?

#8

I’d rather not due to the nature of the testing.
If you must, I can do it via PM.

Sam

#9

As it is not very important for me and I am able to Bluetooth my phone through my Onkyo receiver, I will just wait until the experimental stage has finished and one can just connect without doing anything else to it. Thanks for your replies :slight_smile:

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