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Why No Bluetooth Icon In the Taskbar?
I have Microsoft Windows 10, 64-bit installed on a desktop PC. The
motherboard does not have Bluetooth capability. I purchased a Logitech H800 Wireless Headset from Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logitech-h800-wireless-headset-black/3436994.p?skuId=3436994 It came with its own plug-and-play USB nano receiver which was already paired with the headset. Everything works just fine. According to the specs posted by Best Buy, the wireless connectivity between the headset and the USB nano receiver is via Bluetooth. So, why is there no Bluetooth icon in the PC's taskbar? Would such icon appear only if the motherboard had Bluetooth capability? -- tb |
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Why No Bluetooth Icon In the Taskbar?
tb wrote:
I have Microsoft Windows 10, 64-bit installed on a desktop PC. The motherboard does not have Bluetooth capability. I purchased a Logitech H800 Wireless Headset from Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logitech-h800-wireless-headset-black/3436994.p?skuId=3436994 It came with its own plug-and-play USB nano receiver which was already paired with the headset. Everything works just fine. According to the specs posted by Best Buy, the wireless connectivity between the headset and the USB nano receiver is via Bluetooth. So, why is there no Bluetooth icon in the PC's taskbar? Would such icon appear only if the motherboard had Bluetooth capability? In your prior post, you bought Bose Quietcomfort 35 II Noise Canceling headphones ($350 MSRP) which did not include a Bluetooth USB dongle (but available at an additional $15 cost). Now you're saying you bought a Logitech H800 wireless headset ($100 MSRP) that does include a Blueooth USB dongle. You paid another $100 (atop of the $350 Bose) to get another headset that includes a BT USB dongle instead of just paying $15 to get the BT USB dongle by itself (to use with the $350 Bose)? As for the tray icon, are you showing all tray icons? Or did you configure the taskbar to hide some of them? If the latter, did you look at the hidden tray icons to see if there was a BT icon there? Did you yet install the software for the H800 headset? https://support.logitech.com/en_us/p...h800/downloads Under the Bluetooth settings, did you enable the "Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area" option? Settings app - Devices - Bluetooth & other devices More Bluetooth options, Options tab |
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Why No Bluetooth Icon In the Taskbar?
On 06/14/2019 06:53 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
tb wrote: I have Microsoft Windows 10, 64-bit installed on a desktop PC. The motherboard does not have Bluetooth capability. I purchased a Logitech H800 Wireless Headset from Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logitech-h800-wireless-headset-black/3436994.p?skuId=3436994 It came with its own plug-and-play USB nano receiver which was already paired with the headset. Everything works just fine. According to the specs posted by Best Buy, the wireless connectivity between the headset and the USB nano receiver is via Bluetooth. So, why is there no Bluetooth icon in the PC's taskbar? Would such icon appear only if the motherboard had Bluetooth capability? In your prior post, you bought Bose Quietcomfort 35 II Noise Canceling headphones ($350 MSRP) which did not include a Bluetooth USB dongle (but available at an additional $15 cost). Now you're saying you bought a Logitech H800 wireless headset ($100 MSRP) that does include a Blueooth USB dongle. You paid another $100 (atop of the $350 Bose) to get another headset that includes a BT USB dongle instead of just paying $15 to get the BT USB dongle by itself (to use with the $350 Bose)? I returned the Bose headphone... As for the tray icon, are you showing all tray icons? Or did you configure the taskbar to hide some of them? If the latter, did you look at the hidden tray icons to see if there was a BT icon there? There is no hidden icon. Did you yet install the software for the H800 headset? https://support.logitech.com/en_us/p...h800/downloads No I did not install it. I will do it in the next few days. Under the Bluetooth settings, did you enable the "Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area" option? Settings app - Devices - Bluetooth & other devices More Bluetooth options, Options tab |
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Why No Bluetooth Icon In the Taskbar?
tb wrote:
On 06/14/2019 06:53 PM, VanguardLH wrote: tb wrote: I have Microsoft Windows 10, 64-bit installed on a desktop PC. The motherboard does not have Bluetooth capability. I purchased a Logitech H800 Wireless Headset from Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logitech-h800-wireless-headset-black/3436994.p?skuId=3436994 It came with its own plug-and-play USB nano receiver which was already paired with the headset. Everything works just fine. According to the specs posted by Best Buy, the wireless connectivity between the headset and the USB nano receiver is via Bluetooth. So, why is there no Bluetooth icon in the PC's taskbar? Would such icon appear only if the motherboard had Bluetooth capability? In your prior post, you bought Bose Quietcomfort 35 II Noise Canceling headphones ($350 MSRP) which did not include a Bluetooth USB dongle (but available at an additional $15 cost). Now you're saying you bought a Logitech H800 wireless headset ($100 MSRP) that does include a Blueooth USB dongle. You paid another $100 (atop of the $350 Bose) to get another headset that includes a BT USB dongle instead of just paying $15 to get the BT USB dongle by itself (to use with the $350 Bose)? I returned the Bose headphone... As for the tray icon, are you showing all tray icons? Or did you configure the taskbar to hide some of them? If the latter, did you look at the hidden tray icons to see if there was a BT icon there? There is no hidden icon. Did you yet install the software for the H800 headset? https://support.logitech.com/en_us/p...h800/downloads No I did not install it. I will do it in the next few days. Under the Bluetooth settings, did you enable the "Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area" option? Settings app - Devices - Bluetooth & other devices More Bluetooth options, Options tab Check Device Manager (Right Click the Start Orb and it's in the menu). The Bluetooth device should have an entry near the top. That's to prove a USB endpoint formed (the device was detected), as well as the OS has installed a driver. You can check the names of the driver files. https://i.postimg.cc/0j7mgM44/bluetooth-stuff.gif Paul |
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Why No Bluetooth Icon In the Taskbar?
On 6/14/2019 6:28 PM, tb wrote:
I have Microsoft Windows 10, 64-bit installed on a desktop PC.Â* The motherboard does not have Bluetooth capability. I purchased a Logitech H800 Wireless Headset from Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logitech-h800-wireless-headset-black/3436994.p?skuId=3436994 It came with its own plug-and-play USB nano receiver which was already paired with the headset.Â* Everything works just fine. According to the specs posted by Best Buy, the wireless connectivity between the headset and the USB nano receiver is via Bluetooth. So, why is there no Bluetooth icon in the PC's taskbar?Â* Would such icon appear only if the motherboard had Bluetooth capability? I use an add-on BT dongle on my desktop and would expect that any such device would be handled natively by Windows. In my case the icon shows up in the notification/tray area but only after I hit the "up" arrow to reveal the extras (along with the "add/remove", HD audio, Logitech mouse/keyboard, Core Temp, Drobo, MS Home Server, EaseUS Todo and other stuff I don't want displayed constantly). |
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Why No Bluetooth Icon In the Taskbar?
tb writes:
According to the specs posted by Best Buy, the wireless connectivity between the headset and the USB nano receiver is via Bluetooth. At least Logitech doesn't seem to say exactly that the nano receiver uses Bluetooth. So maybe it's something else. Device manager might tell you more about the nano receiver. |
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Why No Bluetooth Icon In the Taskbar?
On 6/17/2019 3:02 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
tb writes: According to the specs posted by Best Buy, the wireless connectivity between the headset and the USB nano receiver is via Bluetooth. At least Logitech doesn't seem to say exactly that the nano receiver uses Bluetooth. So maybe it's something else. Device manager might tell you more about the nano receiver. I believe that the Logitech dongle works on the same frequency as BT but doesn't follow the normal protocols. It certainly doesn't show up when other devices, BT headphones or mobile phones for example, are brought into range -- no pairing offered. They don't seem to interfere with each other though since my current desktop has both plugged in and both work unhindered. |
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Why No Bluetooth Icon In the Taskbar?
John McGaw wrote:
On 6/17/2019 3:02 AM, Anssi Saari wrote: tb writes: According to the specs posted by Best Buy, the wireless connectivity between the headset and the USB nano receiver is via Bluetooth. At least Logitech doesn't seem to say exactly that the nano receiver uses Bluetooth. So maybe it's something else. Device manager might tell you more about the nano receiver. I believe that the Logitech dongle works on the same frequency as BT but doesn't follow the normal protocols. It certainly doesn't show up when other devices, BT headphones or mobile phones for example, are brought into range -- no pairing offered. They don't seem to interfere with each other though since my current desktop has both plugged in and both work unhindered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logite...fying_receiver https://github.com/BastilleResearch/...nifying-dongle Logitech Unifying dongle (model C-U0007, Nordic Semiconductor based) nRF24L 75 page specification. https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/...ion_v1 _0.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freque...y-shift_keying So far, I see "126 channels", but the word "hopping" does not occur. To support the six device max for the protocol, the device *might* be using six separate channels. It's hard to tell from a first scan of the document. I also didn't see any discussion of channel negotiation, or how two devices function in lockstep (discovery). So it isn't raw Bluetooth after all. Bluetooth is, I think, frequency hopping over 85 1Mhz channels, while the Nordic Semiconductor device is 126 channels, with variable channel width and data rates. For the unifying receiver to function, you would think it needs to "channel scan" the selected RF channels, to look for one of the up-to-six peripherals. For me, I guess I'll need to find someones interpretation of what the normal usage pattern is. I was hoping to see a frequency diagram or something, to make the operating principle more obvious. Paul |
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