On Saturday 26 September 2020 06:48:11 Alan Corey wrote: > Bring your devices closer together at least until you get them paired. > BT doesn't have great range. There are covid tracing schemes which > figure if you got within BT range you're in danger. 20 feet or so > should be OK. Also heavy WiFi use disrupts it since they're both in > the same frequency band. > > A device may be discoverable only when it's first turned on but there > has to be a way. My ear buds have one button each and the LEDs flash > differently: red and blue instead of just red. It's easiest to start > with them all within reach until they're set up. Playing sound my ear > buds aren't 100% reliable 20 feet away. At one job a receptionist had > a BT headset, they worked within that room, not beyond. A niece had a > BT headset for hands-free driving on her cell phone, mostly didn't > work outside her car. > > With my ear buds a long press on the one button powers them on and > makes them discoverable for about 1 minute.
I wasn't aware there was a time limit. Anyway, the transmitter the phone will need to pair with is about 3 weeks away, so I'll suggest we shelve this until that kit arrives. > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 4:22 AM deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Can anyone else contribute here? > > > > for the audio you may need the pulse bluetooth module package. > > pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>