On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 11:39:57 +0100, Terry Pinnell
wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

Terry Pinnell wrote:

I've just bought a pair of 'Mpow Flame' Bluetooth earphones. They paired
with my iPad as intended and worked fine. But I just tried to use it
also with my 'Studio i7 Skylake Tower' PC. I was disappointed to find
that it apparently doesn't support Bluetooth.

(There's no mention anywhere in any category of Device Mgr and the
Bluetooth Troubleshooter reports:
"Device does not have Bluetooth
Bluetooth is not available on this device. Please try using an external
adaptor to add Bluetooth
capability to this computer.")

I'd assumed that BT would be a 'basic' facility on this PC, a relatively
high end spec in May 2016 (hopefully still respectable now). I certainly
didn't explicitly specify it, as you see:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ppmcw0hjhj...y2016.jpg?dl=0

Should I have done so? Is it common for desktop PC's to lack BT support?

"Studio" is not sufficient to identify the vendor, brand, or model of
what desktop PC you have. Neither are "i7" or "Skylake" since all that
identifies is the CPU, not the computer by brand and model. You were
vague on identifying your computer.

Really? Did you bother to read the detailed spec I provided?

Vague about the vendor (Studio) or model (Skylake)? Perhaps you don't
know that as well as 'HP', 'Dell', 'Toshiba', etc, there are many small
companies that build PC's to a customer's requirements? Note also my
'local' cross-post to uk.comp.homebuilt.

What key omissions about my PC, relevant to my very narrow query,
handicapped you in your reply?

Desktops don't usually have bluetooth but you can add bluetooth
very cheaply and effectively using a tiny USB dongle.

Terry, East Grinstead, UK