How to connect bluetooth earpiece to XP

I finally got my bluetooth over-one-ear headset working with my Android
phone, so now I've set my sights on my XP SP2 netbook.

I dont' have the screens in front of me (I'll get the names etc. if any
of you want) but I said Add a bluetooth device, and it found it, and
then let me put my passkey in the XP field, and then it said it was
Passkey Enabled. But no sound comes out of the headset.

This thread illustrates an identical or simlar problem
http://www.techrepublic.com/forums/d...ows-xp-sp3-pc/

The OP says this and it's all true for me too:
"I ran the setup. The headset shows under Bluetooth Audio devices and
says passkey enabled. But still the same issue. I don't see it listed
when I go to: Control PanelSounds and Audio devicesAudioSound
Playback-Default device."

Is it supposed to be listed there? He implies his smartphone used to
be, but maybe he's not saying that.

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME QUESTION: What is the XP equivalent of
Vista and 10's: Sound / Playback where this screen appears when one
right clicks on the speaker in the systray and chooses."Playbafck
Devices"?

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 10:46:58 -0500, micky
wrote:

I finally got my bluetooth over-one-ear headset working with my Android
phone, so now I've set my sights on my XP SP2 netbook.

I dont' have the screens in front of me (I'll get the names etc. if any
of you want) but I said Add a bluetooth device, and it found it, and
then let me put my passkey in the XP field, and then it said it was
Passkey Enabled. But no sound comes out of the headset.

I hope you didn't buy one made specifically NOT to work with
XP. What does it say on the box ?

This thread illustrates an identical or simlar problem
http://www.techrepublic.com/forums/d...ows-xp-sp3-pc/

The OP says this and it's all true for me too:
"I ran the setup. The headset shows under Bluetooth Audio devices and
says passkey enabled. But still the same issue. I don't see it listed
when I go to: Control PanelSounds and Audio devicesAudioSound
Playback-Default device."

Is it supposed to be listed there? He implies his smartphone used to
be, but maybe he's not saying that.

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME QUESTION: What is the XP equivalent of
Vista and 10's: Sound / Playback where this screen appears when one
right clicks on the speaker in the systray and chooses."Playbafck
Devices"?

It's usually installed with the sound driver's software. The
native Windows version is in Control Panel --- Sound and Audio
devices.
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In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:38:21
-0200, Shadow wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 10:46:58 -0500, micky
wrote:

I finally got my bluetooth over-one-ear headset working with my Android
phone, so now I've set my sights on my XP SP2 netbook.

I dont' have the screens in front of me (I'll get the names etc. if any
of you want) but I said Add a bluetooth device, and it found it, and
then let me put my passkey in the XP field, and then it said it was
Passkey Enabled. But no sound comes out of the headset.

I hope you didn't buy one made specifically NOT to work with
XP. What does it say on the box ?

Nothing about excluding XP

This thread illustrates an identical or simlar problem
http://www.techrepublic.com/forums/d...ows-xp-sp3-pc/

The OP says this and it's all true for me too:
"I ran the setup. The headset shows under Bluetooth Audio devices and
says passkey enabled. But still the same issue. I don't see it listed
when I go to: Control PanelSounds and Audio devicesAudioSound
Playback-Default device."

Is it supposed to be listed there? He implies his smartphone used to
be, but maybe he's not saying that.

ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME QUESTION: What is the XP equivalent of
Vista and 10's: Sound / Playback where this screen appears when one
right clicks on the speaker in the systray and chooses."Playbafck
Devices"?

It's usually installed with the sound driver's software. The
native Windows version is in Control Panel --- Sound and Audio
devices.

Well I have Sound and Audio devices, but it only shows various arrays of
speakers: None, left and right, 2+2, 2+2+1, etc.

It doees have headphones come to think about it ButI thought it had t
hem before I got bluetooth. I'll try it, but if you think it might not
work, any other ideas.

It doesnt' say anything about
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