stewblack Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Hi, part of my silent practice rig is a simple Bluetooth receiver. I plug this into a headphone amp to send backing tracks from my phone wirelessly. I've had these before and until I put the last one through a hot wash it worked perfectly. This one however says 'connected' the moment it's turned on even though it isn't. Aha! I thought - it's connecting to something else, but the only other device in the room is a tablet, and the Bluetooth is turned off on that. The only way I can connect is by unpairing and pairing the phone and the receiver each time. This isn't particularly galling, but I wonder what's happening and whether there's anything I can do. Android phone, generic cheap Bluetooth receiver. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Do your neighbours live close enough for a device in their residence to be causing the problems. Remember wireless technology is no respecter of legal boundaries. Any reason why you can't use a wired connection? It would be much more reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 5 hours ago, BigRedX said: Do your neighbours live close enough for a device in their residence to be causing the problems. Remember wireless technology is no respecter of legal boundaries. Any reason why you can't use a wired connection? It would be much more reliable. I can use a wired connection. I'm just curious as to what is going on. The neighbours are a possibility but with the old receiver I never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan63 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 chances are that an update of the os for the phone means that the older bluetooth unit though still compliant isn't quite of the same generation, especially from a security point of view, remember when we had to pair by sending 4 digit codes from both sides, that's done away with now for the most part. I have the same issue with my two old cheapo bluetooth dongles, and the old bluetooth speaker (nokia) doesn't always connect without me forcing the connection from windowsPC, a bit of a pain but as with you a simple thing to work around; it could be an issue if it was something you needed to be always on always reliable though, but I think the pace of change is such that hardware becomes almost obsolete as soon as it is sold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLowDown Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Whats the bluetooth frequency range, 5.8GHz or 2.4? The latter are much more susceptible to interruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 1 hour ago, TheLowDown said: Whats the bluetooth frequency range, 5.8GHz or 2.4? The latter are much more susceptible to interruption. I don't know. Can't remember where I bought it so I can't look it up I'm afraid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekomatic Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 3 hours ago, TheLowDown said: Whats the bluetooth frequency range, 5.8GHz or 2.4? The latter are much more susceptible to interruption. I'm sure Bluetooth is always 2.4 GHz. I think you're getting mixed up with Wifi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLowDown Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 31 minutes ago, nekomatic said: I'm sure Bluetooth is always 2.4 GHz. I think you're getting mixed up with Wifi. Yes, you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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