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johnsonaaron | April 22, 2009 05:18 PM | in Consumer Electronics

How to get a Plantronics 510 recognized as an audio source on my ThinkPad T61?

I want to be able to use my Plantronics 510 bluetooth headset with my laptop for Skype or as a microphone input.

I bought this exact headset:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875978036&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Bluetooth+Cell+Phone+Accessories-_-Plantronics-_-75978036

And I'm using it on a Lenovo ThinkPad T61. The bluetooth pairs and sees the device:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/hereisaaron/headset.jpg

But the headset does not show up as an option in the Audio properties:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/hereisaaron/audioproperties.jpg

I've already downloaded and reinstalled the drivers from IBM's website here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-67853.html

Anybody have any ideas? I just want my headset to work..... :-(

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | mrklaw | April 22, 2009 05:41 PM

Did your bluetooth icon in the task bar go green? Once you have paired your headset, you need to connect to it before you can use it for audio. I have the same headset and I got it working with my Dell laptop by pairing the two together and then telling my laptop to connect to the headset.

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http://share.skype.com/sites/skypegear/2007/04/how_to_use_your_bluetooth_he...

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I appreciate you going back and forth with me, it pushed me to getting it fixed!

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johnsonaaron | April 22, 2009 05:48 PM

No, the bluetooth icon is still blue, but it does show that it is paired. What do you mean by "telling my laptop to connect to the headset"?

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/hereisaaron/taskbar.jpg

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johnsonaaron | April 22, 2009 06:59 PM

I've been reading on a lot of forums that it has something to do with a Widcomm driver versus the microsoft ones... any ideas?

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/hereisaaron/devicemanager.jpg

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mrklaw | April 22, 2009 07:17 PM

On my computer, I can double-click on the bluetooth icon in the system tray and I get a "Bluetooth Settings" window with the PLT 510. I can right-click on the PLT 510 and I get a pop-up menu that has "Connect" as the first thing on the menu. My laptop came with the Toshiba bluetooth drivers though.

Can you right-click on the PLT 510 in the Bluetooth Devices window?

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mrklaw | April 22, 2009 08:37 PM

I see what you mean about the microsoft driver. From what I've seen, the microsoft driver does not include the profiles for using a bluetooth headset. Have you looked at updating your drivers?

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?doccategoryind=360516&template=%2Fproductpage%2Flandingpages%2FproductPageLandingPage.vm&brandind=10&familyind=370153&machineind=0&modelind=0&partnumberind=0&subcategoryind=0&operatingsystemind=53385&validate=true

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johnsonaaron | April 23, 2009 04:15 PM

I've downloaded and installed every version they offer at the Lenovo site here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-67853.html

I can't find any others to try.... I went ahead and ordered a $5 USB plug in bluetooth adapter to try that way, it just seems ridiculous with bluetooth built in to need an external adapter.

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johnsonaaron | April 23, 2009 05:35 PM

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I finally got it, it was the drivers from the Lenovo site. I was downloading them and forcing windows to install, but I wasn't running the install package! What a "duh" moment. It's working fine now!

Thanks for you help

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