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Old September 16th 07, 06:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
RIckP
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Posts: 8
Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

I have installed my Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset using the Bluetooth
wizard. When I turn on the headset, it shows the device being recognised and
then says it is connecting the headset to the "Audio Gateway" service on this
computer. If I look in the Device Manager under sounds, I can not find the
Bluetooth Headset. When I do a search on Audio Gateway I get no results.
What is the Audio Gateway? and How do I get the headset to communicate with
audio applications? Thank you. RickP
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Old September 17th 07, 04:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
jonathan perreault
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Posts: 251
Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

negative, i don't recommend using audio gateway you have to set it up so the
computer connects to the headset not headset to computer, being someone like
to party i also do use bluetooth as computer headset, i a matter of fact
playing "we takin over" right now. for some reason audio gateway will work
somethimes but not always, hands-free audio is best, and you will not see
the name of your headset as the device name in the sound menu, you will see
the name of the driver, the only way to send sound to bluetooth is to change
the default device everytime, you connect or disconnect the bluetooth, other
wise you will get no sound from speakers when bluetooth is on or off, hope
this helps

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
"RIckP" wrote in message
...
I have installed my Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset using the Bluetooth
wizard. When I turn on the headset, it shows the device being recognised
and
then says it is connecting the headset to the "Audio Gateway" service on
this
computer. If I look in the Device Manager under sounds, I can not find
the
Bluetooth Headset. When I do a search on Audio Gateway I get no results.
What is the Audio Gateway? and How do I get the headset to communicate
with
audio applications? Thank you. RickP


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Old September 17th 07, 07:22 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
RIckP
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Posts: 8
Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

Jonathan,

I am not sure what the Audio Gateway is, as I did not set this up this way.
When the Bluetooth discovery was completed, it seems to automatically come up
with connecting to Audio Gateway. I can not find any information on the
Vista help about what the heck the Audio Gateway is! I just want the
headphone to look like any other headphone I plug into the USB and have it
work the same way. I am really disappointed in Vista that many of these
things simply don't work properly. If this was not ready to ship, then why
did they release it. They gladly took my $380 but seem very flipant with a
response of...it will be fixed sometime. My $380 was not broken when I gave
it to them!

Very disappointed.

RickP



"jonathan perreault" wrote:

negative, i don't recommend using audio gateway you have to set it up so the
computer connects to the headset not headset to computer, being someone like
to party i also do use bluetooth as computer headset, i a matter of fact
playing "we takin over" right now. for some reason audio gateway will work
somethimes but not always, hands-free audio is best, and you will not see
the name of your headset as the device name in the sound menu, you will see
the name of the driver, the only way to send sound to bluetooth is to change
the default device everytime, you connect or disconnect the bluetooth, other
wise you will get no sound from speakers when bluetooth is on or off, hope
this helps

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
"RIckP" wrote in message
...
I have installed my Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset using the Bluetooth
wizard. When I turn on the headset, it shows the device being recognised
and
then says it is connecting the headset to the "Audio Gateway" service on
this
computer. If I look in the Device Manager under sounds, I can not find
the
Bluetooth Headset. When I do a search on Audio Gateway I get no results.
What is the Audio Gateway? and How do I get the headset to communicate
with
audio applications? Thank you. RickP


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Old September 17th 07, 02:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
jonathan perreault
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Posts: 251
Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

if you paid 380 for the headset you prob been had i paid mine for 19.99 at
compusa. but anyway that's not why i'm here.i not sure what you are using
for program to use bluetooth, but if you are using the windows driver for
bluetooth, that is one reason why it's hard to set it up the way you want,
did you do my last post and see if you had setup the default sound device so
that it connected the bluetooth protocol - remember it will not have the
name of your bluetooth headset here - and also it's not vista fault in this
case, because audio gateway is bluetooth technology not vista, and i don't
know if you realised from your last post i understood that you expected your
bluetooth headset to work exactly like a usb headset? ...... wrong, they
are different technology, although they are close in concept, so don't get
irritated just yet, bluetooth although usefull, powerfull, easy to use,
might sometimes need a few tweaks to run properly, that is because of driver
fault, and yes it's a windows based driver, so in this case we can blame
windows but it's not vista's fault, xp would probably give you the same
problem, i had bluetooth longer than i had OS and i had little problems with
every one of them, but after i got it tweaked it works fine, and i love my
antenna.



Just FYI: here's why i love my antenna, Instead of the usual distance of 30
feet range that it is usually works,
I sacrificed speed for distance, i took usb1 instead of usb2 - which gave me
speed but only 30 feet -
my usb1 can give me 330 feet range to work, and contrary to some belief, any
device connecting to my pc has it's range increased so to speak

my dad though that if i was 329 feet away, my pc could connect to the phone
which only has 30 feet range, but if my phone tryed to connect to pc, then
it wouldn't work, because of the distance it had to make but that is
incorrect, my theory is that the computer when notices that something is
trying to talk to it within it's range then make up for the lack in the
device with weaker range. but that has yet to be proven, but that's the only
thing i could think of.

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
"RIckP" wrote in message
...
Jonathan,

I am not sure what the Audio Gateway is, as I did not set this up this
way.
When the Bluetooth discovery was completed, it seems to automatically come
up
with connecting to Audio Gateway. I can not find any information on the
Vista help about what the heck the Audio Gateway is! I just want the
headphone to look like any other headphone I plug into the USB and have it
work the same way. I am really disappointed in Vista that many of these
things simply don't work properly. If this was not ready to ship, then
why
did they release it. They gladly took my $380 but seem very flipant with
a
response of...it will be fixed sometime. My $380 was not broken when I
gave
it to them!

Very disappointed.

RickP



"jonathan perreault" wrote:

negative, i don't recommend using audio gateway you have to set it up so
the
computer connects to the headset not headset to computer, being someone
like
to party i also do use bluetooth as computer headset, i a matter of fact
playing "we takin over" right now. for some reason audio gateway will
work
somethimes but not always, hands-free audio is best, and you will not see
the name of your headset as the device name in the sound menu, you will
see
the name of the driver, the only way to send sound to bluetooth is to
change
the default device everytime, you connect or disconnect the bluetooth,
other
wise you will get no sound from speakers when bluetooth is on or off,
hope
this helps

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's
Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something
completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
"RIckP" wrote in message
...
I have installed my Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset using the Bluetooth
wizard. When I turn on the headset, it shows the device being
recognised
and
then says it is connecting the headset to the "Audio Gateway" service
on
this
computer. If I look in the Device Manager under sounds, I can not find
the
Bluetooth Headset. When I do a search on Audio Gateway I get no
results.
What is the Audio Gateway? and How do I get the headset to communicate
with
audio applications? Thank you. RickP



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Old September 17th 07, 02:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
RIckP
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Posts: 8
Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

Jonathan,

No, I paid $380 for Vista Ultimate. I don't think that it is MY fault that
the Windows drivers don't connect the headset as an Audio device. Nothing
shows up under Sounds except my Realtec speakers and microhone. There are no
drivers or other devices listed, so I can't change the default. Worse than
that, when I do a search for Audio Gateway in the help section of Vista, it
comes back with NOTHING. The only thing I get is that the device is
connecting to the Audio Gateway, when I turn on the headset. Also, sometimes
when I go to the device properties (the headset) I don't see any services
listed. Other times it shows Headset and Handsfree Telephony, but many times
it shows nothing. How can you ry to set this up if there is no
documentation? Do they expect all users to be Rocket Scientists?

RickP

"jonathan perreault" wrote:

if you paid 380 for the headset you prob been had i paid mine for 19.99 at
compusa. but anyway that's not why i'm here.i not sure what you are using
for program to use bluetooth, but if you are using the windows driver for
bluetooth, that is one reason why it's hard to set it up the way you want,
did you do my last post and see if you had setup the default sound device so
that it connected the bluetooth protocol - remember it will not have the
name of your bluetooth headset here - and also it's not vista fault in this
case, because audio gateway is bluetooth technology not vista, and i don't
know if you realised from your last post i understood that you expected your
bluetooth headset to work exactly like a usb headset? ...... wrong, they
are different technology, although they are close in concept, so don't get
irritated just yet, bluetooth although usefull, powerfull, easy to use,
might sometimes need a few tweaks to run properly, that is because of driver
fault, and yes it's a windows based driver, so in this case we can blame
windows but it's not vista's fault, xp would probably give you the same
problem, i had bluetooth longer than i had OS and i had little problems with
every one of them, but after i got it tweaked it works fine, and i love my
antenna.



Just FYI: here's why i love my antenna, Instead of the usual distance of 30
feet range that it is usually works,
I sacrificed speed for distance, i took usb1 instead of usb2 - which gave me
speed but only 30 feet -
my usb1 can give me 330 feet range to work, and contrary to some belief, any
device connecting to my pc has it's range increased so to speak

my dad though that if i was 329 feet away, my pc could connect to the phone
which only has 30 feet range, but if my phone tryed to connect to pc, then
it wouldn't work, because of the distance it had to make but that is
incorrect, my theory is that the computer when notices that something is
trying to talk to it within it's range then make up for the lack in the
device with weaker range. but that has yet to be proven, but that's the only
thing i could think of.

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
"RIckP" wrote in message
...
Jonathan,

I am not sure what the Audio Gateway is, as I did not set this up this
way.
When the Bluetooth discovery was completed, it seems to automatically come
up
with connecting to Audio Gateway. I can not find any information on the
Vista help about what the heck the Audio Gateway is! I just want the
headphone to look like any other headphone I plug into the USB and have it
work the same way. I am really disappointed in Vista that many of these
things simply don't work properly. If this was not ready to ship, then
why
did they release it. They gladly took my $380 but seem very flipant with
a
response of...it will be fixed sometime. My $380 was not broken when I
gave
it to them!

Very disappointed.

RickP



"jonathan perreault" wrote:

negative, i don't recommend using audio gateway you have to set it up so
the
computer connects to the headset not headset to computer, being someone
like
to party i also do use bluetooth as computer headset, i a matter of fact
playing "we takin over" right now. for some reason audio gateway will
work
somethimes but not always, hands-free audio is best, and you will not see
the name of your headset as the device name in the sound menu, you will
see
the name of the driver, the only way to send sound to bluetooth is to
change
the default device everytime, you connect or disconnect the bluetooth,
other
wise you will get no sound from speakers when bluetooth is on or off,
hope
this helps

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's
Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something
completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
"RIckP" wrote in message
...
I have installed my Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset using the Bluetooth
wizard. When I turn on the headset, it shows the device being
recognised
and
then says it is connecting the headset to the "Audio Gateway" service
on
this
computer. If I look in the Device Manager under sounds, I can not find
the
Bluetooth Headset. When I do a search on Audio Gateway I get no
results.
What is the Audio Gateway? and How do I get the headset to communicate
with
audio applications? Thank you. RickP


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Old September 17th 07, 04:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Cal Bear '66
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Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

"Nothing shows up under Sounds except my Realtec speakers and microhone. There
are no drivers or other devices listed, so I can't change the default."

In Control Panel (Classic view) Sound, have you right clicked in both the
Playback and Recording windows and checked both "Show Disconnected Devices" and
"Show Disabled Devices"?



I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!



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Old September 17th 07, 05:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
RIckP
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Posts: 8
Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

Cal Bear '66,

Thanks for your reply. Yes both Show disconnected devices and Show Disabled
Devices are checked. When I connect my Logitech USB headphones, they
immediately show up and become the default device. But when I turn on the
Bluetooth Headset, it pairs and then says it is being connecte4d to the Audio
Gateway. After that, I can't find it anywhere. As a matter of fact, I can't
even find the elusive "Audio Gateway"anywhere either!

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks in advance,

RickP



"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

"Nothing shows up under Sounds except my Realtec speakers and microhone. There
are no drivers or other devices listed, so I can't change the default."

In Control Panel (Classic view) Sound, have you right clicked in both the
Playback and Recording windows and checked both "Show Disconnected Devices" and
"Show Disabled Devices"?



I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!



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Old September 17th 07, 06:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
R. C. White
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Posts: 1,871
Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

Hi, Rick.

I never heard of "Audio Gateway", either, but Google gets 275,000 hits.
Here's the first one:
Softick Audio Gateway Overview
http://www.softick.com/bluetooth-audio/

RC
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San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"RIckP" wrote in message
news
Cal Bear '66,

Thanks for your reply. Yes both Show disconnected devices and Show
Disabled
Devices are checked. When I connect my Logitech USB headphones, they
immediately show up and become the default device. But when I turn on the
Bluetooth Headset, it pairs and then says it is being connecte4d to the
Audio
Gateway. After that, I can't find it anywhere. As a matter of fact, I
can't
even find the elusive "Audio Gateway"anywhere either!

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks in advance,

RickP



"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

"Nothing shows up under Sounds except my Realtec speakers and microhone.
There
are no drivers or other devices listed, so I can't change the default."

In Control Panel (Classic view) Sound, have you right clicked in
both the
Playback and Recording windows and checked both "Show Disconnected
Devices" and
"Show Disabled Devices"?



I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


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Old September 19th 07, 08:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
jonathan perreault
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Posts: 251
Default Bluetooth Headset and Audio Gateway

so did you get it fix you haven't replied in a while

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
"RIckP" wrote in message
news
Cal Bear '66,

Thanks for your reply. Yes both Show disconnected devices and Show
Disabled
Devices are checked. When I connect my Logitech USB headphones, they
immediately show up and become the default device. But when I turn on the
Bluetooth Headset, it pairs and then says it is being connecte4d to the
Audio
Gateway. After that, I can't find it anywhere. As a matter of fact, I
can't
even find the elusive "Audio Gateway"anywhere either!

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks in advance,

RickP



"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

"Nothing shows up under Sounds except my Realtec speakers and microhone.
There
are no drivers or other devices listed, so I can't change the default."

In Control Panel (Classic view) Sound, have you right clicked in
both the
Playback and Recording windows and checked both "Show Disconnected
Devices" and
"Show Disabled Devices"?



I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!




 




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