Plugable USB-BT4LE USB Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Micro Adapter

I have two of these - one in use with a Sony Vaio running Windows 7 and the other with a Samsung Netbook running Windows XP. The first one - in use with the Vaio - installed easily first time and performed exactly as expected; the second one - in use with the Samsung - was a lot more difficult to get working!My Samsung Netbook does not have an optical drive so I had hoped to get the dongle working with some Windows drivers and the custom software downloaded from the net - no chance! I am fairly computer-literate but after an hour or so of trying to get the wretched thing working I was about to send it back to Amazon as a failure.However - I persevered and eventually got it up and running so here are my tips for XP users. Firstly, don't bother with the Installation Wizard that pops up when the dongle is inserted - close it and forget it. Then forget the custom software download from the web - it just doesn't recognise its own dongle and Windows may try to block the download anyway. Don't hunt for Bluetooth drivers in Windows Update - there aren't any that work.The only way I could get this dongle working with XP was by installing the software from the provided CD - so if you are planning on installing it on a Netbook you will need to own or be able to borrow a USB optical drive. Then try this: insert the dongle into a USB socket and close the Installation Wizard when it pops up - ignore any error messages. Insert the CD into the optical drive and run it - follow the onscreen instructions until the software has loaded then reboot your computer. A final option box should then appear - choose your options and the Bluetooth should then be working OK - mine did!Once its working this is a good device so I will give it five stars for that, and running under Windows 7 is a doddle. It has also given my old Netbook a new lease of life - eventually! Good luck!

HI; CONPLAINTS FIRST; NONE; I BOUGHT THIS DEVICE; AS IT SAY WILL WORK ON WINDOWS 8; YESS IT DOSE; JUST PLUG IN AND AWAY YOU GO; I USE THIS DEVICE WHEN AT OUR CARAVAN TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MY PORTABLE SPEAKER OUT SIDE WHILE SUNING ( IF WE EVER GET ANY; ) THE DEVICE WORKS PERFECT; FROM IN SIDE MY CARAVAN ( METAL BOX ; ) NO PROBLEM MAKING CONTACT JUST PLUG IN AFTER SWITCHING ON TO MAKE PERFECT CONTACT EVERY TIME; RIDE WELL IN MY LAP TOP USB SOCKET; WHEN TRAVELING IN THE LAP TOP CASE; WILL GIVE THIS DEVICE 1000% OUT OF 100%; ARIVED BEFORE TIME WELL PACKED; WEB SITE IF YOU GET ANY PROBLE AND A CD; WHAT MORE CAN I SAY; A PERFECT BIT OF KIT; DOSE EVERY THING IT SAY ON THE ADVERT; WELL MADE; VERRY NEET; VERRY SMALL; WILL RECOMEND THE DEALER AND PRODUCT; IT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE EXPECEVE BUT WORTH EVERY PENNY; AS THIS HIS MY THURD BLUE TOOTH DEVICE THIS ONE WORKS PERFECTLY THE OTHER TWO I HAD TO BIN AS THEY DID NOT WORK WITH MY SET UP; H;

What I like about Plugable is that this is first company, I have come accross, that has been proactive about helping with a product. Their email sent on dispatch of my order was very helpful. I like this concept - long may it continue! I already have ideas about what to purchase next from them.In regard of the product itself, I recommend downloading the latest drivers and telling Windows 7 not to bother searching the Internet, when you plug the dongle in, as this results in a number of irrelevant failed searches. The only remaining problem is that occasionally my headset (EP650) connects but the sound services are not re-established, whatever I do. The fix is to remove the headset device and re-detect it. I have yet to figure out why this occurs. However once done, sound reproduction and recording are way better than via the older Bluetooth devices I had.On Ubuntu (Trusty LTS) the advice to download the appropriate firmware needs to be followed to the letter. Only when the dongle is plugged in while the system reboots, does the required firmware get installed. Once this is done, the dongle works fine with my headset - sound reproduction and recording are fine.All in all - after correct setup - the dongle works as advertised. There are a few software glitches but they can be worked around. I hope Windows 10 does not mess things up!

As my desktop PC is quite old now, it did not come with Bluetooth as standard. However, I do have an up-to-date android phone and tablet that are Bluetooth enabled as well as a laptop and wanted to be able to transfer files between them all without the hassle of having to plug them in.This little gadget seemed like the ideal solution but I was apprehensive about buying it due to not having a Windows OS (I hate Windows/Microsoft!) on my desktop PC.I have been using a variety of Linux-based OS distros for some years now, having given up on Microsoft/Windows and its predilection for crashing, and while this did say it was Linux compatible I am always wary about possible compatibility issues and having to hunt down and download additional software to make things work.Having taken the plunge and bought it, I need not have worried. It worked like a charm with my Debian OS: no downloading of additional drivers, etc., it just worked from the get-go: literally Plug 'n' Play!Unfortunately, my laptop came with Windows 8 pre-installed - which I made the mistake of upgrading to 8.1 - and it's supposed Bluetooth capability has vanished into the ether along with the upgrade! Yet another black mark against Microsoft/Windows in my book! So I may have to buy another one of these for my laptop if I cannot salvage it's Bluetooth capability under Windows 8.1.

Bought to replace a previous piece of junk that never seemed easy to use. This one was unpacked, and paired up within 30 seconds. I was having major problems trying to pair up some cheaper bluetooth earbuds that I bought to use with my mobile phone. After wasting several hours uninstalling and reinstalling, I decided to ditch it and buy a new dongle and this time I spent a bit more. After inserting this one into a usb port on my PC, Windows did "its thing", and told me that it had been installed (using win 10). I opened it up from my system tray (old one never seemed to appear in there), turned it on and told my PC to look for any "new devices". Removed my Enacfire E19's from their case, and the PC saw it within about 3 seconds. Clicked "pair" and BOOM !! All set up and working wonderfully. Exactly the same occurred with my mobile phone.Overall, it's early days, but I found the whole set up frustration free and in my opinion, that alone was worth paying the extra cost. Buy cheap, buy twice springs to mind ;)

What a great little adapter from a great manufacturer. Build quality is good, and the device is packaged with full-size CD of drivers and a small manual.I wanted this device to enable my little Raspberry Pi to stream music from my iPad to the hifi via the 3.5mm jack, and had no problem setting this up. Adapter is recognized out-of-the-box on Raspbian (2014-01-07-wheezy-raspbian ISO), so there's no need to worry about drivers. If, however, drivers are needed (I did when trying the device in my Win7Pro laptop), downloads are readily available from the manufacturer website (I didn't bother with the CD provided since the web is more likely to offer recent editions)Range is pretty good - in an old house with very thick walls I achieved about 10m before quality started to degrade, so ideal for my application. Having played a number of albums this was it's been great to get rid of the trailing cable from iPad to hifi - and the audio quality hasn't suffered from this Bluetooth implementation.

what a nightmare. i thought it wasn't compatible with my marshall headphones because the range is ridiculous, so i went to their website where there was a self help discussion board. a thread mentioned about a windows 10 driver on their website. installed that and found whatever was put onto my pc clashed with my visualiser app and also stopped my headphone from being able to control the volume. their support was no help. contacted them via amazon which said they can't help and asked me to email their support, their support replied that the support for their support is in seattle (monty python would be proud) and will take some time to get back to me. do they need to fly over to seattle?? ended up fixing it myself by uninstalling all bluetooth drivers and reinstalling the original drivers found on intel's website. now i can at least use my apps and control the volume again. one more problem remains, plugable's "driver" installed a folder called "WIDCOMM" into my hard drive that's a whopping 235mb, what the hell?? i can't remove this folder because it's apparently linked to some system process, omg! and a review on the dongle, the range is beyond awful. i go behind the monitor 3 feet away and the headphones disconnects. i step out of the room with door open in full sight of the dongle and in headphone disconnects. i know it's nothing to do with my headphones because i've been using it for several years connected to my mac without any problems. no idea what kind of measuring tape plugable use but this thing will not give you a connection at 10 metres. at least it's semi working now and if you're short of cash like me i guess it's an ok buy, just stay away from their drivers.

DON'T use this in a ASMedia USB 3.0 port it will not work at all, when i first got mine i plugged it into a ASMedia 3.0 port, and it showed in device manager, But was saying unable to load device, so i tried to update the windows drivers for it in device manager and nothing...so went and downloaded the plugable technologies software and the first two times of trying to install that just ended in it saying unable to unpack driver packs, So i unplugged it and stuck it in another 3.0 port and tried to install the plugable technologies software again with it and it locked up windows and my computer (computer was unusable) i had to unplug it from the wall to get it to shut down, i also had to flash my Bios to my motherboard to get my computer to boot again, I should have known it was hardware related when it did that, but i was not thinking right by then i was kinda pissed off that it had done that to my computer and the thing was ready to go out the window at that point..NICE or what..a £4000+ workstation and i am having to unplug it when it's running, with a UPS attached to the setup, AND flash a crashed bios, NOT something i really want to be doing for a cheep Bluetooth dongle, BUT i gave it a second try and it crashed windows explorer first then crashed windows altogether, so i left it, and plugged it into a laptop with windows 7 64 bit on ( a USB 2.0 only laptop ) by the way, And it worked fine i didn't even need to use the plugable technologies software with it, But day a later i was still in need of a Bluetooth dongle for my workstation i was looking around to buy another dongle, one that definitely worked with win 8.1 pro and saw a lot of people saying they have had problems with Bluetooth 4.0 dongles and Asus motherboards and ASMedia USB 3.0 ports and controllers on them it's the bandwidth they interfere with one another it seems, So i bit my lip and tried it in a 2.0 port on my workstation and WooHoo, worked perfectly first time, and i mean perfectly it is a very good dongle when you get it up and running, it transfers flac files at around 74 75 mb per second from my phone in the kitchen to my office upstairs with no brakes or drop off at all, so yeah definitely recommend it, Just don't plug it in any usb 3.0 port that's all..

Mein Computer hat von Haus aus kein Bluetooth, dennnoch wollte ich sowohl Bluetooth-Kopfhörer als auch eine -Soundbar nutzen können. Dieser Adapter eignet sich dafür hervorragend! Günstig, äußerst klein und macht seinen Job hervorragend. Installation war Plug n Play (unter Windows 10). Seit über einem Jahr verrichtet der Adapter nun seinen Dienst (beinahe täglich) absolut zuverlässig. Entgegen einiger Rezensionen kann ich die Reichweite nur ausdrücklich loben. Selbst in der Küche (zwei Räume weiter) kann ich problemlos Musik hören - ohne Einschränkungen. Und da sind ein paar Wände dazwischen!Ähnlich wie bei W-LAN-Adaptern kann es natürlich Probleme bereiten, wenn man den USB-Stick direkt ins Gehäuse hinten einsteckt. Je nachdem wie viel Störquellen in unmittelbarer Nähe sind, kann es zu deutlichen Einschränkungen kommen. Wer den Adapter in einen USB-Hub, Tastatur / Bildschirm etc. einsteckt sollte deutlich weniger Probleme haben. Ich hatte nie Verbindungsabbrüche oder ähnliche Störungen und würde den Adapter jederzeit wieder kaufen. Uneingeschränkge Empfehlung von mir.

Risparmiatevi un mal di testa. Se cercate un dongle bluetooth senza dover essere "forzati" ad un pcie che comprende anche wifi, optate per questa marca. Davvero. Penso di aver provato qualcosa come 5 dongle diversi. Va bene tutto, interferenze, quello che volete. Ma io non ho avuto NESSUN problema con questo dongle. Gli altri non appena connettevo piu di un dispositivo (e alcuni erano anche protocollo 5.0), dopo qualche oretta cominciavano a dare problemi. E allora li comincia il: stacca-riattacca-riavvia-reinstalla i drivers-eccetera.Seriamente, è una di quelle sciocchezze che a furia di perderci tempo, ti rovina le giornate e di conseguenza la produttività a l'umore.Ottimo il servizio clienti e anche le accortezze sull'usare porte usb 2.0 invece che 3.0 per evitare interferenze. Si percepisce quanto sia importante ricevere un feedback positivo per plugable sull'utilizzo piuttosto che vendere il prodotto e basta come altri competitor. Assolutamente consigliato.

This adapter works perfectly no ubuntu 22.04. Simply plug-in and doesn't require the extra driver installation on my local machine. Sooooo convenient, very nice product. Recommend to anyone that using ubuntu ~22.04 version

Me he alegrado de encontrar a un fabricante que da soporte a GNU/Linux. El dispositivo está soportado de serie por lo que no hay que instalar controladores pero en algunas distribuciones será necesario instalar un fichero de firmware para que funcione mejor. Está explicado en su blog (https://plugable.com/2014/06/23/plugable-usb-bluetooth-adapter-solving-hfphsp-profile-issues-on-linux/), y aunque en inglés, los pasos son muy sencillos. Resumiendo por si a alguien le cuesta de entender: En una terminal con permisos de root usamos el comando dmesg para ver si al conectar el dispositivo aparece un error avisando de que falta un fichero de firmware. El fichero lo descargamos del enlace indicado en el blog y lo movemos a la ubicación que nos señala el comando dmesg. Reiniciamos y ya debería funcionar al 100%.Lo estoy usando para conectar el móvil a un PC y funciona perfectamente. La música se escucha con mucha claridad y sin cortes, a no ser que me lleve el móvil lejos o haya varios obstáculos por enmedio. No voy a opinar del alcance porque interviene en igual medida la calidad del móvil.Destacar también el detalle del blister, que no es de esos que te arriesgas a perder un dedo abriéndolos. Va cerrado a presión, se puede abrir y volver a cerrar con facilidad así que lo podemos usar para proteger las instrucciones y el CD que lo acompañan y para guardar el dispositivo cuando no lo usemos. Hasta en eso han tenido un detalle de calidad.

WORK PERFECTLY FOR WINDOWS HEAD SEAT