Nokia BH-905 headphone and Lenovo T61

I thought it would be harder, but was really easy. 20 minutes while eating my lunch in front of the PC and it was done.

So, T61 - and likely most of Lenovo's laptops - have issues when connecting to Bluetooth stereo headphones - the ones needing A2DP to work. And I was very excited to get my brad new BH-905 working with my PC so that I could listen to my music and do all my con calls without external noise, but damn, it just would not work.

Then today, while eating my lunch I just did a Google search and got the thing sorted out - at least for my PC. Always bear in mind that one solution not necessarily is useful to your problem when it comes to computers and technology ;). Here's what I did (Win XP SP2):

A while ago I had my audio drivers updated to use another Bluetooth speaker but I just ignored that and updated the driver again. Link from Lenovo: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-65456

Very important: you just extracted the files to C:\Drivers\Win\Audio. So go there and run setup.exe. Accept everything, continue, next, etc. Although it asks for restart, I didn't do it. It updates the SoundMax thing and perhaps you have to look for a newer version if this solution doesn't solve your problem.

Second step was to install an enhanced bluetooth controller, which is what finds and pairs the BH-905 with your PC. Link from Lenovo:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-61425

The .exe downloaded from the site also just extract the files. So run the setup.exe located at C:\Drivers\TPBTooth and accept/click next following the instructions on the screen.

This second doesn't ask for reboot, but since the first one did, I did a reboot and when I was up again Windows started to install new Bluetooth drivers. If it doesn't happen, you probably will have to look for another solution, because the drivers Windows set allowed all the stereo connections and services required to make the headphone work.

After all drivers were installed, I just opened the "My Bluetooth Places" from Start menu and followed the Wizard to find and pair my device. Easy like that.

Tested my Skype and Music player and everything is working. Of course we are dealing with technology and devices, so I am expecting to have some sort of issues some time in the next days, but if doesn't happen, better yet. If something come up I'll post here so you'll be aware.

Later.

Gostou? Compre o fone BH-905 na loja virtual da Nokia aqui. Vale muuuuuuuito a pena!

Comments

[Bluetooth Stereo Headsets]

yeah, Very important: you just extracted the files to C:\Drivers\Win\Audio.

[Dell and HP Support]

I just did a Google search and got the thing sorted out - at least for my PC.