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Adding bluetooth to my sawtooth
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Oct 30, 2006, 12:03 AM
 
Is this possible? I was thinking of picking up a bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
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Oct 30, 2006, 12:11 AM
 
bluetooth USB
yes its possible

I used to use a bluetooth keyboard.
The apple one stopped working after 100 days, its a peace of junk.
I am now using the same one that came with my g4 digital audio
     
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Oct 30, 2006, 02:00 AM
 
So I have to get a bluetooth receiver that is USB?
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Oct 30, 2006, 02:18 AM
 
Originally Posted by Rumor View Post
So I have to get a bluetooth receiver that is USB?
Yes. But not just any adapter. This one. It's Apple's supported adapter.
     
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Oct 30, 2006, 02:35 AM
 
Nice work chabig
     
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Oct 30, 2006, 03:21 AM
 
I read the user reviews and laughed pretty good. The guys that had Macs, had no problems. The Windows guys on the other hand....
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Oct 30, 2006, 08:10 AM
 
Originally Posted by chabig View Post
Yes. But not just any adapter. This one. It's Apple's supported adapter.
yep that one works, but so does Belkin's and several others. I'm using one right now that came with my BT mouse, and also syncing my address book with my BT cell phone
Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
     
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Oct 30, 2006, 09:45 AM
 
Originally Posted by bowwowman View Post
yep that one works, but so does Belkin's and several others.
That's good to know. Thanks for that information. I, however, would stick with the adapter that Apple recommends:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25598
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86495

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Oct 30, 2006, 10:44 AM
 
I bought an IO Gear Bluetooth adapter and plugged it into the back of my Sawtooth. Works like a charm. It was something like $22 at walmart..
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Oct 31, 2006, 04:56 AM
 
Originally Posted by bowwowman View Post
yep that one works, but so does Belkin's and several others. I'm using one right now that came with my BT mouse, and also syncing my address book with my BT cell phone


Yes. But you're not using a Bluetooth headset with anything but the D-Link one.

No D-Link, No Headset action.
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Oct 31, 2006, 07:34 AM
 
Originally Posted by IceEnclosure View Post
Yes. But you're not using a Bluetooth headset with anything but the D-Link one.

No D-Link, No Headset action.
uummmm........my jabra works just as well with my mac as it does with my cellphone & tailess rodent.
Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 10:50 AM
 
A friend of mine brought over one that he used with his PC and for fun I
plugged it into my G5 and it autoconfigured it and it just started working.

Pretty cool stuff. I think he paid $10 for it from Tiger Direct.
     
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Oct 31, 2006, 10:53 AM
 
Does anyone have the module plugged into an internal slot on a third party USB card? I was wondering how the signal would be.
     
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Nov 1, 2006, 11:17 PM
 
word bowowman. I owned two that didn't work with my moto bluetooth headset, finally after seeing a page on apple's site saying something about only supporting headsets with the d-link one, I bought it and no worries.
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Nov 29, 2006, 12:04 AM
 
btw folks..

On my 533 G4(Digital Audio), I've had the D-Link plugged into the internal port on my USB2 PCI card for a week or so now. I can't tell a difference in reception compared to it being plugged into my keyboard. Problem is that USB2 PCI problems rear their damn head and occasionally my computer won't wake from sleep as a result of the bluetooth adapter being plugged internally.

I can't wait to upgrade my rig, I'm kinda tired of having to play "plug/unplug" all the time with my USB2 crap.
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