Alison said:
John, thank you for your reply.
I've Googled myself to death! The trouble is knowing what the keywords
are in my case. I was getting lots of hits for Bluetooth stereo headsets
and usually for cellphones.
Then I would try "remote bluetooth speaker" (without quotes) and get some
useless hits! :-(
I checked your link and saw the unit described as "Bluetooth Stereo
Receiver". Is that the best search phrase or would I miss other suitable
devices. Any suggestions for other keywords?
Mine is just a bluetooth adaptor (10 metres) which plugs into the USB.
From what you said, I went and read the wiki and now see Bluetooth comes
in different variants.
I don't have my adaptor's details. Is there a diagnostic tool I can run
which checks which functions the bluetooth adaptor supports?
I would suggest the search term "bluetooth stereo receiver 3.5mm" (without
the quotes) as a starting point -- the last term should get you to the ones
that have a headphone jack suitable for plugging in standard computer
speakers. There are also transmitter/receiver pairs sold which might work
also but I'd think that converting the audio an extra time in the
transmitter would degrade the quality at least a bit.
As for the dongle, I have no idea how to find out what its capabilities are
beyond simply tying it. If it is one that does stereo audio out, and your
computer is willing (drivers, etc), you might be able to borrow a set of
bluetooth stereo headphones to try it out. If headphones work in stereo
then it seems likely that speakers through a bluetooth receiver would too.
There are a vast number of dongles offered online with prices and sizes and
shapes that vary all over the place but I suspect that most of them share
pretty much similar guts in the form of a couple of maker's of chipsets.
