use carpc as a bluetooth headset

**dominic** · 03-20-2004, 08:53 AM

i was just wondering if anyone knew if it is possible to use a pc with a bluetooth dongle as a 'virtual' headset for a bluetooth phone......

if this is possible it would be much easier than installing a dedicated hadsfree kit..

**streetknight** · 03-20-2004, 11:07 AM

well i will tell u this
i was messing with my se t616 and a call came in while it was sync with my comp on a program and i could hear my gf perfectly over the music thru my speakers but i did not have a mic in at the moment, but if i did it could have worked.

**daiwilliamsuk** · 03-20-2004, 11:45 AM

I have heard some bluetooth dongles support using the pc as a head set and some don't. If anyone knows more about this it would be a great help.

What bluetooth hardware are you using street knight?

**wizardPC** · 03-20-2004, 12:49 PM

dominic: Which bluetooth phone do you have? The t616 can do it, but the Nokia 3650 can't

**dim-8** · 03-20-2004, 12:52 PM

i have a linksys usb dongle and it supports an audio gateway for bluetooth. i got mine from dell for like $34.

**streetknight** · 03-20-2004, 03:25 PM

got belkins dongle for 34 bucks with a 100meter range

**SAScooby** · 03-21-2004, 06:18 AM

in theory you could have a bluetooth dongle for phonebook use and so on, and then buy a bluetooth headest and hack it open and plumb it into the appropriate audio sockets for a conventional headset, the phone then communicates with the pc using the bluetooth dongle, then the audio is via the phones headset, just wire the answer button on the headset to a dash switch that mutes the other audio as you answer it

**dominic** · 03-21-2004, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by wizardPC

dominic: Which bluetooth phone do you have? The t616 can do it, but the Nokia 3650 can't

i've got a nokia n-gage at the moment, which is allmost the same as a 3650

**poisi** · 03-21-2004, 09:03 AM

I heard, that it depends on the phone if it can be remoted-controlled from a bluetooth device. It has to have a spezial profile for bluetooth remote controlling. Some of the new nokia support this and the new siemens, I don't know if others do. Nokia has a bluetooth device for cars with a display but it supports only nokia.