Bluetooth Stack in Windows Vista – A2DP (high quality stereo)

April 14th, 2008 b0ddu Posted in Portable, Technology | 19 Comments »

A2DP or The Advanced Audio Distribution Profile is a Bluetooth profile that allows for the wireless transmission of stereo audio from an A2DP source (typically a phone or computer) to an A2DP receiver (a set of Bluetooth headphones or stereo system). A common misconception is that A2DP support is available on all Bluetooth 2.0 devices or EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), which is not the case, and that A2DP is only available on Bluetooth 2.0 devices, which is also not true. A2DP support can exist in older versions of Bluetooth.

Windows Vista doesn’t support A2DP out of the box either. But with help of other drivers from Broadcom’s (formally WIDCOMM), Vista can make use of A2DP Bluetooth stack.

Download Widcomm Bluetooth stack BTW 6.0.1.5300 for Windows Vista (.ZIP, 75MB)

First thing is uninstall all other Bluetooth drivers from the Device Manager. You’ll have to repair your devices again. Enter the passkey for your headphones (often 0000).

pairing bluetooth in vista

Also if your is supported by BlueSoleil it may well be worth trying.

Broadcom (WIDCOMM) Bluetooth Stack download page

BlueSoleil Bluetooth stack download page

Updated info: After installing the drivers and pairing the Bluetooth, you’ll have to make sure windows redirects the audio output to Bluetooth speaker and uses Bluetooth mic as input for audio applications. This is the same procedure for redirecting the HDTV audio also. 

From Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Manage Audio Devices , make the bluetooth Speaker as default and Test. From now on, whenever the Bluetooth is paired, audio output and input will be redirected through bluetooth device. Same, implies for HDTV devices also.

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19 Responses to “Bluetooth Stack in Windows Vista – A2DP (high quality stereo)”

  1. Gordon Myles Says:
    February 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am

    I have followed the instructions as above but my bluetooth speakers although paired do not show in sound (control pannel)

    Any thoughts on how to fix this….

    Thanks

  2. Martin Says:
    February 27th, 2009 at 5:51 am

    Hi there.

    I have recently bought a A2DP bluetooth speaker from Altec Lansing, and it connects perfectly with my SE K810i cell phone – so far so good!

    I have a Thinkpad T61 with Vista and would love to make the sound go from the laptop to the speaker. Vista identifies the device as a headset, but wont allow me to specify a passkey for the device. Vista says the devices doesnt support passkey exchange, and only allow me not to specify one – but then, eventhough paired, it cannot connect to the speaker. Have you any idea how to solve this problem?

    Thanks in advance!

    -Martin

  3. Patrick Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 11:30 am

    Martin,

    There should be 2 passkey options, one that something to the affect of providing a passkey from the manufacturer’s documentation. Put the “0000″ in there and it should pair up fine.

  4. Allan Says:
    May 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 am

    Hi,

    I got the same problem as martin!
    got a philips 6100/00 bluetooth headset.

    I can only conect if its without a passkey, and it can find my headset, but i can’t use it..

    Got a Sitecom bluetooth usb adapter cn-510
    could it be that..?

  5. Martin Says:
    May 24th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Hi Allan,

    it turned out that the bluetooth speaker was set to pairing mode when it came out of the box – so the first connection required another procedure than the first. After spending hours on installing different bluetooth stacks and firmware (stupid me) I found the solution in the device manual.

    This could be the same in your case, and after sharing my experience it turned out the another of my friends made the same mistake.

    Best regards,
    Martin

  6. Andy Alford Says:
    May 26th, 2009 at 8:26 am

    Hi there,

    I have a new ThinkPad X200 Tablet with internal bluetooth 2.1 and Vista, which already included the Bluetooth Stereo Audio drivers. All works fine, huh?

    Yes it does, but it is about 50% – 60% of the volume of my old setup using Win XP and a variety of plug-in USB bluetooth dongles.

    Any idea how to get it back to a sensible volume? (I have adjusted all the obvious mixer settings.) Is there a Registry entry to tweek it up to the same level that Win XP used to use?

    Thanks – Andy

  7. Andy Alford Says:
    May 26th, 2009 at 8:29 am

    Also, I get clicks and pops now – quite loud ones. As if it is turning on / off the audio between tracks.

    P.S. I am using a Sony Ericsson HBH-DS220 bluetooth headset, connected to a 200W car amplifier, and a whole stack of speakers and subwoofers…. So the CLICKS are LOUD!!

  8. pothanis Says:
    July 11th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    well i did do it wen i made the bluetooth device the default output it showed that ther was audio output
    i mean the bar was goin up and down but i couldnt hear any thing am using moto s9
    and hp tablet pc

  9. Maco Says:
    July 11th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Hi, after whole three days’ toil I’ve finally succeded to make function SE HBH-DS220 bluetooth headset with my HP 2510p Vista. Without this your help it would be completely impossible. As asked I needed to uninstall all other Bluetooth drivers from the Device Manager. So it works, anyway sound quality is not as perfect as expected to be. Do you have some advice to improve it?

  10. Himansu Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    hey Maco please tell me how to connect HBH-DS220 with laptop.
    i have the same one.

  11. Himansu Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    hey Maco plz tell me how to do this in xp, i had tried bluesolil also but it dosent work. hw to do with vista.please explain.

  12. Himansu Says:
    October 2nd, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    hello everyone, can anyone give me advise on how to connect HBH-DS220 with laptop bluetooth with XP.

  13. Alkas Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    I have a real problem as since I upgraded to windows 7 I lost a2dp and my bluetooth headset wont wrok. Please help!

  14. MDMoore313 Says:
    November 18th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    Higher update, 6.2.0.9700 drivers.

    http://www.kf4ytr.com/drivers/BTW_6.2.0.9700.rar

    Works for Win 7, both x86 and x64.

  15. vikram Says:
    January 5th, 2010 at 12:47 am

    Hi,

    I updated my bluetooth driver using your link. I am able to stream music through mt bluetooth headset very well now. I wanted to express my heartful thanks to the author of this article .

    Thanks

  16. sai Says:
    December 11th, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    hi plz give me the link of “a2dp”. the above one is dead link so i cant download it.
    i bought a sony ericssion bluetooth headset mw600…and i cannot pair it to my “dell studio laptop of 64 bitoperating system in “windows 7…..
    plz help me….

  17. Bruno Says:
    February 22nd, 2011 at 6:25 pm

    I´m having some problems with my headset Philips SHB6110.

    I could connect, the sound is functioning, but not that good, I think it´s not stereo yet. Suddenly appears at my playback devices list another bluetooth device, a “high quality headset”, I choose “set default” and the headset turns stereo.

    My problem is: if I set default to this “high quality headset” the sound starts to fail, I mean, it goes mute sometimes… What should be happening?

    P.S.: Hope u guys understand what i´m saying, cause my english isn´t that good.

  18. Trackbacks Says:
    February 5th, 2012 at 8:29 am

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