One of the possible reasons why this issue occurs is because of a problem with the PnP layer. It says my Bluetooth device, in this case headphones, is connected. I currently have CSR Harmony Wireless Software stack Version 2.1.63.0 installed. There is no manufacturers website and any other drivers I found are less up to date.
Windows 10 has a Bluetooth Stack included and recognizes most Bluetooth Sticks without any problems. However, while Windows does support A2DP, it does not act as a sink and therefore, you cannot e.g. Stream Audio from Android to the Computer, which is what I want. The manufacturer of my BT Stick does not provide any Windows 10 Drivers, since Microsoft does this.
I tried the older software, which can act as A2DP sink, but it has a memory leak that crashes my PC after longer sessions of listening to music, which is basically every day (I listen to music while programming/working). (Basically I can watch the non-pooled Kernel memory go up by the second when listening to music and can make it stop by stopping the music) So my question is, is there any alternative, universal driver I can use that can act as said sink to receive Audio from my Phone on my PC?
It seems like Microsoft has disabled A2DP sink capabilities since Window 8, or it just doesn't work anymore. You could try to download and update the audio driver with software supplied by the manufacturer of your Bluetooth card/chip. If that doesn't help, you could replace the Microsoft Bluetooth Stack with a third-party product, such as:. ($27.99). (for the right hardware). (for the right hardware) EDIT To summarize our discussion below:. The Broadcom drivers have the A2DP sink but suffer from a serious memory leak (which has been the case for the last decade), while.
Microsoft's A2DP sink capabilities are not functional. So the only options I can think of are:. Try BlueSoleil and buy if it fixes the problem and the free version is too restrictive. Disable/enable your network adapter whenever a slow-down occurs, in the hope that this will reinitialize the memory. This can be done via a script run as admin: netsh interface set interface 'network adapter name' admin=disable netsh interface set interface 'network adapter name' admin=enable. Replace your network adapter with a non-Broadcom card.
I just got a CSR V 4.0 USB Dongle this past Christmas to use for pairing a wireless headset (which I got last Christmas) on my Windows 8.1 laptop. However, when I click on this icon ( )after installing the software for this device from the CSR Harmony CD that came with it, my USB Bluetooth device still doesn't appear. After doing an online search for helpful topics related to my problem (I found at least two), I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software for my USB device/enabling Bluetooth Support and other related services, but still no success. This is very frustrating, to say the least.
I am not sure what to do next. Should I install a Bluetooth driver for my USB device to get it to work, and if so, where from?
I want to make sure that whatever I do, I won't do anything that might mess up my computer in the process. Any help would be appreciated.