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# Bluetooth headset

Related articles

- Bluetooth
- Bluez4

Currently, Arch Linux supports the A2DP profile (Audio Sink) for remote audio playback with the default installation.

Note: Bluez5 is only supported by PulseAudio and not by ALSA. If you do not want to use PulseAudio, you need to install an older Bluez version from the AUR.

## Headset via Bluez5/PulseAudio

PulseAudio 5.x supports A2DP per default. Make sure the following packages are installed: pulseaudio-alsa, pulseaudio-bluetooth, bluez, bluez-libs, bluez-utils, bluez-firmware. Without pulseaudio-bluetooth you won't be able to connect after the next pairing and you won't get any usable error messages.

Start the `bluetooth.service` systemd unit.

Now we can use the bluetoothctl command line utility to pair and connect. For troubleshooting and more detailed explanations of bluetoothctl see the Bluetooth article. Run

    # bluetoothctl

to be greeted by its internal command prompt. Then enter:

    # power on
    # agent on
    # default-agent
    # scan on

Now make sure that your headset is in pairing mode. It should be discovered shortly. For example,

    [NEW] Device 00:1D:43:6D:03:26 Lasmex LBT10

shows a device that calls itself "Lasmex LBT10" and has MAC address 00:1D:43:6D:03:26. We will now use that MAC address to initiate the pairing:

    # pair 00:1D:43:6D:03:26

After pairing, you also need to explicitly connect the device (every time?):

    # connect 00:1D:43:6D:03:26

If everything works correctly, you now have a separate output device in PulseAudio.

Note: The device may be off by default. Select its audio profile (OFF, A2DP, HFP) in the "Configuration" tab of pavucontrol.

You can now redirect any audio through that device using the "Playback" and "Recording" tabs of pavucontrol.

You can now disable scanning again and exit the program:

    # scan off
    # exit

### Troubleshooting

Many users report frustration with getting A2DP/Bluetooth Headsets to work.

#### Selected audio profile, but headset inactive and audio cannot be redirected

Deceptively, this menu is available before the device has been connected; annoyingly it will have no effect. The menu seems to be created as soon as the receiver recognizes the device.

Make sure to run bluetoothctl (with sudo/as root) and connect the device manually. There may be configuration options to remove the need to do this each time, but neither pairing nor trusting induce automatic connecting for me.

#### Pairing fails with AuthenticationFailed

If pairing fails, you can try disabling SSPMode with:

    # hciconfig hci0 sspmode 0

#### Pairing works, but connecting does not

You might see the following error in bluetoothctl:

    [bluetooth]# connect 00:1D:43:6D:03:26
    Attempting to connect to 00:1D:43:6D:03:26
    Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed

To further investigate, have a look at the log via one of the following commands:

    # systemctl status bluetooth
    # journalctl -n 20

You might see a message like this:

    bluetoothd[5556]: a2dp-sink profile connect failed for 00:1D:43:6D:03:26: Protocol not available

This may be due to the pulseaudio-bluetooth package not being installed. Install it if it missing, then restart pulseaudio.

If the issue is not due to the missing package, the problem in this case is that PulseAudio is not catching up. A common solution to this problem is to restart PulseAudio. Note that it is perfectly fine to run bluetoothctl as root while PulseAudio runs as user. After restarting PulseAudio, retry to connect. It is not necessary to repeat the pairing.

If restarting PulseAudio does not work, you need to load module-bluetooth-discover.

    # pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover

The same load-module command can be added to `/etc/pulse/default.pa`.

If that still does not work, or you are using PulseAudio's system-wide mode, also load the following PulseAudio modules (again these can be loaded via your default.pa or system.pa):

    module-bluetooth-policy
    module-bluez5-device
    module-bluez5-discover

To have your headset auto connect you need to enable PulseAudio's switch-on-connect module. Add the following:

    /etc/pulse/default.pa

    # automatically switch to newly-connected devices
    load-module module-switch-on-connect

You then need to tell bluetoothctl to trust your Bluetooth headset, or you will see errors like this:

    bluetoothd[487]: Authentication attempt without agent
    bluetoothd[487]: Access denied: org.bluez.Error.Rejected

    [bluetooth]# trust 00:1D:43:6D:03:26

After a reboot, your Bluetooth adapter will not power on by default. You need to add a udev rule to power it on:

    /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules

    # Set bluetooth power up
    ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="bluetooth", KERNEL=="hci[0-9]*", RUN+="/usr/bin/hciconfig %k up"

#### Connecting works, but I cannot play sound

Make sure that you see the following messages in your system log:

    bluetoothd[5556]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.83 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource
    bluetoothd[5556]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.83 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink

If you see a message similar to this, you can go on and investigate your PulseAudio configuration. Otherwise, go back and ensure the connection is successful.

This article or section is a candidate for moving to PulseAudio/Troubleshooting.

Notes: The following seems to be general issue: [1] (Discuss in Talk:Bluetooth headset#)

When using GDM, another instance of PulseAudio is started, which "captures" your bluetooth device connection. This can be prevented by masking the pulseaudio socket for the GDM user by doing the following:

    $ mkdir -p ~gdm/.config/systemd/user
    $ ln -s /dev/null ~gdm/.config/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket

On next reboot the second instance of PulseAudio will not be started.

It may happen that bluez wrongly considers an headset as not a2dp capable. In this case, search the index of the bluetooth device with

    $ pacmd ls

Among the output there should be a section related to the bluetooth headset, containing something similar to

    pacmd ls

    index: 2
            name: <bluez_card.XX_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX>
            driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
            owner module: 27
            properties:
                    device.description = "SONY MDR-100ABN"
                    device.string = "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"
                    device.api = "bluez"
                    device.class = "sound"
                    ...

To manually set the profile, run

    $ pacmd set-card-profile 2 a2dp_sink

where 2 is the index of the device retirieved through `pacmd ls`.

#### UUIDs has unsupported type

During pairing you might see this output in bluetoothctl:

    [CHG] Device 00:1D:43:6D:03:26 UUIDs has unsupported type

This message is a very common one and can be ignored.

#### PC shows device as paired, but is not recognized by device

This might be due to the device not supporting bluetooth LE for pairing.

Try setting `ControllerMode = bredr` in `/etc/bluetooth/main.conf`. See [2].

## Legacy method: ALSA-BTSCO

This article or section is out of date.

Reason: Instructions rely on bluez4. (Discuss in Talk:Bluetooth headset#)

It is much easier to set up your bluetooth headset today, with bluez >= 3.16. You may want to try the out-of-box python script in this blog (you need edit the script to work with gconftool-2). There is also a piece of equivalent bash script here.

You need your headset's bdaddr. It is of the form 12:34:56:78:9A:BC. Either find it in the documentation of your headset, on the headset itself or with the hcitool scan command.

Install btscoAUR.

To load the kernel module, type:

    # modprobe snd-bt-sco

There will now be an extra audio device. Use `alsamixer -cN` (where N is most likely 1) to set the volume. You can access the device with any alsa-capable application by choosing the device BT headset, or with any OSS application by using `/dev/dspN` as the audio device.

But to actually get any sound, you have to connect your headset to the computer first.

### Connecting the headset

If you connect your headset for the first time, read the section about pairing first. To connect to your headset to the computer, use the command

    $ btsco -f <bdaddr>

for example

    $ btsco -f 12:34:56:78:9A:BC

#### Pairing the headset with your computer

The first time you connect the headset, you have to pair it with the computer. To do this, you need your headset's PIN. Depending on your headset you may have to reset the headset and repeat the pairing everytime you used the headset with another bluetooth device.

There are two ways to pair your headset with the computer:

##### Using bluez-gnome

This article or section is out of date.

Reason: Package does no longer exist in the repositories. (Discuss in Talk:Bluetooth headset#)

Install the bluez-gnome package from the community repository. Then start the bt-applet program. Once you try to connect to the headset, a window will open and ask for the PIN.

##### Using passkey-agent

Before connecting to the headset, enter the command

    $ passkey-agent --default <pin>

where <pin> is your headset's PIN. Then try to connect to the headset.

### Headset and ALSA Devices

1. First if you have not already, install bluez from the official repositories.

2. Scan for your device

    $ hcitool (-i <optional hci#>***) scan

3. Pair your headset with your device:

    $ bluez-simple-agent (optional hci# ***) XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

and put in your pin (0000 or 1234, etc)

4. Make sure your `/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf` allows A2DP Audio Sinks. Place this line just bellow the [General] heading:

    Enable=Source,Sink,Media,Socket

5. Add this to your `/etc/asound.conf` file:

    #/etc/asound.conf

    pcm.btheadset {
       type plug
       slave {
           pcm {
               type bluetooth
               device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
               profile "auto"
           }
       }
       hint {
           show on
           description "BT Headset"
       }
    }
    ctl.btheadset {
      type bluetooth
    }

6. Check to see if it has been added to alsa devices

    $ aplay -L

7. Now play with aplay:

    $ aplay -D btheadset /path/to/audio/file

or Mplayer:

    $ mplayer -ao alsa:device=btheadset /path/to/audio/or/video/file

Tip: To find hci# for a usb dongle, type in

    $ hcitool dev

### Headset's multimedia buttons

In order to get your bluetooth headset's multimedia buttons (play, pause, next, previous) working you need to create `/etc/modules-load.d/uinput.conf` containing `uinput`.

## Legacy method: PulseAudio

This article or section is out of date.

Reason: Instructions rely on bluez4 (references to `/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf` and bluez-simple-agent). (Discuss in Talk:Bluetooth headset#)

This one is much easier and more elegant. PulseAudio will seamlessly switch between output devices when the headset is turned on. If you have ALSA as the sound server, you need the following packages installed: pulseaudio and pulseaudio-alsa.

Now, to configure the audio output to use bluetooth, just install pavucontrol and run it to configure the audio output:

    $ pavucontrol

Make sure to take a look at the PulseAudio wiki entry for setting up PulseAudio, especially if you are running KDE.

### Troubleshooting

#### Audio sink fails

Bluetooth headset is connected, but ALSA/PulseAudio fails to pick up the connected device. You will get "Audio sink fails". According to gentoo wiki, you have to verify than in `/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf` there is `Enable=Socket` under the `[General]` section heading.

Just do a `# systemctl restart bluetooth` to apply it.

#### Page timeout issue

If you receive this error whilst trying to pair your headset with your system using bluez-simple-agent, then you can try to restart your system and use the graphical bluez applet of your desktop environment.

## Legacy documentation: ALSA, bluez5 and PulseAudio method

The factual accuracy of this article or section is disputed.

Reason: Describes two different methods, see the talk page for details. (Discuss in Talk:Bluetooth_Headset#bluez5_method:_overcomplicated_instructions)
ALSA, bluez5, and PulseAudio work together to allow a wireless Bluetooth headset to play audio. The following method works with a Lenovo T61p laptop and SoundBot SB220 wireless bluetooth headset. The required software stack is extensive and failure to include all components can produce errors which are difficult to understand. The following list of software packages might not be the minimum required set and needs to be examined more closely.

Bluez5 has a regression causing HSP/HFP Telephone profile to not be available. This regression is documented in the draft release notes for Pulseaudio 5.0 which say (in "Notes for packagers"): "PulseAudio now supports BlueZ 5, but only the A2DP profile. BlueZ 4 is still the only way to make HSP/HFP work." (from here)

### Install Software Packages

The core software components are ALSA, Bluez5, PulseAudio. However there are additional libraries which are required. As well as a player which can play audio files. The following section lists the software packages installed in order to connect the headset and play audio over the headset.

#### Install ALSA and associated libraries

ALSA works with the linux kernel to provide audio services to user mode software. The following packages are used with the Bluetooth headset: alsa-utils, alsa-plugins, alsa-tools.

#### Install Bluez5

Bluez5 is the latest Bluetooth stack. It is required for PulseAudio to interface with wireless headsets. Required packages: bluez, bluez-utils, bluez-libs.

#### Install Audacious

Audacious is a program which plays audio files. It can work directly with ALSA or with PulseAudio. Required packages: audacious, audacious-plugins.

### Procedure

Once the required packages are installed, use this procedure to play audio with a bluetooth headset. The high level overview of the procedure is to pair the headset, connect the headset, configure the player and pulse audio controller and then play audio.

Start the bluetooth service as root:

    # systemctl start bluetooth

Verify Bluetooth is started

    # systemctl status bluetooth
    bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; disabled)
      Active: active (running) since Sat 2013-12-07 12:31:14 PST; 12s ago
        Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
    Main PID: 3136 (bluetoothd)
      Status: "Running"
      CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
              └─3136 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

    Dec 07 12:31:14 t61p systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
    Dec 07 12:31:14 t61p bluetoothd[3136]: Bluetooth daemon 5.11
    Dec 07 12:31:14 t61p systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
    Dec 07 12:31:14 t61p bluetoothd[3136]: Starting SDP server
    Dec 07 12:31:14 t61p bluetoothd[3136]: Bluetooth management interface 1.3 i...ed
    Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

Start the PulseAudio daemon. This must be done after X windows is started and as a normal user.

    $ pulseaudio -D

Verify the PulseAudio daemon is running.

    $ pulseaudio --check -v
    I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon running as PID 3186

Start up bluetoothctl as root and pair and connect your headset. As a regular user, bluetoothctl will pair but not connect. Perhaps this is related to the config file (shown below) which is setup for what appears to be the root user. Note: the procedure shown below is for an initial pair and connect of the headphone. If the headset is already paired, then the procedure below can be shortened to: power on, agent on, default-agent, connect <mac address>. The mac address can be seen from the devices command output.

     $ bluetoothctl
     [NEW] Controller 00:1E:4C:F4:98:5B t61p-0 [default]
     [NEW] Device 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9 SoundBot SB220
     [bluetooth]# show
     Controller 00:1E:4C:F4:98:5B
           Name: t61p
           Alias: t61p-0
           Class: 0x000000
           Powered: no
           Discoverable: no
           Pairable: yes
           UUID: PnP Information           (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: Generic Access Profile    (00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: Generic Attribute Profile (00001801-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: Audio Source              (0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           Modalias: usb:v1D6Bp0246d050B
           Discovering: no
     [bluetooth]# power on
     [CHG] Controller 00:1E:4C:F4:98:5B Class: 0x0c010c
     Changing power on succeeded
     [CHG] Controller 00:1E:4C:F4:98:5B Powered: yes
     [bluetooth]# agent on
     Agent registered
     [bluetooth]# default-agent
     Default agent request successful

<power on your headset in pairing mode. Eventually you will see what appears to be a mac address.>

     [bluetooth]# scan on
     Discovery started
     [CHG] Controller 00:1E:4C:F4:98:5B Discovering: yes
     [CHG] Device 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9 RSSI: -61
     [bluetooth]# pair 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9
     Attempting to pair with 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9
     [CHG] Device 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9 Connected: yes
     [CHG] Device 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9 UUIDs has unsupported type
     [CHG] Device 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9 Paired: yes
     Pairing successful
     [bluetooth]# connect 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9
     [CHG] Device 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9 Connected: yes
     Connection successful
     [bluetooth]# info 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9
     Device 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9
           Name: SoundBot SB220
           Alias: SoundBot SB220
           Class: 0x240404
           Icon: audio-card
           Paired: yes
           Trusted: no
           Blocked: no
           Connected: yes
           LegacyPairing: yes
           UUID: Headset                   (00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
           UUID: Handsfree                 (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)

Start up alsamixer, for simplicity un-mute all your outputs. Oddly enough some can be muted though. The ones I had muted during playback were:

- Headphones
- SPIDF

Start up audacious. Use the menu to select PulseAudio as your output. Somewhere I read that bluez5 requires pulseaudio-git and this jives with my experience.

Start up pavucontrol in a terminal. In the Outputs tab select the bluetooth headset.

screenshot of application settings

#### Miscellaneous configuration files

For reference, these settings were also done.

##### ALSA /etc/asound.conf

The settings shown at the top of this page was used, but the additional modification for Intel laptop sound cards.

    pcm.btheadset {
      type plug
      slave {
        pcm {
          type bluetooth
          device 00:1A:7D:12:36:B9
          profile "auto"
        }
      }
      hint {
        show on
        description "BT Headset"
      }
    }
    ctl.btheadset {
      type bluetooth
    }
    options snd-hda-intel model=laptop

##### /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf

The settings here seem to be enabled for root only. See the policy user="root" section. However, if a regular user is specified here, the system fails to start. Someone with more knowledge could explain why.

    /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf

    <!-- This configuration file specifies the required security policies for Bluetooth core daemon to work. -->

    <!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
      "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
    <busconfig>

      <!-- ../system.conf have denied everything, so we just punch some holes -->

      <policy user="root">
        <allow own="org.bluez"/>
        <allow send_destination="org.bluez"/>
        <allow send_interface="org.bluez.Agent1"/>
        <allow send_interface="org.bluez.MediaEndpoint1"/>
        <allow send_interface="org.bluez.MediaPlayer1"/>
        <allow send_interface="org.bluez.ThermometerWatcher1"/>
        <allow send_interface="org.bluez.AlertAgent1"/>
        <allow send_interface="org.bluez.Profile1"/>
        <allow send_interface="org.bluez.HeartRateWatcher1"/>
        <allow send_interface="org.bluez.CyclingSpeedWatcher1"/>
      </policy>

      <policy at_console="true">
        <allow send_destination="org.bluez"/>
      </policy>

      <!-- allow users of lp group (printing subsystem) to communicate with bluetoothd -->
      <policy group="lp">
        <allow send_destination="org.bluez"/>
      </policy>

      <policy context="default">
        <deny send_destination="org.bluez"/>
      </policy>

    </busconfig>

##### Tested applications

As noted above this will work easily with audacious. YouTube videos with Chromium and Flash Player will work on some videos. If the video has ads it will not work, but if the video does not have ads it will work. Just make sure that after audacious is working with Bluetooth headset, start Chromium, and navigate to YouTube. Find a video without leading ads, and it should play the audio. If the settings icon has the a menu with two drop-down combo boxes for Speed and Quality it will play.

## Switch between HSV and A2DP setting

This can easily be achieved by the following command where 2 needs to be changed with the correct device number.

    pacmd set-card-profile 2 a2dp_sink

### A2DP not working with PulseAudio

#### Socket interface problem

If PulseAudio fails when changing the profile to A2DP with bluez 4.1+ and PulseAudio 3.0+, you can try disabling the Socket interface from `/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf` by removing the line `Enable=Socket` and adding line `Disable=Socket`.

#### Gnome with GDM

This article or section is a candidate for merging with #Connecting works, but I cannot play sound.

Notes: duplicate instructions (Discuss in Talk:Bluetooth headset#)
Note: Below was tested with Gnome 3.18.4 and PulseAudio 8.0

If PulseAudio fails when changing the profile to A2DP while using GNOME with GDM, you need to prevent GDM from starting its own instance of PulseAudio :

- Prevent Pulseaudio clients from automatically starting a server if one isn't running by adding the following lines to `/var/lib/gdm/.config/pulse/client.conf` :

    autospawn = no
    daemon-binary = /bin/true

- Prevent systemd from starting Pulseaudio anyway with socket activation :

    sudo -ugdm mkdir -p /var/lib/gdm/.config/systemd/user
    sudo -ugdm ln -s /dev/null /var/lib/gdm/.config/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket

- Restart, and check that there is no Pulseaudio process for the `gdm` user.

Note: Discussion about this problem can be found here and here

## Tested headsets

Model | Version | Comments | Compatible
--- | --- | --- | ---
Philips SHB9150 | bluez5, pulseaudio 9 |  | Yes
Philips SHB9100 |  | Pause and resume is flaky. See [3] for the underlying issue and a temporary solution to improve audio quality. | Limited
Philips SHB7000 |  | Pause and resume is flaky. | Limited
Philips SHB7100 | bluez 5.32, pulseaudio 6.0 | Next/previous buttons work. Pause and resume is flaky (sometimes works in VLC, not at all in Audacious). Tested only A2DP and Handsfree audio out, built-in mic was broken. | Limited
Philips SHB7150 | bluez 5.32, pulseaudio 6.0 | Next/previous buttons work. Pause and resume work in VLC. Tested only A2DP profile. | Yes
Philips SHB5500BK/00 | bluez 5.28, PulseAudio 6.0 | Pause and resume is not working. | Limited
Parrot Zik |  | Microphone detected but does not work (HSP profile unavailable). If the Bluetooth connection cuts, there will be a noticeable delay in audio. Work around by reinitializing the Bluetooth connection. | Limited
Parrot Zik 2.0 |  | Microphone detected but does not work (HSP profile unavailable). If the Bluetooth connection cuts, there will be a noticeable delay in audio. Work around by reinitializing the Bluetooth connection. | Limited
Parrot Zik 3.0 |  | Microphone detected but does not work (HSP profile unavailable). No delay issues. | Limited
Sony DR-BT50 | bluez{4,5} | Works for a2dp, see [4]). Adapter: D-Link DBT-120 USB dongle. | Yes
Sony SBH50 | bluez5 | Works for a2dp, Adapter: Broadcom Bluetooth 2.1 Device (Vendor=0a5c ProdID=219b Rev=03.43). Requires the `btusb` module. | Yes
Sony MDR-XB950BT | pulseaudio | Tested a2dp. Adapter: Grand-X BT40G. Doesn't auto-connect, need to connect manually. Other functionality works fine. | Limited
Sony MUC-M1BT1 | bluez5, pulseaudio-gitAUR | Both A2DP & HSP/HFP work fine. | Yes
SoundBot SB220 | bluez5, pulseaudio-gitAUR |  | Yes
Auna Air 300 | bluez5, pulseaudio-git | For some reason, a few restarts were required, and eventually it just started working. | Limited
Sennheiser MM 400-X | bluez5, pulseaudio 4.0-6 |  | Yes
Sennheiser MM 550-X Travel | bluez 5.27-1, pulseaudio 5.0-1 | Next/Previous buttons work out-of-the-box, Play/Pause does not | Yes
Sennheiser URBANITE XL Wireless | bluez 5.37-2, pulseaudio 7.1-3 | A2DP High Fidelity Playback. Play/Pause/Next/Previous works out-of-the-box. | Yes
Audionic BlueBeats (B-777) | bluez5, pulseaudio 4.0-6 |  | Yes
Logitech Wireless Headset | bluez 5.14, pulseaudio-git | part number PN 981-000381, advertised for use with iPad | Yes
HMDX Jam Classic Bluetooth | bluez, pulseaudio-git |  | Yes
PT-810 | bluez 5.14, pulseaudio-git | Generic USB-Powered Bluetooth Audio Receiver with 3.5mm headset jack and a2dp profile. Widely available as "USB Bluetooth Receiver." IDs as PT-810. | Yes
Philips SHB4000WT | bluez5 | A2DP works, HDP distorted. | Yes
Philips AEA2000/12 | bluez5 |  | Yes
Nokia BH-104 | bluez4 |  | Yes
Creative AirwaveHD | bluez 5.23 | Bluetooth adapter Atheros Communications usb: 0cf3:0036 | Yes
Creative HITZ WP380 | bluez 5.27, pulseaudio 5.0-1 | A2DP Profile only. Buttons work (Play, Pause, Prev, Next). Volume buttons are hardware-only. Auto-connect works but you should include the bluetooth module in "pulseaudio" to switch to it automatically. Clear HD Music Audio (This device support APTx codec but it isn't supported in linux yet). You may have some latency problems which needs pulseaudio restart. | Yes
deleyCON Bluetooth Headset | bluez 5.23 | Adapter: CSL - USB nano Bluetooth-Adapter V4.0. Tested a2dp profile. Untested microphone. Does not auto-connect (even when paired and trusted), must connect manually. Play/pause button mutes/unmutes the headphones, not the playback. Playback fwd/bwd buttons do not work (nothing visible with xev). | Limited
UE BOOM | bluez 5.27, pulseaudio-git 5.99 | Update to latest UE BOOM fw 1.3.58. Sound latency in video solved by configuring pavucontrol. Works with UE BOOM x2. | Yes
LG HBS-730 | bluez 5.30, pulseaudio 6.0 | Works out of box with A2DP profile. | Yes
LG HBS-750 | bluez 5.30, pulseaudio-git 6.0 | Works out of box with A2DP profile. | Yes
Beats Studio Wireless | bluez 5.28, pulseaudio 6.0 | Works out of box. Not tested multimedia buttons. | Yes
AKG Y45BT | bluez 5.30, pulseaudio 6.0 | Pause and resume does not work. Needs `Enable=Socket` in `/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf` and `load-module module-bluetooth-discover` in `/etc/pulse/default.pa`. | Yes
Bluedio Turbine/Turbine 2+ | bluez 5.3, pulseaudio 6.0 | HSP/HFP work fine, A2DP work fine. | Yes
Sony SBH20 | bluez 5.30, pulseaudio 6.0 | Works out of box with A2DP profile. | Yes
Nokia BH-111 | bluez 5.30, pulseaudio 6.0 | Works with both HSP/HFP and A2DP. Buttons work in certain apps. | Yes
Sony MDR-ZX330BT | bluez 5.31, pulseaudio 6.0 | Works out of box (HSP/HFP and A2DP). Buttons work in certain apps. | Yes
Samsung Level Link | bluez 5.33, pulseaudio 6.0 | Works out of box (HSP/HFP and A2DP). Buttons work in certain apps. | Yes
Bernafon Soundgate 3 | bluez 5.34-2, pulseaudio 7.0-1 | Works (A2DP) after installing blueman-git 2.0.r53.g2a812a8-1. | Yes
JBL E40 BT | bluez 5.35, pulseaudio 7.0 | Connection works after installing blueberry and blueman. A2DP works after adding Disable=Socket to `/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf`. Media buttons works. | Yes
Sony SBH80 | bluez 5.36, pulseaudio 7.1 | Media buttons do not work. A2DP works after disabling profiles and enabling A2DP in blueman. | Yes
Kitsound Manhattan | bluez 5.37, pulseaudio 7.13 | All appears to work fine. If Pulseaudio is run as root ( --system) rather than as a user, it often resuls in either a refusal to connect once paired, or else a complete system freeze ( asking for the access PIN )! You have been warned. | Yes
JBL Everest 300 | bluez 5.37, pulseaudio 8.0 | Everything works correctly. Headphones connected with HSP/HFP profile and sound quality was bad, but after switching profile in pavucontrol to A2DP sink sound quality went way up (as expected). Pairing went without issues. | Yes
Logitech UE9000 | bluez 5.37, pulseaudio 7.1, gnome 3.18.2 | Audio playback works correctly after gnome/gdm fix here. Audio profile defaults to HSP/HFP. Microphone works in both HSP/HFP and A2DP profiles. Play/Pause and Fwd/Back functions work correctly in Spotify and VLC | Yes
Bose AE2 SoundLink | bluez 5.36, pulseaudio 7.1 | Pause and resume does not work. Microphone does not work. | Limited
Jawbone Jambox | bluez 5.38, pulseaudio 8.0 |  | Yes
Plantronics BackBeat FIT | bluez5, pulseaudio 8.0 | Fully working on both headset and a2dp profiles. Pause button pauses the player. (Tested in mpv.) | Yes
Aukey EP-B26 | bluez 5.39-1, pulseaudio 8.0-3 | Fully working on both headset(poor quality) and a2dp(good quality) profiles. Pause button pauses the player, back/forth goes to previous/next song. (Tested in mpv) Microphone works only in HSP/HFP mode. | Yes

## See also

Using the same device on Windows and Linux without pairing the device over and over again

- Dual booting with a Bluetooth keyboard

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