Nontrivial Exercises

Using a Bluetooth Headset on my Toshiba M200

To use a Bluetooth headset on a Toshiba M200, you will need to install the latest Toshiba Bluetooth driver, but it isn’t listed on the U.S. Toshiba support site as applicable to the M200. In stead, the latest version shown as compatible with the M200 is 3.00.32, dated 9/2/2004. This version does not support the Bluetooth Headset service, however.

After a lot of digging around, I found that the European Toshiba support site lists Bluetooth driver version 4.00.23(T), dated 1/12/2006, as applicable to all Toshiba laptops that support Bluetooth. This driver supports the Bluetooth Headset service, and allows you to successfully pair and use a Bluetooth headset with a Toshiba M200.

You can download this latest driver on the U.S. Toshiba support site, but it does not explicitly say that this version is applicable to the M200. You can also see and download the driver from the European Toshiba website. I have successfully installed and am using this version of the driver on my M200.

I’m using a Motorola HS850 Bluetooth headset, and when I connect it, the driver automatically makes the headset the default audio device for both speaker and microphone. It’s a great way to have the benefits of a decent headset (which I already carry with me for my mobile phone) on my laptop.

For a step-by-step explanation of how to pair a Bluetooth headset with a laptop, see the BluetoothPCHeadsets webpage.

UPDATE: I have found some problems with this driver on my machine. I have a more recent post about the specifics.

UPDATE2: I have resolved the issues and this now does indeed work. See my final update for details.

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