Dennis,

> Do you really need a graphical bluetooth manager?

I don't know if I /need/ it, but it made the pairing process rather easy.

I guess it could not hurt to have the sd card reinstall itself, install
bluetooth without blueman and see if the analog audio stays stereo (and the
tickmark stays, and the volume-slider doesn't reset every time :-) ).

> NOTE: plays all audio through the Bluetooth headset

I did not activate that "PulseAudio plugin" though.  Will check tomorrow if
I can see if its maybe enabled nonetheless.

> which may be any paired phone...

I   imagined to see that selection in menu you get by rightclicking that
speaker icon.   The smartphone might well not even be in the same room as
the Pi.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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