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From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" 
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Subject: bluetooth speaker appears as a keyboard?!?
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:33:50 +0000
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I've just received a tiny bluetooth speaker - it's intended for a friend 
who wants something for her iPhone so she can use it outdoors with the 
'phone in a pocket or pouch, but as she wears hearing aids, she doesn't 
want headphones - something that can sit on her shoulder (like a police 
set).

I've found this one (Google EC101 bluetooth speaker). I'm _very_ taken 
with it - it's well smaller than a matchbox, seems very well made, and 
judging by the chimes it makes when you turn it on, it makes sound out 
of all proportion to its size. And it has a clip on the back that will 
attach it to a shoulder strap. (And it came from China in 9 days - I 
ordered it thence as it was half the price UK sellers want it.)

However: I obviously want to test it before giving, so I tried with this 
(XP) computer. On the second and subsequent tries the computer sees it 
no problem (first time might have been finger trouble) - but thinks it's 
a keyboard! (Not only that, but the computer pops up a "type this on 
your bluetooth keyboard" so briefly that even if it was a keyboard, I'd 
not be able to do it in time.)

Any thoughts? At the moment, I'm thinking that maybe it's incompatible 
bluetooth versions: it says it's version 4.1, which I'm pretty certain 
is a very recent one. I had assumed bluetooth versions were 
backwards-compatible, but maybe they're not? (FWIW I have another 
bluetooth speaker - a much bigger one - which works fine with this 
machine.)
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

If you believe in telekinesis, raise my right hand
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