UB500 installed, no request to pair device
I've installed a new UB500 in my Desktop,and it shows in Device Manager and Bluetooth Settings as On and Discoverable. However, it has not offered me the option to Pair A Device. Have I missed something?- Did it just pair itself, since the Bluetooth Settings in the desktop say 'Discoverable as Desktop'. I did all this successfully in my phone, including pairing it with Desktop. NB I am not completely daft, just less knowledgable!
Hi,
It would have been really helpful if you mentioned what type of Bluetooth device you are trying to pair with your desktop.
There is nothing special about Bluetooth pairing when it comes to TP-Link's UB500.
In general, pairing Bluetooth devices works like this:
One of the two devices to be paired needs to make itself "discoverable", while the other device has to search for discoverable Bluetooth devices and initiate the pairing process. Once that "searching" device has found discoverable devices the user manually picks the one he/she intends to pair with and, if applicable, follows further instructions shown on the screen.
Now, in case of pairing a computer with a smartphone this would work both ways.
However, simple Bluetooth devices that have no real user interface (like earphones, speakers, etc.) can only be made "discoverable", since they have no way to show the user a list of nearby discoverable devices to pick from.
This means that in order to pair such kind of devices the "other" device has to search for BT devices and initiate the pairing.
In Windows 11 this process would be initiated via "Add device" and then select "Bluetooth".
Hi,
It would have been really helpful if you mentioned what type of Bluetooth device you are trying to pair with your desktop.
There is nothing special about Bluetooth pairing when it comes to TP-Link's UB500.
In general, pairing Bluetooth devices works like this:
One of the two devices to be paired needs to make itself "discoverable", while the other device has to search for discoverable Bluetooth devices and initiate the pairing process. Once that "searching" device has found discoverable devices the user manually picks the one he/she intends to pair with and, if applicable, follows further instructions shown on the screen.
Now, in case of pairing a computer with a smartphone this would work both ways.
However, simple Bluetooth devices that have no real user interface (like earphones, speakers, etc.) can only be made "discoverable", since they have no way to show the user a list of nearby discoverable devices to pick from.
This means that in order to pair such kind of devices the "other" device has to search for BT devices and initiate the pairing.
In Windows 11 this process would be initiated via "Add device" and then select "Bluetooth".