OT? MSI dongle and Sony DCR-IP7E

"Q" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Sounds like BT Places is seeing the device
> & won't know what services it provides until it gets paired. Although I
> nearly always pair devices with 0000, I think any 4 digits will do as
> long as they are the same on both devices for that pairing. Did you
> enter the same passkey on both PC & CC? Check the camcorder's manual to
> see if it uses a predefined passkey only & use that if necessary.
>
>
Thanks for answering Q, the CC is showing as paired in the MSI utility but
in "My Blutooth Places" I get an icon labled "No Services Found" with a
yellow question mark. At the moment I'm thinking the CC is not giving up
some information but the corresponding menue is pretty simple and doesn't
indicate thet it's not transmitting all that it can. Maybe I'll try
reinstalling the BT hardware & software. Thanks again.

"milkmonitor" <wburchell@SPAMLESSblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Thanks for answering Q, the CC is showing as paired in the MSI utility but
> in "My Blutooth Places" I get an icon labled "No Services Found" with a
> yellow question mark. At the moment I'm thinking the CC is not giving up
> some information but the corresponding menue is pretty simple and doesn't
> indicate thet it's not transmitting all that it can. Maybe I'll try
> reinstalling the BT hardware & software. Thanks again.
>

Don't know if this is any use to you, but connecting my PDA to my PC, I can
get most types of connection going PDA -> PC, but if the PC looks at the PDA
it can't see any other services than OBEX push. For some reason it can't
detect the services the PDA is offering, but can accept them when the PDA
initiates the connection. What I'm getting at is, see if you can initiate
the bluetooth connection from the camcorder side and it might connect even
though the PC doesn't see the services on the camcorder.

Keep us posted, I'd be curious if your solution solves mine so I can pack in
using this workround.
G

> Don't know if this is any use to you, but connecting my PDA to my PC, I
can
> get most types of connection going PDA -> PC, but if the PC looks at the
PDA
> it can't see any other services than OBEX push. For some reason it can't
> detect the services the PDA is offering, but can accept them when the PDA
> initiates the connection. What I'm getting at is, see if you can initiate
> the bluetooth connection from the camcorder side and it might connect even
> though the PC doesn't see the services on the camcorder.
>
> Keep us posted, I'd be curious if your solution solves mine so I can pack
in
> using this workround.
> G
>
>
Ok, finally rang Sony support who tell me that this Camcorder is only able
via BT to talk to Mobile phones or their own brand of Modem. Sony weirdness
I should have expected, apparently the later models of camcorder offer
better support for BT.

milkmonitor - typed:
>> Don't know if this is any use to you, but connecting my PDA to my
>> PC, I can get most types of connection going PDA -> PC, but if the
>> PC looks at the PDA it can't see any other services than OBEX push.
>> For some reason it can't detect the services the PDA is offering,
>> but can accept them when the PDA initiates the connection. What I'm
>> getting at is, see if you can initiate the bluetooth connection from
>> the camcorder side and it might connect even though the PC doesn't
>> see the services on the camcorder.
>>
>> Keep us posted, I'd be curious if your solution solves mine so I can
>> pack in using this workround.
>> G
>>
>>
> Ok, finally rang Sony support who tell me that this Camcorder is only
> able via BT to talk to Mobile phones or their own brand of Modem.
> Sony weirdness I should have expected, apparently the later models of
> camcorder offer better support for BT.

SE are way ahead of the curve with BT which is hardly surprising but
Sony should have spread their BT expertise through to where it was
needed & haven't. The issue I have with Ericsson's bed leaping with Sony
is the P8/900 is stuck at 128MB, the max a memory stick will go without
bank switching

"milkmonitor" <wburchell@SPAMLESSblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Ok, finally rang Sony support who tell me that this Camcorder is only able
> via BT to talk to Mobile phones or their own brand of Modem. Sony
weirdness
> I should have expected, apparently the later models of camcorder offer
> better support for BT.
>

bummer.

Q, G, thanks for the heads up, at least I can transfer stuff via USB so all
is not lost, just a bit more "tethered" ;o)