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after trying forever to get the old bluesoleil software that came with it to work right with A2DP stereo audio and the headset mic, i installed/uninstalled several times..and downloading the upgrade..(but they charge you @ $30), and trying to get the vista drivers to work a few times (plugged but didn't play)..it didn't seem like it was going to work out. it seemed to work for everything but stereo audio and the mic wasn't working either. so eventually aluratek got back to me and said to just install it without the disk. so i was like, ok, they confirm it's supported, so i'll uninstall everything again and give it a go. this time it did install all the drivers it needed. so it does work. it took a while to figure out how to switch the audio back and forth between speakers and bluetooth. unfortunately you can't switch it with the mixer, you have to do it in the control panel => sound => and playback. (i put a shortcut icon on my desktop to that menu for convenience). so then you right click on the list of devices to get a menu and check "show disabled" so that you can disable the bluetooth headphone when you are not using them. i haven't found an easier way. vista won't send the audio to two devices, i.e. the speakers and bluetooth, it could be simpler but it's not that bad with the shortcut. the broadcom driver on my xp netbook has a quick connect option from the bluetooth icon in the system tray. but in vista, it seems if i try to do it via that icon, (goes to the control panel bluetooth settings), if i change those options they are lost and i end up having to unplug the dongle and replug it so it "finds new hardware" and reinstalls the drivers like they should be. so yeah, it was a pain, but i got it for [...] after rebate, and the one i bought before for [...] didn't support A2DP at all. so i finally have my system set up like i've wanted it, cheap. maybe this will save somebody else some time. it used up a lot of mine figuring it out. without knowing all this, i'd give it like a 1. if i were buying it with all this explained i'd give it a 4. and for [...].

Great product, excellent price, easy to setup, very cool design.
Works excellent with my smartphone HP iPaq 510 and with my iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard, nice product, I recommended it!!!

I bought this item online the product seems to work but the software that came with it,My computer tells me that it is a pirate and sends me to a web site t download proper software. HERES THE CATCH, ITS NOT FREE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. I have already wasted enough money with ut adding insult to injuryAluratek ABD2020 - USB 2.0 Hi Speed Bluetooth EDR Adapter

My problems started with the unopenable package. Documentation and tech-support are lacking. The device/software is erratic when used with a headset (iogear gbmh211w6 on WinXP) -- it doesn't consistently recognize the available services or direct the data appropriately.