Hawking Technology H-BT10U Bluetooth USB Adapter

by Hawking Technology

Product Details

Product Manual [109kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000085BBN
• Item model number: HBT10U
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,273 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 30, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Hawking H-BT10U Bluetooth USB Adapter is designed to plug into an available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port connecting to a desktop or laptop PC. The H-BT10U allows you to make short-range wireless connections between Bluetooth devices such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDA), and desktop and notebook computers.

The H-BT10U Bluetooth USB Adapter uses fast 2.4Ghz radio signals to transmit voice and data. Bluetooth transmission ensures both protection from interference and secure data transfers. Bluetooth helps people share and access information with ease.

Link your notebook with your handheld, mobile phone, printer or other Bluetooth devices within your personal area network (PAN) via a secure short-range wireless radio link. Get rid of all those troublesome cables and automatically share documents, browse the Internet and synchronize calendars, address books and more.

Features

• Complies with Bluetooth 1.1 specification.
• Uses 2.4 GHz ISM frequency band.
• High-speed Wireless Transmissions, up to 723 Kbps Data Throughput.
• Enables wireless connectivity between a notebook computer and other Bluetooth devices.
• Connections within ranges up to 32 feet (10 meters).
• Provides a high degree of security for communications between Bluetooth devices.
• Connect with Bluetooth devices outside your PAN to quickly and easily share data, files and information with a friend or co-worker.
• Synchronize devices in your Personal Area Network to keep your data consistent.
• Plug and play installation in Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP.

Product Description

MODEL- H-BT10U VENDOR- HAWKING TECHNOLOGIES FEATURES- USB Bluetooth Adapter The Hawking H-BT10U Bluetooth USB Adapter is designed to plug into an available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port connecting to a desktop or laptop PC. The H-BT10U allows you to make short-range wireless connections between Bluetooth devices such as cellular phones personal digital assistants (PDA) and desktop and notebook computers. The H-BT10U Bluetooth USB Adapter uses fast 2.4Ghz radio signals to transmit voice and data. Bluetooth transmission ensures both protection from interference and secure data transfers. Bluetooth helps people share and access information with ease. Link your notebook with your handheld mobile phone printer or other Bluetooth devices within your personal area network (PAN) via a secure short-range wireless radio link. Get rid of all those troublesome cables and automatically share documents browse the Internet and synchronize calendars address books and more. Includes Bluetooth adapter USB extension cable Installation CD-ROM quick installation guide. * Complies with Bluetooth 1.1 specification. * Uses 2.4 GHz ISM frequency band. * High-speed Wireless Transmissions up to 723 Kbps Data Throughput. * Enables wireless connectivity between a notebook computer and other Bluetooth devices. * Connections within ranges up to 32 feet (10 meters). * Provides a high degree of security for communications between Bluetooth devices. * Connect with Bluetooth devices outside your PAN to quickly and easily share data files and information with a friend or co-worker. * Synchronize devices in your Personal Area Network to keep your data consistent. * Plug and play installation in Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.STANDARDs - Bluetooth 1.1 specification compliantCONNECTORs - (1) USB 1.1FREQUENCY - 2.400 2.4835 GHzDATA RATE - Up to 723 KbpsSECURITY - Data encryption up to 128-bits Typical Range Devices connect for access and data sharing within ranges up to 32 feet (10 meters).TOPOLOGY - 8 devic...

Customer Reviews

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Connectivity problems with Nokia 3650, May 22, 2003

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Bill Chin "OnlyTheFacts" (Redwood City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hawking Technology H-BT10U Bluetooth USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

I had a nightmare trying to connect my Nokia 3650 to my PC running XP. The adapter comes with Widcomm Bluetooth software 1.2.2.18. There was no update available from the Hawking's website. Installing the software and the bluetooth adapter was straight forward. However, trying to get a connection established between the PC and the phone was a huge ordeal. Every time I initiated a connection and enter all the passcodes, I get an error message saying the phone disconnected. There is no explaination why this error occured. When I tried to reconnect, I get another error message. It took me a while to realize I needed to unpair both the phone and the pc before a new connection will work. I tried connecting from the pc, the phone and reinstalling the software. Nothing worked. During the reinstall, windows couldn't find bluetooth device driver. Pointing windows to the cdrom didn't work. Only pointing it to c:/windows/system32 got me past that one. After pulling my hair out for 5 hours, I finally found the solution using a google search.

1. unpair the phone and pc
2. find the COM port used in the bluetooth setup->config->local services->bluetooth serial port
3. configure mRouter to use the COM port found above
4. connect/pair the phone and pc
5. you still get the connect error message
6. start PC Suite

Steps 2 and 3 are very important. Once I did all that, the connection worked. I don't know if the problem was because of the phone or Widcomm's software, but I got it to work. I hope this helps anyone else who may encounter the same problem.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MAC Compatable Bluetooth Adapter!!, March 14, 2003

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A. Leitz (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hawking Technology H-BT10U Bluetooth USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

Plug and play for my Mac running OS 10.2.4.!! Just connect it to the extra keyboard usb slot and run the bluetooth setup program in the Application/Utilities folder. I had no problem pairing it up with my two Sony Ericsson T68i's. I used Apple's iSYNC to synch my iCAL and Address Book with the phones. One tip I'll give is to keep the Mac's calendar event times correct with the T68i's is by verifying that the correct GMT zone in your phone matches the selection in your computer otherwise, you will get incorrect times in the phone (dependant on the error in the GMT setting in your phone...you can verify your phone setting by selecting Settings... Time & Date... Advanced... Time Zone).

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A pain at first but...., June 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hawking Technology H-BT10U Bluetooth USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

I had the dreaded connectivity problems with my Nokia 3650 as others have had. But here is my solution because the one that the previous reviewer had didn't quite work for me. Ok, here are my steps:

1. Install the bluetooth software on the CD (not from the website - version 1.35 I believe).
2. Install PC suite from Nokia website. (On the reboot, there should be the mRouter icon in the system tray. Right click it and select properties and make sure both COM3 and COM4 are checked.)
3. Make sure bluetooth is enabled on your phone.
4. Open "My bluetooth places" icon.
5. Click "Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood" and your phone should appear.
6. Pair the pc to phone (any code will do).
7. Right-click the now-paired phone icon and select "connect bluetooth serial port". An error may appear, check to see if the mRouter icon changes. If it does, then you can now open PC suite. Done.

Some problems I have encountered were on the reboot of my system. My PC "forgot" what the bluetooth dongle was. I simply unplugged it and plugged it back in and that worked for me. Also if you have problems re-establishing connection,unpair the phone AND pc, turn off phone, reboot PC,and then start at step #3 again. This may not be the ideal solution for everyone but it worked for me. Hope this helps!