7th Gen Nano Bluetooth to PC

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7th Gen Nano Bluetooth to PC

I'm able to connect my Nano via BT to my car, but my laptop says it can not find the driver to support my BT device. My PC sees the Nano, and my Nano sees the PC. They've connected via numeric code. But the PC says it can't find the driver. And, without that, the Nano says it can not connect to the PC. Any ideas where the PC should be looking and what it needs to find? Or is there another way to make this BT connection? My PC is an Acer laptop running Windows 7. It is on wi fi, so it has connectivity. This PC does not have Itunes on it, but it shouldn't not it, should it? Shouldn't I be able to make a BT connection without Itunes? I hope so! Thanks!

iPod nano (7th generation), Windows 7

Posted on Oct 14, 2012 3:01 PM

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Answer 1

deggie

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Oct 14, 2012 3:08 PM in response to Matt Minahan

Does you PC have the A2DP BT profile? If you are going to try to connect the Nano to your computer to play music through your computer it has to have that profile.

The Nano does not have the File Transer Protocol (FTP) BT profile so you cannot sync using BT.

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Answer 2

Tdome

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Nov 5, 2016 12:12 PM in response to Matt Minahan

After initial Bluetooth pairing, I needed to install a different Bluetooth driver in order for my Windows 7 computer to recognize the iPod as an audio source. Depending on the Bluetooth chip/stack on your Windows machine, you may have different options listed.

select your iPod device in Devices and Printers

on the Hardware tab click Properties

look in the Device Functions: column and select the current "audio/video source" --- mine was listed as "Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (source)"...but this driver wasn't working; the iPod refused to connect to the PC.

click Properties

click Change settings

on the Driver tab click Update Driver...

click Browse my computer...

click Let me pick from a list...

choose another driver --- I chose "Bluetooth AV Source" (you may want to uncheck the Show compatible hardware check box if none of the listed "compatible" driver options work)

Voila!

The iPod can now connect to Windows 7 via Bluetooth to play music from the iPod via the Windows 7 speakers.

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