Editorial Product Review:

Item Description:
The Toshiba USB Adapter with Bluetooth 2.0+EDR Capability adds Bluetooth wireless capability to your PC enabling wireless communications with a wide variety of Bluetooth devices, including notebooks, desktops, PDAs, printers, scanners, digital cameras, cell phones, home appliances or any Bluetooth-enabled device. Bluetooth provides short-range wireless connectivity, even through walls and other obstacles, which makes communications between computers and peripheral devices easier than ever.This USB Bluetooth Adapter provides an easy way to add Bluetooth connectivity to PCs without native Bluetooth port. It complies with the Bluetooth v2.0+EDR specifications allowing twice the data rates than those achieved by devices based on the previous standard, while lowering power consumption. It supports wireless data transfers of 2.0 Mbps and is backward-compatiblewith previous versions.

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Customer Rating: - Great bluetooth dongle (with a few quirks).
I had the same problem with the SMCS-T copyright protection format as the other reviewer mention. I could not connect my Motorola HT820 bluetooth stereo headset to it. However, there is a workaround (caveat emptor):

1) Download and install Toshiba Stack Ver 4.00.23. You can download it from: http://aps.toshiba-tro.de/bluetooth/

2) Edit the windows registry. To do so:

2.a) create a new txt file and paste the information below.

-------------- SCMS-T.REG ---------------
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Toshiba\BluetoothStack \V1.0\EZC]
"ShowAvContentProtectionMenu"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Toshiba\BluetoothStack \V1.0\AV]
"NoHeader"=dword:00000001
-------------- SCMS-T.REG ---------------

2.b) Rename the file SCMS-T.REG
2.c) Double click on it. When Windows asks "Are you sure that you want to add the information in SCMS-T.REG to the registry?" Click yes.

After doing this "AV Copyright Protection Setting" is desactivated. In case that you need to activate it again, go to

Bluetooth Manager -> Options -> Other

Now, there is an option to activate and desactivate it as you please and you can connect any stereo bluetooth headset.

I'd given this dongle 4-stars because:
a) You have to tweak the software to be able to connect to some stereo headsets.
b) The AVCRP profile only works with a few players. I know that it does control Windows Media Player, WinAmp, and WinDVD; it doesn't control iTunes.

Other than that, it's an oustanding Bluetooth USB adapter. It supports the following profiles (Toshiba Stack): SPP, DUN, FAX, LAP, OPP, FTP, HID, HCRP, PAN, BIP, HSP, A2DP, AVRCP, and GAVDP.

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Customer Rating: - Beware of compatibility issues
I bought this adapter because it seemed to have every profile and features you could wish for, but is not all that compatible.

To my disappointment I found out that it will only connect with devices that comply with the SMCS-T copyright protection format, so my brand new Anycom Headset (Mod. BSH-100) won't work.

I just wish that the people that work with the Bluetooth system avoid having so many standards and protocols.

I'll end up buying an older version of a Bluetooth adaptor (V1.2 instead of V.2) from the same manufacturer (Anycom) to ensure compatibility.

This makes no sense for a technology that intends to be the universal standard for wireless devices.