Kinivo USB Bluetooth Adapter for PC BTD500 (BT 5.0, Wireless Dongle Receiver for Windows 11/10/8.1/8, Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu) - Compatible with Lapt...

I have an old ASUS laptop Which is the computer I use most, simply because I do most of my computing sitting on my couch (no I don't weigh 500 lbs, and I do actually leave the house and have an active social life heehe). Anyway, the speakers on the laptop work but have a maximum volume and sound quality consistent with being tiny built-in speakers. I had been using speakers connected with a mini stereo plug, but through normal use the stereo connection on the laptop got damaged and would no longer drive a speaker. The laptop did not have Bluetooth, so I read many reviews of add on Bluetooth adapters. The BTD-400 was rated highly and had a great price (and free delivery with ZeeBooth Prime - mine came today, a Sunday! Yay ZeeBooth). I've supported computers for years so I was prepared to possibly spend a long time getting it up and running. I'm running Windows 10, so was prepared for anything. The brief version: I encountered onl very minor issues getting things properly set up, and I now have Bluetooth speakers working with my machine. It is awesome. When I inserted the adapter in a USB port, the drivers were not automatically downloaded. The next suggested step is to use the included CD. It did not autorun (a quirk of my laptop and/or Windows 10) so I manually clicked the exe on the root of the CD, and followed prompts. Once the software was installed, it said some features may not be available until after a reboot. I've learned to give things a chance and go a step at a time. I opened network connections and double clicked the bluetooth network object, and on the resulting screen clicked Add a device on the top left. It scanned for Bluetooth devices and found my printer and found the bluetooth speaker which I had turned on. I clicked on the speaker, and set the speaker in discovery mode (most devices have a way to put them in mode to seek a connection, refer to your device manual), and clicked next. It went to a screen that displayed, working on it, and stuck there. I waited several minutes and never got a completion message. I ended up closing all the windows and rebooting, and retried. This time it did not find the speaker when it listed devices. When I went to the device manager and expanded the Bluetooth item, the speaker was listed there. I went to Control Panel, clicked on Sound, and the bluetooth speaker was listed there along with the laptop speakers. I right clicked the bluetooth speaker, clicked Set as default device, and played a Youtube video. Voila! I now have Bluetooth speakers, and they sound great. The connection is reliable and stayed selected thru several reboots. So as I said, had it up and running with only basic troubleshooting. Did not have to fool around with removing, reinstalling, dowloaded newest drivers, or any such rigamarole. I am very happy with my purchase, and recommend the product.