Insignia Bluetooth 4.0 Usb Adapter For Linux

Bluetooth pairs well with Windows or Linux on my laptop, and the USB adapter provides reliable fallback. The mouse fits my large hands, feels solid, and responds smoothly.

I bought Waves NX Head Tracker to use it with Logic Pro X in a Mac Pro Mid 2010 OS El Capitan and Bluetooth 2.1 I needed Bluetooth 4.0, so I bought this StarTech adapter. Plugged into my computer, but it was not recognized as BT 4.0. Then I downloaded Hardware_IO_Tools_for_Xcode_7.3.dmg, and installed Bluetooth Explorer in the Applications folder. Opened it, Tools menu and choose HCI Controller Selector, I clicked at the arrows and selected Broadcom Corp and clicked Activate. Done My computer recognized the StarTech adapter as Bluetooth 4, and I was able to use my excellent Waves NX Head Tracker.

Mini USB Bluetooth® 4.0 Adapter is a fantastic product! Better working range than other Bluetooth receivers/transmitters. Works great with Sony MDR-10R after checking ALL of the configuration for USBBT1EDR4. You MUST install ONLY the last version of the CSR Harmony software; if you have an older version installed, you MUST uninstall the older version first. The new version unfortunately does not include drivers for all of the older transmitters and you can't have more than one version installed at the same time. I highly recommend this product.

Ive used quite a few of these SATA bridges. This one is one of the best ones. I used to use the OWC/NewerTech adapters, but Ive had a lot of them fail. I took a number of them apart, and they have a lot of defects. The last one I got had the cord glued on with hot glue and barely soldered. All of them had lots of poor solder joints and many of them had balls of loose solder rolling around inside. This adapter is actually constructed properly. Im glad I got this one. The fit and finish is very tight and clean, and its more durable and suitable for professional use. Ive been using it for a while now, and its been holding up extremely well. I used it in Mac OS, Linux, and Windows (mostly Mac OS and Linux) and it is plug and play without any drivers needed. Its based on an ASMedia controller and does connect at 10 Gb/s speeds if your computer supports it, but can drop down to slower USB 2 speeds if your computer does not support USB 3. It not only supports UASP and TRIM, but it natively supports SMART with smartctl in Linux (use -d sat). This makes it very useful as a diagnostic tool for me. I can connect drives and run SMART diagnostics before installing them in RAID arrays or computers. With a USB-A to USB-C adapter, you can use it with computers that do not have USB-C ports. One word of warning is if you use an active reversible USB-A to USB-C adapter like the Angelbird one, this adapter takes 5 V from your USB port to power the drive, and the active adapter cannot pass enough power to spin up some drives. However, if you use a passive USB-A to USB-C adapter, (non-reversible) you wont have any problems, just make sure that the USB-C plug is oriented a certain way when you plug it in so you get the speed you want. The 12 V input is a nice touch if you need to use a drive that needs 12 V power. The 12 V input does not provide power to the drives that only use 5 V (Ive tried), but this is fine since USB-C can provide enough power for most 5 V drives.

I' use these for Linux distros, for me its better then USB drives...

Never had a USB hub go south on me before, but my Insignia apparently did. Suddenly every hour or so one or the other drive connected to it would disconnect and reconnect -- and sometimes would stay disconnected. This was after several years of trouble-free service. I had a hard time believing it was the hub, since that never happened to me before: How can a hub go bad??? Finally I bought this Xcellon hub and WHOOSH! all problems disappeared completely; can't recommend it highly enough.

My significant other works from home and needed to replace her Polycom Voxbox, which has been malfunctioning when its warranty ended. Replaced it with the Jabra Speak 750. Even though the Speak 750 supports wired USB and Bluetooth, I used the USB adapter that came with 750 in order to establish full Teams control from the Speak 750. It has worked flawlessly with her Windows 10 Pro HP laptop. Note that I tried using Windows Bluetooth, but it did not have the range of Teams controls that the adapter provides. Plus, noise cancelling works fine, where even noise from the dish washer does not interrupt the call. The Speak 750 supports up to 10 Bluetooth-paired devices with 2 active simultaneously. In using the USB adapter, the iPhone that is paired with the 750 does not interrupt any Teams meetings if the iPhone receives a message or phone call. Finally, Jabra technical support was excellent. Had an issue with audio feedback, and after 10 minutes of wait, I was able to talk to a live, knowledgeable person and resolved the issue. Highly recommend the Speak 750!

I use these on my android phone wirelessly (bluetooth) and with my linux computer wired directly through the motherboard line out for pc games, youtube, music, and disneyplus. I also use them wired into a surface go reformatted with ubuntu 22.04. Got them to work with bluetooth with the linux desktop computer but I don't actually have the SMA antennae attached to it so it is not really a fair test. (it is laggy, but it did connect and produce sound) They work great anywhere they are wired and wirelessly on android with wired connections sounding better. I don't really use windows often so can't comment on that at this time. I'm not an audiophile, but the audio sounds crisp with nice bass when watching movies with special effects. Music also sounds crisp and precise. They do fit fairly snugly but feel comfortable on the ears and are well made. I previously owned a pair of klipsch reference but these seem slightly better built. I consider them an upgrade in build and sound quality.

I've been using the Kensington trackball for a couple of weeks. It worked out of the box on my Linux machine and it's been responsive and reliable. The ball doesn't seem to clog quickly, and the button on the bottom to push it out for cleaning is a great idea. It works on Bluetooth as well as with their wifi dongle, which caused me some trouble when I switched it to Bluetooth mode by mistake, but when I finally read the instructions I quickly changed it back. It has buttons all over the place. I don't know how to program them under Linux nor would I want to, but fortunately they seem to do nothing if unprogrammed, as it's hard to use the trackball without clicking them now and then. This hasn't interfered with my use of the trackball, though. It feels much like the old Logitech Marble Trackball with a handmade tilted stand that I've used for years.

I got this adapter to connect my Linux computer that has a thunderbolt connector now I'm getting acceptable transfer speeds.