Ok, thanks. I'll have a look through those retailers.

After looking a bit further into the matter I have discovered a vendor: the packet suggests a company called "Dynamode" but if viewed closely you can spot the real vendor, a company called BlueSoleil. I believe this to be a Chinese vendor, which may explain the issues. If possible do you know of any...

I can't find any manufacturer / vendor associated with your Bluetooth device address, which further supports my theory of a knockoff dongle. I've seen that mushroom style in both reputable and unreputable versions. I would try to purchase a dongle from a reputable retailer. If you can determine the...

I'm sorry my best guess is a bum dongle. That it works under Windows is not a good indication that it will work under Raspbian, or even Linux. I'd be interested in any history of the dongle ("looks a bit like..." isn't really helpful.) People often have problems like yours with cheap knockoff Asian...

Blueman can potentially conflict with Simon Long's GUI Bluetooth manager extension. I would first recommend not using and even uninstalling Blueman. But that's not your problem. The hciconfig command shows that your Bluetooth adapter is 'down'. You can try bringing it up with 'sudo hciconfig hci0 u...

What 'Bluetooth managers' do you refer to? What purpose is Bluetooth intended for? What is the response to an 'hciconfig -a' command? This would be the default manager (in Raspbian) and also blueman-manager. I am attempting to connect a wireless speaker to the Pi via Bluetooth. hciconfig -a prints ...

Hey all, Recently I purchased a bluetooth dongle (which I believe is of a known working brand) which looks a bit like this one https://www.modmypi.com/image/cache/catalog/rpi-products/MMP-0186/bluetooth-dongle-1024x780.jpg for use in a headless Pi2 setup. The light on the bottom comes on as expected...