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Lost half a day trying to pair a $20 bluetooth adapter to my car stereo
Picked up one of those cheap aux-to-bluetooth dongles from a gas station near Denver. Figured it would take 5 minutes tops. Three hours later I am sitting in a hot car at 11 PM watching YouTube tutorials because the thing kept pairing to my neighbor's speaker instead. Finally got it working by holding the button for 12 seconds instead of 8 like the manual said. Who writes these instructions? Has anyone else had a simple gadget turn into a whole afternoon project?
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ivan_hayes2928d ago
Used to think cheap tech was fine. This changed my mind real quick.
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fiona_scott4428d ago
Lol that sounds like a total nightmare. I actually read somewhere that cheap bluetooth chips are often cloned from other brands so the pairing codes get all scrambled. Bet the gas station dongle was just a reskinned version of your neighbor's speaker firmware.
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