Bluetooth Driver for M1330 32bit XP Pro

355 bluetooth

http://support.dell.com/support/topi...up&file=216131

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My guide to installing Bluetooth audio on Dell XPS M1330 on Windows 7

Here is how I managed to get Bluetooth headset working in high quality with the infamous inbuilt “Dell Truemobile 355 Module with Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR Technology”

Some users suggest uninstalling previous versions of Broadcom drivers before applying new ones. I did the opposite – and upgraded over earlier ones and noticed every upgrade to bring more Bluetooth drivers available (for example to my Nokia Symbian3 C7 cell phone) that the previous driver package lacked. You can find the driver packages easily in Google. I too located them outside Dell.com

Installed from oldest to newest:
Version and filename

6.0.1.3100Bluetooth_Broadcom_6.0.1.3100_Vistax86.zip (If I remember right the headphone sound was low-quality with this one)

6.2.1.1200 Bluetooth_Broadcom_6.2.1.1200_W7x64_A.zip (high-quality sound)

There, last one. Nothing more to be done. Headset sound should work now. But read on just in case.

6.2.1.2900 / 6.2.1.3100 7zbv18ww.exe (some new BT drivers)

6.3.0.6000 Bluetooth_Broadcom_6.3.0.6000_W7x86W7x64_A.zip Yet more drivers,
which did not alter sound quality but updated or added even more Bluetooth drivers.

Below you see the Bluetooth icon on Taskbar which you can click and turn the Bluetooth adapter on. Mine was already turned on by the driver packages. You can now select Add a Device to start pairing process with your headset. With my Nokia stereo headset I press two buttons for eight seconds to begin pairing. If Windows can’t see your headset if might be that you have paired it in the past and need to reset it with some button combination.

Here is my Nokia headset now paired. Also Nokia C7-00 cell phone. The yellow triangle indicates some missing driver(s) which I’m probably never gonna need anyway since everything works now.

Here you see which headset drivers got installed in the process. Less installing, less drivers. Well, I like more of them. I noticed that after installing all the packages some of these are still not upgraded to the latest. To make sure just double-click each one in the list and click Change settings button (paramount!). Select Driver tab and Update Driver and Search automatically for updated driver software. It takes a little while to upgrade all.

Some driver packages enable Audio tab (and some don’t, for unknown reason) but display Disconnected. I haven’t even tried connecting since headset audio already works without connecting. Funny though.

I have the latest package now installed and don’t see Audio tab at all, have a look:

I have found one odd thing which happens when you right-click the speaker icon

and select Playback devices which opens Sound panel. Here you can set Bluetooth Hands-free Audio as Default playback device. The odd thing here is that my music stops if I click Recording or Sounds tabs.

For example if music stops - Windows Media Player displays this notification:

PS. See the vast amount of drivers installed since using all the packages.

So that’s about it. Now I hopefully don’t have to sacrifice either one of my USB ports for third party Bluetooth dongles.

Feedback and tips welcome.