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Build a single or multi-room streamer for an existing audio device using a Raspberry Pi! Supports Bluetooth, Airplay and Spotify Connect
https://balena.io/blog/turn-your-old-speakers-or-hi-fi-into-bluetooth-receivers-using-only-a-raspberry-pi/
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Bluetooth not discoverable by some Devices (LG WebOS, FireTVStick) #353

Open XRTce opened 3 years ago

XRTce commented 3 years ago

When trying to connect a LG WebOS TV or an Amazon Fire TV Stick the Balena Sound device does not show up in the buetooth devices list. Connecting via iPhone works as expected.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Unpair any connected devices from the Balena Sound device
  2. On TV Stick or LG TV go to the Settings and try to pair a new Bluetooth device.
  3. The Balena Sound device does not show up in the device list

Expected behavior The Balena Sound device obviously should show up in the devices list

Device information

fred771 commented 3 years ago

Hello all, I have the same issue on balenaOS 2.65.0+rev1 version with LG TV

DBHey commented 3 years ago

Hello,

Same issue as well, LG HF80LSR Projector with rPi 3B+ and balenaOS 2.67.3+rev4

youngd24 commented 3 years ago

Same issue on 2 FireTV sticks, both newer hardware and current updates. BT and Spotify connect work, just not the FireTV. Pi 3B+ and a Geekworm X400 (suptronics) DAC.

sukram911 commented 3 years ago

Hello!

Same problem here LG webOS TV UK6950PLB and Raspberry pi4 with balenaOS 2.82.10+rev1 . Phone Bluetooth and Spotify works well but tv won't find Balena. But TV finds Xiaomi Airdots

Webatron11 commented 3 years ago

Im also having this problem, Samsung TV and balenaOS 2.80.3+rev3 and RPi3

abhatikar commented 2 years ago

Any update on this issue?

2mcreations commented 2 years ago

i have same problem whit raspberry pi 3 x64 and fire stick. I have try whit bt usb external but, is the same

KoToZoid commented 2 years ago

Same problem with TV Box Xiaomi MIBOX4. Raspberry Pi 4 (using 64bit OS), balenaOS 2.88.5+rev1. Phone Bluetooth and Spotify works well but TV Box couldn't find Balena device. (This TV Box works well with Avantree Bluetooth Transmitter/Receiver.)

KoToZoid commented 2 years ago

Same problem with TV Box Xiaomi MIBOX4. Raspberry Pi 4 (using 64bit OS), balenaOS 2.88.5+rev1.

I solved it for my setting this way.

  1. Install any Bluetooth Scanner on TV Box (I use "Bluetooth Scanner for Android TV" by ZDWorks Inc. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zdworksinc.bluetoothtvscanner&hl=ru&gl=US)

  2. Set Device variable BLUETOOTH_PAIRING_MODE for bluetooth service to LEGACY (as described in https://github.com/balenablocks/bluetooth) and restart bluetooth service. SSP mode was not helpful fro me. If you like you can set BLUETOOTH_DEVICE_NAME, it's optional.

  3. Search Raspberry from TV Box by Bluetooth Scanner and pair. (Default PIN code for legacy mode pairing is 0000. It also could be changed by variables, but I haven't done it.) You can see request for PIN code in logs of bluetooth service at balena dashboard.

  4. There is still no connection after successful pairing. It's ok. Just restart bluetooth service for connection. You can see in logs something like: - Attempting to reconnect to MIBOX (:::::)... - Successfully connected to MIBOX (:::::)...

Now it is connected and works well!

abhatikar commented 2 years ago

Firetv does not have a app for Bluetooth scanning.

2mcreations commented 2 years ago

Firetv does not have a app for Bluetooth scanning.

I tried with the file viewer app, with firestick it has the transfer function bluetooth, but even in this case it can't connect 

jonaskor commented 2 years ago

Has anyone figuered out a solution for this yet? I would love to use the balenasound for streaming the audio of my FireTV stick!

jchisholm59 commented 1 year ago

Yes. Just get a Bluetooth receiver/transmitter from Amazon such as the Taotronics gadget for 20 bucks. Works perfectly.