D-Link DBT-120 Wireless Bluetooth USB Adapter
by D-Link
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Customer Review: "Not our problem"
Summary: 2 Stars
Tried for hours to get this adapter to work with my Treo 680. My device is detected when I use the adapter, but I am unable to make a connection. Finally, called D-Link technical support. First response was that they had never heard of the product; next response was that I needed to select a different number on the support phone tree; last response was that the problem was probably with my mobile provider or PC. After many hours of installing and reinstalling the product; and trying to have my mobile provider detect any problems with data service; and contacting Palm technical support (waste of time since Palm wound up referring me to User Guide), I finally gave up.....and have returned the product. This should not be a difficult product to install, and is not worth the time and effort to teach the D-Link technical support individuals about their product.
Customer Review: 30 Day Evaluation Period
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this device for my new pc with windows 7 running on it. The device worked great and i was able to connect my phone to my pc and transfer files back and forth. Then i noticed the evaluation period on the device manager. when the evaluation period ended the device became useless with very poor technical support (All they do is ask questions unrelated to the device then put you on hold forever and transfer you to another associate when you mention the device manager is going to expire). Eventually after being left on hold for an half hour i gave up and hung up the phone. If i knew the device would stop working i would have returned it, but since it expired after the return item date, i guess i will have to eat the $19.99 i paid for the device. Because of this I give the device a rating of 1 star. if i could i would give it a negative ten star rating because of this.Customer Review: Got it working under Windows 98SE with some effort
Summary: 4 Stars
For those who have an older computer like me, I was able to get this device working under Windows 98SE. As earlier reviews state, the Rev 4 drivers on the CD that came with the product don't work. DLink support said that if the Mac ID (on the label on the device) begins with 000D, I would need to download the Rev B3 drivers from dlink's support site, then get a 32 digit security code (check the PDF install instructions on the support site for how to get the code).
When you install the drivers from the CD, if you get an error "Valid security code not found" when you plug in the device, then you have the same problem. Running the install program again will uninstall the drivers. Unfortunately, the Rev B3 drivers are an 18mb download from Dlink.
But, after installing the B3 drivers, I was able to get the device working with my Motorola V551 phone.
Customer Review: Works good for me on WinXP SP2....
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading all the reviews I was very nervious about getting this adapter. I went ahead and backed up my system before installing it. Mine was the B4 revision (newest) and I reviewed Dlink's support website which had an excellent PDF file on how to install this correctly with SP2. The CD install (which installed the latest driver, V1.4.2.10 and the V3.4 manual/guide PDFs) went fine, then I followed the SP2 instructions and it installed correctly. I have since paired my new Motorola E815 phone and my Palm Tungsten E2 (Hotsync only) with no problems. The Widcom tools seem very good. I can recommend this unit fully. It should be noted that the other vendors adapters (Belkin, Linksys, etc) seem to have the same issue with WinXP SP2 in that Microsoft's driver gets used. You have to follow the vendors recommended proceedure to correct it or you WILL have problems.Customer Review: Works great with my WindowsXP and Ti68 phone
Summary: 5 Stars
I was surprised to read of all the issues that other Windows users had. Maybe I didn't have any problems because I'm using WindowsXP, but everything installed just fine. Maybe I'm just better at following instructions :). I bought it mostly so that I could synch my Sony Ericsson Ti68 with Outlook (Calendar, Contacts, Tasks). Bluetooth is much more reliable than the Infrared connection method that my phone also supports.This device automatically detects when I'm near my computer with my phone and starts syncronizing automatically.
The USB extension cord is very thin (think microphone cable) and it allows me to quickly connect this adapter without crawling under my desk to find the USB ports (why do most PC companies continue to put these on the back?).
Overall, I can't recommend this highly enough. It's great price is just a bonus.