Acer N30 bluetooth - range of 30cm!

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I am having the same issue, very poor performance with bluetooth from
this device


Andy Hardy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Having been impressed with my wife's Acer N30, I decided to buy one
for
> myself.
>
> I'm having problems getting the Bluetooth setup to work over any kind
of
> range - current limit appears to be 30cm!
>
> I'm testing against a PC with a BT-usb adapter. Using my wife's
machine
> I can happily send contacts, etc. using BT over several metres
(limited
> to my small office). Using my machine, the connection will only be
made
> when within 30cm of the PC adapter.
>
> The range is less when doing an Acer-to-Acer transmission.
>
> The set-up's on both appear to be the same, with the exception that
my
> machine has ROM version 1.00.17 (revision date 20040826) whilst the
> wife's is ROM version 1.00.03 (revision date 20040510).
>
> Checking the BT Settings on both machines shows them both to be
running
> version 1.4.2 build 02, although my machine has an Audio Gateway
service
> that is missing from the wife's.
>
> Any thoughts?
> --
> Andy Hardy. PGP ID: 0xA62A4849

Archived from groups: comp.sys.handhelds,microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

Sorry, should have mentioned this.

OS version:v4.20
ROM revision date:20040826
ROM version:1.00.17
Bluetooth Version 1.4.2 Build 02

I've taken the matter up with my supplier and will let you know what
they say. Like you, I'm hoping to change the unit since BlueTooth
functionality is useless!


Andy Hardy wrote:
> In message <1116804480.077248.215290@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> ,
lon
> <lon987bak@yahoo.com> writes
> >I am having the same issue, very poor performance with bluetooth
from
> >this device
>
> Which ROM version?
>
> I've sent an email to Acer support, but if I don't hear back in the
next
> couple of days I'll return the machine as faulty, get a replacement
and
> hope that it's better!
>
> >Andy Hardy wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Having been impressed with my wife's Acer N30, I decided to buy
one
> >for
> >> myself.
> >>
> >> I'm having problems getting the Bluetooth setup to work over any
kind
> >of
> >> range - current limit appears to be 30cm!
> >>
> >> I'm testing against a PC with a BT-usb adapter. Using my wife's
> >machine
> >> I can happily send contacts, etc. using BT over several metres
> >(limited
> >> to my small office). Using my machine, the connection will only be
> >made
> >> when within 30cm of the PC adapter.
> >>
> >> The range is less when doing an Acer-to-Acer transmission.
> >>
> >> The set-up's on both appear to be the same, with the exception
that
> >my
> >> machine has ROM version 1.00.17 (revision date 20040826) whilst
the
> >> wife's is ROM version 1.00.03 (revision date 20040510).
> >>
> >> Checking the BT Settings on both machines shows them both to be
> >running
> >> version 1.4.2 build 02, although my machine has an Audio Gateway
> >service
> >> that is missing from the wife's.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >> --
> >> Andy Hardy. PGP ID: 0xA62A4849
> >
>
> --
> Andy Hardy. PGP ID: 0xA62A4849