Does anyone use a DS4 on PC wirelessly?There are loads of descriptions/instructions on how to do it, but not a single one covers my problem: it won't pair with my PC (works fine with cable btw).I have a Win8 desktop PC with a bluetooth dongle, which works fine with other bluetooth devices, but not the DS4. I put the controller in pairing mode (flashing blue light), go to 'Add Bluetooth Device', and in the list it shows up as 'Wireless Controller'. Then, if I double-click that, or click on 'next', it starts the pairing process ('Please Wait.
Pairing Started.' ) and nothing happens. Controller continues flashing for half a minute or so until it cancels pairing mode, and the PC says 'no pairing response received'.Back then, I thought maybe it's my bluetooth dongle that's incompatible or something. Now I have a new one with Bluetooth 4.0, and still it's the same problem (and still, other bluetooth devices work fine).Did anyone else have this issue, or successfully paired the DS4 with his PC?.
Screencast-O-Matic is the free and easy way to record your screen. Try our free Screen Recorder! CSR Harmony is Windows-based host software that provides support for the wireless connectivity technologies supported by CSR. This document describes the CSR Harmony Release (build 2.1.63.0).CSR Harmony complies with Bluetooth 4.0 specification. CSR Harmony v2.0 Release Note. Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited 2012.
Omg it works!The problem was, like with the old stick, that Windows itself wouldn't use it. Now I found out why: Once I tried MotionInJoy for using the DS3, uninstalled it again ages ago, but its driver was still on the system and hijacked any bluetooth dongle I'd stick in. Removed the driver, and now Windows finally understands that it has bluetooth.Played some 20 months with cable and bought another bluetooth stick because of that:bWell I'll keep the new stick, has to be much better than the old one because 4.0 is almost twice as much as 2.1.
.Helpful resources.General rules. Follow. Keep it civil and on topic. I bought a Sabrent USB Bluetooth dongle that allegedly is Bluetooth 4.0. It uses the CSR Harmony bluetooth stack. The problem is that the driver the vendor provides is from Jan. 2017 and seems to be total crap.
I can get a speaker to pair with it and that's about it. It barely detects my keyboard and mouse, much less pair with them. For instance, pairing with a mouse fails because it apparently is expecting the mouse to send it a PIN number! I am sure there must be updated drivers for this chipset, but I have no idea what other vendors use the same chipset with updated drivers. Any help would be appreciated!on an unrelated note, why does a bluetooth driver package take up close to 500 MB of disk space????.
Don't use CSR Harmony, Blue Soleil, Widcomm, or any other Bluetooth stack. Use the Microsoft bluetooth stack that comes with Windows. Your only source of Bluetooth drivers should be Windows Update, period. All other Bluetooth stacks on Windows 10 are junk.First, uninstall CSR Harmony completely. Then, if your Bluetooth adapter doesn't work, sell it or throw it away and buy a Bluetooth adapter that will work with the Microsoft stack.
Some chipsets are too old to work with the Microsoft stack. As a general rule you want Bluetooth 4.0/4.1/4.2.An example of a chip that works is the CSR8510 A10. There are hundreds of different brands putting their own plastic cap on this chip and selling it for $5 on Amazon. Try to find one that advertises at least 66 feet range; the old 33 feet range ones are Class 2 Bluetooth and will be much less reliable and more likely for the sound to cut out.
You want Class 1 Bluetooth.Also the Microsoft stack supports aptX, so if you have a speaker/headphones with aptX support, the sound quality will be basically the same as a decently high-quality MP3 (about 192 to 256 Kbps MP3 in perceptual quality).If your speaker/headphones do not support aptX, it will use SBC, which sounds a bit worse - but most modern Bluetooth A2DP devices support higher bitrate SBC which sounds okay to my ears too.Lastly, make sure you're using the latest build of Windows. They're making continual improvements to the Bluetooth stack with each and every release now. The upcoming v1803 (due out late March / early April 2018) will ship improved pairing support and an AVRCP 1.4 absolute volume driver, which provides a consistent volume listening experience between uses of your headset, and it even improves the quality of the audio at lower volumes.