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    Sony SZ120 Bluetooth?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Aero, Mar 21, 2006.

  1. Aero

    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    Does it have bluetooth or not? I checked the sony site but couldnt find anything on it.

    Thanks
     
    Aero, Mar 21, 2006
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    Speckled Jim Notebook Guru

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    Speckled Jim, Mar 21, 2006
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  3. Aero

    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    Thanks a lot.
     
    Aero, Mar 21, 2006
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    tickybox Notebook Enthusiast

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    Although I haven't used it yet, it certainly seems to have bluetooth -- the blue light goes on above the symbol when it's booting up, and then turns itself off again. There's a set of tools/programs available in the programs list for controling bluetooth, as well. On at least one occasion, meddling with the LAN settings resulted in the bluetooth symbol in the system tray.
     
    tickybox, Mar 22, 2006
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  5. Aero

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    Thanks, but no worries about getting it to run, just wanted to know if it has it, and it does :D .
     
    Aero, Mar 22, 2006
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    Both stores I've been to (compUSA and BestBuy) said that the SZ120P/B doesn't come with BT.
    Which I found wierd cause there's a logo LED indicator at the bottom of the screen, there are bluetooth utilities installed (toshiba bluetooth stack).
    However it doesn't appear in the Hardware Manager (though it does have BT serial ports listed).

    However when I go into the bluetooth utility and I click on the "New connection" button, I get the error: "bluetooth is not ready"
    When I go into "Options", I see Radio is Disabled, and I can't unable it and device address are all "00:00:00:00".

    I called Sony tech support who confirmed that it has bluetooth, now I just need to find a way to enable the **** thing...

    Once I know if it definitely has bluetooth , I need to choose between the black model and the brushed metal one... I prefer the black, but those colors always start wearing off after a few months :(

    JY
     
    jyavenard, Mar 24, 2006
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  7. Speckled Jim

    Speckled Jim Notebook Guru

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    Have you enabled it in the LAN setting utility? I seem to remember that it was turned off on mine originally, and that I got a warning when switching it on that it might conflict with WiFi.
     
    Speckled Jim, Mar 24, 2006
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  8. Vcdechagn

    Vcdechagn Notebook Geek

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    I have the 120 and it has bluetooth, or it does a reasonable fascimile thereof in using my bluetooth mouse and my bluetooth phone and my bluetooth pda :D

    Just switch it on with the switcher (it doesn't seem to interfere with my b/g wlan, which is good news) and have at it :)
     
    Vcdechagn, Mar 24, 2006
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  9. Phil17

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    ALL of the sz series have bluetooth build in. You can get it on customized models when you select the camera option.
     
    Phil17, Mar 24, 2006
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  10. jyavenard

    jyavenard Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the answer.

    I tried another store today and they didn't have the SZ120 but the SZ110P instead and .... the SZ160.

    Gosh it looked nice.

    I couldn't help :)
    JY
     
    jyavenard, Mar 25, 2006
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    cavalierjim Newbie

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    What type of bluetooth mouse are you using? I tried a Targus and was not able to get it to work. I have a SZ120. Thanks.
     
    cavalierjim, Sep 21, 2006
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