I don’t know why either.  I thought maybe it was like my cell phone.  Where it has the option to stick out.  But, I never need to because I get decent reception.

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It wouldn’t have had any interference if the internal installation doesn;t have any and that is with it being within 1mm proximity of the optical drive… and right in the center of everything else.

actually..its about 8-10 cm(80-100mm) from the optical drive. the bt indicating light is not where the bt module is physically mounted. its actual location is by the wifi/bt toggle switch.

having it stick out of the device lets the antenna function much better than if it were hiding underneath the plastics. the built-in bt module connects to an internal antenna on a daughterboard inside the tr right next to the memory stick slot.

[quote author=“OnMyWayUp”][quote author=“dbs”][quote author=“Chris687”]I was wondering if anyone tried to use a bloothtooth pc card adapter.  I search around the internet and didn’t find anything that didn’t go past the slot and sitck out.

http://www.expansys-usa.com/product.asp?code=105311

The reason I wanted to do it this way.  I thought it would be hella lot easier install.

Has to stick out… antenna.

Exactly how does it have to stick out?  They could have laced it inside the PCMCIA card itself.  For internal installation the antenna wire doesn’t have to dangle, so why exactly would the antenna have to stick out.  :?  It wouldn’t have had any interference if the internal installation doesn;t have any and that is with it being within 1mm proximity of the optical drive… and right in the center of everything else.

Because PC Card slot may well be in a shielded location. The slot itself may be shielded. Most cards are in a metal case, to provide shielding. Finally, the location of the slot on the TR is under the keyboard which would be a pretty effective RF shield.

The location of the TRs internal BT antenna was designed to allow it to work.

The P forum guys seem to be having some success with this unit.

http://store.yahoo.com/semsons-inc/bilpcmciblue.html

One of them said it worked fine with the antenna retracted…

Another reason why is that inside the system, the antenna cable is snaked through to the screen frame. This allows the antenna to be much more effective than if it’s concentrated on one side of your laptop.

works sweet for my printer… !  Love it…

I once butsed a usb port on my hp; i hate cables!  I really like the power cable on the tr… really durable and doesnt freak me out! 

Although, there is a nice gadget out there and if you dont use bt much check this out cuz everyone needs a pen drive anyhow

http://www.bluetake.com/products/BT009M/BT009M_subS.htm

[quote author=“Chris687”]I read on a forum that one of these pc cards (bluetooth) isn’t compatible with mice.  I was wondering if there was different types of bluetooth products.

I thought they were all the same?

Yea I found out the hard way apparently some Bluetooth adapters dont support Human Interface Devices such as keyboards and mice.  I had given up on bluetooth until I found these forums.