hello,every body know the sony bluetooth module is very expensive,today i use a usb dongle to built in tr,like original and you can control it in wireless switcher!!

Very good idea ! :idea:  but could u please explain the steps to do that .. and make the pictures smaller   ..

And could u take a look on my problem , please ? :
http://www.siliconpopculture.com/sonytr/viewtopic.php?t=6330

Thanx

Good job :shock:    :o

But just like Q80 I didnt really figure out how you did that.
Wich USB dongle did you use for that? Brand name and Model?

Where did you place the PCB of the USB dongle in your TR???
Do you use a atenna?

What kind of software is it thats shown on the picture???
Why dont you just make a Step by Step
guide??? That would be awesome

P.S.
I after all figured out that on the last picture you can actually see 2 of the 4 soldering point on the computer side. These 2 soldering points
are Ground and Voltage.

So there are 2 more soldering points left over on the computer side. Must be USB Data of course. On the 3rd or 2nd picture I can see 2 more wires going somewhere behind that flat cable. Can you make a closer picture of that?

How did you find out where these 4 points are located on the dongle???

P.P.S.

Ok… still morning over here   after a little thinking I figured out that you must have traced the USB contact plates to find out where the different pins on the dongle are located and you must have placed the dongle right under the palmrest where actually the oem bluetooth module is also located.

Besides that USB bluetooth dongles are supossed to have a litlle antenna onboard. OK.

So all my questions are answered except that I still wonder
why you chose to connect the 2 USB data wires right next to that flat wire while according to the last picture of yours there are USB data pins on Pin 8 and Pin 10 ???

Im really excited about that idea and Im really close to do that, too.
So please reply on my question regarding the positions of the USB data pins :D

madnychao??? where are you?

nobody?

i am in taiwan!!

AHHHHH :evil:  :x :shock:

Hey MandyChao. Ni hao ma?

You were here - why havent you answered my other questions??? I was wondering where the two pins/soldering points for the USB Data +- are located since the picture regarding this is pretty poor 8)
Why there??? Why not right there were you took GND and 3,3 Volt???
Xie xie ni.

hahaha!! how are you??
i don`t have tr now!! :shock:  so i can`t take any picture for you,
can you take a picture by your tr board for me,i will show you where the pin!! :oops:

Im fine Mandy. Thank you for asking. How about you?

Thanks for the quick reply. Sure. I can make a picture tonight (gotta go get my Camera).

After that I will try to upload so you can see it here.
Bye

Hi Forum again.
No Foto yet since my Kodak Digicam refuses to work.
Please be patient MandyChao.

Thanks

Ok MandyChao finally got the pictures:

Can you use these pictures to mark the soldering points and
tell me what they are good for?
What is USB-Data + and whats USB-Data -  ?

There seem to be little differences between my board and yours.
Does that matter?

~~~THANKS~~~  MANDY

Hmm its strange. Seems like not many people are interested in MandyChao’s Solution of bluetoothing :shock:
Dont say you all have allready bought the original BT module

I think Mandys solution is just great. Thanks again Mandy… :wink:

Can switch it on and off…
Im now waiting for the delivery of my USB bluetooth dongle.
I cost me just about 4 Euros plus 4 Euros delivery. Round about 10 Dollars…

The little PCB inside a dongle, once you have unsoldered the USB plug itself, is pretty small… I doubt its much bigger than the original Bluetooth module… I know that because Ive already seen a few that had a transparent case. Besides that theres plenty of space where you can hide that litle PCB. When unscrewing the PCB right under the palmrest (that one on the pictures) youll see that theres even lots of space on the PCB thats not in use.. no printed circuits…. thats where I gonna solder it onto (drill a hole so the solder will hold the boards). Maybe Im just gonna use clue. Will report and make more pictures.

Hope MandyChao will stick around to help me out with more tips

s type upgrade bluetooth!!