Peripherals Philips Soundbar on Windows 8

Spectre said:

Not sure about the specifics of this but I said I'd ask.

Someone I know has a Philips Soundbar which is apparently a Bluetooth connected speaker. It did work but now it doesn't.

So, my guess, having had grief with Windows and Bluetooth audio devices before, would be that Windows isn't using it as the default playback device.

Does anyone know how to resolve that? I've only had a brief encounter with Windows 8.

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Seems strange that id did work & now it doesn't.
FWIW, my old laptop (Acer, Win7) had Bluetooth- it would find & connect to a BT speaker, but no audio. However, my new one (HP, Win8.1) plays fine through the same speaker. I never wasted much time with the Acer so didn't resolve, but presumably it was a Wndoze issue.. The BT UI's in 7 & 8.1 are much the same.

trevortron said:

Seems strange that id did work & now it doesn't.
FWIW, my old laptop (Acer, Win7) had Bluetooth- it would find & connect to a BT speaker, but no audio. However, my new one (HP, Win8.1) plays fine through the same speaker. I never wasted much time with the Acer so didn't resolve, but presumably it was a Wndoze issue.. The BT UI's in 7 & 8.1 are much the same.

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I should never volunteer and information to people as it always turns into "Can you have a quick look at...". Which turns into a full install, obscure drivers for OEM hardware, faulty HDD...

Just booted my win 8 rig for the first time in a few months... it should be in the Control Panel.

From dashboard rather than desktop, just start typing control. Pick the Control Panel option from the pane on the right. On the top right of Control Panel switch from categories to large/small icons* then find and open Sound.

*Not a necessary step, but I find the category view time wasting due to its entirely non-descriptive groupings - i.e. stuff isn't in the category I'd expect it to be grouped into.

have you right clicked on the speaker icon in taskbar>playback devices and checked what devices are present and showing as default

Cheers all, I'll tell him to check the playback device.

This rings a bell from when I had Bluetooth headphone grief.