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Dumb question about Bluetooth mice

IronWing

IronWing

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I have a couple Bluetooth mice that come with the USB dongles. I’d rather use the built in Bluetooth on the computer to keep the USB ports open. The computer can’t see the mice. Is there any way to force the mice to connect to devices other than the dongles?
 
I always had the impression these were somewhat proprietary so I think you need to use the dongle that comes with the mouse, and they're not universal. I did not even realize these were Blutooth. Does the mouse dongle let you pair other Blutooth devices with it? I guess that would be an indicator that it really is just regular Blutooth.
 
IronWing said:
I have a couple Bluetooth mice that come with the USB dongles. I’d rather use the built in Bluetooth on the computer to keep the USB ports open. The computer can’t see the mice. Is there any way to force the mice to connect to devices other than the dongles?
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Check if your mouse has a pairing button switch to enter Bluetooth mode often on the bottom or via software. If it doesn’t list Bluetooth explicitly, then it only works with the included dongle and can’t pair to the built-in BT adapter.
 
i have three that do what you describe, they all have a button to switch from 2.4ghz (dongle) to 2 seperate BT systems (also have a pairing button)
 
KMFJD said:
i have three that do what you describe, they all have a button to switch from 2.4ghz (dongle) to 2 seperate BT systems (also have a pairing button)
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You should be able to find the bluetooth junk in Windows, and pair it with the pairing button... similar to how it works with vehicles for instance.
 
weird thing is that the 2 original logitech trackballs i have only work with the dongle, the nulea copy of the same trackball does allow pairing both ways
 
IronWing said:
I have a couple Bluetooth mice that come with the USB dongles. I’d rather use the built in Bluetooth on the computer to keep the USB ports open. The computer can’t see the mice. Is there any way to force the mice to connect to devices other than the dongles?
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Then you don't have a BT mouse, just a wireless one.
 
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