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Originally Posted by Don Tolson
Most PC's do not have a BT interface (HID) which allows a headset to replace both the speaker and the microphone. When you pair a headset with a PC, it's assumed that its a stereo headset for playing music, not talking.
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That's going to depend entirely on the BT profile set provided with the PC or the BT hardware. BT depends on particular profiles to understand what sort of wire it is replacing. It was originally intended as a short range wire replacement. There are serial profiles like you might have attached a GPS reveiver with, headset/handsfree profiles for mic and earphone, A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) for stereo, and others for network and such. Unfortunately not all BT implementations include all the possible options. More PC/Laptop BT options have been including headset/handsfree due to the popularity of SKYPE and other VoiceOverIP solutions. You might check and see if the BT control panel lets you find and select other profiles, but you also might need to go into your audio setup and tell windows what audio in and out to use. Some implementations are pretty good at switching from speakers to BT headphones, or Mic/earphone to BT headset when a BT connection is made, but some aren't.
Most of the time you will find that an external BT dongle (USB Usually) will come with a very complete set of profiles. It can however be tricky sometimes to get Windows to quit using the native drivers and use the ones that came with the device.