{"id":20327,"date":"2016-05-27T12:10:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T10:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&#038;p=20327"},"modified":"2020-04-16T12:58:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T10:58:09","slug":"using-the-plugin-bluetooth","status":"publish","type":"kbe_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wiki\/using-the-plugin-bluetooth\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetooth Speaker Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">The <a href=\"\/en\/portfolio\/plugin-bluetooth-2\/\">plugin Bluetooth<\/a> connects Bluetooth speakers to audio applications in Max2Play. You can learn more about its requirements and features in the <a href=\"\/en\/portfolio\/plugin-bluetooth-2\/\">plugin gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Step 1<\/h3>\n<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Download and install the plugin from the <a href=\"\/en\/portfolio\/plugin-bluetooth-2\/\">plugin gallery<\/a>. Afterwards, a new entry appears in the menu of the Max2Play user interface.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Step 2<\/h3>\n<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Click Bluetooth to enter the plugin&#8217;s menu. Click &#8222;Install&#8220; to download and install the Bluetooth software on the Max2Play device.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Step 3<\/h3>\n<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Switch on your Bluetooth devices and wait a little bit.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Step 4<\/h3>\n<p>Click &#8222;Scan&#8220; to look for available Bluetooth devices and click &#8222;Connect&#8220; to pair them with the Max2Play device. They appear in the list of known devices.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19199\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ScanForBluetoothSpeakers.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19199\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ScanForBluetoothSpeakers-300x236.png\" alt=\"Max2Play completed scan for Bluetooth Speakers.\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ScanForBluetoothSpeakers-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ScanForBluetoothSpeakers.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max2Play completed scan for Bluetooth Speakers.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Step 5<\/h3>\n<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Check the connection. Connected or successfully reconnected speakers appear green, disconnected red.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19278\" style=\"width: 647px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ConnectWithBluetoothSpeakers.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19278\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ConnectWithBluetoothSpeakers.png\" alt=\"Complete Max2Play interface to connect, reconnect and remove Bluetooth Speakers\" width=\"637\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ConnectWithBluetoothSpeakers.png 637w, https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ConnectWithBluetoothSpeakers-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Complete Max2Play interface to connect, reconnect and remove Bluetooth Speakers<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Step 6<\/h3>\n<p>To use your Bluetooth speakers with the audio applications in Max2Play, switch over to the audio player menu and set &#8222;Bluetoothspeaker&#8220; or &#8222;Pulse&#8220; in the advanced setting of the Squeezelite Player. The same goes for the audio settings within Kodi.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 7<\/h3>\n<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">If necessary, tickle the Autostart to start Bluetooth automatically with Max2Play.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Step 8<\/h3>\n<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-19278\">Disconnect and reconnect Bluetooth speakers upt to your needs.\u00a0Make sure to enable the Bluetooth speakers after the Max2Play device. Delete those from the list of know devices you don&#8217;t need anymore.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNew with version 2.52:<\/strong> Switch the player on\/off automatically depending on the connection status of the Bluetooth speaker with &#8222;-B&#8220; at the end of the command line options of Squeezelite. (Does not work with &#8222;-C&#8220; parameter).\u00a0Runs great with Multisqueeze!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plugin Bluetooth connects Bluetooth speakers to audio applications in Max2Play. You can learn more about its requirements and features in the plugin gallery. Step 1 Download and install the plugin from the plugin gallery. Afterwards, a new entry appears in the menu of the Max2Play user interface. Step 2 Click Bluetooth to enter the plugin&#8217;s menu. Click &#8222;Install&#8220; to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","kbe_taxonomy":[899],"kbe_tags":[953,943,954],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/20327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20327"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/20327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48514,"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/20327\/revisions\/48514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbe_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbe_taxonomy?post=20327"},{"taxonomy":"kbe_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.max2play.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbe_tags?post=20327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}