Fedora 20 - using bluetoothctl to connect to a bluetooth speaker or headset

bluetoothctl.howto.adoc

1. On Fedora 20, as root:

   yum install bluetoothctl

2. Insert bluetooth adapter.

3. At a termninal, run:

   bluetoothctl

Then do this:

power on
agent on
list

Controller 00:19:86:AA:13:CC mypc #2 [default]

(This is the Inateck BTA-BC4B6 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Adapter [1].
No driver install needed - just worked right out of the box!)

[1] http://www.inateck.com/inateck-bta-csr4b6-usb-bluetooth-4-0-adapter/

devices

Device A0:E9:AF:10:62:3F Inateck BP2001

(Inateck BP2001 is a 10W bluetooth speaker [2].)

[2] http://www.inateck.com/inateck-bp2001-10w-bluetooth-stereo-speaker/

default-agent
trust A0:E9:AF:10:62:3F
pair A0:E9:AF:10:62:3F
connect A0:E9:AF:10:62:3F

(wait until connected)

exit

Now, you should be able to select Inateck BP2001 as an audio output device.

For example, in VLC select Audio > Audio Device to choose output device.

so there is no other option apart from an adaptor