Connecting bluetooth keyboard to laptop without adapter

[xyz123]

Hi-Happy new year fellow PHers..

I have a Dell bluetooth keyboard and bluetooth mouse along with one Dell USB adpater. They both work with paired USB adapter.

I need to use them on separate laptops i.e. keyboard on one and mouse on the other. My laptops have in-built bluetooth but I cant connect either the keyboard or mouse to laptop using built in bluetooth (When searching none of them are identified).

Any suggestions I can try or is my only option to buy a Dell/Universal USB bluetooth adapter?

Thanks

[eltawater]

Are you certain your current keyboard / mouse / usb adapter combo are really bluetooth and not just paired radio? You may need to trigger a pairing sequence using the pair button on your keyboard / mouse before they become visible to the laptop.

Edited by eltawater on Tuesday 5th January 10:16

[mcflurry]

Is the Bluetooth enabled on both devices and set to pairing mode?
(apologies for the egg sucking lol)

[Scrump]

I too have a Dell Bluetooth keyboard and mouse which use a single adapter.
As far as I can tell they cannot be used without the adapter, I did try as I temporarily lost my adapter but couldn’t get them to work.I tried on two different laptops.

[xyz123]

eltawater said:

Are you certain your current keyboard / mouse / usb adapter combo are really bluetooth and not just paired radio? You may need to trigger a pairing sequence using the pair button on your keyboard / mouse before they become visible to the laptop.

Edited by eltawater on Tuesday 5th January 10:16

Thanks. I am triggering pairing sequence. After your pointer, I checked dell website for the model I have and the mouse/keyboard are 2.4GHz wireless rather than Bluetooth so that explains why I can't connect without adapter. Thanks.

Edited by xyz123 on Tuesday 5th January 11:04

[eltawater]