Pairing Bluetooth Headphones

BluOS Controller app 4.x.x

You can pair your Bluetooth headphones/speakers to select Bluesound Players using the BluOS Controller App.

Connect Bluetooth Headphones/Speaker

Android/iOS - Connect Bluetooth Headphones/Speaker

1. In the BluOS Controller App, select the Players tab . The list of players connected to the BluOS Controller App is displayed.
2. Select the required Player’s context menu (3 dots) and select Bluetooth Headphones. A list of available Bluetooth receivers is displayed under DEVICES.
3. Select the required Bluetooth headphones/speaker from the list. Once paired, the Bluetooth headphones/speaker is moved to MY DEVICES and is indicated as Connected.
4. Tap Finish.

You can now stream audio directly via the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker.

The name of the connected headphones/speaker is displayed in the Now Playing Control. The quality indicator on the right indicates if your connected headphones are AptX certified.

The name of the headphones is also mentioned under the connected player with a Bluetooth logo on the player icon in the Players tab .

Windows/macOS - Connect Bluetooth Headphones/Speaker

1. In the BluOS Controller App, select the Player Drawer.
2. Select the required Player's context menu (3 dots) and select Bluetooth Headphones. A list of available Bluetooth receivers is displayed under DEVICES.
3. Select the required Bluetooth headphones/speaker from the list. Once paired, the Bluetooth headphones/speaker is moved to MY DEVICES and is indicated as Connected.
4. Select X to exit the Bluetooth Headphones setup window.                                                               
   

You can now stream audio directly via the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker.

The name of the connected headphones/speaker is displayed in the Now Playing Screen. The quality indicator on the right indicates if your connected headphones are AptX certified.

The name of the headphones is also mentioned under the connected player with a Bluetooth logo on the player icon in the Player Drawer.

Disconnect Bluetooth Headphones/Speaker

Android/iOS - Disconnect Bluetooth Headphones/Speaker

1. In the BluOS Controller App, select the Players tab .
2. Select the Bluetooth Headphones-connected player’s context menu (3 dots) and select Bluetooth headphones.
3. Under MY DEVICES, select the overflow menu (3 dots) of the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker, and select Disconnect. (To reconnect, select the Bluetooth headphone/speaker under MY DEVICES).

Note: To unpair and forget the device, select the overflow menu (3 dots) of the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker, and select Forget this device.

Windows/macOS - Disconnect Bluetooth Headphones/Speaker

1. In the BluOS Controller App, select the Player Drawer.
2. Select the Bluetooth Headphones-connected player’s context menu (3 dots) and select Bluetooth headphones.
3. Under MY DEVICES, select the overflow menu (3 dots) of the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker, and select Disconnect. (To reconnect, select the Bluetooth headphone/speaker under MY DEVICES).

Note: To unpair and forget the device, select the overflow menu (3 dots) of the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker, and select Forget this device.

Notes

• Bluetooth headphones can be paired with the following models:
  
  • Bluesound NODE X
  • Bluesound NODE (N130)
  • Bluesound NODE 2i
  • Bluesound POWERNODE EDGE
  • Bluesound POWERNODE (N330)
  • Bluesound POWERNODE 2i (with HDMI)
  • Bluesound POWERNODE 2i
  • Bluesound PULSE MINI 2i
  • Bluesound PULSE 2i
  • Bluesound VAULT 2i
  • Bluesound PULSE SOUNDBAR+
  • Bluesound PULSE SOUNDBAR 2i
• The PULSE FLEX 2i is not a Bluetooth transmitter and cannot output to Bluetooth Headphones.
• When listening to MQA content with the Bluetooth headphones paired, the BluOS Controller app will display an HR (High Resolution) icon instead of an MQA icon. This is because the MQA processor cannot determine the MQA capabilities of Bluetooth headphones. The content will be decoded based on the capabilities of the paired headphones.
• For more information on the Players tab /Player Drawer, refer to our Help Center article.

BluOS Controller app 3.x.x

BLS-KB18-X03

Now, you can pair your Bluetooth headphones/speakers to select Bluesound devices using BluOS Controller App.

Connect

1. In the BluOS Controller App, select the Player Drawer . The list of players connected to the BluOS Controller App is displayed.
2. Select the player’s context menu (3 dots) and select Bluetooth headphones. A list of available Bluetooth receivers is displayed.
3. Select the required Bluetooth headphones/speaker from the list. Once paired, the Bluetooth headphones/speaker is moved to MY DEVICES and is indicated as Connected.
                                                
   

Now you can stream audio directly via the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker.

At the bottom of the App, in the Now Playing band, the name of the connected headphones/speaker is displayed. The quality indicator on the right indicates if your connected headphones are AptX certified.

The name of the headphones is also mentioned under the connected player with a Bluetooth logo on the player icon in the Player Drawer.

Disconnect

1. Select the connected player’s context menu (3 dots) and select Bluetooth headphones.
2. Under MY DEVICES, select the overflow menu (3 dots) of the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker, and select Disconnect. (To reconnect, select the Bluetooth headphone/speaker under MY DEVICES).

To unpair and forget the device, select the overflow menu (3 dots) of the connected Bluetooth headphones/speaker and select Forget this device.

Notes

• Bluetooth headphones can be paired with the following models:
• NODE X
• NODE (N130)
• NODE 2i
• POWERNODE EDGE
• POWERNODE (N330)
• POWERNODE 2i (with HDMI)
• POWERNODE 2i
• PULSE MINI 2i
• PULSE 2i
  
• VAULT 2i
• PULSE SOUNDBAR+
• PULSE SOUNDBAR 2i
• The PULSE FLEX 2i is not a Bluetooth transmitter and cannot output to Bluetooth Headphones.
• When listening to MQA content with the Bluetooth headphones paired, the BluOS Controller App will display an HR (High Resolution) icon instead of an MQA icon. This is because the MQA processor cannot determine the MQA capabilities of Bluetooth headphones. The content will be decoded based on the capabilities of the paired headphone.
• More information about Player Drawer is available in our Help Center article.