Bluetooth headset and Pulseaudio

[Dogabone]

Hello everybody,
Though there are some similar topics around here, none has an answer.
So, I've got the Nokia BH-505 headset, which I want to pair with PCLOS vi Bluetooth. So far I installed Blueman ('cause Bluedevil is not really good) and did the pairing. I also made an "audio sink" connection.
But somehow I can't see my headset among audio devices in Phonon settings. I tried to play with global pulseaudio switch in Control Center > Hardware > Sound Config, but it never helped for Phonon.
For example, in OpenSUSE there was no such problem for me, 'cause Phonon device list is mqade out of current Pulseaudio devices.
So, I just want to output sound to my headset. Any ideas?

P.S.
I also tried to fill in ~/.asoundrc file properly, but still, no effect.

[TerryH]

If you have pavucontrol (Pulse Audio volume Control) installed you should be able to see the bluetooth headset under Output Devices.  When installed it is accessible from the Sound Application Menu.

I am using Bluedevil though, which works fine for me.

[Dogabone]

So far, I installed pulseaudio-bluetooth package and I can now have an output to my headset.
But still, the problem is that there's only mono headset output, no stereo A2DP. To compare, in OpenSUSE when I connect to headset, 2 devices appear in Phonon device list: one for mono output (headset mode) and the other for stereo (A2DP, audio sink).
In PCLOS I can establish an audio sink connection, but the sound outputs only for mono.
I suspect something missing again...

[Texstar]

What phonon backend is used in Opensuse? xine, gsteamer or vlc? Maybe that might have some kind of difference in the output?

[Just17]

So far, I installed pulseaudio-bluetooth package and I can now have an output to my headset.
But still, the problem is that there's only mono headset output, no stereo A2DP. To compare, in OpenSUSE when I connect to headset, 2 devices appear in Phonon device list: one for mono output (headset mode) and the other for stereo (A2DP, audio sink).
In PCLOS I can establish an audio sink connection, but the sound outputs only for mono.
I suspect something missing again...

The BT connection was mono only for a very long time ....  and I have never had the opportunity to test a stereo setup ........  but IIRC there are some packages which allow for stereo connection through BT so maybe it is those that are missing?

What options are available for the device in PA Vol Control?  Mono only?

[Dogabone]

There's Gstreamer backend for both OpenSUSE and PCLOS.
In PCLOS I see my BT device in both Bluedevil and Blueman and there are two separate options for "headset" and "audio sink". Whatever I choose, connection succesfully establishes only for mono mode (the headset mike is also activated) and KDE notification pops up saying that I have a new audio device. The pavucontrol also starts displaying BT headset device for mono mode.
When I try to configure services for my headset in Blueman there's an option to choose A2DP profile (also known as HFP - high fidelity profile) but after that I see "Connection terminated" message.
I want Pulseadio to behave exactly as it does in my opensuse installation: connection to audio sink creates TWO pulseaudio devices: one for mono, another for stereo. Thus I can set the right priority in Phonon settings then.
So, smth is wrong in Pulseaudio configuration in PCLOS...
At least for me.

[TerryH]

What options are available for the device in PA Vol Control?  Mono only?

For my headset the default was Mono.  I changed it to Stereo by selecting the A2DP Profile from the Configuration Tab, where there are 2 options:
Telephony Duplex (HSP/HFP)             
High Fidelity Playback (A2DP)           

[Dogabone]

TerryH, did you change any pulseaudio configs before that? Or just plugged and configure via GUI?

[Just17]

What options are available for the device in PA Vol Control?  Mono only?

For my headset the default was Mono.  I changed it to Stereo by selecting the A2DP Profile from the Configuration Tab, where there are 2 options:
Telephony Duplex (HSP/HFP)             
High Fidelity Playback (A2DP)           

That is what I expected if the device can connect in stereo mode.

Thanks you for the info 

[Dogabone]

I finally got it working after playing with pactl.

[horusfalcon]

I finally got it working after playing with pactl.

If I might suggest it, write a quick summary of the steps to your solution to this issue, and mark the original post's subject with [SOLVED]?

Good to hear this issue is resolved for you.

Later On,
D