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255 G5
Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

No luck in conneting Marshall Acton BT to 255 g5 with win7 installed, right click on a bt icon shows grey Allow device to connect, can not pair them.. win10 is recomended, is there a way to listen with win7? ..without cable 😉

Marshall answered should be conected as generic device..

 

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device added; bt icon->Add device

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It is grey in devices and printers, stops being grey when clicked on services in properties

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speaker icon turns back to grey..

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manual says I should put in pairing code, but can't get to that step 😞

 

Seems I am not the only one with this issue.. https://superuser.com/questions/1113141/how-to-connect-marshall-acton-to-windows-7-computer

I really want to keep my win 7! 😉

 

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