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Fedora 20 - using bluetoothctl to connect to a bluetooth speaker or headset
  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!)
devices
Device A0:E9:AF:10:62:3F Inateck BP2001
(Inateck BP2001 is a 10W bluetooth speaker [2].)
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.

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