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I have a pair of Bose AE2w headphones that initially connect fine with Bluetooth on 14.04. I can select the headphones and choose A2DP output, and everything works.

If the connection times out due to inactivity or from hibernation, and I reactivate the headphones, the Bluetooth connection is re-established, but A2DP does not work only HSP.

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

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Welcome to AskUbuntu! This post "may" help askubuntu.com/questions/319871/… – No Time Aug 27 '14 at 2:49
    
I will try the suggestion that is in that post to see if it makes any difference, but it won't be a solution, because I have a headset, whereas the ...871 post is someone with a speaker. So, I want to be able to switch between a2dp and hsp depending on what I am doing. – John Croft Aug 27 '14 at 19:04
    
After trying the "Disable=Heaset" setting from the suggested post, the a2dp option still does not work after a timeout. – John Croft Aug 27 '14 at 21:28
    
I can't add an answer, so let me tell you here what worked for me: (1) install BLUEMAN (packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/blueman); (2) right click on the device + click "Audio Sink"; (3) after it confirms that the configuration went through, check the "Audio Profile"... In my case it already had the "A2DP" selected and working! ;) – Nigini Sep 11 '15 at 17:41
    
Thanks, I will try blueman this week and see if it works. – John Croft Sep 13 '15 at 18:43
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I found this in other tread... it worked for me:

Had the same problem fixed it with:

pactl list cards short

to get the device id. Then I did

pactl set-card-profile x a2dp

where X is your device id.

found it by reading No A2DP streaming audio from 12.04 to Bluetooth headset

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Missed the email that alerted me to this answer, but followed the recommendations in the link provided and also checked a couple of other answers under that question, but still no success. There is improvement in that if I disable the bluetooth connection to the headset in system settings, I can re-enable it later and have it work. But if it times out the connection or the connection is lost due to hibernation or suspension, then I still have to remove and re-pair the headset to get A2DP sound. – John Croft Mar 28 '15 at 15:48
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This solution didn't work for me. =/ I get a "Failure: Input/Output error". – Nigini Sep 11 '15 at 17:35
    
@Nigini have you found a solution ? – Ciprian Tomoiaga Sep 10 '16 at 0:04

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