On 07/01/2019 14:50, Scott wrote:
I hope this qualifies as DIY as I am hoping to do the job myself!

I have a new Fitbit, which I cannot pair with my PC (it works fine
with my iPad). The message is that I need to turn on Bluetooth.
However, I already have a wireless keyboard and wireless mouse, which
I assume are Bluetooth devices.

I have two dongles a the moment - one for the keyboard and one for the
mouse. Both are HP, so I wonder if I need two. More immediately, I
thought Fitbit would work with any generic Bluetooth adapter. Is a
keyboard adapter more limited in its capabilities than a Bluetooth
adapter? Any ideas? Bizarrely, my old Fitbit worked okay.


The way ours always worked:
- watch paired with phone.
- App running on phone and logged into fitbit account.
- Software installed on PC and logged into same above account.
- PC always showing up-to-date progress.

On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 20:15:32 +0000, JoeJoe wrote:

On 07/01/2019 14:50, Scott wrote:
I hope this qualifies as DIY as I am hoping to do the job myself!

I have a new Fitbit, which I cannot pair with my PC (it works fine
with my iPad). The message is that I need to turn on Bluetooth.
However, I already have a wireless keyboard and wireless mouse, which
I assume are Bluetooth devices.

I have two dongles a the moment - one for the keyboard and one for the
mouse. Both are HP, so I wonder if I need two. More immediately, I
thought Fitbit would work with any generic Bluetooth adapter. Is a
keyboard adapter more limited in its capabilities than a Bluetooth
adapter? Any ideas? Bizarrely, my old Fitbit worked okay.


The way ours always worked:
- watch paired with phone.
- App running on phone and logged into fitbit account.
- Software installed on PC and logged into same above account.
- PC always showing up-to-date progress.

Thinking about it, this probably explains it. Mine paired with my
iPad. The PC and iPad I assume viewed the same data.

On 08/01/2019 20:19, Scott wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 20:15:32 +0000, JoeJoe wrote:

On 07/01/2019 14:50, Scott wrote:
I hope this qualifies as DIY as I am hoping to do the job myself!

I have a new Fitbit, which I cannot pair with my PC (it works fine
with my iPad). The message is that I need to turn on Bluetooth.
However, I already have a wireless keyboard and wireless mouse, which
I assume are Bluetooth devices.

I have two dongles a the moment - one for the keyboard and one for the
mouse. Both are HP, so I wonder if I need two. More immediately, I
thought Fitbit would work with any generic Bluetooth adapter. Is a
keyboard adapter more limited in its capabilities than a Bluetooth
adapter? Any ideas? Bizarrely, my old Fitbit worked okay.


The way ours always worked:
- watch paired with phone.
- App running on phone and logged into fitbit account.
- Software installed on PC and logged into same above account.
- PC always showing up-to-date progress.

Thinking about it, this probably explains it. Mine paired with my
iPad. The PC and iPad I assume viewed the same data.

iPad/phone syncs with watch and saves into an online account. PC
software reads from it.

Their hardware & software is not great - we are on the 3rd generation,
and it is still pretty rubbish. Very tricky to do the initial setup, but
once done it works fine most of the time.