Interestingly, I took your advice and used a spring out of a "Zebra" Z-Grip pen (which is slightly smaller - maybe 4.75mm thus tighter) and now have excellent signal to about 20 feet (!!) which will suit my needs very well. That is hilarious to me. Same basic design, just a tighter spring & straightened wire. In order to get the spring into the outer ring of the port, I had to "screw" or rotate it in. Then it was just a matter of running the paperclip/coil bit through the spring until it seated making solid contact with the BT port's central gold pin).
Excellent. I am very happy with this now. Seriously excellent performance. This kicks butt and is easy to make. Thanks for the suggestion, Dustin!
Also, I apologize for taking this thread way off topic. I know that is annoying to many on MRF. Still, it's on here now, so if anyone (MRFer or random googler alike) is in a pinch and needs PMG5 BT connectivity, they'll find the how-to right here.
Excellent. I am very happy with this now. Seriously excellent performance. This kicks butt and is easy to make. Thanks for the suggestion, Dustin!
Also, I apologize for taking this thread way off topic. I know that is annoying to many on MRF. Still, it's on here now, so if anyone (MRFer or random googler alike) is in a pinch and needs PMG5 BT connectivity, they'll find the how-to right here.
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