I can't get a reliable bluetooth connection betwee...

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Hi everyone, I'm new here and already need help. I've recently bought a Nokia 206 and fitted it with a 16Gb micro SD, hoping to copy over some MP3 music files from my PC. I bought a Trust Bluetooth 3.0 USB dongle and installed it on my PC (running Windows 7 Professional). I'm new to Bluetooth so on a learning curve but I managed to get the phone recognised and installed as a device on the PC, paired it and successfully transferred one file but then it appeared to disconnect - at least it wouldn't transfer any more.
I tried various things including removing it from the Windows device list then I couldn't get it to re-recognise as a device. I eventually got around this by uninstalling and reinstalling the Trust software but again I only managed to transfer one file then it seemed to disconnect again.
In desperation I tried installing the Trust on my laptop running Vista Home Edition. Same problem again except this time it transferred two files before hanging.
I was also unable to transfer a test still photo that I took with the phone onto either computer.
On both computers the transfer rate was abysmally slow.
I was really hoping to be able to use the phone as an MP3 player as I previously had an ExpressMusic and that was great. It's a pity the 206 doesn't have a USB port because it's looking as if I'm not going to be able to use the Bluetooth connection.
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Answer 1

Hi Abi99,
The various paths you quoted seem to be a bit different on my 206.
I couldn't find anything in Menu >> Apps >> Gallery >> Images. This was <Empty>, but I found the SD card, named as NO NAME, and in there I found my test photo, stored under 'Images', and my two music files in 'Received files' so these did, in fact, all get stored in the card and not in the phone memory as I had previously thought. This obviously means the Bluetooth file transfer didn't fail due to insufficient memory as there is still 14.3GB free in the memory card.
To get to Camera I had to go via Menu >> Photos >> Camera. Under 'Settings' there isn't a 'Phone storage' but there is 'Photo storage' and that is set to 'Memory card', which confirms my finding above.
Whilst navigating the above I finally found out how to rename the SD card to something sensible.
I wish there was a manual available that would give the above information in more detail. The little booklet supplied with the phone is quite useless for any advanced functions and I can't find anything on the Nokia website.
I think I must have been using a form of Bluetooth File Explorer in the Trust software, as it allowed me to multiple-select the source files for transfer and I now know that it stored them in the SD card, but I can't confirm this or give you the information you requested regarding the software stack unless I re-install the Trust software. Since I haven't been able to make this work reliably on two different PCs and versions of Windows I'm naturally reluctant to try it again.
plepleple - Surely the SD card must be basically ok since I've found the transferred files on it.