Plantronics bluetooth to Mac mini?

Has anyone been able to pair a Plantronics PTM 50 headset to their Mac Mini?

I had a problem paring my MacBook Pro to my Plantronics Back Beat Go 2 wireless earbuds. I would search for, but not find, my BBG2. I turned off every other bluetooth device in the house, made sure I had done a "forget device" on all of them. Nothing worked, until...
I turned the WiFi off on my Mac. As soon as I turned WiFi off, POOF!  it found my BBG2 earbuds, paired with them, and works like a champ now. It uses both the input and output features of the earbuds with the MacBook Pro.
So, if Plantronics won't pair with your MacBook (and I'm on Yosemite) try turning off WiFi and THEN pairing with the comp.

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