Miracast not available?

[newbjumper]

Hello,

Recently I wanted to hook up my wireless speaker to my 6 year old laptop that has windows 10. Here is my DXDiag text: http://pastebin.com/NBgDZebF

I know it says Miracast is not available, but is it possible to enable it? Or is it because my laptop is too old?

 

[reedo_43]

Do you have the dongle?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Miracast has nothing to do with audio, it's used for wireless display. It has specific hardware/driver requirements.

More info here:

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/53814-connect-wireless-display-miracast-windows-10-a.html

Regarding your wireless speaker, it doesn't use the same wireless technology (WiFi) that your laptop uses to connect to a wireless network. The wireless system your speaker uses is not compatible with your laptop's WiFi.

If the speaker uses Bluetooth and your laptop has Bluetooth built-in, it should work provided you enable Bluetooth on your laptop and you "pair" it with the speaker. If your laptop doesn't have BT built-in, you can buy a BT USB adapter.

If the speaker uses some other type of wireless technology (as used on some keyboards & mice) it should have been supplied with a matching USB wireless receiver to plug in to your laptop.

 

[newbjumper]

Do you have the dongle?

No, do I need it?

 

[reedo_43]

"Miracast has nothing to do with audio, it's used for wireless display. It has specific hardware/driver requirements." Phillip Corcoran was spot on. You need a blue tooth adapter.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_2_5?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=bt+adapter&sprefix=bt+ad%2Caps%2C212