Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device is a Bluetooth hardware device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. USB/VID_0A5C&PID_2147 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device driver. The archive contains version 12.0.0.8047 dated 2013-10-18 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 1861727 bytes (1.78 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 66424 users.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to install Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Broadcom Broadcom 2046 Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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