Kill Bluetooth option for RIVO+

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I am very disappointed to find out that there is not an option to switch off the bluetooth in the settings.
This means I have to open the case and find out it I can at least disconnect the antenna, as I want it definitely killed.
I did read somewhere in a review that it would be able to switch off: one of the main reasons to buy the Rivo+

Why is it that WIFI can be switched off but Bluetooth not?
I am sensitive to HF, and I am not the only person that doesn’t want any wireless at home.

2

Hi @Frans
I don’t own a Rivo+, but do you need more than is offered in the Sources settings? There you can turn off Bluetooth Input Playback.

3

Hi @SimonE

Thank you.
There is a setting in sources “Bluethooth Input Playback”
It was already switched off.
I just recently discovered that my smartphone (which is only on in the sparse case I need it) finds the RIVO+ on Bluetooth.

4

Frans,

Are you referring to the output of:

sudo rfkill list
0: bt-dev: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: brcmfmac-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

If that’s the case, the community can’t help. You need to raise a ticket with Volumio.

For the time being you can run:
sudo rfkill block bluetooth

volumio@rivo:~$ sudo rfkill list
0: bt-dev: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: brcmfmac-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: no
5

I don’t know what you exactly mean. You mean changing the settings in the software of the RIVO+ by working in the terminal in something like a telnet session?
Again, I am not an expert in Linux, but as I manged to get the file server right on your instructions in my linux server, perhaps I can solve this too?

But again: I would prefer a menu setting in the RIVO+ to kill Bleutooth.

6

If it is turned off in sources, your phone shouldn’t be able to find it. Just make sure your not playing with cashed scan results.
Just validated it. If I turn of BT in settings, your phone won’t find it. However it doesn’t kill the BT completly.

7

Please raise a ticket with Volumio support. We have no access to Volumio HW resources. Can’t be solved by the community.

8

You mean turning of in the menu ““Bluethooth Input Playback”?

That was already done long ago, but my phone I used for the first time since I use the RIVO+ finds it. “doesn’t turn off completely” that is a bit vague/
Can I open the unit and remove an antenna? ( I am very skilled in electronics, however analog)

9

I wouldn’t do it, you’ll break the tamper seal and your warranty. Connect with Volumio by the instructions I gave a few posts back.

10

Thank you very much, I will try that first before going inside the unit.