@ascherjim: So are you saying it does work in mplayer but not in the other players? I really have no idea on what other players may or may not work. All I can tell you is how to make it work with mplayer. The authors of the other players will have to answer questions about whether their software works with A2DP in 2008OS. If it doesn't work in mplayer, what error does it give? Also, be sure that you rebooted after making changes to anything under /etc/bluetooth/ . Tell me how it goes for you, and thanks for helping me test this.