--- Hemingway60 Posts: 19 March 2014 Accepted Answer Well there is nothing Acer can do about this issue really. Bluetooth is being detected but Broadcom hasn't provided proper drivers for it to function properly. So technically, while the bluetooth may not be defective, it's only as good as the drivers released by the parent company which is Broadcom and those unfortunately are very poor at best. I'm waiting for the warranty to finish before attempting to mod it myself. Thanks for your time and effort, I wouldn't have figured it out without your help.
For those who have the same problem, here are the steps you need to follow to fix your bluetooth:
1. During the bootup screen (Windows 8 logo with the rotating dots below), wait for the wireless led to turn on and then press Fn+F3 (typical wireless combo for the V3 series) soon afterwards.
2. Once booted up, load the corresponding drivers for the specific brand of your bluetooth adaptor in your Acer model.
Atheros: Bluetooth_8.0.1.305_W81x64_A.zip
Broadcom: Bluetooth_12.0.0.7850_W81x64_A.zip
3. If the driver does not detect the bluetooth adaptor, repeat step 1 but this time after the wireless led turns on, press the Fn+F3 key twice and then bootup into Windows 8 and try loading the drivers again.
4. If the card is still not detected, repeat step 1 and press the Fn+F3 key combo 3 times and then load the drivers once booted up. It should be detected this time around.
This is because 3 separate modes are there:
1. Wireless ON Bluetooth OFF
2. Bluetooth and Wireless ON
3. Bluetooth and Wireless OFF
If you don't want the Bluetooth to drain the battery but you want to avoid repeating these steps, you can disable and renable it more easily AFTER following the above steps using this procedure:
1. Bring up the charms bar by pressing Windows Key+ C
2. Click on Settings and then click on Change PC settings
3. Click on Devices and then Bluetooth. There is a slider which can be used to turn bluetooth off.
Do NOT use the key combo to turn it off during bootup! That will disable the hardware completely. This method however can be used henceforth to turn the adaptor on and off.
All credit goes to Chef65 for telling me the method, I just broke it down to simple steps for easier understanding.