Although it took an unexpectedly long time to get through shipping and handling after my initial purchase, when the unit arrived it was professionally packaged, and had a surprise mic that would plug directly in to the controller to go wireless. That was immediately suspicious because my use case was simply to have an existing bluetooth headset work for the chat channel during gaming while the other gaming sounds continued through the external TV speakers.
The instructions too were a bit misleading because they indicated the dongle would immediately go in to pairing mode upon being plugged in. But there is a button affixed to the top that clearly needs to be depressed to enter in to pairing mode.
Trying out the mic, it worked great, but echoes obviously because it picks up the sound of the TV w/o using ear phones. Put two TVs in the same room and that is a surefire recipe for a headache and lots of complaints on the other end of the chat.
The USB dongle does eventually get recognized by the Playstation 4 as an audio accessory, so everything looked like it was good to go. The only problem was that the dongle was not actually discoverable over bluetooth. Initially I tried with my Powerbeats2 wireless headphones, then a Sony PS3 bluetooth headset, then my Apple Mac and the PS4 itself, and none of them could actually discover the bluetooth ID for the dongle.
Since it is a final sale and the support appears to be non-existent, I thought I'd post to save anyone else the same frustration of an unmet expectation.
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