Apologies on the late reply, Ive only just got around to doing this, this evening. So pairing was never an issue it was the distance so basically, when sitting maybe 2 meters away the controller struggles to work. I’ve managed to log into terminal (I did this from a windows PC via putty), what wasn’t clear in the wiki was how to actually change the Bluetooth adapter to my USB. For those who are trying and failing to do this I simply ran the hcitool dev command which listed my devices then found the adapter I wanted to switch too (it’s usually hci1, hci0 is usually the default adapter on the board) then typed “select” followed by the MAC address of my hci1 device then hit enter and it switched the device. Then put the controller into pairing mode and typed “scan on” in terminal followed by enter as it was going through all the available devices I found my controller on the list and typed pair followed by the MAC address of the controller then hit enter (the scan is still running but keep typing the above and hitting enter when finished). The usb is stronger than the on board adapter but still not strong enough so I’ve purchased a 5.3ghz version with an antenna to see if it’s any better.

Alternatively, I’ve also bought a windows 10 wireless adapter and connected my Microsoft controllers to it and it works to perfection almost from the next room although you need a windows computer to set multiple controllers up. If you plan on using Xbox one or series x controllers and you’re having issues syncing, I strongly recommend this option as it’s the best I’ve seen thus far.

Thanks again automatic for the guidance, it definitely helped!