USB Bluetooth Adapter 5.3 (Realtek 8761) not able to connect

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Using kubuntu 24.04, kernel 6.8.0-47(64 bit)

Plugging in a new USB bluetooth adapter results in Kubuntu recognizing it and scanning to find devices but it is unable to connect to anything other than my phone. I did some preliminary investigating and it looks like the chipset is realtek 8761:

https://imgur.com/JLCKYRF

after some googling found this thread on linux mint forums with guidance on downloading and installing MPOW-supplied firmware files for Realtek RTL8761A and RTL8761B (ID 0bda:8771) Bluetooth chipsets but since it is from 2021 it doesn't seem that the location is still valid and I wasn't sure if it did apply to my case anyhow:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=347776

cd ~/Downloads/ && wget https://mpow.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/mpow_BH519A_driver+for+Linux.7z
sudo apt-get install -y p7zip-full && D=/lib/firmware;N=rtl8761;G=config;E=.bin
7z x ./mpow_BH519A_driver+for+Linux.7z;cd 202*/rtkbt-firmware/$D/rtlbt;S=sudo;D=$D/rtl_bt/$N
for C in a_ b_;do for L in fw $G;do F=$D$C$L$E;[ -f $F ]&&$S cp $F{,-`date +%s`};$S cp -f $N$C$L $F;done;done
cd ~/Downloads/ && rm -r 20201202_LINUX_BT_DRIVER/​

Would appreciate assistance to fix this issue. Thank you.