Hi Floob thanks

I performed a fresh install of 3.3 wheezy and expanded filesystem.

Controller being config’d FC30 Pro. Latest firmware.

Both the wiki guide and video produce the same result whether the controller is started with START or START+R

It will pair
ES will recognize and allow me to map the input
It’s registered as a joystick in hcitool scan (even thought the retropie menu will only show keyboard for input config)

The retroarch configurations are off [as expected] and the analog sticks do not function in either tbe ES menu or the emulators.