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1. Go to the Bluetooth setup or configuration menu of both devices and
do the following:
a. Turn on the Bluetooth power.
b. (Optional) Customize your device name to something you
recognize.
c. Make the devices discoverable.
Typically, you set up one device to be discoverable and the other
to “look” for discoverable devices. For example, you may press
a button on a Bluetooth cordless headset to make it discoverable,
and invoke a menu setting on your phone to allow it to discover
compatible Bluetooth devices.
One device notifies you with an alert or onscreen menu item that it has
discovered the other, and asks whether you want to pair. For example,
if you press the button on your headset, your cell phone displays a
message asking whether you want to pair.
2. Confirm that you do indeed want to make your device discoverable
by pressing Yes or OK (or whatever positive option your device
offers).
3. Enter the passkey and press Yes or OK.
Chapter 15: Using a Bluetooth Network
Most Bluetooth devices use a passkey (numeric or alphanumeric code),
which allows you to confirm that it’s your device that’s pairing and not
the device belonging to the guy in the trench coat who’s hiding behind
a newspaper across the coffee shop. You find the passkey for most
devices in their manuals (drat! — the dreaded manual pops up again).
In some cases (like pairing with a PC or Mac), one device generates and
displays a passkey, which you then enter into the other device.
Your devices verify the passkey and pair. That’s all you have to do in
most cases — you now have a nice wireless Bluetooth connection set
up, and you’re ready to do whatever it is you want to do with Bluetooth
(like talk on your phone hands free!).
After you’ve paired two devices, they should be paired for good. The next
time you want to connect them, you should only have to go through
Steps 1 and 2 (maybe even just Step 1) and skip the whole passkey thing.
Bluetooth devices are supposed to mate for life (like penguins). Sometimes,
however, Bluetooth is a bit funky and things don’t work as you had planned.
Don’t be surprised if you have to repeat all these steps the next time you
want to connect. A great deal of work is going on to make Bluetooth more
user friendly, and making pairing easier and more consistent is the
primary focus.
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