User Guide
Note: In order to tether your tablet to a Bluetooth enabled device, your smartphone must have a data plan that supports
tethering, and your wireless service provider must allow tethering.Your smartphone must also be Bluetooth enabled, and the
IT policy for Bluetooth DUN must be enabled. For more information about any of these requirements, contact your wireless
service provider or administrator, check your wireless service plan, and consult the documentation that came with your
smartphone.
1. On your tablet, tap > Internet Tethering.
2. Select a Bluetooth enabled smartphone from the list.
3. To assign an Internet tethering profile, do one of the following:
• Select a wireless service provider from the list.
• To create a custom profile, tap Add and complete the fields.
4. Tap Connect.
When you are not using the tethering connection, you should disconnect the session. To disconnect, tap
> Internet
Tethering > Disconnect.
While your smartphone is tethered to your tablet, you might not be able to use your smartphone's Phone application,
Messaging applications, or applications that use the Internet. To receive a phone call, your smartphone might turn off the
tethered internet connection. In addition, when your tablet is tethered to a smartphone, you cannot send messages from your
tablet to the tethered smartphone.
Share files between your computer and tablet using Wi-Fi
Want an easy way to connect your BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet for easy file sharing? By using the file-sharing option with Wi-
Fi®, you can drag and drop documents, pictures, videos, music, and other files from your computer to your tablet. If you set a
password to help protect your files, you are prompted to enter it before you can move files between your tablet and your
computer.
1. On your tablet, tap
> Storage and Sharing.
2. Set the Wi-Fi Sharing switch to On.
3. To set a password to help protect your files, tap Password.
4. On your tablet, tap
> About.
5. In the drop-down list, tap Network and make note of the USB IPv4 address for your tablet.
6. Do one of the following:
• If your computer uses a Windows® operating system, click Start > Run. Type your tablet IP address in the following
format: \\xx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
• If your computer uses a Mac operating system, select Go > Connect to Server. Type your tablet IP address in the
following format: smb://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
7. Drag a file from a location on your computer to a folder on your tablet.
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