User's Manual

Create a connection from My Bluetooth Places
1. From Windows Explorer, in the Folders pane, select My Bluetooth Places, and then
select View devices in range.
2. In the right pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click a device name, and then select
Discover Available Services.
If a prior service discovery was performed on the selected device, the services that were
found will be listed in the device’s shortcut menu.
If the selected device has added or reconfigured a service, or if the desired service is not
an option in the shortcut menu, select Discover Available Services to update the list of
services offered by the device.
Find Bluetooth devices
Search for Devices: Looks for Bluetooth devices in the vicinity and displays the devices
that it finds in My Bluetooth Places.
▲ To start a search for devices, in the Bluetooth Tasks pane of My Bluetooth Places,
select View devices in range.
NOTE: The Bluetooth menu is only visible when My Bluetooth Places is active.
Periodic Search for Devices: Bluetooth can be configured to search automatically for
devices on a regular basis.
1. Click My Bluetooth Places.
2. Under Bluetooth Tasks, click View or modify configuration.
3. Click the Discovery tab.
4. Check Look for other Bluetooth devices and click OK.
One of the advantages of Bluetooth is the mobility that the wireless connections allow.
However, mobility means that devices may move in or out of connection range during the
time between the automatic updates performed by Bluetooth. To be certain that the
displayed list of devices in the neighborhood is current, or if automatic periodic inquiry is
not enabled, force an update of the device list using the technique described in Search
for Devices, above.
Some devices within connection range may not show up in the list of devices found
because:
• The Bluetooth Configuration Discovery tab is set to Report only Selected Bluetooth
devices.
• The unlisted device is configured to be nondiscoverable. Refer to the unlisted device’s
documentation for assistance in making that device discoverable.
NOTE: If you enable the periodic search for devices feature you may experience
some performance degradation while the search is in process.
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