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10.2 Bluetooth Partnerships

A Bluetooth partnership is a relationship that you create between your phone and another Bluetooth-enabled device in order to exchange information in a secure manner.

Creating a Bluetooth partnership

1.On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, and then tap Wireless controls > Bluetooth.

2.Tap the Settings tab ( ), and then tap Add a device.

. Tap a Bluetooth device to connect with.

. Specify a passcode, which can be 1 up to 16 characters, to establish a secure connection, and then tap OK.

Note Your phone uses Bluetooth 2.1 with Secure Simple Pairing feature. If the other Bluetooth device you are pairing with also supports the same feature, the passcode will be automatically created and displayed on both your phone and the other Bluetooth device. Both you and other party simply need to verify that the passcode is the same and tap Yes to establish the partnership.

. After the receiving party accepts the partnership, the Bluetooth

device name is shown on your screen, including all Bluetooth services that you can use with it. Select the check boxes of the Bluetooth services you want to use, and then tap Done.

. If you selected to use the Bluetooth Serial Port service of the paired device, select a local serial port to assign for the paired device, and then tap Continue.

When you tap Menu > Wireless controls > Bluetooth on the Home screen’s Settings tab, you will see the connected Bluetooth device

listed in the Devices tab ( ).

Tip Tap Properties to change the paired device name. Tap Menu > Update to update the list of services that you can use with the paired device.

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HTC NMRHOD00 user manual Bluetooth Partnerships, Creating a Bluetooth partnership