HTC RHOD210 user manual Bluetooth Partnerships, To create a Bluetooth partnership

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4.Tap the drop-down menu and then select Always Visible.

Note If you select Visible for 60 seconds, Bluetooth visibility will turn off automatically when the time elapses and your device has not yet connected to another Bluetooth device.

5.Tap Done. The icon then appears in the title bar to indicate that the device is in visible mode.

Tip To easily switch Bluetooth off or back on, open the Comm Manager and then tap Bluetooth’s OFF/ON slider. Your device remembers whether visible mode was previously enabled or disabled. If you did not disable visible mode, switching Bluetooth on in the Comm Manager also puts your device in visible mode automatically. For more information about using the Comm Manager, see Chapter 13.

9.2 Bluetooth Partnerships

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

To create a Bluetooth partnership

1.On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, tap Communications, and then tap Bluetooth.

2.On the Settings tab ( ), tap Add a device.

3.Tap a Bluetooth device to connect with.

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

Note Your device 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 devices. Both you and other party simply need to verify that the passcode is the same and tap Yes to establish the partnership.