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Connecting a Bluetooth headset for the first time, Turning hands-free or stereo music capability off

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70 Bluetooth 4. Tap Always or choose a time limit for your phone's Bluetooth visibility. After setting your phone to be discoverable, you'll see the Bluetooth visible icon in the status bar. To disable discoverable mode on your phone, go to Settings > Wireless controls > Bluetooth settings, tap Discoverable, and then select Invisible. Connecting a Bluetooth headset for the first time Listen to music using a Bluetooth stereo headset, or have hands-free conversations using a compatible Bluetooth headset. 1. Turn on the Bluetooth headset and make sure that it is set to discoverable mode. To find out how to set it to discoverable mode, see the documentation that came with the headset. 2. On your phone, turn Bluetooth on. (See "Turning Bluetooth on or off" in this chapter). 3. On the Wireless controls screen, tap Bluetooth settings. 4. Press OPTIONS and then tap Scan. Your phone starts searching for Bluetooth devices within range and displays all detected devices. 5. Tap the name of the headset. 6. Enter the passcode supplied with your headset. You can try "0000" as the passcode. If that does not work, look for the correct passcode in the headset documentation. Your phone then tries to connect to the headset. After it's connected, you'll see the name of your headset in your phone's Bluetooth device list. The steps for connecting your phone with a computer or another phone that has Bluetooth are just about the same as connecting to a Bluetooth headset. One difference is, you can specify your own passcode to use for connecting, and the same passcode needs to be entered in the computer or other phone. Turning hands-free or stereo music capability off If what you're using is a Bluetooth stereo headset, you'll see the icon on the main Home screen's status bar and on the lock screen, which means that you can use your headset both for listening to music and for hands-free phone conversations. You can choose to use your headset purely for listening to music or only for hands-free phone conversations, if you want to. 1. From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS, and then tap Settings > Wireless controls > Bluetooth settings > Bluetooth device list. 2. Tap the name of your headset.

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Bluetooth
4.
Tap
Always
or choose a time limit for your phone’s Bluetooth visibility.
After setting your phone to be discoverable, you’ll see the Bluetooth visible icon
in
the status bar.
To disable discoverable mode on your phone, go to
Settings
>
Wireless controls
>
Bluetooth
settings
, tap
Discoverable
, and then select
Invisible
.
Connecting a Bluetooth headset for the first time
Listen to music using a Bluetooth stereo headset, or have hands-free conversations using a
compatible Bluetooth headset.
1.
Turn on the Bluetooth headset and make sure that it is set to discoverable mode.
To find out how to set it to discoverable mode, see the documentation that came with
the headset.
2.
On your phone, turn Bluetooth on. (See “Turning Bluetooth on or off” in this chapter).
3.
On the Wireless controls screen, tap
Bluetooth settings
.
4.
Press OPTIONS and then tap
Scan
.
Your phone starts searching for Bluetooth devices within range and displays all
detected devices.
5.
Tap the name of the headset.
6.
Enter the passcode supplied with your headset.
You can try “0000” as the passcode. If that does not work, look for the correct passcode in the
headset documentation.
Your phone then tries to connect to the headset. After it’s connected, you’ll see the name of
your headset in your phone’s Bluetooth device list.
The steps for connecting your phone with a computer or another phone that has Bluetooth are
just about the same as connecting to a Bluetooth headset. One difference is, you can specify
your own passcode to use for connecting, and the same passcode needs to be entered in the
computer or other phone.
Turning hands-free or stereo music capability off
If what you’re using is a Bluetooth stereo headset, you’ll see the
icon on the main Home
screen’s status bar and on the lock screen, which means that you can use your headset both
for listening to music and for hands-free phone conversations.
You can choose to use your headset purely for listening to music or only for hands-free
phone conversations, if you want to.
1.
From the main Home screen, press OPTIONS, and then tap
Settings > Wireless
controls > Bluetooth settings > Bluetooth device list
.
2.
Tap the name of your headset.