HTC Touch Pro Verizon Hotfix to enhance the security mechanism of Bluetooth se - Page 88

Bluetooth Modes

Get HTC Touch Pro Verizon PDF manuals and user guides View all HTC Touch Pro Verizon manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 88 highlights

88 Bluetooth 9.1 Bluetooth Modes Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology. Devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information over a distance of about eight meters without requiring a physical connection. Bluetooth on your device operates in three different modes: • On. Bluetooth is turned on. Your device can detect other Bluetooth-enabled devices, but not vice versa. • Visible. Bluetooth is turned on, and all other Bluetooth-enabled devices can detect your device. • Off. Bluetooth is turned off. In this mode, you can neither send nor receive information using Bluetooth. Notes • By default, Bluetooth is turned off. If you turn it on, then turn off your device, Bluetooth also turns off. When you turn on your device again, Bluetooth automatically turns on. • Turn off Bluetooth when not in use to conserve battery power, or in places where using a wireless device is prohibited, such as on board an aircraft and in hospitals. Supported Profiles Your device supports the following Bluetooth profiles: GAP (generic access profile) SPP (serial port profile) OPP (object push profile) GOEP (generic object exchange profile) ActiveSync-Over-Bluetooth (legacy application via SPP) HSP (headset profile) HFP 1.5 (handsfree profile) A2DP (advanced audio distribution profile) AVRCP (audio/video remote control profile) HID (human interface device profile) Service discovery application profile FTP (file transfer profile) BPP (basic printing profile) PAN (personal area networking profile) PBAP (phone book access profile) Internet sharing To turn Bluetooth on and make your device visible 1. On your device, tap Start > Settings > Connections tab > Bluetooth > Mode tab. 2. Select the Turn on Bluetooth and Make this device visible to other devices check boxes. 3. Tap OK. The Title bar will show to indicate that the device is in Visible mode. To turn off Bluetooth visibility after a certain period of time You can automatically turn off Bluetooth visibility after a specified period of time. 1. On your device, tap Start > Settings > Connections tab > Bluetooth > Timeout tab. 2. In Turn off Visible mode, select the time before your device's Bluetooth visibility turns off. Tap OK.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
88  Bluetooth
9.1 Bluetooth Modes
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology. Devices with Bluetooth capabilities can 
exchange information over a distance of about eight meters without requiring a physical connection.
Bluetooth on your device operates in three different modes:
On
. Bluetooth is turned on. Your device can detect other Bluetooth-enabled devices, but not vice versa.
Visible
. Bluetooth is turned on, and all other Bluetooth-enabled devices can detect your device.
Off
. Bluetooth is turned off. In this mode, you can neither send nor receive information using Bluetooth.
Notes
•
By default, Bluetooth is turned off. If you turn it on, then turn off your device, Bluetooth also turns off. When you 
turn on your device again, Bluetooth automatically turns on.
•
Turn off Bluetooth when not in use to conserve battery power, or in places where using a wireless device is 
prohibited, such as on board an aircraft and in hospitals.
Supported Profiles
Your device supports the following Bluetooth profiles: 
GAP (generic access profile)
AVRCP (audio/video remote control profile)
SPP (serial port profile)
HID (human interface device profile)
OPP (object push profile)
Service discovery application profile
GOEP (generic object exchange profile)
FTP (file transfer profile)
ActiveSync-Over-Bluetooth (legacy application via SPP)
BPP (basic printing profile)
HSP (headset profile)
PAN (personal area networking profile)
HFP 1.5 (handsfree profile)
PBAP (phone book access profile)
A±DP (advanced audio distribution profile)
Internet sharing
To turn Bluetooth on and make your device visible
On your device, tap 
Start > Settings > Connections
tab 
> Bluetooth >
Mode
tab.
Select the 
Turn on Bluetooth
and 
Make this device visible to other devices
check boxes.
Tap 
OK
. The Title bar will show 
to indicate that the device is in Visible mode. 
To turn off Bluetooth visibility after a certain period of time
You can automatically turn off Bluetooth visibility after a specified period of time.
On your device, tap 
Start > Settings > Connections
tab 
> Bluetooth >
Timeout
tab.
In 
Turn off Visible mode
, select the time before your device’s Bluetooth visibility turns off. Tap 
OK
.
•
•
•
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.