User Guide

Getting Connected 171
To beam information from your device to a computer
1. Turn on Bluetooth on your device, and make your device visible. For
information about this, see “To turn Bluetooth on and make your device
visible”.
2. Set Bluetooth on your computer to visible mode, create a Bluetooth
partnership, then enable your computer to receive Bluetooth beams.
Note If the Bluetooth adapter or dongle on your computer was installed using
a third-party provided driver, open the Bluetooth software that came
with the Bluetooth adapter/dongle and enable the adapter/dongle
to be discovered by other devices. Refer to the Bluetooth adapter’s
documentation for more information.
If your computer has Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2 and your
computer’s Bluetooth adapter is supported by your Windows version, do
the following steps:
a. On your computer, open Bluetooth Devices from the Control
Panel, then click the Options
tab on the Bluetooth Devices
window.
b. For Windows Vista, select Allow Bluetooth devices to find this
computer
.
For Windows XP, select Turn discovery on and Allow Bluetooth
devices to connect to this computer.
c. Create a Bluetooth partnership between your device and computer.
For information about creating a partnership, see “Bluetooth
partnerships”.
d. In the Options
tab of Bluetooth Devices, select Show the
Bluetooth icon in the notification area
.
e. To enable your computer to receive Bluetooth beams, right-click
the Bluetooth icon
in the notification area at the bottom-right
corner of your computer screen and select Receive a File. You are
now ready to beam.
3. On your device, select an item to beam. The item can be an
appointment in your calendar, a task, a contact card, or a file.
4. To beam a contact, tap Menu > Send Contact > Beam.
To beam other types of information, tap Menu > Beam
[type of
item
].