User's Manual

Bluetooth Networking Overview
Bluetooth wireless technology lets you make short-range (within a distance of 10 meters) wireless
connections between your computer and other Bluetooth enabled devices, eliminating the need for
cables. Because Bluetooth communications are broadcast over the air, Bluetooth devices exchange
PIN codes and encryption to verify identity and provide security against the interception of sensitive
data. Bluetooth functionality on your computer is enabled by the Bluetooth network adapter that is
installed on your computer.
Types of Bluetooth enabled devices you can use with your Bluetooth enabled computer include:
• Audio headsets and headphones
• Human interface devices such as a mouse, ke
y
board, or
g
ame controller
• Mobile phones
• Other computers
• Smart
p
hones and PDAs
• Media players
• Di
g
ital cameras
• Printers
When you pair with another Bluetooth enabled device, your computer discovers the services that the
device provides. These services determine the things you can do with the device. Here are some of
the potential things you can do with various Bluetooth enabled devices:
Audio headsets
• Use for Internet tele
p
hone calls and instant messa
g
in
g
.
• Listen to audio or use for voice playback or recording.
• Listen to music.
Mobile phones
• Use
y
our
p
hone to connect
y
our com
p
uter to the Internet.
• Use your computer as a speakerphone for your mobile phone.
Computers
• Play audio stored on or played from your computer through another computer.
• Pla
y
audio stored on another com
p
uter throu
g
h
y
our com
p
uter.
• Send Personal Information Manager (PIM) items to another computer.
• Receive PIM items from another computer.
• Back u
p
Contacts and Calendar folders from another com
p
uter to
y
our com
p
uter.
• Restore the backed-up Contacts and Calendar folders to the other computer.
• S
y
nchronize Contacts, Calendars, Mail, and Notes folders.
• Send data, text, pictures, music, and other files to another computer.
• Receive data, text,
p
ictures, music, and other files from another com
p
ute
r
.
Smartphones, PDAs
• Play audio stored on your smartphone or PDA through your computer.
• Send Personal Information Mana
g
er
(
PIM
)
items to
y
our smart
p
hone or PDA.
• Receive PIM items from your smartphone or PDA.
• Back u
p
Contacts and Calendar folders on
y
our smart
p
hone or PDA to
y
our com
p
uter.
• Restore the backed-up Contacts and Calendar folders to your smartphone or PDA.
• S
y
nchronize Contacts, Calendars, Mail, and Notes folders.
• Send data, text, pictures, music, and other files to your smartphone or PDA.
• Receive data, text,
p
ictures, music, and other files from
y
our smart
p
hone or PDA.
Media players
• Play audio stored on your media player through your computer.
Digital cameras