User's Manual

Bluetooth Software Suite Users Manual
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Audio Gateway
Supported by the Headset profile, the local Audio
Gateway service makes it possible to transfer
sound between your computer and a Bluetooth
enabled headset. Your computer is used as a
“gateway” for the sound. The Audio Gateway
service can be used for a number of things. You
can for instance:
• Listen to music from MP3 and MIDI files or the
like. (In addition, on some computers, you can
listen to CDs using the CD-ROM drive.
However, for technical reasons this is not
possible on all computers).
• Participate in NetMeetings, using Microsoft
NetMeeting or a similar application.
• Use the computer like a phone in handsfree
mode.
In the following sections, we will first describe
each of the mentioned applications, or scenarios,
of the Audio Gateway service. We will then
provide instructions in how to establish an Audio
Gateway link, including enabling/disabling the
audio (sound).
Scenarios
This is how the Audio Gateway service works
in connection with music files:
When you open a music file, the sound is
transferred via a Bluetooth Audio Gateway link
from your computer to your Bluetooth enabled
headset. In other words, the Audio Gateway
service makes it possible to put on your headset,
open a music file, and listen ...
This is how the Audio Gateway service works
when used for NetMeetings:
The sound (the voices of the other participants in
the NetMeeting) reaches your computer from the
Internet or local Intranet. The sound is then
transferred via a Bluetooth Audio Gateway link
from your computer to your Bluetooth enabled
headset. This is how you get to hear the others'
voices. Your own voice is transferred in the