
154 Chapter 10 : Web and wireless connections
Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off
Do one of the following:
• Open Bluetooth and tap On or Off.
• From any screen: Open the connection menu, tap Bluetooth and tap
Turn on Bluetooth or Turn off Bluetooth.
Make a pairing request to another device
BEFORE YOU BEGIN The other device must be discoverable in order to
appear on your smartphone's Devices list. Check the documentation that
came with the other device for information on making it discoverable.
You can make a pairing request to a Bluetooth audio device such as a
headset, car kit or A2DP (stereo Bluetooth) device, or to a webOS tablet.
1 Open Bluetooth .
2 Make sure Bluetooth is on (see Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off).
3 Tap Add device.
4 Tap the Type field, and tap Audio, Keyboard or Other to filter the list
of discoverable Bluetooth devices.
5 Tap a device name.
6 If you are pairing your smartphone with a car kit that supports
Contacts and SMS access, you are asked if you want to allow the
car kit to access your contacts and text messages. Tap Allow to pass
phone numbers from Contacts and text messages to your car kit. If
you tap Deny, you can still turn these settings on at any time (see
Forward contact phone numbers or text messages to a car kit).
7 If a passkey is not required, pairing is complete when the Devices list
appears. If a passkey is required, do one of the following.
• An automatically generated passkey appears on the passkey
screen: Check the other device screen to verify that the passkey is
correct and tap Yes, connect to connect.
• The screen displays a passkey generated by your smartphone:
Enter the displayed passkey on the other device.
• The screen prompts you to enter a passkey: Check the
documentation that came with the other device to see if there's a
required passkey. If so, enter that passkey on your smartphone. If
not, make up a passkey and enter it on both devices.
Accept a pairing request from another device
To establish the relationship between your smartphone and another
device, the Bluetooth app must be open, the app window must be
maximised and Bluetooth must be turned on. After you successfully
establish the relationship with the other device, however, the Bluetooth
app doesn't need to be open to use the Bluetooth connection, but
Bluetooth must be turned on.
1 Open Bluetooth .
2 Make sure Bluetooth is on (see Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off).
3 Initiate a pairing from the other device.
4 When the connection request appears, tap Yes, allow.
5 If a passkey is not required, pairing is complete when the Devices list
appears. If a passkey screen appears, do one of the following:
• An automatically generated passkey appears on the passkey
screen: Check the other device screen to verify that the passkey is
correct and tap Yes, connect to connect.
• The screen displays a passkey generated by your smartphone:
Enter the displayed passkey on the other device.
TIP You can also open the Bluetooth app by opening the connection menu,
tapping Bluetooth and tapping Bluetooth Preferences.
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