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<revision pkgversion="3.8.2" date="2013-05-16" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-09" status="review"/>
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<desc>Pair Bluetooth devices.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="final"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Jim Campbell</name>
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<desc>Pair Bluetooth devices.</desc>
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<mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
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<mal:name>松澤 二郎</mal:name>
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<p>Click the system status area of the top bar.</p>
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<p>Select <gui>Bluetooth</gui>. The Bluetooth section of the menu will
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<p>Select <gui>Bluetooth Settings</gui> to open the panel.</p>
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<p>Make sure Bluetooth is enabled: the switch in the titlebar should be
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set to <gui>ON</gui>. With the panel open and the switch <gui>ON</gui>,
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your computer will begin searching for devices.</p>
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<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
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start typing <gui>Bluetooth</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click on <gui>Bluetooth</gui> to open the panel.</p>
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<p>Make sure Bluetooth is enabled: the switch at the top should be set to
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<gui>ON</gui>. With the panel open and the switch <gui>ON</gui>, your
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computer will begin searching for devices.</p>
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<p>Make the other Bluetooth device
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<link xref="bluetooth-visibility">discoverable or visible</link> and
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place it within 10 meters (about 33 feet) of your computer.</p>
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place it within 5-10 meters (about 16-33 feet) of your computer.</p>
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<p>Click the device in the <gui>Devices</gui> list. The panel for the
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<p>If required, confirm the PIN on your other device. The device should
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show you the PIN you see on your computer screen. Confirm the PIN on the
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device (you may need to click <gui>Pair</gui> or
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<gui>Confirm</gui>), then click <gui>Confirm</gui> on the computer.</p>
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device (you may need to click <gui>Pair</gui> or <gui>Confirm</gui>),
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then click <gui>Confirm</gui> on the computer.</p>
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<p>You need to finish your entry within about 20 seconds on most devices,
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or the connection will not be completed. If that happens, return to the
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device list and start again.</p>
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<p>A panel specific to the external device appears when the connection
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successfully completes. It may display additional options applicable to
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the type of device to which you're connecting. Select the desired options
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and click <gui>Done</gui>. The entry for the device in the
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<gui>Devices</gui> list will show a status of <gui>Connected</gui>.</p>
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<p>The entry for the device in the <gui>Devices</gui> list will show a
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<gui>Connected</gui> status.</p>
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<p>To edit the device, click on it in the <gui>Device</gui> list. You
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will see a panel specific to the device. It may display additional
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options applicable to the type of device to which you are connecting.</p>
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<p>Close the panel once you have changed the settings.</p>
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<p>When one or more Bluetooth devices are connected, the Bluetooth icon
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appears in the system status area.</p>
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<link xref="bluetooth-remove-connection">remove a Bluetooth connection</link>
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later if desired.</p>
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<p>To control sharing to your <file>Downloads</file> folder, refer to the
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<gui>Bluetooth Sharing</gui> settings. See
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<link xref="sharing-bluetooth"/>.</p>