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<div class="hgroup pagewide"><h1 class="title"><span class="title">Connect your computer to a Bluetooth device</span></h1></div>
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<p class="p">Before you can use a Bluetooth device like a mouse or a headset, you first
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need to connect your computer to the device. This is also called
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<span class="em">pairing</span> the Bluetooth devices.</p>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Open the <span class="gui"><a href="shell-introduction.html.hi#activities" title="Activities overview">Activities</a></span> overview and
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start typing <span class="gui">Bluetooth</span>.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Click on <span class="gui">Bluetooth</span> to open the panel.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Make sure Bluetooth is enabled: the switch at the top should be set to
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on. With the panel open and the switch on, your computer will begin
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searching for devices.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Make the other Bluetooth device
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place it within 5-10 meters (about 16-33 feet) of your computer.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Click the device in the <span class="gui">Devices</span> list. The panel for the
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device will open.</p></li>
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<p class="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 <span class="gui">Pair</span> or <span class="gui">Confirm</span>),
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then click <span class="gui">Confirm</span> on the computer.</p>
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<p class="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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<li class="steps"><p class="p">The entry for the device in the <span class="gui">Devices</span> list will show a
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<span class="gui">Connected</span> status.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">To edit the device, click on it in the <span class="gui">Devices</span> 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></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Close the panel once you have changed the settings.</p></li>
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<div class="media media-image floatend"><div class="inner"><img src="figures/bluetooth-symbolic.svg" class="media media-block" alt="The Bluetooth icon on the top bar"></div></div>
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<p class="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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<a href="bluetooth.html.hi" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a><span class="desc"> — Connect to devices over Bluetooth to transfer files or use
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<a href="sharing-bluetooth.html.hi" title="Control sharing over Bluetooth">Control sharing over Bluetooth</a><span class="desc"> — Allow files to be uploaded to your computer over Bluetooth.</span>
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<a href="bluetooth-remove-connection.html.hi" title="Disconnect a Bluetooth device">Disconnect a Bluetooth device</a><span class="desc"> — Remove a device from the list of Bluetooth devices.</span>
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