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<div class="hgroup pagewide"><h1 class="title"><span class="title">I cannot connect my Bluetooth device</span></h1></div>
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<p class="p">There are a number of reasons why you may not be able to connect to a
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<dt class="terms">Connection blocked or untrusted</dt>
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<dd class="terms"><p class="p">Some Bluetooth devices block connections by default, or require you to
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device is set up to allow connections.</p></dd>
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installed. Some Bluetooth adapters are not supported on Linux, so you may
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not be able to get the right drivers for them. In this case, you will
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probably have to get a different Bluetooth adapter.</p></dd>
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<dt class="terms">Adapter is not switched on</dt>
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<dd class="terms"><p class="p">Make sure that your Bluetooth adapter is switched on. Open the
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connect to, and that it is <span class="link"><a href="bluetooth-visibility.html.kn" title="What is Bluetooth visibility?">discoverable
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