{"id":45682,"date":"2013-09-17T20:07:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T20:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=45682"},"modified":"2013-09-17T20:07:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T20:07:13","slug":"10-tips-for-fixing-bluetooth-pairing-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/10-tips-for-fixing-bluetooth-pairing-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips for Fixing Bluetooth Pairing Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3>10 Tips for Fixing Bluetooth Pairing Problems<\/h3>\n<p>by Christina DesMarais for Techlicious<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">Bluetooth is a technological wonder when it works right. Use these 10 tips to troubleshoot your Bluetooth pairing problems.&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Bluetooth is a popular method of wirelessly transferring data between two devices such as your phone and your headphones, your media player and a speaker, or your iPad and a keyboard. It\u2019s one of the most widely used wireless technology in the world, according to Suke Jawanda, chief marketing officer for the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. He says about 2.5 billion Bluetooth products will ship this year alone, and that number will likely double within the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>Bluetooth is all great when it works. But if you\u2019re someone who likes to play around with these kinds of connected gadgets, you know it can be frustrating when there\u2019s a hang-up pairing the two. Here are some common causes of pairing problems as well as advice on what you can do about them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Bluetooth pairings fail<\/strong><br \/>\nBluetooth depends on both hardware and software to work properly. Manufacturers such as Apple and Microsoft are increasingly including radios that speak the Bluetooth 4.0 language in their new hardware. But if you have a device \u2014 say, a two-year-old phone \u2014 that lacks this newer kind of radio, you won\u2019t be able to connect with devices that only support Bluetooth 4.0.<\/p>\n<p>When I recently tested a slew of sport watches, my Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which has a Bluetooth 3.0 radio, couldn\u2019t connect with the Mio Alpha, an innovative device that monitors your heart rate without the need for a chest strap. My husband\u2019s iPhone 5 was able communicate with the Mio Alpha, however, because every iPhone since the iPhone 4S is Bluetooth Smart Ready.<\/p>\n<p>The good news, Jawanda tells me, is that most phones that have shipped over the last 18 months have a dual radio that communicates with Bluetooth Smart Ready devices as well as those equipped for previous versions of Bluetooth. So if your current phone isn\u2019t Bluetooth Smart Ready, your next one probably will be.<\/p>\n<p>But even if my phone did have the right kind of radio for Bluetooth 4.0, my current operating system, Android 4.2.2, doesn\u2019t support Bluetooth Smart. Android users won&#8217;t be able to use Bluetooth 4.0 until they get Android 4.3 (assuming they have the right hardware). \u2028<\/p>\n<p>Devices also come with specific Bluetooth profiles. If Bluetooth is the common language connecting devices, you can think of a profile as a dialect associated with a certain use. For example, you probably aren&#8217;t going to be able to connect a mouse and a camera because a camera doesn\u2019t support the Human Interface Device Profile. But if both a mobile phone and a wireless headset support the Hands-Free Profile, you should be able to pair them.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the pairing failure is a matter of user error, there are steps you can take to get your devices happily communicating with each other.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techlicious.com\/how-to\/how-to-fix-bluetooth-pairing-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for 10 Bluethooth Pairing Troubleshooting Tips:<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This excerpt appears with the permission of Techlicious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bluetooth150.jpg\" alt=\"bluetooth150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-45685\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bluetooth is a technological wonder when it works right. 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