Use Bluetooth Headset and Headphones Services

A Bluetooth headset is equipped with both a speaker and a microphone and is generally used for the following activities:

• Having a hands-free Internet telephone conversation
• Making a voice recording
• Recording with a speech recognition program

Bluetooth headphones are primarily used for listening to high-fidelity stereophonic music.

A Bluetooth universal headset includes both stereo sound for listening to music, and monaural sound for voice calls.

Use a Bluetooth headset or headphones with this computer

To use a Bluetooth headset or headphones with this computer:

1. Display Bluetooth Operations and Settings for the device.
2. Click Connect next to: This computer is not connected to a Bluetooth headset (or your Blue­tooth stereo headphones).
3. On the other Bluetooth device, accept the connection, if necessary.

To stop using your headset or headphones with this computer, click Disconnect.

Configure whether your Bluetooth enabled hands-free device shows contact information and call logs

Some hands-free devices provide an LCD display to show caller ID information for incoming calls. If your device has this capability, and you use an Internet phone service such as Skype™ on your computer, then you can configure whether the headset displays contact and call information for calls received on this computer.

To configure whether the hands-free device shows contact information and call logs for calls made on this computer:

1. Display Bluetooth Operations and Settings for the device.
2. Click Headset type and select one of the following”
• My hands-free device does not have a display
• My hands-free device can display contact and/or call information
If you select this option, you can choose Do not allow hands-free device to display information if you do not want it to display such information for calls made through this computer. The headset will continue to display this information when connected to other devices such as your phone.
3. Click Apply.

Set whether authorization is required to connect to your Bluetooth headset or headphones

For some Bluetooth devices, you may want to require the user of this computer to authorize any operation before it can proceed. This prevents the device from connecting without the approval of the user. For other Bluetooth devices, you may want to connect without authorization.

To set whether authorization is required:

1. Display Bluetooth Operations and Settings for the device.
2. Click Authorization Options and select the preferred option:
• If you click Require confirmation for all operations to and from my computer, then when the other device connects to this computer to use a Bluetooth service, this computer will prompt you to allow or deny the connection.
• If you click Always allow this computer to connect for all operations, then the other device will connect directly without requiring authorization.
3. Click Apply.