Bluetooth - pairing your W810i handset

Alistair Warmington

The advantage of pairing is that it gives you the chance to communicate with a paired device via Bluetooth straight away

Pairing your W810i with another device makes connecting with it via Bluetooth a much quicker and easier process

Not every action involving Bluetooth requires your handset to be paired with the other device, but pairing does make it much more convenient and easy if you connect with something often.

The advantage of pairing is that it gives you the chance to communicate with a paired device straight away without waiting for a search for Bluetooth devices to find it.

By pairing your handset, you can also keep your phone invisible and still communicate with other Bluetooth devices.

To pair your handset with another Bluetooth device, such as a computer, mobile phone or headset, you’ll need to ensure that Bluetooth is switched on visible on both devices. Consult the other Bluetooth device’s manual for information on how to prepare it for pairing.

Enter the main menu by pressing the centre button and highlight the Settings icon and press Select (see figure 1).

Scroll right to the Connectivity tab and press Select to enter the Bluetooth menu (see figure 2).

Scroll down to My Devices and press Select, Now press Add, and OK to start searching for other Bluetooth devices (see figure 3).

The search shouldn’t take more than a minute and you should quickly see your other Bluetooth device named in the list. To begin pairing, highlight the device’s name and press Select (see figure 4).

You will be prompted to enter a four-digit code of your choice to pair the device. This is a rudimentary security tool and it prevents another device from accepting pairing if it doesn’t have the same code (see figure 5).

When pairing with a computer, you’ll be prompted to enter the same code as you entered on the handset to complete the pairing process.

If you’re pairing your handset with a headset, which obviously doesn’t have a keypad to enter a code in with, consult with the manual to find out which code is needed to complete pairing.

If in doubt, try ‘0000’ or ‘1234’ as these are the standard codes used by the majority of Bluetooth device manufacturers.

Once the code has been confirmed, pairing will complete and from now on the device’s name will always appear in the My devices section of the Bluetooth menu.