How To Link Your Cell Phone To Your Bluetooth Headset

April 1st, 2008 by admin

When I worked with cell phones this was one of the most common questions of all - and yet the easiest to resolve.

So let’s take you through a simple guide to linking (or “pairing”) your cell phone and Bluetooth headset.

Basically what we are going to do is play an electronic version of find and seek. We’re going to get your headset to say “come and find me!” then your cell phone to search for him and track him down.

OK, let’s get prepared. Best have your manuals for your cell phone and headset to hand as each model is slightly different and you might get stuck part way.

Here are the steps:

1) Turn the Bluetooth on your cell phone on.

Typically this will either be in a “Tools” or “Settings” menu. Taking my Samsung as an example, I open the menu, select “Organizer And Tools” and there 4 options down is Bluetooth. I go into this menu and notice by “Activation” it says “Off”. I need it to be on, so I toggle it with the menu button. It says says “On” and that’s stage 1 complete.

2) Prepare You Cell Phone To Search

Still within the Bluetooth menu look either for an option called “Search For Devices” (or similar) or look my “My Devices”. Taking my Samsung again I select the “My Devices” option and inside that menu there is an option to “Search New Device”. Basically where we end is in such a place that you can just click an option and your handset will start “looking” for any Bluetooth-enalbed device within range.

3) Put Your Headset In Pairing Mode

By putting your headset in pairing mode, it is essentially sending out a message so your cell phone can locate it and create the necessary link between the two. This differs greatly between headsets but generally involves pushing in and then holding down one or more buttons. You’ll know it’s right because the lights will change - typically rather than an ocassional blue flash you will get alternate red and blue flashing lights. When you see this, you’re ready.

4) Begin The Search

Your Bluetooth headset will only remain in pairing mode for a matter of 30 seconds of less (which is why we did that last) so quickly press the search option on your handset and within a few moments you should find the name of your Bluetooth headset appear on the screen. Wait till your phone has finsihed searching then highlight and select your headset on the screen. If you phone asks you for a password to link the two devices simply enter 0000 and that should work.

All done!

You should now be able to pop your headset on and make a call without holding your cell phone! You should onlt need to do this once and your phone and headset will continue to recignise each other when in range in the future.

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