world’s geeks for one simple reason: It’s way too complicated to pair the earpiece
(or car) with the phone.
So what’s pairing? That’s the system of “marrying” a phone to a Bluetooth earpiece,
so that each works only with the other. If you didn’t do this pairing,
then some other guy passing on the sidewalk might hear your conversation
through his earpiece. And you probably wouldn’t like that.
The pairing process is different for every cellphone and every Bluetooth earpiece.
Usually it involves a sequence like this:
➊ On the earpiece, turn on Bluetooth. Make the earpiece discoverable.
Discoverable just means that your phone can “see” it. You’ll have to
consult the earpiece’s instructions to learn how to do so.
➋ On the iPhone, tap HomeÆSettingsÆGeneralÆBluetooth. Turn
Bluetooth to On. The iPhone immediately begins searching for nearby Bluetooth equipment. If all goes well, you’ll see the name of your earpiece
show up on the screen.
➌ Tap the earpiece’s name. Type in the passcode. The passcode is a
number, usually four or six digits, that must be typed into the phone
within about a minute. You have to enter this only once, during the initial
pairing process. The idea is to prevent some evildoer sitting nearby in
the airport waiting lounge, for example, to secretly pair his earpiece with
your iPhone.
The user manual for your earpiece should tell you what the passcode is.
When you’re using a Bluetooth earpiece, you dial using the iPhone itself. You
generally use the iPhone’s own volume controls, too. You generally press a
button on the earpiece itself to answer an incoming call, to swap Call Waiting
calls, and to end a call.
If you’re having any problems making a particular earpiece work, Google it.
Type “iPhone Motorola H800 earpiece,” for example. Chances are good that
you’ll find a writeup by somebody who’s worked through the setup and made
it work.
