Monday, May 11th, 2009
If you’ve ever had a car kit fitted, chances are that the engineer who fitted it paired your phone to it for you and it ‘just worked’ without you having to do anything to set it up. The only downside to this of course, is when you upgrade your phone you’re left with a car kit thats looking for an old phone, and a new phone that can’t find the car kit.
If you’re anything like me, user manuals get thrown in the back of a drawer, never to be seen again, so figuring out how to get your new phone to work with your car kit could be quite a challenge. To help you out, I’ve put a quick guide together on how to pair your phone with Nokia’s most recent car kits. So as long as you know how to search for Bluetooth devices on your phone you should get connected again in no time at all.
You’ll find instructions below on how to pair your phone with the following car kits: CK-7W, CK-15, CK-20, CK-100, CK-300, CK-600 and Nokia 616.
Nokia CK-7W:
1. Switch on the Nokia CK-7W Car Kit.
2. Activate Bluetooth on your phone, and search for Bluetooth devices.
3. Select Advanced Car Kit from the list of Bluetooth devices found.
4. When prompted, key in the Bluetooth passkey 0000.
Your phone has now been paired with the Car Kit and is ready for use.
Nokia CK-15:
If you are having problems with your Nokia CK-15 car kit, Software updates are available to download from the Nokia Support Site.
1. Switch on your phone and the car kit.
2. Press the Navi wheel in the standby mode, and select Bluetooth > Pair with phone.
3. Activate Bluetooth on your phone, and search for Bluetooth devices.
4. Select the CK-15 from the list of discovered devices.
5. On your phone, enter the Bluetooth passkey shown on the car kit display to pair and connect the car kit to your phone.
Your phone has now been paired with the Car Kit and is ready for use.
Nokia CK-20:
1. Switch on the device and the car kit.
2. Activate Bluetooth on your phone, and search for Bluetooth devices.
3. Select the car kit from the list of found devices.
4. Enter the Bluetooth passkey 0000 to pair and connect the car kit to your phone.
Your phone has now been paired with the Car Kit and is ready for use.
Nokia CK-100:
If you are having problems with your Nokia CK-100 car kit, Software updates are available to download from the Nokia Support Site.
1. Switch on the car kit and your mobile phone or music device.
2. Activate Bluetooth on your phone, and search for Bluetooth devices.
3. Select the Nokia CK-100 from the list of found devices.
4. Enter the Bluetooth passkey 0000 to pair and connect the Ck-100with your phone.
Your phone has now been paired with the CK-100 and is ready for use.
If you want to pair and connect a music device that supports the A2DP Bluetooth profile, disconnect the car kit from your phone if the phone supports the A2DP profile. If you are connecting a music device with out a keypad, it needs to have a default passkey of 0000. If this is not the case, see the user guide of your device to change the default Bluetooth passkey to 0000.
Nokia CK-300:
If you are have a Nokia phone running S60 Software (mainly N-Series) you can download the car kit application for your phone from the Nokia Support Site.
1. Switch on the device and the car kit.
2. Activate Bluetooth on your phone, and search for Bluetooth devices.
3. Select the CK-300 from the list of discovered devices.
4. Enter the Bluetooth passkey 0000 to pair and connect the CK-300 to your phone.
Your phone has now been paired with the Car Kit and is ready for use.
Nokia CK-600:
1. Switch on the car kit and your phone or music player.
2. Press the wheel in the standby mode, and select Bluetooth > Paired devices > Pair new device.
3. Activate Bluetooth on your phone, and search for Bluetooth devices.
4. Select the car kit (Nokia Nokia CK-600) from the list of found devices on your phone. The Passkey 0000 is shown on the car kit display.
5. Enter the passkey 0000 into your phone to pair and connect with the CK-600.
Your phone has now been paired with the Car Kit and is ready for use.
If you want to pair and connect a music player that supports the A2DP Bluetooth profile, disconnect the car kit from your phone if the phone supports the A2DP Bluetooth profile.
Nokia 616:
The Nokia 616 is an advanced car kit and the pairing process is a little more complex than the car kits listed above. To find out how to pair your phone with this kit, you will need to consult the online Nokia 616 User Guide.
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Tags: Bluetooth, CK-100, CK-15, CK-20, CK-300, CK-600, CK-7W, Nokia, Nokia 616, Pairing,
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
As more and more of us are using our mobiles as our MP3 and Video players, and while the headphones that come in the box aren’t bad, they’re never the best. We’ve already put together a Headphone Buyers Guide, but what if you want to leave the wires behind and get yourself a set of Bluetooth Headphones? Well, to help you decide, here’s our top ten Bluetooth Headphones & Stereo Bluetooth Headsets.
Sony Ericsson HBH-IS800 Bluetooth Headphones:These are without doubt my favourite Bluetooth Headphones, hence they’re at number 1 in my top ten. Although it still has a wire, the IS-800 is pretty much the only headset that doesn’t feature a fairly bulky control unit. Instead this has a small, simple in-line control that allows you to answer and end calls. Battery life is impressive at upto 270 hours – especially considering how small this headset is! The only slight downside is that the IS-800 doesn’t have any music controls on, so you will need to control your music on your phone.
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Email on mobile phones is becoming a pretty standard feature, but the one thing that still puts me off emailing on a traditional handset, is having to type (a sometimes lengthy) email using the mobile phone keypad. Predictive texting and phones with half/full qwerty keyboards do make this a little easier, but its still not the same as having a proper, full sized keyboard.
The good news for Nokia owners is that if you have a handset that runs on S60 (think Nokia N95, N96, 5800 etc..) you can use a full size Bluetooth keyboard with your phone. Officially this isn’t supported on all phones, but un-officially all Symbian 60 devices are supported!
Now obviously if you’re walking down the street trying to email, this is going to be of no use to you what so ever, but what if you’re out of the office and need to reply to that email or maybe you’ve plugged your phone in to the TV to watch back your photo’s and want to be able to control your phone remotely?
We’ve put together a short guide that tells you how you can set up your phone to work with almost any Bluetooth keyboard. Read More…
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
UPDATE: Apple have confirmed that the iPhone 3.0 software update will be available to download on the 17th June and will be free for iPhone users and there will be a small charge for iPod Touch users. More Information
In case you may have missed it, yesterday, Apple announced a new version of its iPhone software (iPhone 3.0) that also runs on the iPod touch. While a lot of the new features will only be available on the iPhone, there are a few new features that will make it onto the iPod Touch.
Applications will be smarter and able to do more, Copy & Paste will be added for email, but probably the most exciting addition to the iPod Touch (and iPhone 3G) is the introduction of Stereo Bluetooth that will allow you to listen to your music using Bluetooth Headphones, Bluetooth Car Kits and Stereo Bluetooth Speakers.
Did you say Bluetooth? On an iPod Touch?
You might be thinking I’m going a little bit crazy as the iPod Touch doesn’t have Bluetooth. Well, no I’m not crazy, the iPod Touch 2G does infact have Bluetooth built in, but Apple chose not to use it.
When the 2nd Generation iPod Touch launched last September, several people decided to take it to pieces and examine the components. Amongst them they found a Bluetooth chip, that until iPhone 3.0, has been lying dormant. This new version of the operating system will enable the chip to allow Bluetooth connections for peer-to-peer connections and the use of Stereo Bluetooth accessories.
Great news for all you music fans who are fed up of getting tangled in cables. Looks like its time to dig out my Motorola S9′s.
Apple are still to confirm whether you will be able to control your music using controls on Bluetooth Headphones, or whether it is only going to play music, either way its still an unexpected feature that will be more than welcome on the iPod Touch & iPhone 3G. The only bad news is that Stereo Bluetooth is not going to be available on the first generation iPod Touch or iPhone.
iPhone 3.0 will be a free upgrade to iPhone users and is expected to be available in June this year. iPod Touch users will have to pay a small fee for the software, which I’m guessing will be around £15.
Read our iPhone 3.0 Beta Review here.
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Tags: apple, Bluetooth, headset, iPhone, iphone 3.0, iPod, ipod touch, software, stereo bluetooth, touch,
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
Before you can start to use your Plantronics Bluetooth Headset you will need to pair it with your phone. Pairing is the name of the process that allows your phone to find and connect with another Bluetooth device. In order to pair your devices you will need to put your headset into pairing mode and enter a passkey.
For detailed instructions on how to pair your Bluetooth Headset to your phone, Plantronics have created a pairing guide.
Now, I do have to warn you, it is a little bit cheesy and is designed for use in America, but it still tells you what you need to know to get your phone and headset to talk to each other.
Service Provider:
As I mentioned before, this pairing guide is aimed at the American market, so the Service Providers/Networks listed here are USA networks. Its not a problem though, just select “Other” from the bottom of the list.
Phone Manufacturer:
This guide will help set up headsets with standard mobiles and smartphones. If your device is a Smartphone, choose “Other PDAs”, if its a normal mobile phone, choose “Other Phones”
Phone Model:
You’ll only have the option here for other phone, and an image of a Motorola V3 will be displayed. Don’t worry too much about this, the steps for pairing are similar for all phones. If you want to try and find specific instructions for your phone, you can try selecting a network at step one and browsing through the handsets, but the USA seems to be a little bit behind us at the moment, and the handsets listed are a little old now.
Plantronics Headset:
You’ll now be presented with a list of all the Plantronics headsets. Select your headset from the list and you’ll then be shown and talked through the steps needed to pair the headset to your phone. If you want to start again at any point, just hit start over at the top of the screen.
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