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roadrunner88
December 30th, 2006, 05:29 PM
Hello,
I am having trouble getting my computer to recognize my cellphone which has bluetooth... i want to transfer music/pictures from the computer to the cellphone. My computer (XP Home) won't recognize it (I did turn on the Bluetooth in my cell). What do i need to do? Thanks for the help in advance.
renegade600
December 31st, 2006, 02:48 AM
do you have bluetooth on your computer? If so, what device?
roadrunner88
December 31st, 2006, 03:01 AM
I have bluetooth on my laptop, what do you mean about the device? (not good with computers here :P)
renegade600
December 31st, 2006, 03:04 AM
what phone?
roadrunner88
December 31st, 2006, 03:05 AM
Motorola L2
oracle128
December 31st, 2006, 04:45 AM
Is Bluetooth turned on on the PC?
roadrunner88
January 2nd, 2007, 10:06 PM
When i try to check "turn discovery on" i get an error message: "An error occured while Windows was saving your settings. The following were not saved: Discoverability settings Connection settings"
oracle128
January 3rd, 2007, 01:33 AM
Try reinstalling your Bluetooth stack (drivers).
roadrunner88
January 3rd, 2007, 01:35 AM
how do I do that? ... sorry for bugging ya, but yea, I really don't know much about this :P
oracle128
January 3rd, 2007, 07:54 AM
First you need to locate the driver download. This will depend on what device you have. If the Bluetooth device is integrated into your laptop, get drivers from the laptop manufacturer's website. If it's a Bluetooth dongle, get it from the device manufacturer's site.
roadrunner88
January 3rd, 2007, 03:19 PM
Yes, the device is integrated into my laptop, and I looked for drivers on the Acer (its manufacturer) website... didn't find anything to help me ... is there another way to do it? if not, thank you for your time.
roadrunner88
January 3rd, 2007, 03:57 PM
Actually, I found the Bluetooth driver among the CD's that came with my laptop. However, after installing it, I clicked on the icon and it said "Bluetooth Device Not Found"
oracle128
January 3rd, 2007, 03:57 PM
Find your laptop's model here (http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/downloads.html). Assuming you model has a Bluetooth port, you should find a driver for it on the download page.
EDIT: Do note that there have been several instances where the laptop has a Bluetooth button, and the Acer site has Bluetooth driver downloads, yet the laptop does not in fact have an integrate Bluetooth device. This may be due to different configurations of the same model available (in different regions). If this is the case, and your laptop was advertised as having Bluetooth, you may want a refund.
roadrunner88
January 3rd, 2007, 05:05 PM
Is there a way to find out for sure that it's not integrated?