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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="bluetooth"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="sharing-bluetooth"/>
    
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    <desc>Pair Bluetooth devices.</desc>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Paul W. Frields</name>
      <email its:translate="no">stickster@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>शॅन मेक्केक्  </name>
      <email its:translate="no">shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
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  <title>Connect your computer to a Bluetooth device</title>

  <p>Before you can use a Bluetooth device like a mouse or a headset, you first
  need to connect your computer to the device. This is also called pairing the
  Bluetooth devices.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Click the system status area of the top bar.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <gui>Bluetooth</gui>. The Bluetooth section of the menu will
      expand.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <gui>Bluetooth Settings</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Make sure Bluetooth is enabled: the switch in the titlebar should be
      set to <gui>ON</gui>. With the panel open and the switch <gui>ON</gui>,
      your computer will begin searching for devices.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Make the other Bluetooth device
      <link xref="bluetooth-visibility">discoverable or visible</link> and
      place it within 10 meters (about 33 feet) of your computer.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click the device in the <gui>Devices</gui> list. The panel for the
      device will open.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>If required, confirm the PIN on your other device. The device should
      show you the PIN you see on your computer screen. Confirm the PIN on the
      device (you may need to click <gui>Pair</gui> or
      <gui>Confirm</gui>), then click <gui>Confirm</gui> on the computer.</p>
      <p>You need to finish your entry within about 20 seconds on most devices,
      or the connection will not be completed. If that happens, return to the
      device list and start again.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>A panel specific to the external device appears when the connection
      successfully completes. It may display additional options applicable to
      the type of device to which you're connecting. Select the desired options
      and click <gui>Done</gui>. The entry for the device in the
      <gui>Devices</gui> list will show a status of <gui>Connected</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/bluetooth-menu.png" style="floatend">
    <p its:translate="yes">The Bluetooth icon on the top bar</p>
  </media>
  <p>When one or more Bluetooth devices are connected, the Bluetooth icon
  appears in the system status area.</p>

  <p>You can
  <link xref="bluetooth-remove-connection">remove a Bluetooth connection</link>
  later if desired.</p>

  <note style="tip">
    <p>To control sharing to your <file>Downloads</file> folder, refer to the
    <gui>Bluetooth Sharing</gui> settings. See
    <link xref="sharing-bluetooth"/>.</p>
  </note>

</page>
