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Introduction

Dell™ TrueMobile™ 300 Bluetooth™ User's Guide

  Bluetooth™ Tray

  Accessing My Bluetooth Places

  Icons Used For Bluetooth Devices and Services

Bluetooth™ Tray

The Bluetooth tray resides in the Microsoft® Windows® system tray (also known as notification area), which is normally located in the lower-right corner of the screen. The Bluetooth tray provides fast access to most Bluetooth operations.

From the Bluetooth tray you can access the following options:

My Bluetooth Places — Double-click the Bluetooth icon, or right-click the Bluetooth icon and then select Explore My Bluetooth Places.

Bluetooth Setup Wizard — Helps you configure the following:

• How your computer accesses a service on another Bluetooth device.
  
  
• Locate remote Bluetooth devices, or to configure the way that your computer provides services to remote Bluetooth devices.
  
  
• Set the name and type of your Bluetooth device e.g., John's PC and Desktop.
  
  

The Bluetooth Configuration Panel — Right-click the Bluetooth icon, and select Advanced Configuration.

Quick Connect Option — Right-click the Bluetooth icon, select Quick Connect, and then select the type of service to which you wish to connect.

Start or Stop Option — Starts or stops the Bluetooth device on your computer.

Accessing My Bluetooth Places

My Bluetooth Places is part of Windows Explorer. There are multiple ways to access My Bluetooth Places:

• In the Windows system tray, right-click the Bluetooth icon and select Explore My Bluetooth Places
  
  

Or

• Double-click the Bluetooth icon, open Windows Explorer and select My Bluetooth Places in the Folders pane or from the Address shortcut menu.
  
  

Icons Used For Bluetooth Devices and Services

Bluetooth icons provide at-a-glance feedback about a device or service's status by changing appearance. The Bluetooth icon in the Windows system tray provides feedback on the Bluetooth status:

Bluetooth Icon Indicates Bluetooth Status
Enabled	Disabled	Connected

Device Icons for Windows 9x, Me and 2000
Name	Normal	Connected	Paired
Audio Gateway
Desktop
Headset
Portable
Modem
Network Access Point
Personal Digital Assistant
Printer
Telephone
Unknown

Service Icons for Windows 9x, Me and 2000
Name	Normal	Connected	Not Available
Audio Gateway
Dial-up Network
Fax
Headset
Network Access
PIM Item Transfer
PIM Synchronization
Public Folder
Serial Port
NOTE: Services may be unavailable because they are in use or because the necessary hardware is not installed.

Device Icons for Windows XP
Name	Normal	Connected	Paired
Audio Gateway
Desktop
Headset
Portable
Modem
Network Access Point
Personal Digital Assistant
Printer
Telephone
Unknown

Service Icons for Windows XP
Name	Normal	Connected	Not Available
Audio Gateway
Dial-up Network
Fax
Headset
Network Access
PIM Item Transfer
PIM Synchronization
Public Folder
Serial Port
NOTE: Services may be unavailable because they are in use or because the necessary hardware is not installed.

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