This is the Bluetooth Manager and you probably won't see all the icons I have, but this shows recent connections under the My Shortcuts tab. Tap this, then tap Bluetooth Manager and this will bring up something like the second screen below. Firstly navigate to the Today Screen, and you should see a Bluetooth icon at the bottom right of the screen. Now you are ready to start the configuration process. Please note, this will not erase any programs or data you have on your Pocket PC! Power on the Pocket PC, it may be better to perform a Soft Reset (pushing stylus into small hole usually on back or bottom of the Pocket PC), this will perform a quick restart and remove anything that is in memory to give you a clean start. This may vary slightly depending on the Pocket PC you have and the operating system (iPAQ 2210 runs Windows Mobile 2003).įirst thing to do is to power on the GPS, make sure the battery is good, the last thing you want it doing is running low on battery power when completing this process. Please note that the configuration process we will go through below is for connecting a Bluetooth GPS to a HP iPAQ 2210. We will extend this soon to include other platforms like the Palm OS.
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This is a brief guide on how to setup a Bluetooth connection between a Pocket PC and Bluetooth GPS Receiver. This although for most of us becomes second nature, for the person who has never used Bluetooth or a PDA before can sometimes become a big road block. We have received a lot of requests from people who have never operated a PDA before but are becoming stuck when bonding a Bluetooth GPS to a PDA. Creating a Bluetooth Connection to a Bluetooth GPS