Bluetooth is a way to exchange information between devices. The principle of operation is based on the use of radio waves, respectively, communication is carried out without the use of wires. The connection occurs between PCs or laptops, smartphones, tablets, printers, mice, headphones. Wireless hands free devices and other communication devices also work on a bluetooth connection.
Bluetooth Functionality
The range is 10 meters or more. At the same time, the devices can be in different rooms, but the connection speed will suffer due to partitions. When communication is between two points, this is called point-to-point. If files are sent from one device to several, this is point-to-multipoint.
The communication process is as follows:
- a key for pairing is generated;
- initialization occurs, one device creates a random variable, sends it to another, which, in turn, receives it.
File transfer is carried out in such a way that several signals that are not connected to each other do not interfere with each other. Files or data are sent using different encoding schemes. For example, if a packet with digital data is lost, then it can be sent again. But the broken audio signal is not repeated, it must be sent again.
Before you enable Bluetooth on your laptop, you need to check whether this feature is available for use. Depending on the manufacturer, the activation methods for the compound are different.
Windows 7 version
How to enable bluetooth on a laptop with Windows 7? First you need to activate the wireless adapter, check if the drivers are installed. This is done using the switch on the laptop case or using the keyboard shortcuts that are set by the manufacturer.
You can set up and connect via bluetooth connection in several ways.
Method 1:
- We open the start.
- In the search field, enter “Devices and Printers”.
- We pass to the corresponding menu, we see all the results with similar combinations of words.
- Open “Devices and Printers”.
- Right click on the line with the name of the adapter.
- Select “Bluetooth Settings”, configure the display of the icon.
- If such an item is not found, go to the “Add” menu.
- A list of all the gadgets that can be added opens, select the one you need, complete the settings with the “Next” button.
Method 2:
- Open the "Network Control Center".
- On the left, open the second item “Change settings”.
- Right-click on the context menu, click on “Network Connections on Bluetooth”.
- Select the “Settings” tab, click on “Detection”, check the box.
If there is no “Bluetooth network connection”, then the drivers are not installed on the computer or they do not work correctly. To do this, you need to reinstall them, restart the machine.
Windows OS version 8
How to enable bluetooth on a laptop with Windows 8? The process of connecting and configuring is not very different from how it is done in Windows 7. Mostly the menu names vary due to a general update of the operating system.
Connection, Bluetooth setup is as follows:
- We call the charms-panel, click the “Options” button.
- Now you need to change some of the parameters that are responsible for the bluetooth connection, for this, open the “Wireless Network”.
- A list of modules appears where any adapters are turned on or off, including bluetooth. Here you can control the Wi-Fi settings, flight mode.
- Now go to the “Devices” item, click the “Add” button.
"Windows" -8, unlike previous versions, by default configures drivers during installation of the operating system. Therefore, if the method does not work, you must perform the following steps.
How to enable bluetooth on a laptop in the second way:
- Press the Win + R keys, enter devmgmt.msc.
- The properties of the Bluetooth adapter are opened, click on the tab "Driver".
- We check all the data, development date, version that are at the top. If we notice that this data is out of date, click on the “Update” button.
The Bluetooth setup in Windows 8.1 is no different from how it was in the previous version. Look like this:
- Move the mouse cursor to the charms panel.
- Click “Settings”, “Change computer settings”.
- We go to the menu “Computer and devices”, go to the “Bluetooth” submenu.
Now the wireless module is looking for available devices, automatically makes the laptop visible to all devices.
Windows OS 10
How to enable bluetooth on a laptop with version 10? In this version of Windows, the usual Windows user launch has already been added, so we call it in the usual way.
- We click on the lower left corner of the screen with the corresponding Windows icon.
- Click “Options”.
- Then open the “Devices”.
- A window appears, select bluetooth on the left.
- Now you need to turn it on, for this, click on the switch.
Under the switches, all ready-to-use devices that work via Bluetooth are displayed.
Mac OS
How to enable bluetooth on a laptop with Mac installed:
- In the right corner of the menu, which is located at the top of the screen, you need to find the bluetooth icon.
- By right-clicking on it, you can start or turn it off.
If such an icon is missing, then it needs to be configured. For this:
- Go to the "System Settings".
- Push Bluetooth.
- A window appears where you need to check the box next to “Show the status of bluetooth.”
It is important to remember: if an external USB adapter is used, then the “On” checkbox must not be. Disconnecting or connecting is done by connecting and disconnecting the adapter, respectively.
Features enable Bluetooth
There is no single instruction on how to activate Bluetooth on a laptop, because each manufacturer sets its activation options. They are united by the fact that function keys are used for this, for example, F12 or F1.
In Asus, Dell, or Gigabyte, you must press FN + F2, and in Fujitsu, you must press FN + F5.
In Acer laptops, the FN + F3 keys are responsible for turning on the bluetooth. In this case, any operating system can be installed, respectively, the key combination that allows you to turn on bluetooth on a laptop with Windows 10 or 7 does not change. But the user can independently assign keys that will be convenient for him personally.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless data transfer are completely different things. Despite this, manufacturers assign the same key to control both services. In this way, two wireless modules are turned on or off together.