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    P-6860 Bluetooth

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Campe, Jul 20, 2008.

  1. Campe

    Campe Notebook Consultant

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    I bought a Gateway P-6860 a few days ago, and was wondering how to work the bluetooth on it. It says it comes with bluetooth, but when i try to use the bluetooth file transfer wizard it says make sure my bluetooth addapter is plugged in or something lke that. How do you use bluetooth? :D

    Oh, and how can i lock the touchpad?

    Thanks for any help.
     
    Campe, Jul 20, 2008
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  2. Campe

    Campe Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone know?
     
    Campe, Jul 20, 2008
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  3. Tybalt39

    Tybalt39 Notebook Evangelist

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    Some basic questions first...

    Is there a bluetooth icon in the toolbar close to your clock/wifi/battery monitor, etc?

    Do you show any bluetooth devices when you double-click the bluetooth icon? If so, under which catagories? What are the devices?
     
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  4. jm821

    jm821 Notebook Consultant

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    6860 does come with Bluetooth... yours might not be turned on. press the fn+F4(sorry not on laptop ATM, can't remeber which F# key it is) to make sure it's turned on.

    edit* its Fn+F6, just got home and check the lappy

    so check to see if you can toggle your bluetooth on and off
     
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  5. Campe

    Campe Notebook Consultant

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    There is an icon next to my battery icon. But says nothing under devices. But under hardware there is 2 things. One of them says Bluetooth 2.0 So that means i have bluetooth right?
     
    Campe, Jul 20, 2008
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  6. Lum-X

    Lum-X Notebook Evangelist

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    yepp ,its right
     
    Lum-X, Jul 20, 2008
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  7. Campe

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    Thanks for the help =]
     
    Campe, Jul 20, 2008
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  8. King_Arthur

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    Yea just make sure that the wireless switch is turned on as well... I had a painful 2 hours figuring that one out >.<
     
    King_Arthur, Jul 20, 2008
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    Lol me too but not that long.
     
    Lum-X, Jul 21, 2008
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    That's why I had him check for a bluetooth icon. If it wasn't there, the switch was off...

    Now you just have to create connections between the computer and your bluetooth devices using the bluetooth wizard.
     
    Tybalt39, Jul 21, 2008
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