How to turn on bluetooth on a laptop?

The technology of bluetooth is now widely used inmany devices - in phones, mp3 players, and most laptops and netbooks have their own built-in module. In order to quickly exchange data, this technology is indispensable, since it cancels a long fuss with wires. In this article, we'll show you how to turn on bluetooth both on a laptop with a built-in module and with external devices.

How to enable bluetooth on a laptop with a built-in module

First, inspect your laptop and checkpresence of a bluetooth indicator. As a rule, it is located with the remaining indicators in the lower left part of the notebook, under the keyboard. To make sure that you have bluetooth, turn over the laptop and look at the labels on its case.

Most often, on a bluetooth laptop, you can turn on the same button as wi-fi. This button is located on the body, or on the side. On the netbook, unfortunately, this button is quite rare.

In case you do not have a separate buttonto connect wi-fi and bluetooth, examine the keyboard. The buttons F2 or F3 (depending on the specific device model) are buttons with a double value. If they have a bluetooth or wi-fi icon, then in order to use this particular assignment, you need to hold down the FN key and the key on which the bluetooth icon stands. After that, you can already connect to your laptop any devices that support bluetooth.

Everything can be even easier - if you have a bluetooth icon in the tray (next to the clock), click on it with the mouse, and select "Enable".

How to turn on bluetooth on a laptop with an external adapter

For this you will need, in the first place, thismost adapter. When you buy it, look carefully to see if it fits your system. It's sad, but the stores still sell obsolete models that may not work well with Windows 7.

Along with the bluetooth adapter itselfthere is a disk with the necessary drivers and software, with which you can easily make the exchange of files. If you do not have a disk drive on your laptop, use the link attached to the disc.

If there are difficulties with the drivers, you can use the program Soleil (it is most often in the kit with adapters), which will help you optimize the work of bluetooth.