Sony Xperia SP - Bluetooth® wireless technology

To turn on the Bluetooth

®

function and make your device visible

1

Drag the status bar downward, then tap .

2

Tap the on-off switch beside Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth

®

function.

3

Tap Bluetooth. Your device and a list of available Bluetooth

®

devices appear.

4

Tap your device name to make your device visible to other Bluetooth

®

devices.

To adjust your device's visibility time to other Bluetooth

®

devices

1

Drag the status bar downward, then tap .

2

Find and tap Bluetooth.

3

Press and select Visibility timeout.

4

Select an option.

Naming your device

You can give your device a name. This name is shown to other devices after you have
turned on the Bluetooth

®

function and your device is set to visible.

To give your device a name

1

Make sure the Bluetooth

®

function is turned on.

2

Drag the status bar downward, then tap .

3

Find and tap Bluetooth.

4

Tap and select Rename phone.

5

Enter a name for your device.

6

Tap Rename.

Pairing with another Bluetooth

®

device

When you pair your device with another device, you can, for example, connect your
device to a Bluetooth

®

headset or a Bluetooth

®

car kit and use these other devices to

share music.
Once you pair your device with another Bluetooth

®

device, your device remembers

this pairing. When pairing your device with a Bluetooth

®

device, you may need to

enter a passcode. Your device will automatically try the generic passcode 0000. If this
does not work, refer to the user guide for your Bluetooth

®

device to get the device

passcode. You do not need to re-enter the passcode the next time you connect to a
previously paired Bluetooth

®

device.

Some Bluetooth

®

devices, for example, most Bluetooth

®

headsets, require you to both pair

and connect with the other device.

You can pair your device with several Bluetooth

®

devices, but you can only connect to one

Bluetooth

®

profile at the same time.

To pair your device with another Bluetooth

®

device

1

Make sure the device you want to pair your device with has the Bluetooth

®

function activated and is visible to other Bluetooth

®

devices.

2

Drag the status bar downward, then tap .

3

Find and tap Bluetooth. All available Bluetooth

®

devices appear in a list.

4

Tap the Bluetooth

®

device that you want to pair with your device.

5

Enter a passcode, if required, or confirm the same passcode on both devices.
Your device and the Bluetooth

®

device are now paired.

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To connect your device to another Bluetooth

®

device

1

If you are connecting to a Bluetooth

®

device that requires you to first pair your

device before connecting, follow the relevant steps to pair your device with that

device.

2

Drag the status bar downward, then tap .

3

Find and tap Bluetooth.

4

Tap the Bluetooth

®

device you want to connect your device to.

To unpair a Bluetooth

®

device

1

Drag the status bar downward, then tap .

2

Find and tap Bluetooth.

3

Under Paired devices, tap beside the name of the device you want to unpair.

4

Tap Unpair.

Sending and receiving items using Bluetooth

®

technology

Share items with other Bluetooth

®

compatible devices such as phones or computers.

You can send and receive several kinds of items using the Bluetooth

®

function, such

as:

•

Photos and videos

•

Music and other audio files

•

Contacts

•

Web pages

To send items using Bluetooth

®

1

Receiving device:

Make sure the Bluetooth

®

function is turned on and that the

device is visible to other Bluetooth

®

devices.

2

Sending device:

Open the application which contains the item that you want to

send, and scroll to the item.

3

Depending on the application and on the item that you want to send, you may

need to, for example, touch and hold the item, open the item, and press .

Other ways to send an item may exist.

4

Select Bluetooth.

5

Turn on Bluetooth

®

if you are asked to do so.

6

Tap the name of the receiving device.

7

Receiving device:

If asked, accept the connection.

8

Sending device:

If asked, confirm the transfer to the receiving device.

9

Receiving device:

Accept the incoming item.

To receive items using Bluetooth

®

1

Make sure that the Bluetooth

®

function is on and is visible to other Bluetooth

®

devices.

2

The sending device now starts sending data to your device.

3

If prompted, enter the same passcode on both devices, or confirm the

suggested passcode.

4

When you are notified of an incoming file to your device, drag the status bar

downward and tap the notification to accept the file transfer.

5

Tap Accept to start the file transfer.

6

To view the progress of the transfer, drag the status bar downward.

7

To open a received item, drag the status bar downward and tap the relevant

notification.

To view files you have received using Bluetooth

®

1

Drag the status bar downward, then tap .

2

Find and tap Bluetooth.

3

Press and select Show received files.

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