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Pair a Windows Mobile device and a Windows XP SP2 Computer

This guide is for Windows Mobile 2002 and 2003.
Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6

This page is part of a series on carrying out an Active Sync over Bluetooth.
Other pages: Introduction - Configure ActiveSync for use with Bluetooth

To carry out an ActiveSync over Bluetooth the devices need to be paired. This is where they are connected to each other and have a relationship. Pairing should be initiated from the computer.

The screenshots on this page may differ slightly from your system. They were taken from a HP iPAQ 5450 running Windows Mobile 2002 as that was what we were working with at the time.

1. Enable Bluetooth on your Windows Mobile.
2. Allow the Windows Mobile device to be discovered, by entering Bluetooth Settings

   
   
   

3. Choose the "Accessibility" tab and adjust the options as appropriate. Then tap "OK" to accept them.

   
    

4. Next, go on to the PC. Open Bluetooth Settings using one of these two methods
   1. Start, Settings, Control Panel, Bluetooth Devices
   2. Right click on the Bluetooth icon and choose "Show Bluetooth Devices.
5. Either Option should bring up a box similar to below:

   
    

6. Click "Add" to start the wizard.
   Enable the option "My device is set up and ready to be found." and click next.

   
    

7. The Bluetooth software will search for any Bluetooth devices in the area that are discoverable.
   The screenshot below finds that it has found one called "Simon-PPC". Click on it and click next.

   
    

8. The wizard will next ask if you need a passkey for your device. You need one to pair the computer with the Windows Mobile, so select the option "Let me choose my own passkey:" Enter something short in to the box (despite Microsoft's recommendation), such as 1234 as shown in the screenshot below and click next.

   
    

9. Two things will happen now.
   On the PC, a screen will appear asking you to enter the passkey on your device now.

   

   On the Windows Mobile it will pop up a window asking you to enter the passkey.
   Enter the key that you set during the wizard in to the relevant box on the Windows Mobile and then tap "OK" in the top right corner

   
    

10. Windows will then install the device in to its configuration.

    
     

11. On the complete screen it will show what it has recorded. The key information you need for ActiveSync is the COM port number that it has used for Incoming. In the screenshot below it is COM5.
    Click Finish to close the wizard.

    

    You can find the settings on the Bluetooth Devices page.

    
     

12. On the Windows Mobile you will get prompts for two types of connection to be made, which should be accepted.

    

Now Configure ActiveSync to use Bluetooth here.