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Creative Wireless Adapter
CB3200/CB3700
User’s Guide
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Application Setup & User’s Guide Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 About Your Creative Wireless Adapter CB3200/CB3700 ......................................................................... 1 Package Contents....................................................................................................................................... 1 System Requirements....................................................
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Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 39 Authentication .......................................................................................................................................... 39 Authorization............................................................................................................................................ 39 Bluetooth Device Identity
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INTRODUCTION About Your Creative Wireless Adapter CB3200/CB3700 Thank you for choosing the Creative Wireless Adapter CB3200/CB3700. Your USB adapter is easy to set up and supports wireless transfer rates of up to 3 Mbps*. Your USB adapter adds Bluetooth technology to your computer and can be paired with other Bluetooth-enabled devices. Note: CB3700 (Black strap) - Class 1 (up to 100m) CB3200 (Silver strap) - Class 2 (up to 10m) * May vary depending on actual operating environm
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Bluetooth Tray After installing the software, you would find a shortcut icon to My Bluetooth Places on your desktop. However, there is another icon that you will see after successful installation of the software. Normally located on the lower right-hand corner of your computer screen, the Windows system tray will now have an additional icon. This is the Bluetooth Tray. The Bluetooth Tray provides quick access to numerous Bluetooth operations. In this section, we will discuss the ma
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Device icons for Windows XP Bluetooth icons provide at-a-glance feedback about a device or service’s status by changing appearance. The Bluetooth icon in the Windows system tray provides feedback about Bluetooth status. Bluetooth Icon Indicates Bluetooth Status Status Icon Description Paired Enable Blue with White Disabled Blue with Red Connected Blue with Green Device Icon Types Device Type Normal Connected Paired Audio Gateway Desktop Computer Headset
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Service icons for Windows XP Service icons are gray or yellow in color (or gray with yellow accents) in their “normal” state. When in their “connected” state, the primary color of the icon changes to green. Service Icon Types Service Name Normal Connected Unavailable Audio Gateway Dial-up Networking Fax Headset Network Access PIM Item Transfer PIM Synchronization Public Folder Bluetooth Serial Port Device icons for Windows 98SE / M
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Printer Cellular Telephone Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Unknown Devices Service icons for Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 Service icons are gray or yellow in color (or gray with yellow accents) in their “normal” state. When in the “connected” state, the primary color of the icon changes to green. Service Icon Types Not Service Name Normal Connected Available Audio Gateway Dial-up Networking Fax Headset Network Access PIM Item Tran
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GETTING STARTED Installing Your USB Adapter Before you install your Creative Wireless Adapter CB3200/CB3700, take note of the Bluetooth Device Address (BDA) found on a label on your USB adapter. You need them later to verify your Bluetooth installation and pair your Bluetooth devices. DO NOT connect the USB adapter to your computer before installing the software. You will be required to do so halfway through the installation. 1. Turn on your computer and insert the Installation CD i
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Verifying Your Bluetooth Installation 1. On your taskbar, right-click the My Bluetooth Places icon , and select Advanced Configuration. The Bluetooth Configuration dialog box appears. 2. Click the Hardware tab. 3. In the Device Properties box, check the device status and device address. The device should be indicated as working properly and the device address should match the BDA, found on a label on your USB adapter. Pairing Your USB Adapter to Other Bluetooth-Enabled Devices Using
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Finding services After discovering the devices you can have access to, you may perform Service Discovery. Each available device that you have discovered in the Bluetooth Neighborhood provides you with several services. To find out what these services are, simply do either of the following: Double-click a device in the Bluetooth Neighborhood, OR Right-click a device and select Discover Available Services. The services that CREATIVE BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE supports are as follows:
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Note: Not all Bluetooth devices provide all of these services. For instance, network gateways only displays the Network Access service to let you have access to the Local Area Network (LAN) connection. Setting up a connection Now that you know how to discover available devices and their services, you are now ready to make a Bluetooth connection with another device. Setting up a new connection is fast and easy, you have these choices: Create a connection from the Bluetooth Icon
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2. In the Folders panel, expand Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood, select a device, and then, in the right panel, right-click a service provided by that device and select “Connect to …” Determining a connection status The Bluetooth Connection Status dialog box displays information about the status of a connection. It is also where you disconnect an active connection. To display the Connection Status dialog box: 1. Open My Bluetooth Places and select My Device. 2. Right-click a serv
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Notes To use Send to other Bluetooth device 1 In the application: 1.1 Windows Explorer – select one or more files to be transferred. Folders cannot be transferred. 1.2 Microsoft Office – only the document in the active window can be transferred. 1.3 Microsoft Outlook – select one or more items to be transferred. 2 From the application’s File menu, select Send To, and then select Bluetooth from the shortcut menu. 3 Select a device from the shortcut menu to send the data Or Select O
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CLIENT APPLICATIONS About Client and Server Before we start discussing about what each of the services does, let us briefly tell you a bit about Client and Server since we will be mentioning a lot of these two in this chapter. In order for two Bluetooth devices to exchange data, they must establish a connection. However, before a connection is established, one device must request a connection with the other. This is the Client. The second device that accepts or rejects the conne
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When an HID connection is closed manually by the operator, the connection’s “persistence” is broken. The connection must be re-established manually, after which the connection will again persist until broken manually. Printer The Bluetooth Printer allows this computer to use a Bluetooth printer. Once a Bluetooth printer has been properly installed, it can be used from this computer in the same way as any other printer would be. Create a Bluetooth Printer connection at first time: 1
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5. Double-click Audio Gateway. 6. Open Volume Control on windows tray to adjust the volume you want. Client must have a sound card, microphone, and speakers installed. The Bluetooth radio on both server and client must support audio. Headset The Headset application allows client (this computer) to use a Bluetooth headset (or any other device that offers the Bluetooth headset service) as the audio input and output device for server. To create a headset connection: 1. Make sure
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1. On the Server, open My Bluetooth Places by double-clicking the icon on your desktop. 2. Right-click My Device and select Properties from the pop-up menu. 3. In the Bluetooth Configuration Panel, select the Local Services tab. Double-click the Bluetooth Serial Port service to display its Service Properties dialog box. The Service Properties dialog box displays the communications port that the connection is using. To close a Bluetooth serial port connection: 1. On the Client, open
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You can now open a Web browser and connect to the Internet as if the modem was attached to your computer. To close a Dial-up Networking connection: 1. On the Client, open My Bluetooth Places by double-clicking the icon on your desktop. 2. Select the device that is providing the Dial-up Networking service. 3. Right-click the device, and then select Disconnect Dial-up Networking from the pop-up menu. Fax The Fax service allows a Bluetooth client to perform a wireless fax transmis
