Set up Bluetooth devices with your PC

1 FIRST STEPS

Click the network icon button in the top right-corner of the Nicholas’s iPhone Network Gnome desktop and then click the Settings button. Select Bluetooth from the left-hand menu (if it’s not listed, open Terminal and type sudo apt-get install gnomebluetooth to add it). If everything is functioning correctly you should see it searching for devices and listed as visible.

2 PAIR DEVICE

Now follow the instructions to put your target Bluetooth device in pairing mode — typically this involves finding and holding a connect button for a certain length of time until the light starts flashing or it appears in the Devices list as ‘Not Set Up’. Click the entry and wait while Ubuntu changes its status to Connected or Disconnected. Click again if it’s disconnected to set it up.

3 CONFIGURE DEVICE

A window will appear listing the device. Flip the connection to On and wait — after a short delay it should change to on and Paired will list ‘Yes’. You should now be able to immediately test the device — for example, moving the mouse — and it should work. For further configuration, click the related button to jump to the relevant Settings screen.

4 FINE-TUNE DEVICE

Some devices connect automatically — to configure these, simply click the device to bring up its basic configuration screen, then click the Settings button to jump to the relevant area to fine-tune it further — for example, tweak mouse cursor speed. In addition, use this screen to temporarily disconnect a device or unpair it (click ‘Remove Device’ to do so).