20
Bluetooth
Glossary of terms
Below are some terms used in this user’s manual to help you become familiar
with using your Bluetooth devices and your new AT&T telephone system.
Active Devices
list - A maximum of two paired devices (two cellular phones
or one cellular phone and one headset) on the
Active Devices
list can be
can be
connected to the telephone base, but only one cellular phone or headset can
be on a call at a time.
Bluetooth headset
- Refers to a Bluetooth enabled headset.
Bluetooth cell phone
- Refers to a mobile Bluetooth enabled cellular
telephone.
CELLULAR
line
-
The
communications service provided through your
Bluetooth enabled cellular telephone.
Connected
- A Bluetooth device (cellular phone or headset) can only be
used when it is connected to the telephone base. When a Bluetooth device
is connected to the telephone base and is active on the
Active Devices
list,
it will be ready for use.
Disconnected
- An
X
in front of a device in the
Active Devices
list will
appear and a line will appear over devices 1 and/or 2 in the icon status bar
when a Bluetooth device is disconnected from the telephone base.
Discoverable mode
- Before a Bluetooth device can be paired, it must be
set in this mode. When pairing your cellular phone, the telephone base will
be set in this mode. When pairing a headset, the headset must be set in this
mode. Depending on the manufacturer, this mode is sometimes referred to
as
Find Me
or
Visibility
.
HOME
line - Your conventional telephone land line.
Paired Devices
list - Once Bluetooth devices have been paired with the
telephone base, they will appear on the
Paired Devices
list. A maximum of
eight devices can be paired with the telephone base, but only two can be on
the
Active Devices
list.
Pairing
- This refers to the process of Bluetooth devices registering device
information with each other. The telephone base must be paired with a
Bluetooth cellular phone or headset before the Bluetooth device(s) can be
used. Depending on the manufacturer, this is also referred to as
Bonding
.
PIN
- By default, the PIN is
0000
for the telephone base and for most Bluetooth
devices. PIN information must be exchanged between Bluetooth devices before
they can be used. This is also known as a
Passkey
or
Passcode
.
