Hi Glenn, What are you trying to do by pairing your laptop and iPhone? I've only done this when using a program like iKeyboard or Type2Phone that lets me use my laptop keyboard like a Bluetooth keyboard for the iPhone.
When I use Bluetooth to pair the iPhone and laptop I don't actually have to type in any PIN numbers. I turn Bluetooth on in the Settings > General > Bluetooth screen of my iPhone. What happens the first time I go to the System Preferences > Bluetooth menu on my laptop to check the boxes so that Bluetooth is turned on and discoverable, after my iPhone shows up as a discovered device and I run the Bluetooth Setup Assistant, is that I'm prompted with a 6 digit code from my laptop's Bluetooth Setup Assistant window, and on my iPhone, under the Settings > General > Bluetooth screen, I get a message "Esther's MacBook Pro would like to pair with your iPhone. Confirm that the PIN code "xxxxxx" is shown on "Esther's MacBook Pro" and there are buttons for "Cancel" and "Pair". All I have to do is double tap the "Pair" button on the screen of my iPhone to apply the PIN code entry on the iPhone that also matches the one that shows up on my laptop. When I pair a Bluetooth keyboard to the iPhone, there's usually a prompt on the iPhone screen to have me type in a four digit PIN on the keyboard and press "Return" to pair the keyboard. The pairing with my laptop is different, since there are six digits to the PIN, but I don't actually have to type anything in -- just double tap the "Pair" button on the message that gives the six digit PIN code. In some instances you may get a message that pairing has failed or timed out even though there is now an entry for "Glenn's MacBook Pro" in the list of devices on the Settings > General > Bluetooth screen for your iPhone. You may try double tapping that entry and see whether your iPhone connects to your laptop. I've read that some desktop Macs actually do require you to type in the six digit PIN to pair to your iPhone in Bluetooth, but for laptops you should just be able to double tap the "Pair" button that appears in the dialog window. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 19, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Glenn wrote: > Hi, > I first tried 0000, and when that did not work, I tried my own set, and that > did not work either. > The laptop bluetooth program has a place to put in some digits too, that is > why I have no idea of what it should be. > I will try 1 2 3 4, but I need help, because I am not fast enough. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James AUSTIN" <james.aus...@mac-access.net> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 5:25 PM > Subject: Re: pairing laptop to iPhone > > > Hi Glenn, > > When you first introduce your iPhone to your keyboard, you'll get a message > on the iPhone, asking you to enter a specific code. I think it's four digits > in length. After typing this code on the keyboard and pressing Enter, you > should be god to go. You'll need to be quite quick though as the security > thing has a time out feature. > > TC :) > J > You can contact me in the following ways: > E-Mail:james.aus...@mac-access.net > MSN: james.londons...@gmail.com > Skype: saulky1984 - if you'd like to share details, please let me know who > you are when you send a request. Thank you > > On 19 Feb 2012, at 22:46, Glenn wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am trying to pair my laptop with bluetooth to my iPhone, and it tells me >> that I need to know the security code, probably a 4-digit code, of the >> iPhone. >> How do I find this out? >> I have never set up a security code for my iPhone. >> Thanks. >> Glenn >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
