Bluetooth - BMW Motorrad R 1250 R Rider's Manual

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Existing Bluetooth connec-
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BLUETOOTH

Short-range wireless
technology
Bluetooth is a short-range
wireless technology. Bluetooth
devices are short-range devices
transmitting on the license-free
ISM band (Industrial, Scientific,
Medical) between 2.402 GHz
and 2.480 GHz. They can
be operated anywhere in the
world without a licence being
required.
Although Bluetooth is designed
to establish and sustain ro-
bust connections over short
distances, as with every other
wireless technology disruptions
are possible. Interference can
affect connections or connec-
tions can sometimes fail. Par-
ticularly when multiple devices
operate in a Bluetooth network,
with wireless technology of this
nature it is not possible to en-
sure fault-free communications
in every situation.
Possible sources of
interference:
interference zones due to
transmission masts and sim-
ilar.
devices with non-compliant
Bluetooth implementations.
proximity of other Bluetooth-
compatible devices.
Pairing
Two Bluetooth devices have
to recognise each other be-
fore they can communicate.
This process of mutual recogni-
tion is known as pairing. When
two devices have paired they
remember each other, so the
pairing process is conducted
only once, on initial contact.
On some mobile devices,
e.g. those with iOS
operating systems, the
BMW Motorrad Connected App
must be opened before use.
During the pairing process, the
TFT display searches for other
Bluetooth-compatible devices
within its reception range. The
conditions that have to be sat-
isfied before the audio system
can recognise another device
are as follows: