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Creative CB2431 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Creative USB Adapter ® CB2431 with Bluetooth Wireless Technology User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION......................3 About Your Creative USB Adapter CB2431 with Bluetooth Wireless Technology........3 Package Contents ............................. 3 System Requirements ..........................3 Bluetooth Tray ............................4 My Bluetooth Places ..........................4 Icons used for Bluetooth devices and services ..................4 GETTING STARTED ......................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    About Your Creative USB Adapter CB2431 with Bluetooth Wireless Technology Thank you for choosing the Creative USB Adapter CB2431 with Bluetooth Wireless Technology. Your USB adapter is easy to set up and supports wireless transfer rates of up to 1 Mbps*. Your USB adapter adds Bluetooth technology to your computer and can be paired with other Bluetooth-enabled devices.

  • Page 5: Bluetooth Tray

    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.
  • Page 6 Here, we divide the icon types into two – one for Windows XP, and the other for Windows 98SE / ME / 2000. Device icons for Windows XP Bluetooth icons provide at-a-glance feedback about a device or service’s status by changing appearance.
  • Page 7 Unknown Devices 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...
  • Page 8 Laptop Computer Modem Network Access Point 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.

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED Installing Your USB Adapter 1. Turn on your computer and insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. Your CD should start automatically. If it does not, follow the steps below: Start Windows Explorer. On the left pane, click the My Computer icon. iii.

  • Page 10: My Bluetooth Places

    Select Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install and click the Next button. x. Select CB2431/CB2436 Creative Bluetooth USB Adapter and click the Next button. xi. Click the Finish button. Your USB adapter should appear under Bluetooth Devices in Device Manager.

  • Page 11: Finding Services

    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: Bluetooth Serial Port establishes a wireless connection between two Bluetooth devices. The serial connection can be used by applications as though there is a serial cable between the devices.

  • Page 12: Setting Up A Connection

    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.

  • Page 13: Determining A Connection Status

    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.
  • Page 14 Tasks Messages Notes To use Send to other Bluetooth device In the application: Windows Explorer – select one or more files to be transferred. Folders cannot be transferred. Microsoft Office – only the document in the active window can be transferred. Microsoft Outlook –...

  • Page 15: Client Applications

    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.

  • Page 16: Printer

    If, for some reason, the connection must be closed: from My Bluetooth Places, right-click the service name and select Disconnect. 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.

  • Page 17: Headset

    Connection is initiated from the client. To establish a Bluetooth Audio Gateway connection: On the Client, open My Bluetooth Places by double-clicking the icon on your desktop. Select Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood. Right-click anywhere except on a device name and select Refresh from the pop-up menu to see an updated list.
  • Page 18 Connection is initiated from the client. To establish a Bluetooth serial port connection: 1. On the Client, open My Bluetooth Places by double-clicking the icon on your desktop. 2. Select Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood. 3. Right-click anywhere except on a device name and select Refresh from the pop-up menu.

  • Page 19: Dial-Up Networking

    Dial-up Networking The Dial-up Networking service allows a Bluetooth client to use a modem that is physically connected to a different Bluetooth device (acting as the server). Once a wireless connection is established between the two devices, the client can use the server’s modem as if it were a local device on the client.

  • Page 20: File Transfer

    Once the fax connection is established, you need to open or create the document to be faxed and use the Print or Send to Fax Recipient option available in most applications. The Fax connection automatically closes when the transmission is complete. File Transfer The File Transfer service allows a Bluetooth device to perform file operations on the default File Transfer directory –...

  • Page 21: Pim Exchange

    Copy: copies a folder and its contents, or individually selected files in a folder, to the Windows clipboard. Delete: removes selected file(s) and/or folder(s) on the server. Rename: allows you to change an empty folder’s name. Properties: displays the file or folder’s properties in a dialog box. Other options may appear, depending on the content in which the menu appears: Update: refreshes the contents of a folder.

  • Page 22: Pim Synchronization

    – only the changes that have been made since the devices were last synchronized will be exchanged. Microsoft Outlook is the only Personal Information Manager that this release of CREATIVE BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE supports. Outlook permits duplicate entries, so all duplicates may not be exchanged in the synchronization process.
  • Page 23 In the next sections to follow, we will discuss about how to set up Network Access in different Windows platforms. Windows 2000, Server-side Setup 1. From the Windows Control Panel, select Network and Dial-up Connections. 2. Right-click the Local Area Connection icon and select Properties. The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box opens.

  • Page 24: Configuration Panel

    CONFIGURATION PANEL The Bluetooth Configuration Panel provides access to various settings including Bluetooth services, hardware, security, and events notification. In this chapter, we will thoroughly discuss each of the tabs in the Configuration Panel. There are two ways to open the Bluetooth Configuration Panel. Use either one of the following: Click the Start menu, go to Settings and select Control Panel.

  • Page 25: Discovery Tab

    “Look for other Bluetooth devices” is not enable. Determine the devices that will be report: Also in this tab, you can specify the devices that you want your computer to report. CREATIVE BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE can screen out devices that you do not find necessary to access. You...
  • Page 26 Select the desired option from the drop-down list. Discover Specific Devices: You can specify CREATIVE BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE to report only specific devices, specific class(es) of device(s), or specific type(s) of device(s) within a class. The discovered devices can be mixed-and-matched – you can discover one or more specific devices, classes of devices, and types of devices within a class at the same time.

  • Page 27: Local Services Tab

    We will discuss the details on how to do that later in this section. The following are the names of the local services that CREATIVE BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE provide: (Please note that names of all the services will be displayed even though the server may not be able to support all of them.)
  • Page 28 Dial-up Networking Network Access Bluetooth Serial Port Common Configuration Setting: We mentioned earlier that you could change the settings of each service individually. However, all of the local services will have common settings and Notification settings for all of the following: These properties can be set individually for each Bluetooth services: For General: Service name: User can change service name on text box.
  • Page 29 The Bluetooth Serial Port replaces all physical cables, thus reducing clutter. When using CREATIVE BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE, you will have one pre-configured Bluetooth Serial Port. However, you can always add another when needed. Similarly, you may remove it any time.
  • Page 30 Enter a unique name (less than 99 alphanumeric characters). Select the appropriate security settings. Select Startup if you want the service to start automatically when CREATIVE BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE initializes. From the COM Port drop-down list, select a communications port that is not assigned to any other service.

  • Page 31: Hardware Tab

    type or one device provides more than one service of the same type (this is only possible with the Bluetooth Serial Port service), the service name can be customized. 5. Click OK. To stop a local service, simply right-click the service and select Stop from the pop-up menu. Stopped services are no longer available for use by clients.
  • Page 32 HCI Version: the version number of the Bluetooth Specification that the Host Controller Interface (HCI) complies with. HCI Revision: the revision number of the Bluetooth Specification that the Host Controller Interface (HCI) complies with. LMP Version: the version number of the Bluetooth Specification that the Link Manager Protocol (LMP) complies with.

  • Page 33: Security

    SECURITY Introduction Each service that the server provides can be configured to require the Secure Connection setting, that means of, Authorization: the server operator must acknowledge all connection attempts before a connection is established. Authentication: the server requires a Personal Identification Number code (PIN, also referred to as a “passkey”) or a Link Key before a connection is established.

  • Page 34: Encryption

    Encryption in CREATIVE BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE is based on the same passkey or Link Key that is used for Authentication. If Authentication is not enabled, the key will not be available and encryption will not take place.

  • Page 35: Passkey

    After pairing, you will see a pair icon on the device you made. To break a paired device relationship: Open My Bluetooth Places by double-clicking the icon on your desktop. Select Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood. Right-click anywhere except on a device name and select Refresh from the pop-up menu to see an updated list.

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING Q: What is a Bluetooth Device Address (BDA) and where can I find it? Can I change the BDA? A: Every Bluetooth device has a unique 48-bit Bluetooth Device Address, or BDA. This address cannot be changed by the end-user. A device’s BDA is usually displayed in hexadecimal format, for example, 00:D0:B7:03:2E:9F.
  • Page 37 Q: What can I do when uninstalling Creative Bluetooth software cannot be completed, due to reasons such as electricity stops? A: Use the Installation CD to reinstall the Creative Bluetooth software, and then uninstall the driver. Q: What can I do when functions don’t run normally? A: Un-plug and plug the dongle, or restart your computer.

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