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CHAPTER 21
Setting Preferences for Your Handheld
Preferences are grouped into three categories: General, Communication, and 
Personal. Use preferences to do the following:
nAccess the General Preferences screens to customize any of the following 
settings:
nAccess the Communication Preferences screens to customize any of the 
following settings:
Date & TimeSet the location, date, and time.
DigitizerCalibrate the screen on your handheld.
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nAccess the Personal Preferences screens to customize any of the following 
settings:
Accessing Preferences
The Preferences screen gives you access to the handheld preferences. Preferences 
for individual applications are discussed in the application chapters.
To open the Preferences screens:
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the Prefs icon  .
3.From the Preferences list select a Preferences screen.
Bluetooth Preferences
You can connect your handheld with...

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nLAN access points
nPalm OS® handhelds
The other Bluetooth device must be within range (typically 10 meters or 
approximately 30 feet) of your handheld.
The Bluetooth Preferences screen enables you to configure settings that determine 
how your handheld communicates with other Bluetooth devices. You can turn 
Bluetooth communication on and off, assign a name to your handheld for 
Bluetooth communication, and choose device discovery and wakeup settings.
Turning Bluetooth...

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To assign a Bluetooth name to your handheld:
1.From the Communications Preferences list, select Bluetooth.
2.Tap the Device Name box.
3.Enter a name for your device.
4.Ta p  O K .
5.Ta p  D o n e .
Setting device discovery
Discovery is the process that Bluetooth devices use to find each other when they 
are within range of each other. As each device is discovered, it is listed. Once you 
find the devices you are looking for, you can select the devices...

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nBluetooth On and Discoverable Yes: When your handheld is on, Bluetooth is on, 
and the Discoverable setting is set to Yes, you can receive connections from any 
Bluetooth device. You are automatically connected with devices with which you 
have previously formed a trusted pair, but you can refuse invitations to connect 
with unrecognized devices. This is similar to locking your front door with a 
dead bolt and enabling the doorbell. Friends who already have the key can 
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To enable wakeup:
1.From the Communications Preferences list, select Bluetooth.
2.Tap the Allow Wakeup pick list and select Yes.
3.Ta p  D o n e .
To enable wakeup during specific hours:
1.From the Communications Preferences list, select Bluetooth.
2.Tap the Allow Wakeup pick list.
3.Select Scheduled.
4.Tap the hours box.
5.Tap the From box, select the start time, and then tap OK.
6.Tap the Until box, select the end time, and then tap OK.
7.Tap the...

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Adding trusted devices
When you create a trusted pair, you enter an identical secret code on both devices. 
This secret code is called a passkey. The passkey enables you to create a list of 
Bluetooth devices from which you automatically accept communication. If a 
device with a recognized passkey attempts to communicate with your handheld, 
it bypasses the discovery and authentication process and automatically accepts the 
communication. If a device without a recognized passkey...

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6.Enter the same passkey on your handheld and the trusted device.
Some Bluetooth devices have a built-in passkey; others enable you to choose the 
passkey; see the documentation included with your Bluetooth device for 
information. In either case you must use the same passkey for both the device 
and your handheld. 
Many phones also require you to put the phone into a mode where it can accept 
a key exchange for bonding in a trusted pair. See the...

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To delete a trusted device:
1.From the Communications Preferences list, select Bluetooth.
2.Tap Trusted Devices.
3.Select the device you want to delete.
4.Ta p  D e t a i l s .
5.Tap Delete Device.
6.Ta p  O K .
7.Tap Done to return to the Bluetooth Preferences screen.
8.Tap Done again.
Enabling/disabling the user cache
When you enable or disable the user cache you control whether or not your 
handheld retrieves the names of remote devices each time the discovery process 
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nUsing a collaborative application: Connect to a Palm OS handheld using 
applications such as BlueBoard and BlueChat included on the Software 
Essentials CD-ROM. See the BlueBoard 2.0 Handbook and the BlueChat 2.0 
Handbook on the Software Essentials CD-ROM to learn more about these 
applications. Other third-party applications may be available. Visit
 
www.palm.com
 for information about downloading third-party applications, 
and refer to the...