IPod touch and bluetooth - what to expect.
Hello all, After trying to connect my planetronics head set and searching for an hour for an answer on why I cant see it, I thought I'd post my findings here.
#1 The bluetooth on my 2nd gen 16gb itouch doesnt work/support devices the way that other bluetooth enabled devices I've used do. This leads me to believe Apple has hobbled the blue tooth support in some way.
#2 Apple doesnt have an "official" document/web blurb/call it whatever you want - explanation on the support of bluetooth in the itouch.
Personal comment: I paid my money to upgrade to 3.1.1 because they said it supported Bluetooth. Ok Apple...What's the story?
#2 Apple doesnt have an "official" document/web blurb/call it whatever you want - explanation on the support of bluetooth in the itouch.
You mean like this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647
I paid my money to upgrade to 3.1.1 because they said it supported Bluetooth. Ok Apple...What's the story?
It does support Bluetooth. But there are around 20 different Bluetooth profiles for many different purposes. It doesn't support every one of them - neither does any other Bluetooth device.
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Hi
I have an iPod Touch (5th gen) and I'm trying to connect my Bluetooth Headphones but my iPod can't find them. I can connect them with my iPad no problem, but not my iPod.
There's nothing on the headphones that I can change I don't think.
Any suggestions??!
Thanks
Kerstey- Reset the headphones. Sometimes you have to do that to pair to another device. How yo do that depends upon the headphones
- On the iPod
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset network settings: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings. Y will also have to rejoin all wifi netwporks
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or
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Hello,
I am currently an owner of an Ipod Touch 4th generation. I see you are having problems with your Ipod Touch, so I will try to find a solution to your problem.
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If none of the above solutions work, can you please respond back ASAP as I will try to find another solution to your problem (This might even help others with the same problem!)
Cheers!
Pizza98704 -
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1. With our Belkin router set to "out-of-the-box" WEP 64 bit security, we could not get wireless access of any kind. Only with the Security Mode set to DISABLED, could we gain access.
2. Changing the router's security mode setting to "WPA/WPA-2...." and entering a new min. 8 char passphrase, and then entering that same passphrase into the IPOD Touch, and restarting the router, did the trick!
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