i have a acer travel/mate laptop and cannot turn on the bluetooth device please help?

Question

it states to click on the start button & click the control panel & then click bluetooth devices but there is no bluetooth devices showing up to click on.thanks

Answer 1

I had the same problem
If its the 5000 series there is a button at the front to turn it on and off (as with WiFi)
My Bluetooth still doesnt work, I have now given up on it.

Answer 2

Check if the Drivers for the Bluetooth Devices are installed or not.

You can do this by going to Start > Settings > Control Panel > System.

Device Manager and check for Blue Tooth Devices.

If the drivers are not installed you wont have a Blue Tooth Devices icon on Control Panel.

If you see some Other Devices then chances are your Blue Tooth is not installed. Get the Drivers CD and install the Blue Tooth Drivers.

In Most Laptops there would be a Switch for Turning On/Off the Wireless Network Card. The same switch would work for Blue tooth also.

Make sure that switch is turned on.

Still need help get back to me,

Answer 3

When any two devices need to talk to each other, they have to agree on a number of points before the conversation can begin. The first point of agreement is physical: Will they talk over wires, or through some form of wireless signals? If they use wires, how many are required -- one, two, eight, 25? Once the physical attributes are decided, several more questions arise:
How much data will be sent at a time? For instance, serial ports send data 1 bit at a time, while parallel ports send several bits at once.

How will they speak to each other? All of the parties in an electronic discussion need to know what the bits mean and whether the message they receive is the same message that was sent. This means developing a set of commands and responses known as a protocol.

Answer 4

The "bluetooth device" you mention is in fact a device which is "paired" (i.e. connected) with your computer. If you have not connected any device, none will be shown, regardless of the fact that your bluetooth card is working perfectly.