What is a Bluetooth address? A Bluetooth address is a combination of 12 alphanumeric characters. The addresses are hexadecimal, which means they can contain numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F.
Most Common Way to Find a Bluetooth Address. The most common Bluetooth driver is the Widcomm driver. Most users will have Widcomm Bluetooth drivers installed on their Windows-based computers if they have installed a Bluetooth radio or if their computer came pre-installed with a Bluetooth radio. To determine the address of a Bluetooth device based on Widcomm drivers, follow these steps.
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Select Control Panel. |
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3. Select Bluetooth Configuration. |
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4. Click on the Hardware tab. |
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| 5.The Bluetooth address is listed to the right of the heading Device Address. In the example shown above, the Bluetooth address is 001060AA36F8. When you enter a Bluetooth address to create a QuickConnect code, only enter the numbers and letters. Do not enter any spaces, colons, dashes, etc. |
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Other Methods for Finding Bluetooth Addresses |
You can sometimes find Bluetooth addresses printed directly on devices. If you
purchased a Belkin USB Bluetooth Adapter through Code, you can find a label
attached to the adapter with the Bluetooth address. The Bluetooth address will
have 12 characters that may include numbers from 0-9 and letters from A-F. |
The above picture shows a Bluetooth address of 0003C92DB48F on a Bluetooth
USB adapter. The code below the picture is a sample of a QuickConnect code
created with that address. When you enter a Bluetooth address to create a
QuickConnect code, only enter the numbers and letters. Do not enter any spaces,
colons, dashes, etc. |
