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Pair iPhone with a Bluetooth headset or car kit
1 Follow the instructions that came with the headset or car kit to make it discoverable or
to set it to search for other Bluetooth devices. This may involve entering a passkey or
PIN number.
2 From the Home screen, choose Settings > General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on.
iPhone searches for nearby Bluetooth devices.
3 Choose the headset or device on iPhone and enter a passkey or PIN number.
The instructions that came with the headset or car kit should tell you how to get
the passkey.
Routing Calls Through a Bluetooth Headset, Car Kit, or iPhone
After you’ve paired a Bluetooth device to work with iPhone, you must make a
connection to have iPhone use the device for your calls.
When iPhone is connected to a Bluetooth device, all outgoing calls are routed through
the device by default. Incoming calls are routed through the device if you answer using
the device, and through iPhone if you answer using iPhone. In some cases, your
contacts list transfers to the car kit and you can start a call by looking up a contact on
the car kit’s display.
iPhone can be connected with only one Bluetooth device at a time.
Route calls through a Bluetooth headset or car kit
m Make a connection between iPhone and the headset or car kit.
To connect with a third-party Bluetooth headset, see the documentation that came
with the headset.
Once you have paired iPhone with a Bluetooth car kit, iPhone connects to the car kit
automatically when you start the car (if you have iPhone with you and Bluetooth is
turned on).
Bluetooth Status
You can see whether Bluetooth is on or off, and whether a Bluetooth device is
connected to iPhone, by looking at the Bluetooth icon ◊ in the iPhone status bar at the
top of the screen:
 or (white): Bluetooth is on and a device is connected to iPhone.
 (gray): Bluetooth is on but no device is connected. If you’ve paired a device with
iPhone, it may be out of range or turned off.
 No Bluetooth icon in status bar: Bluetooth is turned off.
Routing Calls Back through iPhone
There are a few ways to stop using a headset or car kit and go back to hearing calls
through iPhone.