- This video is all about connecting devices
to your computer,
like a keyboard or a mouse,
with a specific focus on wireless Bluetooth devices.
If you are connecting an external mouse or keyboard,
or even a hard drive, printer, or other accessory,
you're usually dealing with a cable
that plugs into your computer.
Most of these wired devices just connect to your computer
with a USB cable.
This is the USB-A cable,
which was the standard for years,
but now a newer cable called USB-C is becoming more popular.
Basically check which port your computer has,
and make sure you choose accessories
with the right connection.
Plug it in and it should work without any additional setup.
Except for some printers
which may require some extra software to be installed.
And we'll talk about setting up printers
in another video in this course.
Also, if your computer only has USB-C ports,
and the device you want to use
has the older USB-A connector,
you can get a USB-A to USB-C adapter,
or you can use a USB-C hub.
With that in mind,
let's turn our attention to wireless accessories.
Most wireless accessories
work with a system called Bluetooth.
Now there are some devices that work differently,
but for what we're doing here,
you need a device that lists Bluetooth on the box.
And this process is called pairing.
Check your device for a pairing button
or a discoverable button.
Usually you turn the device on,
then press or hold that button
to put the device into the pairing mode.
If that doesn't work,
check the instructions for your device.
Now some devices like the Bluetooth mouse that I have,
support a feature called quick pairing.
So as soon as I press the button on my mouse
to put it into the discoverable mode,
my computer sees it and offers to pair it.
I'll do that with my mouse here.
So my computer sees it, and shows me a notification
offering to pair that mouse with the computer.
So all I really need to do is click connect,
give it a moment,
and now that mouse has been paired with my computer,
and I can use that mouse normally.
Now not all accessories support quick pairing.
So if quick pairing does not pop up for your device,
you'll need to go into settings.
So I'll go to the start menu, and I'll open up settings.
On the left side,
I'm looking for the Bluetooth and devices category,
and I'll select that.
And I want to make sure that Bluetooth is turned on.
If you do not see that option,
it just means your computer does not have the hardware
to work with Bluetooth accessories.
So now that Bluetooth is turned on,
I can click this button here that says, add device,
and then I'll choose Bluetooth.
And when I do that,
the computer starts looking for Bluetooth devices
that are in that pairing mode.
It's only going to show devices
that are already set to the discoverable mode.
So check your device
and make sure it's in that pairing mode.
Now I have a Bluetooth keyboard here,
so I'm just going to put that into the pairing mode.
With my keyboard in the pairing mode,
after a moment my computer will see it,
it will show up on this list,
and I can select it here to pair it.
Now for a lot of devices
you just need to click that and it will pair,
but some devices take just a little bit more setup.
For example if you connect a keyboard like this,
sometimes it will ask you to type in a code on the keyboard
to verify the connection.
So I'll do that,
then I'll hit the return key.
And now my keyboard is connected
and I can use it normally with this computer.
And I can just click done here,
and here I can see all of the Bluetooth devices
that I've connected with this computer.
If you ever need to remove a Bluetooth device
from your system,
you can just come back here,
click the button with three dots on that device,
and you can choose remove device,
and confirm that you do want to remove it by clicking yes.
And after a moment,
the computer and the keyboard are no longer paired,
and they will not work together again,
unless I go through that pairing process.
And remember, if you have any trouble
setting up your Bluetooth accessories,
check the instructions for your device,
and see if there are any special setup steps.