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Networqs

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December 16th, 2003 18:00

How to turn off Bluetooth

There are situations when I want to turn off internal Bluetooth in order to conserve battery life, but I want to continue using WiFi.

Is there a way to turn off internal Bluetooth but continuing to use to WiFi?

I am referring to the Inspiron 600M, but I assume this would apply to other Inspirons with the internal Bluetooth mod (Truemobile 300).

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DELL-BobT
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Posted December 16th, 2003 19:00
Networqs,

Try using the [Fn] + [F2] key combination to turn off your Bluetooth device.
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Networqs
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Posted December 16th, 2003 19:00
Dell BobT:

Are you doing this to aggravate people? Read my question again.

I WANT TO TURN OFF BLUETOOTH WITHOUT TURNING OFF WIFI.

Doesn't your suggestion of pressing FN + F2 turn off WiFi?
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RojasTKD
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Posted December 17th, 2003 05:00
LOL... too funny, yet not.
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Posted December 17th, 2003 14:00
If you have the bluetooth icon in your tray (on the right next to the clock) you can right click it and a menu pops up. You can choose "Disable Bluetooth radio." The icon will turn red to notify you that the BT radio is off also the blue light will turn off.
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DELL-BobT
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Posted December 17th, 2003 15:00

@Networqs wrote:

Dell BobT:

I WANT TO TURN OFF BLUETOOTH WITHOUT TURNING OFF WIFI.

Networqs,

The [Fn] + [F2] combination turns off both the Bluetooth and WiFi. There is no way of separating these currently.