How To Connect My Earbuds To My Iphone

Steps

1

Open your iPhone or iPad's Settings app. Find and tap the

icon on your home screen, and tap it to open your settings.
2

Tap Bluetooth on the settings menu. This will open your Bluetooth settings menu.
3

Slide the Bluetooth switch to . When this option is turned on, you can use a Bluetooth connection to discover and pair wireless devices with your iPhone or iPad.
4
Make sure your wireless headphones are turned on. Your headphones should be in Discovery or Pairing mode. This will allow you to discover the wireless headphones on your iPhone or iPad's Bluetooth menu.
- Usually, you can find a button or a switch on your headphones to turn them on. If you're not sure how to do it, you can follow the instructions on the manual.
5
Select your headphones on the Bluetooth menu. Tapping will pair your headphones with your iPhone or iPad.
- If you've never paired your headphones with your iPhone or iPad before, it will show up below the OTHER DEVICES heading here. Otherwise, you can find them on the MY DEVICES list.

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Question

What is meant by selecting the headphones?

Open your "Settings" and scroll down to "Bluetooth." First, make sure Bluetooth is turned on. If the headphones have a "discoverable" mode, make sure that is turned on as well. Under the Bluetooth on/off switch is a list of devices; the headphones should show up in this list and will have a message that says "Not Connected." Tap on the "Not Connected" message in the white bar with the name of the headphones in it, and it should start to sync. A message will appear to notify you if the sync was successful or not. (Sometimes it takes a while.) Make sure to keep the headphones near the phone while doing this.
Question

I can hear out of one earbud but not the other one. What is wrong?

Genesis Frazier

Community Answer

Either, your earbuds are broken, or maybe they aren't connected to Bluetooth. It's also possible that you are too far from your phone.
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Do these steps go the same with syncing wireless ear buds?

Playercircuit

Community Answer

Yes, the steps should be just the same with any sort of Bluetooth device.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍ ‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍
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I have opened Settings and turned on Bluetooth. I find no list with the term "headphones." What next?

Playercircuit

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Make sure your headphones are on and are in Bluetooth connection mode.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
Question

They aren't syncing on an iPad but it did with the iPhone. Why?

Playercircuit

Community Answer

The iPad might not be compatible with the headphones. See if your headphone package had a list of supported devices, or search the headphone model on your search engine.

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1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Bluetooth.
3. Slide the Bluetooth switch to On.
4. Turn your headphones on.
5. Select your headphones on the Bluetooth menu.

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