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Bluetooth Profiles Used by Samsung Devices
Bluetooth Profiles Used by Samsung Devices
As Bluetooth is widely used in many devices and applications, it’s necessary to define how the de-
vices talk to one another. The Bluetooth ‘profile’ is a way of doing this. For devices to work together
each device must share the same Bluetooth profile.
• This is the most commonly used profile as it’s the one used to talk on a typical Bluetooth headset.
Note that this is not the same profile used in Bluetooth car kits. Provides basic ability to the user includ-
ing answer a call, hang up and adjusting the volume.
HFP describes how a gateway device can be used to place and receive calls for a hand-free device. A typi-
cal configuration is an automobile using a mobile phone for a gateway device. In the car, the stereo is used
for the phone audio and a microphone is installed in the car for sending outgoing audio of the conversation.
HFP is also used for a personal computer to act as a speakerphone for a mobile phone in a home or office
environment.
• Most commonly used in hands-free car kits and Mono and Stereo Bluetooth Headsets. Provides voice dialing
and call holds also.
• This is a tough one to define as only legacy applications use it now. This allows devices to use the Bluetooth
connection as if it is a serial port. This emulates a physical serial cable running between Bluetooth devices where
you must configure a COM port. Some medical applications still require SPP, but mostly this has gone away.
DUN (Dial Up Networking)
DUN provides a standard to access the Internet and other dial-up services over Bluetooth Wireless
Technology. The most common scenario is accessing the Internet from a laptop by dialing up on a
mobile phone, wirelessly.
• Most common use for this is using the device as a modem for your laptop. Pair the device and
laptop and then you can use the data connection from the device to surf the web or get your email
on your laptop.
• This is music streamed from a device to a wireless headset. When you hear someone ask if it’s
Bluetooth 2.0, they basically mean can it support 2-channel audio streaming or a stereo headset.
• Most commonly used in hands-free car kits. Provides voice dialing also. This allows the device to be
control another Bluetooth device or be controlled by another Bluetooth device. You’ll most commonly
see this in stereo Bluetooth headsets when a user goes to change the song, stop, play or pause a song
by pushing a button on their headset. In theory if someone had the proper application on their device,
they could control Bluetooth objects around the house such as their Playstation or Nintendo that have
built in bluetooth. Some televisions have built in Bluetooth now also, although I don’t know of any remote
control apps for Bluetooth enabled TVs at this time. There are some applications that let you control the
Windows Media Player on your paired home PC with AVRCP from your device.
• Use this when browsing objects or files on a PC or server. If you rename or delete an object on
your device or manipulate it in any way from your PC or vice-versa, that is using the FTP profile. Pull-
ing folder lists and navigating through folders is also functionality of FTP Profile.
• Allows the synchronization of PIM information through Bluetooth. You can set up your device to
automatically sync with your PC when it comes in range of the Bluetooth device. Most of our devices
do not use this.
• The most common use for this is pushing a presentation to a projector from your device. Third party
app and Bluetooth projector would be required. Windows Vista uses this with Windows Mobile Device
Center to detect and pull down new images from your device when you come in range of your paired
PC.
• Pretty straight forward, allows pushing a print job to a Bluetooth compatible printer.
• Most Commonly used between devices and car kits. If your device supports PBAP you can download your
contacts into the car kit’s memory. Also gives access to things like Hold, call waiting and caller ID.
GAVDP (Generic Audio/Video Distribution Profile)
GAVDP provides the basis for A2DP and VDP, the basis of the systems designed for distributing video
and audio streams using Bluetooth wireless technology. In a typical usage scenario, a device such as
a “walkman” is used as the initiator and a headset is used as the acceptor.
• Provides the groundwork for streaming audio. Not typically a use for this.
• HID was implemented to provide support for input devices such as wireless keyboards or a wire-
less mouse. Basically it supports the things you typically use to control your PC, like the mouse,
keyboard, joystick or gaming controller, through your device.
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