LG HBM 210 Bluetooth Headset Passkey

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The people who know me could quickly tell you my answer to many things technical is: "Just Google it"

During a boxing day sale at Future Shop, my son bought the LG HBM 210 Bluetooth Headset at the great price of $9.99 -- I see it advertised for $29.99 now. They had a nearly empty bin so they must have sold a pile of these headsets.

It did not take him long to decide that texting was more his style (he is 15 years old with unlimited text and prepaid voice) and I inherited headset. The manual was long gone and I had never used a Bluetooth headset before. With no idea how to pair it with the phone... I just Googled it.

To my great surprise, LG does not make the manual nor the quick start card available on their website. There were many sites offering to sell a copy of the manual. I wasn't going to give up that easily.

You needed a pass code or passkey to pair Bluetooth devices -- I knew that much. On back was a sticker with "1177". I found a forum post which said that usually the passkey was printed on the sticker on the back. I tried a lot of variations and nothing.

Finally, after some hard Googling, I found an obscure post which said that some devices have the pass code "0000" -- I was relieved to find it worked.
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Small Office File Server Alternative - Network Attached Storage (NAS)

A small office with as few as two computers can have enough shared data that a file server computer might make sense.

Often computer techs will recommend an expensive, fast computer with a pair high capacity hard drives which are 'mirrored' for protection. Without trying, you are well over $1000 and quite possibly in to several thousand dollars plus the regular service of the computer.

Small business owners think and inexpensive external hard drive will work. Couple hundred bucks and you are off. What they often miss is that the USB connections can be painfully slow compared to a hard drive mounted in a computer.

For many small organizations, a network attached storage (NAS) device would do the job great. I recently installed a NAS at a company which was running out of space on its server. We moved the data to a NAS with two 1 TB (1000 GB) drives that were mirrored. The cost? About $500 for the device and about an hour to set-up. It has the access speed near a computer with only a bit more cost than an external drive.

Not to mention, the NAS is only slightly larger than an external hard drive savings considerable space and energy compared to full-blown server.

If your files are cramped for space or scattered all around your small network, give us a call to discuss whether a network attached storage device is right for your business.