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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