The manual of the phone T68 says that this automatic setting is to be used for audio devices, like a bluetooth headset. It cannot be used for Bluetooth data. Imi -- On Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 06:05 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote: Is it possible to have the T68i use bluetooth only when it's near the machine without 1. having to leave it on all the time Is the 'it' the phone? If so, I can't imagine how the Bluetooth in the phone could work with the phone turned off. The T68i software has three settings for Bluetooth: Off, On, and Automatic. You might think Automatic would be a passive, Receive Only setting, that would turn the phone's Bluetooth on 2-way (receive/transmit) when another Bluetooth device is sensed. I haven't found it to work that way, but I could be doing something wrong. Mark