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How to pair a Motorola HS850 bluetooth headset

How to place a Motorola HS 850 bluetooth headset into paring mode:

  1. Close the boom to turn the unit off.
  2. Hold down the call button until the blue light comes on.
  3. While holding down the call button, swing the boom open.

The headset is now in pairing mode, and you can search for it using your phone. When it asks for a PIN, use 0000.

This was written by Jay. Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007, at 6:15 pm. Filed under Bluetooth. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

180 Comments

  1. Lionel wrote:

    Jay,
    Great info; I’ve been trying to pair this for sometime now.

    Thanks,

    Lionel

    Friday, March 30, 2007 at 7:24 pm | Permalink
  2. Yingthai wrote:

    Thanks so much for the info. on paring the HS850, Jay. Your instructions worked great!

    Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 11:44 pm | Permalink
  3. Harrison wrote:

    Thanks a lot man I’ve been looking through motorola sites all night trying to figure that out , thats exactly what I needed. Appreciate it.

    Friday, April 27, 2007 at 10:29 pm | Permalink
  4. sathish wrote:

    Exactly this is the information i was looking for… This is available in HS850 manual but though your information save me a lot of time searching for the manual and then searching for the procedure….Great…

    Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 8:29 am | Permalink
  5. lv wrote:

    Thanx this was great!! I’ve been trying for days..

    Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 12:21 pm | Permalink
  6. dh wrote:

    Jay, the directions were great. I misplaced by instruction book over 2 months ago and was unable to locate a site that gave the correct instructions. Thanks a bunch!!!

    Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 7:02 am | Permalink
  7. Dennis A Truckenmill wrote:

    Thanks,forgot my ins. in Az.You became a life saver.

    Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at 10:32 am | Permalink
  8. L.C. wrote:

    Great heads up. been trying a long time to figure out the pairing of the hs850 and you broke it down since i don’t have the manual.

    Thanks

    Monday, July 9, 2007 at 6:20 pm | Permalink
  9. Bam wrote:

    Thx, you save my life.

    Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 2:04 am | Permalink
  10. Remi wrote:

    I just bought this bluetooth on EBay and could not figure out for the life of me how to put it into pairing mode. Thanks to your directions, I’m in business! Thanks Jay!

    Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 6:26 pm | Permalink
  11. Christina wrote:

    It was getting so frustrated holding down the middle button trying to figure out why why why it was not working, or turning purple or something…once i figured out what model bluetooth i had i came to you website and before you know it i had to working…people don’t keep their manuals, thanks for knowing Jay!

    Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 7:49 am | Permalink
  12. CESAR wrote:

    Jay, thank you very much I appriciat your help.
    Cesar

    Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 12:32 am | Permalink
  13. darius wrote:

    same here got it to work at 4 37 am in a hotel! Darius

    Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 3:38 am | Permalink
  14. Ric wrote:

    Thanks! I haven’t had to pair in a long time, got a new phone and didn’t know how to pair…. thanks for taking the time.

    Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 9:28 pm | Permalink
  15. wantales wrote:

    Yeah it works for me too. And I thank y’all so very much.

    Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 8:22 am | Permalink
  16. ngyuen wrote:

    Very helpful.apreciate it!!!

    Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 5:14 pm | Permalink
  17. Ali wrote:

    Thank you so much, this was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Saved me so much time and effort looking for the manual.

    Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 3:42 pm | Permalink
  18. SUBAS wrote:

    Thanks for the info..you made my day!

    Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 6:24 am | Permalink
  19. barry jones wrote:

    thank you thankyou thank you

    Monday, January 7, 2008 at 10:15 pm | Permalink
  20. Dave wrote:

    Thanks – upgraded my Treo to WM6 and didn’t know it would wipe out the pairing. I am traveling and didn’t remember how to pair the headset.

    Thanks again!

    Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 12:37 am | Permalink
  21. Anand wrote:

    You are the man!
    I didn’t get the instructions with it and was trying to pair like the other headsets without the boom for 2 days now. Great man.

    Monday, January 21, 2008 at 9:23 am | Permalink
  22. JD wrote:

    Thanks man….was a hand me down extra. Works great thanks to you.

    Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 9:03 am | Permalink
  23. Jamie wrote:

    Thanks for the simple instructions. I recently had to take over my wife’s headset, she didn’t use it, when my Plantronics unit died. Thanks again.

    Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 9:25 am | Permalink
  24. RICHARD WETTERSTROM wrote:

    Thank You, Its the simple stuff that can be the biggest pain. Glad I came across your site.
    -Rick-

    Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 2:31 pm | Permalink
  25. darryl wrote:

    Thanks lots of help…motorola website didnt have info.

    Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 9:24 am | Permalink
  26. Martin T T wrote:

    Hey I Lost my instruction or maybe misplace it but I cam to your web site and made my HR850 work again on my new phone. Thanks

    Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 10:56 am | Permalink
  27. Nick Magriplis wrote:

    thanks Jay, quick, simple instructions have gotten me up and running.

    Monday, March 24, 2008 at 4:14 am | Permalink
  28. T YO wrote:

    I have just become a pairing expert. In fact, I am so proud of how I pair, I will do it while people are looking at me. Thanks for the help brotha.

    Monday, March 24, 2008 at 9:57 am | Permalink
  29. Sydni Larson wrote:

    Thanks Jay! You rock! I was about to pitch this thing over my balcony and into the great blue Pacific!

    Sydni

    Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 1:55 pm | Permalink
  30. webmuse wrote:

    Hey thanks… I got a new phone and forgot how to pair w/ the headset and have gone through about 20 sites until I found your very simple directions. I’m going to save them. Thanks for putting the info up.

    Friday, March 28, 2008 at 7:14 pm | Permalink
  31. AmethystSkye wrote:

    Thanks so much! Just what I needed. :-)

    Monday, March 31, 2008 at 12:17 am | Permalink
  32. user wrote:

    Good info indeed! Just to add another important step

    How to place a Motorola HS 850 bluetooth headset into paring mode:

    1.Close the boom to turn the unit off.
    2.Hold down the call button until the blue light comes on.

    2a. The Blue light comes on solid and stays on for a few seconds)3-4 sec. Make sure you do step 3 immediately b4 the blue light turns off again…if not repeat step 1 again.

    3.While holding down the call button, swing the boom open.
    4.The headset is now in pairing mode, and you can search for it using your phone. When it asks for a PIN, use 0000.

    Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 9:38 am | Permalink
  33. Yvonne wrote:

    Indeed great instructions. Wasn’t able to do it until I read your instructions. THANK YOU!!

    Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 3:23 pm | Permalink
  34. Tanya wrote:

    Finally, instructions that are easy to follow and that work. Great job Jay. Thanks a million.
    Tanya

    Friday, April 18, 2008 at 7:26 am | Permalink
  35. Troy Kendrick wrote:

    i can pair my phine with my head set but everytime I close the boom i have to connect again, and it wont work, i try to make a call either by typing in the phone number on my phone or using the voice dialing and its like it wont send it to my headset, only the phone will work, like if I want to make a call by voice you open the boom and press the call button and then you say the name of the person you want to call after the beep, i have to voice tag done on the phone only instead of the headset beeping at me to tell me to say the name the phone does instead.

    Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 9:40 pm | Permalink
  36. Jay wrote:

    Troy:

    Closing the boom will turn the headset off, disconnecting from the phone.

    However, opening the boom should turn it back on, and it SHOULD try to re-connect with the last phone it was paired with at that time.

    The other behavior sounds very funny, and could be the result of a bad headset (or accidentally pushing the call button twice). Try to re-pair your phone with your headset and see if that helps.

    Jay

    Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 9:08 am | Permalink
  37. Dan wrote:

    This is my 1st blue tooth headset.. I came here and BAM got it working.. Thanks a ton Jay..

    Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 2:02 am | Permalink
  38. Donald wrote:

    Wow 2 hours into trying with your advice 3 minutes.Thank You!

    Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 4:20 pm | Permalink
  39. michelle wrote:

    Jay – took me all of 5 seconds to do this – lost my manual – GREAT! Thanks for the info!

    Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 2:28 pm | Permalink
  40. Wasim wrote:

    So Shweeeeeeeeet jay it works well thanx so much

    Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 8:45 am | Permalink
  41. Scott wrote:

    Dude, thanks. This thing has been p!$$!ng me off for weeks.

    Monday, June 2, 2008 at 8:27 pm | Permalink
  42. wahidi wrote:

    your a legend Jay! i was about to break the blue tooth, now u saved me $$$. thanks.

    Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 9:51 pm | Permalink
  43. Seba wrote:

    Thanks a lot! I buried my manual somewhere and got stuck with that one. I remembered it had sth to do with opening and closing the boom, but was not sure how exactly. Greetings from Warsaw, Poland.

    Monday, June 9, 2008 at 7:01 am | Permalink
  44. Carl wrote:

    Thx, I have not seen instructions so simple. I almost threw it into the trash along with Motorolas manual.

    Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 2:16 am | Permalink
  45. alexander wrote:

    thank you very much.you web-site was very helpful!

    Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 1:12 pm | Permalink
  46. Merk wrote:

    No one ever says that you need to swing the boom open to get it to stay in pairing mode, nice work on the detailed instructions.

    Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 3:03 am | Permalink
  47. NARUTO wrote:

    OH THANKS FOR THE INFO, I WAS SEEKING IT A LONG TIME AGO!! THANKS!!

    Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 8:39 pm | Permalink
  48. MIKE wrote:

    Lost directions, thanks

    Monday, June 23, 2008 at 10:20 am | Permalink
  49. MIKE wrote:

    thanks

    Monday, June 23, 2008 at 10:22 am | Permalink
  50. adam wrote:

    THANK YOU! motorola websites dont help at all! thanks alot!

    Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 10:33 pm | Permalink
  51. Jennifer wrote:

    Thanx!! U R a lifesaver!!

    Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 10:56 pm | Permalink
  52. Michelle wrote:

    Wow…this made it so easy. You solved an argument betwen hubby and I when we couldn’t agree how to pair the headset!!! Thanks so much!!!!!

    Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 7:44 pm | Permalink
  53. Donna wrote:

    OMG, thanks for your instructions! I ended up buying a new bluetooth cuz I was having a hard time pairing my HS850. Now I can return the bluetooth and save some money. Thanks a bunch!

    Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 9:45 pm | Permalink
  54. mary wrote:

    your instructions really helped me, i had been trying to install the bluetooth to my cell phone for 2 days until i saw these instructions it only took me less than a minute to pair up the devices and install.

    Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 5:47 pm | Permalink
  55. James Hernandez wrote:

    Good Job Man, good Directions!!!

    Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 1:24 pm | Permalink
  56. Anonymous wrote:

    Thank you!

    I work at a Bell store and one customer of mine had trouble pairing it. These instructions are simple and easy to follow… Plus I didn’t look like an idiot :)

    Thanks again!

    Monday, July 7, 2008 at 9:21 am | Permalink
  57. rick wrote:

    YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! good stuff.

    Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 10:53 pm | Permalink
  58. Justin wrote:

    California has recently passed a law making it illegal to operate a vehicle and use you phone so now I got my bluetooth crankin. Thanks again!

    Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 5:30 pm | Permalink
  59. Ash wrote:

    Thanks man, life saver. Incidently also the manual is CURRENTLY available at this site.

    http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/manuals/HS850_%209489A97O.pdf

    Who knows for how long though.

    Friday, July 18, 2008 at 3:09 pm | Permalink
  60. Idy Cheung wrote:

    Jay:

    Thank you for the easy to use, step by step user guide.

    GREAT HELP

    Idy

    Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 12:46 am | Permalink
  61. damion wrote:

    thx!!! i have been waiting for these directions for a long time you rck!!!

    Friday, July 25, 2008 at 8:31 pm | Permalink
  62. Rob Burda wrote:

    Jay:

    Thanks soo much for these instructions. I had lost mine for over a year now and finally had the idea of looking online and luckily I found your site. Worked the first time.

    Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 9:11 pm | Permalink
  63. hanu wrote:

    Good brief description and quick pairing. Thanks for posting..

    Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 5:19 am | Permalink
  64. Nikhil wrote:

    Your directions were great just what I’ve been looking for. Your awesome!!!

    Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 2:19 am | Permalink
  65. Jadette wrote:

    Thanks- worked perfect!!

    Monday, August 18, 2008 at 3:10 pm | Permalink
  66. GUCCI wrote:

    THANX 4 the help i went to the website to find this out and it was taking me forever and you helped me in 1 min… THANKS ALOT!:)

    Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 3:46 pm | Permalink
  67. Suzanne wrote:

    Thank you so much. Motorola didn’t provide this simple direction.

    Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 6:43 pm | Permalink
  68. steve wrote:

    thanks this helped a lot

    Friday, August 29, 2008 at 1:50 pm | Permalink
  69. Charles wrote:

    Thank you so much. Motorola didn’t provide this simple direction. well they did but i lost the manual.Your instructions were great just what I’ve been looking for. simple Your awesome!!!

    Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 12:53 am | Permalink
  70. Maurice wrote:

    Thanx!! worked perfect.

    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 11:42 am | Permalink
  71. Linda wrote:

    Thank you so much. It was the “swing the boom open” direction that made the difference.

    Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 3:49 pm | Permalink
  72. ebmccauley wrote:

    Thanks Jay… exactly what I needed. Meanwhile, the Motorola web site was full of errors.

    Monday, September 8, 2008 at 12:14 pm | Permalink
  73. Ranon wrote:

    Awesome! I couldn’t get the thing to workl till I found your post.

    Friday, September 12, 2008 at 9:42 pm | Permalink
  74. Paul wrote:

    A whole year I had this thing in my draw until I stumbled on your site. Now my Sony has an HS850 bluetooth, thanks Jay!

    Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 2:01 am | Permalink
  75. Linda wrote:

    The directions that came with the headset were not as clear as yours for putting the headset in “pairing” mode. Thanks a million for publishing these clear directions online!

    Monday, September 22, 2008 at 9:56 pm | Permalink
  76. Gary wrote:

    Thanks, Jay. Saved me endless scrounging for this info. A tip of my cap to you, sir!

    Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 12:52 pm | Permalink
  77. Katie wrote:

    You are the best!! Took me 5 seconds to program it…moments before it was trashed.
    Katie

    Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 6:02 pm | Permalink
  78. Dana wrote:

    You Rock…took me forever to figure out how to pair. I was just about to invest in a different bluetooth. Thanks!

    Friday, October 3, 2008 at 8:38 am | Permalink
  79. Ruby wrote:

    Thanks so much! These instructions were clear and concise.

    Friday, October 3, 2008 at 10:28 am | Permalink
  80. Sarah wrote:

    Thank you soooo much. I have been trying to figure this out for sometime and being in California, I have to have my headset!!! Thanks again!

    Friday, October 3, 2008 at 3:25 pm | Permalink
  81. Dana wrote:

    thanks so much… what took me half an hr to try and do on my own, only took me 10 sec once i reached your site… thanks a million and one

    Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 3:20 pm | Permalink
  82. Lesa wrote:

    Thanks a BUNCH!!!

    Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 6:31 pm | Permalink
  83. Robert wrote:

    I was going nuts because I lost my manual, thanks for the onfo

    Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 11:47 pm | Permalink
  84. Sweet Pete wrote:

    Jay, great walk through. Thank you for the insight, very helpful!!!!

    Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 9:19 am | Permalink
  85. chris wrote:

    thanks, this helped. Can’t believe you have to open it after holding the button down. Why do they make it so complicated.

    Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10:05 pm | Permalink
  86. Ben wrote:

    Thanks. Tried a couple other sites, went to yours and it worked first try!! KISS is the way to go for me!!
    Thanks Again

    Friday, October 31, 2008 at 4:02 pm | Permalink
  87. gil wrote:

    Thank you for the helpful hint, very user friendly.

    Gil

    Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 1:38 pm | Permalink
  88. MJC58D wrote:

    Thanks for the spot on guidance, worked w/o a hitch, ur the best

    Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 4:43 am | Permalink
  89. Erica wrote:

    Thanks so much. Who would think it’s this easy and everywhere else makes it so complicated. You saved me from pulling my hair out.

    Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 10:58 am | Permalink
  90. roy wrote:

    i spent hours trying to pair up and was ready to start drinking heavily, then i found your site. you saved me. now i only drink lightly. thanx

    Monday, December 1, 2008 at 2:03 pm | Permalink
  91. Stan wrote:

    thanks Jay. worked like a charm.

    some other instructions i ran across didn’t give the right instructions.

    Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 8:00 pm | Permalink
  92. RON wrote:

    Thanks alot Jay. Much appreciated! They just HAD to be different! Hold the button and open the boom. There is no other SIMPLE combo than that now is there? LOL – Merry Christmas

    Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 7:58 am | Permalink
  93. bob smith wrote:

    Thank you for posting this. I got a new phone and lost my instructions for the bluetooth. you saved me. Thank you.
    bob

    Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 2:23 pm | Permalink
  94. Torry wrote:

    Thanks,

    Your instructions were right on!!!

    Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 6:05 pm | Permalink
  95. Melissa wrote:

    Yey! OMG I love the internet. I tried to pair this bluetooth on my own and had no manual, couldn’t figure the darn thing out. I looked up the bluetooth on the internet and this came us. Simply and easy…thank you so much for saving me time.

    Monday, December 29, 2008 at 10:08 pm | Permalink
  96. Hector wrote:

    Thank you Jay,
    Crystal clear!!!

    Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 7:20 pm | Permalink
  97. Kevin wrote:

    We don’t need no stinkin’ manual, Jay’s on the case!

    Thanks!

    Friday, January 9, 2009 at 1:08 pm | Permalink
  98. C-Dizzle wrote:

    Dude,dawg I can’t thank you enough dawg. My girl said she was gonna slit my froat if I didn’t get this done fo her. Thanks, you basically saved my life dawg. I owe you a joint or something dawg. Love you for reals dawg. You da BOMB

    Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 9:50 pm | Permalink
  99. Marc wrote:

    Thanks! Good Karma for you! Made connecting my 850 simple…!

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 8:10 am | Permalink
  100. joe wrote:

    thanks for your info on pairing my motorola headset. Info was easy and fast..>THANKS!!

    Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 11:40 pm | Permalink
  101. bob wrote:

    Thank you, the motorola site was fairly useless in trying to do this, so I appreciate thta you did.

    Friday, January 23, 2009 at 11:05 am | Permalink
  102. Anil wrote:

    Its really really helpful instruction. I have motorola bluetooth without its manual instruction even doesn’t know its model number. Just I did follow the instuction and it works, after that I came to know blutooth device model number is HS700 – It suppose to be this instruction will wrok for every HS series bluetooth handset. JAY YOU ARE GREAT!!!!!!!!! thanks

    Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 7:35 pm | Permalink
  103. Andre henry wrote:

    Thanks for the help

    Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 1:04 pm | Permalink
  104. Vixen wrote:

    THANKS SO MUCH I managed to get this off my brother-in-law because he couldn’t figure out how to pair it with his phone. Pretty tricky if I do say so myself. So again thank you for your help it worked fine!

    Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 2:22 pm | Permalink
  105. M-Jaye wrote:

    THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I purchased a new phone and could not remember how to pair my device. You’re a handsfree savior!

    Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 10:19 am | Permalink
  106. BhamWoman wrote:

    Wonderful, got a new phone & did not remember how to pair it. Thanks a bunch!!!!!!!

    Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 9:55 am | Permalink
  107. JACKIE wrote:

    I too was going nuts trying to figure out how to pair my phone to the hs850. Yeesh, this was so helpful!! Frustration turn into success! This totally was helpful!

    Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 6:13 am | Permalink
  108. sam wrote:

    thanks dude, got my headset with a game console and no instructions no i can use it for my fone and watevr else u is the man!!

    Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 8:33 pm | Permalink
  109. Samuel wrote:

    BoooooooYYYAAAAAhhhhh… AWESOME !!! You ARE the man… Thank You ever so much !!!

    Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 5:31 pm | Permalink
  110. lobster wrote:

    thank you – i was at the airport and looked up these simple easy instructions on line.

    Friday, March 6, 2009 at 2:57 pm | Permalink
  111. Rob Ganister wrote:

    Jay, thanks a bunch, works great!

    Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 10:24 am | Permalink
  112. Jessy wrote:

    Awwwwwwesome you are the best of the best…. so easy to follow and so fast! thank you thank you thank you…. ;)

    Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 8:25 pm | Permalink
  113. andre wrote:

    wow!! thanks!!! it’s working..,. hahaha

    Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 8:19 am | Permalink
  114. Some guy wrote:

    Thank you very much for the info because I lost my manual

    Monday, April 13, 2009 at 7:47 am | Permalink
  115. Carlo wrote:

    THANK YOU!!! I work at Best Buy Mobile and I was having a nightmare of a time trying to figure out this pairing. THANKS A MILLION!!!!

    Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 3:31 pm | Permalink
  116. stacy wrote:

    oh my god i was searching and searching to find out how to pair it and your website had it thank god for this website

    Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 2:34 pm | Permalink
  117. luis wrote:

    thanks for help everyone with our bluetooth needs,

    Monday, April 20, 2009 at 9:18 am | Permalink
  118. ADM wrote:

    YOU ARE GREAT!!! I have been struggleing for about an hour and your instructions worked the very first time……YAY!!!!

    Monday, April 20, 2009 at 11:17 am | Permalink
  119. Danny wrote:

    Just found mine in an old box after months (ok, lots and lots of months) of inactivity. Back in action thanks to you!

    Monday, April 20, 2009 at 9:42 pm | Permalink
  120. Brett wrote:

    Perfect!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Friday, April 24, 2009 at 2:43 pm | Permalink
  121. Mia wrote:

    This was perfect and very simple directions

    Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 1:18 pm | Permalink
  122. Joe G wrote:

    thx Jay – i was trying to figure this out all afternoon – this saved my sanity!

    Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 6:17 pm | Permalink
  123. John Borgatti wrote:

    Thank you so much! After going nuts for quite a while trying to remember how to pair (who knows where the user manual is?) I went to google “How to pair Bluetooth HS 850. You came right up and in three simple lines wiped away all my frustration. Thanks again and again.

    Monday, May 11, 2009 at 9:17 pm | Permalink
  124. iggy wrote:

    it took me 10-15 minutes to download the stupid adode pdf reader to open the hs850 and that didn’t work. on jay’s site it only took me 2min tops and i paired my bluetooth without any addt’l downloads. thanks jay!

    Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 1:47 am | Permalink
  125. Rose wrote:

    YEAH finally I found out how to pair this with my phone!!!!!!!!!!
    THANKS!!!

    Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 12:23 pm | Permalink
  126. Vijay wrote:

    Hi JAY

    This Info is great!

    I have been trying to pair this device from past few months. Thanks once Again.

    Friday, June 5, 2009 at 3:49 am | Permalink
  127. jch wrote:

    Thanks man! Lost my bluetooth manual

    Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 1:35 pm | Permalink
  128. george wrote:

    I have the 850 and when I fold the ear piece it will not turn off. The funny thing is, I leave that headset in the car and after work, when I go in the car, it automatically dials the last number dialed. It will not shut off at all even thogh it is folder. I thought it was the unit, so I have another 850 and it does exactly the same thing.

    any advise would be much appreciated

    Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 4:43 pm | Permalink
  129. Jay wrote:

    George:
    That sounds like a problem with your 850….Mine would turn off when the boom was closed.

    Note that if you press the button once, it issues an “action” command, and most phones treat this as “redial the last number” if you are not in a call (they typically treat it as a “hang up” command if you are in a call).

    Jay

    Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 5:23 pm | Permalink
  130. marty wrote:

    that was cool i didnt think it would work for real thanks alot you rock

    Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 5:44 pm | Permalink
  131. Joe wrote:

    Great! thanks for the info. Searched around and this worked instantly w/HTC 8525

    Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 4:49 am | Permalink
  132. Al wrote:

    Can’t say anything that hasn’t been said above me. Many, many thanks.

    Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 7:36 pm | Permalink
  133. Joe Walton wrote:

    I tried every combination of boom and ear hook positions I could think of with no luck. Found you on google by simply typing in the model #. Thanks so much.

    Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 6:05 pm | Permalink
  134. Mrs Evil Genius wrote:

    Thank you SO much! Was given the unused Bluetooth by my dad and paired it in seconds thanks to your simple instructions.

    You RAWK! :D

    Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 5:41 am | Permalink
  135. AJ wrote:

    Thank you amigo!

    Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 6:27 pm | Permalink
  136. wayne wrote:

    Thank you so much for the help. Worked perfectly.

    Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 10:21 am | Permalink
  137. FRANK wrote:

    YOU ARE THE BEST.I HAD IT FOR I YEAR IN MY DESK BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET IT TO WORK. THANKS AGAIN.

    Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 11:57 am | Permalink
  138. kiko wrote:

    Thanks for helping me out. Without your help I might have just thought my hs850 was already broken.

    Friday, July 17, 2009 at 5:38 pm | Permalink
  139. Robin wrote:

    Is is it possible to pair this headset with a blackberry? The blackberry is requesting that the headset respond in order to pair and keeps timing out. Help!

    Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 6:41 pm | Permalink
  140. Jay wrote:

    I would be surprised if it didn’t work, but as I do not have a blackberry I’m afraid I can’t recommend a solution.

    Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 7:21 pm | Permalink
  141. Grant Fitch wrote:

    I have a blackberry Storm and Jay’s solution / set-up directions work

    Friday, July 24, 2009 at 10:07 am | Permalink
  142. Tracy wrote:

    Many Thanks for the instructions you saved me many hours of trying to figuring it out.

    Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 10:25 pm | Permalink
  143. Dawn wrote:

    Thanks for the instructions they were very helpful and saved me a lot of frustration.

    Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 8:28 am | Permalink
  144. ora wrote:

    Thank you Jay

    Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 9:35 am | Permalink
  145. vicki wrote:

    Worked like a charm! Was able to do it while parked at a red light! Thanks a ton!!

    Friday, July 31, 2009 at 8:02 pm | Permalink
  146. Anthony wrote:

    Thanks Jay your instructions on how to pair the bluetooth worked perfectly..thanks now I can trash talk my friends on PS3

    Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 10:39 pm | Permalink
  147. tom wrote:

    Great work. So much easier that reading the knock off Chinese in the manual I got from ebay…

    Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 10:35 am | Permalink
  148. Koushik Chakrabarti wrote:

    Thanks a lot. I have been trying to find a way to pair it up with my blackberry and unfortunately I lost the manual which came with Motoroal HS850 headset.

    Thanks once again,
    Koushik.

    Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 5:20 pm | Permalink
  149. Asaciel wrote:

    Your instructions are clear and precise! Thank you so much!

    Friday, August 21, 2009 at 12:31 pm | Permalink
  150. Daniel wrote:

    Bro thx a Mil!…I knew I was missing one more step and when I read you instructions -BAM- there it was “swing the boom open”..I’m up and running :-)

    Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 8:06 pm | Permalink
  151. Dave wrote:

    Echoing everyone else…thank you

    Monday, August 31, 2009 at 11:55 am | Permalink
  152. Ippa Bahr wrote:

    Nice, It took me like 3 seconds to pair it with the phone. and also took me like 2 days while trying, but with no results.
    Big thanks to you.

    Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 6:52 pm | Permalink
  153. Beverly wrote:

    Thanks for the help with this…worked like a charm!

    Monday, September 21, 2009 at 1:25 pm | Permalink
  154. Eveline wrote:

    Thank you for providing this excellent information.

    Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 1:11 pm | Permalink
  155. michelle wrote:

    thank you it only took a few seconds. you save me from having buy a new one.

    Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 2:56 pm | Permalink
  156. Tony wrote:

    Thank you for your comments, they were really helpful

    Monday, September 28, 2009 at 5:06 pm | Permalink
  157. James Jones wrote:

    Thanks….I just used this tip again with a BlackBerry Bold and it worked like a charm.
    Much appreciated.
    Cheers.
    Jim

    Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 2:30 pm | Permalink
  158. joby wrote:

    Thanks so much for the info it works great compared to all the other directions as to pairing.

    Monday, October 19, 2009 at 4:57 pm | Permalink
  159. Eric wrote:

    Had this 850 around and thanks to you I found how to pair it to my blackberry. Thanks

    Friday, October 23, 2009 at 11:12 pm | Permalink
  160. ROBERT wrote:

    THANKS A MILLION JAY! yodaman!

    Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:48 pm | Permalink
  161. Sergio wrote:

    I lost my Jawbone headset and found my trusted old HS850, charged it but couldn’t pair it, didn’t found the manual. A quick Google search and voila! swing the boom!, paired to my blackberry. Great and thanks !

    Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:28 am | Permalink
  162. Chuck wrote:

    had three of them for a long time and forgot how to pair it. Thanks for posting it!

    Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:04 am | Permalink
  163. Maddie Casillas wrote:

    Thx so much! I am NOT techno savvy and this info was so easy! Fix the problem in minutes. You’re Awesome! Thank You!
    Maddie

    Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 1:16 am | Permalink
  164. TJ wrote:

    Thanks, glad you’re here. I lost my instructions and couldn’t remember the sequence.

    Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:13 pm | Permalink
  165. Edgar Martinez wrote:

    thanks!!!! i was training for day!!!!!!

    Monday, November 30, 2009 at 10:52 am | Permalink
  166. Rob wrote:

    Thank you! Worked like a charm. You’re the first google search result so didn’t have to bother looking elsewhere.

    Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 2:26 pm | Permalink
  167. Ferraro wrote:

    Just wanted to say thanx. Worked perfectly

    Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 2:17 pm | Permalink
  168. todd wrote:

    WOW, THANK YOU so much for this site, i lost my brand new Blue Ant Bluetooth and kept my Motorola for back up but lost the directions to pair it….I tried everything but the way it was to be done…duhhhh Thanks again for the help you made it easy

    Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 2:05 pm | Permalink
  169. Chris wrote:

    I can’t seem to get my unit to turn off. Please help. I can’t get it into pairing mode. The boom is the mouth piece part the folds right? Thank you. Perfect instructions tho.

    Friday, December 11, 2009 at 6:14 pm | Permalink
  170. Jay wrote:

    Chris,
    It sounds like your boom switch is malfunctioning. If you can’t turn it off, you can’t start the pairing process. The only advice I have to give you is to try and clean out the switch area.
    Jay

    Friday, December 11, 2009 at 8:36 pm | Permalink
  171. Throwlands wrote:

    Just wanted to say thank you, I was having trouble trying to figure out how to pair my wife’s HS850 with her phone. You saved me a lot of hassle, and helped me make the missus happy. Thanks.

    Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 11:05 am | Permalink
  172. Daniel Sterling wrote:

    thank man your the best …..I have been trying for hours to pair this thing because my dad gave it to me with out the manual so i was trying to set it up for hours until i gave up an decided to google the instructions and came across your page which was very helpful…im using it as i type right now. (thanks man)

    Monday, December 21, 2009 at 5:32 pm | Permalink
  173. Lynn wrote:

    You rock! I’ve been trying to figure out how to do this for a year, and finally came across your site. Thank you!

    Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 12:03 pm | Permalink
  174. Kendra wrote:

    Thanks! Echoing the other comments: spent way too much trying ’till I found your instructions. Wish Motorola would just put this link on their site to begin with.

    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 1:07 am | Permalink
  175. Karen wrote:

    Thank you; that did the trick with my Motorola Cliq.

    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:12 pm | Permalink
  176. Joyce wrote:

    Very helpful, thank you.

    Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 11:11 pm | Permalink
  177. Lori wrote:

    Jay this was the “to-the-point” info I needed for successful use. Glad I found your instructions!

    Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 12:52 am | Permalink
  178. David wrote:

    I had not used the device in quiet sometime, so I got the a new blackberry and perfect, I ‘ll use the bluetooth. I remember what a pain it was to do years ago, your instructions are simple thank you!!!

    Motorola’s pairing method on this device is not very intuitive as we know from the number of comments you have received. Just thank you again for making it simple.

    Friday, February 5, 2010 at 7:45 am | Permalink
  179. brother rob wrote:

    thanks jay your straight and foward

    Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 2:49 am | Permalink
  180. Amelia McCullough wrote:

    Thanks …worked like a charm

    Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 11:20 pm | Permalink

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