hi i have an Acer Notebook (travelmate 430) and a T68 ericsson phone , both with infrared. I put the phone next to the infrared port on the laptop but it doesnt detect any devices. Anyone know what i can do?, (the infrared port is the black square at the front right?) vK

You first have to make sure the infrared is enabled on the laptop - check in device manager first, it should be listed there. If not then you need to access the BIOS on boot-up and enable it there. You also need to set your phone to communicate by IR - it doesn't do it automatically, there is usually a menu listing under 'communications' to enable it

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