Views of the Device Get Started Expanding Your Device Software Indicators Entering Information Voice Recording Getting to Know Your 8502 Chapter 1
Views of the Device No. Item Function 1. Scroll Wheel Scroll up or down to move through menus and program instructions. 2. OK Button Press to confirm your data entries or to exit the program in use. 3. POWER Button Press and hold power your Device On or Off. When Device is Power on, press briefly to Standby mode and press again to resume. 4. Earpiece For use during phone calls. 5.
No. Item Function 7. Windows Start Menu button Press to bring up the Start menu. 8. Qwerty Keypad Use the input keys to enter letters and numbers. 9. Earphone Jack Connection for provided Stereo Headset. 10. Stylus Use the stylus to write, draw or select items on the touch screen. 11. LED Displays the status of the phone. One Bi-Color (Green and Red) LED indicates communication network status, device power, charging status and system event notification. 12.
No. Item Function 23. Loudspeaker Loudspeaker for speaker phone function and playback of music and device sounds. 24. LED Compensation Light White LED light for taking a picture or recording high quality video brighter. 25. Battery Cover To remove or replace the battery, push and slide out the battery cover. 26. Reset Button Located under the battery cover, press this button to reset your device.
Get Started Install the SIM/USIM Card Follow these steps to install the SIM/USIM card provided by your local network service provider. The SIM/USIM card contains your phone number, service details and phonebook/message memory. Your device supports both 3V and 1.8V SIM/USIM cards. Some legacy SIM/ USIM cards will not function within this device. Consult with your service provider for a replacement SIM card. There might be a fee for this service. 1. Make sure the device is turned off. 2.
Install the battery 1. Align the exposed metal contacts on the edge of the battery with the prongs in the body of the phone and gently push the battery into place. 2. Lower the battery cover onto the device in an almost-closed position.Then slide the battery cover fully home to lock it into place. Charge the battery The device is only partially charged when you take it out of the box. The battery may be charged when the phone is turned on or off. Warning:Newbatteriesareshippedpartiallycharged.
Turn on the device To turn ON the device, press and hold the POWER button for 5 seconds until the screen lights up. When you turn on the device for the first time, you will be asked to complete the screen calibration process. Calibrating the device screen involves tapping the centre of a cross with the stylus as the cross moves around the screen. This process ensures that when you tap the screen with your stylus, the tapped item is activated accurately.
Connecting to AC Power and Charging the Battery Fully charge the battery before starting to use your device. 1. Fit the converter plug to the AC adapter. Connect the mini-USB end of the AC adapter to your device and the other end to a wall outlet. 2. The charge indicator glows solid red when charging is in progress. Do not disconnect your device from AC power until the battery is fully charged. This will take a couple of hours.
Basic Skills This chapter familiarizes you with the basic operations of your device such as using the stylus, navigation stick, Today screen, menus, and programs. You will also know how to enter information and lock your device. Using the Stylus Use the stylus to navigate and select objects on the screen. Pull the stylus out of the slot and extend it for ease of use. Store it in the slot when not in use. Tap Touch the screen once with the stylus to open items and select options.
Using the Navigation Stick With the navigation stick, you can move up, down, left and right within a menu. This is particularly useful for one-hand operation. To move in a direction, simply push the button toward the corresponding direction. At the centre of the navigation keys is the OK key for you to activate the selected item. Conserve Battery Power To save battery power, your device will automatically go into Standby mode if not used for a period of time.
Software Indicators Status indicators appear at the top of the screen and on the Today screen. The following table lists common status indicators and their meanings. Icon Description Icon Description Battery level. Voice call in progress. Battery is very low / Charge battery soon. Calls are forwarded. Battery charging. Call on hold. Battery fault. Missed call. Speaker off. GPRS Connection in progress. Speaker on. GPRS Connected. New instant message. GSM available. Ringer in vibration mode.
Icon Description Icon Description No SIM card installed. Indicates Wi-Fi is turned on. Roaming. Wi-Fi network in range. No signal. Wi-Fi is connected. Reception is turned off. 3G connected. Signal strength. The number of bars indicates the signal strength. Enables you to see Help topics for a program on your device. 3G in range.
Entering Information Input Panel Input Panel provides access to the various available input methods for your device, including Block Recognizer, Keyboard, Letter Recognizer and Transcriber. By default, the Input Panel icon appears on the menu bar to indicate which input method is currently selected. The Input Selector arrow (shown at the right side of the Input Panel icon) opens a list of available input methods. NOTE:NotsupportedonalllanguageversionsoftheWindowsMobileoperatingsystem.
The following input methods are available when text entry is possible: Icon Input method Press to switch the keyboard input on or off. Input Panel Icon / Press the Input Selector Arrow to change input methods. Letter Recogniser or Block Recogniser. Sym Symbol Table. Transcriber. For further details of Transcriber and other Input Panel methods, refer to Chapter 7, where the Notes application is described.
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Voice Recording You can create a standalone voice recording or you can add a recording to a note. Create a voice note 1. Tap Start > Programs > Notes. 2. If you do not see the Recording Toolbar, tap Menu > View Recording Toolbar. 3. Tap the record icon to begin recording. 4. Hold your device’s microphone near your mouth or other audio source. 5. Tap the stop icon when finished recording. 6. Change recording formats 7. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Input. 8.
Today Screen Start Menu Ring tones and Notifications General Settings Security Personalising Your Device Chapter 2
Today Screen The Today screen shows your upcoming appointments, active tasks, and information about e-mail messages. No. Description No. Description 7. Tap to open the Wireless Manager. If the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth icons are displayed, they are enabled. 1. Tap to open the 2. Tap to view the connectivity status. 8. Tap to open the Profile Controller. 3. Indicates the radio signal strength. Tap to configure the phone settings. 9. Tap to open the related messages, tasks and appointments. 4.
NOTE: Not supported on all language versions of the Windows Mobile Operating System.* Customise background items on the Today Screen 1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Today. 2. On the Appearance tab, select the desired theme for the background of the Today screen.You can use one of your own pictures as the background image on theToday screen by selecting the Use this picture as the background check box and tap Browse to view a list of your picture files. 3.
Navigation Bar and Toolbar The Navigation bar is located at the top of the screen. It displays the active program and current time and allows you to switch programs and close screens. The Navigation bar and Start menu: Use the toolbar at the bottom of the screen to perform tasks in programs. The toolbar includes a left soft key, a right soft key, and the Input panel button in between. The right soft key is usually Menu while the left soft key varies with programs.
Enter Owner Information Entering and displaying Owner Information on the Today Screen is recommended and allows someone to return the device if lost. 1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Owner Information. 2. In the Identification tab, enter your personal information. If owner information is displayed on the Today screen, you can open and edit the information directly from it. Just tap that section of the screen.
Start Menu The Start menu, located at the top left corner of the Today screen, displays a list of programs. It lets you close a screen and switch from one program to another. You can start a program by scrolling through the programs list with the scroll wheel and then depressing the scroll wheel or by tapping a program with the stylus. You can choose which items appear in the Start menu: 1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Menus. 2.
Ring tones and Notifications Change ring tones You can change the way that you are notified of incoming calls. For example, you can choose to be notified by a ring, a vibration, or a combination of both. 1. From the Phone screen, tap Menu > Options > Phone tab. 2. In the Ring tone list, select the desired option, and tap OK. NOTE:To use custom *.wav, *.mid, *.mp3, or *.wma files as ring tones, use ActiveSync onyourPCtocopythefiletotheWindows/Ringsfolderonyourdevice.Then,selectthe soundfromtheringtonelist.
Assign ring tones to Contacts It is also possible to assign a specific ring tone to a Contact: 1. Go to Start > Contacts and tap on the desired Contact. 2. Select Menu > Edit. 3. In the Ring tone field, select your desired ring tone. NOTE:TherearetwotypesofContact,OutlookContactsandSIMContacts.AnOutlook Contact has the more extensive list of fields, including the ringtone field.
Change the ring type; enable vibrate You can change the way that you are notified of incoming calls. For example, you can choose to be notified by a ring, vibration or a combination of both. 1. From the Phone keypad, tap Menu > Options > Phone tab. 2. In the Ring type list, tap the desired option. Set an alarm 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clock & Alarms > Alarms tab. 2. Tap Description > and enter a name for the alarm. 3. Tap the day of the week for the alarm.
Choose how to be notified about events or actions 1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Sounds & Notifications. 2. On the Sounds tab, choose how you want to be notified by selecting the appropriate check boxes. 3. OntheNotificationstab,tapaneventnameandchoosehowyouwanttobenotifiedby selectingtheappropriatecheckboxes.Youcanchoosefromseveraloptions,depending on the event, such as a special sound, a message or a flashing light.
General Settings Set the time and date: 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clock & Alarms. 2. Select the correct time zone and change the date or time. Set the time and date for a different location If you visit or communicate with someone in a particular time zone often, you can select it as your visiting time zone. 3. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clock & Alarms. 4. Tap Visiting. 5. Select the correct time zone and change the time or date.
Change regional settings The style in which numbers, currency, dates, and times are displayed is specified in regional settings. 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Regional Settings. 2. On the Region tab, select your region. 3. The region you select determines which options will be available on the other tabs. 4. To customise settings further, tap the appropriate tabs and select desired options.
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Reassign programs or shortcuts to program buttons 1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Buttons. 2. A list of programmable buttons and their current assignments is displayed on the Program Buttons tab. 3. Tapthebuttonyouwanttoreassign.Tohelpyouidentifythebuttons,therearenumbers and icons representing their original functions. 4. In the Assign a program box, tap the program or shortcut to assign. Tap OK.
Increase or decrease screen text size 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Screen > Text Size tab. 2. Move the slider to increase or decrease the text size.
Adjust the speed for scrolling 1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Buttons > Up/Down Control tab. 2. Do one of the following: ·· Under Delay before first repeat, move the slider to shorten or lengthen the time that elapses before scrolling begins. ·· Tochangethetimeittakesto scroll from one item to the next, under Repeat rate, move the slider to adjust the speed.
Change the device name 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > About. 2. Tap the Device ID tab. 3. Enter a name. The device name is used to identify the device in the following situations: ·· Synchronizing with a PC. ·· Connecting to a network. ·· Restoring information from a backup. NOTE: The device name must begin with a letter, consisting of letters from A to Z, numbers from 0 to 9, and cannot contain spaces. Use the underscore character to separatewords.
Make the battery last longer 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Power. On the Advanced tab, you can specify when your device turns off, to conserve battery power. For optimum conservation, specify 3 minutes or less. 2. Use the AC adapter to plug your device into external power whenever possible, especially when using a microSD card, a modem or other peripheral. 3. You can also adjust the backlight settings to conserve energy as described below. Adjust backlight brightness 4.
Set the backlight to dim after a time delay 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Backlight. 2. On the Advanced tab, you can specify when your backlight turns off, to conserve battery power. 3. Select the Turn off backlight if device is not used for check box and specify the time delay.
Close a program In most cases, programs automatically close to free needed memory. However, you can close programs manually. 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Memory > Running Programs >. 2. In the Running Programs list, tap the program you want to close and tap Stop. Managing Memory In certain situations, such as when the memory is low, your device may not be able to automatically adjust the memory allocation.
Files stored in folders other than My Documents (or in folders under the sub-folders in My Documents) may not show up in the list view of some programs. When you use Notes, Word, or Excel, move files by opening the item and tapping Tools or Edit and then Rename/Move. Change the orientation of the screen You can use your Pocket PC in landscape or portrait modes, depending on how you wish to use the device. 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Screen > General tab. 2.
Tap Align Screen if you wish to recalibrate the alignment of the stylus with the screen image.
Security Protect your data, your SIM card and your device with passwords This section will describe how to set a password for your SIM card and how to set a password to lock the device itself. You can choose to set up either type of password or both passwords or to have no password at all. Locking the device is different from locking the SIM card; a SIM card could be removed from the device and used in another device unless SIM security has also been applied as described below.
NOTE: If the network operator allows it, Emergency calls can be placed at any time, without requiring a PIN. If your PIN is entered incorrectly three times, the SIM card will be blocked. If this happens, you can unblock it with the PUK (PIN Unblocking Key) obtained from your wireless service provider. A maximum of 10 attempts at entering thePUKisallowed,afterwhichtheuserwouldhavetocontacttheserviceproviderfora replacement SIM card.
Protect your device with a password You can help keep your data more secure by requiring a password every time the device is turned on. 1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Lock. 2. Select the Prompt if device unused for check box. In the box to the right, select how longyourdevicemustbeturnedoffbeforeapasswordisneeded.InthePasswordtype box,selectthetypeofpasswordyouwanttouse.Enterthepasswordand,ifnecessary, confirmit.
NOTE:Eachtimeawrongpasswordisentered,thetimethedevicetakestorespondwill getdeliberatelylongerandlongeruntilthedeviceappearstobenotresponding.Ifyou forget your password, you must follow the procedure to perform a hard reset (clean boot) as described in Chapter 8 which will clear all personal data from memory. Change your password 1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Lock. You will be prompted to enter your current password. Then tap Unlock. 2. In the Password boxes, enter and confirm your new password.
Encrypt data on your storage card 1. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Encryption. 2. Select Encrypt files placed on storage cards to encrypt files as they are placed on a storage card. ·· If yourorganizationenforcesanencryptionpolicy,youcanseethissettingbutcannot change it. ·· Encrypted files can be read only on the device that encrypted them. ·· Encrypted files are opened just like other files, provided you are using the device that encrypted them.
Profile Controller Save and recall your favorite settings Your device is provided with the i-mate Profile Controller whose job is to remember and apply your preferred volume and ringer settings for you for specific situations. Rather than applying individual settings one-by-one, you can instantly recall a predefined set at once, called a ‘Profile’, accessed from one convenient place. The Profile Controller also adds quick access to changing the screen orientation and enabling/disabling your push mail.
For example, in the Silent profile, the Ring Type is preset to None and the Set Device Volume slider is already at its minimum. All the settings shown can be personalized by the user. Each profile consists of the following combination of settings which are applied when the profile is selected: ·· Include Profile check box: you can choose to disable the Silent, Outdoor and/or Headset profiles by clearing the relevant check box.The Normal and Meeting profiles are always included.
To move between profiles, tap the double arrows to either side of the profile name. When satisfied with the settings, tap OK or press the left soft key. The currently displayed Profile will be applied. Access the Profile Controller from the Today screen You may need to change profiles quickly and it is useful to be able to see at a glance which profile is active.
Let the Profile Controller take charge The profile selected in Profile Controller will take priority over volume and ringer settings you might have chosen previously on other settings pages, such as in Sounds & Notifications. In addition, the profile selected in Profile Controller will be re-applied every time you turn on the device provided that you have chosen to display the Profile Controller on the Today screen.
Rotate the display The profile controller also allows you to rotate the display, swapping conveniently between landscape and portrait orientations. With the Profile Controller displayed on the Today Screen, tap the 90° rotation symbol which is found to the far right of the profile name. Left-handed and right-handed landscape orientations are included.
NOTE: Another form of push mail is supported by the latest version of Windows Live. The settings forWindows Live push mail are independent from the above and are not modifiedbytheProfileController.ToaccessthesettingsforWindowsLive,insteadtap Start>Programs>WindowsLive>Menu>Options>SyncScheduleandthenchoose the Sync frequency. Further Help There is some built-in help which you can refer to while within the Profile Controller: ·· Tap Menu > Help.
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