User Guide Palm® Wireless Headset Series 3 with Bluetooth® wireless technology
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Contents Wireless Headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Charging your headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Pairing your headset with your smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Turning your headset on and off .
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USER GUIDE Wireless Headset Thank you for purchasing the Palm® Wireless Headset Series 3 with Bluetooth® wireless technology, a headset that connects to your Palm® Treo™ smartphone and enables you to use your smartphone without using your hands. What you’ll learn to do in this guide: Please read this guide to make the best use of your headset’s many features. For a quick introduction to your Wireless Headset, refer to Getting Started.
USER GUIDE Package contents Headset Indicator light Call control button Volume/ mute buttons Small, medium, and large soft-gel ear tips Microphone Charging adapter Earloop Charging pocket 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS
USER GUIDE Charging your headset Your headset contains a rechargeable battery that you must fully charge before using the headset for the first time. You can use your fully charged headset for up to 5 hours talk time or 70 hours standby before you need to recharge it. 3 Insert your headset into the charging pocket. The indicator light on your headset glows red while your headset is charging. Charge for three hours for a full charge, until the indicator light turns off.
USER GUIDE Pairing your headset with your smartphone 2 On your smartphone, press Applications and select Bluetooth , or tap the Bluetooth icon at the top of the screen. Pairing, also known as forming a partnership, creates a unique and encrypted wireless link between two devices enabled with Bluetooth® wireless technology, such as your Treo™ smartphone and your headset. 4 In the Bluetooth application on your smartphone, select Setup Devices, and then select Hands-free Setup.
USER GUIDE Pairing with your Treo smartphone (Windows Mobile®) 6 Check the Hands Free box if it is not already checked, and then select Finish. Select OK. The headset flashes blue every five seconds when paired successfully. BEFORE YOU BEGIN • Make sure your Treo smartphone has the latest software by going to www.palm.com/support. • Your headset must be turned off before you begin the pairing process. If it is on, see Turning your headset on and off to learn how to turn it off.
USER GUIDE 4 When a message on your phone screen asks for a passkey, enter 0000, and then select Yes or OK. The headset flashes blue every five seconds when paired successfully. 2 Turn off your headset by pressing and holding the Call control button for at least four seconds, until the indicator light glows red.
USER GUIDE Wearing your headset on your left or right ear Your headset comes with three soft-gel ear tips and an optional earloop. IMPORTANT For optimal performance, wear your headset and your smartphone on the same side of your body. In general, you’ll get better performance when there are no obstructions (including parts of your body) between your headset and the phone. As you move away from your smartphone, the audio quality may degrade.
USER GUIDE Right ear 3 With the ear tip facing you, twist the tip toward the R for right-ear wearing or toward the L for left-ear wearing. The ear tip should rest against, but not enter, the ear canal. 8 Neutral position Left ear 4 To remove the ear tip, make sure it’s in the neutral position and then pull it away from your headset.
USER GUIDE Attaching the earloop You can attach the earloop to your headset to improve stability. 1 Remove the ear tip from your headset by turning it to the neutral position and pulling it away from your headset. 2 Attach the earloop between your headset and the ear tip, and replace the ear tip. For the right ear, the earloop appears as shown in the following figure. For the left ear, reverse the orientation. The ear tip should rest against, but not enter, the ear canal.
USER GUIDE Making a call Answering a call IMPORTANT Use only short presses when making, ending, or answering a call to avoid accidentally activating your headset’s Advanced features. IMPORTANT Use only short presses when ending or answering a call to avoid accidentally activating your headset’s Advanced features. 1 Make sure your headset is on. 1 Make sure your headset is on. 2 Dial the number on your smartphone. The call is automatically transferred to your headset, and you hear a series of tones.
USER GUIDE If you miss a call, the indicator light on your headset flashes blue and purple every six seconds to alert you to the missed call. To clear this alert, press the Call control button. When your headset is paired with your phone and you make or answer a call on your phone while your headset is turned off (or is out of range of the phone), your headset automatically tries to connect to the call when you turn it on (or when you bring it back within range of your phone).
USER GUIDE Increasing or decreasing call volume Increase or decrease the call volume by pressing the top or the bottom of the Volume button . The volume of the confirmation tone you hear increases or decreases to match the call volume. WARNING Do not use your headset at high volumes for an extended period of time. Doing so can cause hearing loss. Always listen at moderate levels.
USER GUIDE What do the colored flashes and tones mean? Headset status Colored flashes and tones Turning on A single tone, and a blue flash followed after a few seconds by red flashes, indicating the battery level: 3 red flashes = more than 2/3 battery charge available 2 red flashes = 1/3 to 2/3 battery charge available 1 red flash = less than 1/3 battery charge available On Blue flash every 5 seconds Turning off Red flash and 3 tones: high, then low, then middle Off No light Incoming call Ringin
USER GUIDE Advanced features Advanced features are available for smartphones that support the hands-free Bluetooth® profile; this means you can use your headset instead of your smartphone to perform other tasks like redialing. Check your smartphone’s instruction guide or contact the manufacturer if you’re not sure if your smartphone supports the hands-free Bluetooth profile. NOTE Most smartphones support the hands-free profile.
USER GUIDE phone’s User Guide for instructions on setting up voice-activated dialing. Disabling active call and standby indicator lights Your headset comes with the active call and standby indicator lights enabled. Disabling the indicators Press the Volume up button while turning the headset on. Volume up button NOTE This process only disables active call and standby indicator lights when the headset is connected to your smartphone. All other indicator lights, such as low battery, continue to function.
USER GUIDE I hear static on my headset Callers can’t hear me Appliances such as cordless phones and wireless networking equipment may cause interference, adding a crackling noise. To reduce interference, keep your headset away from other devices that use or produce radio waves. Your headset might be muted. To turn mute off, press both sides of the Volume button until you hear two high tones and one low tone.
USER GUIDE Bluetooth headset and/or hands-free profile(s). Willl my headset interfere with my car’s electronics, radio, or computer? Your headset produces significantly less power than a typical mobile phone. It also emits only signals that are compliant with the international Bluetooth standard. Therefore, your headset does not interfere with standard consumer-grade electronic equipment.
USER GUIDE Glossary Bluetooth® wireless technology Radio technology that was developed to connect devices, such as mobile phones and headsets, without wires or cords over a distance of approximately 30 feet (10 meters). More information is available at www.bluetooth.com. Pairing (also known as forming a partnership) Process that creates a unique and encrypted communication link between two Bluetooth devices and enables them to communicate with each other.
USER GUIDE Important safety and legal information IMPORTANT Using a mobile phone while driving creates a distraction to the driver, and this may increase the likelihood of an accident. When using the phone while driving, keep the following in mind: • Keep conversations short and do not make notes or read documents. • Before answering calls, consider your circumstances.
USER GUIDE Approval marks Palm wireless headset product family CE mark Tested to Comply With FCC Standards Mexico approval mark FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Industry Canada Notice Radio equipment The term “IC:” before the radio certification number only signifies that Industry Canada technical specifications were met.
USER GUIDE is automatically passed to the device. Then, when the device is connected to another device such as a docking station, a discharge event can occur. Precautions against ESD Make sure to discharge any built-up static electricity from yourself and your electronic devices before touching an electronic device or connecting one device to another.
USER GUIDE Europe R&TTE Directive (Europe) 22 IMPORTANT SAFETY AND LEGAL INFORMATION
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