ASUS G60 User Manual

nüvifone

™

G60

™

G60

owner’s manual

0682

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Table of Contents

Set Up Your nüvifone ......... 1

Look at Your nüvifone ................ 1

Understand the Home Screen

Icons ....................................... 2

Understand the Scrolling Screen

Icons ....................................... 3

Understand the Status

Bar Icons ................................. 4

Install the SIM Card and the

Battery ..................................... 6

Charge the Battery .................... 7

Install the microSD Card............ 8

Remove the microSD Card........ 8

Orient the Screen ...................... 9

Scroll the Screen ....................... 9

Lock the Screen......................... 9

Mount Your nüvifone ................ 10

Acquire Satellites ......................11

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Use Your Phone ................ 12

Dial a Number.......................... 12

Call a Contact .......................... 12

Set Up Voice Mail .................... 12

Call Voice Mail ......................... 12

Use Call History ....................... 13

Do a Reverse Lookup .............. 14

Receive a Call ......................... 14

Use In-Call Options ................. 14

End a Call ................................ 15

Redial a Number...................... 15

Set Your Ringtones .................. 15

Forward a Call ......................... 16

Use Call Waiting ...................... 17

Make a Conference Call .......... 17

Table of Contents

Search for Locations ........ 18

Find an Address....................... 18

Use the Location Page ............ 19

Find a Point of Interest ............ 19

Call a Location ......................... 19

Navigate to a Contact .............. 20

Set a Home Location ............... 20

Go Home ................................. 20

Find Locations with Local

Search ................................... 21

Save Favorite Locations .......... 21

Find Favorite Locations ........... 21

Find Recently Found

Locations ............................... 22

Search the White Pages .......... 22

Find Movie Times .................... 23

the Map ................................. 25

Plan and Save a Route............ 26

Follow Your Route ............ 27

View the Next Turn Page ......... 28

View the Turn List Page ........... 28

View the Trip Computer Page .. 29

Use the Compass .................... 30

Take a Detour .......................... 30

Add a Stop ............................... 30

About Usage Modes ................ 31

View Trafc ........................ 32

About Trafc ............................ 32

Understand Trafc on Your

Route .................................... 32

Use the Trafc Menu ............... 33

Find Upcoming Events ............ 23

Find Cities................................ 24

Navigate with Photos ............... 24

Find Gas Prices ....................... 25

Enter Coordinates.................... 25

Find a Location Using

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Work with Contacts .......... 34

Add a Contact .......................... 34

Edit a Contact .......................... 34

Assign a Picture to a Contact .. 34 Assign a Location to an Existing

Contact .................................. 35

Work with the SIM Phone

Book ...................................... 35

Delete a Contact ...................... 35

Use SMS/Text Messaging 36

Send a Text Message .............. 36

Read a Text Message .............. 36

Send a Location Message ....... 36

Use Text Messaging Options ... 37

Delete Text Messages ............. 37

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Use the Camera ................ 38

Take a Picture .......................... 38

Add Location Information to a

Picture ................................... 38

View a Picture .......................... 38

View a Slideshow .................... 38

Set Your Wallpaper .................. 39

Share a Picture ........................ 39

Navigate to a Picture ............... 39

Use the Music Player........ 40

Play a Song ............................. 40

Create a Playlist ...................... 40

Play a Playlist .......................... 40

Save the Current Playlist ......... 41

Edit a Playlist ........................... 41

Table of Contents

Browse the Web ................ 42

Enter a URL ............................. 42

Use the Browser ...................... 42

Set Your Browser Home

Page ...................................... 43

Save Bookmarks ..................... 43

Clear Your History.................... 43

Use E-Mail ......................... 44

Set Up E-Mail .......................... 44

Send an E-Mail Message ........ 44

Check E-Mail Messages .......... 45

Delete E-Mail Messages.......... 46

Use E-Mail Options.................. 46

Use Ciao!™ ......................... 49

Join Ciao!................................. 49

Invite a Friend .......................... 50

Accept an Invitation ................. 50

Remove a Friend ..................... 51

Hide/Show Your Location ........ 51

View My Details ....................... 52

View Ciao! Networks ............... 52

Disable Ciao! ........................... 52

View the Weather

Forecast............................. 53

View a Weather Forecast for

Another Location ................... 53

Update Weather Manually ....... 53

Use the Calendar .............. 54

View the Calendar ................... 54

Schedule an Appointment........ 54

View an Appointment ............... 55

Delete an Appointment ............ 55

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Table of Contents

Connect to Other

Devices .............................. 56

About Bluetooth Technology .... 56

Synchronize Your nüvifone ...... 58

Transfer Files ........................... 58

Set Up a Wi-Fi Connection ...... 59

Use the Tools .................... 61

Use Where Am I? .................... 61

Use the Calculator ................... 61

Use the Clock .......................... 61

Check Flight Status ................. 63

Use the Converter ................... 64

Use Notes ................................ 65

Work with Checklists ............... 65

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Customize Your

nüvifone ............................. 67

Change General Settings ........ 67

Change Security Settings ........ 67

Change SIM Card Security

Settings ................................. 68

Change Language Settings ..... 68

Change Date/Time Settings .... 69

Change Audio Settings ............ 69

Change Phone Settings........... 71

Change Navigation Settings .... 71

Change Application Settings.... 73

Change Browser Settings ........ 74

Change the Main Menu Order . 74

Change Display Settings ......... 75

Restore Settings ...................... 76

Clear All User Data .................. 76

Appendix ........................... 77

Get Support ............................. 77

View Software Information ....... 77

nüMaps Guarantee™ ................ 77

Additional Maps ....................... 77

Update the Software ................ 78

Reset the nüvifone................... 78

About GPS Satellite Signals .... 78

About the Battery ..................... 78

Replace the Battery ................. 79

Change the Fuse in the Vehicle

Power Cable ......................... 79

Mount on Your Dashboard ....... 80

Remove the SIM Card ............. 80

Declaration of Conformity ........ 80

Troubleshooting ....................... 81

Specications .......................... 83

Index .................................. 85

Set Up Your nüvifone

Look at Your nüvifone

Power key: Press and hold to turn on/off; press

and release to lock and unlock the screen.

microSD™

card slot

(under cap)

Touchscreen

Set Up Your nüvifone

Headphone/ audio out jack

Volume up/down keys

Mini-USB

connector

Microphone

See the Important Safety and Product Information section in the quick start manual in the

product box for product warnings and other important information.

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Camera key

Set Up Your nüvifone

Understand the Home Screen Icons

The nüvifone Home screen has scrollable icons. Touch and drag to view all the icons. For more

Icon Description

Main Icons

Touch to make a phone call.

Touch to search for locations, including restaurants, hotels, and auto services.

Touch to view the map.

Call Icons

—Missed call icon showing the number of missed calls.

—Voice mail icon showing the number of new voice mails.

information, see pages 3–4.

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Understand the Scrolling Screen Icons

Scrolling Icons

Icons Application Icons Application

Browse the web. Use the camera.

Access text messages. Access the tools, such as

checklists and the alarm clock.

Access your e-mail account(s).

Access your calendar. Open the music player.

Open Ciao!.

Set Up Your nüvifone

View weather information for your area.

Access your contacts.

Access the settings for your phone.

Tips and Shortcuts

Touch to return to the previous screen.

•

To quickly return to the Home screen, touch and hold from any screen.

•

Touch and to see more choices. Quickly tap these buttons to scroll

• faster.

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Set Up Your nüvifone

Understand the Status Bar Icons

Icon Description

Mobile signal strength. The more colored bars that appear, the stronger the signal. A red “X” indicates no mobile signal strength.

Network connectivity. This icon appears when the nüvifone is connected for Internet access. If the icon is white, the connection is in use. If the icon is gray, your nüvifone is trying to establish the data connection with the network. The connection type appears next to the icon: G—GPRS (2.5), E—Edge (2.75), 3G—3G (3.0).

Wi-Fi® connectivity. This icon appears in place of the network connectivity icon when the nüvifone is using Wi-Fi.

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Icon Description

Current time. The time is based on the location of the device or the selected time zone.

An alarm is set.

The nüvifone is connected to a device using Bluetooth technology.

Bluetooth wireless technology is enabled. The nüvifone is not connected to a device.

Satellite connectivity. The more colored bars that appear, the stronger the satellite signal. If there is no satellite signal or the nüvifone is in simulator mode, a red “X” appears.

Teletypewriter (TTY) mode is activated.

Battery charge. See page 7 for more information.

Set Up Your nüvifone

wireless

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Set Up Your nüvifone

Install the SIM Card and the Battery

1. Press down rmly on the battery

cover and slide it off the back of your nüvifone.

Battery cover

2. Insert the SIM card in the slot at the top of the battery compartment. Insert the notched

corner of the SIM card rst with

the gold contacts facing up. The SIM card clicks into place.

SIM card

3. Locate the lithium-ion battery that came in the product box.

4. Locate the metal contacts on the end of the lithium-ion battery.

5. Insert the battery so that the metal contacts on the battery match up with the metal contacts inside the battery compartment.

Battery

6. Slide the battery cover onto the back of your nüvifone.

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Set Up Your nüvifone

Charge the Battery

1. Insert the appropriate plug adapter into the AC adapter.

2. Connect the small end of the USB cable to the mini-USB connector on the side of your nüvifone.

3. Connect the large end of the USB cable to the AC adapter.

4. Plug the AC adapter into a power outlet.

Alternate Charging Methods

Insert your nüvifone into the

• cradle, and connect the vehicle power cable to the cradle.

Connect the vehicle power cable

•

Battery Icons

WARNING: This product contains a lithium- ion battery. To prevent damage, remove the device from the vehicle when exiting or store it out of direct sunlight.

Meaning

Battery life. The more colored bars that appear, the greater the remaining battery charge.

Battery is charging.

External power is connected, and the battery is fully charged.

to your nüvifone.

Connect your nüvifone to a

• computer using the USB cable included in the box.

Insert the battery into the battery

• charger (accessory). For more information about accessories, go to www.garminasus.com.

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Set Up Your nüvifone

Install the microSD Card

The use of a microSD card is optional.

1. On the side of your nüvifone, ip

up the rectangular plastic cap and slide it over to reveal the microSD card slot.

2. Insert the microSD card with the contacts facing the nüvifone screen. The microSD card will lock into place.

microSD

card

3. Push the plastic cap back into place.

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Remove the microSD Card

1. On the side of your nüvifone, ip

up the rectangular plastic cap and slide it over to reveal the microSD card slot.

2. Push the microSD card in until it clicks.

3. Pull out the microSD card.

Set Up Your nüvifone

Orient the Screen

Rotate your nüvifone to the left

• or the right to view in horizontal (landscape) mode.

From horizontal mode, rotate

• your nüvifone to the left or the right to view in vertical (portrait) mode.

Scroll the Screen

Touch and slide your nger to

• slowly scroll the menu.

Touch, quickly slide, and lift your

•

nger to continue scrolling the menu after removing your nger.

Touch the screen to stop

• scrolling, or wait for the image to slow to a stop.

Lock the Screen

With your nüvifone turned on,

• quickly press the Power key.

To unlock the touchscreen,

• quickly press the Power key and double-tap the unlock icon.

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Set Up Your nüvifone

Mount Your nüvifone

Before mounting the nüvifone, see the Important Safety and Product Information section in the Quick Start Manual for information about laws pertaining to windshield mounting.

1. Plug the vehicle power cable into the power connector on the back of the cradle.

Cradle

6. Fit the gold contacts on the left

Suction cup arm

Lever

side of your nüvifone into the cradle.

7. Tilt the nüvifone back until it

Vehicle power

snaps into the cradle.

cable

2. Remove the clear plastic from the suction cup. Clean and dry your windshield and the suction cup with a lint-free cloth.

3. Place the suction cup on the windshield.

8. Plug the other end of the vehicle power cable into a power outlet in your vehicle.

4. Flip the lever back, toward the windshield.

5. Snap the cradle onto the suction cup arm.

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Acquire Satellites

1. Go outdoors to an open area, away from tall buildings and trees.

2. Turn on your nüvifone.

Acquiring satellite signals can take a few minutes. The satellite icon indicates satellite strength. When at least one of the lines is green, your nüvifone has acquired satellite signals.

Set Up Your nüvifone

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Use Your Phone

Dial a Number

The rst time you touch the call icon, the nüvifone opens the Dial page.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call (> Dial).

2. Enter the phone number using the touch keypad.

3. Touch number.

Call a Contact

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call > Contacts.

2. Select a contact, and touch

For more information about adding

to dial the phone

Call.

Set Up Voice Mail

1. From the Home screen, touch

Settings > Phone > Voice Mail Number, and verify that your

voice mail number is correct.

2. Touch

Call > Contacts > Voice

Mail, and follow the prompts.

Call Voice Mail

The voice mail icon appears on the Home screen when you have new voice mail.

Select one of following methods

to call your voice mail:

Touch Call > Contacts >

•

Voice Mail.

Touch Call > Dial, and touch

• and hold “1.”

Touch Contacts > Voice Mail.

•

and editing contacts, see page 35.

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Use Your Phone

Use Call History

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call > Call History. Calls are

organized into four categories:

—Dialed call —Received call

—Missed call

—Voice mail

2. Select a call.

3. Select an option:

Call—call the number.

•

Text—send a text message.

•

Go!—navigate to the location

•

assigned to the number, if available.

Delete All Calls

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call > Call History.

2. Touch

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> Clear All History.

Delete a Call

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call > Call History.

2. Select a call.

3. Touch

History.

4. Touch

> Delete from Call

Yes.

View Related Calls

Related calls are calls made to or received from the same number.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call > Call History.

2. Select a call.

3. Touch

> View Related Calls.

A list of related calls appears displaying the length of each call or a status message.

Use Your Phone

Do a Reverse Lookup

This service is available as a paid subscription. Reverse lookup is not available in all areas.

A reverse lookup allows you to search for the address of a phone number that called you.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call > Call History.

2. Select a call.

3. Touch

> Reverse Lookup.

Receive a Call

Touch Answer to answer the call. Touch NOTE: With some mobile phone

To answer a call when the screen

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Ignore to ignore a call.

plans, touching Ignore will send the call to your voice mail.

is locked, double-tap .

To ignore a call when the screen

is locked, press the Power key.

To silence a call, touch the

Volume down key.

Use In-Call Options

When you are on a call, you can perform other tasks. The following options are available on the In-Call page:

Speaker—activate the

•

speakerphone.

Mute—silence the audio input

•

to the microphone. The other caller will not be able to hear you speak.

Add—select a number to add to

•

the current call when placing a conference call.

Hold—place the current call on

•

hold.

End Call—end the current call.

•

Use Your Phone

—open a numeric keypad for

• automated systems that require numeric entries.

To return to the In-Call page, touch

Call on the Home screen or touch

(when available).

End a Call

During a call, your nüvifone dims and goes into sleep mode to prevent accidental taps.

1. If the screen is dimmed, doubletap the unlock icon.

If the screen is black, press and

release the Power key.

2. Touch

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End Call.

Redial a Number

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call > Dial.

2. Touch appears in the white bar.

3. Touch number.

. The last-dialed call

again to call the

Set Your Ringtones

You can set a default ringtone and assign different ringtones to contacts.

If you have loaded music onto your nüvifone, the songs are also available as ringtones. For more information

on transferring music les to your

nüvifone, see page 59.

Use Your Phone

Set a Default Ringtone

1. From the Home screen, touch

Settings > Audio > Sounds.

2. Touch the button under

3. Touch

4. Select a ringtone, and touch

Ringtones.

Phone.

OK.

Set a Ringtone for a Contact

1. From the Home screen, touch

Call > Contacts.

2. Select a contact.

2. Touch

3. Scroll down to the Personal category, and touch Ringtone.

4. Select a ringtone, and touch

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> Edit Contact.

OK.

Forward a Call

You can forward incoming calls to another number.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Settings > Phone.

2. Touch the button under

Forward.

3. Touch the button under

Forwarding.

4. Touch

5. Select an option:

On > OK.

History—select a number

•

from your call history.

Contacts—select a number

•

from your contacts.

Enter Number—enter a

•

number.

Call

Use Your Phone

Use Call Waiting

1. From the Home screen, touch

Settings > Phone.

2. Touch the button under

Waiting.

3. Touch

On > OK.

Call

Make a Conference Call

1. Dial the rst phone number.

2. Touch

3. Select an option to dial the

4. Touch

The Conference Call page appears.

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Add.

second phone number.

Join.

Speak Privately During a Conference Call

1. From the Conference Call page, touch . A list appears with the participating callers.

2. Touch

Private next to the caller

you want to speak privately with. Other members of the conference call can continue to speak to each other.

Disconnect a Participating Call

1. From the Conference Call page, touch . A list appears with the participating callers.

2. Touch

Drop next to the caller you

want to disconnect.

Search for Locations

3. Touch

Use the Search menu to nd

addresses, Points of Interest (restaurants, hotels, attractions), and other items included in the built-in map data.

4. Enter the number of the address,

Find an Address

NOTE: Depending on the version of the built-in map data on your device, the button names and the order of steps could be different than the steps below.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Address.

2. Change the state, country, or province, if necessary.

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5. Enter the street name, and touch

6. Select the correct street in the list,

7. Touch the address, if necessary.

8. Touch

Touch to save the location or to send a location message.

Spell City, enter the

city/postal code, and touch Done. Select the city/postal code in the list. (Not all map data provides postal code searching.) If you are unsure of the city, touch Search

All.

and touch Done.

Done.

if necessary.

Go!, or touch View Map to

view the location on the map.

Search for Locations

Use the Location Page

When you select a location, the Location page appears.

Find a Point of Interest

The detailed maps loaded in your nüvifone contain millions of points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels, and auto services.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Points of Interest.

2. Select a category and a subcategory, if necessary.

Call—touch to call the location.

•

View Map—touch to view the

•

location on the map.

Go!—touch to create a route to

•

the location.

—touch to save the location or

• to send the location in a location message.

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3. Select a destination.

Call a Location

Phone numbers are not included for all locations.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search.

2. Touch a category and a subcategory, if necessary.

3. Select a location.

4. Touch

Call.

Search for Locations

Navigate to a Contact

If you have entered address information for a contact, you can create a route to the contact’s address.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Contacts.

2. Select a contact from the list.

3. Touch

Go!.

Set a Home Location

Set your home location for the place you return to most often.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Home.

2. Select an option:

Enter My Address

•

Use My Current Location

•

Choose from Recently

•

Found

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Go Home

To navigate home after you have set your home location, touch Search > Home > Go!. Your home location is also stored in your Favorites. See

page 21 for more information.

Edit Your Home Location

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Home.

2. Touch

3. Select an option:

•

> Edit.

Change Name Attach Picture or Change

Picture Change Map Symbol Change Phone Number Change Categories

Search for Locations

Delete Your Home Location

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Home.

2. Touch

3. Touch

4. Touch

> Edit. > Delete.

Yes.

TIP: To enter a new home location, touch Search > > Set Home

Location. Select an option.

Find Locations with Local Search

A data connection is required to use this service. Businesses listed with Local Search include ratings based on user reviews.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Local Search.

2. Select a category, or touch

Name.

3. Select a location.

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Spell

NOTE: Local Search is not available in all areas.

Save Favorite Locations

You can save locations in your

Favorites so you can quickly nd

them and create routes to them. Your nüvifone can store about 3,000 favorite locations.

1. After you select a location, touch > Save to save the location to

your Favorites.

2. Touch

OK.

Find Favorite Locations

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Favorites. Your saved

locations are listed by category.

2. Touch

All Categories to search

all your saved locations.

Search for Locations

Find a Favorite Location by Spelling the Name

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Favorites.

2. Select a category, if necessary.

3. Touch

4. Enter the name of the location,

Spell.

and touch Done.

This process clears the list of recently found locations. These locations will not be deleted from your nüvifone.

Search the White Pages

This service is available as a paid subscription. White Pages are not available in all areas. A data

Find Recently Found Locations

Your nüvifone stores the last 50 locations you have found.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Recently Found.

2. Select a location.

Clear the Recently Found List

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > Recently Found.

2. Touch

3. Touch

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> Clear.

Yes.

connection is required for this feature.

Search by Name in White Pages

1. From the Home screen, touch

Search > White Pages > By Name.

2. Enter the last name, and touch

Next.

3. Enter the rst name, if necessary,

and touch Done.

To re-enter the name, touch Retry.

+ 70 hidden pages