AT&T 8700c User Manual

Getting Started Guide

BlackBerry® 8700c

Table of Contents

Welcome to AT&T 4

What’s in the Box? 4 Insert the Battery 5 Charge the Battery 5

Set Up Your BlackBerry® 8700c 6

Setup Wizard 6 Introduction to BlackBerry® 8700c 6 Email Set Up 9

Get Started Using Your BlackBerry® 8700c 12

Send an Email 12 Send an SMS Text Message 13 Make a Phone Call 14 Set Up Voicemail 16 Check Your Voicemail Messages From Your BlackBerry® 8700c 16 Check Your Voicemail Messages From Other Phones/Wireless Devices 16 Add a Contact 17 Schedule an Appointment 18 Go to Web Pages 19 Setup Bluetooth Push to Talk 21

- Setup Push to Talk 21

- Add a Push to Talk contact 22

- Create a Push to Talk group 22

- Edit a Push to Talk contact or group 23

- Make a Push to Talk call 24

- Make a Quick Group call 24

- Accept a Push to Talk invitation 25

- Respond to a Push to Talk call 25

- Set your Push to Talk availability status 26

- Send a Call Me Alert 26

- Set a Contact Alert 27

- Send a Voice Message 27

- Turn off Push to Talk 28

Synchronize Your BlackBerry® 8700c With Your Computer 30

BlackBerry® Desktop Software 30 What You Need 31 Setup Instructions 32

Media 36

Troubleshooting 38

Tips and Tricks 44

Accessories 46 Icons and Indicators 50

BlackBerry® 8700c

Getting Started Guide

Welcome to AT&T

What’s in the Box? Insert & Charge the Battery

What’s in the Box?

Remove the following items from the box to help you set up your BlackBerry® 8700c.

BlackBerry® 8700c

Getting Started Guide

BlackBerry® User Tools CD

Includes User Guide, BlackBerry End User/Software License Agreement

BlackBerry® 8700c

and warranty information for your BlackBerry® 8700c

Travel Charger

USB Sync Cable

Headset

Rechargeable Battery

BlackBerry® 8700c

Insert the Battery

1. Press the battery cover release button on the back of your BlackBerry® 8700c and slide the battery cover off.

2. Insert the battery so that the BlackBerry logo faces up and the metal contacts on the battery align with the metal contacts on your BlackBerry® 8700c.

3. Slide the battery cover back onto your BlackBerry® 8700c so that the cover lies ﬂat and clicks into place.

Charge the Battery

1. Pull the plug blades down on the travel charger.

2. Connect the small USB end of the travel charger cable to the USB port on the side of your BlackBerry® 8700c.

3. Plug the travel charger into a power outlet.

4. Charge the battery to full power.

Steps?

Takes?

1 minute

Note:

If the battery is charged, the BlackBerry® 8700c turns on. If the BlackBerry® 8700c does not turn on, charge the battery. The length of time to charge the battery can take up to an hour or more.

CAUTION: Use only accessories that Research In Motion has approved for use with your BlackBerry® 8700c. Use of other accessories might invalidate your warranty and might be dangerous.

BlackBerry® 8700c

Set Up Your BlackBerry 8700c

Takes?

5 - 10 minutes

Note:

As you complete the Setup Wizard, look for the progress indicator to tell you how many screens you have completed. The more indicator tells you if there is more to see on the screen and the buttons along the bottom allow you to navigate through the wizard.

Setup Wizard

The BlackBerry® 8700c contains a Setup Wizard designed to help you quickly and easily set up and personalize your BlackBerry® 8700c.

Introduction to BlackBerry 8700c

The introduction to the BlackBerry® 8700c section of the Setup Wizard will help you choose your language, setup the date and time, and orient you to some of the important keys and functions on your BlackBerry® 8700c.

Setup Wizard

1. Once you have launched the Setup Wizard, use the trac kwheel to scroll up and down on the screens and highlight input ﬁelds or buttons. Click (press) the track wheel to select ﬁelds or buttons.

2. To set your time zone, highlight the current time zone and click the

trac kwheel . Scroll the trackw heel up or

down to ﬁnd your time zone and click again to select it.

3. Review the navigation keys and click Next.

Note:

You can exit the Setup Wizard at any time and return to where you left off by selecting BlackBerry

Setup from the Home screen and

then choosing Setup

Wizard.

Note:

To save battery power your BlackBerry 8700c screen is set to Timeout (go dark or dim) after 45 seconds. If the screen goes dark or dims simply press any key to view the screen again.

BlackBerry® 8700c

Set Up Your BlackBerry 8700c

Setup Wizard Email Setup

Note:

If your SIM card currently has contacts saved to it, you will be prompted to import them to the device. To import the contacts click “Yes” then click

“Next”.

4. Enter your owner information and click Next.

5. Select the display font and click Next.

Email Setup

1. The Email Setup portion of the wizard will ask you to choose to either create or add an email address or to use a corporate account with a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. Unless you have been given an Enterprise Activation Password by your IT department you should choose I want to create or add an email address.

2. You must either login to your BlackBerry

Internet Service account (this account will manage the supported email accounts you setup on your BlackBerry 8700c; you may have up to 10 supported accounts) or create a new one. If you are a new user, you must choose Create New Account.

3. To continue, read the BlackBerry Internet Service terms and conditions carefully, and if you agree, click Yes.

Steps?

Takes?

5 - 10 minutes

Note:

To set up email using web browser on your computer, visit www.

cingular.com/ blackberrystart.

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Typing Tips

To capitalize a letter, hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears or hold the right shift key and press the appropriate letter key

4. Create a User ID and password of your choice for your BlackBerry Internet Service Account. The password must be at least 6 characters long and is case sensitive. Store this login information in a safe place so that you can add additional email accounts to your BlackBerry 8700c or change your settings in the future.

5. Select a language by clicking on a language choice.

6. Enter your email address and password.

The user name must begin with a letter or number, contain between 4 and 32 characters, and may contain letters, numbers, underscores, dashes, and period characters.

Email Set Up

7. Once the conﬁrmation screen displays, click OK.

8. Once the summary screen displays, showing you the email account you’ve set up you can choose to set up another account (up to 10 supported accounts), create a BlackBerry email address, or log out.

9. When you log out, your BlackBerry 8700c will display the BlackBerry Internet Service login screen. Be sure to close the browser window by pressing the Menu key and clicking Close.You have now completed the Setup Wizard.

Note:

Once you add an email account using the email setup application, messages sent to that account will also appear in the messages list on your device. Also, when you send a message from your device, it will be sent using the email address of that account.

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Steps?

More Info

To learn more about email features click the track wheel while in Messages, scroll to and click Help.

Send an Email

1. On the Home screen, click Messages .

2. Click the trac kwheel .

3. Click Compose Email.

4. In the To ﬁeld, perform one of the following actions:

Type an email address.

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Type a contact name.

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Type part of a contact name. Click a contact.

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5. Type a message.

6. Click the trac kwheel .

7. Click Send.

If you have associated your BlackBerry® 8700c with more than one supported email address, in the Send Using ﬁeld, you can set the email address that you use to send the email message.

Note: You must set up an email account on your BlackBerry 8700c to send email. To learn how to set up an email account, refer to Email Setup in the SetupWizard.

Send an SMS Text Message

1. On the Home screen, click Messages .

2. Click the trac kwheel .

3. Click Compose SMS Text.

4. Perform one of the following actions:

If the contact is not in your address book, click Use Once. Type an

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SMS phone number (include the country code and area code) or an email address. Click the track wheel .

If the contact is in your address book, click a contact.

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5. Type a message.

6. Click the trac kwheel .

7. Click Send.

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Get Started Using Your BlackBerry 8700c

Make a Phone Call

1. On the Home screen or in the Phone application, perform one of the following actions:

Type a phone number

•

Type part of a contact name. Highlight a contact or phone

•

number.

2. Press the send key .

3. To end the call, press the end key .

Note: To turn the speakerphone on or off during a call, press the speak erphone key ,

or click the track wheel and then click Activate Speakerphone/Handset.

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Steps?

Takes?

2 minutes

Setup Voicemail

1. Press and hold the 1 key on your BlackBerry® 8700c to connect to the AT&T voicemail system.

Note: There is no need to hold down the left s hift key or alt key when dialing a phone

number.

2. Create your password.

3. Record your name.

4. Record a greeting.

Check Your Voicemail Messages From Your BlackBerry 8700c

1. Press and hold the 1 key .

2. Follow the voice prompts.

Check Your Voicemail Messages From Other Phones /Wireless Devices

1. Dial your 10-digit wireless number.

2. Press the (Press the # key in Puerto Rico)

* key when you hear your personal greeting.

Add a Contact

3. Enter your personal passcode.

Add a Contact

1. On the Home screen, click Address Book .

2. Click the trac kwheel .

3. Click New Address.

4. Type the contact information.

5. Click the trac kwheel .

6. Click Save.

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