AT&T BLACKBERRY 8820 User Manual

Getting Started Guide

BlackBerry® 8820

Table of Contents

Welcome to AT&T 5

What’s in the Box? 5

Set up Your BlackBerry® 6

Insert the Battery 6 Charge the Battery 6 Insert a microSD Card 7 Learn to Navigate 8 Setup Wizard 9

Set up & Use Email & SMS Text Messages

Email Setup 11 Send an Email 14 Send an SMS Text Message 15

Use the Phone 16

Make a Phone Call 16 Make a Phone Call Using Voice Dialing 17 Set up Voicemail 18 Check Your Voicemail Messages From Your BlackBerry Check Your Voicemail Messages From Other Phones 18

8820 18

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Browse the Web & Shop Online 20

Go to Web Pages 20 AT&T Mall 22

Manage Contacts and Calendars 23

Add a Contact 23 Schedule an Appointment 24

Use Push To Talk 25

- Set up Push to Talk 25

- Conﬁ rm Push to Talk is On 25

- Add a Push to Talk contact 26

- Make a Push to Talk call 27

- Receive a Push to Talk Call 27

Connect to Devices and Networks 28

Set up Bluetooth

28 Turn on the connection to the Wi-Fi network 29 Connect to a Wi-Fi network 30

BlackBerry® 8820

Welcome to AT&T

What’s in the Box?

Synchronize Your BlackBerry® 8820 With Your Computer 31

BlackBerry® Desktop Software 31 What You Need 31 Setup instructions 32

Load and Play Music/Videos 36

Transfer Music and Videos to your BlackBerry® 8820 36 Load an MP3/Video File 37 Play an MP3 File 38 AT&T Mobile Music

Troubleshooting 40

Tips and Tricks 48

Accessories 51 Icons & Indicators 54

BlackBerry® 8820

Welcome to AT&T

What’s in the Box?

Remove the following items from the box to help you set up your BlackBerry® 8820.

Getting Started Guide

BlackBerry® 8820

Travel Charger

BlackBerry 8820

BlackBerry® 8820

Getting Started Guide

Quick Start Guide

Use your phone for more than just talking

Quick Start Guide

BlackBerry® User Tools CD

Includes User Guide, BlackBerry End User/Software License Agreement and warranty information for your BlackBerry 8820.

USB Synchronization Cable

Mono Headset

Rechargeable Battery

Steps?

Note:

If the battery is charged, the BlackBerry® 8820 turns on. If the device does not turn on, charge the battery. Charging the battery can take an hour or longer.

Steps?

Note:

If you have an available USB port on your computer and you have installed the BlackBerry Desktop Software, you can use the USB cable that came with your device to connect it to your computer for charging. For more information, see the “Sync your BlackBerry 8820 with your Computer” topic.

Set up Your BlackBerry 8820

Insert & Charge the Battery

Insert the Battery

1. Press the silver square on the back of the BlackBerry battery cover.

2. Insert the battery so that the metal contacts on the battery align with the metal contacts on your BlackBerry 8820.

3. Slide the battery cover back onto the BlackBerry 8820 so that the cover lies flat and clicks into place.

Charge the Battery

1. Pull the plug blades down.

2. Connect the small USB end of the travel charger cable to the USB port on the side of your BlackBerry 8820.

3. Plug the travel charger into a power outlet.

4. Charge the battery to full power.

CAUTION: Use only accessories that Research In Motion has approved for use with your BlackBerry 8820 . Use of other accessories might invalidate any approval or warranty/might result in non-operation of the BlackBerry 8820 and might be dangerous.

8820 and slide off the

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Insert a Media Card

Insert a Media Card*

Use a microSD media card to extend the memory available on your BlackBerry

8820 for storing media ﬁ les such as ring tones, videos,

pictures, or songs.

1. Slide off the battery cover.

2. Slide the media card holder door toward its hinges to unlock it.

3. Lift the media card holder door.

4. Insert the media card into the slots in the media card holder door so that the metal connectors on the card will align with the metal contacts on your BlackBerry 8820 when the media card holder door is closed.

5. Close the media card holder door.

6. Slide the media card door away from its hinges to lock it.

*Note: Your use of third party products and services shall be governed by and subject to you agreeing to the terms of separate licenses, if any, for those products and services that are provided with RIM’s products and services are provided “as is”. RIM makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to third party products and services even if RIM has been advised of the possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages.

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Steps?

Takes?

1 minute

Setup Your BlackBerry 8820

Learn to Navigate

Left Shift (NUM)

Send

Trackball

Alt

Space

Escape

End

Delete

Enter

Right Shift (CAP)

Symbol

BlackBerry® 8820

Setup Wizard

The BlackBerry quickly and easily setup and personalize your BlackBerry 8820 .

8820 contains a Setup Wizard designed to help you

Introduction to BlackBerry 8820

The introduction to the BlackBerry® 8820 section of the Setup Wizard helps you set the date and time, and orient you to some of the important keys/functions on your BlackBerry 8820.

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Progress indicator

More indicator

Roll the trackball down to see more text on the screen

Close, Back and Next buttons

Click to move between screens in the wizard

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 Setup Wizard.

Steps?

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.

Setup Your BlackBerry 8820

Setup Wizard

1. Once you have launched the Setup Wizard, use the trackball to scroll up and down on the screens and highlight input fields or buttons. Click the trackball to select input fields or buttons.

2. Click Yes if asked if you want to connect to the wireless network.

3. To set your time zone, highlight the current time zone and click the trackball. Roll the trackball up or down to find your time zone and click again to select it.

Note:

To save battery power your BlackBerry® 8820 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.

4. Note where the following important function keys are on your BlackBerry 8820:

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Setup Wizard

Email Set Up

1. To access email setup directly, on the Home screen, click BlackBerry Setup. Click Personal Email Setup. Verify that you have turned on the connection to the wireless network.

2. Click Next.

3. To view the terms of the BlackBerry® Internet Service end user agreement, click Click Here.

Steps?

Takes?

10 - 15 minutes

Note:

To set up your BlackBerry® Internet Service email using a web browser on your computer, visit

att.com/blackberrystart.

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Setup Your BlackBerry 8820

Setup Wizard

4. Please read the terms and conditions carefully. To accept the terms of the license agreement, select the Yes option. Click I Agree.

5. Type the email address information for the existing supported email account that you want to add and click Next.

6. After the confirmation displays, click OK.

Typing Tips: To capitalize a letter, hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears or press the

Right Shift key and press the appropriate letter key. To insert symbols such

as @ and period [.], press the ALT key and press the appropriate letter key.

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Setup Wizard

7. On the summary screen perform one of the following actions:

To create a new email address for

•

your BlackBerry 8820, click Create A BlackBerry Email Address.

•

To add another existing supported email address (up to 10) click Add An Email Account.

To exit the email setup website,

•

press the Menu key . Click Close.

8. You have now completed the Setup Wizard. On the Setup Wizard Complete screen perform one of the following actions:

• To read shortcuts and information about

personalizing your device, click Next.

• To exit the Setup Wizard, click Close.

Note: Once you add a supported email account (up to 10) using the email setup application, messages sent to that account will also appear in the messages list on your BlackBerry 8820. Also, when you send a message from your device, it will be sent using the email address of that account.

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Set up & Use Email/SMS Text Messages

Send an Email

1. On the Home screen, click Messages .

2. Press the Menu key .

Steps?

3. Click Compose Email.

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

Type an email address.

•

Type a contact name.

•

Type part of a contact name. Click a contact.

5. Type a message.

6. Click the Trackball.

7. Click Send .

If you have associated your BlackBerry® 8820 with more than one supported email address, in the Send Using ﬁ eld, 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 8820 device to send email. To learn how to set up a supported email account (up to 10), refer to Email Setup in the Setup Wizard.

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Send an SMS Text Message

1. On the Home screen, click Messages .

2. Press the Menu key .

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 SMS phone number (include the country code and area code) Click the Trackball.

If the contact is in your address book,

•

click a contact.

5. Type a message.

6. Click the Trackball.

7. Click Send .

Steps?

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Steps?

Using the Phone

Make a Phone Call

Note:

To turn the speakerphone on or off during a call, press the

Speakerphone

key, or click the trackball and then click Activate

Speakerphone/ Handset

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

• 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 .

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Make a Phone Call Using a Voice Command

Make a Phone Call Using Voice Dialing

1. On the Home screen, click

Voice Dialing

2. Wait for the sound.

3. Say “Call” and a contact name or phone number.

4. To end the call, press the End key .

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Steps?

More Info

To learn more about Voice Dialing features press the Menu key while in Voice Dialing, scroll to and click Help.

Menu key only works when call is in progress.

Using the Phone

Set up Voicemail

1. Hold the 1 key on your BlackBerry® 8820. (Note: there is no need to hold down the Left Shift (NUM) key or ALT key .)

Steps?

Takes?

2 minutes

2. Create your password.

3. Record your name.

4. Record a greeting.

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