HTC S740 User Manual

Qu ick Star t Guide

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Table of Contents

Contents

1. Welcome to the HTC S740 Quick Start Guide ......................6

2. Inside the Box ..................................................................................

3. Getting to Know the Phone ........................................................

4. Installing the SIM Card and Battery .........................................

5. Charging the Battery ..................................................................

6. Starting Up

7. The Home Screen ........................................................................

8. Quick List ........................................................................................

9. Making Your First Call .................................................................

10. Entering Information ...............................................................

11. Adding Contacts to Your Phone ..........................................

12. Sending a Text Message .........................................................

13. Sending an MMS Message .....................................................

14. Setting Up Wi-Fi .........................................................................

15. Setting Up an Internet E-mail Account .............................

16.

Surfing the Web ......................................................................... 20

17. Changing Phone Settings ......................................................

18. Bluetooth .....................................................................................

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19. Keeping Track of Appointments .......................................... 26

20. Keeping Track of Things to Do ..............................................

21. Taking Photos and Shooting Videos ..................................

22. Viewing Photos and Videos ...................................................

23. Synchronizing Your Phone with Your PC ..........................

24. Copying Files to Your Phone .................................................

25. Synchronizing Music Files .....................................................

26. Listening to Music on Your Phone ......................................

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6 Quick Start Guide

1. Welcome to the HTC S740 Quick Start Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the HTC S740 phone.
This Quick Start Guide will help you get started with your
Windows Mobile® 6.1 Standard powered phone.
We’ve arrange this Quick Start Guide in such a way that it starts
from when you open the box and then it walks you through the
features we feel that you want to know or use right away when
you turn on your phone for the first time.
For a more complete guide in using your phone, please refer
to the User Manual PDF that we have included in the Getting

Started disc that came with the phone.

2. Inside the Box

You should find the following items inside the box.

HTC S740 phone

•

Battery

•

AC adapter

•

Wired stereo headset

•

USB sync cable

•

Quick Start Guide

•

Getting Started disc

•

3. Getting to Know the Phone

Earpiece

NAVIGATION
CONTROL/
CENTER OK

Left SOFT key

TALK/SEND

Phone keypad

QWERTY
keyboard

HOME

VOLUME UP

VOLUME
DOWN

Camera

3.2
Megapixel
Camera

Right
SOFT key

Speaker

END

Back Cover

BACK

POWER

Microphone

Sync Connector/
Earphone Jack

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microSD

OPEN

LOCK

4. Installing the SIM Card and Battery

Make sure your phone is turned off before installing the SIM card
and battery. You need to remove the back cover before you can
install the battery.

To install the SIM card

1. Slide open the QWERTY

keyboard by pushing the
front panel of the phone
to the right.

2.

Flip the phone upside
down and then unlock
the SIM card and storage
card compartment by
gently pulling on “PULL”.
The compartment slightly
opens.

3. Open the compartment.

4.

Push the SIM card holder to the direction of “OPEN” and
then lift the edge of the SIM card holder.

5.

Insert the SIM card with its gold contacts facing down
(check the SIM card slot for the correct orientation when
inserting the SIM card).

3

2

6. Push down the SIM card holder and then lock the SIM card

microSD

OPEN

LOCK

holder by pushing the SIM card holder to the direction of
“LOCK.”

Make sure to pull this
flap back before you
push down the SIM card
holder.

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Cut
corner

To remove the back cover

Hold the phone with both hands

1.

and the front panel facing down.

Push the back cover down with

2.

your thumb until it disengages
from the phone and then slide it
out to remove.

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To install the battery

Align the battery’s exposed

1.

copper contacts with the
battery connectors inside
the battery compartment.

Insert the side of the

2.

battery with the contacts
first and then gently push
the battery into place.

Replace the back cover.

3.

You can also install a microSD card™ (not included in the box) on
your phone. To learn how to install a microSD card, refer to the
User Manual PDF on the Getting Started disc.

5. Charging the Battery

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New batteries are shipped partially charged. Before you start
using your phone, it is recommended that you install and charge
the battery.

To charge the battery

Connect the USB connector of the AC adapter to the sync

1.

connector at the bottom of your phone.

Plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start

2.

charging the battery.
The battery is fully charged after about 3 hours of charging.

6. Starting Up

After installing your SIM card and battery and charging the
battery, you can now power on and start using your phone.

To turn on the power

Press and hold the POWER button for a few seconds. When
you turn on the phone the first time, the phone installs
customization settings and then restarts.

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Configure data connection settings

After the phone restarts, you will be asked if you want to
automatically configure your phone’s data connections.
By letting the phone configure the data connection settings,
you do not need to enter the settings for 3G/GPRS and WAP
manually.

To automatically configure data connection settings

When you see the Connection

1.

Setup screen, click Yes.
Connection Setup then starts
to configure your phone’s data
connection settings.

After the Connection Setup

2.

completes the configuration,
click Restart.

Note For step 1, if your SIM card supports multiple network operator

profiles, a message will appear with network profile choices.
Select the profile you want to use and click OK.

7. The Home Screen

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After the phone restarts from
configuring your data connections,
you are taken to the HTC Home™. HTC
Home lets you quickly access various
information, applications, and settings
on the phone.
Slide open the keyboard while on the
Home screen to open the Tasks Screen.
The screen automatically switches to
landscape mode.

Navigate through the items on the HTC Home by pressing
NAVIGATION up or down. When an item is selected, press
NAVIGATION left/right to go through the available options
of that particular HTC Home item. Open the item by pressing
CENTER OK.
For more information about HTC Home and the Tasks Screen,
refer to the User Manual PDF in the Getting Started disc.

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8. Quick List

The Quick List offers convenient access to a list of functions, such
as locking your phone and keypad, opening Comm Manager,
and choosing a different profile.

To access the Quick List

Briefly press (press and quickly release) the POWER button.

1.

Select the desired option and click Select.

2.

9. Making Your First Call

1. Enter the phone number by

pressing the keys on the keypad.
Press the BACK key if you need to
delete a number.

2.

Press TALK/SEND.

10. Entering Information

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You can enter text, numbers, and symbols using the keypad or
QWERTY keyboard.

Use the QWERTY keyboard to type
e-mails and long messages.

Use the keypad to dial phone
numbers or type short text
messages.

Note When you slide open the QWERTY keyboard, the display orientation

of the screen automatically changes to landscape mode; when you
close it, the screen orientation switches back to portrait mode.

For more information about the keypad and QWERTY
keyboard, see Chapter 1 of the User Manual PDF.