Quick Start Guide
Vodafone Mobile Connect
USB Stick
Designed for Vodafone
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Welcome
to the world of mobile communications
1Welcome
2 Set up your USB Stick
3Start the software
4Software overview
5Connect
6 SMS text messaging
8SMS contacts
9USB Stick LED light
9Signal strength
10 Hints and tips
12 Glossary
Welcome
Your new Vodafone Mobile Connect USB Stick lets you connect your computer to the internet over the Vodafone high-speed mobile phone network.
Browse the web
You can now access the web and any other internet service wherever there’s a mobile phone network.
Pick up emails
Keep up to date with your emails, wherever you are. You can also access your personal email accounts – even web-based accounts like Hotmail.
Send and receive SMS text messages*
You can send and receive SMS text messages straight from your computer. Vodafone SMS provides an easy way to view messages, write new ones, and manage contact details.
System Requirements
To use this USB Stick and the Vodafone Mobile Connect software, you need:
–A computer running Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP SP2 or Windows® 2000 SP4, or an Apple Mac running Mac OS® X 10.3.9 or above
–At least 100 MB free disk space and 256 MB RAM memory
–A USB socket
–Administrator rights on your computer.
* SMS is currently only supported on computers running Microsoft Windows.
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Set up your USB Stick
•RemovethecapfromtheendoftheUSBStick.Pulloutthe SIMholderfromitsslot,andinsertyourSIMasshown.
•Re-inserttheSIMholderintotheUSBStick.
SIMcard
•IfyouareusingaMicroSDmemorycardwithyourStick(to allowyourSticktobehaveasaflashmemorydrive),insert thecardasshown.
MicroSDcard
• PlugtheUSBStickfirmlyintoyourcomputer’sUSBport.
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Start the software
On Microsoft Windows computers
The first time you plug your USB Stick into a PC the software setup should start automatically, and proceed to set up your USB Stick. If for some reason the setup does not start, right click on the VMC Lite 9.3.x.x drive in ‘My Computer’ (Start Menu, Computer for Vista machines), select Explore and double-click the file called setup_vmc_lite.exe on the USB Stick. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Setting up your USB Stick may take a few minutes, but once the setup is finished, the Vodafone Mobile Connect Lite software should start automatically. If for some reason the program does not start, select Vodafone Mobile Connect from the Windows Start menu.
On Mac OS X computers
The first time you plug in your USB Stick, it will show up on your desktop like a standard USB memory stick. From the USB Stick window, double-click the file called Vodafone MC Installer, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Once your Mac has restarted, the USB Stick will no longer appear, but you will see the Vodafone Mobile Connect software in your Applications folder. Double-click the program to set up a mobile connection.
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Software |
1 Connect/Disconnect |
overview |
Connect via the mobile phone network |
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The first time you run the software, your USB Stick will usually be set as the default device. If it is not, click ‘Manage Devices’ and select your USB Stick there.
2Views
View data usage, and additional software settings
3Start SMS program
Send, receive and manage SMS messages and contacts
4Status
Check the status of your connection
5Help
Help Topics, plus internet and hotline support.
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Connect
The radio waves on the Mobile Connections icon are animated whenever data is being transferred over the connection.
No radio waves are shown when nothing is being transferred.
The radio waves are shown static when no connection is open.
If a mobile network has been found, the Connect button in the Mobile Connections panel will be enabled. Clicking Connect connects to the internet across the mobile phone network. Now you can browse the web or use email.
When connected, the Connect button text changes to Disconnect and a green ‘Connected’ indicator appears below the button.
Clicking the Disconnect button will close the connection – and the text on the button will revert to Connect.
To open a mobile connection, you need to be within coverage of a mobile network. As a rule, anywhere you can make a call on your mobile phone, you should be able to connect.
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