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
3 Start the software
4 Software overview
5 Connect
6 SMS text messaging
8 SMS contacts
9 USB Stick LED light
9 Signal strength
10 Hints and tips
12 Glossary
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Welcome
You r ne w 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 tex t 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
running Mac OS
At least 100 MB free disk space and 256 MB RAM memory
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A USB socket
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Administrator rights on your computer.
–
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XP SP2 or Windows® 2000 SP4, or an Apple Mac
®
X 10.3.9 or above
Windows Vista™,
* SMS is currently only supported on computers running Microsoft Windows.
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Set up your
USB Stick
• Remove the cap from the end of the USB Stick. Pull out the
SIM holder from its slot, and insert your SIM as shown.
• Re-insert the SIM holder into the USB Stick.
SIM card
• If you are using a MicroSD memory card with your Stick (to
allow your Stick to behave as a fl ash memory drive), insert
the card as shown.
MicroSD card
• Plug the USB Stick fi rmly into your computer’s USB port.
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Start the
software
On Microsoft Windows computers
The fi rst 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 star t, 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 fi le called
Stick. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Setting up your USB Stick may take a few minutes, but once
the setup is fi nished, the Vodafone Mobile Connect Lite
software should start automatically. If for some reason the
program does not start, select
from the Windows Start menu.
On Mac OS X computers
The fi rst time you plug in your USB Stick, it will show up on
your desktop like a standard USB memor y stick. From the
USB Stick window, double-click the fi le called
, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Installer
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.
setup_vmc_lite.exe on the USB
Vodafone Mobile Connect
Vodafone MC
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