O2 Xda Serra Quick Start Manual

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Quick Start Guide

Xda Serra

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Contents

Welcome to the Xda Serra

Getting to know your Xda Serra

What’s in the box 1

A tour of your Xda Serra 5

Inserting your SIM card 8 and battery

Charging the battery 9

To install a microSD card 10

Switching on your Xda Serra 11

Settings 11

Making your first call

Making your first call 13

Entering information 14

Single hand operation 14

Adding contacts 16

Contacting others

Sending text messages 17

Sending picture and 17 video messages

Bluetooth 18

Setting up Wi-Fi 20

Setting up an internet 21 email account

Browsing the internet 23

Personalising your Xda Serra

Changing phone settings 24

Photo and video 26

Synchronising music files 29

Listening to music 30

Getting organised

Synchronising your Xda Serra 31 with your PC

Keeping track of appointments 33

Keeping track of things to do 34

Copying files 35

Resetting your Xda Serra 36

Help and troubleshooting

Help online 37

Talk to us 37

Status indicators

Icons and meanings 39

Welcome to the Xda Serra

This Quick Star t Guide will help you get your Xda Serra

up and running as smoothly as possible.

For a more complete guide to using your Xda Serra,

please see your Full User Manual PDF, which you’ll find

on your Applications CD included in this box.

The Applications CD also has some additional

programs on it that you can install.

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Getting to know your Xda Serra

What’s in the box?

You will find the following items inside this box.

02 may change t he contents of t he Xda Serra box in t he future. The image s here are purely t o illustrate wha t’s in the box – the ac tual content s may look slightl y different .

Xda Serra Battery Enhanced stereo headset AC adapter

USB sync cableTV Out cable

Extra stylus

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Applications CD with Windows Mobile™ software

CD Contents include:

Applications

GPRS Monitor & Sprite Backup.

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With Windows Mobile™ software. Includes Microsoft® ActiveSync® 4.5, Windows Mobile Device Center for Vista and Microsoft® Outlook® 2007 (Evaluation copy)

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Earpiece

Second Camera

Touch Screen

Hardware

Keyboard

Back Key

Navigation Control

Home

Talk/Send

End Key

Speaker

Strap holder

Back Cover

Flash light

3.2 Megapixel Camera

A tour of your Xda Serra

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Inserting your SIM card and battery

Make sure your Xda Serra is turned off and remove the back cover before installing your SIM card and battery. To do this, hold your Xda Serra with both hands with the front panel facing down.

Then push down the back cover with your thumb and slide up to remove.

To insert the SIM card

Look for the SIM card slot, then place the SIM card with its gold contacts facing down and its cut corner facing out from the card slot. Slide the SIM card completely into the slot.

Volume Up

Volume Down

Stylus

ResetMicrophone

Power

Sync/Connection/

Earphone Jack/TV Out

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To insert the battery

Line up the battery’s exposed copper contacts with the connectors inside the battery compartment. Insert the contact’s side of the battery first and then gently push the battery into place. Replace the back cover.

Charging the battery

Before you start using your Xda Serra, you’ll need to fully charge the batter y. Charge it by plugging in the AC adapter plug to an electrical outlet. Plug the USB end to the sync connector port at the bottom of your Xda Serra. The battery will be fully charged after about 3 hours of charging.

To install a microSD card

Insert the microSD™ card into the slot with its gold contacts facing down. To remove the microSD card, press it to eject it from the slot.

Note: microSD card is not included in the box.

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Switching on your Xda Serra

After inserting your SIM card and charging the battery, just press and hold the

Power button for a few seconds.

A Quick Start Wizard will guide you through the calibration of the screen and the set up of regional settings, date, time and password. Simply follow the onscreen instructions to finish the Quick Start Wizard. After the Quick Start Wizard finishes, your Xda Serra will install the customisation settings, then automatically restart.

Setting up your data connection settings

After your Xda Serra restarts, you’ll be asked if you want to automatically set up its data conne ctions. This means the Xda Serra will set up your 3G/GPRS and the internet.

To automatically set up your data connection settings

1. When you see the Connection Setup message at the bottom of the screen, tap Yes . Connection Setup then starts to set up your Xda Serra’s data connection settings.

2. After the Connection Setup is complete, tap Restart.

Your Home Screen

Once the Xda Serra restarts after setting up your data connections, you’ll be taken to the Home screen. The default home screen of the Xda Serra is the TouchFLO™ 3D Home screen, which allows touch screen access to functions such as contacts, tex t messages, email, internet.

When you open the hardware keyboard while on the Home screen, the Touch Access screen is shown. This enables you to quickly start a task, such as write an e-mail or SMS message, create a new appointment or open your web browser.

For more information about TouchFLO 3D, see your TouchFLO 3D Guide and Full User Manual.

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Making your first call

1. On the Home screen, tap Phone or press the Talk/Send button once.

2. Enter the phone number using the keypad.

Tip: If you tap in the wrong number, simply tap

to delete each number one

by one. To delete the entire number, just tap and hold.

3. Press the Talk/Send button to make the call.

Tip: When calling someone, use the Volume Up/Down buttons on the side of the Xda Serra to change the phone volume.

Your Xda Serra can also be used to make video calls – as long as you and the person you want to call are using a 3G-enabled SIM card and are inside a 3G coverage area.

To make a video call, simply dial the number of the person you want to start a video call with and tap

Menu > Video Call.

Entering information

When you need to enter text, you can use the hardware keyboard or choose one of the available onscreen methods.

Single hand operation

One hand and one touch make it quick and easy to accomplish tasks on your Xda Serra. For example, you can quickly browse through your photos by flicking your finger up or down on the screen.

To use the hardware keyboard

Your Xda comes with a hardware QWERT Y keyboard, which is similar to a standard computer keyboard.

To use the keyboard, slide the screen panel to the right.

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To use an onscreen input method

When you start a program or select a field that requires text or numbers, the Input Panel icon appears on the menu bar.

Tap the Input Selector arrow (that appears next to the Input Panel icon) to open a menu where you can select a text input method and customise input options.

Onscreen input methods

Full QWERTY Compact QWERTY Phone Keypad

To enter characters, simply tap on the keys on the keyboard. Depending on the keyboard layout selected, you may need to tap the same key more than once to get to the character that you want to enter.

Tip: When using T9 mode, tap Space to enter the first word in the predicted word list.

For more information about the hardware keyboard and the available onscreen input methods, see Chapter 4 of the Full User Manual.

Adding contacts

To add a contact to your Xda

1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People.

2. Tap New.

3. Enter the contact information, then tap OK.

Copying your SIM card contacts to your Xda Serra

1. On the Home screen, tap Start > Programs > SIM Manager.

2. In SIM Manager, tap Menu > Select All.

3. Tap Menu > Save to Contacts.

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Contacting others

Sending text messages

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Messages tab and tap

2. In To, enter the mobile phone number of the person you want to send the message to.

Tip: You can also tap To to select a contact from your Contacts list.

3. Type your message and then tap Send.

Sending picture and video messages

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Messages tab and tap All Messages.

2. Tap Menu > New > MMS and then select a picture.

3. Enter the recipient’s mobile number or email address in To and enter the Subject line.

4. Attach your picture or video message by tapping Insert picture/video,

Insert text here, and Inser t audio.

5. Tap Send.

Bluetooth

You can pair your Xda Serra with other Bluetooth-enabled devices or a Bluetooth headset if you have one.

To pair your Xda Serra with a Bluetooth device

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Menu > Bluetooth Devices > Devices tab.

2. Tap Add new device. Your Xda Serra tells you the names of other Bluetooth devices within range.

3. Tap the device name in the box, then tap Next.

4. Choose a passcode to establish a secure connection. The passcode can be up to 16 characters.

5. Tap Next.

6. Wait for the other device to accept the partnership. The owner of the other device needs to enter the same passcode that you specified.

7. The name of the other device is then displayed. You can edit and enter a new name for that device if you wish.

8. Select the check boxes of services you want to use from the other device, then tap Finish.

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To pair your Xda Serra with a Bluetooth headset

1. Make sure that both your Xda Serra and your Bluetooth headset are turned on, within close range and that the headset is visible. See the manufacturer’s documentation to find out how to set the headset in visible mode.

2. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Menu > Bluetooth Devices > Devices > Add new device.

3. Tap the name of the Bluetooth headset, then tap Next. Your Xda Serra will automatically pair itself with the Bluetooth headset.

Windows Mobile will automatically try one of the preconfigured passcodes (0000, 1111, 8888, 1234) to pair your Bluetooth headset with your Xda Serra. If this fails, you have to enter the passcode delivered with your headset manually. For more information about Bluetooth, please see Chapter 9 of the Full User Manual.

Setting up Wi-Fi

To connect to an open Wi-Fi network

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab.

2. On the Settings screen, tap Communications > Wi-Fi to turn on Wi- Fi.

3. The network names of the detected wireless networks are displayed on a pop-up message window. Tap the open (unsecured) wireless network, then tap OK.

To learn how to connect to a secured network, see Chapter 8 of the Full User Manual.

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Setting up an internet email account

It’s really simple to set up a personal email account such as Gmail or Yahoo! on your Xda Serra.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Mail tab and tap

New account.

2. Enter the Email Address and Password of your personal email account and select the Save password checkbox. Tap Next.

3. After the Xda Serra finds the settings for the email account, tap Next.

Note: If the settings are not found, your Xda will try to retrieve the settings.

4. Enter Your name and the Account display name and then tap Next.

Note: The Account display name is the name you’ll see on the Mail tab on the Home screen.

5. Select how often you want your Xda Serra to check for new messages on the server in Automatic Send/Receive and then tap Finish.

6. Choose whether or not you want to download messages from the email account.

Tip: An Unlimited Web Bolt On is a great way to get the best value when downloading emails and browsing the internet.

To send email using your internet email account

1. On the Mail tab of the Home screen, tap the

icon of your internet email

account you’ve just set up.

2. Tap

3. Enter the email address of the person you want to email in To and enter a Subject line.

4. Type your email and then tap Send.

You can also synchronise your Xda Serra with your company’s Microsoft Exchange Server to send and receive emails and have real time access to your inbox, calendar and contacts. Please refer to the Full User Manual if you want to access your company email using your Xda.

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Browsing the internet

You can use your Xda Serra to go online with 3G or Wi-Fi.

Turn your Xda Serra sideways to browse the web in landscape mode.

To open Opera Mobile and browse the web

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Internet tab and then tap Browser.

2. On the Opera Mobile screen, tap the address bar.

3. Enter the URL address and tap.

Use the touch screen to search the web pages. For more details on how to use Opera Mobile, see Chapter 8 of the Full User Manual.

Personalising your Xda Serra

Changing phone settings

You can customise your Xda settings to suit you.

To change the ringtone

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Sound.

2. On the Sound screen, slide down to Ringtone and tap it.

3. On the Ringtones screen, tap the ringtone you want to use and tap Done.

To set an alarm

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings.

2. On the Systems tab, tap Clock & Alarms.

3. On the Alarms tab, select a checkbox and change the Description.

4. Tap the days you want the alarm to sound and then tap OK.

To secure your Xda Serra

You can enter a password to lock your Xda Serra if it hasn’t been used for a while.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings.

2. On the Personal tab, tap Lock.

3. Select the Prompt if device unused for check box and enter the time you want.

4. Select the Password type.

5. Enter and confirm your password and then tap OK.

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To activate your SIM card PIN

Activating your SIM card PIN requires you to choose a password before you can use the phone features of your Xda Serra.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings.

2. On the Personal tab, tap Phone > PIN tab and then choose the Require PIN when phone is used check box.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to set the PIN number.

To change battery and backlight settings

You can save battery power by adjusting the battery and backlight settings.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings.

2. On the System tab, tap Power.

3. On the Backlight tab, set the brightness of the backlight by dragging

Batter y Power and External Power sliders.

4. On the Advanced tab, set when you want the backlight and Xda Serra to turn off when using battery and external power. Tap OK.

Note: When the backlight turns off, it only turns off the screen. Your Xda Serra is still ‘on.’ To turn the screen back on, press the power button.

Photo and video

Taking photos

Use your 3.2 megapixel camera to take photos and shoot videos.

To take a photo

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Photos and Videos tab and then tap

the camera icon

. The screen automatically switches to landscape

mode when you open the camera programme.

2. Aim your Xda Serra at the subject.

3. Press Enter on the Navigation Control. This activates the auto-focus feature of the camera. When the focus is set, the camera automatically takes the shot.

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Filming videos

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Photos and Videos tab and then tap the video icon

. The screen automatically switches to landscape mode

when you open the camera programme.

2. Aim your Xda Serra at the subject.

3. Press Enter on the Navigation Control. This activates the auto-focus feature of the camera. When the focus is set, the camera automatically starts capturing video.

4. Press Enter again to stop recording video.

To learn more about the other modes and functions of the camera, please refer to the Full User Manual on your Applications CD.

Viewing Photo and Videos

Use the Album feature on your Xda Serra to browse photos and play back video.

Note: Album can display files in the BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG, Animated GIF, 3GP, MP4, and WMV formats.

To view photos

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Photos and Videos tab and tap Album.

2. Tap an image to view it in full screen mode.

3. Use the touch screen to go to the next/previous image or to zoom in/out.

Slide your finger clockwise on an area to zoom in.

Slide your finger counter-clockwise to zoom out.

To rotate images

While viewing images, you can automatically rotate the image by simply turning your Xda Serra sideways.

To playback video

Tap the screen to show the playback controls.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Photos and Videos tab and tap Album.

2. Tap the video you want to playback.

For more information about Album, see Chapter 11 of the Full User Manual.

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Synchronising music files

Synchronise music files on your PC and the internal storage of your Xda Serra so you can listen to them when you’re on the move.

1. On your computer, open Windows Media® Player and then connect your Xda Serra to your computer.

2. On the Device Setup dialog box, enter a name for your Xda Serra and click Finish.

3. Click Stop Sync and then on the left panel of Windows Media® Player, right-click the name of your Xda Serra and click Set Up Sync.

4. Select the music playlist(s) that you want to sync between your computer and the internal storage and then click Add.

5. Click Finish.

Listening to music

After synchronising music files to your Xda Serra, you can use the Music tab on the Home screen to play back music.

To listen to music

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Music tab and then tap Library.

2. Slide to the All Songs tab and then tap the song you want to play.

Touch and hold on this bar to display the Jog bar. Drag right or left on the

Jog bar to move for ward or backward in the music.

For more information about the Music tab, see the TouchFLO 3D Guide and Full User Manual.

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Getting organized

Synchronising your Xda Serra with your PC

Synchronise information and files between your PC and Xda Serra.

Note: See Chapter 5 of the Full User Manual to find out which information and files you can synchronise.

Set up synchronisation sof tware on your PC

Depending on the Operating System of your PC, you’ll need either Microsoft ActiveSync® 4.5 (or later) or Windows Mobile® Device Center to synchronise your Xda with your PC.

To synchronise your Xda Serra with a Windows XP PC

1. Install ActiveSync 4.5 on your PC from the Getting Started section of your Applications CD.

2. Connect your Xda to your PC using the supplied USB cable. The Synchronisation Setup Wizard automatically starts and guides you to create a synchronisation partnership. Click Next.

3. Your Xda will ask you to choose a connection type – ActiveSync or Disk Drive. You should select ActiveSync.

4. Clear the Synchronise directly with a server running Microsoft

Exchange check box and click Next. Select what you want to synchronise

and then click Next.

5. Select whether or not you want to allow wireless data connections on your Xda Serra while it’s connected to your PC. Click Next.

6. Click Finish.

To synchronise your Xda Serra with a Windows Vista PC

1. Connect your Xda to your PC using the supplied USB cable. Windows Mobile Device Center will open. On the screen, click Setup your device.

2. Your Xda will ask you to choose a connection type – ActiveSync or Disk Drive. You should select ActiveSync.

3. Select the information you want to synchronise and click Next.

4. Enter a name for your Xda Serra and then click Setup.

For more information about synchronisation, see Chapter 5 of the Full User Manual.

Viewing your Xda Serra on your TV

The TV Out function displays the Xda Serra’s screen contents and audio to an external display with an RCA cable socket such as a television.

For more information about the Music tab, see Chapter 13 in the Full User Manual.

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Keeping track of appointments

Use Calendar to help remind you of your upcoming appointments.

To enter an appointment into your Xda Serra

1. On the Home screen, tap Calendar.

2. On the Calendar screen, tap Menu > New Appointment.

3. Use the onscreen keyboard to enter the appointment details.

4. After entering the appointment details, tap OK.

The appointment will show on the Home screen.

Keeping track of things to do

Use Tasks to help you remember things you have to do.

To create a to-do list

1. Tap Start > Programs > Tas ks.

2. On the Tasks screen, tap Tap here to add a new task and then enter the task name.

3. Tap the Enter button on the onscreen keyboard.

Tip: You can also tap outside the field to enter the task.

See Chapter 12 of the Full User Manual to learn more about the advanced features of Tasks.

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Resetting your Xda Serra

1. Pull out the stylus.

2. Use the stylus to press the Reset button found at the opening of the stylus compartment.

3. Your Xda Serra should restart and show you the Home screen.

You can also do a hard reset. After a hard reset, the Xda Serra is restored to its default settings – the way it was when you first bought it and turned it on. Only Windows Mobile® software and other pre-installed programs will remain.

To learn how to perform a hard reset, see Chapter 13 of the Full User Manual.

Copying files

You can install a microSD™ card into your Xda to have extra storage for files.

To copy files from the PC to your Xda Serra’s internal storage

1. Connect your Xda Serra to your PC using the USB cable in the box.

2. Your Xda will ask you to choose a connection type – ActiveSync or Disk Drive. You should select Disk Drive.

3. Click File Management > Browse the contents of your Xda in Windows Mobile Device Center or click Explore in ActiveSync on your PC. This opens Windows Explorer on your PC and shows the contents of your Xda Serra.

4. Browse the folders on your PC, right-click the file you want to copy and then click Copy.

5. Go to My Windows-Based Mobile Device > Internal Storage and then right-click on the screen and click Paste.

When you want to copy media files such as music and videos to your Xda Serra from your PC, it’s recommended that you use Windows Media Player.

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Help and troubleshooting

Help online

Need technical help with your Xda? For help with using or setting up your Xda Serra, visit our dedicated Xda web site at o2.co.uk/xda

Talk to us

O2 will be able to help if you have any general questions about your Xda Serra, questions about charges on your account or activation of O2 services. You’ll find their contact details printed on your monthly bill. If you’re a corporate customer, we recommend you contact your internal help desk first.

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For Full Health and Safety Precautions, please refer to o2.co.uk/xda

Status Indicators

* The USB to PC icon appears on the Today screen when you are connected to your computer with a USB connection.

For more inf ormation abo ut USB to PC, refer to t he Full User Manual .

Status icon Me aning

New email or tex t messages; SMS noticat ion of voicemail

New multimed ia (MMS) message

New MSN mess age

There are more notic ations Tap the icon to view all

Speakerphone on

Voice call in progress

Calls are forwar ded

Call on hold

Missed c all

Maximum sig nal strength

No signal

Status icon Meaning

Phone is turne d off

No phone serv ice

Searching for phone s ervice

GPRS available

GPRS conne cting

GPRS in us e

Roaming

Connect ion is active

Connect ion is not active

Synchronisat ion in progress

Synchronisat ion error

Status icon Meaning

Wi-Fi f unction is enabled bu t the Xda Serra is not y et connected to a wireless n etwork

Wireless ne twork(s) detecte d

Connect ing to wireless net work (arrows moving)

Connecte d to wireless networ k

Synchronising v ia Wi-Fi

Vibration mode

Sound on

Sound off

Alarm

Status icon Meaning

No SIM card ins erted

Batter y is fully charged

Batter y power is very low

Batter y charging

Xda is locked

Xda is unlocked

Bluetooth head set detected

GPRS Monito r currently act ive

Serial USB conne ction active

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