Palm PHOTOS, MUSIC & VIDEOS GETTING STARTED GUIDE
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Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through
the use of this product. Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion
of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of all
important data on other media to protect against data loss.
IMPORTANT
Please read the End User Software License Agreement with this product before using the
accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms
of the End User Software License Agreement.
Music files are for your personal use only. Palm, Inc. does not endorse the illegal usage of
copyrighted material.
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Product regulatory and compliance information can be found in the Handbook file located on the
product CD-ROM.
Getting Started With
Photos, Music & Videos
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Before you start
• Complete all steps in Read This First, which is included in your handheld package.
• Locate Software Essentials CD (CD2), in the CD sleeve.
• Purchase an expansion card (sold separately) to store music files for playback on your
handheld. You can buy SD and MultiMediaCard expansion cards at www.palm.com
and your local computer or office store. For details on using expansion cards, see your
Handbook. See the back side of Read This First to learn how to access the Handbook.
• Install QuickTime 3.0, or a later version, on your desktop computer, to play video clips.
Download QuickTime for free at www.apple.com/quicktime/download. Be sure to select
the Recommended installation when you download.
Mac users, read the Photo and Audio Readme file to supplement information given here
about these multimedia features. Find it in the following folders:
• Applications:Palm:Documentation
Install Information
Windows: Use Quick Install. Drag Palm application files, images, video clips, zipped files,
even folders of files (but not music files). Then drop them onto the icon
that’s on your desktop, or into the open Quick Install window. You can also
right-click a file and send it to Quick Install. Then just press the HotSync
button to transfer the file to your handheld. For video files make sure
Kinoma is installed from the Software Essentials CD.
Mac: Use the Send to Handheld droplet. On your desktop computer, it’s located here:
• Applications:Palm
Drag and drop files onto the Send to Handheld droplet.
They’re transferred to your handheld with your next HotSync®operation.
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Photos
You can view photos in JPEG and BMP file format, add notes to photos, even share,
copy, and delete photos on your Palm
handheld, Read This First shows you how to capture photos.)
Windows
Use the Palm Photos application in Palm™Desktop software to transfer photos to
your handheld, edit them, organize them, and attach them to an outgoing e-mail.
To work with photos on your desktop computer:
• Open Palm Desktop software and click the Photos button. Use the Add Photos
button to add photos to your handheld. Perform a HotSync®operation to
synchronize photos between Palm Desktop software and your handheld.
• Zire 71 handheld users: To see photos that you captured with your handheld on
the desktop, perform a HotSync operation and open Palm Photos. Click the Card
Photos icon on the toolbar to see photos captured to the expansion card. Follow
the onscreen instructions to view them.
Mac
• Use the Send to Handheld droplet to transfer images from the desktop to your
handheld. Perform a HotSync operation.
• Zire 71 handheld users: After a HotSync operation, your photos are transferred to
folders on your computer called Handheld and Expansion card, depending on where
you stored them on your handheld. These folders are located here:
• Mac OS X: Home:Pictures:Palm Photos:<Username>
• Mac OS 9: Documents:PalmPhotos:<Username>
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