Zte K2525 Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide
Vodafone Mobile Connect
USB Stick

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Welcome

to the world of mobile communications

1 Welcome
2 Set up your USB Stick
3 Start the software
4 Software overview
5 Connect
6 SMS text messaging
7 SMS contacts
9 USB Stick LED light
9 Signal strength
10 Hints and tips
12 Glossary

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Your new Vodafone M obile Connect USB Stick lets you connect you r
compute r to the internet over the Vodafone high-speed mobi le phone
network.

Browse the web

You can now access the web and any other internet s ervice wherever
there’s a mobile phone net work .

Pick up emails

Keep up to date with yo ur emails, wherever you are. You can also access
your per sonal email accounts – even web -based accounts like H otmail.

Send and re ceive SMS text mes sages*

You can send and r eceive SMS text messages straight from your
compute r. Vodafone SMS provides an eas y way to view messages, w rite
new ones , and manage cont act details.

System Requirements

To use this USB Stick and the Vodafone Mo bile Connect sof tware, you
need:
–

A compute r running Microsoft® Windows Vis ta™, 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 R AM memory

–

A USB 2.0 socket

– Administrator rights on your computer.

Welcome

* SMS is currently only supported on computers running Microsoft Windows.

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• Remove th e cap from the end of the USB Stick.

• Pull out the SIM holder from its s lot, and inser t your SIM as shown.

• Re-insert the SIM holder into the USB Stick.

• Plug the USB Stick fi r mly into your computer’s USB port .

Set up your
USB Stick

Your SIM (Subscriber
Identity Module) is the
small, postage-stamp–
sized chip that you
received together with
your mobile subscriber
contract.

In areas of low
netw ork covera ge we
recom mend you use
the USB e xtension
cable to improve your
reception.

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On Microsoft Windows computers

The sof tware setup should s tart automatically, and proceed to set up
your USB Stick. If for some reason the setup does not start , double-click
the fi le called setup_vmc_lite.exe on the USB Stick. Follow the on­screen instructions.

Setting up your USB Stick may take a few minutes, but on ce the setup
is fi nished, the Vodafone Mobile Connect Lite software should star t
automat ically. If for some reason the program does not star t, select

Vodafone Mobile Connect from t he Windows Star t menu.

On Mac OS X computers

The fi rs t time you plug in your USB Stick, it will show up on your desktop
like a st andard USB memory st ick. Insert the Vodafo ne Mobile Connec t
Mac sof tware CD into the CD dri ve, double-click th e fi le ca lled Vodafo ne

MC Installer

, and follow the on-scree n instructions.

Once your M ac has restar ted, the USB Stick w ill no longer appear, but
you will see the Vodafone Mobile Connect sof tware in your Applications
folder. Double- click the program to set up a mobile connec tion.

Start the
software

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