ZTE K3520-Z User Manual

Quick Start Guide
Vodafone Mobile Connect
USB Stick

Designed
for Vodafone

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
8 SMS contacts
9 USB Stick LED lights
9 Signal strength
10 Hints and tips
13 Glossary

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 re ceive SMS text mes sages*

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™,

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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

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A USB socket

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Administrator rights on your computer.

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

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Set up your
USB Stick

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• Remove the cap from the end of the USB Stick. Slide out the SIM

holder from its slot, and insert your SIM as shown.

SIM card

• Push the SIM holder back into the USB Stick until it clicks.

• If you are using a MicroSD memory card with your Stick (to allow your

Stick to behave as a fl ash memor y drive), inser t the card as shown.

MicroSD card

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

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 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 fi le called setup.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 fi nished, 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 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 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.

3

Software
overview

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.

4

Connect /Disconnect

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Connect via the mobile phone network

Views

2

View data usage, and additional software settings

3

Start SMS program

Send, receive and manage SMS messages and contacts

4

Status

Check the status of your connection

Help

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Help Topics, plus internet and hotline support.

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