Quick Start Guide
Vodafone Mobile
Broadband
USB Stick
Designed
for Vodafone
Welcome
to the world of mobile communications
1 Welcome
2 Set up your USB Stick
3 Start the application
4 Connect – Standard window
5 Settings – Advanced window
6 SMS text messaging
8 SMS contacts
9 USB Stick LED lights
9 Signal strength
10 Hints and tips
12 Glossary
13 Safety Information
Welcome
Licensed by QUALCOMM
Incorporated under one or
more of the following United
States Patents and/or their
counterparts in other nations:
4,901,307; 5,490,165;
5,056,109; 5,504,773;
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5,109,390; 5,511,073;
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Your new
Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Stick lets you
connect your computer to the internet over the Vodafone highspeed 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 text messages
You can send and receive
SMS text messages straight from your
computer. The SMS application 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 Broadband
application, you need:
–
A computer running Microsoft
®
Windows
®
™atsiV swodniW ,7
(SP1 recommended), or Windows® XP SP3, or an Apple Mac
running Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Intel®) or 10.5.8, or above. 10.6.2 or
above recommended - 10.4.11 not supported on PowerPC.
–
At least 100 MB free disk space and 256 MB RAM memory
–
A USB socket
–
Administrator rights on your computer.
1 2
Set up your
USB Stick
Insert your SIM as shown.
•
Plug the USB S
•
tick fi rmly into your computer’s USB port.
Start the
application
On Microsoft Windows computers
The fi rst time you plug your USB Stick into your computer, it
should be set up automatically. If for some reason setup does not
start, right-click on the VMC Lite 10.x.x.x drive in ‘My Computer’,
(Start menu>Computer on Vista), select ‘Explore’ and doubleclick the fi le called
setup_vmb_lite.exe on the USB Stick.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Setting up your USB Stick may take a few minutes, but once
setup is complete, the Vodafone Mobile Broadband Lite
application should start automatically. If for some reason it does
not start, select
Vodafone Mobile Broadband from the Windows
Start menu.
The first time you run
the application, your
USB Stick will usually
be set as the current
device. If it is not, open
the ‘Devices’ view, and
select your USB Stick
there.
On Mac OS X computers
The fi rst time you plug in your USB Stick, it will show up on
your desktop as a Vodafone Mobile Broadband disk. Drag the
Vodafone Mobile Broadband icon from the disk window into the
Applications folder on your hard disk.
Double-click the Vodafone Mobile Broadband icon in your
Applications folder to start the application. The application will
start, identify your device, create the correct mobile connection
settings and select a mobile network. Once the application is
ready to connect, the Connect button w
ill be enabled.
For further details, select Vodafone Mobile Broadband Help in
the Help menu.
3 4
Connect –
Standard
window
1
Connect/Disconnect
Connect to the internet via the mobile phone network or
Wi-Fi, to browse the web or use email
2
Status
Check the status of the current connection
3
Start SMS application
Send, receive and manage SMS messages and contacts
Advanced
4
Switch to Advanced to show more detail
Help
5
View Help topics
As a rule,
anywhere you
can make a call
on your mobile
phone, you
should be able
to open a mobile
connection.
5
4
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2
3
Settings –
Advanced
window
6
Application menu
View Options, Support and Updates, or exit the application
7
Views
Check the status of all connections, prioritise connections,
check your usage, and manage devices or shortcuts
8
Ribbon
Customise settings for the items in each view
Connections
9
View the status of all connection types
10
Standard
Switch to Standard to show just the current connection
The connection
type icons are
animated whenever a
connection is open.
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