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
Welcome
Your new Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Stick lets you
connec t 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 net work.
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 SM S 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:
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A computer running Microsoft
(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 suppor ted on PowerPC.
At least 100 MB free disk space and 256 MB RAM memory
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A USB socket
–
Administrator rights on your computer.
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®
Windows® 7, Windows Vista™
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Set up your
USB Stick
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Inser t your SIM as shown.
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If you are using a MicroSD memory card with your Stick (to
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allow your Stick to behave as a fl ash memory drive), insert the
card as shown.
Plug the USB Stick fi rmly into your computer ’s USB port.
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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’,
(Star t menu>Computer on Vista), select ‘E xplore’ 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 star t the application. The application will
star t, identif y your device, create the correct mobile connec tion
settings and select a mobile network. Once the application is
ready to connect, the Connect button will be enabled.
For further details, select Vodafone Mobile Broadband Help in
the Help menu.
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