ZTE K4201 Z Users Manual
User Guide
Vodafone Mobile
Broadband USB Stick
K4201-Z
Designed
by Vodafone
Welcome
to the world of mobile communications
1 Welcome
2 Set up your USB Stick
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user experience
4 Connection window
5 QuickStart window layout
6 QuickStart view: Current
network panel
7 SMS view
8 Account view
9 USB Stick LED lights
10 Hints and tips
15 Glossary
16 FCC Compliance
16 Radio Frequency (RF) Energy
Welcome
Your new Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Stick connects your
computer to the internet over the Vodafone mobile phone
network. The Vodafone QuickStart technology built into the
device lets you connect quickly, simply and easily.
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.
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 them.
System Requirements
To use this USB Stick and the Vodafone Mobile Broadband
Note:
Linux users can access
the Vodafone Mobile
Broadband application
by entering either of the
following addresses into
your browser: http://
VodafoneMobile.vmb or
http://192.168.9.1.
application, you need:
A computer running Microsoft–
®
Windows® 8, Windows® 7
(SP1 recommended), Windows Vista™ (SP2 recommended), or
Windows
Mac OS
®
XP (SP3 recommended), or an Apple Mac running
®
X 10.5 (Intel®), 10.6 or 10.7 (all with latest updates),
or a computer running Linux Ubuntu 11.10/10.10/10.04,
openSUSE 11.4/11.3, Fedora 16/14, Debian 6.0/5.0, Mandriva
2010.2, Red Flag 7.0. There may be some limitations in the
Linux implementation.
A USB socket–
Administrator rights on your computer.–
1
Set up your
Step 1
USB Stick
Note: Some computers
may be set up to
prevent automatic
installation of the VMB
Lite service from your
USB Stick. In this case,
follow the steps in the
hints and tips section
to manually install the
VMB Lite service on your
computer.
On a Windows 8 PC
the user experience is
slightly different. This is
explained on the next
page.
Slide the front cover off the USB Stick, and insert your SIM as
shown.
Step 2
Important. If you have an earlier version of the VMB software
on your computer, you must un-install the VMB software
completely and re-boot your PC before inserting this USB Stick.
Step 3
Plug the USB Stick fi rmly into your computer’s USB port.
You should see a progress bar whilst the Vodafone Mobile
Broadband service is installed on your computer from the
USB Stick. Once setup is complete, the Vodafone Mobile
Broadband application is started automatically, and you are
connected to the Vodafone network (if a PIN is required you
will see a popup screen requesting it before you can connect).
The LED on the USB Stick will change from fl ashing to solid, and
you will see 2 popup screens.
2
Windows 8
installation
and user
On a Windows 8 PC the Mobile Broadband user experience is
slightly different as the mobile network connectivity is managed
within the Windows 8 operating system. When you plug in the
USB Stick, you need to open the ‘charms’ (Search, Share, Start,
experience
Device and Settings), and select
Wi-Fi Network Name) > Mobile Broadband.
Select
Initially the Connection Manager will show ‘Get recommended
app’ and this will change to ‘View my account’ when the Mobile
Broadband application has been automatically downloaded by
Windows 8.
Connect Automatically if required, then click Connect.
Settings > Networks (or Your
Note:
The Mobile Broadband
application can be
launched by selecting
the application Tile or
View My Account Link in
the Networks area of the
Settings charm
3
Connection
Connect/Disconnect
1
window
Note: Once setup
is complete, you
can always access
the Vodafone
Mobile Broadband
application when
your USB Stick
is inserted into
your computer by
clicking the desktop
icon
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
Shortcuts
Select services, applications and tools
4
Menu bar
Device and network settings and diagnostics, SMS
functionality, manage your account.
Help
5
View Help topics
Always Best Connected
6
Confi gure connection preferences
5
4
6
2
3
1
4
QuickStart
1
Navigation tabs – Select QuickStart, SMS or Account view
window
layout
Note: Every window
in the QuickStart
application has this
same standard layout.
Context-sensitive
help for each window
is always available
at the bottom of the
window.
2
Navigation bar – Select an area within each view
3
Current network panel – Status of mobile broadband
network connection
4
Content area – Content for current area
Context help – Context-sensitive help for current area
5
(scroll down)
6
Language selection – Defaults to browser language
1
2
4
5
6
3
Sometimes an
additional Menu bar
will appear on the left
of the window
In the QuickStart view Settings area you can:
Set options for automatic connection to the mobile network–
Specify the SIM PIN number (if required by your network)–
Set other options via the Menu bar on the left-hand side of the –
window.
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