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 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
Your new Vodafone Mobile Broadband 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 per sonal email accounts – even web-based account s like Hotmail.
Send and receive SM S text messages
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 sof tware, you
need:
A computer running Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista™ (SP1
–
recommended), Windows® XP SP2 (SP3 recommended) or an
Apple Mac running Mac OS® X 10.4.11 or above (10.5.8 or above
recommended)
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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Set up your
USB Stick
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Slide the back cover off the USB Stick.
•
• Inser t your SIM as shown. If you are using a MicroSD memory card
with your Stick (to allow your Stick to behave as a fl ash memory drive),
inser t the card as shown.
• Replace the back cover and 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 soft ware 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.x.x.x
drive in ‘My Computer’ (Start Menu, Computer for Vista machines), select
Explore and double-click the fi le called setup_vmc_lite.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 Connec t Lite software should start
automatically. If for some reason the program does not star t, select
Vodafone Mob ile Conn ect from the Windows Star t menu.
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 . From the disk window, doubleclick the Vodafone Mobile Broadband installer, and follow the on-screen
instr uctions. You may need to re-star t your Mac to complete the
installation.
Once the soft ware has been installed, you can click the Vodafone Mobile
Broadband application icon in your Dock. The software will start and
identify your device, create the correct mobile connection settings and
select a mobile network. Once the software is ready to connect, the
Connect button will be enabled.
For further details, select from the Help menu in the Vodafone Mobile
Broadband application.
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Software
overview
Connect /Disconnect
1
Connect via the mobile phone net work
Views
2
View data usage, and additional software settings
Start SMS program
3
Send, receive and manage SMS messages and contacts
Status
4
Check the status of your connection
Help
5
Help Topics , plus internet and hotline support .
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.
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