User's Guide hp iPAQ Pocket PC h1900 series Models: h1930, h1935, h1937, h1940, h1945 (Not all models are available in all regions) Document Part Number: 337112-001 May 2003 © 2003 Hewlett-Packard Company © 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. HP, Hewlett Packard, and the Hewlett-Packard logo are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company in the U.S. and other countries. iPAQ is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, the Windows logo, Outlook, and ActiveSync are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. hp iPAQ Pocket PC is Powered by Microsoft® Windows®. SD Logo is a trademark of Secure Digital. BluetoothTM is a trademark owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. SamsungTM is a trademark of Samsung Electronics, Inc. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. 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User's Guide hp iPAQ Pocket PC h1900 series First Edition (May 2003) Document Part Number: 337112-001 Contents 1 Getting to Know Your iPAQ Pocket PC Using the Stylus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­5 Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­6 Setting the Time for Home and Locations You Are Visiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­6 Setting the Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­7 Entering Owner Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­7 Resetting the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­8 Performing a Normal Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­8 Performing a Full Reset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­9 Aligning the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­10 Routine Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­10 2 Using ActiveSync Connecting to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing with Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Synchronization Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backing up and Restoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sending and Receiving E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requesting Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­2 2­2 2­4 2­5 2­6 2­6 2­7 2­7 2­7 3 Managing the Battery Installing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­1 User's Guide iii Contents Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preserving Battery Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Backlight Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manually Monitoring the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­5 3­6 3­7 3­7 3­8 4 Learning the Basics Using the Today Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­1 Navigation Bar and Command Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­2 Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­3 Pop-Up Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­4 Creating information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­5 Customizing the Today Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­6 Using Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Opening Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Minimizing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Closing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­9 Installing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­10 Using iPAQ Image Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­10 Backing Up Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­17 Using iPAQ File Store Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­18 5 Learning Input Methods Changing Word Suggestion Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Writing with the Stylus and the Letter Recognizer . . . . . Writing with the Stylus and Microsoft Transcriber . . . . . Writing with the Stylus and Block Recognizer . . . . . . . . Drawing and Writing on the Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting Writing to Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­2 5­4 5­5 5­7 5­8 5­9 5­9 6 Expansion Cards Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6­2 Removing a Secure Digital (SD) Expansion Card. . . . . . 6­3 iv User's Guide Contents Viewing the Content of Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6­4 7 Connecting to the Internet Connecting to a Private Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entering an Internet Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a Favorites List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­2 7­2 7­3 7­4 8 Using Bluetooth Getting Acquainted with Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­2 Understanding Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­3 Supported Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­4 Working with Bluetooth Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­5 Opening Bluetooth Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­5 Setting Accessibility Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­6 Enabling Bluetooth Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­9 Setting a Shared Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­11 Understanding Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­12 Working with Bluetooth Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­15 Opening Bluetooth Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­16 Locating and Selecting a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­16 Connecting to Other Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­18 Identifying the Communications Port . . . . . . . . . . . 8­18 Establishing an ActiveSync Connection . . . . . . . . . 8­19 Establishing a Serial Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­20 Dial-Up Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­20 Join a Personal Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­22 Establishing a Cell Phone Partnership. . . . . . . . . . . 8­22 Working with Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­22 Creating a File Transfer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­23 Sending Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­23 Creating a Folder on a Remote Device . . . . . . . . . . 8­23 Receiving a File from a Remote Device . . . . . . . . . 8­24 Deleting a File from a Remote Device . . . . . . . . . . 8­24 User's Guide v Contents Using Business Card Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up Your Business Card Information. . . . . . Opening a Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Connection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing a Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Connection Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­24 8­25 8­27 8­27 8­28 8­28 8­28 9 Troubleshooting Common Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ActiveSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9­1 9­4 9­6 9­7 A Regulatory Notices Federal Communications Commission Notice. . . . . . . . . A­1 Declaration of Conformity for products marked with the FCC logo--United States only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­2 Canadian Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­3 Avis Canadien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­3 Japanese Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­3 European Union Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­4 Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­5 Equipment Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­5 Airline Travel Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­6 Wireless Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­6 U.S. Regulatory Wireless Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A­6 Canadian Regulatory Wireless Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . A­6 Japanese Regulatory Wireless Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . A­7 Brazilian Regulatory Wireless Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . A­7 B Specifications System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B­1 Physical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B­2 vi User's Guide Contents Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B­2 Index User's Guide vii Contents viii User's Guide 1 Getting to Know Your iPAQ Pocket PC Congratulations on purchasing an HP iPAQ Pocket PC h1900 Series. Use this guide to find out about setting up your Pocket PC and to learn about how it works. The software programs described below are preinstalled on your iPAQ Pocket PC. These preinstalled programs are not deleted if your Pocket PC loses power. You can find detailed information for using these programs in the Help files on your iPAQ Pocket PC. To access these Help files, from the Start menu, tap Help and select a program. In addition, Microsoft Pocket PC Basics provides instructions on operating the Pocket PC. To locate Pocket PC Basics, go to the Today screen and tap Start > Help. User's Guide 1­1 Getting to Know Your iPAQ Pocket PC hp iPAQ Software iPAQ Backup Functions Back up your data to protect it from loss due to hardware failure, battery power failure, or accidental deletion. iPAQ Image Viewer Trial version on CD for h1930 series. Full version pre-installed for h1940 series. Display individual images and run slide shows. Also display images from a digital camera SD storage card. Self-Test Asset Viewer Bluetooth (available on h1940, h1945 only) hp Mobile Print Center Full version on CD for h1930 series. Full version pre-installed for h1940 series. Run a basic diagnostic test on the device.. List detailed information about your system configuration. Allow short-range wireless communications technology capable of exchanging information up to a distance of about 30 feet (10 meters). Enable printing. On CD for all models. 1­2 User's Guide Getting to Know Your iPAQ Pocket PC Microsoft Pocket PC Software ActiveSync Functions Synchronize the information between your Pocket PC and personal computer so you have the latest information in both locations. Be sure you install ActiveSync on both your Pocket PC and personal computer. Perform calculations and convert currency. Schedule appointments, meetings, and other events, and set an alarm to remind you of the appointments. Appointments for the day are displayed on the Today screen. Connect your Pocket PC to the Internet and intranet to browse Web sites, send and receive e-mail, and synchronize information using ActiveSync. Keep an updated list of friends and colleagues to e-mail and telephone. Receive and send Internet e-mail messages in Inbox. You must have an e-mail address provided b ...