Sidekick 3 Reference Guide ® 27-3003-01 Rev. E - R3.0 - Apr 25, 2006 Copyright © 2006 Danger, Inc. All rights reserved. Contents Welcome! 6 I. Device Basics 8 Opening and Closing the Display 8 Phone Controls 9 Control Buttons 11 Sound Controls 13 Mini Music Player 13 Volume Controls 14 Wireless On/Off Control 14 Display Controls 15 Battery Charger 15 Removable Battery 17 SIM Card Slot 18 Memory Card Slot 18 USB 1.1 Port 19 Wrist Strap Holder 19 II. Registration 20 III. Setting Up Your Device 24 Bluetooth® Technology Setup 24 Backgrounds 25 Backlighting 2 Contents 25 Key Guard Mode 26 Enter Key Guard Mode 26 Change Default Key Guard Idle Time 26 Device Privacy Code Sound Profiles 27 Application Customization 28 Default Locale (Language) Setting 28 IV. The Device Interface 29 The Jump Screen 29 Menus 30 Title Bar and Indicators 31 Type and Edit Text 33 Navigate in Text Boxes 33 Delete Text 33 Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo 33 AutoText 34 Type Special Unicode Characters 35 V. The Desktop Interface 36 VI. Using the Applications 38 Phone Make a Phone Call 38 Use Bluetooth Hands-Free Headset or Car Kit 39 Answer a Phone Call 39 Add a Number to Your Speed Dial List 40 27 Contents 3 Set Up Your Voice Mail 40 Check Your Voice Mail 40 Change Your Phone Ringtone 41 Import Contacts from Your SIM Card 41 Text Messages Send a Text Message 42 Web Browser Browse the Web 43 Bookmark a Web Page 43 Email Send an Email Message 44 Fetch Email from External Accounts 44 Fetch Email Using Your Device's Web Browser 48 Attach a Photo to an Email Message 48 Address Book Add a Contact to the Address Book 49 Import Address Book Contacts 50 Set and Send "My vCard" 51 Send any Contact's vCard via Email, Text Message, or Bluetooth 52 Calendar Add an Event to Calendar 52 Notes Create a Note 53 Send a Note 53 4 Contents To Do Add a Task 54 Camera Take a Photo 54 Send Photos by Email Music Player Copy Music to the Memory Card 56 Play Songs 57 Create a Playlist 58 Download Catalog Download Items from the Catalog 59 Manage Your Downloaded Items 60 Instant Messaging Sign On 61 Send an Instant Message 61 Switch Between IM Conversations 62 VII. Keyboard Shortcuts 63 VIII. Troubleshooting 64 IX. X. XI. Handling and Safety Precautions 68 Regulatory and Compliance Information 71 Legal Information 75 55 Contents 5 Welcome! Thank you for buying a Sidekick 3 device. Your Sidekick will change the way you communicate, get organized, and stay connected. Your Sideick connects seamlessly to wireless networks, allowing you to browse the Internet, exchange instant messages*, and send and receive email with image attachments. Other features include a full-featured phone, personal information management (PIM) applications, access to a personal Web portal (the "Desktop Interface"), entertainment applications, a built-in megapixel camera, and a music player. Note For the latest instructions on all the Sidekick applications, open the online version of this Reference Guide by clicking Help on the Desktop Interface. * Separate charges may apply. 6 Welcome! Here's what you'll find in the box: Sidekick® 3 device SIM card Removable battery miniSDTM card USB cable Battery charger (wall adapter) Hands-free stereo headset Wrist strap Carrying case Sidekick Start Guide Sidekick Reference Guide If any of these items are missing, please contact your T-Mobile Customer Care department. Now, let's get started! Welcome! 7 I. Device Basics Opening and Closing the Display To open the display, press your left thumb on the lower-left corner of the display and gently push up in a clockwise direction. The display will spring smoothly into the open position. Alternatively, use your right index finger to push down gently on the upperright corner of the display. The screen will spring into the open position. The normal operating position of the device is horizontal, with the trackball on the right, as shown above. To close the display, reverse the motion to pivot the display counter-clockwise and snap it into the closed position. Warning Do not open or close the display in the wrong direction as this may damage your device. Stop if you feel any resistance; the display should spring smoothly into position. Protect the display from scratches by always using the carrying case to transport your device. 8 Device Basics Phone Controls MUTE BUTTON (while on phone) SPEAKERPHONE BUTTON (while on phone) END CALL SEND CALL SPEAKER HEADSET JACK DIAL PAD VOLUME BUTTONS + - DIAL PAD Use the keyboard dial pad to dial a number with one hand. END CALL and SEND CALL buttons During a phone call, press to end the call or to clear the screen of a number you've typed. Press to call the phone number you've typed or highlighted in a list. Press with no number typed to display a list of recently-dialed numbers. SPEAKER When using the device as a handset, place the speaker to your ear. MICROPHONE When you are using the phone, speak into the microphone. VOLUME buttons The volume buttons are located under the JUMP button. While on a phone call, press + to increase and - to decrease volume. Use the shoulder buttons to turn Mute or Speakerphone on and off. VOLUME BUTTONS SPEAKER MICROPHONE Device Basics 9 BLUETOOTH HANDS-FREE HEADSET OR CAR KIT To use a Bluetooth hands-free headset or car kit, do the following: 1 Press JUMP to open the Jump screen. Press MENU to open the menu, then select Bluetooth to open the submenu. Make sure Bluetooth features are "on". (There should be a Turn Bluetooth Off menu item.) When you are in your car, make sure your hands-free headset or car kit is ready to pair by following the manufacturer's instructions. On your Sidekick, go into the Phone application. Press MENU and select Settings > Pairing. From the Pairing dialog box, select your Bluetooth hands-free headset or car kit from the list of devices (you may have to wait a few seconds while the list populates with Bluetooth devices). If prompted, type the device's PIN code, then press DONE to dismiss the PIN Code dialog box. By default, your call's sound will go through the device handset. To send or receive your call using a Bluetooth device, press MENU and select Transfer Sound to, then select your Bluetooth device from the submenu. 2 3 4 Note You can transfer the call's sound either before or during a call. 5 6 Place your call. When finished with your call, press END CALL . STEREO HEADSET JACK Always connect your stereo headset to your device before making/receiving a call. To use the button: · · · Press the button once to answer a call and a second time to end it. During a call, press once to answer a second incoming call and put the first caller on hold. With two active calls, press the button once to end the foreground call and press again to resume the background call. 10 Device Basics Control Buttons MENU JUMP CANCEL TRACKBALL + SEND/END DONE TRACKBALL Pressing the trackball selects a highlighted item or opens a popup menu. Roll the trackball up/down/left/right to reverse/advance the current selection through the "selectable" items on a screen or Web page. Rolling the trackball right/left with a folder highlighted will open/collapse the folder contents. Adjust the vertical and horizontal speed of the trackball from the Jump Menu > Settings > Trackball screen. SEND/END buttons When not using the phone, press these buttons to page up or down . DONE button Pressing DONE takes you back through the screens you were previously viewing, until you reach the Jump screen. On a screen or in a dialog box, press DONE to save your changes and dismiss the screen or dialog box. If a menu is open, press DONE to close it. CANCEL button Pressing a screen or dialog box. CANCEL dismisses any changes you have made to MENU button Pressing MENU opens a menu of actions you can take on the current screen. If you press MENU and nothing opens, this means there are no menu actions available for the current screen. JUMP button Pressing JUMP takes you back to the Jump screen, your starting point for launching all the device applications. Device Basics 11 LEFT SHOULDER BUTTON RIGHT SHOULDER BUTTON POWER JACK DIRECTIONAL PAD STRAP HOLDER USB 1.1 PORT + VOLUME BUTTONS POWER ON / OFF BUTTON DIRECTIONAL PAD (D-Pad) Press up/down/left/right to scroll or move within text fields, and navigate in games. The D-Pad "rocks" in four different directions and generally mirrors the behavior of the trackball. LEFT AND RIGHT SHOULDER buttons The function of these buttons depends on which application you're using. For example, while using the Camera, the right shoulder button captures a photo. While using the Phone, the left shoulder button toggles Mute and the right shoulder button toggles Speakerphone. In the Email and MMS compose screens, the right shoulder button opens your photo albums so you can select a photo to attach to the message, and the left shoulder button opens the voice recorder. POWER ON/OFF button Press the Power button for three seconds to turn the device on or off. You can also press the Power button twice ("double-tap") to power down. VOLUME buttons Press and hold + or - to step through your Sound Profiles or to increase/decrease the volume of any application you're currently using, such as the phone or music player. 12 Device Basics Sound Controls Mini Music Player To open the mini music player (transport controls) from anywhere on the device, press JUMP + DONE . Use the trackball to highlight a control, then press to perform the action: Play previous song Pause song now playing, or resume play if paused Play next song To scroll through the songs in the Play Queue, roll the trackball down and select the Play Queue pane. Roll the trackball left or right to scroll through the songs in your queue. To jump to a specific place in a song, roll the trackball up, then select the song title. The player view will switch to the following: The row of bars is referred to as the "scrubber bar". The highlighted bar indicates the progress of your currently-playing song. Roll the trackball right to fast forward, left to rewind. To exit scrubber mode, press DONE . Device Basics 13 Volume Controls There are two ways you can open the volume controls: Press MENU + DONE . Roll the trackball left/right to step through your sound profiles. Left is louder, right is softer. (Read more in "Sound Profiles" on page 27.) Press the + or - volume buttons on the lower-left edge of your device. Continue pressing the buttons to step through your sound profiles: If you are playing a song or on the phone, the volume control panel includes separate volume controls for the music or phone call. This control is focused by default; to change your Sound Profile, roll the trackball down to focus the Sound Profile pane, then roll the trackball left or right to select a profile. Wireless On/Off Control If you need to turn off your device's GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and Bluetooth wireless connectivity (for example, during aircraft takeoffs and landings), do the following: 1 From the Jump screen, press Wireless Off. MENU and select Airplane Mode > Turn 14 Device Basics 2 3 Your device is now offline. You should confirm offline status by looking next to the radio tower icon in the title bar; it should read OFF. To turn wireless back on, from the Jump screen, press Airplane Mode > Turn Wireless On. MENU and select Note that after you select the Turn Wireless On/Off menu item, it takes a few seconds for the radio to actually turn on or off. During that time, the menu item will appear dimmed and you will not be able to select it. Display Controls To adjust the display backlight brightness, open the Display Control from the Jump screen by pressing MENU then selecting Settings > Battery & Display. Scroll down to highlight the Brightness slider. Press the trackball to open the slider for adjustment. Roll right to increase brightness; left to decrease. Battery Charger Your device comes with a removable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery. When you first receive your device, it is important that you fully charge the battery, as described in the following steps. Warning Only use the charger (wall adapter) and battery provided with your device or approved by T-Mobile, or you risk damaging your device. 1 Attach the battery charger to your device. Locate the battery charger that came in the box with your device. Insert the charger lead (the small round end of the cord) into your device's Device Basics 15 power jack (the small round hole located on the upper right side of your device) and plug the power cord into a standard electrical wall outlet. The orange charge indicator light will go on and a lightning bolt icon will appear over the battery icon in the title bar, indicating the charger is connected and the battery is charging. Note that if your device has discharged completely, it may take up to 15 minutes before you see any indication of charging on the screen. 2 Let the device cha ...