Acer_test3 s50 User Manual page 11

8 Beaming information
9 Exchanging and updating data using HotSync operations
10 Setting preferences for your Acer handheld
Beaming a business card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Beaming a record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Beaming an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Receiving beamed information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Turning off beaming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Performing a HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Creating a user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Performing a local HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Selecting HotSync setup options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Customising HotSync application settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
IR HotSync operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Preparing your computer for infrared communication . . . . . . . . . . 220
Configuring HotSync Manager for infrared communication . . . . . . . . 221
Performing an IR HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Returning to using the cradle for local USB
HotSync operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Performing a HotSync operation via a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Performing a HotSync operation via a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Using File Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Opening Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Alarm preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Buttons preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Connection preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Connection Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Setting an Infrared to modem connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Date & Time preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Digitizer preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Formats preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Setting default country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Setting time, date, week start, and number display formats . . . . . . . . 245
General preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Setting the Auto-off interval time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Setting the sounds and volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Turning Beam Receive on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Setting your Acer handheld to stay on while in the cradle . . . . . . . . . 249
Setting the backlight power saving mode
HiDensity preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Network preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Connecting to your ISP or dial-in service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Customising service templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Entering DNS numbers and IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Creating a login script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
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