Connecting Your Device To A Computer - HTC Touch Pro RHOD100 User Manual

1.12 Connecting Your Device to a Computer

Whenever you connect your device to the computer with the USB cable, the
Connect to PC screen will be displayed and will prompt you to choose the type of
USB connection:
ActiveSync
Select this mode when you need to do the following:
• Synchronize Outlook e-mail messages, contacts, calendar appointments, files,
and other data between your device and your computer.
•
Have read and write access to the whole device.
For more information about using ActiveSync, see Chapter 5.
Disk Drive
This mode is available for selection only when you installed a microSD card on your
device. Select this mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb
drive. This connection type lets you copy files between your device's storage card
and your computer faster.
When Disk Drive mode is enabled while your device is connected to the computer:
•
You will not be able to use your device to access files from the storage card
or run applications that are installed on the storage card while the device is
connected to your computer.
•
Your computer will only connect to the device's storage card. When you
access your device from the computer, you will only see the contents of the
device's storage card.
Internet Sharing
When you do not have Internet access on your computer, you can select this mode
to use your device as a modem for your computer. For more information about
using Internet Sharing, see "Using Your Device as a Modem (Internet Sharing)" in
Chapter .
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