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Some fea tures/menus are op era tor dependent
Com mu ni ca ting via the Modem
A very con ven ient fea ture of the CF888 is the built-in mo -
dem ( a PC card mo dem). With this, you can con nect a com -
puter to your phone in or der to send and re ceive fax and e-
mail mes sages, browse the Inter net and much more.
With the CF888 you can choose if you want to con nect to
your com puter via in fra red link (IR) or via ca ble.
To be able to use vari ous com mu ni ca tion services you also
need ap pro pri ate soft ware, for example a fax ap pli ca tion, an
e- mail ap pli ca tion or an Inter net browser.
Your CF888 comes with ei ther a CD or a set of diskettes (or
both, de pend ing on what coun try you bought your phone in),
containing a mo dem script and the Er ics son Mo bile Of fice Suite
soft ware, among other things.
The Mo bile Of fice Suite is a phone book man ager and a mes -
sage man ager. See chap ter " The Mo bile Of fice Suite" for
more information.
You will also find the Mi cro soft IrDA driver, the Mi cro soft
Win dows CE driver and mo dem script.
Before you Start
Bef ore you can start us ing com mu ni ca tion ap pli ca tions there
are a few things that need to be taken care of:
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First, you need to make sure your com puter is con fig ur ed
for in fra red com mu ni ca tion. Most com puters are al ready
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configured, but if this is not the case, please see your
com puter' s user man ual for more de tailed in for ma tion.
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Sec ondly, you need to in stall the Mi cro soft IrDA driver
and the Er ics son CF888 mo dem script on your com -
puter. These are found on the CD and/or the diskettes
that came with your phone. De tailed in struc tions are
found in the sec tion ' I nstal ling the In fra red Modem' be -
low.
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For you to be able to use the above men tioned services
most phone net work op era tors re quire that you have
sepa rate fax and data sub scrip tions. This way you never
need to worry about whether an in com ing call is a fax,
data or nor mal speech call. If you do not al ready have
sepa rate fax and data sub scrip tions, please con tact your
op era tor.
Note!
Do not expose your built-in modem to electrostatic dis -
charge (ESD). The com mu ni ca tion link may be lost and
could lead to un in ten tional loss of data. Should you lose con -
nec tion, you may need to restart your computer and/or your
mobile phone.
The Data Menus
Ana log mode does not sup port the data menus.
Some of the com mu ni ca tion fea tures de scribed in this
chapter re quire that you have the Data menus in your phone
turned on. To turn them on:
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