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Palm Centro Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Contents of the box Setup Insert the SIM card Insert the battery Insert a memory card Complete the setup Navigation Wake up the touchscreen and turn it off Highlight and select items Select menu items Use the keyboard Open applications Your phone Open the Phone application...
  • Page 2 Your web browser Browse the web Shop at AT&T Mall Explore AT&T Music Your email Choose email options Set up a personal email account with Xpress Mail Set up corporate email Create and send email in Xpress Mail Your contacts and calendar Contacts Calendar Synchronization...

  • Page 3: Contents Of The Box

    Getting Started CD, which includes the following: ® • Palm Desktop software or a link to this software • Link to instructions on how to get bonus software from My Centro • User Guide • Palm warranty and end user license agreement...

  • Page 4: Setup

    1. Press the battery door near the top and slide the battery door downward to remove it from your ® ™ Palm Centro smart device. 2. If the battery is installed, remove it. 3. Remove the stylus to make it easier to install the Stylus SIM card.

  • Page 5: Insert The Battery

    Insert the battery 1. Remove the battery door. 2. Align the metal contacts on the battery that came with your Centro with the contacts inside the battery compartment. 3. Insert the battery into the compartment at a 45-degree angle, and then press it into place.

  • Page 6: Insert A Memory Card

    Insert a memory card The card slot on your Centro enables you to add microSD memory cards (sold separately) to expand the storage capacity of your device. The card slot has a push-push mechanism: push in gently to insert a card; push in gently to remove 1.

  • Page 7: Complete The Setup

    1. Select the language you want to use. 2. Follow the onscreen instructions to set the date and time. Note: If you want your Centro to obtain the date, time, and time zone from the local network, accept the default setting on the Date & Time screen.

  • Page 8: Navigation

    Press When you take your Centro out of the box and turn it on for the first time, the Applications, phone is already on. You just need to wake up the touchscreen. select Preferences, select Power, and 1.

  • Page 9: Highlight And Select Items

    Highlight and select items The highlight identifies which item is affected by your Most menu items next action. Use Left , Right , Up , and have a shortcut. To Down on the 5-way to move the highlight from use a menu one item to another.

  • Page 10: Use The Keyboard

    3. Press Up and Down to highlight a menu item. 4. Press Center to select the menu item, or press Menu to close the menu and cancel your selection. Use the keyboard Backlight (Option + P) Backspace Option Return Menu Shift/Find Space Enter lowercase and uppercase letters...
  • Page 11 Enter numbers, punctuation, and symbols Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above the Symbol Did You Know? Letter letters on the keys. To enter these characters, do one of Some application the following: views have Option Lock turned on • Press Option and then press the key with the character—no need to automatically, such hold Option...

  • Page 12: Open Applications

    For Use the quick buttons example, if you press P, The front of your Centro has three you highlight quick buttons that open applications. Phone; if you quickly The fourth button opens Applications Messaging...

  • Page 13: Your Phone

    Your phone Open the Phone application Press Phone to open the Phone application. The Phone application has Don’t remember five tabs so you can navigate among its features. your mobile phone number? To find Dial Pad Call Log your phone number, press Phone, press Main Menu, select...

  • Page 14: Make And Receive Calls

    Make and receive calls Dial using the keyboard 1. Press Phone Phone 2. Use the number keys on the keyboard to enter Power/End Send the phone number. (You must be on the Main or Number Center keys Dial Pad tab to enter the phone number.) 3.

  • Page 15: Set Up Voicemail

    Set up voicemail Your AT&T service includes voicemail. Keep in mind that airtime and other ® ™ charges apply when using voicemail from your Palm Centro smart device. 1. Press Phone 2. Press and hold 1 to dial the AT&T automated voicemail system.
  • Page 16 Use the 5-way or stylus to select any of the following onscreen buttons: Turns on the speakerphone so you can hear the caller Did You Know? through the device’s speaker. This lets you check your If the touchscreen calendar, look up contact info, take notes, and use other dims during a call, features during a call.

  • Page 17: Your Push To Talk Application

    5. Wait for the Welcome to Push To Talk screen to appear, and then select Done. See the foldout image of your Note: If an error appears instead, contact AT&T for Centro to locate the assistance. Side button (Push To Talk). To check your...

  • Page 18: Add A Ptt Contact

    Add a PTT contact [insert screen ptt_newcontact here] 1. Press the Side button (Push To Talk) to open PTT. If a contact is not 2. Select New, and then select New Contact from the pop-up menu. listed in your 3. Select Lookup. Contacts application, you can 4.

  • Page 19: Make A Ptt Call

    (If the Ringer switch is set to Sound Off, you speak as usual when you answer a call.) Hold your Centro like a walkie-talkie, a few inches away from your mouth, and listen for the tone that signals that you can start to speak. When you hear Did You Know? the tone, begin speaking.

  • Page 20: Your Messages

    Your messages Messaging Consult AT&T for pricing and availability of text and Before You Begin: Takes? 3 minutes multimedia messaging services. AT&T recommends that you have a messaging Steps? plan if you plan to send frequent text, Instant Messaging, or multimedia messages.

  • Page 21: Instant Messaging

    If you have existing IM accounts, you can sign on to up to three IM Steps? communities on your Centro and switch among them with the 5-way. Note that signing on to your IM service on your Centro signs you off on your desktop. Need to enter an Send an instant message underscore? See 1.

  • Page 22: Your Web Browser

    Your web browser Browse the web You must have a data plan on your AT&T account to browse Before You Begin: the web on your Palm® Centro™ smart device. 1. Press Applications and select Address bar . If prompted, select Yes to turn on your phone, and Yes to connect to the Internet.

  • Page 23: Shop At At&T Mall

    AT&T Mall is a storefront where you can select links to websites that list and sell ringtones, graphics, and multimedia files. When you select a link, the web browser opens and displays a website where you can buy items and download them to your Centro. 1. Press Applications and select AT&T Mall 2.

  • Page 24: Your Email

    Centro smart device. Email provider service you use to exchange email. You can use your Centro to access email from both personal and corporate Your provider’s email accounts. name is between • A personal email account is an account with an Internet service provider the @ symbol and (ISP) such as AOL and Comcast.
  • Page 25 1. Press Applications , and then select XpressMail 2. Select Install Now. If prompted, select Yes to connect to the Internet. If you select More and your email 3. Select Download Now, and then select Yes to provider still does begin downloading.

  • Page 26: Set Up Corporate Email

    Xpress Mail is a self-service option for accessing your corporate Self-service access your email from your Centro without support from IT. Using Xpress Mail with a corporate email is corporate account also enables wireless synchronization of calendar called the appointments and contacts, as well as wireless corporate directory lookup.

  • Page 27: Create And Send Email In Xpress Mail

    You will receive a notification 3. Set up access to your corporate email from your device by pressing Applications and selecting the Xpress Mail icon 4. When prompted, select Work > Professional Edition > Register Device. Having trouble sending messages? 5.

  • Page 28: Your Contacts And Calendar

    Your contacts and calendar Contacts Enter names and phone numbers You can import 1. Press Phone contacts from your 2. Select the Contacts tab. SIM card. In the Contacts list, open 3. Press Menu Record menu 4. Select New Contact from the Record menu. and select Import from...
  • Page 29 Dial by contact name Letters appear here as you enter them 1. Press Phone Takes? 1 minute 2. Select the Contacts tab. Steps? 3. Use the keyboard to start entering one of the following for the contact you want to call: To see more •...

  • Page 30: Calendar

    Calendar Enter a new appointment Takes? 1 minute 1. Press Calendar until Day View appears. Selected Selected Steps? date 2. Select Go To and then select the desired day. Did You Know? 3. Select New. You can also schedule repeating 4.

  • Page 31: Synchronization

    ® Palm Desktop other; so there’s no need to enter the information twice. Sync your Centro and software from the your computer frequently to keep your information up-to-date (and backed up) Getting Started CD in both locations.
  • Page 32 Do not disconnect the sync cable until you see ® the message on your Centro saying that the HotSync operation is done. Next time you want to sync, just connect your Centro to your computer (using the sync cable) and then press the sync button.

  • Page 33: Your Music, Pictures, And Videos

    Did You Know? If a call comes in to your Centro or a memory card. After you transfer the music files, you can when you’re play them using Music Player (Pocket Tunes Deluxe™) on your Centro.
  • Page 34 Protect your hearing. Listening to this device on full volume for a long period of time can damage your hearing. 1. Make sure the Ringer switch on the top of your Centro is set to Sound 2. Press Applications , select AT&T Music , and then select Music Player (Pocket Tunes Deluxe).

  • Page 35: Take Pictures And Videos

    You can use the built-in camera to take and view pictures and videos and send Takes? 2 minutes them to your friends and family. You can store pictures on your Centro or on a Steps? memory card. 1. Press Applications...
  • Page 36 5. Press Center to capture the picture or video. 6. Do any of the following: To add an audio Saves the picture or video in the location you caption to a picture selected in step 2. later, open the Deletes the picture or video. picture and then select Audio...

  • Page 37: Troubleshooting

    Touchscreen. 3. Follow the onscreen alignment instructions, and then select Done. 4. If your Centro still doesn’t respond, do a soft reset by removing the battery and reinserting it. Nothing happens when I press a key Do a soft reset by removing the battery and reinserting it.
  • Page 38 Local USB is checked. If you don’t see the HotSync manager icon, click Start > Programs > Palm > HotSync Manager. Go to the Palm folder on your Mac hard drive and double-click HotSync manager . In Mac: the Connection Settings panel, set the Local Setup port to Palm USB.

  • Page 39: Tips And Tricks

    ® Change volume during a call Press the Volume button on the side of your Palm ™ Centro smart device Switch from the ringer to vibrate Slide the Ringer switch to Sound Off...

  • Page 40: Data

    Make sure your computer has Bluetooth wireless with your PC as a wireless modem technology and your Centro has a data plan that allows tethered use. Call 1-800-331-0500 to check on your data plan. Then see the User Guide on the Getting Started CD for setup instructions.
  • Page 41 Disclaimer and limitation of liability Palm, Inc. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this guide. Palm, Inc. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties that may arise through the use of this software.

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