Contents Getting started View the version of the Chalk Pushcast Player that you installed on your device ............About receiving content ................................ About using a media card ..............................Saving content to the media card when you connect your device to a computer ............Turn on Bluetooth technology ..............................
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Change the Roaming IT policy rule ............................Change the Mobile Network Data Limit IT policy rule ...................... 7 Content indicators 8 Content icons 9 About links 10 Tests and surveys 11 About subscriptions View subscriptions ................................. Manage subscriptions to content feeds ..........................12 Chalk Pushcast Player options Change the network type ..............................
About using a media card You can use a media card to increase the amount of BlackBerry® device memory that is available to you. Content that you store on a media card can include video files and audio files that can be quite large. The Chalk™ Pushcast™ Software saves content automatically to a media card that you insert into a device.
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User Guide Turn on Bluetooth technology Click Options. Click Bluetooth. Click Enabled. Press the Escape key. When you receive a prompt, click Save.
To pause or resume a video, press the Spacebar or click the trackwheel, trackball, or trackpad. • To move to the previous page, press P. • To move to the next page, press N. This shortcut is not available for BlackBerry® Pearl™ smartphones. • To move to the top of the page, press T. •...
User Guide Registration requests for content providers Registration requests for content providers About content providers Content providers are organizations that authors that send you content are a part of. You can view content that content providers send to you using the Chalk™ Pushcast™ Player. The Chalk™ Pushcast™ Software verifies all content providers. You must accept the registration request that the content provider sends you so that you can receive content on your device.
BlackBerry® Bold™ Series smartphones, perform On the Profiles screen, press the Menu key. the following steps: Select Edit. For BlackBerry Bold Series devices running On the Home screen of your device, select Sounds. BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 and earlier, Click Set Ring Tones/Alerts.
User Guide Content providers that you registered Content providers that you registered Hide a content provider On the Content Providers screen, highlight a content provider. Press the Menu key. Click Hide. After you finish: Press the Menu key and clear the check mark that is beside a hidden content provider to display the content provider or select Show All to display all content providers.
User Guide Content options Content options View information about content In the Chalk™ Pushcast™ Player, on the screen that lists content, highlight content that you want to view information about. Press the Menu key. Click Details. When you finish viewing the content information, click Ok. Viewing content A list of content displays when you access a content provider that you registered in the Chalk™...
Remove content from your device You can remove content from your BlackBerry® device so that you have more device memory available to you. If you remove content from your device, you are still enrolled in the content. The content title still appears on the content list where you can download the content again if you want to.
Change the Restrict to Wi-Fi IT policy rule When the Restrict to Wi-Fi® IT policy rule is set to No on a BlackBerry® device, you can change the value to Yes if you want to download content from the Chalk™ Pushcast™ Software using only a Wi-Fi connection.
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User Guide Change the Mobile Network Data Limit IT policy rule Task Steps Change the Mobile Network Data Limit IT policy rule so that In the Enforce limit section, click Yes. you can specify how much content, in MBs, you can In the Max MB per Calendar month field, type a download from the Chalk Pushcast Software in a one- number for the maximum amount of content that you...
BlackBerry® device, on the Chalk™ Pushcast™ Player application icon. This indicator appears at the top of the BlackBerry device screen when you receive a notification for new content in your message list. You can click the message to open the content in the Chalk Pushcast Player.
User Guide Content icons Content icons You can use the icons in the Chalk™ Pushcast™ Player to navigate the content pages and to view videos that appear in the content. The Chalk Pushcast Player does not display icons for audio files. The audio files play automatically when you open the page the audio file appears on.
User Guide About links About links Phone numbers, web sites, and email addresses appear as links as underlined text in content. You can use the links to make phone calls, visit web sites, and send email messages directly from the content if you click a link.
User Guide Tests and surveys Tests and surveys When a test or survey is a part of the content, you can access the test or survey after you view the content. Before you start the content, you can also go directly to a test or survey if you click a content title in the content list and click Go to Test/Survey. You can use the left arrow icon and the right arrow icon in the Chalk™...
User Guide About subscriptions About subscriptions Your administrator can assign you to subscriptions to content feeds. Subscriptions to content feeds are content feeds that Chalk™ Pushcast™ Software formats to play in the Chalk™ Pushcast™ Player. Subscriptions to content feeds are audio and video only. In the Chalk Pushcast Player, you can view, subscribe to, or unsubscribe from your available content feeds.
To access the Options screen, in the Chalk Pushcast Player, press the Menu key and select Options. To access the Chalk Pushcast Player options on a BlackBerry device, on the Home screen of your device, select Options > Chalk Pushcast Player Options.
User Guide Add a content server Add a content server In the Chalk™ Pushcast™ Player, press the Menu key. Click Options. Click Server List. On the Servers screen, click Menu > Add Server. Type the URL of the server. Click OK. After you finish: You can change and delete only the servers that you added to the server list.
Troubleshooting An exclamation mark appears beside content and I cannot open the content Possible cause Possible solution There is not enough BlackBerry® device Delete files from your device. memory available to store the video. You connected your device to a...
You receive a dialog box if the system cannot download the pushcast. In this case, contact your administrator for more information. I receive the password prompt when I watch videos Possible cause The password prompt on the BlackBerry® device is set to appear at regular intervals. The intervals are shorter than the length of the video. Possible solution...
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User Guide Legal notice TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN YOUR JURISDICTION, IN NO EVENT SHALL CHALK BE LIABLE FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGES RELATED TO THIS DOCUMENTATION OR ITS USE, OR PERFORMANCE OR NON- PERFORMANCE OF ANY SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, SERVICE, OR ANY THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES REFERENCED HEREIN INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DAMAGES: DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR AGGRAVATED DAMAGES, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, FAILURE TO REALIZE ANY EXPECTED SAVINGS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, LOSS OF...
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User Guide Legal notice The terms of use of any Chalk product or service are set out in a separate license or other agreement with Chalk applicable thereto. NOTHING IN THIS DOCUMENTATION IS INTENDED TO SUPERSEDE ANY EXPRESS WRITTEN AGREEMENTS OR WARRANTIES PROVIDED BY CHALK FOR PORTIONS OF ANY CHALK PRODUCT OR SERVICE OTHER THAN THIS DOCUMENTATION.
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