User Guide
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Contents
Your memos and documents 169
Using a phone headset
113
Documents To Go Professional 171 Memos 173 Voice Memo
N T E N T S
Terms Important safety and legal information 257 Index
Welcome
What do I need to get started?
Palm Software Installation CD included in the box
What’s in the box?
Hardware
Where to learn more
E L C O M E
Setting up
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Palm Treo 755P smartphone overview
Front view
Back view
Top view
Installing the battery
Ringer switch
Sound On
Charging the battery
Battery contacts Smartphone contacts
A R G I N G T H E B a T T E R Y
Maximizing battery life
Battery icon
Turn down the screen brightness see Adjusting the brightness
Making your first call
On , you hear three tones when programming is successful
Adjusting call volume
What’s my phone number?
Setting up your computer
Volume button
System requirements
Upgrading from another Palm OS device
Palm may be replaced with palmOne or Handspring
A P T E R
Installing the desktop synchronization software
Connecting your Treo smartphone to your computer
Synchronizing information-the basics
Press the sync button on the sync cable Sync button
Moving around on your smartphone
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Center Up Left Right Down
Moving around the screen
5-way includes the following buttons
Scrolling through screens
Highlighting and selecting items
Accessing command buttons
Highlighting text
Selecting menu items
Selecting options in a pick list
Option Return Shift/Find Menu Space Alt
Using the keyboard
Backlight
Entering lowercase and uppercase letters
Are entered using the Alt key
Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols
Entering other symbols and accented characters
Symbols and accented characters
Alt
Phone Option
Using the quick buttons
Opening applications
Calendar
Using Applications View
Press Applications
Your phone
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Turning your smartphone on and off
Waking up the screen
Turning your phone on and off
Making calls
Dialing using the onscreen Dial Pad
Dialing using the keyboard Press Phone
Opening the Phone application
Dialing by contact name
Select the number you want to dial Press Send to dial
Select the phone number on the web page or in the message
Press Center to make the call
Dialing from a web page or message
Send and selecting Call Log from the Redial list
Numbers From the Phone application’s
Call, and then press Send again to dial
Ending a call
Press Power/End Select Hang Up All
Receiving calls
Do one of the following
Setting up voicemail
Using voicemail
Send the call to voicemail Press Power
To ignore a call, do one of the following
Voicemail notification
Listening to voicemail messages
What can I do when I’m on a call?
Switching applications during a call
Mutes the microphone so that you cannot be heard
Enter the information for the entry Select Done
Saving phone numbers
Select Add Contact
Answering a second call call waiting
When the Dial another call prompt appears, select Yes
Making a second call
Send
Ignore with Text
To hang up the current call and answer
Making a conference call
Press Send from Active Call View
Using Flash mode during a call
Press Power/End Forwarding calls
While in Flash mode, do any of the following
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Viewing minutes Defining favorite Usage Buttons
For example, to forward calls to
Press Send to turn on call forwarding
Creating a speed-dial favorite button
Press Phone Use the 5-way to select a blank favorite button
Select Edit Favorites Button on the Record menu
Select OK
Editing a favorite button
Deleting a favorite button
Using a phone
Headset
Select Delete Select OK
Using a wired headset
Connecting to a Bluetooth hands-free device
Select Hands-free Setup
Press Applications and select
Using a Bluetooth hands-free device
Customizing advanced settings for your hands-free device
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Hands-free
Customizing phone settings
Customizing the Phone application’s Main View
Selecting ringtones
Selecting Phone alert tones
Creating and managing ringtones
Way
Assigning a caller ID ringtone
Adjusting ringer volume
Select alert tones from the following pick lists
Assigning a caller ID photo
Setting your dialing preferences
Choosing your privacy settings
Turning on the HAC Setting
Enabling TTY
Check the Hearing Aid Compatibility box
Manually selecting the wireless band
What are all those icons?
Area, No Service, Extended
Your phone is off
O U R P H O N E
U R P H O N E
A P T E R
Your email and other messages
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Check messages from multiple email addresses VersaMail
Which application should I use?
Want to… Use this app…
Wireless Sync application
How do I get started?
Setting up Wireless Sync to work with Internet email
Press Wireless Sync
Password Enter the password for your Wireless Sync account
When the Congratulations message appears, select Done
Setting up Wireless Sync to work with corporate email
When the Congratulations message appears, select Done
Press Wireless Sync
VersaMail application
Apple.Mac AT&T Global AT&T Worldnet
SBC/PacBell SBC/Prodigy Speakeasy USA.net Verizon DSL Yahoo
ESMTP, SSL
Your system administrator or ISP, and then select Next
Enter the subject and message text
Settings, select Advanced, and then enter those settings
Creating and sending email messages
Red paper clip icon in the upper-right corner
Adding attachments to your email messages
Attaching photos and videos
Attaching ringtones
Attaching other types of files
Receiving and viewing email messages
Viewing attachments
Managing your messages
Deleting selected messages from the Inbox
Press Menu Select Delete on the Message menu
Switching accounts
Customizing your email settings
Deleting messages by date
Scheduling Auto Sync
Set preferences for how and when
Select Auto Sync
Select OK, and then select Get Mail
Check the Alert me of new mail box
Setting preferences for getting messages
Selecting alert tones
Attaching a signature to a message
Unread messages Imap accounts
Message Format Sets the format for messages you retrieve
Enter your signature information, and then select OK
Messaging
Select Signature Check the Attach Signature box
Working with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
Select New Select the To field to address the message
Creating and sending a text message
Press Applications and select Messaging
Ringtones
Creating and sending a multimedia message
Videos
Sound clips
Select New
Select Add Media
Record new Record a sound clip of up to 1 minute
Receiving messages
Using links in messages
Arranging your messages
Saved pictures later by pressing
Applications and selecting Pics&Videos
Deleting messages
Chatting with Messaging
Message with the chat icon
Create chats from messages Indicate
Display my name in chat window as
Even when roaming Indicate whether
Show timestamps in chats Indicate
Automatically collect MMS
What are all those icons?
A P T E R
Your connections to the web and wireless devices
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Press Applications and select Web
Web browser
Viewing a web
E B B R O W S E R
Goes to your home
Creating a bookmark
Editing or deleting a bookmark or saved
Saving a
Viewing bookmarks or saved pages
Select Edit Bookmarks on the Bookmarks menu
Downloading files from a web
Select Edit Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu
Enter a title for this page of bookmarks
Videos MP4, 3G2, ASF, WMV Ringtones
Streaming files from a web
Play
Returning to recently viewed pages
Customizing your web browser settings
Copying text from a web
Finding text on a web
Home Page Sets the page that appears when you select
Select General and set any of the following preferences
Disable cascading style sheets
Select Advanced and set any of the following preferences
BroadbandAccess Connect
Installing the VZAccess Manager software
On the Installation Complete screen, click Finish
Getting help with VZAccess Manager software
On your computer, go to the VZAccess Manager window
Click the VZAccess Manager icon on your computer desktop
Terminating a BroadbandAccess Connect Internet session
Click Disconnect
Select Trusted Devices
Applications and select Bluetooth
On your smartphone, press
Connections with Bluetooth devices
Select Setup Devices Select Trusted Devices
Accepting a connection from another Bluetooth device
Press Applications and select Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
A P T E R
A P T E R
Your photos, videos, and music
Camera and Camcorder Pics & Videos Pocket Tunes
Press Applications and select Camera
Camera Camcorder
Taking a picture
Recording a video
Press Applications and select Camcorder
A P T E R
Customizing your Camera settings
Press Applications and select Pics&Videos
Pics & Videos
Viewing a picture
Select the album that contains the picture you want to see
3GP 3G2 MPEG-4 video + Qcelp audio + 3g2 file type MP4
Press Right or Left to scroll to the next item in the album
Viewing a video
Select the album that contains the video you want to see
Sending pictures or videos
Select Share
Copying a picture or video
Adding a picture to a contact entry
Organizing pictures and videos
Saving a picture as wallpaper
Rotating a picture
Windows
Deleting a picture or video
Viewing pictures and videos on your computer
Mac
Applications and select pTunes
Setting up Windows Media Player for MP3
Pocket Tunes
On your computer, open Windows Media Player, and then click
Setting up iTunes for MP3
Select Preferences
Transferring MP3 files from your computer
Listening to music on your Treo smartphone
Transferring music from a CD to your smartphone
Select Rip Music
Press Applications and select pTunes
Choose Song and select a song from the list
Editing a playlist Press Applications and select pTunes
Creating a playlist
Select Save List
Your personal information organizer
Contacts Calendar World Clock Tasks
Select New Contact
Contacts
Press Phone Select the Contacts favorite button
Adding a contact
After you enter all the information, select Done
Select Photos to add an existing picture to this contact
With private entries for more info
Viewing or changing contact information
Defining your business card
Calendar
Deleting a contact
Displaying your calendar
Creating an event
Creating an untimed event
Adding an alarm to an event
Select OK Type of time units Number of time units
Select Other to define a custom
Scheduling a repeating event
Create an event, and then select it Select Details
Interval
Select the event you want to edit or delete Select Details
Color-coding your schedule
Editing or deleting an event
Delete Removes the event from your calendar Select OK
Customizing display options for your calendar
Select Day and set any of the following Day View options
Selecting alarm tones
Selecting cities
Default Alarm The default timeframe for the alarm field
World Clock
Adding cities
Setting an alarm
Press Applications and select World Clock
Adding a task Press Applications and select Tasks
Setting task priority, due date, and other details
Tasks
Checking off a task
Today, Last 7 Days, Next 7 Days, or Past Due
Organizing your tasks
Deleting a task
Customizing Tasks
Your memos and documents
Manage Word, Excel Improve productivity by taking
Documents To Go Professional Voice Memo Memos
Documents To Go Professional
Select the document you want from the list
Opening a document
Documents
Creating a memo Press Applications and select Memos
Memos
Voice Memo
Enter the text you want to appear in the memo Select Done
Creating a voice memo
Press Applications and select Voice Memo
Press Center to pause or stop playback
O U R M E M O S a N D D O C U M E N T S
Your application and info management tools
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Continue the search
Using Find
Viewing and using the alerts
Basic Mode Advanced Mode-Math
Calculator
Length Length conversions for metric and English values
Installing applications
Selecting functions in Advanced Calculator Mode
My Treo
Installing bonus software from My Treo on your smartphone
Installing applications from the Internet
Installing bonus software from My Palm on your computer
Installing other third-party applications from a computer
Removing applications
Press Menu Select Info on the App menu
Viewing application info
Manually deleting applications
Sending information with Bluetooth wireless technology
Sending info over a Bluetooth wireless connection
Press Applications and select Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
If the Ringer switch is set to Sound
Beaming information
Beaming an entry
Beaming an application
Receiving beamed information
Synchronizing information- advanced
Changing which applications sync
MAC only
Setting up a Bluetooth connection for synchronization
Press Applications and select HotSync
Select Setup Devices Select HotSync Setup
Synchronizing over a Bluetooth connection
Synchronizing over an infrared connection
Applications and select HotSync
Synchronizing using Wireless Sync
A P T E R
Using expansion cards
Inserting an expansion card
Open the door of the expansion card Slot
Removing an expansion card
Accessing items stored on an expansion card
Opening applications on an expansion card
Press Applications
Select Card Info
Viewing expansion card information
Card Info
Formatting an expansion card
Press Menu Select Format Card from the Card menu Select OK
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Your personal settings
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Setting system volume levels
System sound settings
Slide the Ringer switch to Sound
Silencing sounds
Changing the screen font
Display and appearance settings
Adjusting the brightness
Large bold
Setting display formats
Small
Press Applications and select Prefs
Select a color scheme from the list Select Done
Applications settings
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Touchscreen
Press Menu Select Category on the App menu
Select default applications for specific tasks
Arranging applications by category
Displaying applications by category
Changing default applications
Reassigning buttons
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Default Apps
Locking your smartphone and info
Locking your keyboard Keyguard
Locking your screen
Incoming calls received Disables
Screen when the phone rings. You must
Select Keyguard Check any of the following boxes
Select one of the following Phone Lock options
Uncheck the On phone power off box
Enter your lock code to change this setting Select OK twice
Locking your smartphone
Select the Auto Lock Device box
Select the Password box
Press Applications and select Security
Hiding or masking all private entries
Select Lock & Turn Off to lock your smartphone immediately
Working with private entries
Security and Palm Desktop software Windows
Select Lost Password
Viewing all private records
Entering owner information
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Date & Time
System settings
Setting the date and time
Optimizing power settings
On a call, dim backlight after
Connection settings
Connecting to a virtual private network
Common questions
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StartProgramsPalmSafe HotSync
Upgrading
On your computer, click
P G R a D I N G
Desktop software installation
Performing a system reset
Resetting your smartphone
Performing a soft reset
Performing a hard reset
S E T T I N G Y O U R S M a R T P H O N E
Replacing the battery
Screen
Screen appears blank
Palm Desktop info is damaged, you can
Synchronization
There’s a blinking bell in the upper-left corner
Can’t find my user folder
HotSync Manager
Palm Desktop software does not respond to a sync attempt
Make sure that HotSync manager is running
Mac HD/Users/user name/Documents/ Palm/Users/device name
Synchronization starts but stops without finishing
\Program Files\Palm\device name
Synchronize
Palm Desktop software, and then click Change/Remove
Calendar, Contacts, Notes, and Tasks to be available offline
Have duplicate entries in Microsoft Outlook after I sync
Select Desktop overwrites handheld, and then click OK
If you’re using Microsoft Outlook sold separately
Click Change
My appointments show up in the wrong time slot after I sync
Uncheck the New events use time zones box if it’s checked
If you’re using Palm Desktop software
Calendar
My smartphone won’t connect to the mobile network
Signal strength is weak
Phone
Other person hears an echo
My voice is too quiet on the other end
My smartphone hangs up when I hold it to my ear
Hear my own voice echo
Hear static or interference
My phone seems to turn off by itself
Preferences Select Clear Voicemail Icon
Hands-free devices
Confirm all the following
Can’t tell if data services are available
Can’t send or receive text messages
Web
Can’t send or receive multimedia MMS messages
Either of these icons, press
Can’t access a web
My smartphone won’t connect to the Internet
It takes a long time for a web page to load
Secure site refuses to permit a transaction
Camera
An image or map is too small on my screen
Making room on your Treo smartphone
Third-party applications
Error messages
Getting more help
O M M O N Q U E S T I O N S
Terms
Dialog box
Device name
Dial-up networking DUN
Evdo Evolution Data Optimized
MMS Multimedia Messaging System
NationalAccess
Palm Quick Install
Option key
Slide
SMS Short Messaging Service
Pix Place
Streaming
Important safety and legal information
FCC Notice
Battery safety information
Waste disposal
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Specifications
Specification S
Specification S
Specification S
215 Calls 72, 76
188, 236 accessing
Index
104
143 To 60
129
180
168
208 189
Installing 181-183 211
109
185
Beaming
Playing
122
Bell 179
186
Service 75, 124
187
248
Calculator icon 180 calculator modes 180 calendar
Restoring factory defaults for
212
203
216
Tasks and 166, 167 102
210
150 104
183
222
124, 253
For 54
103 205
219
87, 124
Coverage area 19, 44, 69
233
Email 96
Photos 136, 143
Albums 143
Dialing 45-48, 53, 71
Dial Pad 37, 45 123
Events 67, 156, 161
Photos 135, 138
138
Troubleshooting 244 viewing attachments
171
Attaching voice memos to
Displaying 67, 156
Passwords 51, 217 162
Errors 235, 242
For 156
Feedback 240 fields 32, 35 file types
200, 249 opening files on 172 renaming
From Viewing information about Extended Network message
Finding
202
217
Formatting
Email 95, 96 forwarding phone calls 57 freeing disk space
Saving 107
139
123 Entering 21, 36-37 Text 33
Losing 202, 217
36-37
123, 124, 253
198
22, 183
Links
M4V files 140 Mac systems Installing applications from
145, 146, 148 uninstalling desktop
Treo smartphone 216
Memory 123, 160
173
Masks 214
181
116
82, 83, 101, 153
196
79, 94
117
145
Mute button Names
116, 122 Note button 154 notes
Installing 22, 183, 227 Microsoft Exchange
157
CD 8
Forgetting 83, 217
218
213, 216
Making 45, 53, 55
Ending 49, 52, 55
Dialing 45-48, 53
61, 64
Sending 93, 135, 136
Entering 45-48, 66
72, 73 161
Photo albums 135, 139
Stopping 107, 149
Pausing 120, 138
149 182 181
Music 120
Redialing most recent number
93, 103
Renaming expansion cards
251 136
Saving
Text 33, 107
Contacts 46, 66
Text 121
Disabling 53, 214
Box 67 241 186
Passwords 51, 217
Email 92, 106
Messages 49, 101 168
Naming 24, 63
Resetting 217
213
Screen 162
191-193
Symbols 37, 38 197 Static 241
Sounds 103, 163 Information 23, 177 185
Photos 133
27 Tasks button
System resets 225, 228, 242
Setting preferences for Viewing due dates for 167
Tasks list 33, 156, 166, 167
250-251third-party utilities 23, 219 third-party VPN client
Trusted Devices button 127
USB ports
From Setting up accounts for 89, 90
Untimed events 158, 159 Untimed Events check box Updating
Message 75 VersaMail
173-175
Adding 136
Playing 120, 138
Sending 135, 138
Selecting home page for
Volume button 13, 20, 69 volume conversions
124-126
208
83, 85
Accessing 115, 117
121
121-123
Wrap Search check box Year View
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