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