User Guide
 Intellectual property notices
 Contents
 Your email and other messages
 Your memos and documents Documents To Go Professional
Memos Voice Memo
 Vi C O N T E N T S
 Welcome
 This chapter
 What’s in the box?
You should have received all the following items in the box
Hardware
 Rechargeable battery AC charger USB sync cable
What do I need to get started?
Documentation and software
 Where to learn more
While using your Centro
For a quick introduction
Select My Centro
 If you need more information
 Setting up
Start using your Centro right away
 This chapter
 Indicator light phone
Centro Overview
Front view
Stylus
 Sync connector
Lanyard loop Power connector Microphone
Back view
 Inserting the SIM card and battery
Ringer switch
Top view
 N S E R T I N G T H E S I M C a R D a N D B a T T E R Y
 Charging the battery
 H a R G I N G T H E B a T T E R Y
 Maximizing battery life
 Turn down the screen brightness see Adjusting the brightness
 Making your first call
Press Phone
Press Left to select the Dial Pad tab Status icons
 After you finish the call, press Power/ End to end the call
Adjusting call volume
Volume Side button
What’s my phone number?
 Setting up your computer for synchronization
Upgrading from another PalmOS by Access device
System requirements
 User folder
Select Info on the App menu
Included with your device. Older versions
May not work correctly
 A P T E R
 Installing the desktop synchronization software
 Connecting your Centro to your computer
Palm Desktop software or Microsoft Outlook
 Synchronizing information-the basics
Sync button Sync cable
 Computer type Desktop software What syncs and where
 Where’s my info stored?
Windows XP and earlier Program Files
Palm HotSyncUsername
Windows Vista Username Documents
 Moving around on your Palm Centro smart device
 This chapter
 Moving around the screen
5-way includes the following buttons
Center Left Right
 Highlighting and selecting items
Way to move the highlight from one item to another
Learn to recognize the highlight. It can take two forms
 Accessing command buttons
Highlighting text
Selecting menu items
 Selecting options in a pick list
Way Use the 5-way
To highlight
 Using the keyboard
Backlight Backspace Option Return Shift/Find Menu Space Alt
 Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols
 Entering other symbols and accented characters
Press Alt
Press Up , Down , Right , or Left
 Symbols and accented characters
 Using the quick buttons
Opening applications
Phone Calendar Applications Messaging
 Button Primary app
Web
Memos
Assigning an application to the Messaging button
 Using Applications View
Press Applications
 A P T E R
 Your phone
 This chapter
 Turning your Centro smart device on and off
Waking up the screen and turning it off
 Turning your phone on and off
Opening the Phone application
 Dialing using the onscreen Dial Pad Press Phone
Making calls
Status icons Dial Pad
Favorites Contacts Main
 Dialing using the keyboard Press Phone
Dialing by contact name
 Voice prompts you to say a command Do one of the following
Text appears here as you enter it
Voice dialing
Press Applications Select Voice Dial
 Press Send or Center to make the call
Dialing from a web page or message
 To select from your call history list
To select from your most recently dialed
 Slide the Ringer switch to Sound Off
Receiving calls
 Using voicemail
Setting up voicemail Press Phone
Voicemail notification
To dismiss the Alert dialog box, select OK
 What can I do when I’m on a call?
Enter your voicemail password using the keyboard
Listening to voicemail messages Press Phone
Press and hold 1 to dial the voicemail system
 A T C a N I D O W H E N I ’ M O N a C a L L ?
 Press Power/End
Switching applications during a call
Ending a call
Press the button on the headset if the headset is attached
 To decline adding this number, select Cancel
Select Add Contact
Making a second call
Select Add Call
 When the Dial another call prompt appears, select Yes
Receiving a second call call waiting
 Making a conference call
Forwarding all calls
Press Menu Select Options, and then select Call Preferences
 Forwarding calls under certain conditions
 How many minutes have I used?
Entering names and phone numbers
Select the Call Log tab Press Menu
 Insert a pause when dialing a
Add a caller ID photo Select
Add a caller ID ringtone Select
Select New Contact from the Record
 Display additional fields for this contact Select Plus
After you enter all the information, select Done
Select the Contacts tab
Assigning a caller ID photo Press Phone
 Assigning a caller ID ringtone
 Customizing Contacts Press Phone
Deleting a contact
Creating a business card for beaming
 Defining favorite buttons
Viewing your SIM Phonebook Press Phone
 Enter a label for the favorite
Creating a speed-dial favorite button Press Phone
 Editing a favorite button Press Phone
 Using a hands-free device
Deleting a favorite button
 Connecting to a Bluetooth hands-free device
Press Applications and select
 Select Setup Devices Select Hands-free Setup
 Using a Bluetooth hands-free device
 Customizing phone settings
Customizing advanced settings for your hands-free device
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Hands-free
 Selecting ringtones
Creating and managing ringtones
You can also record sounds and use them as ringtones
 Adjusting the call volume
Selecting Phone alert tones
You can set various tones for various types of alerts
 Adjusting ringer volume
Customizing the Main tab in the Phone application
 Setting your dialing preferences
 Using TTY
Select the Dial Pad tab Enter #*889 TTY Press Send
 What are all those
Icons?
 O U R P H O N E
 You have a pending PTT invitation and have not yet responded
 A P T E R
 Your email and other messages
 This chapter
 Which email application should I use?
 If you want to…
 Push your email and organizer information from your
 Charter
VersaMail application
How do I get started?
Cablevision
 ESMTP, SSL
 Password field, enter your email account password
 Enter the username you use to access your email
Enter the names of your incoming and outgoing mail servers
 Settings for this account
Creating and sending messages
 Enter the subject and message text
Adding attachments to your messages
Attaching photos and videos
Red paper clip icon in the upper-right corner
 Attaching ringtones
 Attaching other types of files
Receiving and viewing messages
If a large incoming message is Truncated, select More
 See Customizing your email settings
Replying to or forwarding messages
Viewing attachments
 Deleting selected messages from the Inbox
 Switching accounts
Customizing your email settings
Deleting messages by date
Press Menu Select Delete Old on the Message menu
 Press Menu Select Options, and then select Preferences
Select Auto Sync
Select OK, and then select Get Mail
Viewing the Activity Log
 Setting preferences for getting messages
Do either of the following
Selecting alert tones
Check the Alert me of new mail box
 Unread messages Imap accounts
Message Format Sets the format for messages you retrieve
Attaching a signature to a message
 Select Signature Check the Attach Signature box
Enter your signature information, and then select OK
Working with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
Pushing email, events, and contacts
 Turning off push
 Using Remote Address Lookup
Xpress Mail
Get manually Mail, Calendar, or Contacts
Remote Lookup
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 Before YOU Begin You need the following
 Setting up Xpress Mail on your Centro
Select Professional Edition, and then press Next
Press Register
Creating and sending email in Xpress Mail
 Messaging
 Creating and sending a text message
Press Applications and select Messaging
Select New Select the To field to address the message
 Creating and sending a multimedia message
Supported File Types
Select Add Media
 Remove, View, or Play
 Receiving messages
 Using links in messages
Applications and selecting
Sounds or Voice Memo
 Applications and selecting Pics&Videos
Arranging your messages
Deleting messages
 Chatting with Messaging
Message that displays the Chat icon Enter your message
 Select Send
 Show timestamps in chats Indicate
Display my name in chat window as
Automatically collect MMS
Selecting Messaging alert tones
 What are all those icons?
 Accessing IM
Instant Messaging IM
Instant Messaging
 Signing on
Sending a Message
Receiving a Message
Applications and select Instant Messaging
 Leaving IM
 O U R E M a I L a N D O T H E R M E S S a G E S
 Your Push to Talk application
 This chapter
 What is Push to Talk?
How PTT works
 Sign up for PTT service
What can I do with PTT?
Here are a couple of examples of what you can do with PTT
 Setting up PTT
Also subscribe to the AT&T Push to Talk service
Setting your availability
Log Out You cannot make or receive PTT calls
 Creating a PTT contact list
Adding a contact
 Changing a contact’s name
Select View Contact
Enter a new name for the contact Select OK
 Creating a group
 Responding to invitations
Editing a group
Select Edit Group
 A P T E R
 Viewing availability
Leaving a group
Deleting a group
Select Delete Group
 Receiving availability alerts
 K I N G C a L L S
 Making a PTT call
 Making a PTT call to a dynamic group
Select Dynamic Call
Making a phone call
 What can I do when I’m on a PTT call?
Responding to a Call-Me alert
 Converting a PTT call into a phone call
Select Convert to cellular call
 Using the Call Log
Making a second PTT call
 Sending messages
Sending a voice message
Select Voice Message
 Viewing messages
 Customizing your PTT settings
Invitations, make calls, and send messages
 O U R P U S H T O T a L K a P P L I C a T I O N
 Your connections to the web and wireless devices
 This chapter
 Optimized Mode
Web browser
Viewing a web
 View a page in wide layout format as
 Creating a bookmark
 Saving a
Viewing bookmarks or saved pages
Select the Bookmarks View icon in the web page toolbar
Editing or deleting a bookmark or saved
 Shopping at ATT Mall
Press Applications and select ATT Mall
Exploring AT&T Music
AT&T Music
 Downloading files from a web
Videos MP4, 3G2, ASF, WMV Ringtones
Music
 Streaming files from a web
Play
Copying text from a web
 Customizing your web browser settings
Returning to recently viewed pages
Finding text on a web
Select Find Text on Page from the Page menu
 Select General and set any of the following preferences
 Select Advanced and set any of the following preferences
Set memory limit for storing pages
 Applications and select Bluetooth
On your Centro, press
 Setting up your computer for a Bluetooth DUN connection
Accessing the Internet using a Bluetooth DUN connection
Dial *99***1#
 Connecting with Bluetooth devices
Terminating a Bluetooth DUN Internet session
Click Disconnect
 Select Setup Devices Select Trusted Devices
 Accepting a connection from another Bluetooth device
 Select After you’ve finished using this setting
Bluetooth
Remember to change it back to Hidden
 Device list box if you want to form a
Predefined passkey. If your device has a
 A P T E R
 Your photos, videos, and music
 Camera and Camcorder Pictures & Videos Pocket Tunes Deluxe
 Camera Camcorder
Taking a picture
Press Applications and select Camera
 Recording a video
You can store videos on your Centro or on an expansion card
 Camcorder
 Customizing your Camera settings
Camera Or Camcorder
 Pictures & Videos
Viewing a picture
 Press Applications and select Pics&Videos
Select the album that contains the picture you want to see
Viewing a video
Select the album that contains the video you want to see
 Sending pictures or videos
 Copying a picture or video
 Organizing pictures and videos
Saving a picture as wallpaper
Adding a picture to a contact entry
Rotating a picture
 Pocket Tunes Deluxe
Deleting a picture or video
Viewing pictures and videos on your computer
 Transferring music files from your computer
Applications and select pTunes
 Transferring music from a CD to your Centro
Select Rip Music
 Listening to music on your Centro
Press Applications and select pTunes
Previous song Plays the previous song
 Creating a playlist
Select Save List
Editing a playlist Press Applications and select pTunes
 A P T E R
 O U R P H O T O S , V I D E O S , a N D M U S I C
 Your personal information organizer
 Calendar World Clock Tasks
 Calendar
Displaying your calendar
 Creating an event
 Adding an alarm to an event
Select OK Type of time units Number of time units
Creating an untimed event
 Scheduling a repeating event
Create an event, and then select it Select Details
 Color-coding your schedule
Changing 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 options
 Selecting alarm tones
Indicate under which category the event is filed
Select OK Select Month and set any of the following options
Press Menu Select Options, and then select Sound
 World Clock
To delete a sound, select it and press Backspace
 Selecting cities
Press Applications and select World Clock
Adding cities
 Setting an alarm
Setting task priority, due date, and other details
Tasks
Adding a task Press Applications and select Tasks
 Alarm Set an alarm for this task
Category Assign the task to a specific category
Checking off a task
 Organizing your tasks
Options Due Today, Last 7 Days, Next 7 Days, or Past Due
 Deleting a task
Customizing Tasks
 A P T E R
 Your memos and documents
 Documents To Go Professional Memos Voice Memo
 Documents To Go Professional
 Memos
Opening a document
Documents
Select the document you want from the list
 Voice Memo
Creating a memo Press Applications and select Memos
Deleting a memo
Creating a voice memo
 O I C E M E M O
 Your application and info management tools
 This chapter
 Using Find
Viewing and using the alerts
 Calculator
 Selecting functions in Advanced Calculator Mode
Length Length conversions for metric and English values
 Installing applications
Installing bonus software from My Centro on your device
Installing applications from the Internet
My Centro
 Installing bonus software from My Palm on your computer
Installing other third-party applications from a computer
 Windows Select Start Programs Palm Install Tool
Removing applications
Select Change Destination and select the expansion card
Mac
 Manually deleting applications
Mac Mac HD\Applications\Palm\Users\device name
 Sending information with Bluetooth wireless technology
Viewing application info
Press Menu Select Info on the App menu
Version The version numbers
 Sending info over a Bluetooth wireless connection
Press Applications and select Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
 Select Yes to receive the information or No to refuse it
 Beaming information
Beaming an entry
 Beaming an application
To applications that cannot be beamed
Press Menu Select Beam from the App menu
Receiving beamed information
 Synchronizing information- advanced
Synchronization, you can turn off synchronization for Memos
Changing which applications sync
 MAC only
 Setting up a Bluetooth connection for synchronization
 Select Setup Devices Select HotSync Setup
 Synchronizing over a Bluetooth connection
Press Applications and select HotSync
 Synchronizing over an infrared connection
Applications and select HotSync
Select Local
 Using expansion cards
Click the HotSync Controls tab, and then select Enabled
Remove the battery door Open the expansion slot door
Double-click the HotSync manager icon in the Palm folder
 Close the expansion slot door Replace the battery door
Removing an expansion card
Opening applications on an expansion card
 Accessing items stored on an expansion card
 Highlight the application you want to copy Select Copy
Viewing expansion card information
Select Card Info
 Formatting an expansion card
 A P T E R
 Your personal settings
 This chapter
 System sound settings
Setting system volume levels
Silencing sounds
Press Applications and select Sounds
 Display and appearance settings
Adjusting the brightness
Changing the screen font
 Setting display formats
Small bold font Large font Select OK
Press Applications and select Prefs
 Aligning the screen to correct tapping problems
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Touchscreen
Select a color scheme from the list Select Done
 Applications settings
Arranging applications by category
Press Menu Select Category on the App menu
Displaying applications by category
 Default
Reassigning buttons
 Changing default applications
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Default Apps
Locking your Centro and info
 Locking your keyboard Keyguard
To turn off Keyguard, do the following
 Incoming calls received Disables
Screen when the phone rings. You must
Locking your screen
Select Keyguard Check any of the following boxes
 To disable the current Phone Lock settings
Locking your Centro
 Select the Password box
Press Applications and select Security
Select the Auto Lock Device box
Select OK Do one of the following
 Working with private entries
Hiding or masking all private entries
Viewing all private records
You can reveal all the entries you’ve hidden or masked
 Security Password and Palm Desktop software Windows
Follow these steps to recover from a lost password
Select Lost Password
Viewing private entries in a specific application
 System settings
Setting the date and time
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Date & Time
 Optimizing power settings
Select Power
Select Done
Prefs
 Connecting to a VPN
 TIP For information about third-party VPN
 O U R P E R S O N a L S E T T I N G S
 Common questions
 This chapter
 Upgrading
Programs Palm Safe HotSync
 P G R a D I N G
 Desktop software installation
Resetting your Centro
Performing a soft reset
 Performing a system reset
Performing a hard reset
 Replacing the battery
 E P L a C I N G T H E B a T T E R Y
 Screen
Screen appears blank
 Synchronization
There’s a blinking bell in the upper-left corner
 What is the backup folder?
Can’t find my user folder
Palm Desktop does not respond to a sync attempt
Make sure that the HotSync manager is running
 Windows only Uninstall
 Synchronization starts but stops without finishing
Mac Mac hard drive Applications Palm Users device name
 Palm Desktop software. Click Start
 Have duplicate entries in Microsoft Outlook after I sync
Open Microsoft Outlook and delete the duplicate entries
Select Desktop overwrites handheld, and then click OK
 If you’re using Palm Desktop software
My appointments show up in the wrong time slot after I sync
Click HotSync manager in the taskbar and select Custom
Uncheck the New events use time zones box if it’s checked
 Signal strength is weak
Phone
Select Calendar Click Change
Text of my memos is truncated after I sync
 My Centro won’t connect to the mobile network
Other person hears an echo
Hear my own voice echo
My voice is too quiet on the other end
 Hands-free devices
My phone seems to turn off by itself
 Confirm all the following
 Can’t send or receive text messages
Can’t send or receive multimedia messages
 Can’t tell if data services are available
Web
My Centro won’t connect to the Internet
 Can’t access a web
It takes a long time for a web page to load
 My Bluetooth DUN connection isn’t working
Try opening the web page again to see if it loads faster
An image or map is too small on my screen
Secure site refuses to permit a transaction
 Camera
 Making room on your Centro
 Third-party applications
 Error messages
 M M O N Q U E S T I O N S Error M E S S a G E S
 O M M O N Q U E S T I O N S
 Terms
 Gprs General Packet Radio Service
Edge Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
Favorite
HotSync
 Palm Install Tool
Palm OS by Access
Partnership
Phone
 Call her, press and hold M. Your Centro dials the number
SIM Subscriber Identity Module card
Slide
Streaming
 Important safety and legal information
FCC Notice
 Bluetooth Qualification Program
 Battery safety information
Page
 Specifications
 Specification S
 Included software Phone including Favorites and Dial Pad
MobiTV download required Instant messaging IM
 Specification S
 Index
Tasks list
Customer support for 12 email and. See email Accounts
179
 Installing 214-216
196
Album list 98, 176
285
 167
Inserting 18
273
221
 Caps Lock mode
Brightness duration
Browsing
192
 225
159
200
Charging 19, 20
 278
 108
Sorting 66, 69
238 271
Cookies 151, 159
 Delays 247
Screen 191
226
Albums 179
 194
Events 81, 194 Files 156, 175
Discovery 164, 165
116
 Errors 267, 273
Setting up 92, 93, 94
155
Sending 97, 107, 117
 Favorites tab 54 FDN list 246 features 9 feedback 272 files
189
Storing information on 209
232
 249
239
Freezes
286
 Cards 27, 280 troubleshooting
215, 259 SIM cards
Internet 149, 175, 214, 276 See also web browsing
147
 181, 182 uninstalling desktop
List view applications 241 listening to
Software and 267 upgrading and 27
267
 Masks 244
106, 108
Freeing 160, 216
160
 To 172, 174
Deleting 116, 118
Music files 156, 181
132
 Outbox 97, 122, 123 Outlook
269
265
268
 243, 246
143
248
For 73
 Deleting 172, 179 PINs 245
Making 51-55, 59, 61
Selecting 54, 55
178
 181
295
245
Making 139-141
 141, 144 creating 132, 134, 140 deleting
201
131
208
 Rotating photos
Saving
263
 161, 164
182
237
Email 97, 107, 117
 Symbols 40, 42, 66
272
114
Static 272
 Tabs 51, 60
See also messages
 122, 189
195
180
190 164, 166
 Playing 157, 174
Recording 115
100 Saving 174
237 Viewing 175, 176
 Accessing 151, 153 152
158-160
158
Web links 36, 72, 151
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