Philips 530 manual Infrared, Position of devices, Send data, Select an item

9 • Infrared

Your mobile phone integrates the infrared technology (also called IrDA), that allows you to send or receive data to and from other IrDA-compliant devices through a wireless link (e.g., another mobile phone, a PC or PDA, a printer etc.). Instead of sending a mes- sage, you can decide to use IrDA to quickly send a sound you just mixed to a friend’s mobile phone, or to receive pictures from their PDA.

Files that are copyright-protected cannot be sent. When connecting with a PC, make sure you have activated its infrared option.

Position of devices

Before sending or receiving data to and from another device, they must be correctly positioned in relation to your mobile phone. Make sure that the respective IrDA ports are facing each other and are a maximum of 50 cm away from each other (see diagram). Also make sure that nothing obstructs the IrDA beam.

Send data

Select an item

To send data via IrDA from your mobile phone, you must first select the item to be sent: for each category, a sub-menu then gives you access to the Send option; press ,to send the selected data to the other device.

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