Start Using Wireless Manager

1.To start Wireless Manager select Start Programs Sony Ericsson Wireless Manager

or select your desktop shortcut .

2.If requested, enter your SIM Card/Phone Lock PIN and click OK. It is only necessary to enter the PIN number once during a PC session.

You are allowed three attempts to enter the correct PIN code. If you fail to enter the SIM PIN correctly it is blocked and if you fail to enter the Phone Lock PIN correctly your EDGE PC Card is locked. Contact your network operator for an unblock code (PUK). Enter the unblock code into the Card Blocked dialog and enter a new PIN code and confirm it.

To set the SIM Card PIN and Phone Lock PIN, see Locks on page 28.

3.The Radio dialog opens, select the required state for your EDGE PC Card radio transmission. See Wireless Manager Preferences on page 15 for more details.

4.The Wireless Manager opens, displaying the Status screen. Connectivity details are displayed on this screen, the current signal strength and GPRS availability should be listed. See Wireless Manager Status Screen on page 25, for more details.

5.The Wireless Manager Icon is displayed in the system tray of your PC.

Wireless Manager Icon

The Wireless Manager Icon shows the current status of the EDGE PC Card, which is typically the current network signal strength and the GSM/GPRS/EDGE service status, similar to a mobile phone display. If you right click on the Wireless Manager Icon a menu is displayed, see The Wireless Manager Icon Menus on page 14 for details on the menu options.

Place your mouse cursor over the Wireless Manager Icon to display text indicating:

GSM or GPRS/EDGE Service availability

Network name

Connection information

Three standard Windows® operating system icons also appear in the system tray when the EDGE PC Card is inserted in your PC and connected. They are the Sony Ericsson Wireless WAN Adapter icon, Dial-up Networking icon and the PC card icon. The icons will appear in the following order if you follow Installing the Software on page 10.

 

 

 

 

Sony Ericsson Wireless WAN

 

 

 

Sony Ericsson Wireless WAN

PC Card icon

 

Adapter icon (connected)

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC Card icon

Wireless

Adapter icon (disconnected)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dial-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manager Icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manager Icon

 

 

 

 

Dial-up

 

 

 

Networking icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Networking icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Start Using Wireless Manager