T-Mobile MDA III manual Checking for Wlan signal, Turning on Wlan, Application

78 T-Mobile III User Manual

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application.

Checking for WLAN signal

To check if your device has access to a WLAN channel signal before opening WLAN manager:

nToday Screen: Open the Today Screen. If the device has detected a WLAN network connection, the W icon is shown on the top right, and a WLAN icon is shown on the bottom right.

nWireless Manager: Tap on Wireless Manager from either the Start menu or the Programs menu. If your device is receiving WLAN signals, the second button should read WiFi is ON. WLAN, or WiFi, is the default wireless channel setting for your device, GPRS will be launched if no WiFi signal is detected.

nWLAN Manager: Open the Tools menu to launch this application from the Wireless Manager, tap on the WiFi Manager from Connections of the Settings menu.

NOTE: The availability and range of your device’s WLAN signals may depend on the number, thickness and location of walls, ceilings or other objects that the wireless signal must pass through.

Turning on WLAN:

To use WLAN on your T-Mobile MDA III, you need to turn on the internal WLAN antenna on your device.

1.Tap > Settings > the Connections tab > WLAN.

2.On the Main tab, tap Wireless LAN ON check box to turn the WLAN on.

When your WLAN is powered on, the LED indicator for Wire- less LAN, located on the left upper corner of your device, will blink green for every 6 seconds to indicate WLAN is on, or alternate between blinking green and blinking blue for every 3 seconds if Bluetooth is also turned on.

AW icon is shown if your T- Mobile MDA III has detected a WLAN connection.