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Synchronizing your 
Motorola

®

 Wireless 

Telephone

TrueSync

®

QuickStart Guide

L-Series phone

Summary of Contents for L Series

Page 1: ...Synchronizing your Motorola Wireless Telephone TrueSync QuickStart Guide L Series phone ...

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Page 3: ...TrueSync and TrueSync Desktop 4 Getting Started 7 Learn how to start synchronizing information to your phone 7 Tips and Tricks 20 Learn how to customize your synchronizations 20 Managing messages 27 Learn how to read and compose SMS message text 27 Synchronization 33 ...

Page 4: ...relessphoneandthemostpopularpersonalinformation managers PIMs You enter data only once on your computer Then with a single click synchronize that information quickly and smoothly to your phone and to other supported PIMs Your information is at your fingertips on the road at home or in the office How to benefit from TrueSync Synchronize with your favorite information managers TrueSync s unique arch...

Page 5: ... recipients re send previous messages and use contact name and number information stored in TrueSync Desktop Introducing TrueSync Desktop 2 1 Included with your purchase is TrueSync Desktop 2 1 an easy to use full featured PC organizer for managing your contact names and addresses calendar events to do items calls and memos TrueSync Desktop has Starfish s TrueSync technology built in so you can ke...

Page 6: ...e 7 Free Software Updates The TrueSync component that adds synchronization support for an information manager is referred to as an accessor Starfish continually provides updates of its accessors and other software components To check the Starfish Web site for software updates after installing TrueSync Plus or TrueSync Desktop click the Windows Start button Choose Programs TrueSync Plus Product Upd...

Page 7: ...tart button and choose Settings Control Panel then run the Infrared Monitor double click the Infrared icon If you do not see an Infrared icon you must install the Windows Infrared Monitor software from your Windows distribution 2 Activate the IR port on your phone as described in the Phone Setup section of your phone s documentation The IR port will deactivate in one minute if the phone does not d...

Page 8: ...you are ready to skip to Choosing your PIM on page 9 Troubleshooting IR communications If the IR reader is not communicating Windows may prompt you to specify an infrared driver The Infrared Monitor indicates when the IR reader is communicating with the phone ...

Page 9: ...ync Desktop or another PC based organizer such as Microsoft Outlook determines how you will synchronize information between your phone and the computer Refer to the following table Installing the TrueSync software Insert the TrueSync CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The installation should launch automatically If it does not click Start on the Windows taskbar then choose Run Enter D SETUP EXE where D...

Page 10: ... display the TrueSync view The TrueSync Setup Wizard assists you in providing the basic information needed to start synchronizing 1 The Setup Wizard begins with the Welcome page In each Setup Wizard page make your selections and click Next You can click Back to make changes in previous pages Click Next now to continue 2 Specify the serial port on your computer to use for infrared communication ...

Page 11: ...ot the physical port you plug the reader into To determine which port to select 1 Run the Infrared Monitor double click the Infrared icon and click the Options tab 2 Look beneath the Enable infrared communication on option The Communications port listed as Providing application support on is the port to select ...

Page 12: ... users may not see this prompt Then specify where the PIM s data is located Depending on the PIM you choose you may have the option of specifying a different data folder by clicking the Browse button or selecting data folders or categories on additional wizard pages ...

Page 13: ...al screens asking you to enter your user name and password for the service 4 Make sure your phone is communicating with the computer as described in Setting up infrared communications on page 7 and then click Next TrueSync reads the data from the clients you have selected No data is transferred or deleted during this step ...

Page 14: ...he files folders and categories TrueSync has selected for synchronization To make changes click Change Settings To accept the settings click Finish 6 If you clicked Change Settings you will see a setup page such as the example shown below Match a category on your phone to be synchronized with a folder in your PIM by aligning the category and ...

Page 15: ... not be synchronized NOTE If your SIM card does not include memory for storing user data and you attempt to synchronize to SIM Card Memory you will see error messages from TrueSync Contact your Cellular Service Provider for details about your SIM card Click any cell to display a list of the folders or categories available on this client Align a folder in the PIM column with a category on your phon...

Page 16: ...ou installed an additional device you may be asked whether you want to synchronize with it and how you connect the device to your computer If you chose an online service you may be asked whether you want to synchronize with that service and depending on the service your service username password and connection method When the TrueSync window displays you are ready to synchronize ...

Page 17: ...ake sure your phone is communicating with your computer as described in Setting up infrared communications on page 7 and then click the TrueSync globe Click the TrueSync globe to synchronize The TrueSync Log shows the results of your synchronizations Click the plus signs to expand the log entries Select an error message and press F1 to see error message Help ...

Page 18: ... is the letter assigned to your CD ROM drive Then click OK To read the manuals The QuickStart Guide is in a file named phone pdf and the TrueSync Desktop and Synchronization Guide is truesync pdf With the TrueSync CD ROM in your CD ROM drive click Start on the Windows taskbar and choose Run Enter D Documentation guidename pdf where D is the letter assigned to your CD ROM drive and guidename is eit...

Page 19: ...following methods TrueSync Desktop users Open TrueSync Desktop and click the TrueSync icon on the Deskpad or select View TrueSync TrueSync Plus users Right click the TrueSync icon in the Windows taskbar and click Configure or click Start Programs TrueSync Plus TrueSync Launcher Start TrueSync from the taskbar or your Windows Start menu ...

Page 20: ...e your initial settings at any time including whether or not to overwrite the data on your L Series phone which PIM s you want to synchronize with your phone which of your PIM s files folders or categories contain the data you want to synchronize which contacts and phone numbers you want to synchronize how you want contact names displayed on the phone ...

Page 21: ... Synchronize option for the phone Because of the limited fields on the phone data loss can occur in your other clients when you select this option Select Synchronize to synchronize the phone s data with data from your PIM and other TrueSync clients This means records may be added deleted or modified on the phone Select Do not synchronize to exclude the phone from synchronizations Select one of the...

Page 22: ...rom your configuration by choosing Client Remove choose not to synchronize with the previous PIM by clicking its icon in the TrueSync window and selecting the Do not synchronize option Changing the folder containing the PIM s data 1 In the TrueSync window click your PIM s icon then click the Options tab NOTE Check for additions and updates to TrueSync supported clients by clicking the Windows Star...

Page 23: ...folder 3 In the TrueSync window select Data Contacts then click the Refresh List button TrueSync will read and list the folders or categories on your PIM it will also read and list the categories on your phone if your phone is within range of your computer s infrared reader 4 Align the new folder or category with the phone s category Selecting contacts and numbers to synchronize Managing the conta...

Page 24: ... Outlook toolbar to create a new category 2 Click the Master Category List button Type the name of the new category such as Phone Book Click OK 3 Specify the contacts to add to the new category a Select the Address Card view b Press and hold the Control key and click each contact that you want to add c Choose Edit Categories and select the category you created for the phone Click OK 4 Select the B...

Page 25: ... each contact that you want to copy 3 Choose Edit Copy to Folder 4 Click the New button to create a new folder type a folder name and then click OK You have now organized all your phone contact records into a single folder 5 In TrueSync map the new folder to synchronize with your phone as described in Changing the folder containing the PIM s data on page 22 NOTE Copying the contacts to the new fol...

Page 26: ... may be truncated on the phone s display Enter complete contact data in the field s you choose For example if you choose to display Company Names on the phone a contact record with no entry in the Company Name field will appear with a blank name on the phone display Note If you change the selected format before the new format will display on the phone 1 Synchronize any data updates from the phone ...

Page 27: ...ng your Motorola L Series phone SMS messages are text only sent specifically to and from your phone number Starting TrueSync SMS Before starting TrueSync SMS make sure your phone is communicating with your computer via the IR infrared port as described in Setting up infrared communications on page 7 NOTE You must subscribe to this network feature through your service provider Contact your service ...

Page 28: ... start TrueSync SMS If you use TrueSync Desktop click the TrueSync SMS icon If you installed TrueSync SMS only click the Windows Start button and choose Programs TrueSync SMS TrueSync SMS Click the icon to start TrueSync SMS ...

Page 29: ...p button Specify the port assigned for infrared communications as described in the Note on page 11 Enter the phone number for your Message Service Center Obtain this number from your Cellular Service Provider See Note below NOTE Enter the Service Center phone number as a complete international number a sign followed by the country code and phone number For example if your Service Center in the USA...

Page 30: ...ber using international format as described on page 29 or click the drop down list to select from previous recipients Enter the message text or click the drop down list to choose from the text of previous messages Messages can be a maximum of 160 characters long If you are using TrueSync Desktop the Compose screen reflects the contents of the current Contact card For details on selecting contact i...

Page 31: ...and then click the Outbox tab to view or re send messages you have previously sent NOTE Click the Resend now button to move a message to the Compose page where you can edit it Then press the Send button on the Compose page to send the message Click a message to read its text Click the Retrieve button to get outgoing messages from the phone ...

Page 32: ...box tab Click the Get messages button to display additional messages from your phone See your phone s documentation for information about transmitting incoming messages from your Message Service Center to your phone TrueSync SMS attempts to match each message s originating phone number with a recipient to whom you have sent a message If a match is found the name appears in the From column ...

Page 33: ...ontaining other characters to your phone those characters must be changed to the following set to synchronize successfully All letters of the English alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase A Z and a z The numerals 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The characters _ The space character If contact names do not display on the phone check that there is data in the field s chosen for the Name Format Display as desc...

Page 34: ... options 21 P phone numbers selecting 23 25 PIM adding or changing 22 data folder or category 22 selecting 9 S SMS See TrueSync SMS starting TrueSync 19 synchronization overwrite options 21 starting 17 T TrueSync software updates 6 starting 19 TrueSync Desktop creating a cardfile 24 introduction 5 TrueSync Plus starting 6 19 TrueSync SMS composing messages 32 receiving messages 32 setting up 29 st...

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