Palm Treo 700VVX, User Manual

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Y O U R P H O T O S , V I D E O S , A N D M U S I C
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Synchronizing your
media files
You can synchronize pictures, videos, and
music files between your smartphone and
your computer so that changes you make
show up on both your computer and your
smartphone. To synchronize media files,
you must first choose Media as one of your
synchronization options on your
smartphone; see Changing which
applications sync.
The procedure for synchronizing media
files is different for computers running
Windows XP and computers running
Windows Vista.
Synchronizing media files: Windows XP
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
You must install the
current version of ActiveSync
®
desktop
software from the Windows Mobile
Getting Started CD (see Installing
ActiveSync desktop software:
Windows XP) and select the option to
synchronize media on your smartphone
(see Changing which applications sync).
When you synchronize your smartphone,
your pictures and videos are synchronized
between your smartphone and your
desktop computer. On your computer, you
can view the pictures and videos, and you
can also send them to friends using your
desktop email application.
To find all synchronized pictures and videos
on your computer, look in C:\Documents
and Settings\<Username>\My
Documents\Treo My Documents.
You use Windows Media Player to
synchronize music files; see Transferring
media files to your smartphone.
Synchronizing media files: Windows Vista
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
You must install
Windows Mobile Device Center from the
Windows Getting Started Disc (see
Installing Windows Mobile Device Center:
Windows Vista) and select the option to
synchronize media on your smartphone
(see Changing which applications sync).
On a computer running Windows Vista,
you use Windows Media Player to
synchronize all types of media files—
pictures, videos, and music files—that are