Setting up for the Internet
7
Overview of setting up
Before connecting your Series 5 to the Internet, you need to set up your machineusing the information you
gathered in the previous section. This consists of five stages:
1.
Connecting the Series 5 to a modem and phone line.
2.
Choosing the type of modem you use.
3.
Setting the
location
you are dialling from.
4.
Choosing the Internet Service Provider you use to connect to the Internet.
5.
Entering email-specific settings in Email (if you wish to use email).
The following sections describe each of these stages in turn.
The dialogs you use when setting up the new sections of the Control panel on your Series 5 have
Help
buttons. Tap
Help
to find out more information on how to complete a dialog.
Connecting your Series 5 and modem
The first stage of connecting to the Internet is to connect your Series 5 to a modem and phone line and set them up for
communication.
To do this:
1.
Connect your modem to a phone line and, if necessary, to a power supply. Make sure the modem is switched on.
2.
Connect the modem to the serial port of your Series 5 using the appropriate cable.
Quick set up for advanced users
If you are familiar with configuring Internet software, you may want to set up your Series 5 quickly using the table below.
It tells you what information you need to put in each Control panel section in the System screen, and what you need to set
up in the Email program.
Setting:
What to set up there:
Modems section of Control
panel
•
Set up your modem. Use the
New
button if the list does not include your
type of modem, then enter the settings you use.
•
Use the
Edit
button to change any of the modem settings. To change the
modem speed, use the
Modem
page. To change the loudspeaker volume,
use the
Options
page.
Dialling section of Control
panel
•
Set up the location you dial from. On the
Location
page, tap
Edit
to alter
any of the settings or
New
to enter new dialling details.
•
On the
Location
page, select your current country and enter your area
code.
•
Use the
Dial out
page to enter any prefixes you need to add to get an
outside line.
•
If you want to use a chargecard from the location you are setting up, tick
the box on the
Chargecard
page and tap the
Options
button. Select
Edit,
or
New
if the list of pre-defined chargecards does not contain your type of
card. Enter your account details on the
Details
page and the order
information should be sent on the
Rules
page.
•
Use the
Dial
settings
page to indicate whether you use tone or
pulse
dialling
, and whether you need to wait for dial or proceed tones while
dialling out.
The
Tone dialling
page in the Dialling section of the Control panel is the same
as the one covered by your Series 5 User Guide, and applies to normal
DTMF
dialling, not dialling via a modem.
