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USER GUIDE
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Contents Everyday Basics 1 Turn on your laptop power 1 Start MobiLink 1 Insert your Merlin XU870 2 Send or receive SMS 2 Surf the web or check your email 3 Disconnect from the network 4 MobiLink Basics 7 Always on Top 8 Sound Effects 9 Launch at Startup 10 Language 11 Transparency 12 Connection Basics 13 Connection Profile 13 Connection Mode 15 Lock Code 16 Change PIN Code 17 Connection Log 18 SMS Basics 19 Read messages 20 Send messages 21 i
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Address Book Basics 23 Add a new contact 25 Add a new group 25 Troubleshooting 27 Glossary 33 Safety Information 37 Important Notice 37 Potential Hazards 37 Regulatory Notices 41 Specifications 46 LED States 47 ii
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About this Guide This guide provides the following information: • Everyday Basics: If you are working with the default settings and want a quick reference for daily activities, read this section. • MobiLink Basics: This section provides an overview of the MobiLink control panel. Read this to familiarize yourself with the control panel options. • Connection Basics: If you had trouble setting up your profile as part of the installation or you want to find out how to automatically connect
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Everyday Basics TM TM After you install the MobiLink software and set up your Merlin XU870 ExpressCard for firsttime use, it’s time to get down to the everyday basics. The following steps provide a roadmap of typical usage activities. Use it as a guide and customize it according to your needs. 1 Turn on your laptop power. Remove your Merlin XU870 from the ExpressCard slot before you turn on the power. 2 Start MobiLink. MobiLink is the communications software you use to send and receive SMS, a
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3 Insert your Merlin XU870. You’ll see the message “No Device Detected” on the MobiLink control panel before you insert your Merlin XU870 into the ExpressCard slot. After you insert it, the message will change to “Initializing Device”. The LED on your Merlin XU870 will display a solid red light while it searches for available networks. When a network is found and attached to, the light on the LED will begin to flash: green for GPRS, violet for EDGE, or blue for UMTS. The message on the Mob
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4 Send or receive SMS. Once you are attached to a cellular network, you can send and receive SMS. Check the envelope icon on the MobiLink control panel. It will appear blue when SMS is available and gray when it is not. Click the envelope icon on the MobiLink control panel to send and receive SMS. click to send and receive SMS Need more information? See page 19. Not sure what “attached” means? See page 33. 3
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5 Surf the web or check your email. When you surf the web or send or receive email, you are sending and receiving data from the cellular network. Before you can do this, you have to connect to the network. Select a profile and click the Connect button on the MobiLink control panel to connect to the network. If your SIM card is locked, type in your PIN code and click OK. Click the Internet icon to launch your web browser. select a profile click to connect click to launch your web browser
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6 Disconnect from the network. • Click Disconnect to end your Internet session. • Click the Menu button and select Exit. click to disconnect • Remove your Merlin XU870 from the ExpressCard slot. Want to find out how much time you spent online? See page 18 for instructions. 5
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MobiLink Basics To start MobiLink, doubleclick the MobiLink icon on your desktop (see page 1). This opens the MobiLink control panel. 5 7 8 3 9 4 1 2 6 1 SMS Click to send and receive SMS. 2 Address Book Click to add SMS contacts or groups. 3 Views Select the Mobile view to connect to the cellular network. 4 Internet Click to launch your web browser after you connect. 5 Menu Click to change your MobiLink settings. 6 Help Click to access the online help. 7 Minimize Click to minimize. A M
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Always on Top Use the Always on Top setting to keep your MobiLink control panel displayed on your screen when you switch programs or windows. • Click the Menu button (page 7) and select Configuration. • Select the General tab. • Select Always on top. • Click OK. 8
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Sound Effects You can customize more than just visual effects with MobiLink. Use the Sound Effects On setting to hear a sound when you click on items on the MobiLink control panel. This setting is turned on by default. • Click the Menu button (page 7) and select Configuration. • Select the General tab. • Deselect Sound Effects On to turn the sound effects off. • Click OK. 9
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Launch at Startup Use the Launch at Startup setting to automatically start MobiLink when you start your laptop. You must have Windows Administrator rights to enable this setting. Check your Windows system documentation for additional information on Administrator rights. • Click the Menu button (page 7) and select Configuration. • Select the General tab. • Select Launch at Startup. 10
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Language MobiLink is automatically set to the language you use for Microsoft Windows (Windows Default). You can select a different language, if your operating system supports the language. • Click the Menu button (page 7) and select Configuration. • Select the General tab. • Select the language you require from the Language list. • Click OK. 11
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Transparency Use the Transparency setting to allow desktop items to appear even when the MobiLink control panel is on top. Adjust it anywhere from 0 to 90 percent (0% being solid and 90% being the most transparent). • Click the Menu button (page 7) and select Transparency. • Select the required transparency setting. 12
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Get Connected Connect to the cellular network when you want to surf the web or send or receive email. Connection Profile A connection profile is used to authorize your request and create a secure connection to the available cellular network. You’ll need to get the Access Point Name (APN), Username and Password from your mobile operator. Most European operators do not require a User Name and Password. Create a Profile Name that is meaningful to you. After you add a new profile, the Profile Na
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• Enter the Profile Name and the APN*. • Click the Next button. • If required, enter the Username* and Password*. • Click the Finish button. * The APN, Username and Password are specific to your mobile operator. Contact your mobile operator for more information. 14
