Compaq IPAQ H3800 Series Reference Guide
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b Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3800 Series Reference Guide Document Part Number: 253194-002 March 2002 253194-002.book Page i Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN; NOR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL. This document contains information protected by copyright. No part of this document may be photocopied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent from Compaq Computer Corporation. © 2002 Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. Compaq, the Compaq logo, and iPAQ are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, MS, ActiveSync, Windows, Windows NT, and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information in this document is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. The warranties for Compaq products are set forth in the express limited warranty statement accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. ÄCAUTION: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of information. Å WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or loss of life. Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3800 Series Reference Guide Second Edition March 2002 Document Part Number: 253194-002 253194-002.book Page ii Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
Reference Guideiii Contents 1 Getting Acquainted What is in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3 Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4 Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4 Register Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5 Know Your Charging Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5 Charge with the AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7 Change the backlight settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8 Customize Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10 Realign the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10 Open applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12 Minimize applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12 Close applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12 Install applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14 Set the time for home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15 Set the time for a location you are visiting . . . . . . . 1–16 Set the date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17 Customize the application buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18 Navigate with Voice Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19 Use application commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–23 253194-002.book Page iii Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
ivReference Guide Contents Enter Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–26 Change word suggestion options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–26 Type with the On-screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–29 Write with the stylus and the Letter Recognizer . . . 1–30 Write with the stylus and the Transcriber . . . . . . . . 1–32 Write with the stylus and Block Recognizer . . . . . . 1–33 Draw and write on the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–34 Convert writing to text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–36 2 Communicating Connect to a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1 Sync with computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2 Use the serial infrared (IR) connection . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3 Change synchronization settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6 Move files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8 Back up/restore using Active Sync 3.5 . . . . . . . . . . 2–10 Connect to the Internet or your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12 Use a modem card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12 Use an Ethernet/LAN card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17 Synchronize links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–21 Enter an Internet address (URL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–21 Select from a favorites list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–23 Work with Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–24 Create a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–25 View a list of contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–27 Edit contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–29 Categorize contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–30 Delete contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–34 253194-002.book Page iv Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
Contents Reference Guidev Use the Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–36 Set up e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–37 Create/send e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–38 Add an attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–41 Receive e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–43 Open e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–45 Delete e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–47 Move e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–49 Open folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–51 Manage folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–53 Record Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–57 lMake a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–57 Listen to a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–59 Take Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–60 Create a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–60 3 Scheduling Use the Today Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Create information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Change information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2 Change Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3 Customize the Today Screen with Dashboard . . . . . . . . . 3–5 View information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Change view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Change font size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8 See appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9 Open applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9 Add applications to Launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11 Open Launcher applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12 253194-002.book Page v Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
viReference Guide Contents Use the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15 Look at the calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16 Change the calendar view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16 Customize the calendar appearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17 Schedule appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18 Create reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18 Delete appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19 Categorize appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–20 Request meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–21 Use Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22 Create a task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22 Create a task quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–23 Delete a task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24 Sort tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–25 Change appearance of tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26 4 Using Software Use Pocket Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1 Open a Word document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4 Change the Pocket Word options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6 Find more help for Pocket Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9 Use Pocket Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11 Create a Workbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12 Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17 Use Microsoft Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18 Activate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18 Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19 Read an eBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–22 Listen to an eBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24 Annotate your eBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–25 Change the Microsoft Reader options . . . . . . . . . . . 4–26 253194-002.book Page vi Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
Contents Reference Guidevii 5 Expansion Packs Use the Single-Slot or Dual-Slot PC Card Expansion Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1 Install the expansion pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2 Find information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2 Use the CompactFlash Card Expansion Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2 Install the card expansion pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3 Find information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3 6 Expansion Cards View the Content of Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2 Use the Optional 802.11 Card for Wireless Connection . 6–3 Install the 802.11 card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3 Remove the 802.11 card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4 Find information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4 Use the Optional Modem Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4 Install the modem card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4 Remove the modem card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5 Find information about modem cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5 Use Optional CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5 Install the CF card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Remove the CF card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Find information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Use Optional Secure Digital Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Install the SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7 Remove the SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7 Find information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7 7 Troubleshooting 253194-002.book Page vii Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
viiiReference Guide Contents A Regulatory Notices Federal Communications Commission Notice. . . . . . . . . A–1 Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–2 Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–2 Declaration of Conformity for products marked with the FCC logo—United States only . . . . . . . . . . A–2 Canadian Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–3 Avis Canadien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–3 European Union Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–3 Japanese Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–3 Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–4 Airline Travel Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–4 Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–4 B Hardware Specifications System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–1 Physical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–2 Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B–2 C Routine Care and Battery Guidelines Routine Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–1 Battery Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–2 Index 253194-002.book Page viii Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
Reference Guide1–1 1 Getting Acquainted To use your Compaq iPAQ™ Pocket PC H3800 Series most effectively, start by learning how to: Register your iPAQ Pocket PC Charge your iPAQ Pocket PC Navigate through the interface Enter information Because your iPAQ Pocket PC uses some power to maintain files in RAM and the clock, you need to recharge the battery regularly. Keep the iPAQ Pocket PC connected to the universal cradle or the AC adapter while you are at your desk. The best policy is to keep the iPAQ Pocket PC connected to your computer when working at your desk and carry your AC adapter and DC adapter plug with you when traveling. Your iPAQ Pocket PC is shipped with a charge on the battery. You may want to ensure that it is fully charged before synchronizing. ÄCAUTION: Because most of the applications and data you install on your iPAQ Pocket PC are held in memory, you will need to reinstall them if the battery completely discharges. 253194-002.book Page 1 Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM
1–2Reference Guide Getting Acquainted What is in the Box? Your iPAQ Pocket PC ships with: 1Extra stylus 2 iPAQ Pocket PC H3800 series 3Protective cover pack 4Universal cradle for both USB and serial connections with tether 5AC adapter 6DC adapter plug 253194-002.book Page 2 Monday, March 4, 2002 10:11 AM