Getting Started Guide WHITEVERSIONREVERSED BlackBerry® 8800 from Cingular® Visit the online tutorial at www.cingular.com/tutorials/blackberry8800 Table of Contents WHITEVERSIONREVERSED WHITEVERSIONREVERSED Welcome to Cingular 4 - Make a Push to Talk Call 5 What’s in the Box? 4 - Making a “Quick Group” Call 6 BlackBerry® 8800 Key Functions 5 - Receiving a PTT Call 6 - Converting a PTT Call to a Wireless Call 7 Set Up Your BlackBerry 8800 6 - Editing an Existing Contact or Group 7 Charge the Battery 7 - Altering Your Availability 8 Battery Power Level Indicators 7 - Sending a Call Me Alert 8 Set Up Wizard 8 - Setting a Contact Alert 9 - Introduction to BlackBerry 8800 8 - Sending a Voice Message 9 - Email Set Up 1 Turn on Bluetooth® 0 Go to Web Pages Get Started Using Your BlackBerry 8800 16 Media 4 Send Email 16 Send an SMS Text Message 17 Sync Your BlackBerry 8800 With Your Computer 36 Make Phone Calls 18 BlackBerry® Desktop Software 6 Make a Phone Call Using a Voice Command 19 Setup instructions 8 Check Your Voicemail Messages From Your BlackBerry 8800 0 Check Your Voicemail Messages From Other Phones 0 Troubleshooting 42 Add a Contact 1 Make a Push to Talk Call Tips and Tricks 46 - Set Up Push to Talk Connect to Wireless Network 48 - Confirm PTT is On Accessories 49 - Add a Push to Talk Contact - Add a Push to Talk Group 4 - Accept a PTT Contact Invitation 5 www.cingular.com/tutorials/blackberry8800 ^ white (reversed) Welcome to Cingular WHITEVERSIONREVERSED WHITEVERSIONREVERSED What’s in the Box? BlackBerry 8800 Key Functions What’s in the Box? BlackBerry 8800 Key Functions Remove the following items from the box to help you set up your BlackBerry® 8800. Power key Speaker Mute key Headset jack Volume keys Adjust the volume during Travel Charger USB port a call Menu key Escape key Open the menu in an Move back a screen application Close a menu Send key End key Open the phone End a call USB Sync Cable Call a highlighted phone Move back to Home screen number Getting Started Guide Left Convenience key Backspace/Delete key Open the Push to Talk application Speak to a Push to Talk contact Speakerphone key Turn on/o the Headset Trackball speakerphone during a call Roll to move around a screen Click (press) to select an item Enter key Alt key Microphone BlackBerry® User Tools CD Type the alternate Includes User Manual and character on a key Right Shift key (CAP) warranty information for your Type capital letters BlackBerry 8800 Left Shift key (NUM) Rechargeable Type numbers Symbol key BlackBerry 8800 Battery Open the symbol list 4 5 www.cingular.com/tutorials/blackberry8800 ^ white (reversed) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 Set Up Your BlackBerry 8800 WHITEVERSIONREVERSED WHITEVERSIONREVERSED 2 Insert the Battery Charge the Battery Insert the Battery Charge the Battery Steps? 1. Press the silver square on Steps? the back of the BlackBerry 1. Pull the plug blades down. 4 8800 and slide the battery Takes? . Connect the small USB end of the Takes? 1 minute cover off 1 minute travel charger cable to the USB port Note: . Insert the battery so that on the side of your BlackBerry 8800. Note: If the battery Note: If you have an the BlackBerry logo faces is charged, the . Plug the travel charger into a power outlet. available USB port on BlackBerry® 8800 up and the metal contacts your computer, you turns on. If the device on the battery align with can use the USB cable does not turn on, 4. Charge the battery to full power. that came with your the metal contacts on your charge the battery. BlackBerry 8800 to The length of time BlackBerry 8800. connect your device to charge the battery to your computer for can take up to an charging. hour or more. Slide the battery cover back onto the BlackBerry 8800 so that the cover lies flat and clicks into place. Battery Power Level Indicators Full battery power CAUTION: Use only accessories that Research In Motion has approved for use with your BlackBerry 8800. Use of other accessories might invalidate your warranty and might be dangerous. Low battery power Battery charging 6 7 www.cingular.com/tutorials/blackberry8800 ^ white (reversed) Set Up Your BlackBerry 8800 WHITEVERSIONREVERSED WHITEVERSIONREVERSED Setup Wizard Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard is designed to help you quickly and easily setup 1. Once you have launched the Setup your BlackBerry 8800. It takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. Wizard, use the trackball the scroll up Takes? and down on the screens and highlight Steps? 10 minutes input fields or buttons. Click the trackball 4 to select input fields or buttons. Note: Note: As you complete the You can return to setup wizard, look for the Setup Wizard at the progress indicator anytime by selecting to tell you how many BlackBerry Setup from screens you have the Home screen and completed. The more then choosing Setup indicator tells you if . Click Yes if asked if you want to connect Wizard. there is more to see to the wireless network. on the screen and the buttons along the Note: bottom allow you to To save battery power navigate through the your BlackBerry wizard. 8800 screen is set to Timeout (go dark or dim) after 45 seconds. Introduction to BlackBerry 8800 If the screen goes dark or dims simply The introduction to the BlackBerry 8800 press any key to view the screen again. section of the Setup Wizard will help you . To set your time zone, highlight the choose your language, setup the date current time zone and click the trackball. and time, and orient you to some of the Roll the trackball up or down to find your important keys/functions on your BlackBerry time zone and click again to select it. 8800. 8 9 www.cingular.com/tutorials/blackberry8800 ^ white (reversed) Set Up Your BlackBerry 8800 WHITEVERSIONREVERSED WHITEVERSIONREVERSED Setup Wizard Setup Wizard 4. Note where the following important function keys are on your BlackBerry 8800: Menu Escape Send End/Power Trackball Delete Alt Enter Left Shift Right Shift (NUM) (CAP) Space Symbol 10 11 www.cingular.com/tutorials/blackberry8800 ^ white (reversed) Set Up Your BlackBerry 8800 WHITEVERSIONREVERSED WHITEVERSIONREVERSED Setup Wizard Setup Wizard Email Set Up Steps? 1. The Email Setup portion of the wizard will ask you to choose to . To continue, read the BlackBerry 9 either create or add an email address or to use a corporate account Internet Service terms and conditions with a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. Unless you have been given Takes? carefully, and if you agree, click Yes. 5 minutes an Enterprise Activation Password by your IT department you should choose I want to create or add an email address. Note: To set up email using web browser on your computer, visit www. cingular.com/ blackberrystart. 4. Create a User ID and password of your choice for your BlackBerry Internet . You must either login to your BlackBerry® Service Account. Internet Service account (this account will manage the supported email FPO The password must be at least 6 accounts you setup on your BlackBerry characters long and is case sensitive. 8800; you may have up to 10 supported accounts) or create a new one. If you are Store this login information in a safe a new user, you must choose Create place so that you can add additional New Account. email accounts to your BlackBerry 8800 or change your settings in the future. 1 1 www.cingular.com/tutorials/blackberry8800 ^ white (reversed) Set Up Your BlackBerry 8800 WHITEVERSIONREVERSED WHITEVERSIONREVERSED Setup Wizard Setup Wizard 5. Select a language by clicking on a 8. Once the summary screen displays, language choice. showing you the email account you’ve Typing Tips set up you can choose to set up another To capitalize a account (up to 10 supported accounts), letter, hold the create a BlackBerry email address, or letter key until the capitalized letter log out. appears or hold the Right Shift (CAP) key and press the appropriate letter key 6. Enter your email address and password. 9. When you log out, your BlackBerry 8800 To insert symbols will display the BlackBerry Internet such as @ and ., Service login screen. Be sure to close press and hold the ALT key the browser window by pressing the and press Menu key and clicking Close. the appropriate letter key. 7. Once the confirmation screen displays, click OK. You have now completed the Setup Wizard. 14 15 www.cingular.com/tutorials/blackberry8800 ^ white (reversed) Get Started Using Your BlackBerry 8800 WHITEVERSIONREVERSED WHITEVERSIONREVERSED Send Email Send an SMS Text Message 1. On the Home screen, 1. On the Home screen, click Messages. click Messages. Steps? Steps? 7 . Press the Menu key. Press the Menu key. 7 Takes? . Click Compose Email. Click Compose SMS Text. Takes? minutes minutes 4. In the To field, perform one of the 4. Perform one of the following following actions: actions: a) Type an email address. a) If the contact is not in your b) Type a contact name. address book, click [Use Once]. c) Type part of a contact name. Type an SMS phone number Click a contact. (include the country code and area code) or an email address. 5. Type a message. Click the trackball. b) If the contact is in your address 6. Click the trackball. book, click a contact. 7. Click Send. 5. Type a message. If you have associated your BlackBerry® 8800 with more than one 6. Click the trackball. supported email address, in the Send Using field, you can set the email address that you use to send the email message.