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    AUDREY This is all you need ™ 9/11 pdf 9/11/00 7:53 PM Page 1[...]

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    Thank you for buying Audre y . ™ Audrey is the first of 3Com ’ s Ergo ® line of Internet appliances. The idea behind Ergo (which mean s “therefore,” by the way) is to start by asking people what they really want technology to do for them, then to invent appliances that do exactly that, without the burden of complicated and unnecessary func[...]

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    contents set u p 1 learn the basics 1 plug in 3 get started 5 sync with Palm ™ compatible devices 47 “H o w do I sync with the Datebook?” 49 “H o w do I sync with the Add r es s Book?” 50 connect to the Internet 7 “I al r eady h a v e a dial-up Inte r net access account . ” 9 “I al r eady h a v e a b r oadband Inte r net access acco[...]

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    2 set up horizontal selection menus Horizontal selection arrows allow you to increase or decrease the value contained in the text box between them. T ap the left arrow to decrease the value or tap the right arrow to increase the value. vertical selection menus V ertical selection menus allow you to scroll through a range of values included in the t[...]

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    4 set up Connect the phone cord and power suppl y . If you have a dial-up (analog phone line) Internet connection or plan to enroll in one for use with Audre y , plug one end of the included phone cable into either of the telephone jacks on Audrey ’ s back and the other end into your telephone wall jack. Plug your telephone ’ s cord into the se[...]

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    6 set up 2 Adjust screen contrast. After screen calibration is complete, a slider controlling screen contrast appears. T ap the slider with the stylus and then drag it until you are satisfied with the contrast. T ap “done” when finished. 3 Enter your user information. This information will be used to register Audre y . Additionall y , Audrey ca[...]

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    * A DS L (Digital Subscriber Line) can carry both v oice and data information o v er y our existing phone lin e . A c a ble mode m p r o vides Internet access via y our cabl e TV lin e , and the r efo r e this m a y not tie up y our phone lin e . DSL can r emain connected all of the time so y ou n e v er h a v e t o “dial u p . ” 8 connect to t[...]

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    3 Do you need to dial any extra numbers? Y our phone service may require you to dial extra digits before dialing out to your IS P . Buttons are provided for “9”, to access outside lines, and “*70”, to disable call waiting. These are com- monly required digits for Internet dial- ing. T ap either button if it applies. If you need to enter add[...]

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    1 2 connect to the Internet 4 Enter your username and password. Enter the username and password you use to gain access to your IS P . After you have entered this information, tap “continue.” 5 Enter your account ’ s mail server information. Enter your account ’ s incoming mail server name (POP3) and outgo- ing mail server name (SMTP). If yo[...]

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    5 Audrey is now configured to access your IS P . If Audrey has successfully connected to your IS P , you will see the “set date and time” screen. Audrey will down- load the correct time from the Internet. Howeve r , this time may not be correct for your time zone. Make any necessary changes on this screen. T ap “done” to continue. Next, a d[...]

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    2 16 ready?... 4 Audrey will connect to your new IS P . If Audrey has successfully connected to your IS P , you will see the “set date and time” screen. Audrey will down- load the correct time from the Internet. Howeve r , this time may not be correct for your time zone. Make any necessary changes on this screen. T ap “done” to continue. Ne[...]

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    controls 18 2 The following pages give a button by button account of everything Audrey can do. T o learn how to use the Datebook, Address Book, Browse r , Mail, Channels, and Actions Palette, read on! 17 control 9/11 pdf 9/11/00 8:17 PM Page 22[...]

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    20 datebook 3 Unless your current month happens to be December 2001, you will need to change the displayed date. The fastest way to do this is to switch to the Datebook ’ s “year” win- dow by tapping the “year” button at the top of the Datebook screen. This brings up a 12-month calendar vie w . Y ou can move for- ward or backward in group[...]

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    2 2 datebook 9 Y ou want to enter this event for the first four Monday nights in December 2001 , but you’d rather not enter each of those events individuall y . T o set up the repeating options for your event, tap the “details” button in the lower left-hand corner of the “create event” screen. The “event details” screen appears. The ?[...]

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    2 4 datebook 1 From the main “month.day” vie w , tap “December 3, 2001 ” in the monthly calendar on the left-hand side of the screen. deleting events 2 Scroll down to 8:00PM in the daily schedule and then tap inside the dark blue shading for the “piano lessons” event. 4 The “delete repeat event” screen appear s asking whether you wa[...]

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    2 6 browser 2 Drag the stylus across “http:// ww w .go.com” in the URL text field in the Browser control panel to highlight it. Using the Audrey keyboard, type “ ww w . 3Com.com ”, the URL (Universal Resource Locator) for the 3Com W eb site. Then press ENTER on the keyboard. 3 Once the 3Com home page has loaded , tap the “back” button i[...]

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    2 8 browser 2 Notice the drop-down menu above the “site” text field. This is the “category” menu, where you can choose the category into which your new bookmark fits. The default setting in this menu is “unfiled.” T ap the down arrow to the right of this menu. The selections that appear are “favorites,” “unfiled,” and “edit ca[...]

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    3 0 address book Though each of the states has its own distinct features, there are some features which are universal to all four states: Entries in the Address Book states are syncable with Palm compatible devices with the exception of the entries that are in the “websites” and “snapshots” states. Address Book states Audrey ’ s Address B[...]

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    3 2 address book 9 When you reach the “work,” “home,” “email,” and “fax” entries, you will notice that each field has a drop-down menu to the left of the text field. These are variable fields. If you tap in these drop-down menus, you can select different categories for the information in the text fields to the right of that drop-dow[...]

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    address book 34 1 Press the Address Book button on Audrey ’ s console and then tap the “phone” button on the main Address Book screen. 2 Like the “email” state, the “phone” state has Catalog and Category drop-down menus, both of which function identically to those described in the preceding “email” state section. In the main phone[...]

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    mail 36 composing messages 1 T ap “create mail” at the top of the screen. typed messages 2 When the “create mail” screen appears , the cursor will already be placed in the “to:” field. T ype your own e-mail address into this field. For the purposes of this tutorial you will be sending messages to yourself. 3 T ap “type” to highlight[...]

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    3 8 mail 4 T ap “play” to play back what you just recorded . If for any reason you don’t like your recorded message, you can simply repeat step 3 until you are happy with the recording. 5 When your recording is ready to send, tap “send no w .” Audrey returns you to the “new messages” archive. T ap “sent.” Y ou can differentiate th[...]

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    4 0 channels ABC News.com : The online home of the news division of this major television network features the news you need, from a world perspective. M r . Showbiz : The ultimate entertainment information center on the W eb, with news about and reviews of movies, music, and television. ESPN.com : The sports network ’ s online home features up-t[...]

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    4 2 actions palette cut When you tap this button, any text that has been highlighted with the stylus is cut out of the current application and placed inside Audrey ’ s internal clipboard. The text can then be pasted into another application by tapping to place the cursor and then tapping the “paste” button, or the text can simply be deleted b[...]

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    4 4 actions palette cookie s T ap this menu item and you will see two radio buttons. T apping the radio button next to “Accept all cookies” sets the Browser to receive cookies from W eb sites. T apping the radio button next to “do not accept cookies” will prevent your browser from receiving these files. If you make changes here, tap “okay[...]

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    4 6 actions palette Channel Selec t gives you access to a list of channels that can be added as optional channels in addition to the basic core channels. T o add an optional channel, tap one of the boxes shown under “optional chan- nels.” Then tap the name of the channel you would like to add in the “available channels” scrolling list. T ap[...]

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    4 8 sync with Palm compatible devices “ W h a t is syncing?” The ability to sync multiple Palm ™ compatible devices is one of the most advantageous features of Audre y . This means that you can send all of the Datebook and Address Book entries from your Palm compatible device to Audrey and vice versa. This way you can stay up-to-date on your [...]

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    T his method can also be used to send a user ’ s Add r ess Book entrie s to A ud r ey ’ s Add r ess Book a pplication. * 5 0 sync with Palm compatible devices 2 Find the e-mail address or phone number you wish to sync. Once you’ve located the entr y , tap the person ’ s name. 3 T ap inside the “Sync T o:” drop-down menu. T ap the name o[...]

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    5 2 troubleshooting 1 Y ou tapped “send later” when you wrote them. Messages you wish to send immediately should be sent using the “send now” button. 2 Audrey was offline when you tapped “send” and the messages are waiting for Audrey ’ s next connec- tion to your IS P . T o force the mes- sages to be sent no w , tap the “get new mai[...]

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    5 4 regulatory information Manufacturer ’ s Declaration of Conformity 3Com Corporation 3800 Golf Road Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 U.S.A. T elephone: 847-262-5000 W e declare under our sole responsibility that the 3Com ® Ergo ® Audrey ™ Internet appli- ance to which this declaration relates, is in conformity with the following FCC specifi- catio[...]

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    5 6 limited warranty THE SOFT W ARE AND DOCUMEN T A TION UNUSED TO THE SUPPLIER WHERE YOU OB T AINED I T . License 3Com grants you a nonexclusive, nontransfer- able (except as specified herein) license to use the accompanying software program(s) in executable form (the “Software”) and accom- panying documentation (the “Documentation”), subj[...]

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    ww w .3Com.com/ergo product information product purchase Audrey accessories Ergo community news and more.... 57 accessories 3Com is developing a wide array of accessories for Audrey including carrying cases, connectivity adapters, mounting brackets, and much more. T o learn more about the accessories available for Audre y , visit ww w .3Com.com/erg[...]

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