Think Outside Travel Mouse (for iPAQ 2215) manual

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    S t o w a w ay T r av el Mo us e O wn er ’ s M an ua l P ag e 1 www.thinkoutside.com Stowaway ® Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual For Microsoft ® Pocket PC / Windows Mobile ™ 2003 Apple Macintosh OS X and Microsoft ® Windows XP Includes: Asus MyPal A620BT Dell Axim x30 Dell Axim x3i iPAQ 1945 iPAQ 2210 iPAQ 2215 iPAQ 4150 iPAQ 4155 iPAQ 4350 iPA[...]

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    S t o wa wa y T ra ve l M ou s e O wn e r ’s Ma nu al Pa ge 2 Installing the Mouse with Macintosh OS X .......... 3 Before You Begin .................................................................................... 3 Creating a Paired Connection with your Macintosh ............................ 3 Installing the Mouse for Use with Windows XP .. [...]

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    S t o wa wa y T ra ve l M ou s e O wn e r ’s Ma nu al Pa ge 3 Installing the Mouse with Macintosh OS X Before You Begin ¾ Determine that your Macintosh is Bluetooth-enabled with either a built-in Bluetooth component, or via an ex ternal hardware adaptor (Dongle). ¾ Ensure that the accompanying Bluet ooth software (Stack) is installed. ¾ It is [...]

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    S t o wa wa y T ra ve l M ou s e O wn e r ’s Ma nu al Pa ge 4 Installing the Mouse for Use with Windows XP Before You Begin ¾ Determine that your PC is Bluet ooth-enabled with either a built-in Bluetooth component, or via an ex ternal hardware adaptor (Dongle). ¾ Ensure that the accompanying Bluet ooth software (Stack) is installed. ¾ It is no[...]

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    S t o wa wa y T ra ve l M ou s e O wn e r ’s Ma nu al Pa ge 5 Installing and Configuring the Mouse for PPC Before You Begin Before you install the Stowaway keyb oard and mouse software for Windows Mobile 2003-compatible PDAs: ¾ Disable or remove any other keyb oard/mouse applications that you have previously installed on your Pocket PC device. ([...]

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    S t o wa wa y T ra ve l M ou s e O wn e r ’s Ma nu al Pa ge 6 Configuring the Mouse to Your Pocket PC Device 1. After the driver installation completes, the Stowaway Settings screen will display and you will be prompted to Choose device to setup . Select the Stowaway Travel Mouse and tap Setup . 2. The Select mouse pointer mode screen will displa[...]

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    S t o wa wa y T ra ve l M ou s e O wn e r ’s Ma nu al Pa ge 7 5. The Bluetooth mouse status screen will open, stating that Connection is not set up . You may also open this page by selecting the Connection tab of the Stowaway Travel Mouse application. You can begin a connection to the mouse and view the status of a connection from this screen. Ma[...]

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    S t o wa wa y T ra ve l M ou s e O wn e r ’s Ma nu al Pa ge 8 8. If the connection process is successful, the Mouse connection enabled message will display on the Pocket PC device. This is the normal mode for wireless communication between the Stowaway Travel Mouse and the Pocket PC device during use. 9. In the event that several Stowaway Bluetoo[...]

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    S t o wa wa y T ra ve l M ou s e O wn e r ’s Ma nu al Pa ge 9 11. If the Bluetooth scan or connection fails, ensure the mouse is Discoverable and tap Connect again. If the connection still fails: a. Power cycle the mouse, make it Discoverable, and tap Connect . b. Or, reset the PDA, make the mouse discoverable, and tap Connect . c. If neither ste[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 10 14. The Mouse Status Page displays the mouse battery status. The three states of the battery are Normal, Low and Critical: a. Normal – This is the most common state of the battery. b. Low – This is a warning that the batteries have reached a threshold where they should be replaced soon. c. Critical[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 11 Reconnecting the Stowaway Travel Mouse The above steps establish the Blueto oth wireless connection and bonding between the Pocket PC device and th e mouse for the first time. The Mouse pointer should display and be enab led as long as the connection is maintained. Despite a high degree of reliability,[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 12 Reconnecting and Bluetooth Accessibility If your Stowaway Travel Mouse software returns to waiting mode, and pressing a mouse button will not trigger reconnection with the PDA, this may be because the Bluetooth stack is awaiting a signal only from a previously paired device , (such as if you had been u[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 13 Customizing Mouse Functions Once the mouse software is installe d on the Pocket PC device, you may customize the options. A mouse icon will display in the lower right corner of the screen while using Calend ar, Contacts, or other applications. ¾ Tap the mouse icon on the bottom toolbar to display the [...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 14 Mouse Control Panel On the Mouse tab: ¾ Tap Enable to choose which device to en able (the next screen will allow you to select the Stowaway Travel Mouse ). Tap Disable to turn off access to the mouse. ¾ To select Button A ssignments for custom applications to launch, or functions to perform with each[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 15 Disabling the Stowaway Travel Mouse When the Stowaway Travel Mouse is no longer needed, you can disable it by tapping the Disable button, on the Connection or Mouse page. The Connection is not set up message will then be displayed on the Connection page. NOTE: Disabling the Stowaway Travel Mo use will [...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 16 Using the Stowaway Travel Mouse Moving the Pointer/Highlighting Text Using default mouse functions: Mous e movements and Mouse butt on clicks, you can easily navigate, position the cursor, and select text for su bsequent editing functions. You may also custom ize mouse functionality with the Left, Midd[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 17 Menu and Toolbar Navigation You can access program menus, submenus, and toolbars with the Stowaway Travel Mouse using the following activities. Action To activate a program’s menu bar at t he bottom of the Pocket PC device screen and select a main menu item: • Mouse click on the menu title, then mo[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 18 Frequently Asked Questions Q: My mouse and handheld are in -range and powered on, why won’t they reconnect after a mouse button pres s? If Bluetooth Accessibility is set to Paired devices only, the mouse may not automatically reconnect. To allow th e mouse to reconnect with a button press, change the[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 19 Q: I received an error message saying the keyboard/mouse driver cannot find a supported Bluetooth component, w hat should I do? The current version of the keyboa rd/mouse driver supports Widcomm Bluetooth for Windows CE (BTW-CE) version 1.4.1 or lat er, and Microsoft stack version TBD. If you have a di[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 20 Legal Notices Think Outside shall not be liable for tec hnical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein or for special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages whatsoever in connection with the furn ishing, performance, or use of this material. The information in this do cument is provid[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 21 and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law. Use of this software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement that accompanies or is in cluded with such software. Unless otherwise noted in the end user license agreement, or herein, no part [...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 22 Important Battery Information • Keep batteries away from children. • Do not mix batteries of different types or old and new batteries. • Always replace old, weak or worn-o ut batteries promptly and recycle or dispose of them properly. Be fore inserting new batteries, the battery compartment shoul[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 23 Regulatory Notices Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) is any signal or emission, radiated In free space or conducted along power or signal leads, that endangers the functioning of radio navigation or othe r safety service or seriously degrades, obstructs, or repeatedly interrupts a licensed radio commu[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 24 turning the equipment off and on, you ar e encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/televisio[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 25 CE Notice (European Union) Marking by the symbol indicates compliance of this Stowaway keyboard to the Electromagnetic Comp atibility Directive and the Low Voltage Directive of the European Union. Such marking is indicative that this Stowaway keyboard meets the fo llowing technical standards: • EN 55[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 26 Europe – CE Declaration of Conformity EN 301 489-1 (December 2001), EN 301 489-17 (December 2001), EN 300 328-1 (August 2002), EN 300 328-2 (August 2002), EN 60950 (January 2000) English Hereby, Think Outside, Inc. declares that this XTBT01 is in compliance with the essential requirements and other r[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 27 Spanish Por medio de la presente Think Outside, Inc. Declara que el XTBT01 cumple con los requisotas esenciales y cualesquiera otras disposiciones aplicables o exigibles de la Directiva 1999/5/CE. Portuguese Think Outside, Inc. Declara que este XTBT01 está conforme com os requis tos essenciais e outra[...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 28 There are few possibilities for outdoor us e: On private property or on the private property of public persons, use is subject to a preliminary authorization procedure by the Mini stry of Defence, with maximum authorized power of 100 mW in th e 2446.5–2483.5 MHz band. Use outdoors on public property [...]

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    Stowaway Travel Mouse Owner’s Manual Page 29 Features and Specifications Summary • Small, palm-sized design makes it easy to put in your pocket or briefcase. • Simple connection compatibility with yo ur Pocket PC device via Bluetooth. • Large, accessible mouse buttons and rubberized scroll wheel. • User-programmable button shortcuts fo r [...]