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Welcome to BlackBerry!This is one of the many resources available to help you use your BlackBerry® device. You can look for answers in the Help application on the Home screen of your device, or by pressing the Menu key and clicking Help in most applications. Please read the Safety and Product Information booklet, located on the BlackBerry® User Tools CD, before using your device or any accessories for your device. For the most recent version of the booklet, visit www.blackberry.com/go/docs. Feature availability The following items affect the availability of features on your BlackBerry® device. The features discussed are meant as examples, and are not inclusive of every feature that might or might not be available on your device. Device model Features such as an internal GPS receiver, Wi-Fi® connection capability, and the camera and video camera are dependant on your device model. To find feature specifications for your device model, visit www.blackberry.com/go/devices. Wireless service plan A wireless service plan with phone or voice is required to use the phone application and to send and receive SMS text messages and MMS messages. A wireless service plan with data is required to use the browser service and instant messaging applications, and to send and receive email messages and PIN messages. For more information, contact your wireless service provider. BlackBerry Internet Service and BlackBerry Enterprise Server Once you have a data plan, you must set up your email address or third-party instant messaging account in order to send and receive email messages, use third-party instant messaging applications, and use certain browser configurations. If you are an individual user, when you set up your email address or instant messaging account, you are associating it with the BlackBerry® Internet Service. If you are a corporate user, your administrator sets up your email account by associating it with a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. Your administrator might set options that determine the features and settings that are available on your device. Wireless service provider Features such as MMS messages, location-based services, and some phone features are dependant on your wireless service provider's offerings. For more information, contact your wireless service provider. Wireless network The wireless network that your device is connected to might affect the availability of some features. Depending on your wireless service provider and available roaming options, different wireless networks are available. Some wireless networks do not support features such as call blocking, call forwarding, or cell broadcasting. For more information, contact your wireless service provider. Related topics User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!10
Find more information, 11 Wireless networks that your device connects to, 250 BlackBerry Device Software, 245 Find more information • To view the user guide for your BlackBerry® device, click Help on the Home screen or in an application menu. • To view the BlackBerry® 101 tutorial, user guide, safety and product information booklet, or software license agreement and warranty for your device, insert the BlackBerry® User Tools CD that came with your device into the CD drive on your computer. • To find information about your wireless network or your wireless service plan, visit your wireless service provider web site. • To find software, games, and accessories for your device, visit www.discoverblackberry.com. • To buy accessories for your device, contact your wireless service provider or visit www.shopblackberry.com. Start using your device Complete the setup wizard The setup wizard is designed to help you learn about navigation and typing, change options to personalize your BlackBerry® device, set up wireless and Bluetooth® connections and set up one or more email addresses. The setup wizard should appear automatically the first time that you turn on your device. 1. If the Welcome screen does not appear automatically, on the Home screen or in a folder, click the Setup Wizard icon. 2. Complete the instructions on the screen. Set up an email address To perform this task, you must know the login information for your existing email addresses or your administrator must have provided you with an enterprise activation password. 1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Setup Wizard icon. 2. On the email setup screen, select one of the following options: •I want to create or add an email address : This email setup option is most common for individual users. Use this option to associate your BlackBerry® device with one or more (up to ten) existing email addresses (for example, a Google Mail™ or Windows Live™ Hotmail® email account) or to create a new email address for your device. To use a social networking application on your device, you must use this option to associate your device with the email address that you use to receive social networking notifications. If this option does not appear, contact your wireless service provider. • I want to use a work email account with a BlackBerry Enterprise Server : This email setup option is most common for corporate users. Use this option to associate your device with a work email account using the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server if your administrator has provided you with an enterprise activation password. 3. Click Next.User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!11
4. Complete the instructions on the screen. Note: When your email address is set up correctly, you receive a confirmation message. To view and manage your email messages, on the Home screen, click the Messages icon. Navigation and typing About the Menu key and Escape key The Menu key and Escape key on your BlackBerry® device are designed to help you navigate screens and complete tasks quickly and easily.KeyActionsMenu key • view more applications on the Home screen • open the menu in an application • select a highlighted menu itemEscape key • move back a screen • close a menu Move around the screen • To move the cursor in any direction and highlight items, slide your finger on the trackpad. • To select an item or open a link, click (press) the trackpad. • To change the value in a field, click a field. Click a value. • To return to the Home screen, when you are not on a call, press the End key. BlackBerry basics Make a call 1. From the Home screen or in the phone application, perform one of the following actions: • Type a phone number. • Type part of a contact name. Highlight a contact or phone number. 2. Press the Send key. To end the call, press the End key. User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!12
Related topics Add a pause or a wait to a phone number, 156 Available voice commands, 50 Change your ring tone 1. On the Home screen, click the Sounds icon. 2. Click Set Ring Tones/Alerts . 3. Click the application or item that you want to change. 4. Perform one of the following actions: • To use a preloaded ring tone, in the Ring Tone field, click a ring tone. • To use a ring tone that you downloaded, in the Ring Tone field, click Select Music . Navigate to a folder that contains ring tones. Click a ring tone. 5. Press the Menu key. 6. Click Save. Send an email message 1. On the Home screen, click the Messages icon. 2. Press the key. 3. Click Compose Email . 4. In the To field, perform one of the following actions: • Type an email address. • Type a contact name. • Type part of a contact name or email address. Click a contact. 5. Type a message. 6. Press the key. 7. Click Send. Related topics Search for contacts in your organization's address book, 156 Mailing lists, 158 Send an SMS text message You can send an SMS text message to up to ten recipients. 1. On the Home screen, click the Messages icon. 2. Press the key. 3. Click Compose SMS . 4. In the To field, perform one of the following actions: • Type an SMS phone number (include the country code and area code). • Type a contact name. • Type part of a contact name. Click a contact. User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!13
• If your device is connected to a CDMA network, you can type an email address. 5. Type a message. 6. Press the key. 7. Click Send. Related topics Mailing lists, 158 Add a contact 1. On the Home screen, click the Contacts icon. 2. Click New Contact . 3. Type the contact information. 4. Press the key. 5. Click Save. Schedule an appointment 1. On the Home screen, click the Calendar icon. 2. Press the key. 3. Click New. 4. Type the appointment information. 5. If the appointment recurs, change the Recurrence field. 6. Press the key. 7. Click Save. Related topics Turn off your device, 264 Take a picture 1. On the Home screen, click the Camera icon. 2. Press the Right Convenience key all the way down. Related topics Record a video, 14 Record a video To perform this task, you might need to have a media card inserted in your BlackBerry® device. 1. On the Home screen, click the Media icon. 2. Click the Video Camera icon. 3. To start recording, click the record icon. User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!14
4. To pause recording, click the pause icon. Note: The approximate amount of memory available for saving videos appears on the lower part of the screen when video recording is paused. Related topics Play a media file, 109 Take a picture, 14 Visit a web page Depending on your wireless service provider, multiple browsers might appear on your BlackBerry® device. For more information about the charges associated with using each browser, contact your wireless service provider. 1. On the Home screen, click the Browser icon. 2. Perform one of the following actions: • If a web address field appears on the screen, type a web address. • If a web address field does not appear on the screen, press the key. Click Go To. Type a web address. 3. Press the Enter key. Turn on the alarm 1. In the clock, press the Menu key. 2. Click Set Alarm . 3. On the trackpad, slide your finger up or down to select On or Weekdays . Slide your finger to highlight On or Weekdays . 4. Press the Escape key. 5. Click Save. In the device status section of the Home screen, a clock indicator appears. Related topics Turn off your device, 264 Pair with a Bluetooth enabled device Some Bluetooth® enabled devices have a passkey that you must type before you can pair with them. 1. In the Bluetooth setup application, click Search or Listen . 2. If necessary, click a Bluetooth enabled device. 3. If necessary, type the passkey for the Bluetooth enabled device on your BlackBerry® device. 4. If necessary, type the passkey for the Bluetooth enabled device on the Bluetooth enabled device. User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!15
Troubleshooting basics I cannot make or receive calls Try performing the following actions: • Verify that your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network. • Verify that your wireless service plan includes phone or voice services. • If you cannot make calls and fixed dialing is turned on, verify that the phone number for your contact appears in your fixed dialing list or turn off fixed dialing. • If you have traveled to another country and you have not changed your smart-dialing options, dial the full phone number, including the country code and area code, for your contact. • If you are not receiving calls, verify that call blocking and call forwarding are turned off. • Your device or your SIM card might support more than one phone number, even if you only have one phone number. Verify that your phone number is set as your active phone number. • If you have more than one phone number associated with your device, verify that the phone number that you want to make calls from and receive calls to is set as your active phone number. Related topics Fixed dialing, 38 Call blocking, 37 Call forwarding, 35 Switch the active phone number, 42 I cannot set up an email address Try performing the following actions: • On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Setup Wizard icon. On the email setup screen, verify that you have typed all the email address information correctly. To view the password that you typed, select the Show Password check box. • Verify that the email address is associated with a supported email account (for example, a POP3 email account or an IMAP email account). For more information about supported email accounts, contact your wireless service provider. • If you are switching from another BlackBerry® device that is associated with one or more email addresses using the BlackBerry® Internet Service, verify that you have completed the process for switching devices automatically or manually using the email setup application. For more information about switching devices, see the Learn More booklet that came with your device. For more information about setting up an email address, visit www.blackberry.com/go/docs and click BlackBerry Internet Service . I am not receiving messages Try performing the following actions: •Verify that your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network. If you are not in a wireless coverage area, you should receive messages when you return to a wireless coverage area. User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!16
• If you created an email address or added an existing email address to your device using the email setup screen in the setup wizard,verify that you have received an activation message on your device from the BlackBerry® Internet Service. If you have not received an activation message (the message might take a short period of time to arrive), in the setup wizard, open the email setup screen to send a service book to your device. • If you have not received a registration message from the wireless network, register your device.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click Advanced Options . Click Host Routing Table . Press the Menu key. Click Register Now . • Verify that data service is turned on. • If you use email message filters, verify that the options for email message filters are set correctly. • Verify that email message forwarding is turned on and that you have selected all the email message folders, including your inbox folder, that you want to receive email messages from. • If you have a Wi-Fi® enabled device and if your device uses a software token to connect to a Wi-Fi® network or to log in to a VPN, reset your device and connect to the Wi-Fi network or log in to the VPN again. • Verify that your device is not blocking messages. For more information, contact your administrator. Related topics Turn off the connection to the wireless network, 249 About wireless coverage indicators, 252 Turn on or turn off data service or set roaming options, 249 Change an email message filter, 62 Forward messages from a specific email message folder to your device, 59 I cannot send SMS text messages Depending on your wireless service plan, this feature might not be supported. Try performing the following actions: •Verify that your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network. If you are not in a wireless coverage area, your device should send the messages when you return to a wireless coverage area. • Verify that fixed dialing is turned off. Related topics Turn off the connection to the wireless network, 249 Fixed dialing, 38 I cannot save media files Your BlackBerry® device memory or media card might not have enough available memory to store media files. Try performing the following actions: • If you are trying to save a media file to your device memory, delete old data or messages from your device. • If you are trying to save a media file on your media card, delete old media files. • In the camera options, verify that the Picture Quality field is not set to Superfine. Superfine pictures use more memory than fine or normal pictures. • If possible, increase the maximum amount of memory available for pictures. Related topics Delete a media file or folder, 122User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!17
Delete a message, 58 I cannot play a media file on a web page Your BlackBerry® device might not support the size or file format of the media file. The battery is not charging Depending on how you charge your BlackBerry® device, try performing the following actions: • Verify that the USB cable is securely connected to your device and a USB port. • Try connecting your device to another USB port on your computer, a USB port on a different computer, a USB hub, or try using a travel charger. • Verify that BlackBerry device USB drivers are installed on your computer. When you install BlackBerry® Desktop Software from the CD that came with your device, the correct USB drivers should be installed. You can also download the latest version of BlackBerry Desktop Software from www.blackberry.com . • Verify that your computer is not in standby, hibernate, or sleep mode. • Some USB hubs might not provide enough power. Plug the hub into a power outlet (if available) and reconnect your device.User GuideWelcome to BlackBerry!18