HP IPAQ Pocket PC h5400 Series User manual

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hp iPAQ Pocket PC h5400 series

Document Part Number: 281984-002

April 2003

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hp iPAQ Pocket PC h5400 series

Second Edition (April 2003)

Document Part Number: 281984-002

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Contents

1 Getting Started

What Is in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

Top Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7

Back Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8

Universal Cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9

Set Up Your hp iPAQ Pocket PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

Establish a Partnership With a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12

For More Product Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–16

Troubleshooting and Support Information. . . . . . . . . . . 1–18

2 Getting Acquainted

Enter Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Change Word Suggestion Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Type with the On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4

Write with the Stylus and the Letter Recognizer. . . . 2–6

Write with the Stylus and the Transcriber. . . . . . . . . 2–8

Write with the Stylus and Block Recognizer. . . . . . . 2–8

Draw and Write on the Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9

Convert Writing to Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10

Customize Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12

Set the Time for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12

Set the Time for a Location You Are Visiting . . . . 2–14

Set the Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15

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Change the Backlight Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15

Manage Your iPAQ Pocket PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17

Back Up Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–18

Use the iPAQ File Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–29

Perform a Full Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–30

Perform a Normal Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–31

Align the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–32

Use the Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–32

Manage the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–33

Install the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–34

Automatically Monitor the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–35

Manually Monitor the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–37

Charge the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–37

Adjust the Standby Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–40

Change the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–41

Reactivate the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–41

Work with Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–42

Open Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–42

Minimize Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–43

Close Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–43

Install Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–45

Customize the Programs Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–45

View Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–47

3 Using the Wireless LAN

Learn the Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Get Acquainted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

Power ON the WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3

Activate the iPAQ WLAN Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5

Work with Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Create Profiles without Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Create Profiles with Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9

Close the WLAN Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

View Existing Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

Select an Existing Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

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Edit an Existing Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11

Delete a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11

Monitor Signal Strength and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

View WLAN Signal Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

View WLAN Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

Locate and Link to Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

Search for Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

Link to an Access Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

Use the Microsoft Connection Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

Access the Connection Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Use Bonus Software for Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Recommended Uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Channel Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

4 Using Bluetooth

Get Acquainted with Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

Understand the Following Bluetooth Terms . . . . . . . 4–3

Review Supported Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Work with Bluetooth Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5

Work with the Bluetooth Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

Locate and Select a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8

Understand Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8

Bluetooth Headset Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8

Create a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8

Activate a Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Rename a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Delete a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Save Bluetooth Configuration Settings in a Profile. 4–11

Set Accessibility Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11

Enter a Device Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11

Allow Others to Locate My Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12

Pair Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12

Unpair Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14

Allow Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14

Enable Bluetooth Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15

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Select Shared Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18

Select Business Card Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19

Connect to Other Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20

Identify the Communications Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20

Establish an ActiveSync Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20

Establish a Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–21

Use Dial-Up Networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–22

Establish a Cell Phone Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–23

Work with Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–25

Create a File Transfer Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–25

Send Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–25

Create a Folder on a Remote Device. . . . . . . . . . . . 4–26

Receive a File from a Remote Device. . . . . . . . . . . 4–26

Delete a File from a Remote Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–26

Send Information via Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–27

Use Business Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–28

Send Business Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–29

Request Business Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–30

Exchange Business Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–30

Work with Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–31

Create a Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–31

Delete a Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–31

View Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–32

Open a Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–32

View Connection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–32

Close a Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–33

View Connection Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–33

5 Using the Fingerprint Reader

Learn to Enroll a Fingerprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

Work with Fingerprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

Enroll a Fingerprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

Delete a Fingerprint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9

Set Logon Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10

Set “No password” for Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

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Set “Simple 4 digit PIN” for Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

Set “Strong alphanumeric password” for Logon. . . 5–12

Set “PIN OR fingerprint” for Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13

Set “PIN AND fingerprint” for Logon . . . . . . . . . . 5–14

Set “Password OR fingerprint” for Logon . . . . . . . 5–14

Set “Password AND Fingerprint” for Logon . . . . . 5–15

Set “Fingerprint-only” for Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16

Logon Using PIN, Passwords, and Fingerprints . . . . . . 5–17

Logon with No Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

Logon Using a 4-digit PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

Logon Using a Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18

Logon Using a PIN or Fingerprint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18

Logon Using a PIN and Fingerprint . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18

Logon Using a Password or Fingerprint . . . . . . . . . 5–19

Logon Using a Password and Fingerprint . . . . . . . . 5–19

Logon Using a Fingerprint Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20

Set Security Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20

Set the Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21

Set the Maximum Number of Attempts . . . . . . . . . 5–22

6 Connecting

Connect to a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1

Sync with Personal Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2

Use the Serial Infrared (IR) Connection . . . . . . . . . . 6–3

Change Synchronization Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4

Move Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6

Connect to the Internet or Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8

Use a Modem Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8

Synchronize Links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–10

Enter an Internet Address (URL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11

Select from a Favorites List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12

7 Communicating

Work with Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1

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Create a Contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1

View a List of Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2

Edit Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3

Categorize Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3

Delete Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6

Use the Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7

Set Up E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8

Compose/Send E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9

Add an Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11

Receive E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13

Open E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13

Delete E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–14

Manage Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–16

Record Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17

Make a Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–18

Listen to a Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–18

Take Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–19

Create a Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–19

8 Scheduling

Use the Today Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1

Create Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2

Change Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3

Change Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4

Use the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–6

Change the Calendar View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–7

Customize the Calendar Appearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8

Schedule Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

Create Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

Delete Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–10

Categorize Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–10

Request Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–12

Use Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–13

Create a Task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–13

Create a Task Quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–14

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