Palm Centro User manual
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Table of Contents
Contents of the box 4
Setup 5
Insert the SIM card 5
Insert the battery 6
Insert a memory card 7
Complete the setup 8
Navigation 9
Wake up the touchscreen and turn it off 9
Highlight and select items 10
Select menu items 10
Use the keyboard 11
Open applications 13
Your phone 14
Open the Phone application 14
Turn your phone on and off 14
Make and receive calls 15
Set up voicemail 16
What can I do when I’m on a call? 16
Your Push To Talk application 18
Set up Push To Talk 18
Add a PTT contact 19
Make a PTT call 20
Your messages 21
Messaging 21
Instant Messaging 22
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Your web browser 23
Browse the web 23
Shop at AT&T Mall 24
Explore AT&T Music 24
Your email 25
Choose email options 25
Set up a personal email account with Xpress Mail 25
Set up corporate email 27
Create and send email in Xpress Mail 28
Your contacts and calendar 29
Contacts 29
Calendar 31
Synchronization 32
Why synchronize information? 32
Synchronize for the first time 32
Your music, pictures, and videos 34
Listen to music 34
Take pictures and videos 36
Troubleshooting 38
Tips and tricks 40
Keyboard 40
Phone 40
Data 41
Typing 41
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Contents of the box
Smart device and hardware
Documentation and software
•Getting Started Guide (this guide)
•Getting Started CD, which includes the following:
•Palm®Desktop software or a link to this software
•Link to instructions on how to get bonus software from My Centro
•User Guide
•Palm warranty and end user license agreement
Tip
Missingsomething?
Need help? Call
AT&T customer
service: 1-800-331-
0500 or call 611
from your Centro.
Palm®Centro™
smart device
CD
You must install the software from
this CD even if you already have
Palm®Desktop software installed
on your computer
Rechargeable
battery
AC charger USB sync cable
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Setup
Insert the SIM card
1. Press the battery door near the top and slide the
battery door downward to remove it from your
Palm®Centro™smart device.
2. If the battery is installed, remove it.
3. Remove the stylus to make it easier to install the
SIM card. Replace it after you finish these steps.
4. Insert the straight end of the SIM card into the SIM
card holder so that the notch is on the right and the
metal contacts face down.
5. Push the SIM card forward until it fits into place.
6. Replace the battery door.
Stylus
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Insert the battery
1. Remove the battery door.
2. Align the metal contacts on the battery that came with your Centro with the
contacts inside the battery compartment.
3. Insert the battery into the compartment at a 45-degree angle, and then
press it into place.
4. Slide the battery door onto the back of
your Centro until it clicks into place.
Your Centro screen wakes up, and setup
begins automatically.
Battery contacts
Centro contacts
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Insert a memory card
The card slot on your Centro enables you to add microSD memory cards (sold
separately) to expand the storage capacity of your device. The card slot has a
push-push mechanism: push in gently to insert a card; push in gently to remove
it.
1. Remove the battery door from your Centro.
2. Open the door of the card slot.
3. Position your Centro with the screen facing
you, and hold the memory card with the
printed side facing you. The notch on the
memory card should be in the upper-right
corner, next to the IR port.
4. Insert the memory card into the card slot
until you feel the card lock into place.
5. Close the door of the card slot and replace
the battery door.
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Complete the setup
1. Select the language you want to use.
2. Follow the onscreen instructions to set the date and time.
Note: If you want your Centro to obtain the date, time, and time zone from the
local network, accept the default setting on the Date & Time screen.
3. When the setup is complete, press Applications and select
Quick Tour .
4. Recommended: Review the Basics and Phone sections of the Quick Tour
before using your Centro.
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Navigation
Wake up the touchscreen and turn it off
The phone and the touchscreen of your Palm®Centro™smart device can be
turned off and on separately. When you wake up the touchscreen and leave the
phone off, you can still manage your calendar, play music files, or write email
offline.
When you take your Centro out of the box and turn it on for the first time, the
phone is already on. You just need to wake up the touchscreen.
1. Press and release
Power/End to
wake up the
touchscreen.
2. Press Center
to turn off Keyguard.
3. Press and release
Power/End to
turn off the
touchscreen and lock
the keyboard.
To move around the
touchscreen, use the
5-way navigator, or
tap items on the
touchscreen with the
stylus.
Tip
You can set how
long the
touchscreen stays
on. Press
Applications,
select Preferences,
select Power, and
then adjust the
Auto-off after
setting.
Power/End
Center Applications
Up
Down
Right
Left
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Highlight and select items
The highlight identifies which item is affected by your
next action. Use Left , Right , Up , and
Down on the 5-way to move the highlight from
one item to another. The highlight can take two
forms: a border glow around an entire screen, an
onscreen button, or a pick list; and light text on a dark
background.
After highlighting an item, you can select (activate) it
by pressing Center or by tapping it with the
stylus. When an entire screen is highlighted, press
Center to move the highlight to the first item on
the screen.
Select menu items
Many applications have menus to give you
access to additional features. These menus
are usually hidden from view, but they
appear when you press Menu .
1. Press Menu to display an
application’s menus.
2. Press Right and Left to switch
between menus.
Tip
Most menu items
have a shortcut. To
use a menu
shortcut, press
Menu + the
shortcut letter. For
example, in
Calendar, you can
press Menu + D to
delete an event.
Menu
shortcut
letter
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3. Press Up and Down to highlight a menu item.
4. Press Center to select the menu item, or press Menu to close the
menu and cancel your selection.
Use the keyboard
Enter lowercase and uppercase letters
•To enter lowercase letters, press the key you want.
•To enter an uppercase letter, press Shift/Find and then press a letter
key. There’s no need to hold Shift/Find while entering the letter.
•To turn Caps Lock on, press Shift/Find twice. The following symbol
appears: . To turn Caps Lock off, press Shift/Find once.
Menu
Backspace
Return
Alt
Space
Option
Shift/Find
Backlight (Option + P)
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