Motorola L Series User manual

Synchronizing your
Motorola®Wireless
Telephone
TrueSync®
QuickStart Guide
L-Series phone

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3Contents 3
Contents
Introduction 4
Learn about the benefits of TrueSync and TrueSync Desktop 4
Getting Started 7
Learn how to start synchronizing information to your phone 7
Tips and Tricks 20
Learn how to customize your synchronizations 20
Managing messages 27
Learn how to read and compose SMS message text 27
Synchronization 33

4Introduction
Chapter0Introduction
Learn about the benefits of TrueSync and TrueSync Desktop
Congratulations on your purchase of a Motorola®L-Series phone and
accompanying accessories!
This guide will help you get started quickly so you can enjoy the many
features and benefits of your phone and TrueSync software.
Introducing TrueSync
TrueSync provides complete and consistent synchronization between
yourMotorolawirelessphoneandthemostpopularpersonalinformation
managers (PIMs). You enter data only once on your computer. Then,
withasingle click,synchronizethatinformationquickly andsmoothlyto
your phone and to other supported PIMs. Your information is at your
fingertips on the road, at home, or in the office.
How to benefit from TrueSync
Synchronize with your favorite information managers
TrueSync’s unique architecture provides one-step synchronization
support for many popular personal information managers, including
PC-based organizers (referred to as applications), PDA devices, and
Web-based organizers (referred to as services).

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Protect your investment with free updates
Starfish frequently updates its synchronization software, to ensure
that customers can synchronize with the most recent releases of
supported software and devices. For details, see “Free Software
Updates” on page 6.
Manage your SMS messages
Use TrueSync SMS for composing and reading SMS messages on
your PC. Quickly select previous recipients, re-send previous
messages, and use contact name and number information stored in
TrueSync Desktop.
Introducing TrueSync Desktop 2.1
IncludedwithyourpurchaseisTrueSync®Desktop2.1,aneasy-to-use,
full-featured PC organizer for managing your contact names and
addresses, calendar events, to do items, calls, and memos. TrueSync
Desktop has Starfish’s TrueSync technology built in, so you can keep
your information current and accessible anywhere. For additional
information on TrueSync Desktop read the TrueSync Desktop and
Synchronization Guide (see “For more information” on page 18).

6Introduction
Introducing TrueSync Plus
TrueSync Plus is also included with your purchase. Use it for setting up
and starting synchronizations without opening TrueSync Desktop. For
example, if you maintain your contacts in Outlook, use TrueSync Plus to
synchronizethatinformation withyourphone.Fordetailsonstartingand
setting up TrueSync Plus for synchronization, see “Getting Started” on
page 7.
Free Software Updates
The TrueSync component that adds synchronization support for an
information manager is referred to as an accessor. Starfish continually
provides updates of its accessors and other software components.
To check the Starfish Web site for software updates, after installing
TrueSync Plus or TrueSync Desktop, click the Windows Start button.
Choose Programs | TrueSync Plus | Product Updates or Programs |
TrueSync Desktop | Product Updates. TrueSync's Component Install
program will start.
Check the Internet checkbox (and clear the other checkboxes) in the
first screen, and then click Next.

7Getting Started 7
Chapter0Getting Started
Learn how to start synchronizing information to your phone
This chapter explains the steps needed to start synchronizing
information to your Motorola L-Series phone.
Setting up infrared communications
Before you install TrueSync, perform the following steps to check that
your phone communicates with your computer using infrared:
1
Click the Windows Start button, and choose Settings | Control
Panel, then run the Infrared Monitor (double-click the Infrared
icon). If you do not see an Infrared icon, you must install the
Windows Infrared Monitor software from your Windows
distribution.
2
Activate the IR port on your phone, as described in the Phone
Setup section of your phone’s documentation. The IR port will
deactivate in one minute if the phone does not detect another IR
port, such as the infrared lens on your IR reader.
3
Align the infrared lens on your phone with the infrared lens on the
IR reader. When infrared communications are in progress, the

8Getting Started
Infrared Monitor will indicate this and you are ready to skip to
“Choosing your PIM” on page 9.
Troubleshooting IR communications:
If the IR reader is not communicating, Windows may prompt you to
specify an infrared driver.
The Infrared
Monitor indicates
when the IR
reader is
communicating
with the phone.

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1 Select the file lser7389.inf in the root of the Motorola L-Series
CD-ROM. After Windows installs the driver, restart your
computer.
2 Restart the Infrared Monitor in the Windows Control Panel and
double-check that communication is now occurring.
Choosing your PIM
The personal information manager (PIM) you choose to maintain your
contact information on your computer—either TrueSync Desktop or
another PC-based organizer, such as Microsoft®Outlook®—
determines how you will synchronize information between your phone
and the computer. Refer to the following table:
Installing the TrueSync software
Insert the TrueSync CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The
installationshouldlaunchautomatically.Ifitdoesnot,clickStartonthe
Windows taskbar, then choose Run. Enter D:\SETUP.EXE (where D is
the letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive), then click OK.
If your PIM is: Synchronize using:
TrueSync Desktop TrueSync Desktop’s TrueSync view, or
TrueSync Plus
Other PC-based organizer TrueSync Plus

10 Getting Started
Configuring TrueSync
After installation, TrueSync Plus or TrueSync Desktop starts
automatically. If you have installed TrueSync Desktop, click the
TrueSync icon on the Deskpad to display the TrueSync view. The
TrueSync Setup Wizard assists you in providing the basic information
needed to start synchronizing.
1 The Setup Wizard begins with the Welcome page. In each Setup
Wizard page, make your selections and click Next. You can click
Back to make changes in previous pages. Click Next now to
continue.
2 Specify the serial port on your computer to use for infrared
communication.

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NOTE Specify the virtual port, created when you installed the infrared
reader software, not the physical port you plug the reader into. To
determine which port to select:
1. Run the Infrared Monitor (double-click the Infrared icon) and click
the Options tab.
2. Look beneath the “Enable infrared communication on:” option.
The Communications port listed as “Providing application support
on” is the port to select.

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3 If prompted, select your PIM (TrueSync Desktop users may not see
this prompt). Then specify where the PIM’s data is located.
Depending on the PIM you choose, you may have the option of
specifying a different data folder by clicking the Browse button, or
selecting data folders or categories on additional wizard pages.

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3 Select the Web-based organizer service you want to synchronize or
select NONE. You may see additional screens asking you to enter
your user name and password for the service.
4 Make sure your phone is communicating with the computer as
described in “Setting up infrared communications” on page 7, and
then click Next. TrueSync reads the data from the clients you have
selected. No data is transferred or deleted during this step.

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5 TrueSync sets up synchronization for the clients you have chosen
and displays a summary of its choices, such as:
Examine the files, folders, and categories TrueSync has selected
for synchronization. To make changes, click Change Settings. To
accept the settings, click Finish.
6 If you clicked Change Settings, you will see a setup page such as the
example shown below. Match a category on your phone to be
synchronized with a folder in your PIM by aligning the category and

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folder names on the same row
. Click in any cell to select from
available choices on that client. If you align <not mapped> in one
column with an item in another column, that item will not be
synchronized.
NOTE If your SIM card does not include memory for storing user
data, and you attempt to synchronize to SIM Card Memory,
you will see error messages from TrueSync. Contact your
Cellular Service Provider for details about your SIM card.
Click any cell
to display a
list of the
folders or
categories
available on
this client.
Align a folder
in the PIM
column with a
category on
your phone

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7 When you have completed your selections, click OK. Examine the
settings on the summary page, and then click Finish.
8 If you chose to install other components:
If you installed an additional device, you may be asked whether
you want to synchronize with it and how you connect the device to
your computer. If you chose an online service, you may be asked
whether you want to synchronize with that service and, depending
on the service, your service username, password, and connection
method
.
When the TrueSync window displays, you are ready to synchronize.

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How to synchronize
Afteryou havecompletedyour setup,theTrueSyncwindowwill resemble
the figure below, with your choices shown. To synchronize, make sure
yourphone iscommunicating withyour computeras describedin“Setting
up infrared communications” on page 7, and then click the TrueSync
globe
.
Click the TrueSync
globe to synchronize.
The TrueSync
Log shows the
results of your
synchronizations
.
Click the plus
signs (+) to
expand the log
entries. Select
an error
message and
press F1 to see
error message
Help.

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For more information
Your product CD-ROM contains electronic copies of this QuickStart
Guide and the TrueSync Desktop and Synchronization Guide. Use the
free Adobe®Acrobat Reader to read these manuals.
To install Acrobat Reader:
Insert the TrueSync CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. Click Start on
the Windows taskbar and choose Run. Enter:
D:\Acrobat\acrobat.exe
where Dis the letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive. Then click OK.
To read the manuals:
The QuickStart Guide is in a file named phone.pdf and the TrueSync
Desktop and Synchronization Guide is truesync.pdf.
WiththeTrueSyncCD-ROMinyour CD-ROMdrive,clickStartonthe
Windows taskbar and choose Run. Enter:
D:\Documentation\guidename.pdf
where Dis the letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive and guidename is
either phone or truesync, depending on which manual you want to open.
Then click OK.
NOTE If you want to print either file, Adobe recommends using a
postscript printer for best resolution.

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Starting TrueSync
After the installation and setup has completed, start future TrueSync
sessions using one of the following methods.
TrueSync Desktop users:
Open TrueSync Desktop and click the TrueSync icon on the
Deskpad or select View | TrueSync.
TrueSync Plus users:
Right-click the TrueSync icon in the Windows taskbar, and click
Configure or click Start | Programs | TrueSync Plus | TrueSync
Launcher.
Start TrueSync
from the taskbar
or
your Windows
Start menu.

20 Tips and Tricks
Chapter0Tips and Tricks
Learn how to customize your synchronizations
After you have completed the TrueSync Setup Wizard, you can change
your initial settings at any time, including:
‹whether or not to overwrite the data on your L-Series phone
‹which PIM(s) you want to synchronize with your phone
‹which of your PIM’s files, folders, or categories contain the data
you want to synchronize
‹which contacts and phone numbers you want to synchronize
‹how you want contact names displayed on the phone