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).

5Introduction 5
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.