Palm TM Zire Zire 71 Instruction sheet

Read This First

Here’s what you’ll do:
■Charge and set up your Palm™Zire™71 handheld.
■Install Palm™Desktop software.
■Learn to use your handheld.
Important! Already use a Palm™handheld?
■Synchronize your old handheld with your computer so that the information is up-to-date.
■Go to www.palm.com/support/globalsupport to learn how to smoothly transfer your information
to your new handheld.
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Palm™Zire 71™handheld
USB HotSync®cradle
Palm™Desktop
software CD-ROM
Power adapter
Software Essentials CD-ROM
START HERE
Contents

a. Connect the HotSync®cradle to the computer.*
b. Connect the adapter to the cradle.
c. Plug the adapter into an outlet
NOTE: On some
cradles, the adapter
cable may plug into
a tail on the back of
the USB connector
instead of the back
of the cradle.
*Windows NT systems and systems without USB ports require a serial cradle, sold separately.
USB
Connect
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a. Place your Zire™71 handheld into the cradle.
b. Charge for at least two hours.
Charge
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a. Remove the handheld from the cradle.
1. Tilt it forward.
2. Lift up.
b. Turn on the handheld by pressing the
power button.*
c. Remove the stylus: Slide the stylus out of
the slot.
d. Follow the Setup instructions on the
screen.
e. Tap firmly the center of at least 3 targets.
StylusPower button
Center
Set up
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* Problems? See the “Troubleshooting” section
in the upcoming pages.

TIP: To access the camera shutter button, camera lens, and reset button, open the
camera as described in “Take a photo on your handheld” section in the upcoming
pages.
Expansion card slot
IR (infrared) port Headphone jack
Menu
Date Book
(Press to turn on handheld
and open Date Book.)
Address Book
(Press to turn on handheld
and open Address Book.)
5-way Navigator Palm™Photos
(Press to turn on handheld and open
Palm Photos.)
Note Pad
(Press to turn on handheld
and open Note Pad.)
Find
Power button
(Press to turn handheld on/
off.)
Home
(Tap to go to Applications
Launcher.)
Stylus
Favorite

Enter appointments, addresses, and other information using Palm Desktop software. Then
transfer the information to your handheld using the HotSync process. It’s the fastest way to enter
lots of information.
NOTE: You must install the version of Palm Desktop software included in this
package.
a. Put the Palm Desktop software CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
c. After you complete the installation, tap
Home to open the Applications Launcher.
* Problems? If installation or the HotSync process did not work, see “Troubleshooting” section in the
upcoming pages.
INSTALL SOFTWARE
Install Palm™ Desktop software on your computer
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Windows:
b. Follow the installation instructions that
appear on your computer screen.*
Mac:
b. Double-click the Palm Desktop
Installer icon.*

Windows:
a. Double-click the Palm Desktop icon on
your computer desktop.
b. In Palm™Desktop software, click New
Event in the lower-left corner.
c. Enter the appointment, and then click OK
to save it.
Mac:
a. In the Palm folder, double-click the Palm
Desktop icon.
b. Create or select a username to identify
your information.
c. From the Create menu, select Event.
d. Enter the appointment, and then click OK
to save it.
ENTER AND SYNCHRONIZE YOUR INFORMATION
Try it! Schedule an appointment on your computer
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a. Open the camera: Rest the tip of your
thumb below the 5-way navigator and
push the bottom of the front plate of your
handheld upward about half an inch.
b. Aim the lens on the back of yourhandheld
at the photo subject to preview the photo
on the screen.
c. Press the camera shutter button.
d. Close the camera: Slide the top portion of
your handheld downward.
Camera shutter
button
Take a photo on your handheld
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