Tornado BB3G User manual

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Quick Start Guide

Push To Experience
The Push To Experience Service (PTX) is the ultimate business tool for you to
communicate with your colleagues.
The base PTX service, Push To Talk (PTT), will allow you to hold one-to-one and
one-to-many conversations at the push of the button.
You will be able to set your availability and view your colleagues’ current status.
Manage your PTT contacts and initiate calls to pre-defined or ad-hoc groups.
The BB3G has inbuilt GPS to enable users to be located and it has a dedicated
alert button.
The following guide will enable you to set up and start using PTX on your BB3G.
Contents:
BB3G Key and Handset Layout..............................................................
Getting Started........................................................................................
My Status..................................................................................................
Managing Your Contacts.........................................................................
Making a Push o alk Call.....................................................................
Push o alk Management Features.....................................................
BB3G P X Accessories.............................................................................
Additional Push o Experience Services...............................................
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Front Camera
LCD
Back Key
Left select key
Call Key
* Key
Microphone
Earpiece
Arrow keys
(Left/Right/Up/Down/Ok)
Clear Key
Right Select Key
End/Exit and ON/OFF
# Key
Key and Handset Layout

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Key and Handset Layout
Push To T lk Icons
Below are the commonly used icons used in the PTT application, these will be
referred to within this guide.
Offline Status
Online Status
Online Status of your contacts
Marked Contact
Group (within menu)
Page Me
Contacts
Groups
Current Call
Busy Status
PTT Key
Volume
Up/
Down
Alert Button
Rear Camera
Battery Compartment
Charger /USB Port
& Headset Jack

Getting Started
Ch rging The B ttery
nsert the charger lead carefully with the arrow on the top. The lead only fits one
way. Do NOT use excessive force to insert the lead. You can also charge your
phone by connecting it to the PC using the USB data lead supplied.
f the battery has no charge at all, it may take a few minutes before the charging
indicator appears on the display.
Charging takes 4-5 hours whilst a device is in standby mode.
Setting Up Push To T lk (PTT) For The First Time
PTT will be provisioned remotely by your service administrator or service provider,
however you will need to have your BB3G switched on with an active S M
inserted that has been enabled with the PTT service. Contact your service
administrator or service provider when you are ready to have PTT provisioned.
Using Push To T lk (PTT)
Once you have confirmation that PTT is provisioned go to the main phone menu
to open the P Application.
Alternatively you can access the P Application by pressing the P Button on
the side of the handset.
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Select P PTT home screen

There are 3 Menu Screens in the P Application, scroll left and right to view them.
My Status
My Status informs other users of your availability, and can be manually
changed. You can also view the status of other users, the status modes are;
Ch nging Your St tus
This can be set from any P Screen.
1. Select Menu.
2. Select; 1: My Status, then My Presence and then
set your status from the My Presence menu.
f you want to appear as Offline you will need to sign
out of Push to Talk. This is done from main P Menu by
selecting; 6: Sign Out. You will now appear Offline.
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Current Call Menu Group Contacts
Menu
Your Contacts
Menu
Your
current
status
Contacts
and
status
Current active group call Groups and their status
Online – you are available to accept calls
Busy – you will not be able to accept calls, but can initiate a call
Page Me – you are notified of incoming calls and chose whether
to accept them
Offline – you will not be visible to other users and will not be able to
make/receive calls
My Presence Menu
Your
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Managing Your Contacts
Adding A New Cont ct
You can add new personal contacts by selecting them from an existing group that
you are part of or searching for them by name. New contacts appear in your
Contacts.
Selecting From An Existing Group
1. Scroll to the Groups Menu and Highlight the group containing the contact
you require.
2. Press Actions to access the Actions Menu and select;
1. View Group Members.
3. You will be presented with all contacts in that group, Highlight the contact
you wish to add to your Contacts.
4. Select Actions and then from the Actions Menu select; 6. Add to Contacts.
5. This contact will now be added to your, Contacts.
Selecting By Se rching For A Cont ct
You can search for contacts that are on the same PTX account as you.
1. Go to the main P Menu and select; 3. Add New Contact.
2. Select; 1. Add by Contact Name.
3. Enter part of or the full name you wish to search for, you will be presented
with all names that match your search criteria that are on the same PTX
account as you.
4. Highlight contact you wish to add to your contacts and select Add.
5. This contact will now be added to your Contacts.

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Making a Push to Talk Broadcast
You can make a Push to Talk broadcast to a single contact or groups. Before
making a call you need to understand the Group ypes and the Call Behaviour.
Group Types
When you are set up with PTT your administrator will set you up in one of two
Group ypes,Radio Channels or Broadcast Groups.
Radio Channel – This is a default group that you will always be logged into. You
will broadcast to the whole of this group by pressing the PTT button and hear all
calls broadcast in this group.
Broadcast Group – You will not be in a default group and to broadcast to a group
you must manually select it. Broadcast Groups will take priority over a Radio
Channel and you will be able to interrupt a call on a Radio Channel.
C ll Beh viour
f you join a call then you will remain in this Current Call until there has been no
activity for around 30 seconds. You will then revert back to your default status.
Your Current Call is who you will broadcast to if you press and hold down the P Button.
Bro dc sting To M ny
You can broadcast to your default group, select another group or make an ad-hoc
call to multiple contacts.
Calling Your Default Radio Channel
f you have been set up in a default Radio Channel you can broadcast to this
group by using the P Button.
1. Press and hold down the P Button.
2. Broadcast your message.
3. Release the PTT button to end the broadcast, the recipients can then respond.
Default Radio Channels are set by your administrator.

Broadcast o Another Group
f you have been set up in more than one Group then you can select and
broadcast to these.
1. Go to P Menu and scroll to the Groups Menu.
2. Select Group you wish to
broadcast to and press OK –
a tick will be placed on
this group.
3. Press and hold the P Button
and broadcast your message,
release the button to end.
Broadcast o An Ad-Hoc Group
You can broadcast to an Ad-Hoc Group by selecting contacts from your Contacts
list or by viewing users in one of your Groups.
1. Go to P Menu and scroll to the Groups or the Contacts menu.
2. Select Contacts you wish to
broadcast to and press OK –
a tick will be placed on
these contacts.
3. Press and hold the P Button
and broadcast your message,
release the button to end.
ip: For optimum audio quality hold the BB3G around a foot away from your
mouth when broadcasting a message.
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Bro dc st To An Individu l
You can select the contact you wish to speak to either from your Contacts menu
or by viewing users in one of your Groups.
1. Go to P Menu and scroll to the Groups or Contacts menu
depending on where your required contact is.
2. Select Contact you wish to broadcast to and press OK – a tick will be placed
on this contact.
3. Press and hold the P Button and broadcast your message, release the
button to end.
Request C llb ck
You can request a Callback to any of your contacts, this is useful if you are unsure
of the recipient’s current location and therefore you do not wish to intrusively
interrupt them.
1. Highlight Contact you wish to request a Callback from and select Actions.
2. From the Actions Menu select; 2. Request Callback,this will send a
Callback request to the recipient.
3. The recipient of the Callback request can directly return the call by pressing
the P Button on their device, there is no need for them to select the
contact individually.