Quick Start Guide
Vodafone Mobile Broadband
USB Stick
Designed for Vodafone
Welcome
to the world of mobile communications
1 Welcome
2 Set up your USB Stick
4 Connect – Standard window
5 Settings – Advanced window
9 USB Stick LED lights
12 Glossary
Welcome
Your new Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Stick lets you connect your computer to the internet over the Vodafone highspeed mobile phone network.
Browse the web
You can now access the web and any other internet service wherever there’s a mobile phone network.
Pick up emails
Keep up to date with your emails , wherever you are. You can also access your personal email accounts – even web-based accounts like Hotmail.
Send and receive SMS text messages
You can send and receive SMS text messages straight from your computer. The SMS application provides an easy way to view messages, write new ones, and manage contact details.
System Requirements
To use this USB Stick and the Vodafone Mobile Broadband application, you need:
– A computer running Microsoft
®
Windows
(SP1 recommended), or Windows
®
®
7, Windows Vista™
XP SP3, or an Apple Mac running Mac OS
®
X 10.4.11 (Intel
®
) or 10.5.8, or above. 10.6.2 or above recommended - 10.4.11 not supported on PowerPC.
– At least 100 MB free disk space and 256 MB RAM memory
– A USB socket
– Administrator rights on your computer.
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Set up your
USB Stick
• Insert your SIM as shown.
• If you are using a MicroSD memory card with your Stick (to allow your Stick to behave as a fl ash memory drive), insert the card as shown.
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• Plug the USB Stick fi rmly into your computer’s USB port.
Start the application
On Microsoft Windows computers
The fi rst time you plug your USB Stick into your computer, it should be set up automatically. If for some reason setup does not start, right-click on the VMC Lite 10.x.x.x drive in ‘My Computer’,
(Start menu>Computer on Vista), select ‘Explore’ and doubleclick the fi le called setup_vmb_lite.exe
on the USB Stick.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Setting up your USB Stick may take a few minutes, but once setup is complete, the Vodafone Mobile Broadband Lite application should start automatically. If for some reason it does not start, select Vodafone Mobile Broadband from the Windows
Start menu.
The first time you run the application, your
USB Stick will usually be set as the current device. If it is not, open the ‘Devices’ view, and select your USB Stick there.
On Mac OS X computers
The fi rst time you plug in your USB Stick, it will show up on your desktop as a Vodafone Mobile Broadband disk. Drag the
Vodafone Mobile Broadband icon from the disk window into the
Applications folder on your hard disk.
Double-click the Vodafone Mobile Broadband icon in your
Applications folder to start the application. The application will start, identify your device, create the correct mobile connection settings and select a mobile network. Once the application is ready to connect, the Connect button will be enabled.
For further details, select Vodafone Mobile Broadband Help in the Help menu.
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Connect –
Standard window
As a rule, anywhere you can make a call on your mobile phone, you should be able to open a mobile connection.
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Connect/Disconnect
Connect to the internet via the mobile phone network or
Wi-Fi, to browse the web or use email
Status
Check the status of the current connection
Start SMS application
Send, receive and manage SMS messages and contacts
Advanced
Switch to Advanced to show more detail
Help
View Help topics
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Settings –
Advanced window
The connection type icons are animated whenever a connection is open.
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Application menu
View Options, Support and Updates, or exit the application
Views
Check the status of all connections, prioritise connections, check your usage, and manage devices or shortcuts
Ribbon
Customise settings for the items in each view
Connections
View the status of all connection types
Standard
Switch to Standard to show just the current connection
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SMS Text
Messaging
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Click SMS on the Shortcuts bar at the bottom of the
V odafone Mobile Broadband Lite application to open the
SMS application.
To send an SMS
Click New at the left-hand end of the SMS toolbar to create a new SMS text message.
Address
Enter the recipients here, or choose them from Contacts
Message
Write your message here
Send
Click on the Send button to send your message.
The number displayed to the person who receives your message will be from your data
SIM, not your mobile phone. Use a short
‘signature’ to make sure people know you sent them a message:
Settings/Messages/
Signature.
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After your SMS has been sent, it will be stored in the Sent list.
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Receiving SMS
When you receive a new message, an SMS Noti fi cation is shown brie fl y so you can respond to it directly.
The SMS application will receive text messages whenever you have mobile network coverage.
The received message can also be read from the Inbox in the main SMS window.
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SMS Contacts
Click Contacts on the SMS navigation bar to open the Contacts list, in which you can save SMS numbers that you use frequently as contacts with names.
Enter the name and number of your contact using the international format for the number, eg.
+447774477000.
New SMS Contact
Clicking the New button on the SMS toolbar opens a new contact window.
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USB Stick LED lights
The LED light on your USB Stick shows which kind of mobile network has been found, and whether the USB Stick is connected to that network.
Green blinking
A GPRS network has been found – you could connect
Green solid
Connected via GPRS
Blue blinking
A 3G network has been found – you could connect
Blue solid
Connected via 3G
Light blue solid
Connected via 3G Broadband.
Signal strength
The strength of the mobile or Wi-Fi network signal is shown by the symbol to the left of the Connect button, and by the icon in the Windows Noti fi cation area.
The more bars that are fi lled in, the better the signal quality. At least one bar must be fi lled in order to connect.
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Hints and tips
If you don’t see your USB Stick in the list of devices
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Remove the USB Stick
Re-start your computer
Re-insert the USB Stick.
If no network can be found
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Change your physical location: in a building, move closer to a window, move higher up, or go outside
(Windows) Open the Advanced window, open the ‘Priorities’ view, click ‘Mobile’ in the ‘Select Network’ group on the Ribbon, and see if you can connect to one of the networks listed
(Mac) Select ‘Connections’, open ‘Mobile Connections’, doubleclick the top-most settings, click ‘Select Networks’ and see if you can connect to one of the networks listed
Contact Support, and check that data services and roaming are enabled on your account.
If no connection can be opened
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– Wait a few minutes and try to connect again. This is most often a temporary problem, especially if an ‘Error 631’ or ‘Error 619’ is
referenced. If the problem persists, please call Support.
Exit the application completely (Mac - quit), and then re-start it
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Re-start your computer
(Windows) Open the Advanced window, open the ‘Devices’ view, select your device, click the ‘Bearer’ button in the ‘Hardware’ group on the Ribbon, and select a different bearer, eg. ‘3G Only’
(Mac) Click ‘Devices’, select your device, and then select a different bearer in the drop-down menu, eg. ‘3G Only’
– If you are using a VPN (Virtual Private Network), contact the administrator of your VPN.
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For further help, please visit www.support.
vodafone.com, or call
Support on XXX or
XXXXXXX .
If you have problems when roaming
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Check if you can manually select a network, as described in ‘If no network can be found’ above, especially if the name of the current network in the Mobile Connections module is not Vodafone or a
Partner
Contact Support, and check roaming is enabled for your account.
If the connection keeps switching between GPRS and 3G
– Select a different bearer, eg. ‘3G Only’, as decribed under ‘If no connection can be opened’ on the preceding page
– Switch back to your normal preference when you move locations.
(Windows) If the software does not install, or the install progress bar keeps looping
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From the Windows Start menu, select Settings>Control Panel>
System>Hardware>Device Manager
Expand ‘Universal Serial Bus Controllers’
Right-click ‘USB Mass Storage Device’ and select ‘Uninstall’
– If your devices are not reloaded, select ‘Scan for Hardware changes’ from the ‘Action’ menu.
Check software update preferences
– Set your operating system and other programs to notify you of software updates instead of downloading them automatically– otherwise they may slow down your mobile connection, or exceed your data usage limit.
Usage indication
– The usage window only displays an indication of your data usage.
Please refer to your invoice for the actual amount of data transferred or time connected.
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Gl ossary
Bearer Communication method used for data transport over the mobile network, eg. 3G Broadband, HSPA, 3G, etc.
Built-in data card Mobile data card built into notebook computer. Enables data connections over the mobile phone network.
Data card/USB stick
A device for your computer that you can use to open a data connection over the mobile phone network.
EDGE An enhancement to the GPRS bearer offering higher speeds, although not as fast as 3G Broadband.
GPRS The General Packet Radio Service is a bearer offering higher data speeds than GSM, on which it is based.
GSM Global System for Mobile Communication.
Home network The network of the mobile operator who provided your SIM.
HSPA High-Speed Packet Access bearer, enhancing 3G, including both
HSUPA (Uplink) and HSDPA (Downlink).
HSUPA High-Speed Uplink Packet Access bearer, improving 3G upload speeds to 5.2 megabits per second.
3G The third-generation mobile phone service, as UMTS (Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System) is also known, is a bearer providing higher data speeds.
3G broadband The latest enhancement to the 3G bearer, which is already offering speeds of up to 14.4 megabits per second.
Roaming You can use your mobile device on any other mobile network that has a roaming agreement with your operator, whether in your country or abroad.
SIM Your Subscriber Identity Module is the postage-stamp-sized chip that you will have received together with your mobile contract.
Your SIM has gold contacts on one side.
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The term Mobile Broadband together with the
‘birds’ design is a trademark of GSMC Limited.
© Vodafone 2010. Vodafone and the
Vodafone logos are trade marks of the Vodafone Group. Any product or company names mentioned herein may be the trade marks of their respective owners.
Product Code:
K3805-Z VMBLite R10 01/10_en_GB
