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O2 3G/GPRSData Card

Mobilise your laptop with fast access to email and the Internet

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O2 3G/GPRS Data Card 2

What you need to get started 4

Using the O2 Data Card 5

Set up your laptop 5

Create your connection profile 6

Get connected! 7

3G or GPRS? 8

Help and support 9

Contents

• The O2 3G/GPRS Data Card

• Installation CD, containing the O2 Connection Manager™ and user guide

• This user guide

• Quick start guide

Need help with O2 Mobile Web?

If you have difficulty connecting to O2 services, please visit

www.o2.co.uk or call your service provider.

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Mobilise your laptop

Make time away from the office work for you by connecting to yourcorporate network.

You can sort out your personal life

Shop online, book holidays, monitor your bank account, organise restaurants,theatre tickets, gifts and accommodation. The possibilities are endless.

And that’s not all. It’s simple to install and works seamlessly with yourexisting software. Read on and experience office on the move; no wires,no cables, just access to your information when you need it.

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Get fast access to email and the Internet on your laptop

In today’s economy the need to remain connected while you are on themove is essential. We believe the O2 3G/GPRS Data Card now offers morefreedom than ever before when it comes to mobile connectivity. You can stayconnected at all times with wireless access to the Internet, email andcorporate networks.*

You can browse

You can access the same sites you visit on your office or home PC.

You can stay in touch

Send and receive email with attachments.

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* Subject to network coverage.

This Data Card comes with O2 Connection Manager software which we havedeveloped to help you get the most out of your laptop and Data Card. The software allows you to control your card as well as your Wireless LANconnection (either built-in to your laptop or as a PC Card). You don’t haveto use Wireless LAN to use this software though – you can use it just foryour O2 card.

The software can be used as your control centre, to launch your webbrowser or email program, as well as to find the nearest O2 Wireless LANaccess point to connect to. You can also track your usage on 3G/GPRS orWireless LAN for the day or across several days – usage is approximate only.

1. Set up your laptop

Before you can use your card, you need to install O2 Connection Manager onyour laptop.

Insert the CD in your CD Drive. The installation program will autostart – if itdoes not, select Start, Run, D:\run.exe where D: is your CD-ROM drive letter.

Follow the instructions to install the software – your machine will berestarted once this is complete.

You will need to read the licence agreement and click Yes if you agree to the conditions. You will not be able to proceed without agreeing to thelicence agreement.

Using the O2 Data Card

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• Subscription to O2’s Data Tariff to use Mobile Web

• An O2 SIM

• This Data Card and the software CD

A laptop PC running

Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP.

Internet Explorer v5.5 SP2, 16Mb free hard disk space, 64Mb RAM or higher,Pentium II 400Mhz.

Windows 2000/XP users must have full administrative privileges to install this software.

If you do not have full administrator rights toyour machine, please contact your internal ITmanager for support.

Do NOT insert the PC Card into your laptop until prompted by the O2 Connection Manager™ software.

Ensure there are no applications, virus checkers or personal firewalls running during the installation of the software.

What you need to get started

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You can also choose which email application to startwhen the email button is pressed on the O2

Connection Manager front screen

If you don’t want to set this up, select None.

Finally, you can name this Profile anything you like.For this example we have chosen O2 Mobile Web.

3. Get connected!

O2 Connection Manager will start up, and your card will be connected to O2.Your card has a coloured light to indicate the status:

Solid RED Searching for a network to connect to

Slow flash RED Reading SIM card

Slow flash GREEN Connected to O2 GPRS service in standby mode

Slow flash BLUE Connected to O2 3G service in standby mode

Solid GREEN/BLUE Connected to the Internet (Green – GPRS, Blue – 3G)

For information on using the O2 Connection Manager please refer to the fullinstruction manual on the CD.

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2. Create your connection profile

When your machine restarts, the profile wizard will be started. This will asksome basic questions to configure the software to work best for you.

At this screen, you should choose the settingsappropriate for you.

As a private user, or for general Internet service, you should select Standard settings. This will setup the software to use Mobile Web, our InternetAccess product.

Customers with corporate services from O2 or who use a VPN (Virtual PrivateNetwork) to connect remotely to their systems, should consult with their ITmanager before proceeding. To enter your connection settings manually,select Customise settings.

Follow the on screen instructions to set up your card and connection. Please ensure you select O2 Data Card – Tri-band.

If you have a Wireless LAN built-in to your laptop or aWLAN card then you can select it here for use withthe O2 WLAN service.

Enter the mobile phone number you will use with ourWLAN service, or leave the fields empty.

Please note that you need to have your O2 account enabled to use WirelessLAN. Please contact your service provider.

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A full user guide for the O2 Connection Manager software is on the CD-ROM.For further help please see www.o2.co.uk or call your service provider.

Help and support

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Your O2 card is tri-band and is designed to work on GPRS networks – asused in many countries around the world – and 3G, the new networks justbecoming available. The card can be set to automatically swap betweenGPRS and 3G – you will see this by the change in the flashing light, fromblue to green and vice versa.

In GPRS mode your average speeds will be equivalent to a dial-up connectionfrom your home PC.

In 3G mode you can achieve speeds close to home broadband.

The speed of your connection is affected by several factors includingcoverage, other users, and what network you’re connected to.

And if you have a WLAN enabled laptop, why not sign up for O2’s Wireless LAN service allowing you broadband access to the Internet at key locationsacross the UK and Europe. Contact your service provider for more details.

3G or GPRS?

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