Month: May 2007

This was not intuitive unless you consulted the documentation. Here's how you do it...

Activate Bluetooth®:
1. Starting with the phone, click with the trackwheel to bring up the menu.
2. Scroll to and select "Options."
3. Select "Bluetooth."
4. Look in the top left hand corner of the screen and if it reads, "Bluetooth: Enabled," skip to step 6. If it reads "Bluetooth: Disabled," proceed to step 5.
5. To enable Bluetooth, click the trackwheel. A drop down menu will appear, and select "Enable Bluetooth."

Putting the Headset into Pairing Mode:
6. Put down the phone and pick up the headset. Starting with the headset powered off, hold down the Call button for 6 to 10 seconds until the light stays lit. (Initially, the light will flash a few times before staying lit.) If the light is flashing, or if the light starts flashing anytime during steps 7 through 12, the headset is not in pairing mode, and this step (step 6) needs to be repeated, beginning with the headset powered off.

Select the HS820 Headset:
7. Go back to the phone, and click with the trackwheel.
8. On the drop down menu, select "Add Device." The phone will start searching for Bluetooth enabled devices.
9. On the screen, a list of one or more devices will appear. Once the phone is finished searching, select "Motorola HS820."
10. A screen will pop up asking for the passkey. Enter the passkey 0000, and click using the trackwheel. A screen will appear confirming that the pairing is complete. Since pairing is complete, the light on the device will be flashing.
11. To be able to use the device after pairing is complete, underneath the screen heading "Paired Devices," select "Motorola HS820."
12. On the drop down menu, select "Connect." Now the devices are paired and connected.

Recently got a Blackberry 8703e and it rocks! New to a Blackberry? Here's one thing you'll want to change. If your deleted messages don't sync up with Exchange, do this:

In 'messages', select:
Messages Options > Email Reconciliation > Delete On > Change Option > Mailbox & Handheld

Here are some other shortcut keys you'll want to know:

Phone

• To call a speed dial number, hold an assigned letter key.
• To dial the last number that you typed, press the Space key and press the Enter key.
• To assign speed dial to a letter, hold a letter key. Type a number.
• To call your voice mail access number, hold 1.
• To change the volume during a call, roll the trackwheel.

Reset

• To reset your handheld, press the Alt key and the Shift key and the Backspace key.