HP (Hewlett-Packard) Travel Phone manual

HP Travel Phone User’s Guide V ersion 1.0[...]

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T able of Contents iii Table of Contents W elcome ........................................................................................................................ . 1 Over view ....................................................................................................................... . 1 Getting St arted ........................[...]

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HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 1 We l c o m e W elcome to the HP Travel Phone User’ s Guide. Read this guide carefully to get the most out of your Hewlett-Packard product wi th Skype, and keep this guide in a safe place for future reference. Thank you for purchasing your HP product. W e ho pe that you spend many happy hours using it and chattin[...]

2 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide Apart from the usual number keys, the HP Travel Phone has special keys. See Making Calls for more information on using these special keys. Getting Started What is Skype? Skype software enables you to make free* ca lls to your friends all over the world. Skype also offers paid ser vices such as SkypeOut, SkypeIn, a[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 3 Glossary of T erms The following terms are used in this user guide. ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) Broadband Internet connection wh ere the download speed is fa ster than the upload speed. Application Software running on your computer , such as the HP T ravel Phone software. CPU (Central Processing Unit[...]

4 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide Connecting the HP T ravel Phone T o connect the HP Travel Phone, plug the USB cable from the phone into an av ailable USB port on your computer or into a powered USB hub. Insert the CD-ROM into your computer; this w ill in stall the HP T ravel Phon e and Skype software, and enable you to get the maximum benefit wh[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 5 HP Software Installation 1 Insert the CD into your computer CD-ROM dr ive; the setup should star t automatically . If it does not start automatically , browse the CD-ROM drive using My Computer or Windows Explorer and click setup.exe . 2 At the InstallShield Wizard welc ome screen, click Next to continue, or cli c[...]

6 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 4 Enter your User Name and Company Name . W e recommended selecting the Anyone who uses this computer (all u sers) option. Click Next to continue with the installation. 5 For ease of installation, select Complete . Click Next to continue with the installation. 6 Click Install to continue with the installation.[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 7 The Setup Status screen shows the software insta llation progress, which can ta ke several minutes to install. 7 Click Finish to complete the installation of the HP T ravel Phone software. NOTE: Make sure you read and understand th e important info before using your HP T ravel Phone for the first time.[...]

8 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide Restoring your Default Audio De vice back to the Sound Card When you install the HP T ravel Phone on the computer , it is automatically set by Windows as the default audio device. All sounds, such as music, Windows, and game sounds, play through the phone and not the computer speakers. T o play these sounds throug[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 9 Skype Software Installation If you already have the latest version of the Skype sof tware installed, you can canc el the Skype installation at this point and ignore this section. Skype Licence Agreement 1 Read the Skype End User Licence Ag reement. If you agree, click Y es, I ha ve read and accept th e Skype End U[...]

10 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide This screen shows the Skype software installat ion progress, which can take several minutes. 3 When the installation is complete, click Star t Skype .[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 11 Registering as a Skype User 1 After installing Skype, you can see the Create Account scr een. 2 If you do not have a free Skype user account, enter your details as requested, and then click Sign In to continue.[...]

12 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 3 If you have a Skype account, the Create Account sc reen is not shown. Enter your Skype user name and password, and then click Sign in .[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 13 Another Program W a nts T o Use Skype The first time you sign into Skype with the HP application running, you must authorize the connection access by selecting Allow this pr ogram to use Skype , and then clicking OK . Running the Software This section describes how to start an d close the HP Travel Phone software[...]

14 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide Configuration 1 Right-click the HP T ravel Phone icon on th e Windows SysT ray . 2 Click Setting . Audio Out Use the slider to adjust the volume for incoming ca lls. Y ou can also use the volume keys on the phone during a call. Ringer Use the slider to adjust the ringer volume. Y ou can also use the volume keys o[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 15 Making Calls Skype Contacts List Pick up the travel phone and press the Up / Down keys to scroll through your Skype Contacts list. After you highlight the desired contact, simply press the Dial key to make a call to that contact. Alpha-numeric Dialling Press the Contacts key followed by * to enter alpha-numeric d[...]

16 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide T roubleshootin g This section covers uninstalling the software and general troubleshooting. Uninstalling HP Software 1 Click the Windows Start Button ® and select Control Panel . 2 Select Add/Remove programs. 3 Select HP T ra vel Phone and click Remove . Then follow the on-screen instructions. 4 After the unins[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 17 Frequently Asked Questions Why does my HP T ravel Phone not ring for inco ming calls? See I can’t dial any numbers. What c ould be wrong? I can’ t dial any numbers. What could be wrong? There could be several reasons for this: • If you just installed the HP T ravel Phone software, tr y restarting the comput[...]

18 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide Identifying Software V ersions T o identify the version of the HP Travel Phone software, right-click the HP T ravel Phone icon on the SysT ray and click About . T o identify the version of Skyp e software, within Skype, click Help and then click About . T o close the window , click the window .[...]

HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide 19 Software Updates Periodically , software updates become available. HP T rav el Phone Updates From time to time software updates may become available on the HP support W eb site. Skype Updates If new versions of Skype are available, you are notified automatically , unless you disabled the Automatic updates option [...]

20 HP T ravel Phone User’ s Guide T echnical Specifications Cable length 1.6 metres Supply voltage 5 V DC ± 5% from PC USB port Current consumption In use < 200mA Standby , approx 500uA Max power consumption 1W Frequency response Microphone 100 Hz to 7 kHz Speaker 100 Hz to 5 kHz Ringer output >70dBA SPL Keys 0–9, * and # Scroll up/down [...]