Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 User Guide - Page 19

To set up synchronization on Windows Vista 1 Connect the phone to the computer using the USB cable that comes with the phone. 2 The Windows® Mobile Device Center automatically starts. Click Set up your device. 3 Select the information types that you want to synchronize. 4 Type a name for the phone, and click Set Up. Starting synchronization To start synchronization from ActiveSync® on your computer using a USB cable • Connect the phone to the computer using the USB cable that comes with the phone. ActiveSync® automatically opens and the synchronization starts. To start synchronization from the phone 1 Connect the phone to the computer using the USB cable that comes with the phone. 2 Phone: Tap > Programs > ActiveSync. 3 Phone: Tap Sync. To start synchronization from Windows® Mobile Device Center on a computer 1 Connect the phone to the computer using the USB cable that comes with the phone. 2 Computer: Click Start > All Programs > Windows Mobile Device Center. 3 Computer: Click at the lower left part of the Windows® Mobile Device Center window. Synchronizing using a Bluetooth connection You can connect and synchronize your phone with a computer using a Bluetooth connection. The computer must have a built-in Bluetooth functionality or else you must use a Bluetooth adapter or dongle togehter with the computer. To synchronize using a Bluetooth link 1 Set up Windows® Mobile Device Center or ActiveSync on the computer. See Help in the phone for instructions. 2 In your phone, tap > Programs > ActiveSync. 3 Make sure the Bluetooth function in both your phone and the computer is turned on and set to visible. For more information, see To turn on Bluetooth™ functionality and make your phone visible. 4 Tap Menu > Connect via Bluetooth. 5 If this is the first time you connect to this computer using a Bluetooth link, you must first complete the Bluetooth wizard in your phone and set up a Bluetooth partnership between your phone and the computer. For more information, see Bluetooth™ partnership. To conserve battery power, turn off the Bluetooth function when not in use. Scheduled synchronization Scheduled synchronization allows you to set specific times for when your phone should connect and synchronize with the Exchange Server. This is an alternative to Direct Push, where all changes and new items are immediately pushed from your phone to a computer and from a computer to your phone. With scheduled synchronization you can set a regular schedule for synchronizing Outlook e-mails and other information. You can set how often to synchronize during peak times (which usually refer to your working hours) when e-mail volume is high, as well as off-peak times when e-mail volume is low. To set up scheduled synchronization 1 Tap > Programs > ActiveSync. 2 Tap Menu > Schedule. 3 Select a time interval in the Peak times box for how frequently you want to receive e-mail. 4 Select a time interval in the Off-peak times box. 5 Mark the Send/receive when I click Send. 6 Tap Adjust peak times to fit your schedule to set the days and hours that make up your peak and off-peak times. To disable all scheduled synchronization, set the values in the Peak times box and the Off-peak times box to Manually. Changing which information is synchronized You can change the information types and the amount of information to synchronize for each type either on your phone or a computer. Follow the steps below to change synchronization settings on your phone. Before changing synchronization settings on your phone it must be disconnected from the computer. To change which information is synchronized 1 Tap Start > Programs > ActiveSync. 2 Tap Menu > Options. 3 Select the check box for any items you want to synchronize. 4 To change synchronization settings for an information type, select it and tap Settings. This allows you to set the download size limit, specify the time period of information to download and more. Use Windows Mobile Device Center In Windows Mobile Device Center you can do the following: • Access synchronization settings to view and change them • Tag and transfer photos from your phone to the Photo Gallery on your Windows Vista PC • Synchronize music and video files using Windows Media® Player. For more information, see Windows Media® Player Mobile • View documents and other files in your phone See Windows Mobile Device Center Help for more information. To access synchronization settings using Windows Vista 1 Click Start > All programs > Windows Mobile Device Center on your Windows Vista computer. 2 Click Mobile Device Settings. To tag and transfer photos from your phone 1 Click Start > All Programs > Windows Mobile Device Center on your Windows Vista computer. 2 Click Pictures, Music and Video > _new pictures/video clips are available for import. A wizard will guide you through the process. To synchronize music and video files using Windows Media Player 1 Click Start > All Programs > Windows Mobile Device Center on your Windows Vista computer. 2 Click Pictures, Music and Video > Add media to your device from Windows Media Player. For more information, see Windows Media® Player Mobile. To view documents and files in your phone 1 Click Start > All Programs > Windows Mobile Device Center on your Windows Vista computer. 2 Click File Management > Browse the content of your device. 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