Introduction[ 2 ]1• UNDERSTAND ABBREVIATIONSFor the purposes of this user guide, the following abbreviations are used:• OBSERVE SAFETY NOTES• Please refer to the user guide of the product for instructions on operation, care and maintenance, including important safetyinformation.• Do not switch on your phone when wireless phone use is prohibited, or when it may cause interference or danger.• Please make backup copies of all important data to protect against possible loss or alteration.• To avoid any potential loss of data, you should not make or receive calls while synchronizing data between the phone and a PC.• Do not point the IR beam at anyone’s eyes or allow it to interfere with other IR devices.• To disconnect the cable from the phone, hold the connector and remove the cable.• LEARN ABOUT INFRARED COMMUNICATIONSInfrared (IR) is one of two available options for connecting your phone and PC. If you choose IR for your connection, please notethat the preferable distance between two devices in an IR connection is a range of three inches to three feet maximum. There mustbe no obstructions between the two devices and the IR ports of the two devices have to be pointing at each other.Your Nokia phone is a Class 1 Laser Product.Enable IR communicationsWindows Millennium Edition (ME), Windows 2000, and Windows XP (Home or Professional) users do not need to enable IRcommunications on their PC prior to using this feature. The IR port is always active.If you use Windows 98, you can use the IR control panel to activate or deactivate IR communications. For more information onenabling IR communications on your phone, please refer to the IR section in your phone’s user guide.Interruptions to IR communicationsYour Windows operating system provides visual and audiblenotification when it senses an interruption to IR communicationsbetween your phone and PC. Windows allows you to re-establish IRcommunications between the two devices so it can resend the data thatwas being transferred when the interruption occurred.LEARN ABOUT IR TIME-OUTIf the IR connection between your phone and PC has not been re-established within 15 seconds, a time-out occurs, meaningWindows no longer searches for your phone and terminates the IR connection.Abbreviation DescriptionPC Refers to both desktop and laptop computersIR InfraredPIM Personal Information Manager (PC-based software program)CSD Circuit Switched Data