User's Manual

9700 Mobile Computer (CE) Reference Manual

1.8.2. USE CRADLE

Direct cradle charging makes use of a Charging & Communication Cradle (hereinafter

“cradle”). The cradle is one of the accessories you can opt for.

Prior to charging, install main battery as described in Install/Remove Main Battery

. Then

follow the steps below:

1) Seat the mobile computer into the cradle. Connect one end of the USB cable to the

Cradle and the other end to the PC.

2) To charge the mobile computer, connect the cradle to an external power source using

the power adapter.

3) Tap Start | Settings | Control Panel | USB Connection

4) To connect to the PC via ActiveSync, chose ActiveSync Serial Mode or ActiveSync

Serial Mode.

To treat the mobile computer as an external storage device, chose Mass Storage – SD

Card. Note that Mass Storage is only supported when as SD card is installed on the

mobile computer.

5) Tap OK on the title bar to apply the settings.

If ActiveSync Serial Mode is selected, see Syncing Tools

and subsequent sections to

know how to use ActiveSync.

Note: The cradle supports USB Host Mode via a USB OTG cable.

Figure 11: Direct Data Communication Using Cradle