America PDA User Manual for Telus

56 Synchronizing Information With Your Computer
5.4 Synchronizing With Your Computer
Connect and synchronize your device with your computer using the USB cable or Bluetooth connection.
Start and stop synchronization
You can manually synchronize either from your device or computer.
From your device
On the TouchFLO 3D Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then touch Sync Data; or
Tap
Start > Programs > ActiveSync, then tap Sync. To end synchronization before it completes, tap
Stop.
Tip To delete a partnership with one computer completely, disconnect your device from that computer first. In
ActiveSync on your device, tap Menu > Options, tap the computer name, then tap Delete.
From Windows Mobile Device Center
1. Click Start > All Programs > Windows Mobile Device Center.
2. Click
at the lower left of the Windows Mobile Device Center. To end synchronization before it
completes, click
.
From ActiveSync on your computer
When you connect your device to your computer, ActiveSync automatically opens on your computer and
synchronizes.
To manually start synchronization, click
.
To end synchronization before it completes, click
.
Change which information is synchronized
You can change the information types and the amount of information to synchronize for each type either on
your device or your computer. Follow the steps below to change synchronization settings on your device.
Note Before changing synchronization settings on your device, disconnect it from your computer.
1. In ActiveSync on your device, tap Menu > Options.
2. Select the check box for any items you want to synchronize. If you cannot select a check box, you might
have to clear the check box for the same information type elsewhere in the list.
3. To change synchronization settings for an information type, for instance,
E-mail, select it and tap
Settings.
You can then set the download size limit, specify the time period of information to download, and more.
Notes • Some information types such as Favorites, Files and Media cannot be selected in ActiveSync Options on
your device. You can only select or clear these items from your computer’s Windows Mobile Device Center or
ActiveSync.
• A computer can have sync partnerships with many different Windows Mobile powered devices, but a device
can have sync partnerships with at most two computers. To ensure that your device will synchronize properly
with both computers, set up the second computer using the same synchronization settings you used on the first
computer.
• Outlook e-mail can be synchronized with only one computer.
Troubleshoot sync connection problem
In some cases, when the computer connects to the Internet or a local network, it may disconnect the
connection with your device in favor of the Internet or network connection.
If this happens, tap
Start > Settings > Connections tab > USB to PC, then clear the Enable advanced
network functionality check box. This makes your computer utilize a serial USB connection with your device.
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