User's Manual

After first time login

1 Select Menu > IM > Connect.

The User ID screen appears with your user name.

2 Select Options > OK, enter your password, and select Options > OK.

After you have logged into IM initially, you have the option of a manual login or an

automatic login. See “Automatic login” on page 102 for information on setting up

automatic login.

• SET YOUR AVAILABILITY

You can determine if other users can tell whether you are available or not.

From the IM online menu, select Availability and one of the following options:

Available—Others see your status as online and you receive availability information

and messages from others.

Away—Even though others see your status as online, you do not receive availability

information and messages from others.

Appear offline—Even though others see your status as offline, you receive

availability information and messages from others.

• IM CONVERSATIONS

You can send instant messages to anyone who uses the same IM service as you do

and if you have that person’s user name. You can also add that person to IM

Contacts during an IM conversation. See “IM contacts” on page 99 for more

information. More than one IM conversation can be active at the same time.

Conversation view

The conversation view of your IM conversation shows your initial message at the

bottom of the screen, followed by the reply. As the conversation progresses, the

most recent message appears at the top of the screen, causing the last message to

move down one level.

The conversation is still active, even if you leave the conversation view. You can

return to it when you want.

1 From the IM online menu, select IM Contacts > Conversations.

2 Select the IM conversation you want and Open.

Write and send

1 From the IM online menu, select IM Contacts > Write to other.

2 Enter the user name of the person to whom you want to send an instant