
Introduction
Congratulations and thank you for buying the Sony Ericsson GPRS PC Card
Modem GC75.The GC75 is a triple band GSM product that enables you to
communicate wirelessly from your laptop on all five continents, in over one
hundred and sixty countries. As the GC75 provides wireless communications you
no longer need to carry cables, telephone jack converters, chargers and batteries. The
GC75 is very simple to install and use; the software provided allows you to select the
best Data service available so that the GC75 is always available for data transfer.
The GC75 enables your laptop PC to:
? Browse the Internet
? Send and receive e-mails
? Receive information services in real time
? Access files, databases and discussion groups\
? Edit SIM card entries
Hardware Overview
The GC75 is a standard 16 bit type II PC card. The card is standard length and only the
antenna protrudes outside the PC card slot. The amount of power drawn from the laptop
battery is dependant upon a number of factors including status, frequency band,
distance to GSM base station and number of timeslots used. See Technical
Specifications on page 48 for a general guide to power consumption.
Before you can start using the GC75 you need to put the hardware together. You will
also need a SIM card.
SIM Card
When you subscribe to Mobilink, you are issued with a SIM card (Subscriber
Identity Module card). The SIM contains your personal subscriber data. You need a SIM
to use GC75.
Software Overview
Mobilink Connect Console 75