Iridium Go Users Manual

 

Iridium GO! User Manual 

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Contents

1: Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2:    Important safety and regulatory information/ 

Renseignements importants sur la sécurité .............................................................................................................................. 2

Maximum permissible exposure calculations / Calcul de l’exposition maximale permise ............................................ 2

FCC notices / Avis de la FCC .................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Batteries / Batteries .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Emergency calling / Appels d’urgence  .............................................................................................................................................8

Emergency mode (SOS button) / Mode d’urgence (bouton SOS) ........................................................................................10

Antenna care / Soin de l’antenne ......................................................................................................................................................10

Electronic Devices / Appareils électroniques ...............................................................................................................................12

3:  Device overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................14

4:   Getting started with Iridium GO! ..................................................................................................................................................15

STEP ONE:  Set up the Iridium GO! device .....................................................................................................................................15

STEP TWO:  Set up your smartphone ...............................................................................................................................................20

STEP THREE:  Pair Iridium GO! with your smartphone ...............................................................................................................22

STEP FOUR:  Configure the application ...........................................................................................................................................23

5: Using Iridium GO! and your smartphone ....................................................................................................................................33

Contacts .....................................................................................................................................................................................................35

Placing a call  ............................................................................................................................................................................................35

Text messages  .........................................................................................................................................................................................36

Twitter .........................................................................................................................................................................................................37

Notifications ..............................................................................................................................................................................................37

6: Additional information ........................................................................................................................................................................38

Device features ........................................................................................................................................................................................38

Advanced Features portal ....................................................................................................................................................................41

Additional user guide  ...........................................................................................................................................................................41

Example uses of Iridium GO!  ..............................................................................................................................................................42

Troubleshooting  .....................................................................................................................................................................................45

7:  Iridium GO! owner information .....................................................................................................................................................49

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1: Introduction

Iridium GO! provides the freedom of using your smartphone everywhere on the planet by simply 

downloading the Iridium GO! application on your Android™ or Apple® iOS device.  

The Iridium GO! solution consists of four important components:

Iridium GO! device

Iridium satellite 

network

Your smartphone/tablet

(Apple iOS or Android)

Applications for Iridium GO!

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Important:  Free Iridium GO! and Iridium Mail & Web applications are available from Iridium’s application download section on the 

Apple iOS App Store

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 and Google Play™ marketplace.  For additional optimized applications that are compatible with Iridium GO! 

and the Iridium network, visit: www.iridiumgo.com. Standard applications that require broadband network access are not supported 

for use with Iridium GO! 

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