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Web en si se encuentra en Estados Unidos, también puede llamar al 1-800-374-2776. Register your new phone, purchase Sony Ericsson original accessories, and see the latest in products by visiting us at www.SonyEricsson.com This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., without any warranty.
Table of Contents Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use...5 Limited Warranty ...10 Getting Started...13 Getting To Know Your Phone...17 Changing Front Covers ...20 Calling ...23 Personalizing Your Phone ...33 Voice Control ...41 Voicemail ...46 Sending and Receiving Items ...55 Setting Up Mobile Internet...56 Messaging...61 WAP ...69 Information Transfer and Exchange...76...
Antenna Only use an antenna that has been specifically designed by Sony Ericsson for your mobile phone. Use of unauthorized or modified antennas could damage your mobile phone and may violate regulations, causing loss of performance and SAR levels above the recommended limits (see below).
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If you wear the mobile phone on your body while it is transmitting, and you do not use a Sony Ericsson or Ericsson original body worn accessory, please ensure that the mobile phone is positioned a minimum of 1.5 cm from your body and that...
We recommend that you use Ericsson or Sony Ericsson handsfree solutions intended for use with your product. Please note that because of possible interference to electronic equipment, some...
Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use Use only Ericsson or Sony Ericsson branded original batteries and chargers intended for use with your mobile phone. Other chargers may not charge sufficiently or may produce excessive heat.
Disposing Of The Battery The battery should never be placed in municipal waste. Please check local regulations for disposal of batteries or call your local Sony Ericsson Customer Care Center for information. FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules.
Sony Ericsson is not liable for any service(s) including operation, coverage, or range of the network services provided by network carriers independent of Sony Ericsson. Limited Warranty Limited Warranty Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. (Sony Ericsson), provides this Limited Warranty for your mobile phone and original accessories delivered with your mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as “Product”).
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Product from the dealer. 2 If Sony Ericsson repairs or replaces the Product, the repaired or replaced Product shall be warranted for the remaining time of the original warranty period or for ninety (90) days from the date of repair, whichever is longer.
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OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THIS LIMITED WARRANTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY ERICSSON OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED...
• A Menu Diagram is located on the inside front cover of this User’s Guide. This is a quick overview of the menus in your Sony Ericsson mobile phone. • Your Quick Reference Card on the side back cover of this manual gives you information about your Sony Ericsson mobile phone that you can take with you.
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Before you can use your phone, you need to: 1 Install your SIM card and lock it in place. 2 Attach and charge your battery. Be sure to use only a Sony Ericsson lithium Note! polymer battery that is listed as compatible with your mobile phone.
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Attaching Your Battery 1 Hold the battery over the back of the phone (the side that should face up is marked). 2 Locate the connector at the end of the blue, red, and black wires and insert the plug. It will only fit one way. Do not force it.
3 Click the back cover into place. Getting Started Charging Your Battery To charge your battery for the first time, attach the phone’s battery to the back of your phone under the back cover. Then, replace the back cover (see “Putting Your Back Cover On”...
Getting To Know Your Phone Phone Views The following diagrams illustrate the front, back, and bottom views of your phone. 1 Earpiece 2 Side volume keys 3 Display 4 Left softkey 5 Joystick (4-way navigation with center push key) 6 Options key 7 Keypad 8 Power On/Off key 9 Clear key...
Standby Screen Icons Every time you power on your phone, you will see the standby screen. You will also see the standby screen when you exit the menu system. This lists all of the icons that could appear on your standby screen. 1 Alarm icon ( ) is displayed if the alarm is set.
Key Functions Softkeys Your phone is equipped with softkeys. The softkey text labels are displayed on the bottom of your display. To use the softkey functions, press the left or right key that is under the text label on the screen. For example, press the left Select...
Changing Front Covers Removing Your Phone’s Covers Your phone is equipped with replaceable covers. For more information on ordering additional covers, see “Ordering Accessories” on page 87. Never use your phone with the front or back cover removed. 1 Use one hand to press down on the back cover latch and the other hand to slide the cover off the phone.
Replacing Your Phone’s Covers 1 Locate the four notches on the front cover (as indicated here). 2 Holding the front cover horizontally (flat) place the keypad in the cover. 3 Push down on each of the notches to secure the keypad in the cover. 4 Locate the tab on the top of the cover.
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If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, Note! the SIM card is blocked and the message appears. To unblock it, you need to blocked enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key). Your PUK is provided by your service provider. 3 Enter the area code (if necessary) and phone number and press to make the call.
Calling Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network. See “Making and receiving calls” on page 21. To change earpiece volume during a call Press the upper or lower side volume key to increase or decrease the earpiece volume.
In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your service provider may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card. Viewing your local emergency numbers Scroll to Phonebook, Special Numbers, Emergency Nos. Receiving calls When you receive a call, the phone rings and indicates who is calling you (if your subscription includes Caller ID service and the caller’s number is identified).
Phonebook Adding a contact 1 Scroll to Phonebook, Add Contact. 2 Scroll to the field you want to fill in, press 3 Enter the information. 4 Press 5 Select the next field and so on. 6 When you have entered the information, scroll to and press and Exit? Proceed...
Speed dialing You can store numbers in your phone’s phonebook or in the phonebook on your SIM card. Speed dialing from your phonebook on your phone • From standby, press and hold one of the number keys 2-9 to find a contact beginning with the first letter on that key (or closest following).
Checking the memory With the Memory status function in your phonebook, you can check how many positions you have left in your memory. To check the phonebook memory, scroll to Memory Status The total number of contacts varies according Note! to the amount of stored information for each contact.
Deleting all contacts Scroll to Phonebook, Contact Mngr., Delete All. Contacts that are saved on the SIM card are not Note! deleted. Groups You can create a group of contacts. By doing so you can send SMS messages to several recipients at the same time.
Multitap text input When saving names in the phonebook or when writing WAP addresses, you enter letters using multitap text input. You press each key as many times as needed to show the letter you want. Entering letters using multitap text input Press the appropriate key, 1 –...
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• – You can choose how your text will Text Format display by altering the Text Size submenus (available when New Paragraph composing SMS messages). • – You can change your input language. Language • – You can choose between Input method input methods.
To... Do this when entering letters using multitap text input: Enter the -sign Press and hold the lower side volume key and press Enter a space Press Delete letters and Press numbers Shift between input Press and hold methods (if T9 is turned on and available).
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If you do not find the word you want by pressing • Press and hold to go to a list of options. • Select Edit Word • Delete the entire word by pressing • Write the new word using multitap text input. The word is added to the dictionary.
Personalizing Your Phone You can adjust the phone settings to suit your own requirements. If you change a setting which is included in Note! a profile, the active profile is also changed. See “Profiles” on page 39. Master reset You can reset all the settings in the phone to the factory defaults by choosing Settings, Master Reset .
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You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for additional melodies, pictures or images that you download to or forward from your mobile phone.
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Press… to… move the cursor down. move the cursor down and right. move the cursor 1, 5, or 10 spaces. and exit the picture. SAVE and exit the picture editor. CANCEL press and hold to clear the picture. switch line thickness. switch between black and white pen color.
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3 Save the setting. Editing a ring sound or melody 1 Scroll to Settings Sounds & Alerts choose a melody, Select Edit • Your keypad now works as a keyboard. Press a key to enter a note. • Press and hold the key to make the note longer.
Not all service providers support Two Line Note! Service. If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a Personal ring sound to up to 10 callers. Setting a specific ring sound for a caller 1 Scroll to Settings, Sounds &...
Date When the phone is in standby mode, you can press the upper or lower side volume key to see today’s date in the Status menu. You can set the date and date format in the menu. Settings, Time and Date The time is also displayed when your phone is Note! in “sleep”...
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Editing a shortcut in My Shortcuts 1 To edit a shortcut, scroll to My Shortcuts 2 Scroll to the menu item that you would like to edit and press . You can choose the shortcut from the list or you can choose to edit the order of the selected shortcut in Position the list.
You can also answer calls using your voice (see “Voice Control” on page 41). User greeting When you turn your phone on or off, the Sony Ericsson greeting appears in the display. Your service provider’s own greeting may be shown instead.
You can also go to www.SonyEricsson.com and download the freeware background picture program to your PC. Once you choose or create a picture, upload it to your area at www.SonyEricsson.com and access your pictures via WAP. Go to Settings, Display, Background, .
Turning voice dialing on and recording number types 1 Scroll to Settings, Voice Control, Name Dialing 2 Select . Now you are going to record a voice command for each number type you use with your phonebook contacts like “home”, “mobile”, “work”, “other”.
The number type is played back to you and the call is connected. From standby, you can also initiate voice dialing, voice profiles and voice memos by: • Pressing and holding the upper or lower side volume key. • Pressing the handsfree button (when using a portable handsfree device).
7 Press to accept the recording or press record. 8 Press and hold the upper or lower side volume key. 9 Release the key, lift the phone to your ear, and listen for the tone. 10Say the profile name. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to record voice commands for the other profiles.
The Magic Word You can record a Magic Word and use it as a voice command. Say the Magic Word and then one of your recorded voice commands. The Magic Word is especially suitable when using a car handsfree kit. Choose a long, unusual word which can easily Note! be distinguished from ordinary background...
Tips when recording If your phone cannot detect speech, one of the following might have happened: • You spoke too softly – try speaking more loudly. • You held the phone too far away – hold it as you do during a call.
Checking the total call time Scroll to Call Info Call Timers Total Calls Checking the call time of your outgoing calls Scroll to Call Info Call Timers Outgoing Time Resetting the total call time 1 Scroll to Call Info Call Timers 2 Select Total Calls Outgoing Time...
More than one call You can handle more than one call simultaneously. For example, you can put an ongoing call on hold, while you make or answer a second call, and then switch between the two calls. During a call the Ongoing Call Note! menu (which you can access by...
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Creating a conference call To create a conference call, you must first have one ongoing call and one call on hold. Joining the two calls into a conference call Scroll to Ongoing Call, Join Calls Adding a new participant 1 Press to put the conference call on hold.
Putting the conference group on hold to make a new call 1 Press Hold 2 Enter the number you wish to call and press Switching between the new call and the conference group Press Hold Ending the new call and return to the conference group Press Hold...
6 Select when the card you want to delete is Delete selected. 7 Press to confirm deletion of the selected calling card. Editing a card number 1 Scroll to Phonebook Calling Cards 2 Enter your phonelock code. 3 Select Card Setup. 4 Scroll to the card number that you want to edit.
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• all incoming calls, All Incoming. • all incoming calls when you are not in your home area, When Roaming. Turning Bar Calls On or Off 1 Scroll to Settings Call Manager 2 Scroll to an option. 3 Select Activate Cancel 4 Enter your password.
Saving fixed numbers 1 Scroll to Phonebook, Special Numbers, Fixed Numbers, Add New 2 Enter your PIN2. 3 Enter the fixed number. 4 Enter the name you want to associate with the number. Closed user groups The Closed User Group function is a way of lowering call costs.
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Selecting an accept option 1 Scroll to Settings, Call Manager, Accept Calls, Accept From 2 Select one of the following: • – You receive all calls as normal. From All • – you only receive calls from callers in the From List Accepted list.
Turning Off Tones If you use the phone display as a notepad, the person you are talking to hears the tone signals when you press keys. 1 Press 2 Press to choose Select Turn Off Tones. Showing or hiding your number If your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification Restriction (CLIR), you can hide your phone number when making a call.
Setting Up Mobile Internet In order to use the Internet, browse via , or send and receive email messages, services you must have a phone subscription that supports data transmission and you must have settings entered. Contact your service provider for the default Note! settings that will work with your specific service.
GPRS settings that are available: • (Access point name address) – the address of the external data network you want to connect to, either an IP address or a text string. • – your user id to log on to the external data User ID network.
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4 Select the setting you want to edit. Edit the setting. 5 Repeat step 4 for other settings you want to edit. Some data accounts may be set up by your Note! service provider and may not be editable. Preferred service You can set GPRS on or off.
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• – You can choose all profiles or just the Save to current profile. • – You can choose Gateway , or settings Change type. An IP address consists of four groups of digits, with a maximum of three in each group. If one of your digit groups consists of only one or two digits, you have to enter a leading zero (0) for each digit that is missing.
Email account settings An email account specifies, for example, the server that is used for your email messages. Contact your service provider for the default Note! settings that will work with your specific service. Creating an email account 1 Scroll to Messages, Email 2 Select Edit Account...
Messaging Your phone supports various messaging services – SMS messages, enhanced text messages with pictures and/or melodies (EMS), and email messages. Please contact your service provider for details on which services you can use. SMS messages Short Message Service (SMS) messages are text messages can be sent to one person, or to a group of recipients that you have saved in the phonebook (see “Groups”...
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3 Enter the recipient’s phone number or retrieve a number or a group from the phonebook by tilting the joystick to the left. To send to an email address, set your See “Sending a message to an Message Type Email. email address or phone number found in a message”...
Templates If you have one or more messages that you send often, you can save these as templates. Your service provider may also have saved some templates in your phone. Creating a template 1 Scroll to Messages, SMS, Templates, Add New 2 Create template by entering text.
3 Select Set Default 4 Select your default value from the list. Turning Set on send on or off 1 Scroll to Messages, SMS 2 Select the option you want. 3 Select Set on send 4 Select Receiving SMS messages When you receive an SMS message, the phone alerts you and the message New Message.
Saving from an SMS message When the phone number, picture, animation, or melody is highlighted, press to save the item. Select • A picture or animation is saved in • A melody is saved in My Melodies • A phone number is saved in the list.
Saving a received message Select in the list of options. Save The message is saved on the SIM card. Messages that are saved on the SIM card remain there until you delete them. Calling the sender of a message Select in the list of options.
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Chat Chat works in the same way as Chat on the Internet. You can initiate a Chat session or you may be invited to participate in a Chat session. Starting a Chat Session 1 Scroll to Messages, Chat, Start Chat. 2 Enter the recipient’s phone number or tilt the joystick to the left to select a contact from your phonebook.
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Sending and Receiving option in the Send & Receive fastest way for you to check for new email messages and send email messages saved in your Outbox. Writing and Sending To write and send new email messages 1 Scroll to Messages, Email, Compose 2 Select .
Replying 1 Open the email message you want to reply to. 2 Place the cursor in the text and press of options. 3 Select Reply Reply all 4 Write a message. Deleting 1 Go to the Inbox and select the email message you want to delete.
Before you start First make sure that you have: • A phone subscription that supports data transmission. • Set your phone for mobile Internet, WAP, or email messaging, see “Setting Up Mobile Internet” on page 56. See “Email” on page 67 for more information Note! about email set-up and messaging.
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Creating a data account 1 Scroll to Settings, Data comm., Data accounts, Add account 2 Enter a name for the data account. 3 Select an access type. 4 Enter the settings that you have received from your operator. For GPRS: access point name (APN), user id, and password.
Settings for DialUp Connection – the phone number of your Internet Phone Number service provider. User id, Password, Passwd. request above. – select the speed you want for Data rate the connection. – select analog or ISDN connection. Dial type If you want to change access type, you have to create a new data account and select the access type you want to use.
• Go to one of your bookmarks. Select • Enter the address of a WAP site. Select . Enter the WAP address or select one New Address of the 10 latest entered addresses. When you enter a WAP address, the normal Note! prefix is not needed.
Using bookmarks You use bookmarks in your mobile phone just as you do with a PC Internet browser. Working with bookmarks 1 Scroll to Browser 2 Select the bookmark you want. 3 Select one of the following options: • – Go to the marked WAP site. Go to •...
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Responding to a push message When you receive a push message, it comes to the Inbox • Scroll to Browser, Push Inbox following: • – Save the message, to be loaded later. Postpone • – The browser starts and loads the WAP site Load so that you can see the push content.
Information Transfer and Exchange Fax and data calls Sending fax and data calls To send fax and data calls you need to connect your phone to a computer, and then start the appropriate software program. Receiving fax and data calls The procedure of receiving fax and data calls depends on your network and subscription.
More Features Alarm clock The alarm can be set to ring at a specific time within 24 hours, or recurrently at a specific time on several days. You can have both these alarms set at the same time. Even if you have set your phone to silent or if your phone is turned off, the alarm and timer signals ring.
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Stopwatch Scroll to Extras Stopwatch • To start, stop or restart the stopwatch, press the left softkey. • To save up to nine lap times, press • To reset the stopwatch, press The stopwatch is turned off when you answer Note! an incoming call or when you exit the stopwatch menu.
PC. To do this, you first need to install on your PC the synchronization program found on the Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet website (www.SonyEricsson.com). If you have an Internet calendar or phonebook, you can also synchronize that with your phone calendar and contacts, using WAP.
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Appointments and tasks You can save up to 200 appointments and tasks in your calendars, depending on the size of each item. You can choose to add a new appointment or task, or to use an old appointment or task as a template by copying and editing it.
• – Move within and among the days by View Week moving the joystick. Press day. • – Move within and among the weeks by View Month moving the joystick. Press day. Days on which you have appointments are marked in bold. In the monthly and weekly views, you can go Note! to next week by pressing 3, to next month by...
Internet Calendar Synchronization Via WAP you can synchronize your mobile phone calendar or contacts with a calendar or phonebook on the Internet. To do this you must have: • an Internet calendar and phonebook program. Contact your operator for more information about the program.
Security SIM card lock The SIM card lock protects your subscription, but not your phone itself, from unauthorized use. If you change SIM cards, the phone still works with the new SIM card. Most SIM cards are locked at the time of purchase. If the SIM card lock is on, you have to enter a “PIN”...
Phonelock on If the phonelock is on, the message time you turn on the phone. You have to enter your code to use your phone. Automatic If the phonelock is set to automatic, you do not need to enter your phonelock code until a different SIM card is inserted in the phone.
• You may have selected incoming call. Select . See “Receiving calls” on Voice page 24. • You may have set Allow calls Select instead. See “Data Account Settings” on page 70. If you still cannot receive incoming calls, it could be due to network limitations.
See “Turning Fixed dialing on or off” on page 52. Slow charging. Non-approved battery The battery you are using is not a Sony Ericsson- approved battery and is charging slowly for safety reasons.
• Visiting www.SonyEricsson.com/us (US only) • Calling 1-800-374-2776 (US only) • Calling 1-800-755-6789 (Puerto Rico) • Visiting your local Sony Ericsson or Ericsson retailer. Accessible Solutions/Special Needs For information on Accessible Solutions for individuals with special needs call the Sony Ericsson Special Needs...
Icons The table below shows icons which may appear in standby or in the menus. Icon Description Your personal phonebook. Handling of text and voice messages. Handling of call information. Personal settings, profiles, forward calls, networks, and voice control. Calendar, synchronization, voice memo, alarm clock, and other extras.
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Icon Description The keypad is locked. An ongoing call. A missed call in the call list. An answered call in the call list. A dialed number in the call list. A group of contacts in the phonebook. An SMS message has not been read. An SMS message is saved on the SIM card.
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Icon Description A task of high priority. A task of low priority. The task is to make a phone call. The task is to write a message. Icons...
Index Accessibility Accessories Alarm clock Analog Indicator Answering mode Assistance Business cards exchanging Calculator Calendar add a task add an appointment settings status view Call Call time Calling 23, 50 automatic redialing call list fixed dialing groups speed dialing Calling cards choosing card making a call saving card number...
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Display animation greeting icons light Emergency calls Emergency numbers Enhanced Messaging Entering letters multitap text input T9 text input Error messages Fax, sending and receiving Fixed dialing Forwarding calls From Index Games GPRS 70, 71, 72 Greeting Groups closed user groups conference calls Handsfree Icons...
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Missed calls Mobile Internet 69, 87 bookmarks browsing options push messages Mobile Internet settings DialUp Connection email account GPRS data locks manual set up preferred mode receiving in an SMS mes- sage security WAP profile wizard My shortcuts Networks Options Key Pause Personal ring sound Personal ring sounds...
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Shortcuts SIM card copy contacts unblocking SIM card lock activating/canceling deleting messages forwarding messages SMS messages insert object save send templates write Softkeys Special Needs Speed dialing Stopwatch Index T9 Text Input Technical Assistance Time settings advanced settings set date set time Timer TTY Phone Number...
Menu Overview Phonebook Messages (page 25) (page 61) Call Contact Call Voicemail Add Contact Edit Contact Chat Business Cards Email SIM Card Groups Calling Cards Fixed Dialing Special Numbers Contact Mngr. Memory Status * Only available during a call Additional menus are network- and subscription-dependent. Call Info Settings (page 24)
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Technical Support United States - 1-800-374-2776 Latin America - +1-305-755-6789 Canada - 1-800-668-2101 Other countries - +1-919-472-7908 T62u Quick Card Turn Phone On/Off Press and hold the power key Make a Call Enter the number and press Call. Answer Call Press Answer.
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Select a menu or setting Press Select or press center push key. Go back to standby Press and hold Back. Turn on Voice Dialing Press and hold the upper or lower side volume key. Call Voicemail Press and hold 1 . Call a contact Tilt and hold the joystick to the right.