Troubleshooting ... 77 Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want it to? Important Information ... 83 Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, service and support, safe and efficient use, end user license agreement, warranty, declaration of conformity. Index ... 92...
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Sony Ericsson GSM 900/1800/1900 This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this User guide necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without notice.
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Some functions use more battery power than others and may cause a need for more frequent re-charging. If talk time or standby time becomes noticeably shorter, you may have to replace the battery. Only use approved batteries from Sony Ericsson 86 Battery.
SIM Card and Battery To insert SIM card and battery Remove the battery cover. Slide the SIM card into its holder with the contacts facing down. Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. Slide the battery cover into place.
If asked to register the phone at Sony Ericsson, no personal data, such as your phone number, will be transferred to or processed by Sony Ericsson if you accept to register your phone. Help in your Phone Help and information is available in your phone at any time.
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Settings Download Automatically set up functions in your phone that use the Internet; Internet, picture messaging, email, My friends, synchronization, update service, blog and streaming. You can use Settings Download if your SIM supports the service, your phone is connected to a network, it is started in normal mode and does not already have predefined settings.
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Ear speaker Photo key: (left) from standby, view camera album pictures in full view or (lower) with the camera activated for shoot modes. Walkman® key Selection key Back key Internet key Navigation key/Walkman® player control Photo key: (right) from standby, view camera album thumbnail pictures or (upper) with the camera activated to turn on/off the photo light.
Calls** Answered Settings** General Sounds & Alerts Profiles Ring Volume Time & Date Ringtone Language Silent Mode Update Service Increasing Ring Voice Control Vibrating Alert New Events Message Alert Shortcuts Key Sound Flight Mode Security Setup Wizard Phone Status Master Reset * Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
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Navigation The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab by pressing the navigation key left or right and selecting an option. Go to the main menus or to select highlighted items. Press to start and stop music when using the WALKMAN. Move through the menus and tabs.
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Press a number key and Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press and hold to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if the phone is set to silent. View status information in standby. Increase the volume during a call, or when using the WALKMAN. Zoom out when using the camera or viewing pictures.
Status Bar Some of the icons that may appear: Icon Description GSM network signal strength. Battery status. Battery charging, appears with battery status icon. Missed incoming call. Text message received. Email message received. Picture message received. Voice message received. Ongoing call. Keylock is on.
To change the phone language } Settings } General } Phone Language. Select a language. In standby, you can also press 8888 for automatic language. 0000 for English. Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language to the country where you bought your SIM card.
shown is not the one you want, press repeatedly to view alternative words. Accept a word and add a space by pressing Continue writing the message. To enter a punctuation mark, press and then press to accept and add a space. To add words to the T9 Text Input dictionary } More...
File Manager Use the file manager to handle items such as pictures, videos, music, themes, Web pages, games and applications saved in the phone memory or on a Memory Stick PRO Duo™ memory card. Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Your phone supports Memory Stick PRO Duo™...
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File information View file information by highlighting } More } Information. Items that are downloaded, or received using one of the available transfer methods, may be copyright-protected. If a file is protected, you may not be able to copy or send that file. A DRM- protected file has a key symbol.
Calling Calls, contacts, voice control, call options. Making and Receiving Calls Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on your phone and be within range of a network. 6 Turning on your Phone. Networks When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects your home network if this is within range.
To turn off the microphone Press and hold To resume the conversation press and hold again. To turn the loudspeaker on or off during a voice call } More } Turn On Speaker Turn Off Speaker. Do not hold the phone to your ear when using the loudspeaker.
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Default contact Phone Contacts is selected as default, your contacts show all the information saved in Contacts. If you select SIM Contacts as default, your contacts show information depending on the SIM card. To select default contacts 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Default 2 } Phone Contacts Phone contacts...
To view memory status } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Memory Using Contacts Contacts can be used in many ways. Below you can see how to: • call phone and SIM contacts. • send phone contacts to another device.
If your subscription supports Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign personal ringtones to contacts. To edit a phone contact 1 } Contacts and select a contact } More } Edit Contact. Scroll to the relevant tab and select the field to edit Edit.
If you add contacts with pictures to speed dial positions, the contact pictures appear for easy reference 22 To add a picture, ringtone sound or video to a phone contact. To edit speed dial numbers 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Speed Dial.
To record another voice command for } New Voice Cmd. } Add a contact again and repeat steps 2-4 above. Caller name Hear your recorded contact name when you receive a call from that contact. To turn the caller name on or off } Settings } General } Voice Control } Play Caller...
To activate voice answering and record voice answer commands 1 } Settings } General } Voice Control } Voice Answer Activate. Instructions appear. Wait for the tone and say “Answer”, or another word. 3 } Yes } No to accept or recording.
To deactivate a call forward Scroll to the forward option Deactivate. More than One Call Handle more than one call simultaneously. Call waiting service When this is activated you hear a beep if you receive a second call. To activate or deactivate the call waiting service } Settings } Calls...
To add a new participant 1 } More } Hold to put the joined calls on hold. 2 } More } Add Call and call the next person to add to the conference call. 3 } More } Join Calls. Repeat steps 1-3 to add more participants.
Restricted Dialing Restrict outgoing and incoming calls. A password from your service provider is required. If you forward incoming calls, you cannot activate some restrict calls options. The following calls can be restricted: • All Outgoing – all outgoing calls. •...
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To check the call time } Settings and use } Time & Cost to the Calls } Call Timers. Additional Calling Functions Tone signals Use telephone banking services or control an answering machine with tone signals during a call. To use tone signals •...
To create a group of numbers and email addresses Phone Contacts is default, } Contacts } More } Options } Groups } New Group } Enter a name for the group Continue. 3 } New } Add to find and select a contact number or email address.
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If there is no number shown } New Service Center the number, including the international “+” prefix and country/region code Save. Sending text messages For information about entering letters 15 Entering Letters. Some language-specific characters use more space. For some languages you can deactivate National Chars.
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To call a number in a text message Select the phone number displayed in the message, Call. Saving and deleting text messages Received text messages are saved in the phone memory. When the phone memory is full, delete messages or move them to the SIM card to be able to receive new messages.
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To turn long messages on } Messaging } Settings } Text Message } Max. Msg. Length } Max. Available. Templates for text messages Add a new template or save a message as a template in your phone 33 To save a message. To add a template 1 } Messaging } Templates } New Template }...
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Before sending a picture message, you can check: The address of your message server and an Internet profile are set } Messaging } Settings } Picture Message } MMS Profile } More } Edit profile. } Message Server } Internet Profile.
• Always Ask – always ask to download. • Off – new messages appear in the Inbox. Select the message and } View to download. To receive picture messages When you receive an automatically downloaded picture message, it appears in the activity menu New Events is set to } View...
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To record and send a voice message 1 } Messaging } Write New } Voice Message. Record your message. 3 } Send to send the message. 4 } Enter Email Address } Enter Phone No. email recipient or for a recipient phone number or } Contacts Lookup for a number or group in Contacts or select from last...
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What information do I need? The minimum you need is the following: Setting types Examples Connection Type POP3 or IMAP4 Email Address joe.smith@ example.com Incoming Server mail.example.com Username jsmith Password zX123 Outgoing Server mail.example.com There are many different email providers. Their terminology and required information may differ.
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To enter advanced email account settings (optional in most cases) 1 } Messaging } Email } Select an account to edit } Edit Account } Advanced Press to select and enter settings, if required by your email provider, for example, Check Interval.
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Write your message in the text field OK. To edit the message 4 } Continue } Send. To view or save an attachment in an email message } More View a message } Attachments } View item or select an item to save. Active email account If you have several email accounts, you can change which one is active.
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To enter server settings 1 } Messaging } My Friends Configure. 2 Add username, password, server information and select an Internet profile to use. This information is supplied by your service provider. To log in to your My friends server } Messaging } My Friends } Log To log out } More } Log...
To add a chat group 1 } Messaging } My Friends Chat Groups } Add Chat Group. 2 } By Group ID to enter chat group } Search ID directly or for a chat group. Conversation history is preserved between log in and log out to let you return to chat messages from previous conversations.
Imaging Camera, video, blog, pictures. Camera and Video Recorder Take pictures and record video clips to save, view and send in messages. Zoom in Take pictures or out Record video Screen options (top right) Screen options (bottom right) Switch camera/video Adjust brightness This is the Internet version of the User's guide.
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Camera settings When you are in the viewfinder } Settings for options to adjust and enhance your pictures and video clips before taking or recording them. If you try to record with a strong light source such as direct sunlight or a lamp in the background, the screen may black out or the picture may be distorted.
• Turn On Time and Date add time and date to a picture to appear as red text in the lower right corner. View in 1:1 size or use zoom when viewing a picture to see the text. • Reset File No. –...
To visit a blog address in a contact } Contacts and select a contact Web } Go address Pictures and Video Clips View and use pictures and video clips. Handling pictures View, add, edit or delete pictures in the file manager. The number of pictures you can save depends on the size of the pictures.
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Some phones do not support picture sizes larger than 160 x 120 pixels. To receive a picture } Settings } Connectivity a transfer method. To save a picture in a message 33 To save an item in a text message or 36 To save an item in a picture message or or save an attachment in an email...
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To edit and save a file 1 } Entertainment } PhotoDJ™ } File Manager } Pictures } More } Edit in a file Select an option. After you have edited the selected } More } Save picture Themes Change the appearance of the screen, for example, through items such as colors and wallpaper, by using themes.
Entertainment Handsfree, Walkman® player, Video player, TrackID™, radio, PlayNow™, ringtones, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™, sound recorder, games, applications. Stereo Portable Handsfree To use the handsfree Connect the stereo portable handsfree to your phone to use it for calls, listening to music, videos or the radio. If you receive a call and are playing music, music stops for you to answer.
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To play music WALKMAN. The Walkman® player browser opens. 2 } More } My Music to browse by Artists, Albums, Tracks or Playlists } Play to listen to all your tracks in a play queue. The following options are available: •...
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You can obtain CD information (artist, track, etc.) via Disc2Phone if you are connected to the Internet and extracting music from a CD. For safe disconnection of the USB cable in file transfer mode, right-click the removable disk icon in Windows Explorer and select Eject.
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To remove files from a playlist 1 } WALKMAN } More } My Music } Playlists select a playlist Select the file and press To delete a playlist } WALKMAN } More } My Music } Playlists select a playlist and press WALKMAN options } More...
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To stream video and audio 1 } Internet } More } Go to } Enter Address. Enter or choose the address of a Web page and select a link to stream from. A player opens automatically when a link is selected. To stream saved music and videos 1 } Internet } More } Go to Bookmarks.
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Radio options } More for the following options: • Turn Off – turn off the radio. • Save – save the current frequency in a position. • Channels – select, rename, replace or delete a preset channel. • Auto Save –...
To download a music file When you have listened to a music file preview, you can agree to accept } Yes the conditions if you agree. A text message is sent to confirm payment and the file is made available to download.
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To edit a MusicDJ™ melody } File Manager } Music } More } the melody Edit. Exchanging MusicDJ™ melodies Send and receive melodies using one of the available transfer methods. You are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material. You cannot send a polyphonic melody or an MP3 file in a text message.
• Soundtrack – to add a soundtrack to the video clip. • Transitions – to set transitions between video clips, pictures and text. • Save – to save the video clip. • Insert – to insert a new video clip, picture or text.
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Games Your phone contains several games. You can also download games and applications directly to the folders in your phone. Help texts are available for most games. To start and end a game 1 } Entertainment } Games, select game Select.
Web page you are visiting: } RSS Feeds feeds for the Web page. } Go to • Sony Ericsson defined homepage set for the current profile. • Bookmarks bookmarks to Web pages. and select a service such to any Web page.
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• Enter Address – enter the address of a Web page. • Search Internet – use Google to search. • History – list of previously visited Web pages. • Saved Pages – list of your saved Web pages. } Tools for the following: •...
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To work with bookmarks 1 } Internet } More } Go to } Bookmarks and select a bookmark More. Select an option, such as sending a bookmark as a text message. Internet shortcuts When using the Internet, you can use keypad shortcuts to menu options.
Before you start If settings are not in your phone 59 Settings. To select a profile for Java } Settings } Connectivity } Internet Settings } Settings for Java and select an Internet profile. Saved information When browsing, you can save the following information: •...
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USB cable included with the phone. Synchronization with a computer Install synchronization software for your computer found in the Sony Ericsson PC Suite on the CD, included with the phone. The software includes help information. You can also visit www.sonyericsson.com/support...
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To start remote synchronization } Organizer } Synchronization and select an account Bluetooth™ Wireless Technology The Bluetooth function makes wireless connection to other Bluetooth devices possible. You can: • connect to handsfree devices. • connect to stereo headsets. • connect to several devices at the same time.
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To add a device to your phone 1 } Settings } Connectivity } Bluetooth } My Devices } New Device to search for available devices. Make sure the other device is visible. Select a device from the list. Enter a passcode, if required. To allow connection or edit your device list 1 } Settings }...
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To show or hide your phone } Settings } Connectivity } Bluetooth } Visibility } Show Phone Hide Exchanging items Send or receive items using Bluetooth wireless technology as the transfer method. Choose a device from the list of found devices. To send an item Select an item, for example } Contacts...
Sony Ericsson PC Suite to synchronize, transfer files, use the phone as modem and more via Bluetooth communication. Install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite from the CD that came with the phone or download it at www.sonyericsson.com/support. The PC Suite also includes help.
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Applications supported in phone mode include: Synchronization, File manager and Mobile Networking Wizard. For other applications, use the file transfer mode. You need to install and use Sony Ericsson PC Suite, included on...
SP1/SP2. USB drivers are installed automatically with the PC Suite software. To use phone mode Computer: Install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite from the CD that came with your phone or download it from www.sonyericsson.com/support. Computer: Start PC Suite from Start/ Programs/Sony Ericsson/PC Suite.
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Calendar You can use the calendar to keep track of important meetings. The calendar can be synchronized with a computer calendar or with a calendar on the Web 63 Synchronizing. Appointments Add new appointments or use existing appointments as templates. To add a new appointment 1 } Organizer } Calendar } Select } New Appointment...
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• Delete – delete old or all appointments. • Help – for more information. Exchanging appointments Exchange appointments using a transfer method. You can also synchronize appointments with a computer 63 Synchronizing. To send an appointment Select an appointment in the list for a } More } Send certain day a transfer method.
Exchanging notes Exchange notes using one of the available transfer methods. You can also synchronize notes with a computer 63 Synchronizing. To send a note } More } Send Select a note select a transfer method. Timer Your phone has a timer. When the signal rings, press any key to turn it off or select Restart.
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To open code memo for the first time 1 } Organizer } Code Memo. A message with instructions appears Continue. Enter a four-digit passcode Re-enter the new passcode to confirm. Enter a checkword (maximum 15 characters) Done. The checkword can consist of both letters and numbers. To add a new code 1 } Organizer } Code Memo } New Code }...
To view and edit a profile } Settings } General } Profiles } More } View And You cannot rename the Normal profile. To reset profiles } Settings } General } Profiles } More } Reset Time and Date The time is always displayed in standby.
To lock the keypad manually The keypad automatically locks when you close the phone. You can still answer an incoming call and the keypad locks again after the call. The keypad remains locked until you unlock it manually. To unlock the keypad manually From standby, press any key } Unlock } Startup Screen...
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You also have the option to do a Master Reset. Some of the personal data and settings you have made will be lost when you do this reset. No battery icon appears when I start charging the phone Possible cause: The battery is empty or has not been used for a long time.
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Solution: Try another battery and charger for the same phone model, or visit your retailer and ask them to verify if the battery and charger are working properly. The phone turns itself off Possible cause: The button has been pushed unintentionally. Solution: Turn on the automatic key lock, or lock the keypad manually 76 Keypad Lock.
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The phone cannot be detected by other users via Bluetooth wireless technology Possible cause: You have not turned the Bluetooth function on. Solution: Make sure that the Bluetooth function is on and visibility is set to show phone 66 To receive an item. I cannot synchronize or transfer data between my phone and my computer, when using the USB...
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Solution: Insert a SIM card 5 To insert SIM card and battery. Possible cause: The SIM card connectors need cleaning. Solution: Remove the SIM card and clean it. Also check that the card is not damaged so that you cannot connect it to the phone connectors.
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Possible cause: You entered your personal unblocking key code (PUK) incorrectly 10 times in a row. Solution: Contact your network operator. Charging - Non-standard battery. Possible cause: The battery that you are using is not a Sony Ericsson- approved battery. Solution: 86 Battery.
From now on you will have access to a portfolio of exclusive service advantages such as: • Global and local websites providing support. • A global network of Call Centers. • An extensive network of Sony Ericsson service partners. Country Phone number Australia 1-300 650 050 Argentina...
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Denmark 33 31 28 28 Finland 09-299 2000 France 0 825 383 383 Germany 0180 534 2020 Greece 801-11-810-810 210-89 91 919 (from mobile phone) Hong Kong 8203 8863 Hungary +36 1 880 47 47 India 1800 11 1800 (toll free number) 39011111 (from mobile phone) Indonesia 021-2701388...
Use only Sony Ericsson branded original chargers intended for use with your mobile phone. Other chargers may not be designed to the same safety and performance standards. Battery We recommend that you fully charge the battery before you use your mobile phone for the first time.
(with the necessary accessory). For information on Accessible Solutions for individuals with special needs call the Sony Ericsson Special Needs Center on 877-878-1996 (TTY) or 877-207-2056 (voice), or visit the Sony Ericsson Special Needs Center at www.sonyericsson-snc.com. Disposal of old electrical and electronic equipment...
Please adjust the audio volume cautiously when using third-party audio accessories to avoid volume levels that may be harmful to your hearing. Sony Ericsson does not test use of third-party audio accessories with this mobile phone. Sony Ericsson recommends using only...
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You should always make backup copies of all the information stored on your Sony Ericsson Product such as downloads, calendar and contacts before handing in your Sony Ericsson Product for repair or replacement. CONDITIONS The warranty is valid only if the original proof of...
Sony Ericsson distributor. To find out if your Product is sold in the EU country you are in, please call the local Sony Ericsson Call Center. Please observe that certain services may not be possible elsewhere than in the country of...