Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want? Additional information ... . 84 Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, safe and efficient use, end user licence agreement, warranty, declaration of conformity.
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Under no circumstances will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper use of additional content or other third party content. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
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T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered trademark of Tegic Communications. T9™ Text Input is licensed under one or more of the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian Pat. No. 1,331,057, United Kingdom Pat. No. 2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat.
Getting started Getting started Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call. More information and downloads are available at www.SonyEricsson.com/support. Instruction symbols The following instruction symbols appear in this user guide: Note Indicates that a service or function is network- or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details.
SIM card and battery information Always turn off the phone and detach the charger before you insert or remove a SIM card. It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears when charging. To insert SIM card and battery This is the Internet version of the user's guide.
Getting started To charge the battery ≈ 2h. Connect the charger to the phone. The symbol on the charger plug must face upwards. It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears on the screen. It takes approximately 2 hours until the battery icon indicates that the battery is fully charged.
To turn on the phone Press and hold Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested. At first start-up, select the language you want for your phone menus. } Yes if you want the setup wizard to help you get started, and follow the instructions that appear.
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Getting to know your phone Calls Answered Settings General Sounds & alerts Profiles Ring volume Time & date Ringtone Language Silent mode Voice control Increasing ring New events Vibrating alert Phone status Message alert Shortcuts Key sound Start-up menu Locks Setup wizard Tips and tricks Master reset...
Keys and navigation Standby screen and main menu and status bar The standby screen is displayed when you are not calling or using the menus. This is where you can see, for example, the name of your operator, the time and the date. From standby, press to enter the main menu, where the menus are shown as icons.
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Getting to know your phone Press and hold to open the activity menu, 16 Activity menu. Press to take a picture or to record a video clip. Press and hold to call your voicemail service (if set). – Press and hold any of these keys to reach a contact beginning with a specific letter.
In standby, press to view status information. To reject a call, quickly press twice when receiving a call. Press once to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. During a call, press to decrease the volume. When using the media player (also when minimized), press to decrease the volume.
Getting to know your phone Using keypad shortcuts Enter the menus by pressing number of the menu to which you want to go. For example, to reach the fifth menu item, press To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items, press To go back to standby, press and hold Using navigation key shortcuts...
Example: • To enter an ‘A’, press once. • To enter a ‘B’, quickly press • To shift between capital and lower-case letters, press , then enter the letter. • You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut to certain letters. To enter a ‘B’, press and hold volume button and press To enter a ‘C’, press and hold the button and press...
Getting to know your phone Spell word • – for T9 Text Input only. Edit the suggested word by using multitap text input. Writing language • – a list of available languages is shown. • Writing method – a list of methods available for the current language is shown.
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that the phone cannot recognize are saved in the Other folder. You can create your own subfolders in some predefined folders, to which you can move your saved files. You can also transfer the saved files to a computer, 68 File transfer using Bluetooth and 70 The USB cable.
Calling Calling Calls, video calls, contacts, voice control, call options. Making calls Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network. 6 Turning on the phone and making calls. To make a video call, 20 Video call.
To turn off the microphone Press and hold To resume the conversation, press and hold again. Receiving calls When you receive a call, the phone rings and the caller’s number is displayed (if your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification service and the caller’s number is identified).
Calling Making international calls When you make an international call, the + sign replaces the international prefix number of the country from which you are calling. You can make a call from abroad, using another network, provided your network operator has an agreement with that network.
To make a video call Press and hold when 3G (UMTS) service is available. Enter the phone number and press Call. To retrieve a phone number from your contacts } Call... } Contacts and scroll to the phone } Call number you want to call hold Press...
Calling Switch pictures • – choose between showing the incoming or the outgoing video in full size display. Hide small pic./Show small pic. • want to hide or show the small picture. Night mode • – use when the lighting conditions are poor.
Contacts Contacts is like an address book, in which you can store names, phone numbers and email addresses. You can also add pictures, ringtones and personal information, such as birthday, email, Web and street addresses, to the contacts. When you add information to a contact, the information is organized under five tabs.
Calling Checking the memory With the memory status function, you can check how many positions you have left in the phone memory and SIM memory. If the memory is full, you must delete contacts to be able to add new contacts, a contact.
Ask to save When you end a call or receive a message, the phone can prompt you to add a phone number or email address to your contacts. To activate ask to save } Contacts } Options } Advanced } Ask to save Updating contacts You can easily update and edit any information in your contacts.
Calling Sending contacts You can send contacts using one of the available transfer methods. To send a contact } Contacts and select a contact } Send contact and select a transfer method. To send all contacts } Contacts } Options } Advanced } Send all contacts and select a transfer method.
To call a number from the call list } Calls from standby and select a tab. to scroll to the name or number you want to call and hold to make a video call. To add a number from the call list to contacts } Calls from standby and select a tab.
Calling Voice control With your phone, you can use your voice to: • Voice dial – call someone by saying the name. • Activate voice control by saying a “magic word”. • Answer and reject calls when using a handsfree kit. Voice commands can only be saved in the internal phone memory, not on the SIM card.
To make a call with a handsfree From standby, press the handsfree button, or the Bluetooth headset button. Caller name You can choose whether you want to hear the recorded contact name when you receive a call from that contact. To turn the caller name on or off } Settings } General...
Calling } Continue Instructions appear. the environments in which you want voice answering to be activated. You can select several alternatives. To answer a call using voice commands When the phone rings, say “Answer” and the call is connected. To reject a call using voice commands When the phone rings, say “Busy”.
You can choose between the following divert options: Divert always • – divert all calls. When busy • – divert calls if you are already on the phone. Not reachable • – divert calls if your phone is turned off or if you are unreachable. No reply •...
Calling Handling two voice calls When you have one ongoing call and one call on hold, you can do the following: } More } Switch calls • to switch between the two calls. } More } Join calls • to join the two calls into a conference call.
To change the name of a line } Settings } Display } Edit line names and select one of the lines to edit the name. to scroll between the tabs. My numbers View, add and edit your own phone numbers. To check your phone numbers } Contacts } Options } Special numbers } My numbers...
Calling To activate or deactivate a call restriction } Settings } Calls } Restrict calls and select an option. to scroll between the tabs. Activate or Deactivate, enter your Select password Fixed dialling The fixed dialling function allows calls to be made only to certain numbers saved on the SIM card.
Additional calling functions Tone signals You can use telephone banking services or control an answering machine by sending tone signals during a call. • To send the tones, press the keys • To clear the screen after the call is finished, press •...
Messaging To create a group of numbers and email addresses } Contacts } Options } Groups } New group Add. Enter a name for the group } New } Add to find and select a contact number. Repeat step 3 to add more numbers. Business cards You can add your own business card as a contact.
Sending text messages For information about entering letters, 14 Entering letters. Some language-specific characters use more space. For some languages you can deactivate to save space, 15 Options list. To write and send a text message } Messaging } Write new } Text Continue.
Messaging To save a message to the SIM card } Messaging } Inbox } More } Save message } Saved messages. To save an item from a text message Select the phone number, Web address, picture or sound that you want to save in the message More.
Message options You can set a default value for several message options or choose the settings each time you send a message. To check the delivery status of a sent message, the delivery report option must be on. To set a default text message option } Messaging } Settings } Text message an option.
Messaging Creating and sending picture messages When composing a picture message, you can select different items such as: Picture, Text, Sound, Video, Sound recording and Page. You can also select Use camera to take a new picture or record a new video clip.
New events is set to Pop-up, you are asked if you want to read the picture message. } Stop or play the message. to stop the message. When you have read the message, select to reply immediately or select More of options.
Messaging Voice messages Voice messages offer a quick way to send and receive sound recordings as messages. A voice message can only contain one sound recording. Both you and the receiver of the voice message must have a subscription that supports picture messaging.
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To write and send an email message } Messaging } Email } Write new. Write the subject for your message Continue. and then write the text } Enter email addr. to enter an email address or } Contacts look-up to retrieve an address from Contacts.
Messaging To delete an email message (POP3 users) } Messaging } Email } Inbox the message More. } Mark for deletion. The message is deleted the next time you connect to your email server. If you want to delete several messages } Mark several.
Status You can change your status shown to others. You can also choose to display it for your contacts only or for all users on the My friends server. To change your own status } Messaging } My friends } Myself } Chatroom A chatroom can be started by your service provider, by an individual My friends user or by...
Imaging Imaging Camera, video recorder, pictures, PhotoDJ™. Camera and video recorder Your phone has a digital camera which also works as a digital video recorder. You can take pictures, record video clips, save and view them and send them as email attachments, send an email message, or send them in picture messages via picture messaging, and send a picture message.
To adjust brightness Use the navigation key to increase or decrease brightness. To turn on the photo light To take pictures in a dimly lit environment, press To view your pictures and video clips When the camera or video is activated Camera and video options When the camera or video is activated to view more options.
Imaging Sending pictures and video clips When you have taken a picture or recorded a video clip, you can send it as a picture message if the file size has not exceeded the limit, and send a picture message. For settings that affect the file size, 47 Camera and video options.
To view your pictures } File manager } Pictures. The pictures are shown in thumbnail view. View. To get a full view To display pictures in a slide show } File manager } Pictures and scroll to a picture. } View } More } Slide show.
Imaging To receive and save a picture Open the message you received the picture in, or turn on Bluetooth or the infrared port if one of these transfer methods was used to send the picture. If you received the picture in a message, select the picture and save it.
Entertainment Media player, radio, PlayNow™, ringtones, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™, sound recorder, themes, games. Media player The media player works as a music player and video player all in one. You can play music and video clips that you receive in a picture message, or that you download to your phone.
Entertainment To delete playlists } Entertainment } Media player } More } Delete playlist. Music and video clips To play music and videos } Entertainment } Media player } Open } Play. The playlist keeps on playing until } Pause or Stop.
and you can use other applications and functions in the phone. Play mode • – change the playback order of songs and videos. • Equalizer – change the settings of the treble and bass when playing music. Sort • – sort the playlist by artist, title or by the order in which files were added to the playlist.
Entertainment To listen to the radio Connect the handsfree to your phone Radio control } Search • to find the next channel on the band. • Press to move 0.1 MHz along the FM band. Press and hold to move continuously. •...
Each music tone is part of an original song and is optimized for your Sony Ericsson mobile phone. Before you start First make sure that: • You have a phone subscription that supports GPRS data transmission.
Entertainment Ringtones and melodies Your phone comes with a number of standard and polyphonic melodies that can be used as ringtones. You can exchange melodies using one of the available transfer methods. Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material.
MusicDJ™ You can compose and edit melodies to use as ringtones using the MusicDJ™. A melody consists of four types of tracks – Drums, Basses, Chords, and Accents. A track contains a number of music blocks. The blocks consist of pre-arranged sounds with different characteristics.
Entertainment To create a movie } Entertainment } VideoDJ™. Add. Select to add a Video Text } Select. To edit a video clip } File manager } Videos } Open the video clip you want to open. } More } Edit } Edit to Trim, a clip from the current movie.
Sound recorder With the sound recorder, you can record either your own memos or calls. Recorded sounds can also be set as ringtones. Recording of a conversation is stopped if a participant ends the call. Recording of all sounds stops automatically if you receive a call. If the recordings are saved in the phone they can be accessed even if you change your SIM card.
Connectivity To download a theme } File manager } Themes } Sony Games Your phone has several entertaining games. You can also download games and applications directly to the folders in your phone. Help texts are available for most games.
Exit browser – disconnect and go to standby. A list of ongoing or suspended downloads may be shown. • Go to the homepage set for the current Internet Sony Ericsson. profile, for example, Bookmarks • – add the site you are currently browsing to your list of bookmarks, or view the list of bookmarks.
Downloading You can download, for example, pictures, themes, games and ringtones from Web sites directly to the File manager in your phone. To download from Sony Ericsson Web site Stored information When browsing, you can save information in your phone.
To clear the password list } Settings } Connectivity } Internet settings } Clear passwords } Yes to confirm. to scroll between the tabs. Internet profile for Java™ applications Some Java™ applications need to connect to the Internet to receive information, for example, games that download new levels from a game server.
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Connectivity To check the certificates in your phone } Settings } Connectivity } Security } Trusted cert. between the tabs. Synchronizing You can synchronize your phone contacts, appointments, tasks and notes with similar programs in, for example, a computer or mobile phone using Bluetooth, the infrared port or the USB cable (synchronization with nearby devices).
} Connection and select the WAP or HTTP profile that you want to use for the synchronization. } Remote initiation to set whether to allow the synchronization server or other device to initiate a synchronization or not. You can also choose to always be asked.
Connectivity software on your computer from the CD that comes with your phone, or download it from www.SonyEricsson.com/support. 64 Synchronizing. Please check if local laws or regulations restrict the use of Bluetooth. If Bluetooth is not allowed, you must ensure that the Bluetooth function is turned off. The maximum allowed Bluetooth radio output power in the phone is automatically adjusted according to possible local restrictions.
To enter a phone name } Settings } Connectivity } Bluetooth } Phone name. Use to scroll between the tabs. Visibility In order for your phone to be found when searched for by other Bluetooth devices, you must make sure that Bluetooth is turned on and your phone is visible to other devices.
Connectivity If you already have a handsfree in your list } Settings } of devices, } Bluetooth } Handsfree } My handsfree } New handsfree } Add. You should ensure that your Bluetooth handsfree is in pairing mode. Transferring sound When you are using a Bluetooth handsfree with your phone, you can choose to transfer the sound either to the phone or to another handsfree device...
Your computer needs to have one of the following operating systems to be able to use this feature: Windows® 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP and Mac OS X. Infrared port You can use the infrared port to establish contact between your phone and a computer or another device equipped with an infrared port.
More features File transfer using the infrared port 68 File transfer using Bluetooth on how to transfer files between your phone and a computer. Your computer needs to have one of the following operating systems to be able to use this feature: Windows®...
Using the alarm } Organizer } Alarms • To change the alarm time } Alarm and enter a new time. • To turn the alarm signal off when it rings, press any key (if radio is selected as alarm signal Snooze).
More features } Yes reminder sounds to read the } No appointment. to turn off the reminder. A reminders option set in the calendar affects a reminders option set in tasks. Navigating in your calendar Use the navigation key to move between days or weeks.
To set when reminders should sound } Organizer } Tasks and select a task Reminders. } Always if you want the reminder to sound even though the phone is turned off. When } Yes the reminder sounds to read the task, or to call the phone number in a phone task.
More features To select a profile } Settings } General } Profiles } Select profile. To change a profile setting } Settings } General } Profiles } Edit profile and select the setting that you want to change. To rename a profile } Settings } } Profiles } Edit profile General...
Start-up menu When the start-up menu is activated, you can select to listen to music only instead of using the phone with full functionality. All transmitters of the phone are then turned off in order not to disturb sensitive equipment, for example, in an aeroplane or in a hospital.
More features To set permissions for a Java™ application } File manager } Applications Select an application or a game Permissions. Select one of the listed options. Always ask Ask once permission level you want for the selcted application. Java application screen size Some Java applications are designed for a specific screen size.
SIM card is inserted in the phone. It is important that you remember your new code. If you should forget it, you have to hand in your phone to your local Sony Ericsson retailer. To set the phone lock } Settings } } Phone lock } Protection an alternative.
More features To unlock the phone If the phone lock is on, enter your code To edit your phone lock code } Settings } General } Locks } Phone lock } Change code. Code memo Instead of having to remember security codes for credit cards, for example, you can save them in the code memo in your phone.
Forgot your passcode? If you forget your passcode, you must reset the code memo. To reset code memo Enter any passcode to access the code memo function. The checkword and codes that are then shown are incorrect. } Organizer } Code memo } More } Reset code memo? is displayed code memo is reset and all entries are cleared.
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Troubleshooting 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. Solution: It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears on the screen. Some menu options appear in grey Possible cause: Grey text indicates a function that is temporarily unavailable.
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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.
Troubleshooting I have problems synchronizing or transferring data between my phone and my computer, when using the USB cable that came with the phone Possible cause: The cable has not been properly detected and installed on your computer. The software that came with your phone has not been properly installed on the computer.
Solution: Insert your SIM card in another phone. If this works, it is probably the phone that is causing the problem. Please contact the nearest Sony Ericsson service location. Emerg. calls only Possible cause: You are within range of a network, but you are not allowed to use it.
Antenna Only use an antenna that has been specifically designed by Sony Ericsson for your mobile phone. Use of unauthorised 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).
Variations in SAR below the radio frequency exposure guidelines do not mean that there are variations in safety. While there may be differences in SAR levels among mobile phones, all Sony Ericsson mobile phone models are designed to meet radio frequency exposure guidelines.
• Warning! May explode if disposed of in fire. • Use only Sony Ericsson branded original batteries and chargers intended for use with your mobile phone. Other chargers may not charge sufficiently...
End User Licence Agreement This wireless device (“Device”) contains software owned by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (“ Sony Ericsson”) and its third party suppliers and licensors (“Software”). As user of this Device, Sony Ericsson grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable license to use the Software solely in conjunction with the Device on which it is installed.
Software. Sony Ericsson, and, to the extent that the Software contains material or code of a third party, such third party, shall be entitled third party beneficiaries of these terms.
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However, it will eventually wear out – this is not a defect. When the talk-time or standby time is noticeably shorter, it is time to replace your battery. Sony Ericsson recommends that you use only batteries and chargers approved by Sony Ericsson.
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 original...
Additional information Declaration of Conformity We, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB of Nya Vattentornet S-221 88 Lund, Sweden declare under our sole responsibility that our product Sony Ericsson type AAD-3021023-BV and in combination with our accessories, to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the appropriate standards 3GPP TS 51.010-1,...
Icons Icon descriptions. Icon Description The 3G (UMTS) network is available Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal You are within your home zone You are in a premium charge zone Tells you the status of the battery Tells you that the battery is charging All phone transmitters are turned off You can use the media player only...
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Icons Icon Description You have received a picture message You have received a voice message You have received a WAP push message You have received an instant message The infrared port is on Infrared communication is in progress Bluetooth is turned on Bluetooth headset is connected to your phone Data is being downloaded to the phone...
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magic word 29 main menu 11 media player 51–53 melodies 56 memory status 24 menu overview 8 message alert 56 messages area information 45 cell information 45 email 42 instant 44 picture 39, 42 text 36 voice 42 microphone, turning off/on 19 missed calls 19 MMS See picture messages 39, 42 multitap text input...
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Index safety guidelines 84 saving from picture messages 41 from text messages 38 screen 74 screen saver 49 security code memo 78 Internet 63–64 SIM card lock 76 sending appointments 72, 73 business cards 36 contacts 26 melodies and ringtones 57 notes 73 pictures 49 tasks 72, 73...
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unblocking PIN 6 SIM card 76 USB cable 70 vibrating alert 56 video calls 20–22 video clips 51 video recorder 46–48 VideoDJ™ 57 voice answering 29–30 voice control 28–30 voice dialling 28–29 voice messages 42 voicemail 27 volume changing 18 setting ringtone 56 vibrating alert 56 This is the Internet version of the user's guide.
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