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Sony Ericsson UMTS-GSM 900/1800 Second edition (March 2004) This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment,...
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Export Regulations: Software, including technical data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regulations, and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, re-export, or import Software.
Getting started Getting started Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call. More information and downloads are available at www.SonyEricsson.com. Instruction icons The following instruction icons appear in this user guide: Use the selection or navigation key to scroll and select.
Getting started that you can see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN 20 Emergency calls. If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the number by pressing If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked appears.
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Press once to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby. Video call. Press and hold to turn the phone on or off. 4, 9 Selection keys. Delete numbers, letters or an item from a list. Sony Ericsson/Operator-defined key. Microphone.
Overview, menu 1. Sony Ericsson* 2. Internet services 3. Entertainment 7. File manager 8. Phonebook** Pictures Contacts Sounds Options: Videos Speed dial Themes My card Games & more Groups Other SIM numbers Special numbers Advanced 10. Connectivity 11. Organizer Bluetooth...
Getting to know your phone Navigating the menus The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. Press to go to the desktop. Press to select highlighted items. Move through the menus. Press to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby.
example, to reach the fifth menu item, press To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items, press respectively. To get back to standby, press and hold Creating standby shortcuts You can create your own shortcuts and use the navigation key to go directly to that function. To create a standby shortcut Press the navigation key in a direction for which there is no predefined shortcut.
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Getting to know your phone To enter letters using multitap text input To enter text, you have to be in a function where text input is possible, for example } Messaging } Write new } Text Press the appropriate key, , repeatedly until the character you want appears on the screen.
National chars. characters to save space. This option appears only for some writing languages. Memory Stick Duo Sony Memory Stick Duo™ gives you extra storage capacity for content such as pictures, music and video clips. Getting to know your phone –...
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To move a file to a folder } File manager and select a folder. Scroll to a file, for example, a picture that you More } Manage files } Move to want to move, folder. Scroll to an existing folder, Select New folder } Add, and name the folder, OK.
Getting to know your phone Quick keys Useful key combinations are described below. Navigating menus Enter the main menu and press select menu items Navigate in the menu and lists Delete an item press Enter a list of options press Enter the status menu press a volume to see date, profile and...
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Turn off the ringtone press a volume button when receiving a call once or press Put a call on hold press Hold Retrieve Retrieve a call press Turn off the microphone press and hold Enter a list of options press More Entering letters Shift between capital and...
Calling Calling Voice calls, video calls, phonebook, 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. Networks When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects your home network if this is within range.
To turn off the microphone during a call Press and select Mute microphone, or press and hold until the icon for microphone off is displayed. Press Unmute, or press and hold to resume the conversation. Receiving voice calls When you receive a call, the phone rings and Answer? is displayed.
Calling Automatic redialling Automatic redialling is only available for voice and video calls, not for data calls. Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. When the call is connected, the phone gives a loud signal. The phone re-dials the number up to ten times or until: •...
In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your network operator may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card. To make an emergency call Enter, for example, 112 (the international emergency number), Call. To view your local emergency numbers } Phonebook } Options } Special numbers } SOS...
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Calling Video call options Press to view, and select, the following options: • Stop camera/Start camera – turn off and on the camera during a video call. • Mute speaker/Unmute speaker the incoming sound during a video call. Mute microphone/Unmute mic. •...
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Contacts or SIM numbers as default phonebook If you select to use contacts as default, your phonebook will show all information saved in contacts. If you select SIM numbers as default, the phonebook will only show names and numbers saved on the SIM card. To select contacts or SIM numbers as your phonebook } Phonebook } Options } Advanced...
Calling Calling from the phonebook You can call one of the numbers saved for one of your contacts, or a number on your SIM card. If contacts is the default phonebook, you can choose to call from contacts or from the SIM card. If SIM numbers is the default phonebook, you can only call the numbers on the SIM card.
To delete a contact } Phonebook and scroll to the contact you want to delete, press To delete a SIM number Follow the same steps as for deleting a contact. To delete all contacts } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Delete contacts.
Calling To send a contact } Phonebook and select a contact } Send contact. Select a transfer method. To send all contacts } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Send all contacts and select a transfer method. Checking the memory With the memory status function in your phonebook, you can check how many positions you have left in the phone memory and SIM memory.
To speed dial From standby, enter the position number To set the position number for speed dialling } Phonebook } Options } Speed Scroll to the position to which you want to add a phone number, Add. Select a number. To replace a number in the speed dial list } Phonebook } Options } Speed...
Calling Before voice dialling You must first activate the voice dialling function and record your voice commands. An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command. To activate voice dialling and record names } Settings } General } Voice dialling } Activate } New voice command } Add...
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The magic word You can record a magic word and use it as a voice command to allow totally handsfree access to voice dialling. Instead of pressing and holding a volume button to voice dial, you say the magic word and then one of your recorded voice commands.
Calling To reject a call using voice commands When the phone rings, say “Busy”. The call is rejected. The caller is diverted to voicemail, if activated, or hears a busy tone. Editing your voice commands You can keep all your voice commands up to date by re-recording them or deleting the ones you do not use.
• No reply – divert calls that you do not answer within a specified time limit (operator-dependent). To activate a call divert } Settings } } Divert Calls Select a call type and then one of the divert options and select Activate. Enter the phone number to which you want your calls to be diverted, or press Look up...
Calling • Press End call to end the ongoing call, then press to retrieve the held call. • Press End call twice to end both calls. • You cannot answer a third call without ending one of the first two calls or joining them into a conference call.
for example, you want to keep business calls and private calls on separate lines. You select which line you want to use for outgoing calls. All outgoing calls are made on this line until you change it. Incoming calls can still be received on either line.
Calling If you divert incoming calls, you cannot activate some Restrict calls options. The following calls can be restricted: outgoing. • All outgoing calls – • All outgoing international calls – • All outgoing international calls except to your home country – Outgoing intl •...
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calls and the total time. You can also check the cost of your last call and the total cost of your calls. If you subscribe to cost information, you must enter your PIN2 to reset the cost or time counter. To check the call time } Settings } } Time &...
Calling Call priority service You can request a certain priority when you make a call, if your subscription supports the call priority service. The priority levels are defined by your network operator and are normally within the range of 0-4, where 0 is the highest priority.
Notepad You can use the phone to make a note of a phone number during a call. When you end the call, the number remains on the screen. You can then call the number by pressing Call. Showing or hiding your number If your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification Restriction (CLIR) service, you can hide your phone number when making a call.
Messaging To send your business card } Phonebook } Options } My card Send my card. Select a transfer method. Receiving business cards When you receive a business card via a text message, you accept the card by pressing Yes. To be able to receive a business card using infrared or Bluetooth, the infrared port or the Bluetooth function must be on 65 Bluetooth™...
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To set the service centre number } Messaging } Settings } Text message } Service centre. If the service centre number is saved on the SIM card, it is shown in the list. If there is no number in the list, centre } Add.
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Messaging Receiving text messages When you receive a text message, a message alert New message received. sounds and the message Read now? is displayed. Press to read the text message, and you want to read the message later. While reading the text message you can, for example, go to a Web address found in the text message, save a picture found in the text message or listen to a sound inserted in the text message.
To create a template } Messaging } Templates } New template } Add } Text message } Select. Write the message Message options You can set a default value for the message options or choose the settings each time you send a message. For details about the message options 48 Messaging glossary.
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Messaging To write and send a picture message } Messaging } Write new } Picture Press to view a list of items to add to your message. Select an item. Press to add more items to the message. You can view and select options to enhance the message by highlighting items in the message.
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You can select a message from the list of messages and press to delete the entire message. Save items from a picture message When you have viewed a picture message, you can save items from the message. Press items and select an item from the list that appears. Templates You can base your message on one of the predefined templates.
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Messaging Email account settings An email account specifies, for example, the server that is used for your email messages. There are three ways to create an email account: • Receive settings in a text message • Create an email account manually •...
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The number of email messages that can be saved depends on memory left in the phone. All email messages are also saved on your email server, and you can view both older and newer messages on the server. To write and send an email message } Messaging } Email } Write Write your subject and message, OK.
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Messaging My friends The My friends function gives you more options when messaging. You can create a list of favourite contacts from the phonebook. You can then quickly access your favourite contacts and choose how you want to communicate with them. If your subscription supports instant messaging services, you can see which of your contacts are online and what mood they are in.
• Show my status – Select To all if you want to show full status to friends but limited status to others, and Only to contacts if you want to show full status to friends but nothing to others. • Username: –...
Messaging Cell information The cell information channel is used by some network operators to send messages to their subscribers within a certain network area. To turn on the cell information channel } Messaging } Settings } Area info } Cell information.
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• Outgoing port – if needed, change the number of the port used by the SMTP protocol. • Outgoing server – enter the name or IP address of the SMTP server to be able to send email messages. Password • –...
Imaging Imaging Camera, video recorder, pictures, screen saver. Camera and video recorder Your phone has a digital camera and a digital video recorder. You can easily switch between the camera and the video recorder by pressing You can take pictures, record video clips, save and view them and send them as email attachments or using picture messages - MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service).
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} More } Switch to photo • Press camera if video recorder is activated. Press to take a picture. } More } Switch to video • Press to video recorder if the camera is activated. Press Record to start the recording. To use the zoom Press to zoom in on the subject.
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Imaging • Save to – select where to save video clips recorded with the video recorder. Take a self-portrait Hold the phone as shown in the illustration. You can see your reflection in the mirror provided. Press and hold on the side of the phone to activate the camera.
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Pictures Your phone comes with a number of pictures. File manager } All pictures are saved in You can: • Have a picture as wallpaper when in standby mode. • Assign a picture to a contact in the phonebook. When that person calls, the picture is displayed (provided your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification service) 23 To add a picture...
Imaging To edit and save a picture } File manager } Pictures. Scroll to the picture you want, More. } Use } Edit. You can now start to edit the picture. To edit pictures taken with the camera, you must select 120x160 as picture size. Press More } Save picture.
Entertainment Media player, sounds, 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. The following formats are supported by the media player: MP3, MP4, 3GP and WAV (with 16 kHz as maximum sample rate).
Entertainment Online music and videos You can view videos and listen to music that you find on a Web site by streaming them to your phone. When browsing, and when you have found a link for streaming, the media player will open automatically when the link is selected.
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characteristics. The blocks are grouped into Intro, Verse, Chorus, and Break, depending on where in the melody they fit in. You compose a melody by adding music blocks to the tracks. To edit a melody previously created in MusicDJ™, } File manager } Sounds , select the melody and More press...
Entertainment Sounds & alerts You can choose to be notified of an incoming call by the buzzing of the vibrating alert. You can set the vibrating alert to one of the following: • – all the time. On if silent •...
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Listening to recordings You can listen to your recordings at any time, even during a call. To listen to your recordings } File manager } Sounds. Select the recording you want to hear. Press Play to listen to the recording. Press to go to the previous or next recording.
Connectivity Games Your phone has several entertaining games. You can also download games and applications directly to your phone. Help texts are available for most games. To start and end a game } Entertainment } Games & Start. Select a game Press More to read help texts.
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Internet and email settings direct to your phone in a text message. Requesting settings from Sony Ericsson Use a PC to go to www.SonyEricsson.com to request that a text message be sent to your phone with the settings you need.
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Connectivity To stop browsing More Exit browser. Press and select Options when browsing More Press to view different browsing options. The options may vary depending on which site you are visiting. If you select an email address when browsing a Web site, you can send a text message to that address.
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To download from wap.sonyericsson.com } Internet services } More } Bookmarks } Sony Ericsson. Select what you want to download and follow the instructions that appear. Stored information When browsing, you can save information in your phone. It is advisable to clear any sensitive information about previously visited Internet services.
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Connectivity HTTP profile, the connection will be secure if the URL starts with https://. Security for a connection between a WAP gateway and a WAP service provider is the responsibility of the WAP service provider. To turn on a secure connection (WAP) } Connectivity } Internet settings } Internet profiles.
To enter the remote synchronization settings } Connectivity } Synchronization } New account. If you do not have an account, you will be asked if you want to create an account. Press to create a new account. Enter a name for the new account, Continue. A list of options to enter will appear.
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Connectivity Please check if local laws or regulations restrict the use of Bluetooth wireless technology. 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 country restrictions.
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To add a Bluetooth handsfree to your phone } Connectivity } Bluetooth } first time you add a handsfree, device to use with the phone? press Yes. If you already have a handsfree in your list of } Connectivity } Bluetooth } devices, Handsfree } My handsfree } New and press Add.
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Connectivity To receive an item } Connectivity } Bluetooth } Turn When you receive the item, follow the instructions on the screen. Infrared port You can use the infrared port to establish contact between your phone and a PC or another device equipped with an infrared port.
More features Time and date, alarm clock, calendar, SIM card lock, etc. Time and date The time is always displayed in standby. } Settings } • To set the time, } Time & date } Time. Enter the time, Save. •...
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More features Calendar You can use the calendar to keep track of important meetings that you need to attend. The calendar can be synchronized with a PC calendar or with a calendar on the Web 64 Synchronizing. Appointments You can save up to 300 appointments depending on the size of each item.
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Calendar settings } Organizer } Calendar } More and select one of the options: • View week – select, add, edit or delete appointments. New appointment • – add a new appointment. Change date • – change the date of your calendar. •...
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More features To set reminder options } Organizer } Tasks and select a task } Reminders Reminder options Press Always if you want the reminder to sound even though the phone is turned off. When the reminder sounds, select to read the task or to call the phone number in a phone task.
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To receive a note Add note? appears. Press to save the note among your other notes. Profiles Your phone has a number of predefined profiles which are set to suit a certain environment. You can add accessories to, rename or change these profiles. For example, when you go to a meeting, you can simply choose the Meeting...
To set the display light } Settings } Display Start-up screen When you turn your phone on or off, the Sony Ericsson start-up screen appears. Your network operator’s own start-up screen may appear instead. You can also set your own start-up screen.
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 } Select an alternative.
More features Code memo Instead of having to remember all the different security codes for credit cards, for example, you can save them in the code memo in your phone. Then all you need to remember is the passcode to open the code memo.
Forgot your passcode? If you forget your passcode, just enter any passcode to access the code memo function. The checkword and codes that are then shown are incorrect. You must now reset the code memo. To reset code memo Press More and select Reset.
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want? This chapter lists some problems that you might encounter while using your phone. Some problems require that you call your service provider, but most of the problems you can easily correct yourself. However, if you need to hand in your phone for repair, please note that you may lose information and content that you have saved in your phone.
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Grey menu options Grey text indicates a function that is temporarily unavailable, for example, if a service is not activated, or if your subscription does not support the function. Since you cannot send themes, pictures and sounds that are copyright-protected, Send menu is sometimes unavailable.
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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).
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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.
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• Warning! May explode if disposed of in fire. • 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.
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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.
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Sony Ericsson distributor. To find out if your Product is sold in the EU country you are in, please call the local Sony Ericsson Customer Care Centre. Please observe that certain services may not be possible elsewhere than in the country of original...
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Icons Icons Icon descriptions The table below describes the icons which appear on the desktop and in standby. Icon Description Desktop Your personal phonebook Handling of text, picture, email and voice messages Camera function Handling of pictures, sounds, video and themes Personal settings including profiles, display, language, time and locks...
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Icon Description 3G network is unavailable Tells you are in a premium charge zone Tells you the status of the battery You cannot receive any incoming calls You have missed an incoming call All incoming calls are diverted to a defined number No calls or only certain calls from numbers in a list are received...
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Icons Icon Description Ciphering is currently not being provided by the network An ongoing call A chat session is in progress My friends status icon The media player is running Data is being downloaded to the phone A Java™ application is running This is the Internet version of the user's guide.
Index accept calls 33 account settings, email 44 alarm clock 69 alerts 58 animations 53 answering calls 19 using voice control 29 answering service 27 appointments 70–71 area information 47 ask to save 24 assembling, phone 5 automatic redialling 20 battery alien 80 charging 5...
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Index codes PIN 5 PUK 6, 79 conference calls 32 connectors 7 contacts 22 as default phonebook 23 groups of 37 synchronizing 64 cookies 63 copying to/from Memory Stick Duo 15 to/from SIM card 25 cost information 35 credit limit 35 date, setting 69 declaration of conformity 87 display...
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locks phone lock 75, 80 SIM card 74 long messages 40 magic word 29 making calls 16 media player 55–56 melodies 56–58 Memory Stick Duo 13–14 menu language 10, 78 menus 10, 16 message alert 58 messages area information 47 cell information 48 email 43 glossary 48...
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Index quick keys 16–17 recording calls 58 sounds 58 video clips 50 voice commands 28–30 redialling 20 resetting phone 78 restricted dialling 33 ringtones 56–58 roaming 18 safety guidelines 80 saving from picture messages 43 from text messages 40 screen 73 screen saver 54 security code memo 76...
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turning on/off Bluetooth 66 infrared port 68 key sound 58 phone 6 phone lock 75 ringtones, melodies 56 SIM lock protection 75 two voice lines 32 unblocking PIN 6 SIM card 74, 75 vibrating alert 58 video calls 21–22 video clips 55 video recorder 50–52 voice answering 29–30 voice control 27–30...
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