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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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Software. Software may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in whole or in part. 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.
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. 10 Navigating the menus.
emergency number, for example 112. This is so that you can see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN 25 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.
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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...
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. Press to select the options shown above these keys on the screen.
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. Press when you are asked if you want to create a shortcut.
To select writing languages } Settings } General } Writing language. Scroll to the language that you want to use for entering letters and mark each language you want. } OK to exit the menu. To enter letters using multitap text input To enter text, you have to be in a function where text input is possible, for example...
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• You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut to certain letters: To enter a ‘B’, press and hold To enter a ‘C’, press and hold To enter letters using T9 Text Input } Messaging } Write new } Text For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”, press If the word shown is the one you want, press...
My words • – manage the words that you have added to the dictionary. Fuzzy Pinyin • – when turned on more words will be available for selection. For example, if you write tan, mode: tan, tao. tan, tao, tang. National chars.
Writing methods in detail Stroke input A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke categories. Each category is represented on the keypad by one of the keys .
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Number Stroke Basic Stroke Category Stroke Name Left Slope-Over 么 去 公 Left Slope-Dot Down-Lift Right Slope- Hook Down-Over- Hook Down-Over- Curved-Hook Down-Over-Left Slope Down-Over- Down-Hook Down-Over- Down Over-Hook Over-Down Over-Down- Hook Over-Left Slope 又 之 登 Over-Down- Over-Left Slope This is the Internet version of the user's guide.
Using components is a fast method for entering complex characters. The smaller candidates surrounded by dotted frames are components, and the bigger candidates without dotted frames are characters. Example of stroke input For example, to enter “ 信息 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”. Move the cursor to “...
Example of Pinyin input For example, to enter “ Press If “ 信 ” is not highlighted, press highlight “信”, then press you can directly insert the desired candidate by pressing and holding the corresponding number key. (If you want to enter any of the other suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll up or down to the desired combination).
To insert and remove the Memory Stick Duo Insert the Memory Stick Duo in the slot. Press the edge of the Memory Stick Duo to release it. You will hear a click as it is pushed out of the slot. Memory Stick Duo adaptor Your phone comes with the shorter Memory Stick variant, Memory Stick Duo.
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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 More } Manage files you want to move, } Move to folder. Scroll to an existing folder, New folder } Add, and name the folder, OK.
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 More Enter a list of options press Enter the status menu to press a volume see date, profile and button once...
Put a call on hold press Retrieve a call press Turn off the microphone press and hold Enter a list of options press Entering letters Shift between capital and press lower-case letters letter Delete letters and press numbers Shift between multitap or press and hold T9 Text input methods Shift between writing...
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...
To turn off the microphone during a call Mute Press and select 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.
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: •...
available. Please contact your network operator for more information. 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.
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 • – turn off and on the incoming sound during a video call. Mute microphone/Unmute mic.
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 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 edit SIM numbers If SIM numbers is your default phonebook, Phonebook scroll to and the number you want to edit press More. If contacts is your default Phonebook } Options phonebook, scroll to } SIM numbers. Select the name and number you want to edit.
To copy SIM numbers to contacts } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Copy from SIM. Copy all Copy a number. Select Sending contacts You can send contacts using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port or a text or picture message.
Speed dialling You can save the phone numbers that you want to reach easily in positions 1-9 in your phone and on your SIM card. To speed dial with contacts as default phonebook, numbers have to be saved as contacts, and to speed dial with SIM numbers as default phonebook, numbers have to be saved on your SIM card.
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. You can save approximately 30 recorded words as voice commands in the phone.
To turn the caller name On or Off } Settings } General } Voice control } Play caller name. Voice dialling You can voice dial by saying a pre-recorded voice command. Start voice dialling from standby using the phone, a portable handsfree, a Bluetooth headset or by saying your magic word.
To activate voice answering and record voice answer commands } Settings } General } Voice control } Voice answer } Activate. Continue Instructions appear. Press phone to your ear. Wait for the tone and say “Answer”, or another word. If the recording sounds ok, press Yes.
• You spoke too late or too soon – speak immediately after the tone. • You did not record the voice command when the handsfree was attached – for voice control with a handsfree kit, record when the handsfree is attached. •...
To activate or deactivate the call waiting service } Settings } Calls } Manage calls } Call waiting. To make a second call Hold Press to put the ongoing call on hold. Enter the number you want to call, Call. Receiving a second call When you receive a second call, you can do the following:...
To add a new participant Hold Press to put the joined calls on hold. Press and select Call the next person you want to include in the conference call. Join Press and select Repeat steps 1-4 to include more participants. To release a participant Release Press...
My numbers You can view, add and edit your own phone numbers. To check your phone numbers } Phonebook } Options } Special numbers } My numbers and select one of the options. Accept calls With the accept calls service, you can choose to receive calls only from certain phone numbers.
Fixed dialling The fixed dialling function allows calls to be made only to certain numbers saved on the SIM card. Fixed dialling requires a SIM card that allows fixed numbers to be saved. The fixed numbers are protected by your PIN2. Calls to the international emergency number 112 can still be made, even when the fixed dialling function is activated.
Setting the call cost You can use the tariff function to specify the price per call unit. If you do not specify a price per call unit, the number of call units appears. To enter the price per call unit } Settings } Calls } Time &...
To add a group } Settings } Calls } Closed groups } Edit list } New group Add. Enter the name of the user group, OK. Enter the index number, OK. You get the index number from your network operator. To call outside a closed user group } Settings } Calls...
Groups You can create a group of contacts. By doing so, you can send text messages and picture messages to several recipients at the same time 44 Messaging. To create a group of contacts } Phonebook } Options } Groups } New group Add.
Messaging Text messaging, picture messaging, email, My friends, messaging glossary. Your phone supports various messaging services – text messaging, picture messaging, email and My friends. Please contact your service provider for details on which services you can use. Text messaging Text messages are sent via SMS (Short Message Service).
shows the last 10 recipients. You can also select a recipient from this list. Press Send. To insert an item in a text message } Messaging } Write new } Text While writing your message, press } Add item. Select Picture, Sound effect, Melody, Animation,...
that you have saved on the SIM card remain there until you delete them. To save an item from a text message When the phone number, Web address, picture, animation or melody is highlighted, press Save. Long messages The number of characters that a text message can contain depends on the language you are writing in.
Picture messages Picture messages can contain text, pictures, video clips, camera pictures, and sound recordings and are sent via MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). You must have a subscription that supports MMS. Picture messages can be sent to a mobile phone and an email account.
Phone number Press and enter the recipient’s Phonebook look up phone number, or press retrieve a number or a group from the phonebook. To enter an email address, press Email address. A list below the send options shows the last 10 recipients. You can also select a recipient from this list.
Templates You can base your message on one of the predefined templates. You can also add new templates. To use a predefined template for a picture message } Messaging } Templates and select a template. } Picture msg. Press to make changes or add new items.
Receiving settings At www.SonyEricsson.com you can get support on how to enter your email settings. Some network operators provide a service with which you can request settings in a text message. Contact your network operator for information about your settings. To receive settings in a text message } Messaging } Email } Settings } Auto To create an email account manually...
To write and send an email message } Messaging } Email } Write Write your subject and message, OK. Email address Press and enter the recipient’s Phonebook look up email address, or press retrieve an address or a group from the phonebook.
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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 To all • – Select show full status to friends but limited status to Only to contacts others, and if you want to show full status to friends but nothing to others. Username: • – view your username. To view the status of a contact Messaging } My friends and select a contact.
cannot save area messages. Please consult your service provider for more information about area information codes. To turn area information on or off } Messaging } Settings } Area info } Cell information The cell information channel is used by some network operators to send messages to their subscribers within a certain network area.
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Incoming port • – if needed, change the number of the port used by the protocol you are using. Incoming server • – enter the name or IP address of the service provider for incoming email messages. For example, mail.server.com or 10.1.1.1.
• – add a phone number, or an email address, or retrieve the information from the phonebook. To add more recipients to a message, and retrieve a saved number or email address from the phonebook or received messages in your More inbox, press and select...
Before you start The phone that you are sending the picture or video clip to needs to support data transmission and picture messaging in order to receive and show the picture or video clip. Before you send a picture or video clip using MMS or email make sure that: •...
To use the zoom Press to zoom in on the subject. Press zoom out. With the still camera, you can zoom x2 if you select the medium picture size, and x2 or x4 if you select the small picture size. No zoom is available for the large picture size.
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. Make sure that you have selected the camera, and not the video recorder.
Pictures Your phone comes with a number of pictures. File manager All pictures are saved in Pictures. 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) picture or a personal ringtone to a contact.
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 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).
Send song/Send video • – send a sound or video file using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port, text or picture messages or email. 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.
Save Press to save the setting. Composing You can compose and edit melodies to use as ringtones using the MusicDJ™. A melody consists of four tracks - Drums, Basses, and Accents. A track contains a number of music blocks. The blocks consist of pre-arranged sounds with different characteristics.
Specific ringtones for personal calls If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a personal ringtone to up to ten callers. To set a specific ringtone for a caller } Phonebook and scroll to the contact, More. View &...
To end and play a sound recording Save Press to end the recording, and press listen to the recording. Recording options Press More to view the following options: Record new, Send, Rename, Delete, Recorded sounds. The recording stops automatically if you receive a call or when the call ends.
To receive and save a theme Open the message you received the theme in, or turn on Bluetooth or the infrared port if these transfer methods are being used to send the theme. When you receive the theme, press save it. To download a theme } File manager } Themes.
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.
• Enter the address of a Web site. Select address } New address to enter a new Web page address or select one of the 10 latest entered addresses. When you enter a Web page address, the normal http:// prefix is not needed. To stop browsing More Exit...
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Downloading You can download, for example, pictures, themes, games and ringtones, from Web sites directly to your phone. Contact your network operator or service provider for more information if menu options are not available. To download from wap.sonyericsson.com } Internet services } More } Bookmarks } Sony Ericsson.
Internet security Your phone has support for both WAP and HTTP secure browsing. To activate a secure connection to the WAP gateway, you need to turn on security in your Internet profile. If your Internet profile is a HTTP profile, the connection will be secure if the URL starts with https://.
Remote synchronization with Internet programs Contact your network operator for more information about the programs on the Internet with which you can synchronize, and to receive username, password and addresses for the different programs. You must also have a Internet profile set in your mobile phone 67 Setting up Internet and email.
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for example, business cards, calendar items and pictures. Your phone can communicate with other Bluetooth devices within a range of up to 10 to 20 metres. The connection may be improved if there are no solid objects in between your phone and the other Bluetooth device.
Phone name You can choose a name for your phone. This name is shown in other devices when your phone is found, and it is also used for the infrared port. 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.
To direct sound when using a handsfree } Connectivity } Bluetooth } Handsfree } Incoming call. Place in phone Place in Select Sending and receiving To send or receive an item, for example, a contact from the phonebook or a picture taken with the camera, using Bluetooth wireless technology, you need to make sure that the devices are within range.
To connect two devices Place your phone as in the picture. The infrared port on the phone must face the infrared port on the other device. Your phone now establishes contact with the other device. To send an item using the infrared port (example: a contact) Make sure that the infrared port of the other } Phonebook...
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, the alarm signal rings.
Reminders options Always Press if you want the reminder to sound even though the phone is turned off. When the reminder sounds, press to read the appointment. Press to turn off the reminder. A reminder set in the calendar affects a reminder set for the same time in tasks.
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To search for appointments } Organizer } Calendar } More } Advanced } Enter the text you want to search for, OK. Appointments that match your search are shown. Press View, to view your appointments or press More for options to reschedule, edit, send, copy or delete.
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To view a task } Organizer } Tasks and select a task Exchanging tasks You can send and receive tasks using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port or picture messaging. To send a task In the list of tasks for a certain day, select the item you want to send.
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can add accessories to, rename or change these profiles. For example, when you go to a meeting, Meeting you can simply choose the number of settings are changed, for example, the ringtone is turned off. You can reset all profile settings to the way they were set when you bought your phone.
} 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. To select a start-up screen...
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 } Select an alternative.
Checkword and security To confirm that you have entered the correct passcode for the code memo and to prevent unauthorized access to your codes, you must enter a checkword. When you enter your passcode to open the code memo, the checkword is shown for a short time.
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 More and select Reset.
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...
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.
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 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.
EU country where an identical Product is sold by an authorised 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.
Nya Vattentornet S-221 88 Lund, Sweden declare under our sole responsibility that our product Sony Ericsson type AAD-3011011-CN and in combination with our accessories, to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the appropriate standards 3GPP TS 51.010-1, 3GPP TS 34.121, EN 301489-7, EN 301489-24, EN 300328,...
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 Gives you access to Internet services...
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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 39 account settings, email 49 adding personal ringtones 28 pictures to contacts 28 alarm clock 77 alerts 65 animations 60 answering calls 24 using voice control 34 answering service 32 appointments 77–79 area information 53 ask to save 29 assembling, phone 5 automatic redialling 25 This is the Internet version of the user's guide.
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rejecting 24 restricting 39 speed dialling 32 video 26–27 camera 56–59 cell information 54 certificates, Internet security 71 charging, battery 5 Chinese input 14 closed user groups 41 code memo 83 codes PIN 5 PUK 6, 87 conference calls 37 connectors 7 contacts 27 as default phonebook 28...
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key sound 65 keys 7, 8 language changing 10 in phone 10, 86 letters entering 11–13 quick keys 22 light, display 80 locks phone lock 83, 88 SIM card 82 long messages 46 magic word 34 making calls 21 media player 62–63 melodies 63–65 Memory Stick Duo 18–19 menu language 10, 86...