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Accessories – More for your phone Camera Phone Kit IPK-100 Premium protection for your phone. Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-IV835 Stylish discretion with excellent sound. Desk Stand CDS-65 Your phone’s best assistant: connect a USB cable, charger and portable handsfree. These accessories can be purchased separately but may not be available in every market.
Contents Getting started ....5 More than one call ......31 My numbers ........32 Assembly ........5 Accept calls ......... 32 Turning on the phone ..... 5 Restricted dialling ......33 Help in your phone ......7 Fixed dialling ........ 33 Charge the battery ......
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Limited Warranty ......80 Using the Internet ......57 FCC Statement ......82 Web feeds ........58 Declaration of Conformity for K858c ........82 Bluetooth™ wireless technology ........58 Index ......... 83 Using the USB cable ....60 Synchronizing ......62 Update service ......
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Bluetooth SIG Inc. GSM 850/900/1800/1900 The marble logo, BestPic, PlayNow, MusicDJ, This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson PhotoDJ, TrackID and VideoDJ are trademarks Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile company, without any warranty.
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Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted Note: Sony Ericsson advises users to backup their information of Sun and title to all copies is retained personal data information. by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer shall not All illustrations are for illustration only and modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, may not accurately depict the actual phone.
Getting started Assembly Insert the battery with the label side down and the connectors facing each Before you start using your phone, you other. need to insert a SIM card and the Close and slide the battery cover into battery. place.
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SIM card Flight mode The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) Flight mode the network and radio card, which you get from your network transceivers are turned off to prevent operator, contains information about disturbance to sensitive equipment. your subscription. Always turn off your You can use the Bluetooth™...
Help in your phone Charge the battery Help and information are available Your phone battery is partly charged in your phone. See Navigation on when you buy it. page 14. It may take 30 minutes for the battery To use the setup wizard icon to appear on the screen.
Using the USB charger To remove the charger To connect the charger and charge the battery Connect the USB cable plug to the AC adapter USB socket, as shown in the above illustration. The USB cable is supplied with your phone. Charge your battery until the battery icon indicates a full charge.
It must not be used for Use only Sony Ericsson branded original connection to a PC. It can only be batteries intended for use with your used for charging your phone. Never mobile phone.
Phone overview Ear speaker Screen Touch options Activity menu key Call key Navigation key Volume, digital zoom keys C key (Clear) End key Camera switch mode key Camera key Camera on/off key Silent key Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable Getting started This is the Internet version of the User's guide.
Menu overview PlayNow™* Monternet* Entertainment Online services* Games TrackID™ VideoDJ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Remote control Record sound Demo tour Cyber-shot™ Messaging Media Write new Inbox Email Web feeds Drafts Outbox Sent messages Saved messages My friends* Call voicemail Templates Manage messages Settings Radio Alarms...
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Calls** Organizer File manager Applications Answered Dialled Missed Calendar Tasks Notes Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code memo Settings** General Sounds & alerts Display Calls Connectivity* Profiles Ring volume Wallpaper Speed dial Bluetooth Time & date Ringtone Themes Smart search Language Silent mode Startup screen Divert calls...
Navigation To use the touch options The main menus are shown as icons. Touch options Some submenus include tabs. To navigate the phone menus • Select an action shown at the bottom of the screen by pressing the left, centre or right touch option. To view options for an item •...
To delete items Activity menu tabs • Press to delete items such as • New events – missed calls and new numbers, letters, pictures and sounds. messages. • Running apps – applications that are Shortcuts running in the background. You can use keypad shortcuts to go •...
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To insert a memory card Handling files You can move and copy files between your phone, a computer and a memory card. Files are saved on the memory card first and then in the phone memory. Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder.
To move a file in the file manager Entering text From standby select Menu > Organizer You can use multitap text input or > File manager. T9™ Text Input to enter text. The Find a file and select Options T9 Text Input method uses a built-in >...
to view suggestions. Switching between Chinese input methods Press to accept a suggestion. In the Chinese editing mode, you can To enter text using multitap select and switch quickly to another From standby select, for example, input method by pressing and Menu >...
Stroke input Number Stroke Basic Stroke Character Category Stroke Name A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic 六 学 雷 心 性 strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke categories. Each category is represented Right Slope 人...
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Components Number Stroke Basic Stroke Character The basic building units of Chinese Category Stroke Name characters are components that are Over-Down 口 已 户 made up of strokes. After entering 书 骨 the first two strokes of the desired Over-Down- 力...
信息 Pinyin input For example, to enter “ ” 1 Press Press the keys containing the required 2 When “xin” is highlighted, press Pinyin letters, and the phone will make and select “ 信 ”, then press various proposals on the screen, (If you want to enter any of the other according to the pronunciation rules of suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll...
Calling To answer a call • Press Making and receiving calls To reject a call You need to turn on your phone and • Press be within range of a network. To change the ear speaker volume To make a call during a call From standby enter a phone number •...
Emergency calls Default contact Your phone supports international You can choose which contact emergency numbers, for example, 112 information is shown as default. If and 911. These numbers can normally Phone contacts is selected as default, be used to make emergency calls in your contacts show all the information any country/region, with or without the saved in Contacts.
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Calling contacts To call a phone contact To call a contact written in Chinese characters 1 > Contacts. Then enter the entire multi-letter name, pure initial or mixed initial pinyin of Chinese contacts you want to call. For example: Initial status Full name search Pure initial search Mixed initial search...
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To call with Smart search To automatically save names and phone numbers on the SIM card From standby press – From standby select Menu > Contacts. enter a contact name or a phone number. All entries which match the Scroll to New contact and select sequence of digits or letters are shown...
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To call a SIM contact Memory status From standby select Menu > Contacts. The number of contacts you can save in your phone or on the SIM card Scroll to a contact and press depends on available memory. To copy names and numbers to phone contacts To view memory status From standby select...
To add your own business card To create a group of numbers and email addresses From standby select Menu > Contacts. From standby select Menu > Contacts. Scroll to Myself and select Open. Scroll to New contact and select Scroll to My contact info and select Options...
To clear the call list To enter your voicemail number From standby press From standby select Menu > Messaging > Settings > Voicemail number. Scroll to the tab and select Options > Delete all. Enter the number and select OK. To call your voicemail service Speed dial •...
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Follow the instructions that appear. The magic word Wait for the tone and say the command You can record and use a voice to record. The voice command is played command as a magic word to activate back to you. voice dialling without pressing any If the recording sounds OK, select keys.
Voice answering Diverting calls When you use a handsfree, you can You can divert calls, for example, to answer or reject incoming calls with an answering service. your voice. When Restrict calls is used, some divert To activate voice answering and call options are not available.
More than one call To end an ongoing call and answer a second call You can handle more than one call at • During the call, select Replace active a time. For example, you can put an call. ongoing call on hold, while you make or answer a second call.
Conference calls My numbers With a conference call, you can have You can view, add and edit your own a joint conversation with up to five phone numbers. people. To check your phone numbers To add a new participant From standby select Menu >...
Restricted dialling Fixed dialling You can restrict outgoing and incoming Fixed dialling allows calls to be made calls. A password from your service only to certain numbers saved on the provider is required. SIM card. The fixed numbers are protected by your PIN2. If you divert incoming calls, you cannot Partial numbers can be saved.
To save a fixed number Messaging From standby select Menu > Contacts. Receiving and saving messages Scroll to New contact and select You are notified when you receive a Options > Special numbers > Fixed message. Messages are automatically dialling >...
Text messages Write the message and select Cont. > Contacts look-up. Text messages can contain simple Select a recipient and select Send pictures, sound effects, animations, and melodies. If you send a text message to a group, you will be charged for each member. Before you use messaging See Groups on page 27.
To select an MMS profile • Ask in roaming – ask to download when not in home network. From standby select Menu > Messaging • Not in roaming – do not download > Settings > Picture message > when not in home network. profile.
To set picture message options To add a picture message template From standby select Menu > Messaging From standby select Menu > Messaging > Settings > Picture message. > Templates > New template > Picture msg. Scroll to an option and select Edit. Enter text.
Email To enter more recipients, select Edit. Scroll to an option and select You can use standard email functions > Enter email address. Enter the email and your computer email address in address and select OK. When you are your phone. ready, select Done.
To view an attachment in an email To delete an email (IMAP4) message From standby select Menu > Messaging • When you view the message, select > Email > Inbox. Options > Attachments > View. Scroll to the message and select Options >...
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To enter My friends server settings To show my status From standby select Menu > Messaging From standby select Menu > Messaging > My friends > Configure. > My friends > Options > Settings > Show my status. Scroll to a setting and select Add. Select an option.
To add a chat group Area and cell information From standby select Menu > Messaging Area and cell information are text > My friends > the Chat groups messages, for example, local traffic > Options > Add chat group. reports that are sent to subscribers Select an option.
Using the camera Do not look directly at the camera Xe flash in the phone using a magnification To activate the camera device. Failure to comply with this • When the phone is turned on, press warning may damage your eyes. To take a picture Do not record with a strong light source Activate the camera and use...
Getting more from the Camera icons and settings camera Icons on the screen inform what the BestPic™ helps you capture the precise current setting is. More camera moment. You can improve an under- settings are available in Settings. exposed picture with Photo fix. Use Photo mate to learn about camera To use BestPic™...
Scroll to a setting and select your pictures and video clips on your computer by installing the Adobe™ Photoshop™ Album Starter Edition or the Sony Ericsson Media Manager. These are included on the CD that comes with your phone and are available for download at www.sonyericsson.com/cn.
Camera printing Pictures You can print camera pictures You can view, add, edit or delete using the USB cable connected to pictures in Media. a compatible printer. Using pictures You can also print using a Bluetooth You can add a picture to a contact, compatible printer.
Photo tags PhotoDJ™ and VideoDJ™ You can tag pictures to categorise You can edit pictures and video clips. them. To edit and save a picture To tag pictures From standby select Media and scroll From standby select Media and scroll Photo >...
Themes Entertainment You can change the appearance of the To navigate your media see Navigation screen through items such as colours on page 14. and wallpaper. You can also create new themes and download them. For Stereo portable handsfree more information, go to www.sonyericsson.com/cn.
Transferring music from • When you listen to music, press the a computer volume keys up or down. With Sony Ericsson Media Manager, included on the CD with your phone, To move between tracks you can transfer music from CDs, your •...
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CD. The CD starts automatically and Manager window. the installation window opens. Select a language and click OK. Browsing files Click Install Sony Ericsson Media Music and video files are saved and Manager and follow the instructions. categorized. To use Media Manager •...
To create a playlist Online music and video clips From standby select Media and scroll You can view video clips and listen to Music > Playlists. music by streaming them to your phone from the Internet. If settings are not Scroll to and select Add.
Radio To select saved channels From standby select Menu > Radio Do not use your phone as a radio > Options > Channels. in places where this is prohibited. Select a radio channel. To listen to the radio To save channels in positions 1 to 10 Connect the handsfree to the phone.
Downloading from PlayNow™ To turn the ringtone off The price appears when you select to • From standby press and hold down download and save a music file. Your phone bill or prepay card is debited All signals except the alarm signal are when a purchase is accepted.
MusicDJ™ To receive a melody • Follow the instructions that appear You can compose and edit your own melodies to use as ringtones. A melody You cannot send a polyphonic melody or consists of four types of tracks – MP3 file in a text message. Drums, Basses, Chords, and Accents.
To end a game To set permissions for a Java application • Press From standby select Menu > Organizer Gaming control > Applications. The keys on your phone can be used Scroll to an application and select for different gaming control functions. Options >...
Transactions Connectivity A summary showing the transactions you have made in different Java Settings applications is provided in Menu Before you synchronize with an Internet > Organizer > Applications service, use the Internet, PlayNow™, > Transactions. You can sort and filter My friends, Java, picture messaging the content of the summary.
Using the Internet Using bookmarks You can create and edit bookmarks You can use the Internet to access as quick links to your favourite Web online services. pages. To start browsing To create a bookmark From standby select Menu > Monternet. When you browse the Internet, select Select Options...
To create a new Web feed Fullscreen Landscape From standby select Menu > Messaging Normal screen. > Web feeds > Options > feed. Zoom Enter the address and select Pan & zoom (when To set options for Web feeds Smart-Fit is off).
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Before you use Bluetooth wireless To pair the phone with a Bluetooth technology handsfree for the first time You must turn on the Bluetooth function From standby select Menu > Settings to communicate with other devices. > the Connectivity tab > Bluetooth You must also pair your phone with >...
Visibility Using the USB cable If you want other Bluetooth devices to You can connect your phone to be able to discover your phone, you a computer with the USB cable to can choose to make your phone transfer files using Mass storage visible.
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Sony Ericsson PC Suite software on your computer. See To install the on your computer. See To install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite on page 62. Sony Ericsson PC Suite on page 62. To use phone mode Connect the USB cable to the phone Computer: Start PC Suite from Start/ and the computer.
Synchronizing To install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite Turn on your computer and insert the You can use the USB cable or Bluetooth CD. The CD starts automatically and wireless technology to synchronize the installation window opens. phone contacts, appointments, Select a language and click OK.
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Enter a name for the new account and Synchronization using a Microsoft® Exchange Server select Cont. You can access and synchronize Scroll to Server address. Enter the corporate exchange information such required information and select OK. as email, contacts and calendar entries Enter Username and Password, if...
PC Suite software if installed on phone: your computer. See To install the • Over the air using your phone Sony Ericsson PC Suite on page 62. • Using the provided USB cable and Enter online Service Centre. an Internet-connected computer Follow the instructions on the screen.
More features To silence the alarm • When the alarm sounds, press any key. • To repeat the alarm, select Snooze. Alarms You can set a sound or the radio as an To turn off an alarm alarm signal. The alarm sounds even if •...
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Default view To edit an appointment You can choose whether month, week From standby select Menu > Organizer or day view will appear first when you > Calendar. open the calendar. Select a date. Scroll to an appointment and select To set default view View.
Select Options > Advanced To send a task > Reminders. From standby select Menu > Organizer > Tasks. Select an option. Scroll to a task and select Options A reminders option set in calendar > Send. affects a reminders option set in tasks. Select a transfer method.
To send a note To use the calculator From standby select Menu > Organizer From standby select Menu > Organizer > Notes. > Calculator. Scroll to a note and select Options Press to select ÷ x - + . % >...
To add a code To reset code memo From standby select Menu > Organizer From standby select Menu > Organizer > Code memo. > Code memo. Enter a passcode and select Cont. Enter any passcode to access the code memo. The checkword and Scroll to New code and select Add.
To reset all profiles you have to enter a PIN (Personal Identity Number). From standby select Menu > Settings > the General tab > Profiles. If you enter your PIN incorrectly three Select Options > Reset profiles. times in a row, the SIM card is blocked and you need to enter your PUK Time and date (Personal Unblocking Key).
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If you forget it, you have to • From standby press and select take your phone to your local Lock. Sony Ericsson retailer. To unlock the keypad manually To use the phone lock • From standby press and select...
Troubleshooting I cannot charge the phone or battery capacity is low Some problems will require you to call The charger is not properly connected your network operator. or the battery connection is poor. Remove the battery and clean the For more support go to connectors.
See Help in your phone on page 7 or The phone cannot be detected by other devices using Bluetooth go to www.sonyericsson.com/cn to wireless technology order settings and follow the You have not turned the Bluetooth instructions on the screen function on.
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If this works, it is probably your phone Enter the correct PIN or PIN2 and that is causing the problem. Please select Yes. See To insert the SIM card contact the nearest Sony Ericsson on page 5. service location. PIN blocked PIN2 blocked Emerg.
• Do not expose your product to open flames or lit tobacco products. • Do not drop, throw or try to bend your Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site product. On www.sonyericsson.com/cn there is a support • Do not paint your product.
Contact your cardiologist for Use only Sony Ericsson branded original chargers more information. intended for use with your mobile phone. Other chargers may not be designed to the same safety For other medical devices, please consult your and performance standards.
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This phone contains a built in antenna. Use of energy absorbed by the body when using a mobile antenna devices not marketed by Sony Ericsson phone. The SAR value is determined at the highest specifically for this model could damage your...
Please check local regulations for charger disposal of batteries or call your local Sony Ericsson Call Center for O: Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in all of the homogeneous materials for this information. part is below the limit requirement in SJ/T 11363-2006.
• Do not press or bend the end of the memory card Accessories adapter with excessive force. Sony Ericsson recommends use of Sony Ericsson • Do not let dirt, dust, or foreign objects get into the original accessories for safe and efficient use of insert port of any memory card adapter.
Software. Sony Ericsson, and, to the extent that the levels that may be harmful to your hearing. Software contains material or code of a third party,...
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Two handing in your Sony Ericsson Product for repair or defective pixels are deemed acceptable. replacement. Minor variations in the appearance of the camera image may occur between phones.
WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, OTHER THAN for K858c THIS PRINTED LIMITED WARRANTY. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT We, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB of LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF Nya Vattentornet MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A SE-221 88 Lund, Sweden...
......... 65–66 call divert ..........30 call list ..........27 date ............70 call numbers in message ..... 35 declaration of conformity for K858c ..82 call time ..........34 caller-specific ringtones ....... 25 email ............. 38 entering text ......... 17 Index This is the Internet version of the User's guide.
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file manager ......... 15 language ..........17 fixed dialling ......... 33 Limited Warranty ........80 lock keypad ..........71 games ..........54 phone ..........71 groups ..........27 SIM card ........70 handsfree ........28, 48 magic word ...........29 Bluetooth technology ....59 master reset ..........72 help ............
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