Sony 1130202 User Manual

Contents

Getting started 3

Make and receive the first call.

Getting to know your phone 6

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters.

Personalizing your phone 15

Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.

Calling 24

Use the phone book, voice control, call options.

Setting up mobile Inter ne t4 3

Set up WAP and e-mail.

Messaging 49

Chat, e-mail, text and multimedia messages.

Using mobi le Internet 57

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 61

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 67

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 75

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 76

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 78

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 87

What do the icons mean?

Sony Ericsson

First edition (November 2001)
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, may be made by Sony
Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time
and without notice. Such changes will, however, be
incorporated into new editions of this manual.

All rights reserved.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2001

©

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 5405 R1A

Please note:

Some of the services in this manual are not
supported by all networks. This also applies to the
GSM International Emergency Number 112.

Please contact your network operator or service
provider if you are in doubt whether you can use a
particular service or not.

Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient
use and the Limited warranty chapters before you
use your mobile phone.

The BLUETOOTH trademarks are owned by
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

T9™ Text Input is 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. No.
HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No.
51383; Euro.Pat. No. 0 842 463(96927260.8) DE/
DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, GB; and additional
patents are pending worldwide.

Getting started

About this us e r’s guide

For ease of reference, the “Gettin g to know your
phone” chapter gives a qu ic k overview of the main
functions of the phone, shortcuts and ge neral
information.

Available services

Some services and functions described in this user’s
guide are network- or subscription-dependent. Because
of this, all menus may not be available in yo ur phone.

This symbol indicates that a service or
function is network- or subscript ion ­dependent.

Please consult your network operator for
more information about your subscription.

The SIM card

When you register as a subscribe r wit h a network
operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)
card. The SIM card contains a computer chip that
keeps track of your phone nu m be r, the services
included in your subscription, and your phone book
information, among other things.

Assembly

Before you can use your phone you need to:

• insert the SIM card.

• attach and charge the battery. See “SIM card and
battery information” on pa ge 4.

Note: Always turn off the phone and detach the
charger before you insert or remove a SIM card.

Getting started 3

SIM card and battery information

.

It may take up to 30 minutes before an icon
appears in the display when charging.

1. Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM car d is placed

under the silvery holders.

2. Place the batt ery on the back of the phone and pu sh

until you hear a click.

3. Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol.

The flash symbol on the charger plug must fac e
upwards.

4. It may take up to 30 mi nutes before the battery

charging icon appears in the display.

5. Wait approximately 4 hours or until the ico n ind ic at es

that the battery is fully charged. If you do not see the
battery icon after this time, press a ny key or the
joystick to a c t ivate the display.

6. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.

4 Getting started

Y ou have to insert the SIM
card and charge the battery
before you can use the phone.

30 min.

4 h

Making and receiving calls

On/off

If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete
the wrong number by pressing .

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the
SIM card is blocked and the message PIN bloc k ed
appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK
(Personal Unblocking Key). Your PUK is provided by
your network operator.

My Network

12:18

To tur n on the phone

• Press and hold

NO until you hear a tone.

• Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if yo u
have one for your SIM card.
Your PIN is provided by your netw ork operator.

To make and receive calls

• Enter the area code and phone number, and press

to make the call.

NO to end the call.

• Press

• When the phone rings, press

YES to answer the call.

Getting started 5

YES

Getting to know your phone

Key functions

Volum e
key

1–9, 0 Enter the digits 0–9 and

6 Getting to know your pho ne

Increase or de cr ease the
volume of the earpiece during
a call. Scroll through menus,
lists and text. Enter the Status
menu in standby. Slide up or
down twice to reject an
incoming call. Slide up or
down once to turn off the ring
signal when receiving a call.
Make and answer calls. Select
a menu, submenu or an option.
Press for options.

letters. Press and hold to
enter the international prefix
+. Move through menus using
shortcuts.
Enter *. Shift between lower
and upper case.

(clear)

Press the joystick up, down,
left or right to move through
the menus, lists and text s.
Press the joystick as an
alternative to .
Press and hold to turn the
phone on or off or to go back
to standby mode. Press to end
or reject a call, go back one
level in the menus or le ave an
option unchanged.
Delete numb ers and letter s
from the display. Delete an
item from a list. Press and
hold to turn o ff the
microphone during a call.
Enter #.

Quick keys

The table describes some of the mo st useful key
combinations.

To... When in standby:

make an emergenc y call enter the international

emergency number and

YES

press

enter and move through

press or

the main menus

press

enter Call contact

or

enter the Call list press YES
voice dial

press and hold

YES or say

your magic word

call your Voice mail press and hold
enter the + sign to make an

press and hold

international phone call
turn off the ring signal

when receivin g a call

press , or slide the
volume key up or down
once

set the phone to silent press and hold

To... When in standby:

reach a contact beginning
with a speci f ic letter

reach a phone num be r at a
specific position.

press and hold any of the
keys -

press the position number
and

speed dial press any of the number

YES

find a contact in the Call

keys - and
press and hold

contact list
enter the first submenu of

press and hold

the My shortcuts menu
see which profile you are

using

slide the volume key up or
down

see today’s date slide the volume key up or

down

change the language to

press 8888

Automatic

change the language to

press 0000

English

Getting to know your phone 7

To... When in standby: To... When entering letters

reject a call quickly slide the volume

key up or down twice
when receiving a call or

NO

press

To... During a call:

reach the second le tter or
character of a key

reach the third letter or
character of a key

put a call on hold press YES
retrieve a call press YES again

turn off the microphone press and hold

shift between capital and
lower-case letters

using multitap text input:

slide the vo lume key up
and press any of the
number keys

slide the volume key down
and press any of the
number keys

press , then the letter

enter numbers press and hold any of the

To... When in the menus:

move through menus or
lists

slide (and hold) the
volume key up or down or
use the joys ti ck

select a menu or setting press

YES

enter a quick options menu press
delete an item press and hold when

in lists

go back to standby press and hold

8 Getting to know your pho ne

NO

enter a question mark slide the volume key down

@-sign slide the volume key down

enter the

enter a space press
delete letters and numbers press
shift between input

methods

number keys

and press

and press

press and hold

To... When entering let ters

shift between input

using multitap text input:

press and hold

languages
enter a p (pause) press and hold when

saving codes

To... When entering letters

shift between input

using T9 Text Input:

press and hold

methods
shift between input

press and hold

languages

To... When entering let ters

view alternativ e w or ds
accept a word and add a

using T9 Text Input:

press

or

press

space
enter a full stop press

view alternativ e
punctuation marks

shift between capital and

press , then
repeatedly

press , then the letter

or

lower-case letters
enter numbers press and hold any of the

number keys

delete letters and numbers press

Using shortcuts

A quicker way to move through the me nus is t o use
shortcuts. Enter the menus by pressing or and
then simply enter the number of the menu to which you
want to go. To get back to standby, press and hold

You can quickly and easily reach the settings you
use most by placing them in the menu My shortcuts.
See “My shortcuts” on page 23.

Help texts

To help you use the menus and functions, your phone
has help texts that explain the menus.

• To get help, select the menu you want information
about and then press . Select Help,

Getting to know your phone 9

YES.

NO.

Delete, edit a n d r e name

If you add items, for examp l e , a con tact, a note, an
appointment or a WAP bookmark, it can be deleted,
edited or renamed.

There are two w ays of deleting items:

• Select an item and press .

• Select an item, press , select Delete or Delete all.

There are two w ays of editing items:

• Select an item, press , select Edit.

• Scroll to the item you want to edit and press

YES twice,

select Edit.

Tip: Yo u can rename an item in the same way.

Online services

Online servi ces are customized ser v ices
offered by network operators, indepe ndently
of mobile phones and mobile phone
manufacturers.

A SIM card which supports Online services works

in the same wa y as a no rmal SI M ca rd. When yo u h ave
inserted your SIM card and turned on your phone, your
network operator can download data to your SIM card.

10 Getting to know your pho ne

After the first data download and after restarting your
phone, a new menu appear s in you r phone as the first
submenu under the Connect menu.

• To enter your new menu system, scro ll to Connect/
Online services.

Note: This menu only appears if your SIM card
supports this service. Some operators may not use the
name “Online services”. Your phone may not support
all of the services offered.

Menu overview

Phone book

Call contact

Find and send*

Add contact

Manage contact

Pictures

Personal rings

VoiceCommands

Special numbers

Advanced

Options

WAP services

Homepage
Bookmarks
Push inbox

Enter address

Resume

Select profile

Advanced

Options

Messages

SMS

MMS

Call voice mail

E-mail

Chat

Area info

Options

Organizer

Calendar

Notes

Alarms

Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator

Code memo

Calls

Missed calls
Calling local

Call list

Manage calls

Time and cost

Next call

Options

Connect

Online services

Receive item

Infrared port

Bluetooth

Synchronization

GSM Networks

Data comm.

Accessories

Fun & Games

Themes

My pictures

Draw picture

My sounds

Composer

Sound recorder

Games

CommuniCam™

My shortcut s

Select profile
Ring volume

Switch to li n e

My numbers

Edit shortcuts

Settings

Sounds & alerts

Profiles
Display

Language

Time and date

Voice control

Locks

Handsfree

Master reset

Ongoing call *

Transfer sound

Record

Turn off tones

Hold call

Switch calls

Release active

Retrieve call

Join calls

Transfer call

Extract part

Release all

Release part

Parties in conf.

Calls

* Only available du r ing a call

Please note that some menus
are network- and subscription­dependent.

Getting to know your phone 11

Entering letters

You can enter letters, for example, when you add
names to the phone book, write t ext me ssages or enter
WAP addresses.

Apart from the way you normally ente r lett e rs in

your phone, using multitap te xt input, you can use
T9™ Text Input for entering text messages and e­mail, for example, if the input language you select
supports this. T9 Text Input is a predictive input
method and is a quicker wa y to wr it e te xt s. Se e “ T9™
Text Input” on page 13.

Input languages

Before you start entering letters, you need to select the
input languages that you want to use when writing.

To select input languages

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES, Language, YES, Input, YES.

2. Scroll to the language that you want to use for entering

letters and press for each language you want.

YES to exit the menu.

3. Press

When writing, yo u can switch to one of yo u r s elected
input languages by pressing and then selecting

Language. See “The list of options” on page 14.

12 Getting to know your pho ne

Multitap text input

When saving names in the phone book or when writing
WAP addresses, you enter letters using mul tita p t ext
input. You press each key as many times as needed to
show the letter yo u want . In the follo wing ex ample, we
are going to write a name i n the Phone book.

To enter letters using multitap text input

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES, Add contact, YES. Press YES

again.

2. Press the appropriate key, – , or

, repeatedly until the cha racter you want appears
in the displa y.
See the table of the Latin alphabet below:

Press… to get…

Space - ? ! ‚ . : ; " ’ < = > ( ) _ 1
A B C Å Ä Æ à Ç 2 Γ
D E F è É 3 ∆ Φ
G H I ì 4
J K L 5 Λ
M N O Ñ Ö Ø ò 6
P Q R S ß 7 Π Σ

Press… to get…

T U V Ü ù 8
W X Y Z 9

+ & @ / ¤ % $ € £ ¥ \ § ¿ ¡ 0 Θ Ξ Ψ

Ω

# * ↵ ¶

to delete le tters and numb ers
to shift betw een capital an d lower-

case letters

-

press and hold to enter numbe rs

Example:

• To enter an ‘A’, press once.

• To enter a ‘B’, quickly press twice.

• To shift between capital and lower-case letters, pres s
, then enter the letter.

Tip: You can also use the volume ke y as a shortcut to
certain letters:

To enter a ‘B’, slide the volume key up and press .
To enter a ‘C’, slide the volume key down and press

.

™

Text Input

T9

You can use T9 Text Input when writing, for example,
text messages and e-mail. Th e T9 Text Input method
uses a built-in dictionary to recognize the most
commonly used word for ea ch sequence of key
presses. This way, you press each key only once, even
if the letter you want is not the first lette r on the key.

The following example shows how to start writing a

text message:

To enter letters using T9 Tex t Input

1. Scroll to Messages,

YES, SMS, YES, Write new, YES.

2. For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”,

press , , , .

3. If the word shown is the one you wa nt :

• press to accept and add a space.
(T o accept a word without add i n g a space, press

.)

If the word shown is not the one you want:

• pre ss

or repeatedly to view alternative words

(candidates). Accept a word and add a space by
pressing .

If you do not find the word you want by pressing

:

Getting to know your phone 13

or

• P re ss to go to a list of options.

• Select Edit word,

YES.

• Delete the entire word by pressing , or delete
one letter at a time by pressing and holding the

joystick to the right, and then repeatedly.

• Write the new word using multitap text input an d

YES.

press
The word is added to the dictionary. The next time
you enter the word you just added to the dictionary,
it will appear as one of the al ter native words.

4. Continue writing your message. See also “Sending text

messages” on page 50.

Tip: Press to enter a full stop. To enter other
punctuation marks, press and then

or

repeatedly. Accept by pressing .
Press and hold to sel ec t an input method.

The list of options

If you press when writing , you enter a list of
options:

• Add symbol – Symbols and punctuation marks such as

? and , are shown. Move between the symbols by using
the joystic k.

14 Getting to know your pho ne

• Edit word – for T9 Text Input only
Edit the suggested word by using multitap text input.

• Rel. caps lock/Caps lock – Switch between capital and
lower-case letters.

• Language – Input languages that you selected earlier is
shown.

• Input method – A list of input meth ods available for
the current input language is shown.

• Candidates – for T9 Text Input only
A list of alternative words is shown.

• Accept word – for T9 Text Input only
Accept the suggested wo rd.

• He lp.

Turning off the T9 Text Input

If you wish, you can turn off the T9 Text Input. This
setting is valid for all input of texts – not onl y for th e
text you are currently writing.

• To turn T9 Text Input on or off, scroll to Settings/
Language/Predictive.

Personalizing your phone

You can adjust the phone settings to suit you r ow n
requirements.

Note: If you change a setting which is inc lu de d in a
profile, the active profile is also changed. Se e
“Profiles” on page 23.

Master reset

You can reset all the settings in the phone to th e wa y
they were when you bought your phone by selecting
Reset settings.

If you also want to delete all contacts, messages and

other personal data, select Reset all instead.

Note: If you select Reset all, some pi ctures, melodies
and templates which came with your phone are
deleted.

To reset the phone

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select Reset settings or Reset all,

3. Enter the phone lock code (0000 or the new code if you

have changed it) and press

YES, Master reset, YES.

YES.

YES.

Themes

You can change the appea rance of the display, for
example, the colours and background picture, by using
themes. Your phone comes with some pre-set themes.
You cannot delete these, but you can create new
themes on Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet and
download them to your phone . For more information,
visit
www.SonyEricssonMobile.com/mobileinternet/.

• To select a theme, scro ll to Fun & Games/Themes. If
you need to adjust the display co ntr ast , scrol l to
Settings/Display/Contrast.

T o send a theme

You can exchange themes via IR, Bluetooth wireless
technology, MMS or e-mail. Please note that you are
not allowed to exchange copyright-protect e d ma te rial.
For more information on sen ding themes in messages,
see “Messaging” on page 49.

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

YES, Themes, YES.

2. Select a th eme, press .

3. Select Send,

4. Select a tr ans fer method,

YES.

YES.

If you use infrared make sure that the infrared ports are
facing each other.

Personalizing your phone 15

To rec eive and save a theme

1. From standby, press and scroll to Receive item,

YES.

Both the infrared port and the Bluetooth function are
activated for three minutes.

2. When you receive the theme, press

YES to save it in

Themes.

Pictures

Your phone comes with a number of pict ures. You can

• Have a picture as background when in standby mode.

• A ssign a picture to a contact in the ph one book. When
that person calls, the picture appears in the display
(provided your subscription supports the Calling Line
Identification service). See “To add a picture to a
phone book contact” on page 27.

• Enclose a picture in a text message.

All pictures are saved in My pictures, in the Fun &
Games menu.

You can also save animations in your phone. These

are handled like pic tur es.

Handling pictures

You can add, edit, or delete pictures in My pictures.
The number of pictures that can be saved depends on
the size of the pictures. File typ es supp ort ed are GI F,
JPEG and WBMP.

The pictures are show n in t humbnail view. To get a

full view, press

YES.

To view your pictures

• S c roll to Fun & Games,
CommuniCam™,

YES, My pictures or

YES.

To select a picture as background

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select Select picture ,

3. Select a picture,

YES, Display, YES, Background, YES.

YES.

YES.

Tip: You can select a background by pressing
when viewing yo ur pictures .

• To turn the background picture On or Off, scrol l to
Settings/Display/Background/Activate

16 Personalizing your phone

T o edit and save a picture

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

YES, My pictures, YES.

2. Select a picture, YES.

3. Press , select Edit. Y ou can now start to edit th e

picture. You can only edit WBMP pictures. See the
table below.

4. Press , select Save,

YES. The picture is saved in

My pictures.

To draw a picture

• To draw your own pictures , scroll to Fun & Games/
Draw picture.

When editing or dr aw ing a picture:

Press… to…

move the cursor up and left.
move the cursor up.
move the cursor up and right.
move the cursor lef t.
lift up or pu t down the pen.

Press and hold to switch between zoom and
full size view.
move the cursor right.

move the cursor down and left.

Press… to…

move the cursor down.
move the cursor down and right.
move the cursor 1, 5 or 10 spaces.
view the Options menu.
save and exit the picture.
exit the picture editor.
undo the last action.
press and hold to clear the picture.
switch line thickness.
switch between black and white pen colour.

Exchanging pictur es

You can exchange pictures via IR, Bluetooth wireless
technology, MMS or e-mail. Please note that you are
not allowed to exchange copyright-protect e d ma te rial.
For more information on sending pictures in messages,
see “Messaging” on page 49.

Personalizing your phone 17

Tip: Save a web album’s e-mail address in your phone
book and you can save pictures in that album if you
send the pictures as attachments.

To send a picture

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

CommuniCam™,

2. Select a picture,

3. Select Send,

YES.

YES, My pictures or

YES.

YES. Press .

4. Select a transfer method.

If you use infrared make sure that the infrared ports are
facing each other.

To receive and save a picture

1. From standby, press and scroll to Receive item,

YES.

Both the infrared port and the Bluetooth function are
activated for three minutes.

2. When you receive the picture , pr es s

YES to save it in

My pictures.

• When you receive a picture via a text message or a
multimedia message, a new message appears in your
Inbox. To save the picture in My pictures, highlight the

picture, press and select Save.

18 Personalizing your phone

Screen saver

The phone has a screen saver, which is activated
automatically when the phone has been in idle mode
for a few seconds. After a short period of t ime the
screen saver changes to sleep mode , to save pow e r.

• To turn the screen saver On or Off, scroll to Settings/
Display/Screen saver/Activate.

To use a picture as the screen saver

Y ou can select a picture, saved in the phone, and use it
as the screen saver.

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Scroll to Select,

YES, Display, YES, Screen saver, YES.

YES.

3. Scroll to the picture you wa nt to use a s the screen

YES.

saver,

YES to save.

4. Press

Ring signals and melodies

Your phone comes with a number of ring signals and
melodies. You can edit your ring s ign al s and mel o dies ,
and send them to a friend, in a text me ssage . It is al so
possible to exchange melodies via W AP, Bluetooth
wireless technology, IR or cable. Please note that you
are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected
material.

• Select Ring signals from the Settings/Sounds & alerts
menu and select a ring signal.

To set the ring signal volume

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES.

volume,

YES, Sounds & alerts, YES, Ring

2. Press or to increase or decrease the volume.

YES to save the setting.

3. Press

• To turn the ring signal on or off, press and hold

from standby and select Turn on silent or Turn off
silent.

All signals except the alarm and timer signals are
turned off.

T o compose a ring signal or melody

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

YES, Composer, YES.

• P ress a key t o enter a note.

• Press or to make the

note shorter or longer. There are
six different lengths of notes.

• Press to change octave.

• Press once to raise the

note one semitone.

• Press twice to lower the note one semitone.

• Press to add a melody effect, and to set the

tempo, volume, style and dura tion.

• P re ss to remove notes.

2. To listen to your mel od y, press

YES again to save and name it, or pre ss NO to

3. Press

YES.

continue composing.

Note: To edit a melody, scroll to Fun & Games/My
sounds, select the melody and press .

T o use the piano

1. In the Composer, slide the

volume key up to activate
the piano.

2. Use the joystick to move

between the keys.

YES to select a note.

3. Press

See “Icons” on page 88.

T o send a melody

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

YES, My sounds, YES.

2. Select a melody and press .

3. Select Send,

YES.

4. Select a tr ans fer method.

If you use infrared make sure that the infrared ports are
facing each other.

Personalizing your phone 19

Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text
message, see “To insert an item in a text message” on
page 50.

If your subscription includes the Calli ng L in e
Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a Personal
ring signal to up to ten callers.

Receiving melodies

You can receive a sound or mel ody via IR, Bluetooth
wireless technology, SMS or MMS, or download it via
WAP. When you receive the sound or m el ody, press

YES to save it in My sounds.

If you use infrared make sure t hat the in frared ports

are facing each othe r.

Increasing ring

You can choose a ring signal that rises in step s from
the lowest volume to the highe st.

• To turn increasing ring On or Off, scroll to Settings/
Sounds & alerts/Increasing ring.

Specific ring signals for personal calls

If you subscribe to the Two Line Service, you
can set different ring signals f or t he two voi ce
lines. Line 1 and Line 2 are displayed instead
of Voice calls.

20 Personalizing your phone

T o set a specific ring signal for a caller

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES.

new?,

2. Enter the first letter of the con tact name,

3. Select a contact,

4. Select a ring signal,

YES, Personal rings, YES, Add

YES.

YES.

YES.

Sounds & alerts

You can choose to be notified of an incom ing call by
the buzzing of the vibr at ing alert. You can set the
phone’s vibrating alert to one of the fo ll ow i ng:

• On – all the time.

• On if silent – on when the ring volume is turned off or
when you have set the phone to sile nt.

• Off – all the time.

To set the vibrating alert

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES.

alert,

2. Select the setting you want,

YES, Sounds & alerts, YES, Vibrating

YES.

From the Settings/Sounds & alerts menu, you can also
select Message alert, Key sound and turn on the
Minute minder.

If you turn on the minute minde r, you hear a beep

once every minut e du r in g a call.

Menu language

Most SIM car ds automatical ly set the menu language
to the language of the count ry w he re you bought your
SIM card. If this is not the ca s e, the preset la n g uage is
English.

To change th e menu language

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a language,

YES, Language, YES, Menus, YES.

YES.

Note: You can always choose Automatic by pressing

8888 in standby.

You can always choose English by pressing 0000

in standby.

Display light

The display light can be set to automatic, off or on. In
automatic mode, the display light is turned off a few
seconds after you press the last key.

• To set the display ligh t, scroll to Settings/Display/
Light.

• To set the display contrast, scroll to Settings/Display/
Contrast.

Time settings

The time is alwa ys displayed in standby.

• To set the time, scroll to Settings/Time and date/Set
time.

You can choose a 12-hour cl oc k or a 24-hour clock.

• To set the time format , s croll to Settings/Time and
date/Time format.

If you select the 12-hour cl oc k, you can alternate

between am and pm by pre ssin g .

Date

When the phone is in standby m ode, you can slide the
volume key up or down to see toda y’s date in the
Status menu.You can set the date and date format in the
Settings/Time and date menu.

Advanced time settings

Under Advanced in the Settings/Time and
date menu, you can set time zone and daylight

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saving time. Chan ging these, chang es t h e ti me
accordingly.

When your phone changes network, and the tim e
sent out from the operato r de via te s from the time in
your phone, you are asked whether you want to update
the time if you have tur ned on Auto time zone. If yo u

YES, the time is u pdated automatically.

press

Answering mode

When using a portable handsfree kit, you can choose to
answer a call by pres s ing any key (exce pt t he

NO key)

or set the phone to answer the call automatically.

• To select answering mode, scroll to Settings/
Handsfree/Answering mode.

User greeting

When you turn your phone on or off, the Sony Ericsson
greeting appears in the display. Your operator’s own
greeting may be shown instead.

To selec t a greeting

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES.

2. Select a greeting,

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YES, Display, YES, User greeting,

YES.

My phone numbers

You can check your own phone num ber(s).

• To check your phone number, scroll to Phone book/
Special numbe r s/My numbers. If your number is not
saved on your SIM card, you can ente r it yo urse lf.

Keypad lock

Y ou can lock the keypad to avoid dialling a number by
accident.

Note: Calls to the international emergency number
112 can still be made, even when the key pad i s loc ked.

Automatic keylock

Automatic keylock m ea ns the keypad is locked
25 seconds after you last press a key.

• To turn automatic keylock On or Off, scroll to Settings/
Locks/Auto keylock .

• To lock the keypad manual l y, press and hold in
standby, and select Turn on keylock.

The keypad remains locked until you ans wer an
incoming call or until you unlock the keypad manually.

• To unlock the key pad, press and hold and select
Turn off keylock?.

My shortcuts

You can place your favourite fun ct io ns tha t yo u w an t
to reach quickly and easily in the My sho rtc uts menu.

To add a function to my shortcuts

1. Scroll to My shortcuts,

YES, Edit shortcuts, YES.

2. Select a function from the list by pressing .

3. Enter the position number you wan t for this functi on in

your menu and press

YES to exit the list.

4. Press

YES.

Profiles

Your phone has a number of pre-set profiles which are
set to suit a certain environment . You can add
accessories to, rename or cha nge these profiles. For
example, when you go to a meeting, you can simply
choose the Meeting profile and a number of settings
such as the ring signal is turned off.

• To select a profile, scroll to Settings/Profiles/Select
profile.

• To rename a profile, scrol l to Settings/Profiles/Edit
profile/Profile name.

You can reset all profile se ttings to the wa y th ey were
set when you bought your phone.

• To reset all profiles, scroll to Settings/Profiles/Reset
profiles.

Automatic a ctivation

Some profiles, fo r example In car, are automatically
activated when us ed with a specific acc es s ory . When
disconnected , th e profile is changed back.

To change a profile setting

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a setting,

YES, Profiles, YES, Edit profile, YES.

YES.

3. Change the profile settings and press

YES to confirm.

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Calling

Before you can make or receive any calls, you must
turn on the phone and be with in ra nge of a network.
See “Making and receiving calls” on page 5.

Making calls

1. Enter the area code and the phone n um b e r.

YES to make the call.

2. Press

NO to end the call.

3. Press
Tip: You can call numbers from the call list and the

phone book. See “Call list” on page 25 and “Phone
book” on page 26. You can also use your voice to make
calls. See “Voice control” on page 30.

To change the earpiece volume during a call

• S li de the vol ume key on the side of the phone up or
down to increase or decrease the earpiece volume
during a call.

To turn off the microphone during a call

• Press and hold unt il the disp la y shows Muted.
Press and hold again to resume the conversation.

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Automatic re-dialling

If the connection of the call failed and the display
shows Retry?, press

YES. The phone re-dials the

number (up to ten times):

• until the cal l is connected.

• until you press a key or receive a ca ll.

Note: Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting.
When the call is connect ed, the phone gives a loud
signal.
Automatic re-dialling is not availa ble for f ax and data
calls.

Making international calls

1. Press and hold until a + sign appears in the

display.
The + replaces the international pref ix number of the
country from which yo u are calling.

2. Enter the country, area code (without the leading zero)

and phone number,

YES.

Making emergency calls

• Enter 112 (the international emergenc y number),

YES.

Your phone supports the intern at ional emergency
numbers, 112, 911 and 08. This means that these

numbers can normally be use d to m ake an emergency
call in any country, with or without a SIM card
inserted, if a GSM network is withi n ra nge.

Note: Some network operators may require that a SIM
card is inserted, and in some cases that the PIN has
been entered as well.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also
be promoted. Your operator may therefore have saved
additional local emergenc y numbers on the SIM card.

• To view your local eme rgenc y num bers, scroll to

Phone book/Special num bers/SOS numbers.

Receiving calls

When you receive a call , the phone rings and the
display shows Answer?.

If your subscription includes the Calling Line
Identification se rvice and the caller’s number is
identified, the number is displayed. If you have saved
the number in the phone book, the name is displayed.
If you have assigned a picture to a contact, the picture
is displayed. If the number is a restricted num ber, the
display shows Withheld.

To answer a call

YES.

• Press

To reject a ca ll

NO.

• Press

Tip: You can also use your voice to answer or reject
calls. See “Voice control” on page 30.

Missed calls

If you have missed a call, Missed calls:1 appears in
standby, indicating the number of missed calls.

To check your missed calls

YES to display the missed calls.

1. Press

2. To call a number from the list, scroll to the number,

YES.

Call list

The numbers of the last calls that you have made are
saved in the call list. If your subscrip tion includes the
Calling Line Identification service and the caller’s
number is identified, you will also find the numbers of
answered and missed calls in the call list.

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To call a number from the call list

1. To enter the call li s t, p ress

2. Scroll to the number you want to call,

• To clear the call list, scroll to Calls,
Clear call list,

YES.

• To turn the call list on or o ff, scroll to Calls,

YES, Call listing, YES.

Options,

YES from standby.

YES.

YES, Options, YES,

YES,

Call priority service

You can request a certain priorit y w he n you
make a call, if your subscription supports the
call priority service.

The priority levels are defined by your operator and
are normally within t he range of 0 – 4, where 0 is the
highest priority.

To check or change your standard priority level

1. Scroll to Calls,

priority,

YES, Manage calls, YES, Default

YES.

2. The netw ork se nds available priority leve ls.

3. Select a priority level,

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YES.

T o change the priority for one call

1. Enter the phone num ber you want to call.

2. Scroll to Calls,

3. Select a priority,

YES, Next call, YES, Call priority,YES.

YES. The number is called.

Phone book

In the Phone book you can save all the information
needed to contact people . You can also set how much
information you want show for your contacts.

• To set the contact information, scro ll to Phone book/
Options/Contact info.

T o add a contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

2. Scroll to the field you want to fill in, press

3. Enter the information,

YES, Add contact, YES.

YES.

YES.

4. Select the next field a nd so on. To add more
information fields, press .

5. When you have entered the information, scroll to Save
and exit?,

YES.

Tip: To enter an unsaved number, press whe n you
are in a number field, and select a number in the
unsaved numbers list.

Pictures, personal rings and voice commands

You can add a picture, personal ring signal and voice
command to a c ont act.

To add a picture to a phone book contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

2. Enter the first lette r s o f th e contact,

3. When the contact is highlighted, press

YES, Pictures, YES.

YES.

YES.

4. This takes you t o My pictures. Select a picture and

YES twice.

press

• Select Personal rings to add a personal ring signal.

• Select VoiceCommands to add a voice command.

To call a contact

1. From standby, press and hold one of the numb er ke ys

2-9 to find a contact beginning with the first letter on
that key (or closest following).

• For example, press and hold 5 to go to the first
contact beginning with “J”. To go to a contact
beginning with “L” press 5 three times a fte r you
have entered the list of contact s .

2. When the contact you want to call is highlighted, press

YES.

3. Select the number you want to call,

YES.

If only one number is linked to the contact, press

YES at step 2.

and hold

Tip: You can also use the Call contact opt ion in the
Phone book menu to call a contact.

Updating the phone book

When needed, you can easily update or delet e a ny
contact information.

T o edit a contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES.

contact,

2. Enter the first letters of the contact,

3. When the contac t i s highlighted, press

4. Select Edit info.,

YES, Manage contact, YES, Edit

YES.

YES.

YES.

5. Scroll to the field you want to fill in, YES.

6. Enter the information,

YES.

7. Select the next field and so on. To add more

informatio n fields, press .

8. When you have entered the information, scroll down to

Save and exit?,

YES.

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• To delete a contact, scroll to Phone book/Manage
contact/Delete contact. Then select the contact and

YES twice.

press

• To delete all contacts, scroll to Phone boo k/Advanced/
Delete all.

Note: Contacts that are saved on the SIM card are not
deleted.

Default (standard) number

Each contact has a default phone num ber. The first
phone number you link to a contact automatically
becomes the default num be r. If you scroll to a certain
contact in the Cal l c ont act list and then press and hold

YES, the default number is dialled.

Groups

You can create a group of conta ct s . By doi ng so you
can send text messages to several re ci pi ents at the
same time. See “Sending text messages” on page 50.

To create a group of contacts

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES, Add group, YES.

Groups,

2. Enter a name for the group,

3. Select Add member,

YES, Manage contact, YES,

YES.

YES.

4. Enter the first letters of the contact you want to add,

YES.

press

5. Press

YES to select the contact.

6. Select a phone number, press

YES.

7. Repeat steps 3-6 to add more members.

To set the default number

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES.

contact,

2. Enter the first lette r o f the contact,

YES, Manage contact, YES, Edit

YES.

3. When the co nta c t is hi ghl ig hted, press

4. Select Default number,

want as default,

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YES. Select the number you

YES.

YES.

Business cards

You can add your own business card to the phone
book.

• To add your own business card, scro ll to Phone book/
Manage contact/My card. Then select Add.

Exchanging business cards

You can exchange business card s between your phone
and another similar phon e, a PD A or a PC, using