Sony A1021041 User Manual

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Messaging

Receiving a message

When you receive a message, a message alert sounds or an icon appears in the status bar.

Contact list

You can create nicknames for the contacts in your list that are connected to the My Friends server. You can also link a contact to the phonebook and get access to all information saved in the phonebook.

To enter a nickname

1 } Messages } My Friends, and select a contact. 2 } More } Manage Contact } Edit Nickname. 3 Enter the nickname for that contact } Save.

To link a contact to the phonebook

1 } Messages } My Friends and select a contact. 2 } More } Manage Contact } Link to Contacts

and select the contact in phonebook that you want to create a link to.

Strangers

A stranger is someone that is not in your list of contacts. An icon indicates a message from a stranger. You can add the stranger to your list of contacts, or you can block the stranger. If you do not perform any action, the stranger disappears when you log out from the My Friends server.

To add a stranger to the list of contacts

} Messages } My Friends and select the stranger } More } Add As Contact.

Blocking contacts and strangers

You can block a contact or stranger so that they cannot view your status or send you messages.

To block or unblock a contact

1 } Messages } My Friends and select a contact. 2 } More } Manage Contact.

Select Block Contact or Unblock Contact.

To block a stranger

} Messages } My Friends and select the stranger } More } Block User.

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Messaging

Chatroom

A chatroom can be started by your service provider, by an individual My Friends user or by yourself. You can save chatrooms either by saving a chat invitation or by searching for a specific chatroom.

To join a chatroom

Messages } My Friends and select a chatroom } Join Chat.

To receive a chat invitation

1 When a message alert sounds and the message

New chat invitation received. is displayed select View to view the invitation or Discard to

discard the invitation.

2 If you have selected to view the invitation and

want to join the chat } Join Chat. If you want to discard the invitation now } More

} Discard Invitation.

To save a chat invitation

When you receive an invitation } View } More

} Save Chatroom.

To search for a chatroom

1 } Messages } My Friends } More

} Add chatroom } No.

2 Enter your search criteria in one or several

of the fields } Search.

3 When you have found the chatroom you want

to save } Add.

To start a chatroom

1 } Messages } My Friends } More

} Start chatroom.

2 Select contacts to invite to the chatroom from

your list of contacts } Continue.

3 Enter a short invitation text to the chatroom

} Continue } Send.

Online contact alert

You can select to be notified when a contact comes online. The notification is indicated by an icon. When you log off or when the contact has come online, the notification is cleared.

To set an online contact alert

} Messages } My Friends and select a contact } More } Manage Contact } Alert Me.

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Messaging

Area information

Area information is a type of text message (for example, a local traffic report) that is sent to all subscribers within a certain network area. When you receive an area information message, the message automatically appears on the screen. Press Save to save the message in your inbox, or Discard to delete the message.

Please consult your service provider for more information about area information.

To turn area information on or off

} Messages } Settings } Area Info } Reception.

Cell information

The cell information channel is used by some service providers to send messages about a certain network area to their subscribers within that area.

To turn on the cell information channel

} Messages } Settings } Area Info } Cell Information.

Messaging glossary

Options and settings for text, picture and email messages are listed below:

• Accept Messages – select which messages you

want to accept and download.

• Add Attachment – add, for example, pictures,

sounds, themes, video clips, business cards or recordings to a message.

• Check Interval – select how often you want the

phone to connect to your email server and check for incoming email messages.

• Connect Using – select which data account to use

when connecting to a specific email account.

• Copy Outgoing – select if you want email

messages sent from your phone also to be sent to an email address of your choice. This way, your sent messages are copied and can be saved for future reference.

• Creation Mode – select settings for what to allow

in picture messages. Some content in picture messages might be difficult for the recipient to view.

• Delivery Report – request a status report to verify

whether a message has been delivered.

• Download – select whether to receive headers

and text or headers only in email messages.

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Messaging

• 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.

• Mailbox – enter a username for your email

account.

• Outgoing Port – if needed, change the number

of the port used by the SMTP protocol.

• Outgoing Server – enter the name or IP address

of the SMTP server to be able to send email messages.

• Password – enter a password for your email

account. Your service provider may alternatively request a password on connection.

• Picture – add a picture, or replace with an alternative from the Pictures folder.

• Preview – view the entire picture message before sending it.

• Preview Page – view a specific page in the picture message without having to play the entire message

• Protocol – select POP3 or IMAP4.

• Request Reply – include a reply request if you want the recipient of your message to reply.

• Saved in Drafts. – save the email message in the Drafts folder.

• Save in Outbox – save the email message in the Outbox folder.

• Set Priority – set the message priority, select High, Normal or Low.

• Signature – select if you want to add your business card to your email messages.

• SMS Type – the phone supports different types of messages. Your service provider may offer the facility of converting a text message into a format (email or fax, for example) that suits the equipment that is going to receive the message.

• Sound – add a sound, or replace with an alternative, from the Sounds folder.

• Status Request – request a status report to verify whether a message has been delivered.

• Subject: – write a title for your message.

• Timing – set how many seconds you want an item in a message to be displayed.

• Validity Period – if your message cannot be delivered, for example, if the recipient has turned off the phone, your service center can save the message to send it later.

• Video – add a video clip, or replace with an alternative, from the Videos folder.

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Imaging

Camera, video recorder, pictures, screen saver.

Camera and video recorder

Your phone has a digital camera and a digital video recorder. You can easily switch between the camera and the video recorder by pressing You can also press More and select Switch to Video or Switch to Photo

You can take pictures, record video clips, view them and send them as email attachments or in picture messages via MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). To do this, you need a subscription that supports these services. Please check with your service provider.

You can also use a picture as a screen saver or as wallpaper, or save it together with a contact in your phonebook so that the picture appears when that person calls ringtone to a contact.

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.

% 20 To add a picture or a personal

or .

Before you send a picture or video clip using MMS make sure that:

• You have set the service center number for MMS and that Internet settings are entered in your phone,

Before you send a picture or video clip using email make sure that:

• You have entered settings for a data account and

To take pictures

1 Press and hold to activate the camera

2 Press to switch to camera if video recorder

% 63 Setting up Internet and email.

for an email account in your phone.

or } Camera. You can take pictures with the phone held in a vertical or horizontal position.

is activated. } Capture

to take a picture.

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Imaging

To record video clips

1 Press and hold to activate the video

recorder or } Camera. You record video clips with the phone held in a vertical position.

2 Press to switch to video recorder if the

camera is activated. } Record to start the recording.

To use the zoom

Press to zoom in on the subject.

To adjust brightness

Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone to increase or decrease brightness.

Rotate pictures

If a picture is taken in landscape format, it can be rotated. To send pictures in a picture message, the picture must be in portrait format.

To rotate a picture

When the picture is taken } Rotate and repeat if necessary.

Camera options

When the camera is activated press } More to view more options.

All phones that support pictures can receive the picture size 160x120. Some phones that support pictures cannot receive the picture sizes 640x480 and 320x240. The best picture size to view on a PC is 640x480.

Options before you take a picture:

• View All – view all your pictures.

• Switch to Video – switch to video recorder

to record video clips.

• Picture Size – choose between 640x480,

320x240 and 160x120 pixels.

• Night Mode – enhance picture quality with longer

exposure time.

• Effects – select different effects for your picture

or create a panorama picture.

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Imaging

• Frames – add a frame to your picture.

• Picture Quality – select quality for your picture.

• Light – turn on to enhance lighting conditions.

• Self-Timer – the picture is taken a few

seconds later.

• Default Name – change the default name for your

pictures. When changed, all pictures taken will have the new default name.

Video options

When the video recorder is activated } More to view more options.

• View All – view all your video clips.

• Switch to Photo – switch to the camera to take

pictures.

• Video Size – choose between 176x144 and

128x96 pixels.

• Night Mode – enhance picture quality with longer

exposure time.

• Effects – select different effects for your

video clip.

• Video Length – set the length for your video clip.

• Light – turn on to enhance lighting conditions.

• Default Name – change the default name for your

video clips. When changed, all video clips recorded will get the new default name.

Take a self-portrait

1 Hold the phone as shown in the illustration.

You can see your reflection in the mirror provided.

2 Press and hold on the side of the phone

to activate the camera. Press again to take the picture.

Saving pictures and video clips

When you have taken a picture or recorded a video clip, the phone automatically saves it in a folder in File Manager in the phone.

Sending pictures and video clips

When you have taken a picture or recorded a video clip, you can send them instantly in a picture message. To exchange pictures and video clips using other transfer methods

% 55 Exchanging

pictures.

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Imaging

To take and send a picture

1 Activate the camera. Press to switch

to camera if the video recorder is activated.

2 } Capture } Send

and create your picture

message.

To record and send video clips

1 Activate the camera. Press to switch

to video recorder if the camera is activated.

2 } Record to start the video recording } Stop

to end the recording.

3 When you have finished your recording select

Play to view the video clip or Send and create

your picture message to send the video clip.

Creating a panorama picture

You can create a panorama picture by taking a series of three pictures that are merged into one picture.

For best result when creating a panorama picture, make sure that the pictures you take overlap.

To create a panorama picture

1 } Camera } More } Effects } Panorama. 2 } Capture

to take the first picture for the

panorama picture.

3 Move the camera to the next part of the subject

and } Capture again to take the next picture.

4 } Done and the picture is created.

Pictures

Your phone comes with a number of pictures. You can delete the pictures that comes with your phone if you, for example, want to free memory. All pictures are saved in File Manager } Pictures. You can:

• Have a picture as wallpaper and as screen saver.

• Assign a picture to a contact in the phonebook.

% 20 To add a picture or a personal ringtone to

a contact.

• Exchange pictures using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port, cable, picture messages or email.

Animations

You can save animations in your phone. Animations are handled like pictures.

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Imaging

Handling pictures

You can add, edit, or delete pictures in File Manager. The number of pictures that you can save depends on the size of the pictures. File types supported are GIF, JPEG, WBMP, PNG and BMP.

To view your pictures

1 } File Manager } Pictures. 2 The pictures are shown in thumbnail view.

To get a full view } View.

Editing pictures

When editing pictures press , , , or use the keys as follows:

exit the picture editor undo

left up up right up

left activate

tool

left down down right down

select tool select

right

colour

To edit and save a picture

1 } File Manager } Pictures and scroll to the

picture you want } More.

2 } Use } Edit. You can now start to edit the

picture. To edit pictures taken with the camera, you must select 160x120 as picture size.

} More } Save Picture to save the picture.

Exchanging pictures

You can exchange pictures using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port, cable, picture messages or email. Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material. For more information on sending pictures in messages

% 36 Messaging.

To send a picture

1 } File Manager } Pictures and scroll to the

picture you want } More } Send.

2 Select a transfer method.

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Imaging

To receive and save a picture

1 Open the message you received the picture in,

or turn on Bluetooth or the infrared port if these transfer methods are being used to send the picture.

2 If you received the picture in a message } More

} Save Picture. If you received the picture via

Bluetooth or Infrared, follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

Remote screen

You can view your pictures on a remote screen, for example, a TV, using Bluetooth wireless technology and an adaptor. You can then use the phone to control the screen. Use the slide show function to show several pictures in a row.

To connect to a remote screen

1 } File manager } Pictures } More

} Remote screen.

2 The phone searches for other Bluetooth

devices and a list of available devices is displayed. Select the device you want to use. For more information about connecting using Bluetooth,

% 68 Bluetooth™ wireless

technology.

Screen saver and wallpaper

The phone has a screen saver which is activated automatically when the phone has been in idle mode for a few seconds. After a few more seconds, the screen saver changes to sleep mode to save power. If you have a picture as wallpaper, this picture is shown in standby mode.

To use a picture as screen saver

1 } Settings } the Display tab } Screen Saver

} Picture.

2 Select the picture you want to use

as screen saver.

To set a picture as wallpaper

} Settings } the Display tab } Wallpaper } Picture

and select the picture you want to use as wallpaper.

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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 are supported by the media player: MP3, MP4, 3GP and WAV (with 16 kHz as maximum sample rate).

You can also stream music and videos from Web sites. When streaming, links have to be 3GPP compatible.

Music and video clips

You can listen to music and view video clips that you have saved in your phone. The music list keeps on playing until you press Stop.

To play music

} Media Player and select a file } Play.

To view a video clip

} Media Player } More } Play Video and select the

video clip you want to view.

Media player control

• } Pause to pause the playback.

• Press and hold and to rewind and fast forward when playing music tracks.

• Press and to move between music tracks.

•Press and

Media player options

} More to view the following options:

• Play Video – play videos.

• Play Music – play music.

• Information – view information about the current track or video.

• Delete Song/Delete Video – delete the file from the phone.

• Equalizer – change the settings of the treble and bass when playing music.

• Minimize – minimize the media player and return to standby. The music continues to play and you can use other applications and functions in the phone.

• Send Song/Send Video – send a sound or video file using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port, text or picture messages or email.

• Random – change the playback order of songs, in order or randomized.

to scroll through the music list.

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Entertainment

Online music and videos

You can view videos and listen to music that you find on a Web site by streaming them to your phone. When browsing and when you have found a link for streaming, the media player will open automatically when the link is selected. Links for streaming can be saved as bookmarks in the phone.

To stream saved music and videos

1 } Internet Services } More } Bookmarks. 2 Select a link to stream. The media player will

open and play the streaming music or video.

Ringtones and melodies

Your phone comes with a number of standard and polyphonic melodies which can be used as ringtones. You can exchange melodies via Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port or cable. Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material.

If you select an MP3 file as ringtone, you cannot use voice answering % 26 Voice answering. Select a file type other than MP3 to be able to use voice answering.

To select a ringtone

} Settings } the Sounds & Alerts tab } Ringtone.

To turn the ringtone on or off

Press and hold from standby. All signals except the alarm signal are turned on or off.

To set the ringtone volume

1 } Settings } the Sounds & Alerts tab

} Ring Volume and press or to decrease

or increase the volume.

2 } Save to save the setting.

Specific ringtones for personal calls

If your subscription includes the Caller ID service, you can assign a personal ringtone to up to ten callers,

% 20 To add a picture or a personal

ringtone to a contact.

Vibrating alert

You can choose to be notified of an incoming call by the buzzing of the vibrating alert. You can set:

• On – all the time.

• On if in Silent – on when the ring volume

is turned off or when you have set the phone to silent.

• Off – all the time.

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Entertainment

To set the vibrating alert

} Settings } the Sounds & Alerts tab } Vibrating Alert and select the setting you want.

Sounds and alerts options

From Settings } the Sounds & Alerts tab, you can set:

• Message Alert – select how you want

to be notified of an incoming message.

• Key Sound – select what sound you want

the keys to make when you press them.

Composing

You can compose and edit melodies to use as ringtones using the MusicDJ

™

. A melody

consists of four tracks – Drums, Basses, Chords and Accents. A track contains a number of music blocks. The blocks consist of pre-arranged sounds with different characteristics. The blocks are grouped into Intro, Verse, Chorus, and Break. You compose a melody by adding music blocks to the tracks.

To compose a melody

1 } Entertainment } MusicDJ™. 2 Choose to Insert, Copy and Paste blocks to

compose your melody. Use , , or to move between the blocks. Press to delete a block. } More

to view more options.

To edit a previously created melody

} File Manager } Sounds and select the melody } More } Use } Edit.

Sending and receiving

You can send and receive melodies in several ways, for example using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port, email or text or picture messages.

You cannot send a polyphonic melody or an MP3 file in a text message.

To send a melody

1 } File Manager } Sounds and select a melody. 2 } More } Send and select a transfer method.

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Entertainment

To receive a melody

1 Open the message you received the melody

in, or turn on Bluetooth or the infrared port if these transfer methods are being used to send the melody.

2 When you receive the melody, follow the

instructions that appear on the screen.

Sound recorder

With the sound recorder, you can record either your own memos or calls. When recording a call conversation, the recording is stopped if any participant ends the call. When recording a sound, the recording stops automatically if you receive a call. Recordings are automatically saved in the phone.

In some countries or states it is required by law that you inform the other person before recording the call.

To start a sound recording

1 } Entertainment } Record Sound. 2 Wait until you hear a tone. When the recording

starts, Recording is displayed together with the time of the current recording (increasing).

To end and play a sound recording

} Save

to end the recording, and } Play to listen

to the recording.

Recording options

} More to view the following options: Record New, Send, Rename, Delete, Recorded Sounds.

Listening to recordings

You can listen to your recordings at any time, even during a call.

To listen to your recordings

1 } File Manager } Sounds and select the

recording you want to hear.

2 } Play

to listen to the recording. Press

and to go to the previous or next recording.

} Stop to stop playback.

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Entertainment

Radio

Your phone features an FM radio. To use the radio, you must connect the portable handsfree. The handsfree functions as an antenna.

You must switch your phone on to use the FM radio. Do not switch the phone on in areas where mobile phones are prohibited, % 84 Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use.

To listen to the radio

Connect the portable handsfree to the phone

} Radio.

Radio control

When the radio is on:

• } Search or press and hold or to find the

next channel on the FM band.

•Press or to move 0.1 MHz along the FM band.

• Press or for the next preset channel.

Saving radio channels

You can save up to 20 of your favorite radio channels.

To save channels quickly in positions 1 to 10, press and hold 0–9, (where 0 represents the number 10). To select a channel you have saved in positions 1 to 10, press 0–9.

To save a radio channel

} Radio } More } Save } Insert. The channel

is saved in a list.

More options

} More for the following options:

• Minimize – return to standby to use other

functions with the radio still playing.

• Save – save the current frequency in a list

of channels.

• Channels – select, add, edit or delete saved

channels.

• Turn On Speaker – send the sound through the

loudspeaker.

• Set Frequency – enter a frequency manually.

The figures you enter will be automatically adjusted to valid frequencies. Press to go directly to Set Frequency.

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Entertainment

• Auto-Save – automatically search for and save

channels in a list of channels. Previously saved channels will be replaced.

• Turn On Mono – turn mono sound on.

While listening to the radio

If you minimize the radio display, you can listen to the radio and use other functionality at the same time. For example, you can make and receive calls, send messages and play games.

To minimize the radio display

} Radio } More } Minimize.

To adjust the volume

Press the volume buttons on the side of the phone.

Themes

You can change the appearance of the screen, for example, the colours and wallpaper, by using themes. Your phone comes with some predefined themes. You cannot delete these, but you can create new themes and download them to your phone. For more information, visit www.SonyEricsson.com.

To select or change a theme

} File Manager } Themes and select a theme.

Exchanging themes

You can exchange themes using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port or email. Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material.

To send a theme

1 } File Manager } Themes and select a theme

} More } Send.

2 Select a transfer method.

To receive and save a theme

1 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.

2 When you receive the item, follow the

instructions that appear on the screen.

To download a theme

} File Manager } Themes and scroll to a direct link } Go To.

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