Sony A1022016 User Manual

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Added dimensions – Accessories from Sony Ericsson

Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-70

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Desk Stand CDS-60

Your phone’s best assistant: connect a USB cable, charger and portable handsfree.

Bluetooth™ Headset HPB-PV705

A powerful Bluetooth™ headset with compact design.

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Contents
Getting started ...................	4
Getting to know
the phone ............................	7
Entering characters ..........	12
Calling ...............................	19
Messaging ........................	31
Imaging .............................	36
Entertainment ...................	40
Connectivity ......................	44
More features ...................	50
Troubleshooting ...............	55
Important information ......	57
Index .................................	67

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Sony Ericsson

GSM 900/1800/1900

This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this User guide 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 User guide. All rights reserved.

Please note: Some of the services in this User guide 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.

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Your mobile phone has the capability to download, store and forward additional content, e.g. ringtones. The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but not limited to restriction under applicable copyright laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for additional content that you download to or forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your use of any additional content, please verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized. Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any additional content or any other third party content. Under no circumstances will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper use of additional content or other third party content.

PlayNow™, MusicDJ™, PhotoDJ™, and VideoDJ™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

The Bluetooth™ word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Sony Ericsson is under license. Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are registered trademarks of Sony corporation.

Microsoft, Windows and PowerPoint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S and other countries/regions. Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

T9™ Text Input is a trademark or 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.

Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™ JME™.

1Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted information of Sun and title to all copies is retained by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer shall not modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software

may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in whole or in part.

2Export Regulations: Software, including technical data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regulations, and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, reexport, or import Software. Software may not be downloaded, or otherwise exported or re-exported

(i) into, or to a national or resident of, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Sudan, Syria (as such listing may be revised from time to time) or any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nations or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders.

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3Restricted Rights: Use, duplication or disclosure by the United States government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clauses in DFARS 252.227-7013(c) (1) (ii) and FAR 52.227-19(c) (2) as applicable.

Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Note Sony Ericsson advises users to backup their personal data information.

All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately depict the actual phone.

User guide symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this User guide:

} Use the navigation key to scroll and select % 10 Navigating the menus.

Press the navigation key centre.

Press the navigation key up.

Press the navigation key down.

Press the navigation key to the left.

Press the navigation key to the right.

% See also page ...

Note

Indicates that a service or function is networkor subscriptiondependent. Because of this, all menus may not be available in your phone. Consult your network operator for more information.

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Getting started

To insert the SIM card

To charge the battery

1 Remove the battery cover.

2Slide the SIM card into its holder with the gold contacts facing down.

3Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing in.

4 Slide the battery cover into place.

1Connect the charger plug to the phone with the symbol facing upwards.

2It may take 30 minutes before the battery icon appears.

3Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until the battery icon indicates that the battery is fully charged. For an indication of charging, press to activate the screen.

4 Remove the charger by pulling it out.

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Talk time or standby time may become shorter due to wear and you may have to replace your battery. Only use approved batteries from Sony Ericsson % 61 Battery.

Save contacts to your SIM card before you remove it from another phone. Contacts may have been saved in the phone memory % 20 Contacts.

To turn the phone on and off

1 Press and hold .

2Enter your SIM card PIN, if you have one.

3At first start-up, select the language for phone menus.

4} Yes if you want the setup wizard to help you with instructions and tips. The setup wizard is also available in the menu system. From standby, select Menu } Settings } General

} Setup wizard.

To make and receive calls

1Enter the area code and phone number } Call to make the call.

2} End call to end the call. When the phone rings } Answer to answer the call. For more information

% 19 Making and receiving calls.

"Memory Stick Micro™" ("M2™")

Use a memory card to save, for example, pictures.

Your phone does not come with a memory card. You can buy a memory card to add more storage space to your phone.

If you use a memory card you can select to automatically save all pictures on the memory card

% 37 Camera options.

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To insert and remove the memory card

1 Remove the battery cover.

2 Insert the memory card in the slot.

3Press the edge of the memory card to release it from the slot.

You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) from your network operator to activate the services in your phone. Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it starts with emergency number digits, for example, 112 or 911. This is so you can always make emergency calls.

% 20 Emergency calls. Press to correct mistakes.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked %53 SIM card lock.

Standby mode

After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator will appear on the display. This is called standby mode.

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Getting to know the phone

Phone overview

1				8
1				8
			9


2	10
2	10
3		11
3		11

		1	Camera key
	2		Selection key

	3		Back key

	4		"Memory Stick Micro" ("M2") slot

14	5		Activity menu key

	6		Microphone

	7		Ear speaker

	8		Navigation key

	9		Volume button

	10		Selection key

	11		Clear key

	12		On/off key

	13		Charger and USB connector

4 14 stylus

	5
	5		12
	6		12
	6


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Menu overview

PlayNow™*

Internet Services*

Entertainment

Online services*

Games

VideoDJ™

PhotoDJ™

MusicDJ™

Remote control

Record sound

Demo tour

Camera

Messaging

Media player

Write new

Inbox

My friends*

Call voicemail

Drafts

Outbox

Sent messages

Saved messages

Templates

Settings

File manager***	Contacts**	Radio
	Options
All files	New contact
On Memory Stick
In phone

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Calls***	Organizer	Settings***
	Alarms
All	Calendar	General
All	Tasks	General
	Tasks
	Notes
Answered	Calculator	Sounds & alerts
	Synchronization
Dialled	Timer	Display
Dialled	Stopwatch	Display
	Stopwatch
Missed	Applications	Calls
Missed	Code memo	Calls
		Connectivity*

* Some menus are operator-, networkand subscription-dependent.

**Options when phone contacts are set to default. Options change when SIM contacts are set to default.

***Use the navigation key right and left to move between tabs in submenus. For more information

%10 Navigating the menus.

Status bar icons

Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal.

Tells you the status of the battery.

Tells you the status of the battery charging.

You have missed an incoming call.

Call and messaging function alerts are off, alarm is still on.

You have received a text message.

You have received an email message.

You have received a picture message.

You have an ongoing call.

You have an appointment reminder.

You have a task reminder.

The magic word is activated.

Handsfree is connected.

Radio playing in the background.

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Navigating the menus

The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs that appear on the screen.

•Press to go to the main menu or to select items.

•Press , , or to move through menus and tabs.

•Press to go back one level in the menus or to end a function or application. Press and hold to return to standby.

•Press to select the options shown immediately above these keys on the screen.

•Press to delete items.

•Scroll to a menu item } Info to get help on selected features.

•} More to enter a list of options.

Shortcuts

From standby, you can use , , or to go directly to a function.

To create a standby shortcut

1 Press and follow the instructions.

2 Scroll to a function } Shortcut.

To edit a standby shortcut

3From standby, select Menu } Settings

} General } Shortcuts and select a shortcut } Edit.

4Scroll to a function } Shortcut.

Activity menu

Use the activity menu to view and handle new events, and access bookmarks and shortcuts.

To open the activity menu

Press and use and to select a tab.

Activity menu tabs

•New events – such as missed calls and messages.

•My shortcuts – applications that are running in the background and your shortcuts. You can add, delete and change the order of shortcuts.

•Bookmarks – your Internet bookmarks.

If you want new events to appear as pop-up text instead of in the activity menu, from standby, select Menu

}Settings } General } New events

}Popup.

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Shut down menu

Use the shut down menu to turn off the phone, activate silent mode or activate a profile. For more information about profiles % 50 Profiles.

To open the shut down menu

Press and select a menu item.

File manager

Files such as pictures, videos, sounds, themes, games and applications are saved in folders in the phone memory. If you have inserted a memory card you can save the files on it. Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder.

File manager menu tabs

The file manager has three tabs, with icons indicating where the files are saved.

•All files – all content in the phone and on the memory card.

•On Memory Stick – all content on the memory card.

•In phone – all content in the phone memory.

File information

If a file is protected, you may not be able to copy or send the file. View file information by highlighting the file

} More } Information.

To move or copy a file

1From standby, select Menu } File manager. Open a folder then scroll to a file } More } Manage files.

2 Select Move or Copy.

3 } Memory Stick or } Phone memory.

4Select a folder or } New folder, name the folder } OK.

5 } Paste.

To select several files

1From standby, select Menu } File manager. Open a folder then scroll to a file } More } Mark.

2} Mark several or } Mark all. To select files, scroll and } Mark.

To check memory status

From standby, select Menu } File manager } More } Memory status.

Formatting the memory card

Format a memory card to clear it, or if it has been corrupted.

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To format the memory card

From standby, select Menu } File manager } More } Format M.S. } Yes and enter your phone lock code. For more information % 54 Phone lock.

Transferring files

For more information

% 49 Transferring files.

Languages

Select the language to use in the phone menus or when writing text.

To change the phone language

•From standby, select Menu } Settings

} General } Language } Phone language, select a language.

•From standby, press 0000 for English, 0008 for Chinese, or 8888 for Automatic language.

To select writing languages

1From standby, select Menu } Settings

}General } Language

}Writing language.

2 } Mark to select languages } Save.

Entering characters

You can enter characters by handwriting recognition or by using the keypad.

Handwriting recognition

Scroll to a function where text input is possible. For example, from standby, select Menu } Messaging } Write new } Text message.You can enter Chinese and English characters, numbers and punctuation marks.

Use the stylus to write.

Writing languages

Before entering text using handwriting recognition, make sure you have selected the correct writing language. For example, to enter Numeric numbers, you should select Numeric as the writing language.

To switch writing languages

Tap the language icon to switch writing languages. For example, if the current writing language is Numeric, tap to change the writing language.

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Candidate and predictive characters

As you write, candidate characters appear. Select one or accept the one that appears on the screen.

After you select a candidate character, predictive characters may appear. Select one from the predictive characters or write your own.

To enter symbols and punctuation marks

You have two ways of entering symbols and punctuation marks:

•Tap to open the symbol table, then select with your stylus or naviagtion keys , , , and .

•Use handwriting recognition to write commonly used punctuation marks and symbols, like the comma and full stop.

Special gestures

You can use special gestures to perform functions like deleting characters and entering spaces.

Delete a character.

Enter a space.

Switch writing languages.

Enter a carriage return.

Enter a tab.

Please start each stroke from the dotted end.

Writing English letters

Write English letters from the dotted ends as shown below.
















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Writing numbers

Write numbers from the dotted ends as shown below.

To calibrate the screen

1From standby, select Menu

} Messaging } Write new } More } Handwriting calib..

2Follow the instruction to calibrate the screen.

Text input

To enter text by using the keypad, press the key you want directly.

There are two ways to enter letters and characters using the keypad:

•Multitap text input

•T9™ Text Input

To enter letters using multitap text input

•Press – until the desired character appears.

•Press to shift between capitals and lower-case letters.

•Press and hold – to enter numbers.

•Press to delete letters and numbers.

•Press to add a space.

•Press for the most common punctuation marks.

•Press and hold to change writing method.

Multitap input only applies when Latin characters are selected as the input language.

T9™ Text Input

The T9™ Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary to recognize the most commonly used word for each sequence of key presses. This way, you press each key only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.

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To enter letters using T9 Text Input

1For example, if you want to write the

word “Jane”, press , , ,

2If the word shown is not the one you

want, press or repeatedly to view alternative words. To accept and add a

space, press . To accept a word without adding a space, press .

3Continue writing your message. To

enter punctuation marks, press and then or repeatedly.

To add words to the T9 Text Input dictionary

1While entering letters } More

} Spell word.

2Edit the word by using multitap input.

Navigate between the letters with and . To delete a character, press . To delete the entire word, press and hold .

3When you have edited the word

} Insert. The word is added to the T9 Text Input dictionary. Next time you enter this word using T9 Text Input, it will appear as one of the alternative words.

To select another writing method

Before, or while entering letters, press and hold to select another writing method.

Options when entering letters

} More to view options when entering letters.

Chinese input

Your phone has different input methods for entering Chinese characters using keypad input:

•Stroke input

•Pinyin input

You can use these methods, for example, to enter Chinese names and Chinese short messages.

Switching between Chinese input methods

When entering Chinese characters, you can select and switch to another input method by pressing and holding .

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General instructions

Regardless of which input method you choose, your phone can speed up the input of Chinese characters.

Whenever you enter a stroke or a Pinyin letter, a candidate row of the most frequently used characters containing that stroke or relating to that letter appear at the bottom of the screen.

If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate row, press to view another candidate row. Continue pressing until the character you want is displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin letter and a new set of characters is displayed in the candidate row. To go back to the previous row, press . To select a character in the candidate row, press .

Stroke input

A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into five stroke categories. Each category is represented on the keypad by one of the keys - . The wild card key

, is used when you are not sure which stroke to use.

Stroke categories

The five stroke categories are defined in the table below:

Number Stroke		Basic	Stroke Name	Character
Key	Category	Stroke	Stroke Name	Character
			Over

			Lift

			Down

			Down-Hook

			Short
			Slope Down
			Long
			Left Slope
			Over Slope

			Short
			left Slope
			Dot

			Right Slope

			Down-
			Curved-Over
			Down-Over

			Left Slope-
			Over
			Left Slope-
			Dot

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Number Stroke		Basic	Stroke Name	Character
Key	Category	Stroke	Stroke Name	Character
			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
			Over-Down-
			Over-
			Left Slope
			Over-
			Left Slope-
			Curved-
			Hook

Number Stroke		Basic	Stroke Name	Character
Key	Category	Stroke	Stroke Name	Character
			Over-Down-
			Over-Hook
			Over-Down-
			Over-Down
			Curved-
			Hook
			Over-Down-
			Curved-
			Hook
			Over-Down-
			Over
			Over-Down-
			Lift

? (Wild card key)

Components

The basic building units of Chinese characters are components that are made up of strokes. After you enter the first two strokes of the desired character, the component and character candidates that started with the stroke are displayed.

Using components is a fast method of entering complex characters.

The smaller candidates surrounded by frames are components, and the bigger candidates without frames are characters.

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	For example, to enter “		”
1	Enter “ ”, “ ” and “	”.
2	Move the cursor to “	”, press .
3	Move the cursor to “	”, press
	again to select “ ”.
	Example of using the wild card key
	The wild card key	, is used to
	supplement unclear strokes in
	entering characters. If you want to
	enter “ ”, but you only know that “ ”
	is the first and the last stroke of the
	character and that the total number of
	strokes is four, enter	,	,	,

. The character is displayed in the candidate row.

Pinyin input

Press the keys containing the required Pinyin letters, and the phone will make various proposals on the screen, according to the pronunciation rules of Mandarin.

Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters on the keypad.

Number Key	Pinyin Letter
	a b c
	d e f
	g h i
	j k l


	Number Key			Pinyin Letter
				m n o

				p q r s
				p q r s

				t u ü

				w x y z

On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced by v.

For example, to enter “				”
1 Press	,	,	.

2When “xin” is highlighted, press or

and select “ ”, then press . (If you want to enter any of the other

suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll up or down to the desired combination, then press ).

3 Press again to select “ ”, when

“” is highlighted.

Input punctuation, symbols and smilies

Under any Chinese input mode, press to see the table of punctuation

marks, symbols and smilies. Use , , , and to make a selection.

Press to enter a space in the text.

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Calling

Making and receiving calls

Turn on the phone and make sure that you are within range of a network

% 5 To turn the phone on and off. If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification service and the caller’s number is identified, the number is displayed. If the number is saved in Contacts, the name, number, and picture are displayed. If the number is a restricted number, Withheld is displayed.

To make a call

1Enter a phone number (with international country code and area code, if applicable).

2} Call to make the call and } End call to end the call.

To redial a number

If the connection failed, Retry? is displayed } Yes.

Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. When a call connects, the phone gives a loud signal.

To answer a call

Open your phone or } Answer if your phone is already open.

To reject a call

Close your phone } Busy or press the volume button twice.

To change the ear speaker volume

During a call, press or to increase or decrease the volume.

To turn off the microphone

Press and hold . To resume, press and hold again.

To select more options during a call

} More and select an option.

Missed calls

A missed call appears in the activity menu if New events is set to Activity menu % 10 Activity menu. } Call to call the missed number.

If New events is set to Popup, Missed calls: appears. }Yes to view the missed calls or } No to view them later.

Call list

Information about most recent calls is saved in the call list.

To call a number from the call list

1From standby, select } Calls and select a tab.

2Scroll to the name or number to call

} Call.

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To add a call list number to contacts

1From standby, select } Calls and select a tab. Scroll to the number you want to add } More } Save number.

2Select a contact to add the number to or } New contact.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports international emergency numbers such as 112 and 911. Use them to make an emergency call in any country, with or without a SIM card in the phone, if a GSM network is in range.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your network operator may have saved additional local emergency numbers on your SIM card.

To make an emergency call

Enter, for example, 112 } Call.

To view your local emergency numbers

From standby, select Menu } Contacts

}Options } Special numbers

}Emergency nos..

Contacts

Phone contacts contain detailed information saved in the phone memory. SIM contacts contain names and numbers saved on the SIM card.

To select default contacts

1From standby, select Menu } Contacts

}Options } Advanced

}Default contacts.

2 } Phone contacts or SIM contacts.

To add a contact

1From standby, select Menu } Contacts

} New contact } Add.

2 } Name: } Add enter the name } OK.

3} New number: } Add enter the number } OK.

4For phone contacts only, select a number type. Scroll between tabs and select fields to enter more information. To enter symbols such as @ } More

}Add symbol and select the symbol

}Insert. To save the contact } Save.

Enter the + sign and country code with all numbers.

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