Sony A1052031 User Manual
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Contents
Getting started ................... 4
Getting to know the phone .... 7
Calling ............................... 14
Messaging ........................ 25
Imaging ............................. 30
Entertainment ................... 34
Connectivity ...................... 38
More features ................... 43
Troubleshooting ............... 49
Important information ...... 51
Index ................................. 60
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©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2006
Publication number: EN/LZT 108 8979 R1A
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.
1Contents
Please contact your service provider 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.
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 cont ent 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.
QuickShare™, PlayNow™, MusicDJ™, PhotoDJ™,
VideoDJ™ and Style Up™ 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™ and Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
are trademarks or 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™.
1 Restrictions: 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.
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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.
3 Restricted 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.
Part of the software in this product is copyright
© SyncML initiative Ltd. (1999-2002). All rights
reserved.
Other product and company names mentioned
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The following instruction symbols
appear in this user guide:
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Press the navigation key center.
Press the navigation key up.
Press the navigation key down.
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%
% 10 Navigating the menus.
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Note
Indicates that a service or function
is network- or subscriptiondependent. Because of this,
all menus may not be available in
your phone. Consult your service
provider for more information.
3Contents
Getting started
To insert the SIM card
To charge the battery
30 min
2.5 h
1 Remove the battery cover.
2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with
the gold contacts facing down.
3 Insert the battery with the label side
up and the connectors facing in.
4 Slide the battery cover into place.
4 Getting started
1 Connect the charger plug to the phone
with the symbol facing upwards.
2 It may take 30 minutes for the battery
icon to appear.
3 Wait 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.
Talk time or stand-by time may become
shorter due to wear and you may have
to replace your battery. Only use
approved batteries from Sony Ericsson
%
54 Battery.
Save contacts to your SIM card before
you remove it from another phone.
Contacts may have been saved in the
phone memory % 15 Contacts.
To turn the phone on and off
1 Press and hold .
2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if you
have one.
3 At 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 stand-by,
select } Menu } Settings } General
} Setup wizard.
To make and receive calls
1 Enter 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
% 14 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
% 31 Camera options.
5Getting started
To insert and remove the
memory card
1 Remove the battery cover.
2 Insert the memory card in the slot.
3 Press the edge of the memory card
to release it from the slot.
PIN
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.
% 15 Emergency calls. Press to
correct mistakes.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times
in a row, the SIM card is blocked
% 46 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 stand-by mode.
6 Getting started
Getting to know the phone
Phone overview
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2
3
4
8
9
10
11
1 Camera key
2 Selection key
3Back key
4 Memory Stick Micro (M2) slot
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
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6
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7Getting to know the phone
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*
Email
Call voicemail
Drafts
Outbox
Sent messages
Saved messages
Templates
Settings
File manager*** Contacts**
Options
All files
On Memory Stick
In phone
New contact
Radio
8 Getting to know the phone
Calls***
All
Answered
Dialled
Missed
* Some menus are operator-, network- and 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.
Organizer
Alarms
Calendar
Tasks
Notes
Calculator
Synchronization
Timer
Stopwatch
Applications
Code memo
Settings***
General
Sounds & alerts
Display
Calls
Connectivity*
Status bar icons
Tells you the strength of the GSM
network signal.
GPRS network is within range and
can be used.
EDGE network is within range and
can be used.
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.
Hands-free is connected.
Radio playing in the background.
9Getting to know the phone
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 menus 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 stand-by.
• 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 stand-by, you can use , ,
or to go directly to a function.
To create a stand-by shortcut
1 Press and follow the instructions.
2 Scroll to a function } Shortcut.
To edit a stand-by shortcut
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } Shortcuts
and select an shortcut } Edit.
2 Scroll 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 stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } New events
} Popup.
10 Getting to know the phone
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
To open the shut down menu
Press and select a menu item.
% 44 Profiles.
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 the memory
card. Unrecognized files are saved in
the Other folder.
File manager menu tabs
The file manager is divided into three
tabs, and icons indicate 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 it. View file
information by highlighting the file
} More } Information.
To move or copy a file
1 From stand-by, select } Menu } File
manager. Select a folder and scroll
to a file } More } Manage files.
2 Select Move or Copy.
3 } Memory Stick or } Phone memory.
4 Select a folder or } New folder name
the folder } OK.
5 } Paste.
To select several files
1 From stand-by, select } Menu } File
manager. Select a folder and scroll
to a file } More } Mark.
2 } Mark several or Mark all. To select
files, scroll and } Mark
To check memory status
From stand-by, select
manager } More } Memory status.
or Unmark.
} Menu } File
11Getting to know the phone
Formatting the memory card
Format a memory card to clear it,
or if it has been corrupted.
To format the memory card
From stand-by, select } Menu } File
manager } More } Format M.S.
} Yes and enter your phone lock
code. For more information
% 47 Phone lock.
Transferring files
For more information
% 42 Transferring files.
Languages
Select the language to use in the
phone menus or when writing text.
To change the phone language
• From stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } Language
} Phone language, select a language.
• From stand-by, Press 0000
for English, or press 8888 for
Automatic language.
To select writing languages
• From stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } Language
} Writing language, scroll to
an option.
• } Mark to select languages } Save.
Entering letters
Scroll to a function where text input is
possible, for example, from stand-by,
select } Menu } Messaging } Write
new } Text message.
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.
T9™ Text Input
The T9™ Text Input method uses a
in-built 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.
12 Getting to know the phone
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
• For example, if you want to write
the word “Jane”, press , ,
,.
• If 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 .
• Continue writing your message. To
enter punctuation marks, press
and then or repeatedly.
To add words to the T9 Text Input
dictionary
• While entering letters } More
} Spell word.
• Edit 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 .
• When 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.
13Getting to know the phone
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
Enter a phone number (with
international country code and area
code, if applicable) } Call to make
the call. } End call to end the call.
To re-dial 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
% 10 Activity menu. } Call to
menu
call the missed number.
If New events is set to Popup, Missed
calls: appears. } Yes to view the
missed calls or } No to view it later.
Call list
Information about the last calls is
saved in the call list.
To call a number from the call list
From stand-by, select } Calls and
select a tab. Scroll to the name or
number to call } Call.
14 Calling
To add a call list number to contacts
1 From stand-by, select } Calls and
select a tab. Scroll to the number you
want to add } More } Save number.
2 Select 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 stand-by, 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
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } Advanced
} Default contacts.
2 } Phone contacts or SIM contacts.
To add a contact
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } New contact } Add.
2 } Name: } Add enter the name } OK.
3 } New number: } Add enter the
number } OK.
4 For 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.
15Calling
To add a picture or a ringtone to
a contact
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts and select the contact
} More } Edit contact.
2 Select the relevant tab, then } Picture
or Ringtone } Add. Select a file and
} Save.
To set the default number for
a contact
To set the phone number to be
displayed first for a contact, from
stand-by, select } Menu } Contacts
and scroll to the contact } More
} Default number and select
a number.
To add your own business card
From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } My business
card and enter the information for
your business card } Save.
To send your business card
From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } My business
card } Send my card.
To call a phone contact
From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts. Enter the first letters of
the contact you want to call. Use
or to select a number } Call.
To call a SIM contact
•
If SIM contacts is default } Contacts
select a name and number from the
list } Call.
• If Phone contacts is default, from
stand-by, select
Menu } Contacts
}
} Options } SIM contacts select a
name and number from the list } Call.
Managing contacts
Copy contacts to and from the phone
memory and the SIM card.
To copy names and numbers to
the SIM card
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } Advanced
} Copy to SIM.
2 } Copy all or Copy a number.
When you copy all contacts from the
phone to the SIM card, all existing
SIM card information is replaced.
To copy SIM contacts to phone
contacts
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } Advanced
} Copy from SIM.
2 } Copy all or Copy a number.
16 Calling
To automatically save to the
SIM card
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } Advanced
} Auto save on SIM.
2 } On.
To back up contacts on memory card
From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } Advanced
} Back up to M.S. } Yes.
To restore contacts from
memory card
From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } Advanced
} Restore from M.S. } Yes } Yes.
To send contacts
• To send a selected contact } More
} Send contact and select a transfer
method.
• To send all contacts, from stand-by,
select } Menu } Contacts } Options
} Advanced } Send all contacts.
To edit a phone contact
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts and select a contact
} More } Edit contact.
2 Select a tab and edit the information
} Save.
To edit a SIM contact
1 If SIM contacts is default, from
stand-by, select
} Menu } Contacts
or if Phone contacts is default } Menu
} Contacts } Options } SIM
contacts.
2 Select the name and number to edit.
3 } More } Edit contact and edit the
name and number.
To delete contacts
• To delete a selected contact,
press .
• To delete all contacts, from stand-by,
select } Menu } Contacts } Options
} Advanced } Delete all contacts
} Yes and } Yes. Names and numbers
on the SIM card are not deleted.
To check the memory status
From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } Advanced
} Memory status.
The number of entries you can save
in the phone or on the SIM card
depends on the available memory.
17Calling
Synchronizing contacts
For more information see
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Speed dialling
Save numbers in positions 1-9 in your
phone to access them easily.
To set or replace speed dialling
numbers
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts } Options } Speed dial.
2 Scroll to a position } Add or Replace
and select a phone number.
To speed dial
From stand-by, enter a speed dial
number (1-9) } Call.
Voicemail
If your subscription includes an
answering service, callers can leave
a voice message when you cannot
answer a call.
To enter your voicemail number
Press and hold } Yes enter the
number } OK. You get the number
from your network operator.
To call your voicemail service
If you have entered your voicemail
number, press and hold .
To check your voicemail number
From stand-by, select } Menu
} Messaging } Settings } Voicemail
number.
Voice control
Manage calls with your voice by
creating voice commands to:
• Voice dial – call someone by saying
their name.
• Activate voice control by saying a
“magic word”.
• Answer and reject calls when using
a hands-free.
Before voice dialling
Activate the voice dialling function and
record your voice commands. An icon
appears next to a phone number that
has a voice command.
18 Calling
To activate voice dialling and
record names
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } Voice control
} Voice dialling } Activate } Yes
} New voice and select a contact.
2 If the contact has more than one
number, use and to view the
numbers. Select the number to add
the voice command to. Record a voice
command such as “John mobile”.
3 Instructions appear. Wait for the tone
and say the command to record. The
voice command is played back to you.
4 If the recording sounds OK } Yes.
If not } No and repeat step 3.
To record another voice command
for a contact } New voice } Add and
repeat steps 2-4 above.
Caller name
Hear your recorded contact name
when you receive a call from that
contact.
To turn the caller name on or off
From stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } Voice control
} Play caller name.
Voice dialling
Start voice dialling from stand-by
using the phone, a portable handsfree, a Bluetooth™ headset or by
saying your magic word.
To make a call
1 From stand-by, press and hold one
of the volume buttons.
2 Wait for the tone and say a recorded
name, for example “John mobile”.
The name is played back to you
and the call is connected.
To make a call with a hands-free
From stand-by, press and hold the
hands-free button, or press the
Bluetooth headset button.
The magic word
Record and use a voice command
as a magic word to activate voice
control without pressing any keys.
The magic word can only be used
with a hands-free.
Choose a long, unusual word or phrase
that can easily be distinguished from
ordinary background speech.
19Calling
To activate and record the
magic word
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } Voice control
} Magic word } Activate.
2 Instructions appear. } Continue. Wait
for the tone and say the magic word.
3 } Yes to accept or } No to record a
new magic word.
4 Instructions appear. } Continue and
select the environments in which your
magic word is to be activated.
Voice answering
Answer or reject incoming calls by
using your voice, when using a
hands-free.
You can use a MIDI, WAV (16 kHz),
EMY or IMY file as a ringtone with
voice answering.
To activate voice answering and
record voice answer commands
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } Voice control
} Voice answer } Activate.
2 Instructions appear. } Continue.
Wait for the tone and say “Answer”,
or another word.
3 } Yes to accept or } No for a new
recording.
4 Instructions appear } Continue.
Wait for the tone and say “Busy”,
or another word.
5 } Yes to accept or } No for a new
recording.
6
Instructions appear. } Continue and
select the environments in which voice
answering is to be activated } Save.
To answer or reject a call using
voice commands
When the phone rings, say:
• “Answer” to connect the call.
• “Busy” to reject the call.
To edit your voice commands
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Contacts and scroll to a contact.
2 } More } Edit contact and scroll
to the relevant tab.
To re-record a voice command
1 From stand-by, select } Menu
} Settings } General } Voice control
} Voice dialling } Edit names.
2 Select a command } More
} Replace voice.
3 Wait for the tone and say the
command.
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