Sony A1052031 User Manual

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1Contents

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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GSM 850/900/1800/1900

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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.

2 Contents

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

See also page ...

Note

Indicates that a service or function

is network- or subscription-

dependent. Because of this,

all menus may not be available in

your phone. Consult your service

provider for more information.

4 Getting started

Getting started

To insert the SIM card

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.

To charge the battery

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.

30 min

2.5 h

5Getting started

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.

If you use a memory card you can

select to automatically save all

pictures on the memory card

% 31 Camera options.

Save contacts to your SIM card before

you remove it from another phone.

Contacts may have been saved in the

phone memory % 15 Contacts.

Your phone does not come with a

memory card. You can buy a memory

card to add more storage space to

your phone.

6 Getting 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.

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.

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.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times

in a row, the SIM card is blocked

% 46 SIM card lock.

7Getting to know the phone

Getting to know the phone

Phone overview

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

8 Getting 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*

Call voicemail

Drafts

Outbox

Sent messages

Saved messages

Templates

Settings

File manager*** Contacts**

Radio

All files

On Memory Stick

In phone

Options

New contact

9Getting to know the phone

Status bar icons

Calls***

Organizer

Settings***

All

Answered

Dialled

Missed

Alarms

Calendar

Tasks

Notes

Calculator

Synchronization

Timer

Stopwatch

Applications

Code memo

General

Sounds & alerts

Display

Calls

Connectivity*

* 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.

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.

10 Getting 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.

11Getting 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

% 44 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 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

or Unmark.

To check memory status

From stand-by, select

} Menu } File

manager } More } Memory status.

12 Getting 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.

13Getting 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.

14 Calling

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.

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

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.

Do not hold the phone to your ear

while waiting. When a call connects,

the phone gives a loud signal.

15Calling

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.

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.

In some countries, other emergency

numbers may also be promoted. Your

network operator may have saved

additional local emergency numbers on

your SIM card.

Enter the + sign and country code with

all numbers.

16 Calling

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.

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.

When you copy all contacts from the

phone to the SIM card, all existing

SIM card information is replaced.

17Calling

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.

18 Calling

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.

19Calling

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 hands-

free, 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.

20 Calling

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.

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.

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.

You can use a MIDI, WAV (16 kHz),

EMY or IMY file as a ringtone with

voice answering.

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