Sony A1052171 User Guide

1Contents

Contents

Getting started ................... 6

Assembly ........................................ 6

Turning on the phone ..................... 7

Help in your phone ......................... 8

Charge the battery .......................... 8

Phone overview ............................ 10

Menu overview .............................. 12

Navigation ..................................... 14

File manager ................................. 15

Phone language ............................ 17

Entering text ................................. 17

Chinese input ................................ 18

Stroke input .................................. 19

Pinyin input ................................... 21

Calling ............................... 22

Making and receiving calls ........... 22

Contacts ....................................... 23

Call list .......................................... 28

Speed dial ..................................... 28

Voicemail ...................................... 28

Voice control ................................. 29

Diverting calls ............................... 30

More than one call ........................ 31

My numbers .................................. 32

Accept calls .................................. 32

Restricted dialling ......................... 33

Fixed dialling ................................. 33

Call time and cost ......................... 34

Showing or hiding your

phone number .............................. 34

Messaging ........................ 34

Text messages .............................. 35

Picture messages ......................... 36

Message options .......................... 37

Templates ..................................... 37

Voice messages ............................ 37

Email ............................................. 38

My friends ..................................... 39

Imaging ............................ 41

Camera and video recorder .......... 41

Using the camera .......................... 42

Camera icons and settings ........... 42

Camera shortcuts ......................... 43

Transferring pictures ..................... 43

Camera printing ............................ 43

Pictures ......................................... 44

PhotoDJ™ and VideoDJ™ ........... 45

Themes ......................................... 45

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Entertainment ................... 46

Stereo portable handsfree ............ 46

Music player ................................. 46

Video player .................................. 46

Music and video controls ............. 46

Transferring music from

a computer ................................... 48

TrackID™ ...................................... 49

Radio ............................................ 49

PlayNow™ .................................... 50

Ringtones and melodies ............... 50

MusicDJ™ .................................... 51

Sound recorder ............................. 51

Games .......................................... 52

Applications .................................. 52

Connectivity ...................... 53

Settings ......................................... 53

Phone name .................................. 53

Using the Internet ......................... 53

Web feeds ..................................... 55

Bluetooth™ wireless

technology .................................... 56

Using a USB cable ........................ 58

Synchronizing ............................... 59

Update service .............................. 61

More features ................... 62

Flight mode ................................... 62

Location services .......................... 63

Alarms ........................................... 63

Calendar ....................................... 64

Notes ............................................ 65

Tasks ............................................ 65

Profiles .......................................... 66

Time and date ............................... 66

Locks ............................................ 67

Troubleshooting ............... 69

Common questions ...................... 69

Error messages ............................. 71

Important information ...... 72

Guidelines for Safe and

Efficient Use .................................. 72

Memory Card ................................ 75

End User License Agreement ....... 76

Limited Warranty .......................... 77

FCC Statement ............................. 78

Declaration of Conformity

for G502c ...................................... 79

Index ................................. 80

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Sony Ericsson G502c

GSM 900/1800/1900

This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile

Communications AB or its local affiliated company,

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.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2007

Publication number: 1210-7336.2

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.

Your mobile phone has the capabi lity 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, i ncluding 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

Getting started

Assembly

Before you start using your phone,

you need to insert a SIM card and

the battery.

To insert the SIM card

1 Remove the battery cover by pressing

and sliding it as shown in the picture.

2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with

the gold-coloured contacts facing down.

To insert the battery

1 Insert the battery with the label side up

and the connectors facing each other.

2 Slide the battery cover into place.

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7Getting started

Turning on the phone

To turn on the phone

1 Press and hold down .

2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested

and select OK.

3 Select a language.

4 Select Yes to use the setup wizard.

SIM card

The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)

card, which you get from your network

operator, contains information about

your subscription. Always turn off your

phone and detach the charger before

you insert or remove the SIM card.

You may need a PIN (Personal

Identification Number) to activate the

services in your phone. Your PIN is

supplied by your network operator.

Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it

starts with emergency number digits,

for example, 112 or 911. You can see

and call an emergency number without

entering a PIN.

Startup screen

The startup screen appears when you

turn your phone on. See Using pictures

on page 44.

Standby

After you have turned your phone on

and entered your PIN, the name of the

network operator appears. This view is

called standby.

If you want to correct a mistake when

you enter your PIN, press .

You can save contacts on the SIM card

before you remove it from your phone.

See To copy names and numbers to the

SIM card on page 25.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in

a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM

card lock on page 67.

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8 Getting started

Help in your phone

Help and information are available in

your phone. See Navigation on page 14.

To use the setup wizard

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Setup wizard.

2 Select an option.

To view information about functions

• Scroll to a function and select Info, if

available. In some cases, Info appears

under Options.

To view the phone demonstration

• From standby select Menu >

Entertainment > Demo tour.

To view status information

• From standby press the volume key.

Charge the battery

Your phone battery is partly charged

when you buy it.

Using the USB charger

To connect the charger and charge

the battery (The illustrations are for

guidance only and may not accurately

depict the actual phone)

1 Connect the USB cable (you can get

instruction for three conditions from

Note) plug to the AC adapter USB

socket, as shown in the above

illustration. The USB cable is supplied

with your phone.

2 Connect the USB cable connector to

your phone. Press a key to view the

charging status on the screen. It takes

approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge

the battery.

To remove the charger

It may take 30 minutes for the battery

icon to appear on the screen.

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1 Charge your battery until the battery

icon indicates a full charge.

2 Tilt the USB charger connector upwards

to remove it.

Note:

1 If there are two USB cables in the kit

(USB cable for charging and USB

cable for data transferring. See the

illustrations as below), then the USB

cable for charging is only intended for

charging your phone. Do not use it for

transferring data.

The USB cable for the USB charger is

only intended for connection to the AC

adapter to charge your phone. It must

not be used for connection to a PC.

It can only be used for charging your

phone. Never use it for charging

accessories.

2 If there is only one USB cable in the

kit, it is intended for charging your

phone as well as transferring data.

3 If there is only one USB cable for the

USB charger in the phone kit, this USB

cable is only intended for charging your

phone.

4 Sony Ericsson strongly recommends

that you use only Sony Ericsson

branded original batteries, the part

of power supply device in accordance

with YD/T 1591-2006 specifications

of Communications Industry Standards

of P. R. China and the USB cable

supplied with your phone to charge

the phone. The use of third-party

products may decrease the

performance of your phone and/or

pose a risk to your health or safety.

USB cable for charging

USB cable for transferr ing

You can charge the battery for more or

less than 2.5 hours. Interrupted charging

will not damage the battery.

Performance depends on temperatures,

signal strenth, usage patterns, features

selected and voice or data transmissions.

The stand-by time for this battery is up

to xxx hours.

Use only Sony Ericsson branded original

batteries intended for use with your

mobile phone. If you use other batteries

you may not be able to charge your phone.

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10 Getting started

Phone overview

1 Ear speaker

2 Screen

3 Selection keys

4 Call key

5 Memory card slot

(under the cover)

6 Activity menu key

7 Keylock key

8 End key

9 C key (Clear), On/off key

10 Navigation key

11 Silent key

See Internet keypad shortcuts

on page 54.

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11Getting started

12 Volume, digital zoom keys

13 Main camera

14 Camera key

15 Connector for charger,

handsfree and USB cable

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12 Getting started

Menu overview

PlayNow™* Monternet* Entertainment

Online services*

Games

TrackID™

Location services

VideoDJ™

PhotoDJ™

MusicDJ™

Remote control

Record sound

Demo tour

Camera Messaging Media

Write new

Inbox

Web feeds

Drafts

Outbox

Sent messages

Saved messages

My friends*

Call voicemail

Templates

Manage messages

Settings

Alarms Contacts Radio

Myself

New contact

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13Getting started

Calls** Organizer

All Answered Dialled Missed

File manager

Applications

Calendar

Tasks

Notes

Synchronization

Timer

Stopwatch

Calculator

Code memo

Settings**

General

Profiles

Time & date

Language

Update service

Voice control

New events

Shortcuts

Flight mode

Security

Setup wizard

Phone status

Master reset

Sounds & alerts

Ring volume

Ringtone

Silent mode

Increasing ring

Vibrating alert

Message alert

Key sound

Display

Wallpaper

Themes

Startup screen

Screen saver

Clock size

Brightness

Edit line names*

Calls

Speed dial

Smart search

Divert calls

Switch to line 2*

Manage calls

Time & cost*

Show/hide my no.

Handsfree

Connectivity

Bluetooth

USB

Phone name

Network sharing

Synchronization

Device management

Mobile networks

Internet settings

Streaming settings

Accessories

* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.

** You can use the navigation key to scroll between tabs in submenus. For more information, see Navigation

on page 14.

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14 Getting started

Navigation

The main menus are shown as icons.

Some submenus include tabs.

To navigate the phone menus

1 From standby select Menu.

2 Use the navigation key to move through

the menus.

To select actions on the screen

• Select an action shown at the bottom

of the screen by pressing the left or

right selection key, or the centre

navigation key.

To view options for an item

• Select Options to, for example, edit.

To scroll between the tabs

• Scroll to a tab by pressing the

navigation key left or right.

To return to standby

• Press .

To end a function

• Press .

To navigate your media

1 From standby select Menu > Media.

2 Press the navigation key right to select

an item.

3 To go back, press the navigation left.

To delete items

• Press to delete items such as

numbers, letters, pictures and sounds.

Shortcuts

You can use keypad shortcuts to go

directly to a menu. Menu numbering

starts from the top left icon and moves

across and then down row by row.

To go directly to a main menu

• From standby select Menu and press

– , , or .

To use navigation key shortcuts

• From standby press , , or

to go directly to a function.

Centre navigation key

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To edit a navigation key shortcut

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Shortcuts.

2 Scroll to an option and select Edit.

3 Scroll to a menu option and select

Shortc.

Activity menu

The activity menu gives you quick

access to certain functions.

To open the activity menu

• Press .

Activity menu tabs

• New events – missed calls and new

messages.

• Running apps – applications that are

running in the background.

• My shortcuts – add your favourite

functions to access them quickly.

• Internet – quick access to the Internet.

File manager

You can use the file manager to handle

files saved in the phone memory or on

a memory card.

Memory card

Your phone supports Memory Stick

Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding

more storage space to your phone.

It can also be used as a portable

memory card with other compatible

devices.

To insert a memory card

1 Open the battery cover.

2 Insert the memory card with the

gold-coloured contacts facing down.

You may have to purchase a memory card

separately.

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To remove a memory card

1 Open the battery cover and press the

edge of the memory card to release and

remove it.

2 Slide the battery cover into place.

To view memory card options

1 From standby select Menu > Organizer

> File manager > the On memory card

tab.

2 Select Options.

Handling files

You can move and copy files between

your phone, a computer and a memory

card. Files are saved on the memory

card first and then in the phone memory.

Unrecognized files are saved in the

Other folder.

You can create subfolders to move or

copy files to. You can select more than

one or all the files in a folder at the same

time for all folders except Games and

Applications.

If the memory is full, delete some

content to create space.

File manager tabs

The file manager is divided into three

tabs, and icons indicate where the files

are saved.

• All files – all content in the phone

memory and on a memory card

• On memory card – all content on

a memory card

• In phone – all content in the phone

memory

To view information about files

1 From standby select Menu > Organizer

> File manager.

2 Find a file and select Options >

Information.

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To move a file in the file manager

1 From standby select Menu > Organizer

> File manager.

2 Find a file and select Options > Manage

file > Move.

3 Select an option.

To select more than one file in a folder

1 From standby select Menu > Organizer

> File manager.

2 Scroll to a folder and select Open.

3 Select Options > Mark > Mark several.

4 For each file you want to mark, scroll

to the file and select Mark.

To delete a file from the file manager

1 From standby select Menu > Organizer

> File manager.

2 Find the file and press .

Phone language

You can select a language to use in your

phone.

To change the phone language

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Language > Phone

language.

2 Select an option.

Entering text

You can use multitap text input or T9™

Text Input to enter text. The T9 Text

Input method uses a built-in dictionary.

To change text input method

• When you enter text, press and hold

down .

To shift between capitals and

lower-case letters

• When you enter text, press .

To enter numbers

• When you enter text, press and hold

down – .

To enter full stops and commas

• When you enter text, press .

To enter text using T9™ Text Input

1 From standby select, for example,

Menu > Messaging > Write new > Text

message.

2 If is not displayed, press and hold

down to change to T9 Text Input.

3 Press each key only once, even if the

letter you want is not the first letter on

the key. For example, to write the word

“Jane”, press , , , .

Write the whole word before looking at

the suggestions.

4 Use or to view suggestions.

5 Press to accept a suggestion.

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18 Getting started

To enter text using multitap

1 From standby select, for example,

Menu > Messaging > Write new > Text

message.

2 If is displayed, press and hold down

to change to multitap text input.

3 Press – repeatedly until the

desired letter appears.

4 When a word is written, press to

add a space.

To add words to the built-in dictionary

1 When you enter text using T9 Text Input,

select Options > Spell word.

2 Write the word using multitap input and

select Insert.

Chinese input

This mobile phone has different input

methods for entering Chinese

characters:

• Stroke input

• Pinyin input

You can use these methods, for

example, to enter Chinese names

and Chinese short messages.

Switching between Chinese input

methods

In the Chinese editing mode, you can

select and switch quickly to another

input method by pressing and holding

General instructions

Regardless of which input method you

choose, your phone has a function to

speed up the entry 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 appears at the bottom of the

screen.

If the character you want is not

displayed in the candidate row, press

to present 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 will

immediately be displayed in the

candidate row. To go back to the

previous row, press . To select

a character in the candidate row, press

the navigation key or press and hold

the key corresponding to the number

above the character you want to enter.

Multitap input only applies when Latin

characters are selected as writing

languages.

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Stroke input

A Chinese character is built up of

strokes. There are more than 30 basic

strokes, which are grouped into 5 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

of which stroke to use.

Stroke categories

The 5 stroke categories are defined in

the table below:

Number

Key

Stroke

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.

For example, to enter “

信息

”

1 Press , , .

2 When “xin” is highlighted, press

or and select “ 信 ”, 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 “ 息 ”, when

“ 息 ” is highlighted.

Fuzzy Pinyin

Fuzzy Pinyin is an option for the Pinyin

input method, which contains additional

spelling alternatives.

When in Pinyin input mode, press

Options > Writing language > Fuzzy

Pinyin > On.

Input punctuation, symbols and

smilies

Under any Chinese input mode, press

, to see the table of punctuation

marks, symbols and smilies. Use the

navigation key to make a selection.

Press to enter a space into the

text.

Number Key Pinyin Letter

a b c

d e f

g h i

j k l

m n o

p q r s

t u ü

w x y z

On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced

by v.

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Calling

Making and receiving calls

You need to turn on your phone and

be within range of a network.

To make a call

1 From standby enter a phone number

(with international country/region code

and area code, if applicable).

2 Press .

To end a call

• Press .

To make international calls

1 From standby press and hold down

until a “+” sign appears.

2 Enter the country/region code, area

code (without the first zero) and phone

number.

3 Press .

To re-dial a number

• When Retry? appears select Yes.

To answer a call

• Press .

To reject a call

• Press .

To change the ear speaker volume

during a call

• Press the volume key up or down.

To mute the microphone during a call

1 Press and hold down .

2 Press and hold down again

to resume.

To turn the loudspeaker on during

a call

• Select SpkrOn.

To view missed calls from standby

• Press to open the call list.

You can call numbers from your contacts

and call list. See Contacts on page 23,

and Call list on page 28. You can also use

your voice to make calls. See Voice

control on page 29.

Do not hold your phone to your ear when

waiting. When the call connects, your

phone gives a loud signal.

Do not hold your phone to your ear when

using the loudspeaker. This could damage

your hearing.

23Calling

Emergency calls

Your phone supports international

emergency numbers, for example, 112

and 911. These numbers can normally

be used to make emergency calls in

any country/region, with or without the

SIM card inserted, if a GSM network is

within range.

To make an emergency call

• From standby enter 112 (the

international emergency number)

and press .

To view your local emergency

numbers

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Special numbers >

Emergency nos.

Contacts

You can save names, phone numbers

and personal information in Contacts.

Information can be saved in the phone

memory or on the SIM card.

Default contacts

You can choose which contact

information is shown as default.

If Phone contacts is selected as default,

your contacts show all the information

saved in Contacts. If you select SIM

contacts as default, your contacts show

names and numbers saved on the SIM

card.

To select default contacts

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Advanced > Default contacts.

3 Select an option.

Phone contacts

Phone contacts can contain names,

phone numbers and personal

information. They are saved in the

phone memory.

To add a phone contact

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select Add.

3 Enter the name and select OK.

4 Enter the number and select OK.

5 Select a number option.

6 Scroll between tabs and select the fields

to add information.

7 Select Save.

In some countries/regions, other

emergency numbers may also be

promoted. Your network operator may

therefore have saved additional local

emergency numbers on the SIM card.

24 Calling

To call a phone contact

To call a contact written in Chinese characters

1 Menu > Contacts. Then enter the entire multi-letter name, pure initial or mixed initial

pinyin of Chinese contacts you want to call. For example:

2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select a number and press .

To call a contact written in Latin characters

1 Menu > Contacts. Scroll to, or enter the first letters or all letters of the contact you

want to call (a maximum of 10 letters).

Initial Input ‘A’ Input ‘AM’ Input ‘AMY’

2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select a number and press .

Initial status

Full name search

Pure initial search

Mixed initial search

25Calling

Note: Phone supports Chinese and

English contacts mixed search. When

a contact is written in Latin characters,

the entered letter can reach the Latin

contact you want to call; when a contact

is written in Chinese characters, the

entered letter can reach the pinyin of

Chinese contact you want to call.

To call a SIM contact from phone

contacts

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > SIM contacts.

3 Scroll to a contact and press .

To call with Smart search

1 From standby press – to

enter a sequence of (at least two) digits.

All entries which match the sequence

of digits or corresponding letters are

shown in a list.

2 Scroll to a contact or a phone number

and press .

To turn Smart search on or off

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the Calls tab > Smart search.

2 Select an option.

Editing contacts

To add information to a phone contact

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to a contact and select Options

> Edit contact.

3 Scroll between the tabs and select Add.

4 Select an option and an item to add.

5 Select Save.

To copy names and numbers to phone

contacts

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Advanced > Copy from SIM.

3 Select an option.

To copy names and numbers to the

SIM card

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Advanced > Copy to SIM.

3 Select an option.

To go directly to a contact, from standby

press and hold down

– .

If your subscription supports Calling Line

Identification (CLI) service, you can assign

personal ringtones to contacts.

When you copy all contacts from your

phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM

card information is replaced.

26 Calling

To automatically save names and

phone numbers on the SIM card

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Advanced > Auto save

on SIM.

3 Select an option.

To save contacts on a memory card

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Advanced > Back up to

m. card.

SIM contacts

SIM contacts can contain names and

numbers only. They are saved on the

SIM card.

To add a SIM contact

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select Add.

3 Enter the name and select OK.

4 Enter the number and select OK.

5 Select a number option and add more

information, if available.

6 Select Save.

To call a SIM contact

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to a contact and press .

Deleting contacts

To delete a contact

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to a contact and press .

To delete all phone contacts

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to

New contact and select

Options > Advanced > Delete all

contacts.

Sending contacts

To send a contact

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to a contact and select Options

> Send contact.

3 Select a transfer method.

Sorting contacts

To select the sort order for contacts

1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Advanced > Sort order.

3 Select an option.

Memory status

The number of contacts you can save

in your phone or on the SIM card

depends on available memory.

Make sure the receiving device supports

the transfer method you select.

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