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phone. Enjoy hours of music – up to 8000* tracks – and a
sound that is as true as possible to that of the original
recording.
For additional phone content, go to www.sonyericsson.com/
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*Assumes eAAC+ encoded files
Accessories – More for your phone
Active Speaker MAS-100
Protective case with built-in speaker
and FM radio antenna: Bring and
share your music outdoors.
Bluetooth™ Car
Speakerphone HCB-105
A portable handsfree solution for use
in the car.
Music Desk Stand MDS-65
Designed for rich sound.
These accessories can be purchased separately but may not be available in every
market. To view the full range go to www.sonyericsson.com/accessories.
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Warning
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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.
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.
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 Continue to use the setup
wizard while settings are downloaded.
If you want to correct a mistake when
you enter your PIN, press .
Before turning the phone off, you must
return to standby.
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 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 34.
PIN
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Identification Number) to activate the
services in your phone. Your PIN is
supplied by your network operator.
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for example, 112 or 911. You can see
and call an emergency number
without entering a PIN.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in
a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM
card lock on page 66.
Standby
After you have turned on your phone
and entered your PIN, the name of the
network operator appears. This view is
called standby. Your phone is now
ready for use.
Help
In addition to this User guide, Getting
started guides and more information
8Getting started
are available at
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Help and information are also
available in your phone.
To view tips and tricks
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Setup wizard.
2 Select Tips and tricks.
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
up.
Charging the battery
The phone battery is partly charged
when you buy it.
To charge the battery
1 Connect the charger to the phone. It
takes approximately 2.5 hours to fully
charge the battery. Press a key to view
the screen.
2 Remove the charger by tilting the plug
upwards.
You can use your phone while it is
charging. You can charge the battery at
any time and for more or less than 2.5
hours. You can interrupt the charging
without damaging the battery.
9Getting started
Phone overview
1Video call camera
2Screen
3Selection keys
4Call key
5Activity menu key
6Walkman
7Connector for charger,
handsfree and USB cable
8Ear speaker
9End key
10C key (Clear)
11On/off key
12Navigation key
® key
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
10Getting started
13Music sync light
14External navigation key
15External display
16Indicator light
17Camera lens
18Volume keys
19External applications key
20Key lock
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15
16
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11Getting started
When the phone is closed
The following applications are
available when the phone is closed:
• Walkman® player
• Standby
• Radio
To activate the external display
• If the phone is open, close it.
• If the phone is closed, press the
volume key.
To lock or unlock the external display
• Slide the keylock switch.
To switch between the applications
• Press .
To use an application
• Press the external navigation key.
External navigation key response
You can set if the phone should sound
or vibrate when you press the external
navigation key.
To set the external navigation key
response
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the Sounds & alerts tab > Key
response > Touch options.
2 Select an option.
12Getting started
When the phone is open
The menu is available from standby when the phone is open.
Menu overview
PlayNow™*Internet*Entertainment
Online services*
TrackID™
Location services
Games
VideoDJ™
PhotoDJ™
MusicDJ™
Remote control
Record sound
Demo tour
CameraMessagingMedia
Write new
Inbox
Email
Drafts
Outbox
Sent messages
Saved messages
My friends*
Call voicemail
Templates
Manage messages
Settings
Profiles
Time & date
Language
Update service
Voice control
New events
Shortcuts
Flight mode
Security
Setup wizard
Accessibility*
Phone status
Master reset
* 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 15.
Sounds & alerts
Ring volume
Ringtone
Silent mode
Increasing ring
Vibrating alert
Message alert
Key response
Display
Wallpaper
Main menu layout
Theme
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
Open to answer
Connectivity
Bluetooth
USB
Phone name
Network sharing
Synchronization
Device management
Mobile networks
Data communication*
Internet settings
Streaming settings
Message settings*
SIP settings
Accessories
14Getting started
Navigation
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
• Press the left, centre or right selection
key.
To view options for an item
• Select Options to, for example, edit.
To end a function
• Press .
To return to standby
• Press .
To navigate your media
1 From standby select Menu > Media.
2 Scroll to a menu item and press the
navigation key right.
3 To go back, press the navigation key
left.
To delete items
• Press to delete items such as
numbers, letters, pictures and sounds.
Tabs
Tabs may be available. For example,
Settings have tabs.
To scroll between tabs
• Press the navigation key left or right.
Shortcuts
You can use keypad shortcuts to go
directly to functions.
To use navigation key shortcuts
• From standby press , , or to
go directly to a function.
To edit a navigation key shortcut
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Shortcuts.
15Getting started
2 Scroll to an option and select Edit.
3 Scroll to a menu option and select
Shortc..
Main menu shortcuts
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 .
The Main menu layout must be set to
Grid. See To change the main menu
layout on page 64.
Activity menu
The activity menu gives you quick
access to:
• 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.
To open the activity menu
• Press .
Memory
You can save content in the phone
memory and on the SIM card. Images,
text messages, picture messages and
contacts are saved in the phone
memory. You can choose to save text
messages, picture messages and
contacts on the SIM card. You can
transfer content between the phone
and a computer.
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 .
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To shift between capitals and lowercase 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 a symbol
1 When you enter text, select Options >
Add symbol.
2 Scroll to a symbol and select Insert.
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.
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.
17Getting started
Walkman®
You can listen to music, audio books
and podcasts. Use Sony Ericsson Media Manager to transfer content to
and from your phone. See Transferring content to and from a computer on
page 26 for more information.
Stereo portable handsfree
To use the handsfree
• Connect the portable handsfree.
Music stops when you receive a call
and resumes when the call has ended.
Walkman® player
You can use the Walkman® player
both when the phone is open and
closed.
To play music
1 When the phone is closed, press
to go to the Walkman® player.
2 Press .
3 Press to browse your music.
4 Scroll to a track and press .
To stop playing music
• Press .
To fast forward and rewind
• Press and hold down or .
To move between tracks
• Press or .
To browse your music
• Press .
To minimize the player
• When the phone is open and you
listen to music, select Options >
Minimize.
To set light effects
1 From standby press and select
Options > Settings > Light effects.
2 Select an option.
To return to the player
• Press .
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Shake control
To switch track
• When the phone is closed and the
music is playing, press and hold down
and move the phone to the right
with a flick of your wrist to go to the
next track. To go to the previous track,
use the same action to the left.
To shuffle tracks
• When the phone is closed and the
music is playing, press and hold down
and shake your phone.
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To change the volume
1 When the phone is closed and the
music is playing, hold the phone out in
front of you facing upwards.
2 Press and hold down and bend
your arm upwards towards you to
increase the volume. To decrease the
volume, repeat the action in the
opposite direction.
Clear stereo and clear bass
Clear stereo and clear bass are
activated when you set the equalizer
manually.
To activate clear stereo and clear
bass using presets
1 When the phone is open and you
listen to music, select Options >
Settings > Equalizer.
2 Select any of the presets, except
Normal.
Playlists
You can create playlists to organize
music files. Files can be added to
more than one playlist.
Deleting a playlist, or a file from a
playlist, does not delete the file from
the memory, just the reference to the
file.
To create a playlist
1 From standby select Menu > Media >
Music > Playlists.
2 Scroll to New playlist and select Add.
3 Enter a name and select OK.
4 For each track you want to add, scroll
to the track and select Mark.
5 Select Add to add the tracks to the
playlist.
It may take a few minutes for the phone
to create the playlist.
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To create a playlist by mood
To create playlists by mood, your music
tracks must be transferred to your phone
using Sony Ericsson Media Manager. For
information on how to analyze your
music, see Media Manager Help.
1 From standby select Menu > Media >
Music > SensMe™ > Open.
2 Press , , or to preview
different tracks.
3 Select Add and press or to
choose an area of tracks.
4 Select Create to play the playlist in the
Walkman® player.
5 Select Options > Save playlist and
enter a name and select OK.
It may take a few minutes for the phone
to create the playlist.
To add files to a playlist
1 From standby select Menu > Media >
Music > Playlists.
2 Select a playlist.
3 Scroll to Add music and select Add.
4 For each track you want to add, scroll
to the track and select Mark.
5 Select Add to add the tracks to the
playlist.
To remove tracks from a playlist
1 From standby select Menu > Media >
Music > Playlists.
2 Select a playlist.
3 Scroll to the track and press .
Audio books
You can listen to audio books that you
have transferred to your phone from a
computer using Sony Ericsson Media
Manager.
It may take a few minutes before a
transferred audio book appears in the list
of available audio books.
To play audio books
1 When the phone is closed, press
to go to the Walkman® player.
2 Press .
3 Press and select Audio books.
4 Select an audio book.
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5 Scroll to a chapter and press .
Audio books in other formats than M4B
or audio books that do not have ID3v2
chapter tags can be found in the Tracks
folder.
FM transmitter
You can play music or audio books
saved in your phone through an
external radio over the FM radio
frequency band. The icon indicates
transmission.
Do not use the FM transmitter in places
where this is prohibited. The FM
transmitter will not work in countries
where it is not legal, when the phone is
in flight mode or where there is no
network coverage.
To transmit music to an FM radio
1 Place the phone up to 10 metres (33
feet) from the radio, with no solid
objects in between. The maximum
distance varies depending on the
surrounding environment.
2 External FM radio: Tune in an unused
frequency.
3 Phone: From standby select Menu >
Media > Music.
4 Browse by category using the
navigation key.
5 Scroll to a title and select Play.
6 Select Options > FM transmitter.
7 Use or to select the same
frequency as on the external radio.
8 Select Start.
9 Select Done to go back to the
Walkman® player view.
Move the phone closer to the radio if
transmission is not working. Sound
quality may be improved by changing
the frequency.
To stop transmitting music
1 In the Walkman® player view, select
Options > FM transmitter.
2 Select Stop.
Transmission stops when you stop
playing music and exit the Walkman®
player.
PlayNow™
You can connect to PlayNow™ to
download ringtones, games, music,
themes and wallpapers. You can
preview or listen to content before you
purchase and download it to your
phone.
This service is not available in all
countries.
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If you cannot use PlayNow™, see
Troubleshooting on page 67.
To use PlayNow™
1 From standby select Menu >
PlayNow™.
2 Scroll the PlayNow™ Web site and
follow the instructions to preview and
purchase content.
TrackID™
TrackID™ is a music recognition
service. You can search for song titles,
artists and album names.
For cost information contact your service
provider.
If you cannot use TrackID™, see
Troubleshooting on page 67.
To search for song information
• When you hear a song through a
loudspeaker, from standby select
Menu > Entertainment > TrackID™ >
Start.
• When the radio is playing select
Options > TrackID™.
Online music and video clips
You can view video clips and listen to
music by streaming them to your
phone from the Internet. If you cannot
use the Internet, see Troubleshooting
on page 67.
To select a data account for
streaming
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the Connectivity tab > Streaming
settings > Connect using:.
2 Select the data account to use.
3 Select Save.
To stream music and video clips
1 From standby select Menu > Internet.
2 Select Options > Go to > Bookmarks.
3 Select a link to stream from.
Video player
To play videos
1 From standby select Menu > Media >
Video > Videos.
2 Scroll to a title and select Play.
To stop playing videos
• Press the centre selection key.
Radio
Do not use your phone as a radio in
places where this is prohibited.
You can use the radio both when the
phone is open and closed.
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To listen to the radio
1 Connect the handsfree to the phone.
2 When the phone is closed, press
to go to the radio view.
3 Press the external navigation key
centre.
To automatically search for channels
• When the radio is playing, press and
hold down or to search for the
next or previous available channel.
To manually search for channels
• When the radio is playing, press or
.
To change the volume
• When the radio is playing, press the
volume keys up or down.
To minimize the radio
• When the phone is open and you
listen to the radio, select Options >
Minimize.
To return to the radio
• From standby select Menu > Radio.
Saving channels
You can save up to 20 preset
channels.
To save channels
1 From standby select Menu > Radio.
2 When you have found a radio channel
select Options > Save.
3 Scroll to a position and select Insert.
To select saved channels
1 From standby select Menu > Radio >
Options > Channels.
2 Select a radio channel.
To switch between saved channels
• When the phone is closed and the
radio is playing, press or to
switch to the previous or next saved
channel.
MusicDJ™
You can compose and edit your own
melodies to use as ringtones. A
melody consists of four types of tracks
– Drums, Basses, Chords and Accents.
A track contains a number of music
blocks. The blocks consist of prearranged sounds with different
characteristics. The blocks are
grouped into Intro, Verse, Chorus and
Break. You compose a melody by
adding music blocks to the tracks.
To compose a melody
1 From standby select Menu >
Entertainment > MusicDJ™.
2 Select to Insert, Copy or Paste blocks.
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