Sony A3880041 User Manual

User guide

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Please read the Important information before you use your mobile phone.

Instruction symbols

These symbols may appear in the User guide:

Note

Tip

Warning

>Use a selection or navigation key to scroll and select. See Navigation on page 10.

Getting started

Assembly

Before you start using your phone, you need to insert a SIM card and the battery.

To insert the SIM card

1Remove the battery cover.

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

To insert the battery

1Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other.

2Attach the battery cover.

Turning on the phone

To turn on the phone

1 Press and hold down .

2Enter your SIM card PIN (Personal Identification Number), if requested, and select OK.

3Select a language.

4Follow the instructions that appear.

If you want to correct a mistake when you enter your PIN, press .

Help

In addition to this User guide, an extended User guide, Feature guides and more information are available at www.sonyericsson.com/support.

Help and information are also available in your phone.

To access the User guide

• Select Menu > Settings > User help > User guide.

To view tips and tricks

• Select Menu > Settings > User help > 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 status

•Press the volume key. Phone, memory and battery information is shown.

Charging the battery

The phone battery is partly charged when you buy it.

To charge the battery

1Connect the charger to the phone. It takes approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery. Press a key to view the screen.

2Remove 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.

Phone overview

1Ear speaker

2Screen/Mirror screen

3Selection keys

4Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable

5Call key

6Activity menu key

7Microphone

8End key, On/off key

9C key (Clear)/Mirror key

10Navigation keys

	3
	4	8
	5	8
	5
	6	9
	6
	7	10
	7

11Camera

12External display

13Strap hole

14Volume keys

15Memory card slot (under the cover)

16Loudspeaker

Navigation

To access the main menu

•When Menu appears on the screen, press the centre selection key to select Menu.

•If Menu does not appear on the screen, press , and then press the centre selection key to select Menu.

To navigate the phone menus

•Press the navigation key , , or to move through the menus.

To end a function

• Press .

To return to standby

• Press .

To delete items

• Press to delete items such as numbers, letters, pictures and sounds.

Shortcuts

You can use keypad shortcuts to go directly to functions from standby.

To use navigation key shortcuts

• Press , , or to go directly to a function. To edit a navigation key shortcut

1Select Menu > Settings > General > Shortcuts.

2Scroll to an option and select Edit.

3Scroll to a menu option and select Shortc..

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 card

You may have to purchase a memory card separately.

Your phone supports a microSD™ memory card adding more storage space to your phone. It can also be used as a portable memory card with other compatible devices. You can move content between a memory card and the phone memory. See Handling content in the phone on page 23.

To insert a memory card

•Remove the battery cover and insert the memory card with the gold-coloured contacts facing down.

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 writing language	.
• When you enter text, press and hold down	.

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 a symbol

1When you enter text, select Options > Add symbol.

2Scroll to a symbol and select Insert.

To enter text using T9™ Text Input

1 Select, for example, Menu > Messaging > Write new > Message.

2 If is not displayed, press and hold down to change to T9 Text Input.

3Press 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 and add a space.

To enter text using multitap text input

1 Select, for example, Menu > Messaging > Write new > 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

1When you enter text using T9 Text Input, select

Options > Spell word.

2Write the word using multitap text input and select

Insert.

Calling

Making and receiving calls

You need to turn on your phone and be within range of a network.

To make a call

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

2Press .

You can call numbers from your contacts and call list.

See Contacts on page 16, and Call list on page 16.

To end a call

• Press .

To make international calls

1 Press and hold down until a “+” sign appears.

2Enter the country code, area code (without the first zero) and phone number.

3Press .

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 . appears.

2 Press and hold down again to resume.

To turn on the loudspeaker during a call

• Select SpkrOn. appears.

Do not hold the phone to your ear when using the

loudspeaker. This could damage your hearing.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports international emergency numbers, for example, 112 or 911. You can normally use these numbers to make emergency calls in any country, with or without the SIM card inserted, if you are within range of a network.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also

be promoted. Your network operator may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.

To make an emergency call

•Enter 112 (the international emergency number) and press .

To view your local emergency numbers

1 Select Menu > Contacts.

2Scroll to New contact and select Options > Special numbers > Emergency nos..

Call list


You can view information about answered				, dialled
and missed or rejected			calls.
To call a number from the call list
1	Press	and scroll to a tab.
2	Scroll to a name or a number and press			.

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.

You can synchronise your contacts using the

Sony Ericsson PC Suite.

To add a phone contact

1Select Menu > Contacts.

2Scroll to New contact and select Add.

3Enter the name and select OK.

4Scroll to New number: and select Add.

5Enter the number and select OK.

6Select a number option.

7Scroll between the tabs and add information to the fields.

8Select Save.

Calling contacts

To call with Smart search

1 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 on or off Smart search

1Select Menu > Settings > Calls > Smart search.

2Select an option.

Imaging

You can take photos and record video clips to view, save or send. You find saved photos and video clips in Media and in File manager.

Using the camera

To activate the camera

• Select Menu > Camera.

Viewfinder and camera keys

1 5

1Zoom indicator

2Zoom in or out

3Take photos/Record video

4Select still camera or video camera

5Brightness indicator

6Brightness

7Self-timer

8Night mode

9Camera: Shoot mode Video: Video length

10Camera key guide

To take a photo

1Activate the camera and press the navigation key to scroll to .

2Press the centre selection key to take a photo. The photo is automatically saved.

3Press Back to return to the viewfinder to take another photo.

To record a video clip

1Activate the camera and press the navigation key to scroll to .

2Press the centre selection key to start recording.

3To stop recording, press the centre selection key. The video clip is automatically saved.

4Press Back to return to the viewfinder to record another video clip.

To view photos

1Activate the camera and press the navigation key to scroll to .

2Select Options > View all photos

3Press or to scroll to a photo.

To view video clips

1Activate the camera and press the navigation key to scroll to .

2Select Options > View all clips.

3Press or to scroll to a video clip and press the

centre selection key. Video clips are indicated by	in
the upper left corner.

Music

You can listen to music, audio books and podcasts. Use the Media Go™ application to transfer content to and from your phone. For more information, see Transferring content to and from a computer on page 26.