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Contents
Getting started ................... 4
Getting to know
the phone ............................ 8
Calling ............................... 17
Messaging ........................ 22
Imaging ............................. 26
Entertainment ................... 31
Connectivity ...................... 34
Important information ...... 37
Index ................................. 46
www.sonyericsson.com/support
At Sony Ericsson Product Support
there is more information and help
to get the most out of your product:
User guide with additional information,
troubleshooting, tips and tricks,
software, settings for Internet and
messaging.
Sony Ericsson
GSM 900/1800/1900
This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB, 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.
All rights reserved.
©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB,
2006
Publication number: EN/LZT 108 8668 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.
Please contact your netw ork 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.
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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 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 other third
party content.
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.
BestPic, PlayNow, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ and VideoDJ
are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
Cyber-shot™ is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are registered
trademarks of Sony Corporation.
Real is a trademark or a registered trademark
of RealNetworks, Inc. RealPlayer® for Mobile
is included under license from RealNetworks, Inc.
Copyright 1995-2004, RealNetworks, Inc. All rights
reserved.
Adobe® Photoshop® Album Starter Edition
is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems
Incorporated.
Microsoft, Windows and PowerPo int are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the U.S and other countries.
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™
J2ME™.
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.
Export Regulations: Software, including technical
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.
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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
herein may be the trademarks of their respective
owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are
reserved.
All illustrations are for illustration only and may not
accurately depict the actual phone.
Instruction symbols
The following appear in the user guide:
Note
A service or function is networkor subscription-dependent.
Contact your network operator
for details.
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} Use a selection or navigation
key to scroll and select
% 12 Navigation.
Press the navigation key centre.
Press the navigation key up.
Press the navigation key down.
Press the navigation key left.
Press the navigation key right.
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Getting started
SIM card and battery
To insert SIM card and battery 1 Remove the battery cover.
2 Slide the SIM card into its holder
with the contacts facing down.
3 Insert the battery with the label side up
and the connectors facing each other.
4 Slide the battery cover into place.
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To charge the battery 1 Connect the charger plug to the phone
with the symbol facing upwards.
2 It may take up to 30 minutes before
the battery icon appears.
3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until
the battery icon indicates a full charge.
Press a key to activate the screen.
4 Pull out the charger plug.
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Turning on your phone
Make sure the phone is charged and a
SIM card inserted before turning it on.
After turning on, use the setup wizard
to quickly and easily prepare for use.
To turn on the phone
1 Press and hold . The first start-up
may take a few minutes.
2 Select to use the phone in:
• Normal mode – full functionality or
• Flight mode – limited functionality
with network, FM radio, Bluetooth™
transceivers off.
3 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested.
4 At first start-up, select the language
for your phone menus.
5 } Yes for the setup wizard to help you.
6 Follow instructions to complete setup.
If predefined settings exist in your
phone, you may not need more settings.
If you use Settings download, you must
accept to register the phone at
Sony Ericsson. A text message is sent.
No personal data will be transferred
to or processed by Sony Ericsson.
Contact your network operator or
service provider for more information.
Standby
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 standby mode.
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Help in your phone
Help and information is available
in your phone at any time.
To use the setup wizard
} Settings } the General tab
} Setup wizard and select an option:
• Settings download
• Basic setup
• Tips and tricks.
To view information about functions
Scroll to a function } More } Info,
if available.
To view the phone demonstration
} Entertainment } Demo tour.
Making and receiving calls
The phone must be in normal mode.
To make and receive calls
Enter a phone number (with
international prefix and area code
if applicable) } Call to make the call.
} End call to end the call.
To receive a call
When the phone rings } Answer or
} Busy to reject the call.
To end a call
} End call.
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Getting to know the phone
Phone overview
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1 Ear speaker
2 Photo key: (left) from standby, view camera album pictures in full view or
(lower) with the camera for shoot modes.
3 Play/stop button
4 Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot
5 Screen
6 Selection key
7 Internet key
8 Back key
9 Navigation key/Music player control
10 Power on/off button
11 Photo key: (right) from standby, view camera album thumbnail pictures or
(upper) with the camera for camera scenes/video night mode.
12 Volume, camera digital zoom buttons
13 Selection key
14 Activity menu key
15 Camera button
16 Clear key
17 Infrared port
18 Silent key
19 Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable
20 Active camera lens cover
For more information
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Menu overview
PlayNow™* Internet* Entertainment
Online services*
Games
Video player
VideoDJ™
PhotoDJ™
MusicDJ™
Remote control
Record sound
Demo tour
Cyber-shot™ Messaging Music player
File manager** Contacts
Camera album
Music
Pictures
Videos
Themes
Web pages
Games
Applications
Other
Write new
Inbox
Email
RSS reader
Drafts
Outbox
Sent messages
Saved messages
My friends*
Call voicemail
Templates
Settings
New contact
Now playing
Artists
Tracks
Playlists
Radio
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Calls** Organizer
Alarms
All Answered Dialled Missed
Applications
Calendar
Tasks
Notes
Synchronization
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Code memo
Settings**
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Profiles
Time & date
Language
Update service
Voice control
New events
Shortcuts
Flight mode
Security
Setup wizard
Phone status
Master reset
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Sounds & alerts
Ring volume
Ringtone
Silent mode
Increasing ring
Vibrating alert
Message alert
Key sound
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Display
Wallpaper
Themes
Start-up screen
Screen saver
Clock size
Brightness
Sleep mode clock
Edit line names*
Calls
Divert calls
Manage calls
Time & cost*
Show/hide my no.
Handsfree
Switch to line 2*
Connectivity*
Bluetooth
Infrared port
USB
Synchronization
Device management
Mobile networks
Data communication
Internet settings
Streaming settings
Accessories
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Navigation
Navigation keys
The main menus are shown as icons.
Some submenus include tabs. Scroll
to a tab by pressing the navigation key
left or right and selecting an option.
Key
Go to the main menus or to select highlighted items.
Move through the menus and tabs.
Select options shown immediately above these keys on the screen.
Go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby
or to end a function.
Delete items, such as pictures, sounds and contacts.
During a call, press and hold to mute the microphone.
Open the browser.
Open the activity menu
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Open or minimize the Music player.
Press and hold to take a picture or record a video clip.
Press and hold to call your voicemail service (if set).
- Press and hold any of these keys to reach a contact beginning
with a specific letter.
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- Press a number key and } Call to speed dial.
Press for shortcuts when browsing
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shortcuts or access keys.
Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call.
Press and hold to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even
if the phone is set to silent.
View status information in standby.
Increase the volume during a call, or when using the Music player.
Zoom out when using the camera or viewing pictures.
Press and hold to go back one track.
Press twice to reject a call.
Decrease the volume during a call, or when using the Music player.
Zoom in when using the camera or viewing pictures.
Press and hold to go forward one track.
Use left or right photo keys to view camera album pictures from
standby, for full or thumbnail views.
} Info Find more information, explanations or tips about selected features,
menus or functions available in your phone
% 7 Help in your phone.
} More Enter a list of options. There are different alternatives in the list
of options depending on where you are in the menus.
Entering letters
Enter letters in one of the following
ways (text input methods), for example,
when writing messages:
• Multitap text input
• T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold to change the method.
Options when entering letters
} More for options when writing
amessage.
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To enter letters using multitap input
• Press - repeatedly until
the desired character appears.
• Press to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
• Press and hold - to enter
numbers.
• Press to delete letters
or numbers.
• Press for the most common
punctuation marks.
• Press to add a space.
T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses a builtin 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.
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1 To enter text, you have to be in a
function where text input is possible,
for example, } Messaging
} Write new } Text message.
2 For example, to write the word “Jane”,
press , , , .
3 If the word shown is the one you want,
press to accept and add a space.
To accept a word without adding
a space, press . If the word shown
is not the one you want, press or
repeatedly to view alternative words.
Accept a word and add a space by
pressing .
4 Continue writing the message.
To enter a mark, press and
then or repeatedly, press
to accept and add a space.
To add words to the T9 Text Input
dictionary
1 When entering letters } More
} Spell word.
2 Edit the word by using multitap input.
Use and to move the cursor
between the letters. 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 appears in alternative words.
Next word prediction
When writing a message, you can use
T9 Text Input to predict the next word,
if previously used in a sentence.
To turn next word prediction on/off
When entering letters } More
} Writing options } Next word pred.
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To use next word prediction
When entering letters, press
to accept or continue.
Activity menu
You can open the activity menu
almost anywhere in the phone to view
and handle new events, and access
bookmarks and shortcuts.
To open and close the activity menu
Press .
Activity menu tabs
• New events – such as missed calls
and messages. When a new event
occurs, the tab appears. Press
to dismiss an event from the event
tab. New events can also be set
to appear as pop-up text instead,
} Settings } the General tab
} New events } Pop-up.
• Running apps – applications that
are running in the background.
Select an application to return
to it or press to end it.
• My shortcuts – add, delete and
change the order of shortcuts.
When you select a shortcut and
the application opens, other
programs are closed or minimized.
• Internet – your Internet bookmarks.
When you select a bookmark and
the browser opens, other programs
are closed or minimized.
File manager
Use the file manager to handle items
such as pictures, videos, music,
themes, Web pages, games and
applications saved in the phone
memory or on a Memory Stick Micro™
(M2™) memory card.
You may have to purchase a memory
card separately from your phone.
You can also move and copy files
between the phone, a computer and
a memory card.
Create subfolders to move or copy
files to. Games and applications can
be moved within the Games and
Applications folders. Unrecognized
files are saved in the Other folder.
When handling files, you can select
several or all files in a folder at the
same time for all items except Games
and Applications.
All files are automatically saved in the
phone memory. If all available memory
is full, you cannot save any files until
content is removed.
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