Sony F100 Instruction Manual
Contents
Getting started..............................................................................4
Assembly............................................................................................4
Turning on the phone..........................................................................5
Help....................................................................................................5
Charging the battery...........................................................................6
Phone overview...................................................................................7
Screen icons.......................................................................................8
Menu overview....................................................................................9
Navigation.........................................................................................10
Memory............................................................................................11
Phone language................................................................................12
Entering text......................................................................................12
Calling..........................................................................................14
Making and receiving calls.................................................................14
Contacts ..........................................................................................15
Speed dial.........................................................................................18
More calling features.........................................................................18
Imaging .......................................................................................22
Using the camera..............................................................................22
More camera features.......................................................................23
Viewing and tagging photos..............................................................23
Using photos.....................................................................................24
Working with photos.........................................................................24
Sending content to a Web site..........................................................25
Printing photos..................................................................................26
Music ..........................................................................................27
Stereo portable handsfree.................................................................27
Music player......................................................................................27
PlayNow™........................................................................................28
TrackID™ .........................................................................................28
Online music and video clips.............................................................29
Video player......................................................................................29
Radio ...............................................................................................29
MusicDJ™........................................................................................30
Record sound ..................................................................................30
Transferring and handling content...........................................31
Handling content in the phone..........................................................31
Sending content to another phone....................................................31
Using a USB cable............................................................................31
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Transferring content to and from a computer....................................32
Phone name.....................................................................................32
Using Bluetooth™ wireless technology..............................................32
Backing up and restoring..................................................................34
Messaging...................................................................................35
Text and picture messages...............................................................35
Conversations...................................................................................36
Voice messages................................................................................36
Email.................................................................................................36
Instant messaging ............................................................................38
Internet .......................................................................................40
Bookmarks.......................................................................................40
History pages....................................................................................40
More browser features......................................................................40
Internet security and certificates........................................................41
Web feeds........................................................................................41
YouTube™........................................................................................42
Synchronising.............................................................................43
Synchronising using a computer.......................................................43
Synchronising using an Internet service.............................................43
More features.............................................................................44
Flight mode.......................................................................................44
Update Service.................................................................................44
Location services..............................................................................45
Alarms..............................................................................................45
Calendar...........................................................................................46
Notes................................................................................................47
Tasks................................................................................................47
Profiles..............................................................................................47
Time and date...................................................................................47
Theme..............................................................................................48
Main menu layout..............................................................................48
Ringtones..........................................................................................48
Screen orientation.............................................................................48
Mirror screen.....................................................................................49
Games..............................................................................................49
Applications......................................................................................49
Locks................................................................................................50
IMEI number.....................................................................................51
Troubleshooting.........................................................................52
Common questions...........................................................................52
Error messages.................................................................................54
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Index............................................................................................56
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Getting started
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.
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
Attach the battery cover.
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Turning on the phone
To turn on the phone
1
Press and hold down .
2
Enter your SIM card PIN (Personal Identification Number), if requested, and select
OK.
3
Select a language.
4
Follow the instructions that appear.
If you want to correct a mistake when you enter your PIN, press
.
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 17.
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to activate the services and functions
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.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM card lock on
page 50.
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.
Using other networks
Making and receiving calls, using messaging, and data transfer, for example, Internetbased services, outside your home network (roaming), may incur additional costs. Contact
your operator for more information.
Help
In addition to this User guide, Feature guides and more information are available at
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Help and information are also available in your phone.
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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 demonstration
•
Select Menu > Entertainment > Demo tour.
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
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.
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Phone overview
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2
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10
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12
14
15
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1 Ear speaker
2 Screen/Mirror screen
3 Selection keys
4 Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable
5 Call key
6 Activity menu key
7 Microphone
8 End key, On/off key
9 C key (Clear)/Mirror key
10 Navigation keys
11 Camera
12 External display
13 Strap hole
14 Volume keys
15 Memory card slot (under the cover)
16 Loudspeaker
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Screen icons
These icons may appear on the screen:
Icon Description
The battery is almost fully charged
The battery needs charging
The network coverage is good
No network coverage (also shown in flight mode)
A 3G network is available
A UMTS HSPA network is available
Missed calls
Calls diverted
Ongoing call
The microphone is muted
The loudspeaker is on
The phone is in silent mode
New text message
New multimedia message
New email
The music player is playing
The radio is playing
A handsfree is connected
The Bluetooth function is activated
A Bluetooth headset is connected
The phone is connected to the Internet
Secure website
An alarm is activated
Appointment reminder
Task reminder
A Java application is activated
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Menu overview*
PlayNow™
Camera
Alarms
Calls**
All
Answered
Dialled
Missed
Internet
Messaging
Write new
Inbox/Conversations
Messages
Email
IM
Call voicemail
Contacts
Myself
New contact
Organiser
File manager **
Applications
Video call
Calendar
Tasks
Notes
Synchronisation
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Code memo
Entertainment
Online services
TrackID™
Location services
Games
VideoDJ™
PhotoDJ™
MusicDJ™
Remote control
Record sound
Demo tour
Media
Photo
Music
Video
Games
Web feeds
Settings
Radio
Settings
General
Profiles
Time & date
Language
Update service
Voice control
New events
Shortcuts
Flight mode
Security
Accessibility
Phone status
Master reset
Sounds & alerts
Ring volume
Ringtone
Silent mode
Increasing ring
Vibrating alert
Message alert
Key sound
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
Synchronisation
Device management
Mobile networks
Data communication
Internet settings
Streaming settings
Message settings
SIP settings
Accessories
User help
User guide
Settings download
Basic setup
Tips and tricks
* Some menus are operator-,
network- and subscriptiondependent.
** You can use the navigation
key to scroll between tabs in
submenus. For more
information, see
page 10.
Navigation
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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
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
Select Menu > Media.
2
Scroll to a menu item and press .
3
To go back, press
To delete items
•
Press
.
to delete items such as numbers, letters, pictures and sounds.
, , or to move through the menus.
.
Tabs
Tabs may be available. For example, Calls have tabs.
To scroll between tabs
•
Press the navigation key or .
Shortcuts
You can use keypad shortcuts to go directly to functions from standby.
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To use navigation key shortcuts
3
•
Press , , or to go directly to a function.
To edit a navigation key shortcut
1
Select Menu > Settings > General > Shortcuts.
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 item
•
Select Menu and press – , , or .
The Main menu layout must be set to Grid. See To change the main menu layout on page 48.
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 on the memory card, in the phone memory and on the SIM card.
Photos and music are saved on the memory card, if a memory card is inserted. If not, or if
the memory card is full, photos and music are saved in the phone memory. Messages and
contacts are saved in the phone memory, but you can choose to save them on the SIM
card.
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 31.
To insert a memory card
•
Remove the battery cover and insert the memory card with the gold-coloured
contacts facing down.
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To remove a memory card
•
Remove the battery cover and slide the memory card to remove it.
Phone language
You can select a language to use in your phone.
To change the phone language
1
Select Menu > Settings > General > Language > Phone language.
2
Select an option.
Entering text
You can use multitap text input or 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
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
Select, for example, Menu > Messaging > Write new > Message.
2
3
4
5
is not displayed, press and hold down to change to T9 Text Input.
If
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
word before looking at the suggestions.
Use or to view suggestions.
Press to accept a suggestion and add a space.
to enter text. The T9 Text Input
, , , . Write the whole
To enter text using multitap text input
1
Select, for example, Menu > Messaging > Write new > Message.
2
3
4
is displayed, press and hold down to change to multitap text input.
If
Press
When a word is written, press
– repeatedly until the desired letter appears.
to add a space.
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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 text input and select Insert.
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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
Enter a phone number (with international country code and area code, if applicable).
2
Press .
You can call numbers from your contacts and call list. See Contacts on page 15, and Call
list on page 15.
To end a call
•
Press .
To make international calls
1
Press and hold down until a “+” sign appears.
2
Enter the country code, area code (without the first zero) and phone number.
3
Press
To re-dial a number
•
When Retry? appears select Yes.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when waiting. When the call connects, your phone gives a
loud signal.
.
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.
To view missed calls from standby
•
appears. Press to open the call list.
.
Video call
During a video call, you can share video from the main camera.
Before making video calls
3G (UMTS) service is available when or appears. To make a video call, both parties
on the call must have a 3G (UMTS) phone subscription that supports 3G (UMTS) service
and 3G (UMTS) coverage.
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To make a video call
1
Enter a phone number (with international country code and area code, if applicable).
2
Select Options > Make video call.
To use the zoom with an outgoing video call
•
Press or .
To share photos and videos during a video call
1
During a video call, press to switch to the video share mode tab.
2
Scroll to a video clip or photo and select Share.
To view video call options
•
During the call, select Options.
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.
2
Scroll to New contact and select Options > Special numbers > Emergency
nos..
Networks
Your phone switches automatically between GSM and
depending on availability. Some network operators allow you to switch networks manually.
To switch networks manually
1
Select Menu > Settings > Connectivity > Mobile networks > GSM/3G
networks.
2
Select an option.
(UMTS) or networks
Call list
You can view information about answered
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
, dialled and missed or rejected calls.
.
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.
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.
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To select default contacts
1
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
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to New contact and select Add.
3
Enter the name and select OK.
4
Scroll to New number: and select Add.
5
Enter the number and select OK.
6
Select a number option.
7
Scroll between the tabs and add information to the fields.
8
Select Save.
Calling contacts
To call a contact
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to a contact and press
.
To go directly to the contacts list
•
Press and hold down
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
1
Select Menu > Settings > Calls > Smart search.
2
Select an option.
– .
Editing contacts
To add information to a phone contact
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to a contact and select Options > Edit contact.
3
Scroll between the tabs and select Add or Edit.
4
Select an option and an item to add or edit.
5
Select Save.
If your subscription supports Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign personal
ringtones and pictures to contacts.
To copy names and numbers to phone contacts
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to New contact and select Options > Advanced > Copy from SIM.
3
Select an option.
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To copy names and numbers to the SIM card
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to New contact and select Options > Advanced > Copy to SIM.
3
Select an option.
When you copy all contacts from your phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM card information
is replaced.
To automatically save names and phone numbers on the SIM card
1
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
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
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.
Deleting contacts
To delete all contacts
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to New contact and select Options > Advanced > Delete all contacts.
3
Select an option.
Contact memory status
The number of contacts you can save in your phone or on the SIM card depends on
available memory.
To view contact memory status
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to New contact and select Options > Advanced > Memory status.
Myself
You can enter information about yourself and, for example, send your business card.
To enter Myself information
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to Myself and select Open.
3
Scroll to an option and edit the information.
4
Select Save.
To add your own business card
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to Myself and select Open.
3
Scroll to My contact info and select Add > Create new.
4
Scroll between the tabs and add information to the fields.
5
Enter the information and select Save.
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Groups
You can create a group of phone numbers and email addresses from Phone contacts to
send messages to. See Messaging on page 35. You can also use groups (with phone
numbers) when you create accepted callers lists. See Accept calls on page 20.
To create a group of numbers and email addresses
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to New contact and select Options > Groups.
3
Scroll to New group and select Add.
4
Enter a name for the group and select Continue.
5
Scroll to New and select Add.
6
For each contact phone number or email address you want to mark, scroll to it and
select Mark.
7
Select Continue > Done.
Speed dial
Speed dialling lets you select nine contacts that you can dial quickly from standby. The
contacts can be saved in positions 1-9.
To add contacts to speed dial numbers
1
Select Menu > Contacts.
2
Scroll to New contact and select Options > Speed dial.
3
Scroll to a position number and select Add.
4
Select a contact.
To speed dial
•
Enter the position number and press
.
More calling features
Voicemail
If your subscription includes an answering service, callers can leave a voicemail message
when you cannot answer a call.
To enter your voicemail number
1
Select Menu > Messaging > Messages > Settings > the Message settings tab
> Voicemail number.
2
Enter the number and select OK.
To call your voicemail service
•
Press and hold down
Voice control
By creating voice commands you can:
•
Voice dial – call someone by saying their name
•
Answer and reject calls when you use a handsfree
To record a voice command using voice dialling
1
Select Menu > Settings > General > Voice control > Voice dialling > Activate.
2
Select Yes > New voice command and select a contact. If the contact has more
than one number, select the number to add the voice command to.
3
Record a voice command such as “John mobile.”
4
Follow the instructions that appear. Wait for the tone and say the command to
record. The voice command is played back to you.
5
If the recording sounds OK, select Yes. If not, select No and repeat steps 3 and 4.
.
Voice commands are saved in the phone memory only. They cannot be used in another phone.
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