Sony T310 User Manual

Getting started 3

Make and receive the first call.

More features 63

Data, calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games, notes, synchronization.

Getting to know your phone 6

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Security 71

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Personalizing your phone 15

Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.

Calling 25

Use the phone book, call options.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 41

Set up the browser and e-mail.

Messaging 49

Chat, e-mail, text and multimedia messages.

Troubleshooting 73

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 76

Sony Ericsson Consumer web site, safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 84

What do the icons mean?

Index 89

Using WAP 59

Browser, bookmarks.

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Sony Ericsson T310

GSM 900/1800/1900

Second edition (March 2003) This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated by ty pographical 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 manual.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2003

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 6221 R2A

Please note:

Some of the services in this manual 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 y ou 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.

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.

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Getting started

About this user’s guide

For ease of reference, the “Getting to know your phone” chapter gives a quick overview of the main functions of the phone, shortcuts and general information.

More information and downloads are available at www.SonyEricsson.com/ or wap.SonyEricsson.com/.

Available services

Some services and functions described in this user’s guide are network- or subscription-dependent. Because of this, all menus may not be available in your phone.

This symbol indicates that a service or

function is network or subscription-dependent.

Please consult your network operator for

more information about your subscription.

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The SIM card

When you register as a subscriber with a network operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. The SIM card contains a computer chip that keeps track of your phone number, the services included in your subscription, and your phone book information, among other things.

Tip: Check if your information is saved to the SIM card before you remove it from another phone. For example, phone book entries may be saved in the phone memory.

Assembly

Before you can use your phone you need to:

• Insert the SIM card.

• Attach and charge the battery. See “SIM card and battery information” on page 4.

Note: Always turn off the phone and detach the charger before you insert or remove a SIM card.

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SIM card and battery information

You must insert the SIM card and charge the battery before you can use the phone.

It may take up to 30 minutes before an icon appears when charging.

1. Remove the back cover by sliding it open and lifting it away from the phone.

2. Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed under the silvery holders.

3. Place the battery on the back of the phone with the connectors facing each other.

4. Place the back cover into the slots on the phone and slide it into place.

5. Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol with the symbol on the charger plug facing upwards.

6. It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery charging icon appears in the display. Wait approximately 4 hours or until the icon indicates that the battery is fully charged. If you do not see the battery icon after this time, press any key or the joystick to activate the display.

7. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.

Note: A red light shows the battery charging status:

steady when charging with the phone off and flashing when charging is required.

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Turning on the phone

If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the wrong number by pressing .

If your PIN starts with the same digits as an emergency number, for example 112, the digits are not hidden with an * when you enter them. This is so that

PIN:

Welcome

On/off

you can see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN. See “Emergency calls” on page 26 for more information.

My Network

Note: If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked

12:18

appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key). Your PUK is provided by your network operator.

To turn on the phone

• Press and hold

NO until you hear a tone.

• Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if you have one for your SIM card. Your PIN is provided by your network operator.

Note: Not all operators require a PIN to activate services.

Making and receiving calls

To make and receive calls

• Enter the area code and phone number, and press to make the call.

NO to end the call.

• Press

• When the phone rings, press

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YES

YES to answer the call.

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Getting to know your phone

Key functions

Vo l um e

Increase/decrease the earpiece

key

volume during a call. Scroll through menus, lists and text. Enter the Status menu in standby. Slide twice to reject an incoming call. Slide once to turn off the ring signal when receiving a call.

Make and answer calls. Select a menu, submenu or an option.

Press for options, help. Press and hold for WAP.

1–9, 0 Enter digits, 0–9, and letters.

Press and hold to enter the international prefix +. Move through menus using shortcuts.

Enter *. Shift between lower/ upper case.

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Light Battery charging status. Infrared Exchange data via the IR port.

Press the joystick up, down, left or right to move through the menus, lists and texts. Press the joystick as an alternative to .

Press and hold to turn the phone on or off (in standby) or to go back to standby mode from menus. Press to end, reject a call, go back one level in the menus or leave an option unchanged.

Delete numbers, letters or an item from a list. Press and hold to turn

(clear)

off the microphone (during calls) or turn off sound or lock the keypad (standby menu).

Enter # or a space.

Quick keys

Useful key combinations (using shortcuts) are described below.

To... When in standby:

make an emergency call enter the international

To... When in standby:

reach a phone number at a specific position.

speed dial press any of the number

emergency number and

YES

press

enter the menus

press the joystick or or

enter Call contact

press enter Call list press YES call your voice mail enter the + sign turn off the ring signal

when receiving a call

press and hold

press , or slide the

volume key up or down

once set the phone to silent or

lock the keypad, options reach a contact beginning

with a specific letter

press and hold

press ,

press and hold any of

the keys -

YES

find a contact in the Call contact list

use the first setting in

My shortcuts

enter the Status menu to see today’s date, the profile in use and the model name of the phone

change the language to

Automatic

change the language to English

reject a call quickly slide the volume

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press the position number and

keys - and

YES

press and hold

slide the volume key up or down

press 8888

press 0000

key up or down twice when receiving a call or

press

To... During a call:

To... When entering letters

put a call on hold press YES retrieve a call press YES again turn off the microphone

To... When in the menus:

move through menus or lists

press and hold

use the joystick or slide (and hold) the volume key up or down

enter a quick options menu

press

or help, if available. delete an item

press and hold when in lists

go back to standby press and hold

To... When entering letters

shift between capital and

using multitap text input:

press , then the letter

lower-case letters enter numbers press and hold any of the

number keys

enter a question mark slide the volume key up

@-sign slide the volume key down

enter the

enter a space delete letters and numbers shift between multitap or

T9 Text input methods shift between input

languages and other character or numeric input methods

To... When entering letters

view alternative words accept a word and add

aspace enter a full stop

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using multitap text input:

and press

and press press press press and hold

press and hold

using T9

™ Text Input:

press

To... When entering letters

view alternative punctuation marks

shift between capital and

using T9

™ Text Input:

press , then

repeatedly

press , then the letter

Using shortcuts

A quicker way to move through the menus is to use shortcuts. Enter the menus by pressing or and then simply press the joystick to enter the menu. You can also enter the number of the menu to which you want to go. To get back to standby, press and hold

lower-case letters enter numbers press and hold any of the

number keys delete letters and numbers shift between multitap or

press

press and hold T9 Text input methods

shift between input

press and hold languages and other character or numeric input methods

To... When entering numbers:

enter a p (pause)

press and hold

when entering a pause

in a number or melody.

You can quickly and easily reach the settings you use most by placing them in the menu My shortcuts. See “My shortcuts” on page 23.

Help texts

More information, explanations or tips about selected menus or functions are available in your phone.

To get help

1. Select the menu or function and press .

2. Select Help (if available),

Delete, edit and rename

If you add items, for example, a contact, a calendar item or a WAP bookmark, it can be deleted, edited or renamed.

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NO.

YES.

There are two ways to delete items:

• Select an item and press .

• Select an item, press , select Delete or Delete all.

To edit items:

• Select an item, press , select Edit.

Online services

Online services are customized services offered by network operators, independently of mobile phones and mobile phone manufacturers.

A SIM card which supports Online services works in the same way as a normal SIM card. When you have inserted your SIM card and turned on your phone, your network operator can download data to your SIM card. When you restart your phone after the first data download, a new submenu appears under the

Connect menu.

Note: This menu only appears if your SIM card

supports this service. Some operators may not use the name “Online services”. Your phone may not support all of the services offered.

To enter your new menu system

•Scroll to Connect,

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YES, Online services, YES.

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Menu overview

(1) Phone book (2) Messages (3) Calls or Ongoing call*

Note:

1 Call contact 2 Add contact 3 Manage contact 4 Pictures 5 Personal rings 6 Special numbers 7 Advanced 8 Options

Find and send*

(4) Fun & Games (5) Settings (6) WAP services (7) Organizer (8) Connect (9) My shortcuts

1 Text 2 Multimedia 3 Call voice mail 4 E-mail 5 Chat 6 Area info 7 Options

1 Missed calls 2 Call list 3 Manage calls 4 Time and cost 5 Next call 6 Options

Calling local** Switch to line 1** Switch to line 2**

1 Record* 2 Turn off tones* 3 Hold call* 4 Switch calls* 5 Release active* 6 Join calls* 7 Transfer call* 8 Release all*

Extract part* Release part* Parties in conf.* Calls*

(1) Main menu numbering does not appear. 1 Menu numbering may change with certain functions or services. *Only available during a call or conference call. **Network- and subscriptiondependent.

1 Games 2 My pictures 3 My sounds 4 Themes 5 Download** 6 Composer 7 Sound recorder 8 CommuniCam™

1 Sounds & alerts 2 Profiles 3 Display 4 Language 5 Time and date 6 Locks 7 Handsfree 8 Master reset

1 Sony Ericsson 2 Bookmarks 3 Push inbox 4 Enter address 5 Resume 6 Select profile 7 Advanced 8 Options

1 Calendar 2 Notes 3 Alarms 4 Timer 5 Stopwatch 6 Calculator

1 Infrared port 2 GSM Networks 3 Data comm. 4 Accessories

Online services**

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1 Select profile 2 Ring volume 3 Switch to line 1** 4 My numbers 5 Edit shortcuts

Entering letters and characters

You can enter letters, for example, when you add names to the phone book, write text messages or enter WAP addresses.

Apart from the way you normally enter letters in your phone, using multitap text input, you can use

Multitap text input

When saving names in the phone book or when writing WAP addresses, you enter letters using multitap text input. You press each key as many times as needed to show the letter you want. The following example shows

how to write a name in the Phone book. T9™ Text Input for entering text messages and e-mail, for example, if the input language you select supports this. T9 Text Input is a predictive input method and is a quicker way to write texts.

Input languages

Before you start entering letters, you need to select the input languages that you want to use when writing.

To select input languages

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES, Language, YES, Input, YES.

2. Scroll to the language or alphabet that you want to use for entering letters and press for each language

you want.

YES to exit the menu.

3. Press When writing, you can switch to one of your selected

input languages by pressing and then selecting Language. See “The list of options” on page 14.

To enter letters using multitap text input

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES, Add contact, YES, YES again.

2. Press the appropriate key, – , or , repeatedly until the character you want appears. You can view the characters in the row that appears briefly at the top of the display when you press a key.

Note: Your selection of input languages and character or numeric input methods determines what you can see or enter.

See the Latin alphabet, abc, table below:

Press… to see/enter…

- ? ! ‚ . : ; " ’ < = > ( ) _ 1 A B C Å Ä Æ à Ç 2 Γ D E F è É 3 ∆ Φ G H I ì 4

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Press… to see/enter…

J K L 5 Λ M N O Ñ Ö Ø ò 6 P Q R S ß 7 Π Σ T U V Ü ù 8

W X Y Z 9 + & @ / ¤ % $ € £ ¥ \ § ¿ ¡ 0 Θ Ξ Ψ

Ω

Space # * ↵ ¶ to delete letters and numbers to shift between capital and lower-

case letters

press and hold to enter numbers

Tip: You can also use the volume key as a shortcut to certain letters: To enter a ‘B’, slide the volume key up

and hold it whilst pressing . To enter a ‘C’, slide the volume key down and hold it whilst pressing .

™

Text Input

You can use T9™ Text Input when writing, for example, text messages and e-mail. The T9™ Text Input method uses a built-in 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.

Note: A language must be selected to be able to use the T9™ Text Input method.

The following example shows how to start writing a text message:

Example:

• To enter an ‘A’, press once.

• To enter a ‘b’, quickly press twice.

• To shift between capital and lower-case letters, press , then enter the letter.

To enter letters using T9™ Text Input

1. Scroll to Messages,

2. For example, if you want to write “Jane”, press ,

, , . A list of alternative words or

candidates are shown.

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YES, Te xt , YES, Write new, YES.

3. Scroll to select Jane.

4. When the list is shown, select from the following:

• press or

YES to accept without a space or

• press to accept and add a space.

If the candidates do not include a word you want, you can add a new word to the list whilst selecting.

To add a word to candidates

1. Scroll to a similar candidate to the word you want to add, press , select Edit word,

YES.

2. Press repeatedly to delete one letter at a time. Write the new word using multitap text input,

YES.

The word is added to the dictionary. The next time you enter the word you just added to the dictionary, it appears as one of the alternative words.

3. Continue writing your message. See also “Sending text messages” on page 49.

Tip: Press to enter a full stop. To enter other punctuation marks, press and then

repeatedly. Press to accept and add a space. Press and hold to select an input method for the text you are currently writing.

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The list of options

Press when writing to enter a list of options:

• Add symbol – Symbols and punctuation marks such as ? and , are shown. Move between the symbols by using the joystick.

• Insert item – Add a picture, sound effect, melody or animation to a message.

• Edit word – For T9™ Text Input only Edit the suggested word by using multitap text input.

• Text format – Edit size, style, alignment or start a new paragraph.

• Language – Show the input language selected earlier.

• Input method – A list of input methods available for the current input language is shown.

• Candidates – For T9™ Text Input only Turn on/off the alternative words list.

• Help.

To turn T9™ Text Input on or off

• Scroll to Settings,

YES, Language, YES, T9 input, YES

or press and hold when writing.

Note: Changing Settings/Language/T9 input is valid for all input of texts – not only for the text you are currently writing.

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Personalizing your phone

see “The infrared (IR) port” on page 24 or

“Messaging” on page 49. You can adjust the phone settings to suit your own requirements.

To send a theme

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

Note: If you change a setting which is included in a

profile, the active profile is also changed. See “Profiles” on page 23.

Themes

You can change the appearance of the display, for example, the colours and background picture, by using themes. Your phone comes with a number of preset themes. You cannot delete these, but you can create new themes and download them to your phone. For more information, visit www.SonyEricsson.com or wap.SonyEricsson.com/.

To select a theme

•Scroll to Fun & Games,

YES, Themes, YES.

Exchanging themes

You can send and receive a theme via IR and a

2. Select a theme, press .

3. Select Send,

YES.

4. Select a transfer method,

Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyright-

protected material.

To receive and save a theme

1. From standby, press , scroll to Activate IR,

2. When you receive the theme, press

Themes.

You can also save a theme from an incoming

multimedia or e-mail message. See “Messaging” on

page 49.

Note: If you need to adjust the display contrast,

scroll to Settings,

YES, Display, YES, Contrast, YES.

multimedia message or download it via WAP. For more information on sending themes in messages,

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YES, Themes, YES.

YES.

YES to save it in

Pictures

Your phone comes with a number of pictures. You can:

• Set a picture as a background when in standby mode.

• Set a picture as a screen saver.

• Assign a picture to a contact in the phone book. When

Note: Animations for multimedia messages can be viewed in My pictures. Animations for text messages can only be viewed when inserting an item in a text message. See “To insert an item in a text message” on page 50.

that person calls, the picture appears in the display (provided your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification service). See “To add a picture to a phone book contact” on page 28.

To view your camera pictures (if connected)

• Scroll to Fun & Games,

• Scroll to Connect,

YES, Accessories, YES.

• Enclose a picture in a text message.

• Send a picture via IR, Text, Multimedia or e-mail.

All pictures and are saved in Fun & Games/My pictures.

To select a picture as background

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select Select picture,

3. Select a picture,

YES, Display, YES, Background, YES.

YES.

Handling pictures

You can also add, delete or rename pictures in My pictures. The number of pictures that can be saved depends on the size of the pictures. File types supported are GIF, JPEG and WBMP.

To view your pictures

•Scroll to Fun & Games,

YES, My pictures, YES.

Tip: When viewing your pictures in Fun & Games/My pictures, you can set a background by pressing .

To turn the background picture On or Off

• Scroll to Settings,

Activate,

YES, Display, YES, Background, YES,

YES.

The pictures are shown in thumbnail view. To get a full view, press

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YES.

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YES, CommuniCam™, YES or

Exchanging pictures

You can send pictures via IR, Text, Multimedia or e-mail and receive via IR, Text or Multimedia. For more information on sending pictures in messages, see “Messaging” on page 49.

• When you receive a picture via a message, a new message appears in your Inbox. Highlight the picture in the message by moving the joystick to select it,

press and select Save to save in My pictures.

Screen saver

Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material.

The phone has a screen saver, which is activated automatically when the phone has been in idle mode for a few seconds. After a few more seconds, the

To send a picture

1. Scroll to Fun & Games, CommuniCam™,

YES, My pictures or

YES.

Note: The CommuniCam™ menu is only available when the CommuniCam™ is attached.

2. Select a picture,

3. Select Send,

YES. Press .

YES.

4. Select a transfer method.

To receive and save a picture

1. From standby, press , scroll to Activate IR,

2. When you receive the picture, press

YES to save it in

My pictures.

YES.

screen saver changes to sleep mode, to save power.

To turn the screen saver On or Off

• Scroll to Settings, Activate,

YES, Display, YES, Screen saver, YES,

YES.

To use a picture as the screen saver

You can select a picture, saved in the phone, and use it as the screen saver.

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES, Display, YES, Screen saver, YES.

2. Scroll to Select picture,

3. Scroll to the picture you want to use as the screen

YES.

saver,

YES to save.

4. Press

Tip: When viewing your pictures in Fun & Games/My

pictures, you can set a screen saver by pressing .

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YES.

Ring signals and melodies

Your phone comes with a number of standard and polyphonic melodies which can be used as ring signals. See “Icons” on page 84 for more information. You can create and edit standard melodies, and send them to a friend, in a text or multimedia message. You can also exchange standard melodies via IR or download them via WAP.

Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material.

To select a ring signal

•Scroll to Settings, Ring signals,

YES, Sounds & alerts, YES,

YES.

To set the ring signal volume

1. Scroll to Settings, Ring volume,

YES, Sounds & alerts, YES,

YES.

2. Press or to increase or decrease the volume.

YES to save the setting.

3. Press

Warning! Exposure to a loud ring volume may damage

hearing. Answer the call or lower the volume before

To turn the ring signal on or off

• Press or press and hold from standby and select Turn on silent or Turn off silent. All signals except the alarm and timer signals are turned off.

To compose a ring signal or melody

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

• Press a key to enter a note.

• Press or to make

the note shorter or longer. There are six different lengths of notes.

• Press to change octave.

• Press once to lower the

note one semitone.

• Press twice to raise the note one semitone.

• Press to add a melody effect, and to set the

tempo, volume, style and duration.

• Press to remove notes.

2. To listen to your melody, press

YES again to save and name it, or press NO to

3. Press continue composing.

placing the phone to your ear.

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YES, Composer, YES.

YES.

Note: To edit a melody, scroll to Fun & Games, YES, My sounds,

YES, select the melody and press .

To use the piano

1. In the Composer, slide the volume key up to activate the piano.

2. Use the joystick to move between the keys.

YES to select a note.

3. Press

See “Icons” on page 84.

Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text message, see “To insert an item in a text message” on page 50.

To receive a sound or melody

1. From standby, press , scroll to Activate IR,

2. When you receive the sound or melody, press

save it in My sounds. You can also save a sound from an incoming multimedia or e-mail message. See “Messaging” on page 49.

4. Slide the volume key down to deactivate the piano.

Increasing ring

You can choose a ring signal that rises in steps from

Exchanging melodies

the lowest volume to the highest. You can send and receive a sound or melody via IR, text or multimedia messages, or download it via WAP.

Note: You cannot exchange a polyphonic melody via

To turn increasing ring On or Off

• Scroll to Settings,

Increasing ring,

YES, Sounds & alerts, YES,

YES.

text messages.

Specific ring signals for personal calls

To send a melody

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

YES, My sounds, YES.

2. Select a melody and press .

3. Select Send,

YES.

If you subscribe to the Two Line Service, you

can set different ring signals for the two voice

lines. Line 1 and Line 2 are displayed instead

of Voice calls.

4. Select a transfer method.

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YES.

YES to

If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a personal ring signal to numerous callers.

To set a specific ring signal for a caller

1. Scroll to Phone book, Add new?,

YES.

2. Enter the first letter of the contact name,

3. Select a contact,

4. Select a ring signal,

YES, Personal rings, YES,

YES.

From Settings/Sounds & alerts, you can also select:

• Message alert when messages are received.

• Key sound when using the keypad.

• Minute minder to beep after every minute during calls.

Menu language

Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language to the language of the country where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the case, the preset language is English.

Sounds & alerts

You can choose to be notified of an incoming call by the buzzing of the vibrating alert. You can set the

To change the menu language

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a language,

YES, Language, YES, Menus, YES.

YES.

phone’s vibrating alert to one of the following:

• On – all the time.

• On if silent – on when the ring volume is turned off or when you have set the phone to silent.

• Off – all the time.

To set the vibrating alert

1. Scroll to Settings, Vibrating alert,

2. Select the setting you want,

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YES, Sounds & alerts, YES,

YES.

Note: You can always choose Automatic by pressing

8888 in standby.

You can always choose English by pressing 0000 in standby.

Display light

The display light can be set to automatic, off or on. In automatic mode, the display light is turned off a few seconds after you press the last key.

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Note: The display light consumes extra battery power and reduces standby time, if set to On.

Date

When the phone is in standby mode, you can slide the volume key up or down to see today’s date in the

To set the display light

•Scroll to Settings,

YES, Display, YES, Light, YES.

Status menu. Press

To set the date and/or date format

To set the display contrast

•Scroll to Settings,

YES, Display, YES, Contrast, YES.

• Scroll to Settings,

YES, Time and date, YES.

Advanced time settings

Time settings

The time is always displayed in standby.

Under Advanced in the Settings/Time and date menu, you can set time zone and daylight saving time. Changing these, changes the

To set the time

•Scroll to Settings,

YES.

Set time,

YES, Time and date, YES,

time accordingly, if your network operator supports this service.

When your phone changes network, and the time

sent out from the network operator deviates from the

You can choose a 12-hour clock or a 24-hour clock.

time in your phone, you are asked whether you want to update the time if you have turned on Auto time zone.

To set the time format

•Scroll to Settings, Tim e f orm at ,

YES.

YES, Time and date, YES,

If you press

Note: Contact your network operator for more

YES, the time is updated automatically.

information.

Note: If you select the 12-hour clock, you can alternate between am and pm by pressing when setting

the time.

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NO or wait to return to standby.

Answering mode

When using a portable handsfree kit, you can choose to answer a call by pressing any key (except the

NO key)

Keypad lock

You can lock the keypad to avoid dialling a number by accident.

or set the phone to answer the call automatically.

To lock the keypad manually

To select answering mode

•Scroll to Settings,

YES.

mode,

YES, Handsfree, YES, Answering

User greeting

When you turn your phone on or off, the Sony Ericsson greeting appears. Your network operator’s own greeting may be shown instead.

To select a greeting

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a greeting,

YES, Display, YES, User greeting, YES. YES.

My phone numbers

You can check your own phone number(s).

To check your phone number

•Scroll to Phone book,

My numbers,

YES, Special numbers, YES,

YES. If your number is not saved on your

• Press or press and hold in standby, and select Lock keypad,

YES.

The keypad remains locked until you answer an incoming call or until you unlock the keypad manually.

Note: Calls to the international emergency number 112 can still be made, even when the keypad is locked.

To unlock the keypad

• Press ,

YES to unlock the keypad.

Automatic keypad lock

Automatic keypad lock means the keypad locks a short while after you last press a key.

To turn automatic keypad lock On or Off

• Scroll to Settings,

YES, Locks, YES, Auto keylock, YES.

SIM card, you can enter it yourself.

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My shortcuts

You can place your favourite functions that you want

To select a profile

•Scroll to Settings,

YES, Profiles, YES, Select profile, YES.

to reach quickly and easily in the My shortcuts menu.

To change a profile setting

To add a function to my shortcuts

1. Scroll to My shortcuts,

YES, Edit shortcuts, YES.

2. Select a function from the list by pressing .

3. Enter the position number you want for this function

in your menu and press

YES to exit the list.

4. Press

YES.

Profiles

Your phone has a number of preset profiles which are set to suit a certain environment. You can add accessories to, rename or change these profiles. For example, when you go to a meeting, you can simply choose the Meeting profile and a number of settings such as the ring signal is turned off.

Note: Accessories may change the selected profile in your phone automatically. For example, when using a portable handsfree the profile switches from Normal to Port h-free. The profile should automatically change

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a setting,

3. Change the profile settings and press

To rename a profile

• Scroll to Settings,

Profile name,

You can reset all profile settings to the default or the way they were set when you bought your phone: for example Normal.

To reset all profiles

•Scroll to Settings,

Automatic activation

Some profiles, for example In car, are automatically activated when used with a specific accessory. When disconnected, the profile is changed back.

YES, Profiles, YES, Edit profile, YES.

YES.

YES, Profiles, YES, Edit profile, YES,

YES.

YES, Profiles, YES, Reset profiles, YES.

back when the accessory is disconnected.

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YES to confirm.

Master reset

You can reset all the settings in the phone to the way they were when you bought your phone by selecting Reset settings.

If you also want to delete all contacts, messages and other personal data, such as games that you may have downloaded, select Reset all instead.

Note: If you select Reset all, some pictures, melodies and templates which came with your phone are deleted.

To reset the phone

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select Reset settings or Reset all,

YES to continue.

3. Press

YES, Master reset, YES .

YES.

When used with certain functions, such as sending a picture, it is automatically activated for 10 minutes. The infrared port can be activated in the following ways:

• Press from standby, scroll to Activate IR,

• Scroll to Connect,

YES.

option,

YES, Infrared port, YES, select an

• When selecting a transfer method, for example when sending a picture.

Note: Infrared ports must be facing each other at a distance of up to 20 cm when used.

To turn infrared off

• Scroll to Connect,

YES, Infrared port, YES, Off, YES.

4. Enter the phone lock code (0000 or the new code if you have changed it) and press

YES.

The infrared (IR) port

The infrared port can be used to transfer and exchange information with another device equipped with an infrared port. See “Getting to know your phone” on page 6 to locate the infrared port.

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YES.

Calling

Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network. See “Making and receiving calls” on page 5.

Making calls

1. Enter the area code and the phone number.

YES to make the call.

2. Press

NO to end the call.

3. Press

Tip: You can call numbers from the call list and the

phone book. See “Call list” on page 27 and “Phone book” on page 27.

Automatic re-dialling

If the connection of the call failed and the display shows Retry?, press

YES.

Note: Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. When the call is connected, the phone gives a loud signal.

The phone re-dials the number (up to ten times) or until:

• The call is connected.

• You press a key or receive a call.

Note: Automatic re-dialling is not available for data calls.

To change the earpiece volume during a call

• Slide the volume key on the side of the phone up or down to increase or decrease the earpiece volume.

To turn off the microphone during a call

• Press and hold until the display shows Muted. Press again to resume the conversation.

Making international calls

1. Press and hold until a + sign appears in the display. The + replaces the international prefix number of the country from which you are calling.

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

Note: The microphone must be turned on to change the earpiece volume during a call.

YES.

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Tip: It is useful to enter the + sign and country code for all numbers in the phone book as they can then be easily used whether home or abroad.

Receiving calls

When you receive a call, the phone rings and Answer? appears.

If your subscription includes the Calling Line

Emergency calls

Identification service and the caller’s number is identified, the number appears. If you have saved the

To make an emergency call

• Enter 112 (the international emergency number), Your phone supports the international emergency

YES.

number in your phone book, the name and number appear.

If the number is a restricted number, Withheld appears. numbers, 112, 911 and 08. This means that these numbers can normally be used to make an emergency call in any country, with or without a SIM card

To answer a call

YES.

• Press

inserted, if a GSM network is within range.

To r e je c t a c a ll

NO.

Note: Some network operators may require that a SIM

• Press

card is inserted, or in some cases, that a correct PIN is entered in order to make an emergency call.

Missed calls

If you have missed a call, Missed calls:1 appears

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also

in standby, indicating the number of missed calls. be promoted. Your operator may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.

To check your missed calls

1. When Missed calls:1 is displayed, press

To view your local emergency numbers

•Scroll to Phone book, SOS numbers,

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YES, Special numbers, YES,

YES.

the missed calls.

2. To call a number from the list, scroll to the number,

YES to display

YES.

Note: The most recent missed call is first on the list,

Phone book

and the oldest call is last. Scroll to select and/or press to show the time if the call occurred on the same day. Otherwise, only the date appears for older missed calls.

Contacts

You can save information needed to contact people in the phone book on your phone. These entries are saved as contacts in your phone’s memory.

Call list

The numbers of the last 30 calls that you have made or received are saved in the call list. If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification service and the caller’s number is identified, you will also find the numbers of answered and missed calls in the call list.

You can save up to 250 contacts in your phone’s memory. This depends on the amount of information in each contact. A contact must include a name and can include one or more of the following; a home, work, mobile phone number or an e-mail address.

To synchronize your phone-based contact list with your PDA or PC, see “Synchronization” on page 70.

To call a number from the call list

1. To enter the call list, press

YES from standby.

2. Scroll to the number you want to call,

YES.

SIM card

You can also copy contacts in the phone book to your SIM card and call from the SIM card.

To clear the call list

•Scroll to Calls,

YES, Options, YES, Clear call list, YES .

See “Copying contacts” on page 31 for more information.

On your SIM card, entries are saved as a name

To turn the call list on or off

•Scroll to Calls,

YES, Options, YES, Call listing, YES.

with a single number. The total depends on the amount of memory available, see Phone book/Advanced/

Memory status.

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Note: Contact your network operator or service provider for more information.

To add a picture to a phone book contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES, Pictures, YES .

2. Enter the first letters of the contact,

To add a contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

2. Scroll to the field you want to fill in, press

3. Enter the information,

YES, Add contact, YES.

YES.

4. When you have entered the information, scroll to

Save and exit?,

YES.

3. When the contact is highlighted, press This takes you to My pictures. Select a picture and

YES twice.

press

• Select Personal rings to add a personal ring signal.

To call a contact from your contact list

Tip: To enter an unsaved number, when you are in a number field, press and select a number from the

unsaved numbers list,

YES.

Ask to save

The phone can prompt you to add the number of the last person you talked to, to your contacts.

To ask to save numbers in contacts

1. Select Phone book,

2. Select On,

YES, Options, YES, Ask to save, YES.

YES.

Pictures and personal rings

You can add a picture and personal ring signal to a contact.

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1. From standby, press and hold one of the number keys 2-9 to find a contact beginning with the first letter on that key (or closest following).

• For example, press and hold 5 to go to the first

contact beginning with “J”. To go to a contact beginning with “L” press 5 three times after you have entered the list of contacts.

2. When the contact you want to call is highlighted,

YES.

press

3. Select the number you want to call,

If only one number is linked to the contact, press

YES at step 2.

and hold

Tip: You can also use the Call contact option in the Phone book menu to call a contact.

YES.

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Sony T310 User Manual

Contents

Getting started

Getting to know your phone

Personalizing your phone

Calling