Sony TS-0010 Users Manual

Preface

Thank you for buying "XperiaTM ●" (simply called the "product" from here on).

Before using the product, read "Basic Manual" (this manual)

and " (Full Instruction Manual)" (Japanese) to ensure safe use and handling.

About Operating Instructions

■ Basic Manual (this manual)

Handles only basic operations for main features.

For detailed descriptions on various functions, refer to the "Instruction Manual" (Japanese) application installed on the

product.

Basic Manual Company names and product names referred to in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies. The TM, ® marks may be omitted in this manual.

■ "Instruction Manual" (Japanese) application

This product allows you to use the "Instruction Manual" (Japanese) application on the product to confirm detailed operational procedures.

Certain functions can be directly activated from the application screens on which their operations are described.

From the Home screen, [ ]X[Instruction Manual]

(Japanese)

When you activate for the first time, follow the onscreen instructions to download and install application.

CE mark and FCC ID

1Open the microSD memory card slot cover, and insert a fingernail into the hook at the edge of the label tray, then pull it out straight.

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Attaching/Removing microSD memory card

Before attaching/removing the microSD memory card, make sure to turn off the product. Do not attach the AC adapter.

■ Attaching microSD memory card

1Confirm the orientation of the microSD memory card and insert it in the direction of the arrow

Insert the SD memory card with contact side down.

Information

Insert a microSD memory card in the appropriate direction. Inserting a microSD memory card forcefully into the slot could result in failure to remove the microSD memory card or damage.

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Basic Operation

Key icons

The followings are the main functions of x, y, r keys located at the bottom of the screen.

	x y r
x	Return to the previous screen. Close a dialog
Back	box, menu, or the Notifications panel.
y	Display the Home screen.
Home	Long-touch and drag it to " " to activate
	"Google" application.
r	You can display recently used applications on a
Recently	list and activate or delete them from the list.
used	Also, you can use and set small apps.
applications

Using the touch panel

The display on the product is a touch panel operated by touching it with your finger.

■ Tap/Double-tap

Tap: Gently touch a screen and then immediately release your finger. Double tap: Tap the same position twice.

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■ Long-touch

Keep touching an item with your finger.

■ Slide

While your finger is gently touching the screen, trace it to the desired direction to move over.

■ Flick (swipe)

Operate the screen by quickly moving (flicking) your finger up, down, right, or left.

■ Pinch

Touch the screen with two fingers and widen (pinch-out) or narrow (pinch-in) the fingers' distance.

■ Drag

Keep touching an item or icon, trace it to the desired direction to move.

Home screen

Home screen consists of multiple screens. Slide/flick left or right to switch them. The center screen is the default screen to operate. Tap yto return to the Home screen any time.

■ For Those Requiring an English Instruction Manual

You can download the English version of the Basic Manual from the website (available from approximately one month after the product is released).

Safety Precautions

Before you start using the product, make sure to read the "Cautions on using XperiaTM ●" to ensure correct use.

When using the product

Communication is not possible even inside the service area in places where the signal does not reach (e.g. tunnels and basements). Also, communication is sometimes not possible in poor reception areas. Communication is sometimes interrupted if you move into a poor reception areas during communications.

Take care not to inconvenience people around you when you use the product in a public place.

When the product is used by a child, parents or guardians should thoroughly read the "Basic Manual" "Cautions on using XperiaTM ●" and "Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of cell phones" and teach the child how to use it.

Before you start using the product overseas, check the relevant laws and regulations of the country/region you visit.

■ Use of the product is not allowed in the following places!

Do not use the product while driving a car or riding a motorbike or bicycle. Failure to do so might cause a traffic accident. Use of the product while driving a car or motorbike is prohibited by law. Use of the product while riding a bicycle may be punishable by some regulations.

Do not use this product while you are aboard an airplane. Use of electric devices transmitting radio waves in airplane is prohibited by law. Some airline companies, however, allow their passengers to use tablet devices. For details, contact the airline company you use.

Regarding notations used in this document

In this manual, keys are represented by simplified illustrations such as x, y, r.

Operations of tapping menu items/icons/buttons on the screen etc. are indicated as [(name of the item etc.)].

Screen illustrations shown in this manual may look different from the actual screens. In some cases, minor details or a part of a screen may be omitted.

In this manual, "microSDTM memory card", "microSDHCTM memory card" and "microSDXCTM memory card" are abbreviated as "microSD memory card" or "microSD".

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■ Removing microSD memory card

1While pressing the microSD memory card with tip of your finger, slide it out

2Attach the battery pack and the battery cover, and press each tab to close firmly

Charging

When you purchase your product, the battery pack is not fully charged. Make sure to charge the battery pack before use.

Information

When the charging starts, notification LED turns in red/orange/ green according to the battery level. Green LED indicates that the battery charge reaches 90 percent or more. To check the

battery level, see the status bar in the top of the Home screen.

Alternatively, from the Home screen, [ ]X[Settings]X[About phone]X[Status] and see "Battery level". When the battery charge reaches 100 percent, "100%" is shown on the status bar, "Battery level" and the unlock screen.

When the battery level becomes 14 percent or less, a popup window "Connect charger" appears. Tap "Battery info" to check battery usage.

When you start charging the battery with the product powered off, the power turns on even though operation is not available. Do not charge the battery in a place where the use is prohibited such as in airplane or hospital.

It may take longer to complete for charging with a PC or while using the camera function.

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■ Charging with the AC adapter

Charging with AC adapter (sold separately) is explained.

1Open the microUSB connection terminal cover of the product and insert the microUSB plug of AC adapter

(sold separately), with the printed side (▲) facing up, straight into the microUSB connection terminal of the product

2Insert the power plug of AC adapter (sold separately) into an outlet

Notification LED lights on the product.

3When charging is complete, remove the microUSB plug of AC adapter (sold separately) from the product and close the microUSB connection terminal cover firmly

4Remove AC adapter (sold separately) from the outlet

Do you have everything?

Before your start using the product, make sure that you have all the following packaged with the product.

XperiaTM ●

(with battery cover)*1

*1 Including warranty

Information

(Instruction Manual) (Japanese)

XperiaTM ●

(Cautions on using XperiaTM ●) (Japanese)

(Radio Frequency (RF) exposure and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)) (Japanese)

(Setting Guide) (Japanese)

The following items are not included in the package.

microSD memory card

AC adapter

Earphones

microUSB cable

Purchase a specified charger (sold separately).

Illustrations used in this manual are just images for explanations. They may be different from actual ones.

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■ Charging with a PC

The followings describe charging procedure by connecting the product to chargeable USB port on a PC using the microUSB cable of Sony Mobile AC adapter 05 (sold separately).

1Open the microUSB connection terminal cover and insert the microUSB plug of the microUSB cable, with the printed side () facing up, straight into the microUSB connection terminal of the product

2Insert the USB plug of the microUSB cable into the USB port of a PC

Notification LED lights on the product.

When a confirmation screen for installation of PC Companion software appears on the product, tap "Skip". When a screen for new hardware detection etc. appears on the PC, select "Cancel".

3When charging is complete, remove the microUSB plug of the microUSB cable from the product and close the microUSB connection terminal cover firmly

4Remove the USB plug of the microUSB cable from the USB port of the PC

Information

Installation of MTP driver to a PC is required to charge the product with a Microsoft Windows XP PC, since "USB connection mode" is set to "Media transfer mode (MTP)" by default. Install Windows Media Player 10 or later to install MTP driver.

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aHome screen position

Indicates which screen of the a five Home screens you are in. b

bWidgets

cWallpapers

dShortcuts

eApplication key	c
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Adding to Home screen/Editing Home screen

You can change wallpaper or theme of the Home screen and add/delete/move shortcuts of applications, widgets, folders, etc. on the Home screen.

You can add wallpapers by downloading from websites.

1Long-touch an area of the Home screen where no icons are displayed

Alternatively, pinch-in on the Home screen.

2	WIDGETS	Add a widget on the Home
		screen.
	APPS	Add a shortcut of an
		application, a setting screen,
		etc. on the Home screen.

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WALLPAPERS	Album	Select an image from albums
		to set as a wallpaper.
		To set image range, drag or
		pinch to adjust cropping
		area and tap "Crop".
	Live	Select a content from albums
	Wallpapers	to set as a wallpaper.
	(XperiaTM's	Select an image to set as a
	Wallpaper)	wallpaper.
		Images displayed to the
		right of "Albums"/"Live
		Wallpapers" are "XperiaTM's
		Wallpaper".
THEMES		Set the Home screen image or
		the unlock screen image.

■ Adding a folder

1From the Home screen, long-touch an icon

2Drag the icon onto another icon

3Enter a folder nameu[Done]

■ Deleting shortcuts/widgets/folders

1From the Home screen, long-touch an icon or a folder you want to delete

appears at the bottom of the screen.

2Drag the icon or the folder to " "

To delete the folder, tap "Delete" after Step 2. Shortcuts etc. in the folder are also deleted.

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Information

Long-touch a shortcut, widget, or folder icon to move.

Using the Applications screen

You can call up functions from the Applications screen. Application icons installed to the product are also displayed.

When you tap application icons to use respective functions, you may incur communication charges depending on the function.

■ Starting an application

1From the Home screen, [ ]

The Applications screen appears. Slide or flick left or right to switch the Applications screen.

2Tap an application to use

■ Main applications

	Contacts		Play Store
	E-mail	/	Camera, Album
	Browser		Maps
	Settings	/	Google, Voice
			Search
/	Alarm & clock,		Instruction Manual
	Calendar

				mCamera		m
Getting Ready				nNFC antenna*1
				oNameplate*2	n	r
Names and functions of parts				p mark		p
				qBack cover*3	o
aSecond microphone:	a	b		rmicroUSB connection		q
				terminal
Reduces noise to make
				sDesktop Holder		s
easy to listen.
	c d e	f		contact terminal
bBluetooth®/Wi-Fi®/GPS
				tSpeaker
antenna part*1			i
				uStrap hole
cProximity sensor:
			j
Switches touch panel on
and off to prevent from			g
erroneous operation
during a call/Auto-control			k
for display brightness			l	*1 The antenna is built in.		tu
dFront camera
eEarpiece				Covering around the antenna by the hand may affect the quality
				of communication.
fNotification LED
				*2 Do not remove the nameplate with stickers of IMEI information
gDisplay (Touch panel)
				printed.
hMicrophone
				*3 Back cover is not removable. Removing so forcibly might cause
iHeadset connection	h
				loss of data or a fault. Also, battery is built into the main unit and

terminal

not removable by customers.

jmicroSD memory card insertion slot kPower key/Screen lock key:P

lVolume key/Zoom key

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Turning on (Initial settings)

Turning the power on

1P(over 1 sec)

The product vibrates and after a while the unlock screen appears.

2Swipe the screen up or down

■ Turning the power off

1P(over 1 sec)

2[Power off]X[OK]

Information

Press Pfor over 1 second and long-touch "Power Off" → [OK] to restart product.

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Screen Lock

When the screen lock is set, the backlight turns off to avoid the keys and touch panel from false operations.

When the specified time elapses, the product's screen backlight turns off automatically and screen lock is activated.

1 While the screen is displayed, P

■ Unlocking screen

The unlock screen appears when turning the power on or the backlight on by pressing P.

1Swipe (flick) the screen up or down on the unlock screen

Information

By default, drag " " left to activate the camera, and drag " " right to activate WALKMAN.

Initial settings

When you turn on the product for the first time, swipe (flick) the screen up or down to unlock screen lock and follow the onscreen instructions to set language, functions, service, etc. For details, refer to "Setting Guide".

Information

Setup items can be set or changed later as required. To

change the language later, from the Home screen, [ ] X[Settings]X[ (Language & input)]X[

(Language)]. To make settings, from the Home screen, [ ]X[Settings]X[Setup guide].

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■ Downloading applications

You can download applications such as convenient tools and games from the Google Play and install them to use on the product.

To use Google Play, you need to set a Google account. For details, refer to "Setting Guide".

■ Deleting (uninstalling) applications

Before deleting installed applications, back up contents related to the application that you want to save including data saved in the application.

Information

Some applications may not be deleted.

Knowing the status of the product

■ Status bar

The status bar is located at the top of the product screen. On the left of the status bar, notification icons appear to inform new mails, operations in progress, etc., and on the right, status icons appear to indicate the status of the product.

■ Examples of notification icon

New Gmail message

New PC mail message

Green Heat energy saving icon (Remove the AC adapter from the power outlet)

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USB connecting

Wi-Fi®open network available

*1 Appears when switched to another screen such as the Home screen.

■ Main status icons

/	Battery level (100%, Charging)
/	Silent mode (Vibration, Mute)
	Airplane mode is activated.
/	Wi-Fi®connected, Wi-Fi®communicated

■ Notification panel

If any notification icons are displayed, slide down the status bar to open the Notification panel. You can check details of notification icons or start corresponding applications.

Information

To delete a notification, tap "Clear" or flick the notification left or right to delete from the list.

Some notifications may not be deleted depending on the content.

When you set screen lock to "Swipe", slide the status bar downward to check the Notification panel without unlocking the screen.

■ Notification LED

Notification LED informs charging prompt, battery level while charging, new mails, etc. by turning on or flashing.

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Status	Description
Red	The battery is charging when the remaining
	battery level is 14% or lower.
Orange	The battery is charging when the remaining
	battery level is 15% - 89%.
Green	The battery is charging when the remaining
	battery level is 90% or higher.
Flashing	The remaining battery level is 14% or lower.
red
Flashing	Indicates New Gmail message, new PC mail
white	message.*1

*1 Notification LED flashes when unlock screen is displayed, backlight turned off and screen lock is disabled.

Information

When the remaining battery is not sufficient for turning the product ON, pressing Pmakes LED flash red three times.

When you start charging with the product powered off, the notification LED turns in red. When the status of battery appears on the display, however, the notification LED lights in color for indicating the battery level.

While using the "Album" application or "WALKMAN" application, the notification LED turns on according to the contents.

■ Setting the Silent Mode

Set the ringtone volume to 0. Note that setting the product to Silent mode does not mute sounds for shutter, playback of video or music, alarm, etc. And adjusting the volume of "Ringtone & notifications" in Sound settings or pressing upper part of mcancels Silent mode.

1P(over 1 sec)

2[ ]/[ ]

Tap " " to set mute (ringtone volume 0) and tap " " to set vibrator.

Information

Slide the status bar downward and tap " " to set vibrator or tap " " to set mute (ringtone volume 0).

■ Setting Airplane mode

When airplane mode is set, all wireless functions (Wi-Fi® function, Bluetooth® function, NFC R/W P2P function) are turned off.

1 P(over 1 sec) u[Airplane mode]

Information

Slide the status bar downward and tap "Airplane" to switch the airplane mode on or off.

Entering characters

Use software keyboard to enter characters.

The software keyboard appears when you tap the entry field for registering a contact, composing a mail, etc.

■ Switching keyboards

To input Japanese, use "XperiaTM Japanese keyboard" switching five input types of "Phonepad", "QWERTY keyboard", "Japanese syllabary", "Kana handwriting", "Kanji handwriting".

1Tap a character input box

Phonepad is set for portrait screen and QWERTY keyboard is for landscape screen by default.

2Long-touch " "

Tap " " for Kanji handwriting.

3[ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ]

The keyboard switches to Phonepad/QWERTY keyboard/ Japanese syllabary/Kana handwriting/Kanji handwriting.

Information

Word suggestions or direct conversion candidates for the entered characters appear. Tap a word to enter.

Tap " " to delete the character before the cursor.

Long-touch " " to enter symbols (single byte/double byte), facemarks from the displayed list. Tap " " for Kanji handwriting.

On the Phonepad, you can enter characters by flicking a key up/down/left/right besides repeatedly tapping the key (toggle input).

Tap " " at the bottom left of the screen to hide the software keyboard.

Support

Troubleshooting

Before you assume that the product is malfunctioning, check the following:

	Symptom	What you should check
	Power is not turned	Is the battery pack charged?
	on even though P
		Is Ppressed for over 1 second?
	is pressed.
	The power goes off.	Is the battery running out?
	The power turns off	Is the battery running out?
	while activation
	screen is displayed.
	Cannot charge the	Is the specified charging equipment
	battery pack	(sold separately) attached properly?
	(Notification LED
	does not light, the
	battery icon does
	not change into
	charging).
	Charging is not	Is the temperature of the product
	complete.	raised or very low?
	Cannot operate	Are you operating with gloved hands?
	touch panel as
		Are you operating with a fingernail or
	intended.
		foreign object on the screen?

	Symptom	What you should check
	Cannot operate key/	Is the power turned on?
	touch panel.
		Is "Screen lock" set?
		Turn off the power and then turn it on
		again.
	Screen response is	When a large amount of data is saved
	slow when you tap	in the product or transferring large-
	on the screen/press	size data between the product and
	the keys.	microSD memory card, the screen
		response may be delayed.
	A message such as	The battery is almost dead.
	charge the battery
	appears.
	Battery usage time	Is the battery pack fully charged?
	is short.	Charge until the notification LED turns
		green.
		Is the battery pack end-of-life?
	The display	Is set "Sleep" period too short?
	backlight turns off
	in a short while.
	Display is dark.	Is "Brightness" set to dark?
		Is the proximity sensor covered by
		sticker?
	Cannot recognize a	Is the microSD memory card inserted
	microSD memory	properly?
	card.
		Is the microSD memory card unmounted?

Updating Software

You can update the product to the most recent software for optimal performance and to get the latest enhancements.

You are recommended to back up your data before updating software.

For details, visit http://www.sonymobile.co.jp/support/ or refer to the "Instruction Manual" (Japanese) application or

" (Full instruction manual)" (Japanese) available on homepage.

■ Downloading and updating software

Update files can be downloaded from the Internet web site via wireless communication into the product directly.

To download software updates only via Wi-Fi®, from the

Home screen, [ ]X[ (Tool)]X[Update Center]X[]X[Settings]X[Preferred data traffic] and

select "Via Wi-Fi only". If you set to "Via mobile network/Wi-Fi" for updating, note that when Wi-Fi® communication

becomes unstable, packet communication takes the place automatically, which may apply communication fees.

1From the Home screen, [ ]X[ (Tool)]X[Update

Center]

2[System]X[ ]

■ Connecting to a PC for updating software

You can update software using PC Companion to be installed from the product.

Install PC Companion to your PC beforehand.

Main specifications

Display		Approx. 5.0 inches
		TFT 16,777,216 colors
		1,080 x 1,920 dots
Weight		Approx. 145 g (with battery pack)
Dimension (W x H x T)		Approx. 71 mm x 135 mm x
		10.5 mm
Continuous	In Japan	Approx. 440 hours (LTE)
stand-by		Approx. 480 hours (3G)
time
	Overseas	Approx. 520 hours
	(GSM)
Charging time		Using AC Adapter (sold
		separately): Approx.
		140 min.
Continuous 1Seg		Approx. 280 min.
viewing time
Continuous tethering		Approx. 300 min. (LTE on WAN)
time		Approx. 460 min. (3G on WAN)

Information

The continuous stand-by time, continuous 1Seg viewing time and continuous tethering time may drop to less than half depending on the battery charging status, usage environment such as temperature, reception condition at the location where the product is used, and the function settings.

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