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Tip
Warning
A service or function is networkor subscription-dependent.
Contact your network operator
for details.
>Use a selection or navigation
key to scroll and select.
See Navigation on page 14.
1 Press and hold down .
2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested
and select OK.
3 Select a language.
4 Select Cont. to use the setup wizard
while settings are downloaded.
If you want to correct a mistake
when you enter your PIN, press .
Before turning the phone off, you must
return to standby.
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 33.
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal
Identification Number) to activate the
services 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 64.
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.
Profiles
Time & date
Language
Update service
Voice control
New events
Shortcuts
Flight mode
Security
Setup wizard
Accessibility*
Phone status
Master reset
* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
** You can use the navigation key to scroll between tabs in submenus. For more information, see Navigation on
page 14.
Sounds & alerts
Ring volume
Ringtone
Silent mode
Increasing ring
Vibrating alert
Message alert
Key response
Display
Wallpaper
Main menu layout
Theme
Startup screen
Screen saver
Clock size
Brightness
Edit line names*
Calls
Speed dial
Smart search
Forward calls
Switch to line 2*
Manage calls
Time & cost*
Show/hide my no.
Handsfree
Open to answer
Connectivity
Bluetooth
USB
Phone name
Network sharing
Synchronization
Device management
Mobile networks
Data communication*
Internet settings
Streaming settings
Message settings*
SIP settings
Accessories
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
• From standby select Menu and
press – , , or .
The Main menu layout must be set to Grid.
See To change the main menu layout on
page 62.
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 favorite
functions to access them quickly.
•
Internet
– quick access to the Internet.
To open the activity menu
• Press .
Memory
You can save content in the phone
memory and on the SIM card. Images,
text messages, picture messages
and contacts are saved in the phone
memory. You can choose to save
text messages, picture messages
and contacts on the SIM card. You
can transfer content between the
phone and a computer.
Phone language
You can select a language to use in
your phone.
To change the phone language
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Language > Phone
language.
2 Select an option.
Entering text
You can use multitap text input
or T9™ Text Input to enter text.
The T9 Text Input method uses
a built-in dictionary.
You can listen to music, audio books
and podcasts. Use Sony Ericsson Media Manager to transfer content to
and from your phone. See Transferring content to and from a computer
on page 24 for more information.
Stereo portable handsfree
To use the handsfree
• Connect the portable handsfree.
Music stops when you receive a call
and resumes when the call has ended.
Walkman® player
You can use the Walkman® player both
when the phone is open and closed.
To play music
1 When the phone is closed, press
to go to the Walkman® player.
2 Press .
3 Press to browse your music.
4 Scroll to a track and press .
music is playing, hold the phone
out in front of you facing upwards.
2 Press and hold down and bend
your arm upwards towards you to
increase the volume. To decrease
the volume, repeat the action in the
opposite direction.
Clear stereo and clear bass
Clear stereo and clear bass are
activated when you set the equalizer
manually.
To activate clear stereo and clear
bass using presets
1 When the phone is open and
you listen to music, select Options
> Settings > Equalizer.
2
Select any of the presets, except
Normal
.
Playlists
You can create playlists to organize
music files. Files can be added
to more than one playlist.
Deleting a playlist, or a file from
aplaylist, does not delete the file
from the memory, just the reference
to the file.
To create a playlist
1 From standby select Menu > Media
> Music > Playlists.
2 Scroll to New playlist and select Add.
3 Enter a name and select OK.
4 For each track you want to add,
scroll to the track and select Mark.
5 Select Add to add the tracks to the
playlist.
It may take a few minutes for the phone
to create the playlist.
To create a playlist by mood
To create playlists by mood, your music
tracks must be transferred to your phone
using Sony Ericsson Media Manager.
For information on how to analyze
your music, see Media Manager Help.
1 From standby select Menu > Media
> Music > SensMe™ > Open.
2 Press , , or to preview
different tracks.
3 Select Add and press or to
choose an area of tracks.
4 Select Create to play the playlist
in the Walkman® player.
5 Select Options > Save playlist
and enter a name and select OK.
It may take a few minutes for the phone
to create the playlist.
2 Select a playlist.
3 Scroll to Add music and select Add.
4 For each track you want to add,
scroll to the track and select Mark.
5 Select Add to add the tracks to the
playlist.
To remove tracks from a playlist
1 From standby select Menu > Media
> Music > Playlists.
2 Select a playlist.
3 Scroll to the track and press .
Audio books
You can listen to audio books that you
have transferred to your phone from a
computer using Sony Ericsson Media
Manager.
It may take a few minutes before
a transferred audio book appears
in the list of available audio books.
To play audio books
1 When the phone is closed, press
to go to the Walkman® player.
2 Press .
3 Press and select Audio books.
4 Select an audio book.
5 Scroll to a chapter and press .
Audio books in other formats than M4B
or audio books that do not have ID3v2
chapter tags can be found in the Tracks
folder.
FM transmitter
You can play music or audio books
saved in your phone through an
external radio over the FM radio
frequency band. The icon indicates
transmission.
Do not use the FM transmitter in
places where this is prohibited. The
FM transmitter will not work in countries
where it is not legal, when the phone
is in flight mode or where there is no
network coverage.
To transmit music to an FM radio
1 Place the phone up to 33 feet
(10 meters) from the radio, with
no solid objects in between. The
maximum distance varies depending
on the surrounding environment.
Move the phone closer to the radio if
transmission is not working. Sound
quality may be improved by changing
the frequency.
To stop transmitting music
1 In the Walkman® player view,
select Options > FM transmitter.
2 Select Stop.
Transmission stops when you stop
playing music and exit the Walkman®
player.
PlayNow™
You can connect to PlayNow™
to download ringtones, games, music,
themes and wallpapers. You can
preview or listen to content before
you purchase and download it to
your phone.
This service is not available in all
countries.
If you cannot use PlayNow™,
see Troubleshooting on page 65.
To use PlayNow™
1 From standby select Menu
> PlayNow™.
2 Scroll the PlayNow™ Web site and
follow the instructions to preview
and purchase content.
TrackID™
TrackID™ is a music recognition
service. You can search for song
titles, artists and album names.
For cost information contact your service
provider.
If you cannot use TrackID™,
see Troubleshooting on page 65.
To search for song information
• When you hear a song through
a loudspeaker, from standby select
Menu > Entertainment > TrackID™
> Start.
• When the radio is playing select
Options > TrackID™.
Online music and video clips
You can view video clips and listen
to music by streaming them to your
phone from the Internet. If you cannot
use the Internet, see Troubleshooting
on page 65.
1 From standby select Menu > Radio.
2 When you have found a radio channel
select Options > Save.
3 Scroll to a position and select Insert.
To select saved channels
1 From standby select Menu > Radio
> Options > Channels.
2 Select a radio channel.
To switch between saved channels
• When the phone is closed and the
radio is playing, press or to
switch to the previous or next saved
channel.
MusicDJ™
You can compose and edit your
own melodies to use as ringtones.
A melody consists of four types of
tracks – Drums, Basses, Chords and
Accents. A track contains a number
of music blocks. The blocks consist
of pre-arranged sounds with different
characteristics. The blocks are
grouped into Intro, Verse, Chorus
and Break. You compose a melody
by adding music blocks to the tracks.
To compose a melody
1 From standby select Menu
> Entertainment > MusicDJ™.
2 Select to Insert, Copy or Paste blocks.
3 Use , , or to scroll between
the blocks.
4 Select Options > Save melody.
Record sound
You can record a voice memo or
a call. Recorded sounds can also
be set as ringtones.
In some countries or states it is required
by law that you inform the other person
before recording the call.
To record a sound
• From standby select Menu
> Entertainment > Record sound
> Record.
To record a call
1 During an ongoing call, select Options
> Record.
2 Select Save to save the recording.
To listen to a recording
1 From standby select Menu > Organizer
> File manager.
2 Scroll to Music and select Open.
3 Scroll to a recording and select Play.