Sony Z502a Instruction Manual

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Z502a

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call.

Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . 10

Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, file manager.

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Calls, phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Text messaging, picture messaging, email, My friends, messaging glossary.

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Camera, video recorder, pictures, screen saver.

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Media player, sounds, themes, games.

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Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Internet and email settings, synchronizing, PC applications.

More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Time and date, alarm clock, calendar, tasks, SIM card lock, etc.

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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

Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Icon descriptions.

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Sony Ericsson

This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this manual.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2004

Publication number: AE/LZT 123 1784 R1A 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 you can use a particular service or not.

Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient use and the Limited warranty chapters before you use your mobile phone.

The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Sony Ericsson is under license.

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.

PlayNow™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

MusicDJ™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

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End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™ J2ME™.

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Getting started

Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call.

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

Instruction icons

The following instruction icons appear in this user guide:

} Use the selection keys or the navigation key

to scroll and select.

% 13 Navigating the menus.

Getting to know your phone

Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, file manager.

Flip open view

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Internal display. Press and hold to activate the camera and

video recorder.

3, 9

Selection key for menu items shown at the bottom of the screen.

Side volume buttons (see “Flip closed views” on page 10).

Press once to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby.

Internet button. Speaker. 5-way navigation key. Press the center select

to enter the desktop menu. Move through menus, lists and text by pressing right, left, up or down.

Right side key (may be customized).

Delete numbers, letters or an item from a list.

Microphone. Press and hold to turn the phone on/off.

Flip closed views

Getting to know your phone

Internal

antenna

Camera lens

External display

* Your phone is equipped with an internal antenna. For best reception, try to hold your phone so your hand does not cover the internal antenna. See the diagram above for the location of the antenna.

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antenna*

Right

side key

Internal

Right view

Camera/video

recorder button

Left

view

Upper side

volume

Lower side

volume

Getting to know your phone

Overview, menu

1. Sony Ericsson* or

1. PlayNow™*

7. File Manager 8. Phonebook*** 8. Phonebook***

Pictures Sounds Videos Themes Games Applications Other

10. Connect 11. Organizer 12. Settings

Online Services Synchronization Mobile Networks Data Comm. Internet Settings Streaming Setting Accessories

* Please note that some menus are operator, network and subscription dependent.

** Some operators may have enabled an Instant Messaging client (Sony Ericsson refers to this as My Friends)

*** The menu depends on which phonebook is selected as default.

2. Internet Services* 3. Entertainment 4. Camera 5. Messages

Games MusicDJ™

Contacts

Options Speed Dial My Business Card Groups SIM Numbers Special Numbers Advanced

Calendar Tasks Notes Applications Alarm Signal Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code Memo

Record Sound

SIM Numbers

Options Speed Dial My Business Card Contacts Special Numbers Advanced

General

Profiles Time & Date Language Voice Control Phone Status Shortcuts Locks Setup Wizard Master Reset

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

Sounds & Alerts

Ring Volume Ringtone Silent Mode Vibrating Alert Message Alert Key Sound

Write New Inbox My Friends Call Voicemail Email Drafts Templates Outbox Sent Messages Saved Messages Settings

Calls

Forward Calls Manage Calls Time & Cost Show or Hide No. Handsfree

6. Calls**

9. Media Player

Display

Wallpaper Themes Startup Screen Screen Saver Light

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Getting to know your phone

Navigating the menus

The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. Some submenus include tabs that appear on the screen. Scroll to a tab with the navigation key and select an option.

1 Left selection key. Press to select the option

displayed on the bottom left of the screen.

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2 4-way navigation with center select.

Press to go to the desktop. Press to select highlighted items. Move , , , through menus and tabs.

3 Press to go back one level in the menus.

Press and hold to return to standby.

4 Right selection key. Press to select the option

displayed on the bottom right of the screen.

5 Press to delete an item or character of text.

Press and hold to delete more than one character of text.

External display

Your phone’s external display shows the service provider, time, date, signal strength, and the battery charge level.

Relevant status information is shown on the external display. When the camera button is pressed and held with the flip closed, the external display functions as a view finder. Zoom is controlled with the upper and lower side volume keys.

Getting to know your phone

Phone language

Most SIM cards automatically set the language used in the menu to the language of the country where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the case, the predefined language is English. If you use the setup wizard to help you get started with your phone, you will be asked to select phone language,

% 8 Setup wizard.

You can always choose Automatic language by pressing 8888 in standby. You can always choose English by pressing 0000

in standby.

To change the phone language

1 } Settings } the Settings tab } Language

} Phone Language.

2 Select a language.

Help texts

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

To get help

Scroll to the menu item } Info.

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Shortcuts

A quicker way to move through the menus is to use shortcuts. You can use keypad shortcuts, or you can create your own shortcuts from standby.

Using keypad shortcuts

Enter the menus by pressing and then enter the number of the menu to which you want to go. For example, to reach the fifth menu item, press . To reach the tenth menu item, press ; to reach the eleventh menu item, press ; and to reach the twelfth menu item, press . To get back to standby, press and hold .

Creating standby shortcuts

You can create your own shortcuts and use to go directly to that function.

To create a standby shortcut

1 Press in a direction for which there is no

predefined shortcut. } Yes when you are asked if you want to create a shortcut.

2 Scroll to a function that you want to create

a shortcut to } Shortcut.

Getting to know your phone

To edit a standby shortcut

1 } Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and

select which shortcut you want to edit } Edit.

2 Scroll to a function that you want to create

a new shortcut to } Shortcut.

More options

} More to enter a list of options. There are different

alternatives in the list of options depending on where you are in the menus.

Entering letters

There are two ways of entering letters, for example, when writing a message or writing a name in the phonebook:

• Multitap text input You press each key as many times as needed to show

the letter you want.

• T9™ Text Input 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.

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Writing languages

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

When writing, you can switch to one of your selected languages by pressing and holding .

To select writing language

1 } Settings } the General tab } Language

} Writing Language.

2 Scroll to the language that you want to use for

entering letters and mark each language you want. } Save to exit the menu.

To enter letters using multitap text input

1 To enter text, you have to be in a function

where text input is possible, for example

} Messages } Write New } Text Message.

2 Press the appropriate key, - ,

or , repeatedly until the character you want appears on the screen.

Press… to get…

. , - ? !’ @ : ; / ( )1

A B C Å Ä Æ à Ç 2 Γ

Getting to know your phone

Press… to get…

D E F è É 3 ∆ Φ G H I ì 4

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

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.

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• You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut to

certain letters: To enter a ‘B’, press and hold and press . To enter a ‘C’, press and hold

and press .

To enter letters using T9 Text Input

1 } Messages } Write New } Text Message. 2 For example, if you want to write the word

“Jane”, press , , , .

3 If the word shown is the one you want, press

to accept and add a space. To accept a word without adding a space, press . If the word shown is not the one you want: press or repeatedly to view alternative words. Accept a word and add a space by pressing

4 Continue writing your message. To enter a

period or other punctuation marks, press and then or repeatedly. Accept by pressing .

Getting to know your phone

To add words to the T9 dictionary

1 While entering letters } More } Spell Word. 2 Edit the word by using multitap input.

Navigate between the letters with and . To delete a character, press . To delete the entire word, press and hold .

3 When you have edited the word } Insert. The

word is added to the T9 dictionary. Next time you enter this word using T9, it will appear as one of the alternative words.

To select another writing method

Before, or while entering letters, press and hold

to select another writing method.

Options when entering letters

} More to view a list of options. The list may

contain some or all of the following:

• Add Symbol – symbols and punctuation marks

such as ? and , are shown. Move between the symbols by using , , , and .

• Add Item – pictures, melodies and sounds.

• Spell Word – for T9 Text Input only. Edit the

suggested word by using multitap text input.

• Text Format – change style, size and alignment.

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• Writing Language – a list of available languages

is shown.

• Dictionary (T9) – turn T9 Text Input on or off.

• Word Suggestions – select to view, or not, word

suggestions when writing a word.

• My Words – manage the words that you have

added to the dictionary.

• Help – assistance with how to use T9 and

Multitap text input.

File manager

Items such as pictures, videos, sounds, themes, applications, and games are saved as files in folders. All files that the phone cannot recognize are saved in the Other folder. The phone has several predefined folders. Items such as pictures, sounds, videos, themes, games and applications are saved as files in folders.

When handling files, you can select several files at the same time to delete, send or move to a folder.

Getting to know your phone

To move a file to a folder

1 } File Manager and select a folder. 2 Scroll to a file, for example, a picture that

you want to move } More } Manage Files

} Move to Folder.

3 Select the folder you want to move the file to,

or select New Folder and name the folder } OK.

To create a subfolder

1 } File Manager and select a folder. 2 } More } Manage Files } New Folder and enter

a name for the folder.

3 } OK to save the folder.

To select several files

1 } File Manager and select a file } More } Mark

Several.

2 Scroll and select more files by pressing Mark or

Unmark.

File information

Items that are downloaded, text or picture messages may be copyright-protected. If a file is protected, you may not be able to copy or send that file – a message will appear to inform you about this. You can also select to view information for the file.

Your mobile phone has the capability to download, store and forward additional content, e.g. ringtones. The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but not limited to restriction under applicable copyright laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for additional content that you download to or forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your use of any additional content, please verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized. Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any additional content or any other third party content. Under no circumstances will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper use of additional content or other third party content.

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Getting to know your phone

Quick keys

Useful key combinations are described below.

Navigating menus

Enter the main menu and select menu items.

Navigate in the menu and lists.

Delete an item press when

Enter a list of options } More Enter the status menu to

see, for example, date, profile, free memory and model name.

Change the language to

Automatic

Change the language to

English

Go back to standby or end a function

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in lists

press a volume button once

8888

0000

press and hold

Making and receiving calls

Make an emergency call enter the international

Set the phone to silent press and hold

Mute the ringer press the or

Send the call directly to voice mail

Call your voicemail press and hold Enter call list } Calls Voice dial press and hold a

Reach a contact beginning with a specific letter

emergency number

} Call

or press More } Turn

On Silent

key double-press the

or key or } No

volume button or say your magic word (voice dial must be set up first)

press and hold any of the keys -

Getting to know your phone

Speed dial press any of the

number keys -

and } Call

Reject a call quickly press a

volume button twice when receiving a call or } No

Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call

press a volume button once or press

Put a call on hold } Hold Retrieve a call } Retrieve Turn off the microphone press and hold Enter a list of options } More

Entering letters

Shift between capital and lower-case letters

Delete letters and

press , then the letter

press

numbers

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Shift between multitap

press and hold or T9 Text Input methods

Shift between writing

press and hold languages

Enter numbers press and hold any of

the number keys Enter the + sign press and hold Enter a p (pause) press and hold

when entering

numbers or saving

codes

Using multitap text input

Reach the second letter or character of a key

press and hold

and press any of the

number keys Reach the third letter or

character of a key

press and hold

and press any of the

number keys Enter a space press

Calling

Using T9 Text Input

View alternative words or Accept a word and add

a space Enter a period press View alternative

punctuation marks

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press

press , then

repeatedly

Calling

Calls, phonebook, voice control, call options.

Making calls

Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network.

% 7 First-time use.

Networks

When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects your home network if this is within range. If it is not within range, you may use another network, provided your service provider has an agreement that allows you to do so. This is called roaming.

You can select the network you want to use, or you can add a network to your list of preferred networks. You can also change the order in which networks are selected during an automatic search. For all such options } Connect } Mobile Networks.

You can call numbers from the call list and the phonebook, You can also use your voice to make calls,

% 29 Voice control.

% 28 Call list, and % 24 Phonebook.

Calling

To make a call

1 Enter the area code (if outside your local area)

and the phone number.

2 } Call to make the call. 3 } End Call to end the call.

To change the speaker volume during a call

Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone to increase or decrease the speaker volume during a call.

Holding the phone close to your ear when using the speakerphone could damage your hearing.

To turn off the microphone during a call

1 Press } Mute Microphone, or press and hold

until the icon for muted microphone is

displayed.

2 Press , or press and hold again, to resume

the conversation.

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To turn on speakerphone during a call

This feature is service provider dependent.

1 Enter the area code and the phone number. 2 } Call to make the call. 3 Press . 4 } Turn On Speaker.

To turn off speakerphone during a call

5 Press . 6 } Turn off Speaker.

Receiving calls

When you receive a call, the phone rings and

Answer? is displayed.

If your subscription includes the Caller ID service and the caller’s number is identified, the number is displayed.

If you have saved the number in the phonebook, the name and number are displayed. If you have assigned a picture to a contact, the picture is also displayed. If the number is a restricted number, Withheld is displayed.

Calling

To answer a call

• Open your phone.

• Press the portable handsfree button, if applicable.

To reject a call

• Close your phone.

• } No or quickly press either the upper or lower

side volume key twice.

Missed calls

If you have missed a call, Missed Calls: appears in standby indicating the number of missed calls.

} Yes to view the missed calls in the call list. If you

want to view the missed calls later } No. Use or

to scroll between the tabs. Use , and to

scroll up and down in each list.

To check your missed calls

1 From standby } Calls and scroll right to the

missed calls tab.

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

number } Call.

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Automatic redialing

The phone redials the number up to ten times or until:

• The call is connected

• You press Cancel

• You receive a call Automatic redialing is not available for data calls.

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

To redial a number

If the connection of the call failed and Retry? is displayed } Yes.

Making international calls

When you make an international call, the + replaces the international prefix number of the country from which you are calling.

To make international calls

1 Press and hold until a + sign appears

on the screen.

2 Enter the country code, area code (without

the leading zero) and phone number } Call.

Calling

Emergency calls

Your phone supports the international emergency numbers, 112, 911, 060, 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 inserted, if a GSM network is within range.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your service provider may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card. To view these,

Numbers

} Emergency nos.

To make an emergency call

Enter 911, for example, } Call.

} Phonebook } Options } Special

Phonebook

You can save your phonebook information in the phone memory, as contacts, or on the SIM card, as names and numbers. You can choose which phonebook – contacts or SIM numbers – is shown as default.

For useful information and settings in either of these phonebooks } Options.

Contacts

You can save up to 510 numbers in your contacts. You can also add pictures, ringtones and personal information, such as email, Web and street addresses, to the contacts.

When you add information to a contact, the information is organized under five tabs. Use ,

, , and to scroll between the tabs and their

information fields.

SIM numbers

On your SIM card, you can save entries as a name with a single number. The number of entries you can save depends on the amount of memory available on the SIM card, see Phonebook } Options

} Advanced } Memory Status.

Contact your network operator or service provider for more information.

Contacts or SIM numbers as default phonebook

If you select to use contacts as default, your phonebook will show all information saved in contacts. If you select SIM numbers as default, the phonebook will only show names and numbers saved on the SIM card.

Calling

To select contacts or SIM numbers as your phonebook

1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced

} My Phonebook.

2 Select Contacts or SIM Numbers.

To add a contact

1 } Phonebook } New Contact } Add. 2 Enter the name directly or press Add and enter

the name } OK.

3 Enter the number directly or press Add and

enter the number } OK.

4 Select a number type. 5 Scroll between the tabs and select fields to

enter more information. To enter symbols, for example, @ in an email address } Symbols and select a symbol } Insert.

6 When you have entered the information you

want for your contact } Save.

To add a SIM number

If SIM numbers are the default for your phonebook, follow the same steps as adding a contact. You can only add a name and number for SIM numbers in the phonebook.

Pictures and personal ringtones

You can add a picture and a personal ringtone to a phonebook contact. When that person calls, the picture is displayed (provided your subscription supports the Caller ID service) and the ringtone is played.

To add a picture or a personal ringtone to a contact

1 } Phonebook then select the contact you want

to add a picture or ringtone to Select } More

} View & edit.

2 Scroll right to the Picture: tab } Edit. This takes

you to Pictures or Sound in the File Manager menu.

3 Select a picture or sound. } Save to save the

picture or sound.

Calling from the phonebook

You can call one of the numbers saved for one of your contacts, or a number on your SIM card.

If contacts is the default phonebook, you can choose to call from contacts or from the SIM card.

If SIM numbers is the default phonebook, you can only call the numbers on the SIM card.

Calling

To call a contact

1 } Phonebook. Scroll to, or enter the first letters

of the contact you want to call.

2 When the contact you want to call is highlighted,

press or to select a number } Call.

To call a SIM number

1 } Phonebook. If SIM numbers is the default

phonebook, select the name and number you want to call from the list } Call.

2 If Contacts is the default phonebook

} Phonebook } Options } SIM Numbers and

select the name and number you want to call from the list } Call.

Ask to save

When you end a call, the phone can prompt you to add a phone number or email address to your contacts.

To activate ask to save in contacts

} Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Ask To Save } On.

Updating the phonebook

When needed, you can easily update and edit any information in your phonebook.

To edit a contact

1 } Phonebook and select a contact } More

} View & edit.

2 Scroll to the relevant tab and edit the

information you want to edit } Save.

To edit SIM numbers

1 If SIM numbers are your default phonebook

} Phonebook and the number you want to edit.

If contacts are your default phonebook

} Phonebook } Options } SIM Numbers. Select

the name and number you want to edit.

2 } More } Edit and edit the name and number.

To delete a contact or a SIM number

} Phonebook and scroll to the contact or SIM

number you want to delete, press .

Calling

To delete all contacts

1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Delete

All Contacts.

2 } Yes and enter the phone lock code } OK. The

default phone lock code is 0000. Names and numbers that are saved on the SIM card are not deleted.

Default items for contacts

You can choose which item – a phone number, email address or a Web address – is displayed first for each contact.

To set the default item for a contact

1 } Phonebook and scroll to a contact } More

} Default.

2 Select the phone number, email address or

Web address that you want as the default item.

Copying contacts

You can copy SIM numbers to and from your contacts and the SIM card. Choose if you want to copy all SIM numbers, or a SIM number.

When you copy all contacts from the phone, all existing information on the SIM card will be replaced.

To copy names and numbers to the SIM card

1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced

} Copy to SIM.

2 Select Copy All or Copy a Number.

To copy SIM numbers to contacts

1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced

} Copy from SIM.

2 Select Copy All or Copy a Number.

Sending contacts

You can send contacts using a text or picture message.

To send a contact

1 } Phonebook and select a contact } More

} Send Contact.

2 Select a transfer method.

Checking the memory

With the memory status function in your phonebook, you can check how many positions you have left in the phone memory and SIM memory.

Calling

To check the memory

} Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Memory Status.

Synchronizing contacts

You can back up and synchronize your contacts with a phonebook on the Web. For more information about a phonebook on the web, please contact your service provider.

1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Sync.

Order } scroll to By first name or By last name } Select.

2 If you have more than one account, select

which account to use } Select. If you do not have an account in the phone,

the remote synchronization settings.

In order to synchronize your contact, you must create a remote synchronization accout under

Synchronization.

}

% 71 To enter

Connect

Call list

The numbers of the last 30 calls that you have made are saved in the call list. If your subscription includes the Caller ID service and the caller’s

number is identified, the call list also shows the numbers of answered and missed calls.

In addition to the call list with all numbers, there are also separate lists for dialed, answered and missed calls, organized under tabs.

To call a number from the call list

1 } Calls from standby and select a tab. 2 Scroll to the name or number you want to call

} Call.

To clear the call list

} Calls and scroll to the tab with all calls } More } Delete All.

Speed dialing

You can save the phone numbers that you want to reach easily in positions 1-9 in your phone and on your SIM card. To speed dial with contacts as default phonebook, numbers have to be saved as contacts, and to speed dial with SIM numbers as default phonebook, numbers have to be saved on your SIM card.

Calling

To speed dial

From standby, enter the position number and } Call.

To set the position number for speed dialing

1 } Phonebook } Options } Speed Dial and

scroll to the position to which you want to add a phone number } Add.

2 Select a number.

To replace a number in the speed dial list

1 } Phonebook } Options } Speed Dial. 2 Scroll to the number } Replace. Select

a new number for the position.

Voicemail

If your subscription includes an answering service, callers can leave a voicemail message when you cannot answer a call.

Receiving a voicemail message

Depending on your service provider, you are informed that someone has left a message by a text message or by a voicemail icon. Press Yes to read the text message and call the voicemail service to listen to the message.

Calling your voicemail service

You can easily call your voicemail service by pressing and holding . If your voicemail number has not already been set, you will be asked if you want to enter the number. } Yes to enter the number. You get the number from your service provider.

To enter the number to your voicemail service

} Messages } Settings } Voicemail Number.

Voice control

With your phone, you can use your voice to:

• Voice dial – call someone by saying the name.

• Activate voice control by saying a “magic word”.

• Answer and reject calls when using a handsfree kit. You can save approximately 30 recorded words as

voice commands in the phone. Each voice command is limited to maximum of five seconds. There is a total of 25 seconds available for voice commands. Voice commands are saved in the phone’s internal memory and cannot be saved on the SIM card. When recording, make sure that you are in a quiet environment and try to use names that are distinct from each other using voice commands.

% 32 Tips when recording and

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Sony Z502a Instruction Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Getting started

Getting to know your phone

Calling