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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.
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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
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When you register as a subscriber with a service
provider, 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 phonebook
information, among other things.
If you have been using a SIM card in another phone,
make sure that your information is saved to the SIM
card before you remove it from the other phone. For
example, contacts may have been saved in the phone
% 24 Phonebook.
memory
SIM card and battery
information
Always turn off the phone and detach the charger
before you insert or remove a SIM card.
1 Insert the SIM card.
2 Make sure the SIM card is aligned and then
slide it under the metal holder.
3 Place the battery on the back of the phone
with the label side up and the connectors
facing each other.
4 Place the back cover as shown in the picture
and slide it into place.
5 Connect the charger to the phone at the flash
symbol. The flash symbol on the charger plug
must face upwards.
6 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery
icon appears on the screen.
7 Wait approximately 4 hours or until the battery
icon indicates that the battery is fully charged.
If you do not see the battery icon after this
time, press any key or the navigation key ( )
to activate the screen.
8 Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.
It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon
appears when charging.
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Getting started
PIN (Personal Identity Number)
You may need a PIN (Personal Identity Number)
to activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is
supplied by your service provider. When you enter
your PIN, the digits are hidden with an *, unless
your PIN starts with the same digits as an emergency
number, for example 112. This is so that you can
see and call an emergency number without entering
% 24 Emergency calls.
a PIN
If you make a mistake while entering your PIN,
delete the number by pressing .
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the
SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked
appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK
(Personal Unblocking Key),
Some services and functions described in this
user 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 service provider for more
information about your subscription.
Getting started
First-time use
Make sure that the phone is charged before you
turn it on.
for your phone, that is, the language for the
menus.
4 } Yes if you want the setup wizard to help you
get started. Follow the instructions that appear.
When you have turned the phone on, you can use
a setup wizard to quickly and easily prepare your
phone for use.
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Getting started
Setup wizard
This feature is operator dependent.
You can use the setup wizard to help you get started
with the basic settings in your phone. If you do not
want help the first time you turn on your phone,
you can select to use the wizard later. You can also
select to start the wizard from the menu system at
any time. The wizard gives you tips on how to use
the keypad and guides you through the settings.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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 .
• 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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