Sony Z610i User Manual

Sony Ericsson Z610i

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

Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, help, flight mode, calls, activity menu, PC Suite, camera, blog.

Getting to know

the phone .......................... 10

Keys, menus, navigation, icons, shortcuts, phone language, entering letters, file manager, memory card.

Calling ............................... 20

Calls, video calls, contacts, call list, speed dial, voice control, call options, groups, business cards.

Messaging ........................ 35

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

Imaging ............................. 47

Camera, vide o, blog, pictu res, Photo DJ™, themes.

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Entertainment .................. 52

Mus ic and Vid eo player, PlayNo w™, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™, ringtones and melodies, games.

Connectivity ..................... 60

Settings, Internet, RSS, synchronizing, Bluetooth™ technology, USB cable, update service.

More features ................... 70

Alarm clock, calendar, tasks, profiles, time and date, SIM card lock, etc.

Troubleshooting ............... 77

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

Important information ...... 82

Service an d support, safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Index ................................. 92

1Contents

Sony Ericsson

UMTS 2100 GSM 900/1800/1900 This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson

Mobile Communications AB, without a ny warranty. Impro vement s and chan ges t o thi s u ser g ui de nece ssitate d by t ypo graphic al e rrors, i naccu raci es of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipme nt, may be made by Sony Eri csson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without noti ce. Such c hanges will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this user guide.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB , 2006

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 8270 R1A Please note: Som e of th e s ervi ces in t hi s u ser g ui de are not

supported by all networks.

the GSM International Emergency Number 112

Ple ase con tac t your ne tw ork opera tor or se rvic e pro vide r i f you are in doubt whe the r yo u ca n use a particular service or not.

Plea se rea d the and t he your mobile phone.

Your mobile phone has the capability to download, store and fo rwar d addit ional co ntent, e.g. ringt ones. 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 for ward from your mobile phone. Prio r to your u se of any add iti ona l content, plea se verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized. Sony Ericsson does not guar antee t he accura cy, int egrity or qual ity of any add iti ona l conte nt or an y oth er third part y con tent. Under no circumstances will Sony Ericsson be lia ble in any way f or your i mproper u se of addi tional content or other third party content.

Guideli nes for safe a nd e fficient use

Limited warranty

This also applies to

chapters before you use

Blu etooth™ is a tra demark o r regis te red tra dema rk of Bluetooth SIG Inc.

PlayNow, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ and VideoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

Real is a trademark or a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. RealPlayer® for Mobile is included under license from RealNetworks, Inc. Copyright 1995-2004, RealNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved.

Adobe™ Photoshop™ Album Starter Edition is a trademark or registered trademark of Adobe Sys tems Inco rpo rated.

Microsoft, Windows is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S and other countries.

Mac OS is a trade mar k of App le Compu ter , Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered trademark of Tegic Comm unications. 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, G B; and ad ditiona l patents are pen ding worldwi de.

Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

End- user l ice nse agreem en t for Su n™ Java ™ J2ME™ .

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information of Sun and title to all copies is retained by Sun and/or its l icensors. Customer shall not modify, de compil e, disasse mble, dec rypt, extr act,

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2 Export Regulations: Software, including technical

data, i s su bject to U.S. expor t contro l l aws, in cludi ng the U.S. Ex port Adminis tration A ct a nd its as soci ate d regulations, a nd may be subject to export or import regulations in ot her countries. Customer a grees to co mply stri ctl y wi th all such reg ul ations a nd acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, re-export, or import Software. Software may not be downloaded, or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into, or to a national or re sid ent o f, Cuba, Ira q, Iran, N orth Ko rea, Lib ya, Sudan, Syria (as such li sting may be revised from time to time) or any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Dep artment's list of Specially Designated Nations or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders.

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Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Instruction symbols

The fol lowing appear in the User guide:

Note

A service or function is networkor subscripti on-depend ent. Contact your network operator for details.

% See also page...

} Use a selection or navigation

key to scroll and select %

Navigation

Press the navigation key centre.

Press the upper part of the navigation key.

Press the lower part of the navigation key.

Press the left part of the navigation key.

Press the right part of the navigation key.

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3Contents

Getting started

Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, help, flight mode, calls, activity menu, PC Suite, camera, blog.

More i nformation and downloads are ava ilable at

www.sonyericsson.com/support.

Assembly

To use your phone

1 Insert the SIM card and the battery. 2 Charge the battery. 3 Tur n on you r pho n e .

SIM card

When you register as a subscriber with a network operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Mod ule) card. The SIM card contains a computer chip that keeps track of items such as your phone number, the services included in your subscription, and names and numbers in your contacts.

Save contact in formation on your SIM card before removing it from another phone; for example, contacts may be saved in the phone memory.

You may need a PIN (Personal Identity Number) for your SIM card to star t your phone and activate services. When you enter your PIN, each digit appears as *, unless it starts with the same digits as an emergency number, for example 112. This allows for emergency calls without entering a PIN. Press to correct mistakes.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row,

PIN blocked

it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key)

Battery

Some functions use more batter y power than others and m ay ca use a need for more frequent re-charging. If talk time or standby time becomes noticeably shorter, you may have to replace the battery. Only use approved batteries from Sony Ericsson

85 Battery

appears. To unblock

75 SIM card lo ck.

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SIM card and battery

To insert SIM card and battery

To charge the battery

1 Remove the battery cover by pressing

and sliding it as shown in the picture.

2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with

the contacts facing down.

3 Insert the battery with the label side up

and the connectors facing each other.

4 Slide the battery cover into place.

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1 Connect the charger plug to the phone

with the symbol facing upwards.

2 It may take up to 30 minutes before

the battery icon appears.

3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until

the battery icon indicates a full charge. Press a key to activate the screen.

4 Pull out the charger plug.

5Getting started

Turning on your phone

Make sure the phone is charged and a SIM card inserted before turning the phone on. After turning on, use the setup wizard to quickly and easily prepar e fo r use.

To turn on the phone

1 Open the phone. 2 Press and hold . The first start-up

may take a few minutes.

3 Select to use the phone in:

• Normal – full functionality or

• Flight mode – limited functionality with

network and Bluetooth™ transceivers off %

7 Flight mode menu

4 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested. 5 At first start-up, select the language

for your phone menus.

6 } Yes for the setup wizard to help you. 7 Fol low ins truct ions to comple te set up.

Predefined settings may already exist in your ph one.

You may be asked to register your phone at Sony Ericsson. If you accept to register your phone, no personal data, such as your phone number, will be transferred to or processed by Sony Ericsson.

Standby

After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator will appear on the display. This is called standby mode.

Making calls

The phone must be in nor mal mode (not flight mode).

To make a call

1 Enter a phone number (with

international prefix and area code if applicable).

2 } Call to make a voice call or } More

} Make video call to make a video call .

3 } More for options during the call. 4 } End call or close your phone to end

the call.

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Help in your phone

Help and information is available in your phone at any time.

To use the setup wizard

} Settings } the General tab } Setup wizard and select an option:

• Settings download

• Basic setup

• Tips and tricks

To view information about functions

Scroll to a function } More } Info, if availa bl e.

To view the phone demonstration

} Entertainment } Demo tour. Settings download

Automatically set up functions in your phone that use the Internet; Internet, picture messaging, email, My friends, synchronization, update service, blog and streaming.

You can use Settings download if your SIM supports the service, your phone is connected to a network, it is starte d in normal mode and does not already have predefined settings.

Contact your network operator or service provider for more information.

Flight mode menu

If you turn on the phone and Flight

mode menu is activated, select from Normal with full functionality or Flight mode with limited functionality.

Network and Bluetooth transceivers are turned off to prevent disturbance to sensitive equip ment. You can, for example, play music or write a text message to send later but not make calls in an aeroplane.

Follow onboard regulations, flight crew instructions for use of electronic devices.

To view flight mode menu options

} Settings and scroll to the General tab } Flight mode and select an option.

Activity menu

You can open the activity menu almost anywhere in the phone to view and handle new events, and access bookmarks and shortcuts.

To open and close the activity menu

Press .

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Activity menu tabs

• New events – When you have missed

a cal l or recei ved a ne w me ssage , the New events tab appears. Press

to dismiss an event. New even ts

can also be set to appear as p op-up text instead, } Settings } the General tab } New events } Popup.

• Running apps – applications that

are running in the background. Select an application to return to it or press to end it.

• My shortcuts – add, delete and

change the order of shortcuts. When yo u sele ct a shortcut and the application opens, other programs are cl osed o r minimiz ed.

• Internet – your Internet bookmarks.

When yo u sele ct a boo km ark and the browser opens, othe r programs are cl osed o r minimiz ed.

PC Suite software

Enhance the experience of your phone by installing the PC Suite software on your computer. This allows you to, for example, synchronize your phone calendar with a computer calendar.

To install the PC Suite software

1 Turn on your computer and insert the

CD that came with your phone into the C D d ri ve of your comp ut er. The CD starts automatically and the installation window opens.

2 Computer: Select a language and

click OK.

3 Computer: Click

section an d follow the instructions on the screen. When the installation is compl ete , the PC Suite icon appe ar s on the desktop of your computer.

For the latest version of PC Suite, visit www.s onyer i css on .com/s upport.

Install

in the PC Sui te

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Take pictures or record video clips

Screen options

Back

Take pictures Record video

Memory stick slot

Adju st brightness

Delete

Zoom in or out

or Switch camera/ video or

To take a picture or record video

1 From standby, press and hold to

activate the camera.

2 Use the navigation key to

switch between camera and vid eo recorder.

3 Camera: Press to take a picture.

Video: Press to start recording.

To stop recording, press again. Your pictures and video clips are automatically saved in File manager

} Camera album.

4 To take another picture or record

another video clip, press to return to the viewfinder.

To stop using the camera or video recorder, press and hold .

Your personal Web page

Publish your pictures on a Web page. The phone creates the Web page fo r you.

To blog a photo

1 Take a photo } More } Blog this. 2 Follow the instructions for first time

use.

3 Add title and text } OK } Publish. 4 You will receive a text message with

your Web address and log- in da ta.

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9Getting started

Getting to know the phone

Keys, menus, navigation, icons, shortcuts, phone language, entering letters, file manager , me mo ry card.

Phone overview

3 4 5 6

Some icons on keys may differ.

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9 10 11

12 13

1 Ear speaker 2 Screen 3 Selecti on key 4 Navigation key/Music player control 5 Back key 6 Internet key 7 Video call camera 8 Selecti on key 9 Clea r ke y 10 Activity menu key 11 Camera button 12 Silent key 13 Power on/off button 14 Play/stop button 15 Volume, camera adjust brightness buttons 16 Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot 17 Connecto r for charger, handsfree and USB cabl e 18 Camera le ns 19 External display

For more information

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14 Navigation

11Getting to know the phone

Menu overview

PlayNow™* Internet* Entertainment

Online services* Games Video player Vide oDJ ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Remot e contro l Record sound Demo tour

Camera Messaging Music player

Write new Inbox Email RSS reader Drafts Outbox Sent messages Saved messages My friends* Call voicemail Templates Settings

File manager*/** Contacts Video call

Camera album Music Pictures Videos Themes Web pages Games Ap plic ation s Other

New contact

Now playing Artists Tracks Playlists

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Calls** Organizer

All Answered Dialled Missed

Settings**

Alarms Applications Calendar Tasks Notes Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code memo

General

Profiles Time & date Language Update servi ce Voice control New ev ent s Shortcuts Flight mode Security Setup wizard Phon e st atus Master reset

* Some menus are op era tor- , network - an d subs cripti on- dep endent . ** Use the navigation key to move across tabs in submenus. For more information

Sounds & alerts

Ring volume Ringtone Silent m ode Increasing ring Vibr ati ng alert Message alert Key sound

Display

Wallpaper Them es Star t-up s creen Screen saver Clock size Brightness Edit line names*

Calls

Divert calls Sw itc h to lin e 2* Manage calls Time & cost* Show/hide my no. Handsfree Ope n to ans wer

Connectivity*

Bluetooth USB Synchronization Device mgmt. Mobile networks Data comm. Internet settings Streaming settings Accessories

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13Getting to know the phone

Navigation

The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab by pressing the left or right part of the navigation key.

Key

Go to the main menus or select highlighted items.

Move through the menus and tabs.

Select options shown above these k eys on the screen.

Go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby or to end a function.

Delete items, such as pi ctures, soun ds an d contacts. During a call, press and hold to mute the microphone.

Open the browse r.

Open the activity menu % Open or minimize the Music player.

Press and hold to take a picture or record a video clip.

Press and hold to call your voicemail service (if set).

- Press an d hold any of these keys to reach a contact begi nni ng with a spec ific letter.

7 Activity menu

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- Press a n umb er key and then } Call to speed dial.

} Info Find more information, explanations or tips about selected features,

} More Enter a list of options. There are different alternatives in the list of

Press for shortcuts when browsing %

shortcuts or access keys

View a shortcut guide when using the camera.

Turn off the rin gtone when recei vin g a ca ll. Press and hold to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if the phone is set to silent.

View status informa tion in standby. Increase the volume during a call, or when using the Music player. Adjust brightness when using the camera. Press an d hold to go back one music track. Press twice to reject a call. Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set)

28 Voice dialling

Dec rea se the volume during a call , or when us ing the Music player. Adjust brightness when using the camera. Press and h ol d to g o forward one m usic tr ack. Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set)

28 Voice dialling

menus or functions available in your phone %

options depending on where you are in the menus.

62 To use Internet keypad

7 Help in your phone

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15Getting to know the phone

Status bar

Some of the icons that may appear:

Icon Description

3G (UMTS) network is available.

GSM network signal strength.

Battery status.

Battery charging, appears with battery status icon.

Missed in coming ca ll.

Text message received.

Email message received.

Picture message received.

Voice message received.

Ongoing call.

Handsfree is conne cte d.

Cale nda r rem inde r.

Task reminder.

Shortcuts

Use keypad shortcuts to quickly go to a menu, and you can use predefined navigation key shortcuts to quickly reach certain functions. Edit the navigation key shortcuts to suit your own needs.

To use keypad shortcuts

In standby, go to menus by pressing

and then ente r the numb er of the menu. Menu numbering starts from the top left icon and moves across and then down row by row, for example, press for the fifth menu item. For the tenth, eleventh and twelfth items, press , and respectively. To go back to standby, press and hold

To use navigation key shortcuts

In standby, go to a shortcuts menu or function b y p ressing , , or .

To edit a navigation key shortcut

} Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and select a shortcut } Edit.

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Phone language

Select the language to use in the phone menus or when writing text.

To change the phone language

} Settings } the General tab } Language } Phone language. Select

a language.

In standby, you can also press:

• 8888 for automatic language.

• 0000 for English.

Most SIM cards automatically set the menu lang uage to the country where you bought your SIM card. If not, the predefined language is English.

To select writing language

1 } Settings } the General tab

} Language } Writ in g language.

2 Scroll to the language to use and

mark it. } Save to exit the menu.

Entering letters

Enter letters in one of the following ways (text input methods), for example, when writing messages:

• Multi tap text input

• T9™ Text Input

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To change the text input method

Before , or when enter ing l etters, pr ess and hold to change the method.

To change the writing language

Before , or when enter ing l etters, press and hold and sele ct a nother writing language.

Options when entering letters

} More for options w hen w riting a

message.

To enter letters using multitap input

• Press - repeatedly until the

desired character appears.

• Press to shift between capital

and low er-case letters.

• Press and hold - to enter

numbers.

• Press to delete letters or

numbers.

• Press for the most common

punctuation marks.

• Press to add a space.

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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To ent er letters using T9 Text Input

1 To enter text, you have to be in a

function where text input is possible, for exampl e, } Messaging } Write new

} Text message .

2 For example, to write the word “Jane”,

press , , , .

3 If the word shown is the one you want ,

press to ac cept 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 the messag e. To

ente r a punc tu ati on mark, press and then or repeatedly, press

to accept and add a space.

To add words to the T9 Text Input dictionary

1 When entering letters } More } Spell

word .

2 Edit the word by using multitap input.

Use and to move the cursor between the letters. To delete a character, press . To delete the entire word, press and hold .

When you have edited the word

} Insert. The word is add ed to the

T9 Text Inpu t di ctiona ry. Next time you enter this word using T9 Text Inpu t, it appea rs in alter native words.

Next word prediction

When writing a messa ge, you can use T9 Text Input to predict the next word, if previously used in a sentence.

To turn next word prediction on/off

When entering letters } More }

Writing options } Nxt word pred.

To use next word prediction

When entering letters, press to accept or continue.

File manager

Use the file manager to handle items such as pictures, videos, music, themes, Web pages, games and applications saved in the phone memory or on the memory card.

Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)

Your phone supports the Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding more storage space to your phone to save fil es containing pic tures or music, for example.

You can also move and copy files between a computer and the memory card. When the memory card is inserted, files are automatically saved to it first and then to phone memory.

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Create subfol ders to move or copy files to. Games and applications can be moved wi thin the Games and

Applications folders and from the

phone memory to the memory card. Unrecognized files are saved in the

Other folder. When handling files, you

can select several or all files in a folder at the same time for all items except

Games and Applications.

To insert and remove a memory card

File manager menu tabs

The file manager is divided into three tabs, and icons are included to indicate where the files are saved.

• All files - all content in the phone

memory and on the memory card.

• On Memory Stick - all content on

the memory card.

• In phone - all content in the phone

memory.

File information

View file information by highlighting it

} More } Information. Items that are

downl oad ed , or rece ived using one of the available transfer methods, may be copyright-protected. If a file is protected, you may not be able to cop y or send that file. A c opyrightprotected file has a key symbol.

1 Open the M2 cover on the side. 2 Insert the memory card as shown (with

the contacts facing up).

3 Press the edge to release and remove.

To check your memory status

If all available memory is full, you cannot save any files until content is removed. Check the memory status for your phone and memory card by highlighting a folder } More } Memory

status.

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To use a file from the file manager

1 } File manager and open a folder. 2 Scroll to a file } More.

To move or copy a file to memory

1 } File manager and select a folder. 2 Scroll to a file } More } Manage file

} Move to move the file or } More }

Manage file } Copy to copy the file.

3 Select to move or copy the file to

Phone or Memory Stick } Select.

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To move or copy files to a computer

67 Transferring files using the USB

cab le

To create a subfolder

1 } File manager and open a f old er . 2 } More } New folder and enter a

name for the folder.

3 } OK to save the folder.

To select several files

1 } File manager and open a f old er . 2 } More } Mark } Mark several. 3 Scroll to select files } Mark or

Unmark.

To select all files in a folder

} File manager and open a f old er } More } Mark } Mark all.

To del ete a file or a subfolder from the file manager

1 } File manager and open a f old er . 2 Scroll to a file } More } Delete .

Memory card options

Check memory status or format the memory card to delete all information.

To use memory card options

} File manager and select th e On Memory Stick tab } More for options.

Calling

Calls, video calls, contacts, call list, speed dial, voice control, call options, groups, business cards.

Making and receiving calls

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

6 Turning on your phone

a video call %

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 network operato r has an agreem ent that allows you to do so. This is called roami ng.

Select the network to use, or you can add a network to your preferred networks. You ca n also chan ge the order in which networks are selected during an automatic search.

To view available network options

} Settings and use or to scroll

to the Connectivity tab } Mobile

networks.

23 Video call

. To make .

20 Ca lling

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Your p hone also sw itc hes automatically between GSM and 3G (UMTS) netwo rks depe nding on availa bility. Some ne twork oper ators allow you to switch networks manually, as searching for unavailable networks consumes battery power.

To switch networks

1 } Settings } Connectivity } Mobile

networks } GSM/3G networks.

2 } GSM and 3G (automatic) or } GSM

only.

For m ore info rmati on, contact your network operator.

To make a call

1 Enter a phone number (with

international country code and area code , if applic able).

2 } Call to make a voice call or } More

to view options, such as Make video

call %

23 Video call

3 } End call or close your phone to end

the call.

You can call numbers from your contacts and call list and

27 Call list. You can also use your

voice to make calls

24 Contacts,

28 Voice control.

To join two calls into a conference call

1 Call the first person to include in the

conference.

2 } More } Hold to hold the ongoing call. 3 Call the second person. 4 } More } Join calls.

To make international calls

1 Press and hold until a + sign

appears.

2 Enter the country code, area code

(w ithout the first ze ro) and phone number. } Call to make a vo ice ca ll, or } More } Make video call to make a video call.

To re-dial a number

If a call c onne cti on fa ils a nd Retry? appears } Yes.

Do not h old th e phone t o yo ur e ar when waiting. When the call connects, the phone gives a loud signal.

To answer a call

Open your phone or } Answer.

You can turn

34 To turn the open to answer on or

off.

Open to answer

on or off

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21Calling

To reject a call

• Quickly press or twice.

• Close your phone.

• } Busy.

To turn off the microphone

1 Press and hold . 2 To resume the conversation press and

hold ag ai n.

To turn the loudspeaker on or off during a voice call

} More } Turn on speaker or Turn off speaker.

Do not hold the phone to your ear when using the loudspeaker. This could damage your hearing.

To change the ear speaker volume

Press to increase or to decrease the ear speaker volume dur ing a call.

Missed calls

When the activity menu is set to default, missed calls appear in the

New events tab in standby. If pop-up

is set to default Missed calls: appears in stand by

7 Activity menu

To check missed calls from standby

• If activity menu is set to default, press

and use or to scroll to t he

New events tab. Scroll or to

select a number and } Call to call.

• If pop-up is set to default, } Calls and

use or to scroll to the Missed tab. Scroll or to se lect a numbe r and } Call to call.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports international emergency numbers, for example, 112, 911. These numbers can normally be used to make emergency calls in any country, with or without a SI M card inserte d, i f a 3G (UMTS) or GSM network is within range.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your network operator may therefore have saved additional local e mergency numbers on the SIM card.

To make an emergency call

Enter 112 (the international emergency number) } Call.

To view your local emergency numbers

} Contacts } More } Options } Special numbers } Emergency nos.

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Video call

See a person on screen during calls.

Before you start

To make a vide o ca ll, both you and the person you are calling need a subscription that supports the 3G (UMTS) service, and you need to be within range of a 3G (UMTS) network. 3G (UMTS) service is available when the 3G icon appears in the status bar.

Video call demo mode

You can use most video call functions without making a ca ll, for ex ample, to prepar e a ca mera view before call ing.

} Video call.

To make a video call

When 3G (UMTS) serv ice is availabl e, you can make a video call in one of the following ways:

• Enter a phone number (international

prefix and area co de if ap plica bl e) }

More } Make video call.

• Contacts and select the contact to

call. Use or to select a number }

More } Make video call.

• Video call } Call.... } Contacts to

retrieve a phone number } Call or enter a phone number } Call.

To zoom the outgoing video in or out

Press to zoom in the outgoing video and press to zoom out.

To accept an incoming video call

Open your phone or } Answer.

You can turn

34 To turn the open to answer on or

off.

To end a video call

Clo se you r phone or } End call. Video call options

} More for the following options:

• Switch camera – to switch between

the main and video call cameras. Use the main camera to show a full image of your sur rou ndi ngs to the re ci pient.

• Stop camera/Start camera – turn the

video camera off or on. An alternative picture is shown when off.

• Save picture – save the image shown

in the large view, for example, the incoming caller image.

• Camera – options

• Brightness – adjust the level for the

outgoing picture.

• Turn on night m. – use when

lighting conditions are poor. This setting affects the outgoing video.

Open to answer

on or off

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• Sound – options during a video call

• Turn off speaker/Turn on speaker

– incoming sound.

• Mute microphone/Unmute mic.

– microphone off or on.

• Transfer sound – to and from

Bluetooth handsfree equipment.

• Layout – options

• Switch pictures – show incoming or

outgoing video in full size view.

• Hide small pic./Show small pic.

• Mirror image – set if you want to

see yourself as in a mirror.

• Settings – when answering

• Answer mode – set the video call

camera to on or off.

• Alternative pic. – set a picture to

show t o the re cipient wh en the

cam era is off .

• Audio options – select if

microphone, speaker phone, or

both should be on o r off.

• Video quality – select picture qual ity

of the incoming video call.

Contacts

You can save your contact information in the phone memory or on a SIM card.

Choo se whic h contact inf orm ati on – Phone contacts or SIM contacts – is shown as default.

For useful information and settings

} Contacts } More } Options.

Default contact

If Phone contacts is selected as default, your contacts show all the information saved in Contacts. If you select SIM contacts as default, your contacts show information depending on the SIM ca rd .

To select default contacts

1 } Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Default contacts.

2 } Phone contacts or SIM contacts.

Phone contacts

Save contacts in the phone with names, phone numbe rs a nd pe rsonal information. You can also add pictures and ringtones to contacts. Use , ,

and to scroll between tabs and

their information fields.

To add a phone contact

1 If Phone contact s is selected as default,

} Contacts } New contact } Add. 2 Enter the name } OK. 3 Enter the number } OK. 4 Select a number option.

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5 Scroll between tabs and select the

fields to add information. To enter symbols such as @, } More } Add

symbol and select a symbol } Insert.

6 When all information is added } Save.

To delete a contact

1 } Contacts and scroll to a contact. 2 Press and select Yes.

To delete all phone contacts

If Phone contacts is selected as default, } Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Delete all contacts } Yes and } Yes. Names and numbers

on the SIM card are not deleted.

SIM contacts

Save contacts on your SIM card.

To add a SIM contact

1 If SIM contacts is selected as default,

} Contacts } New contact } Add. 2 Enter the name } OK. 3 Enter the number } OK and select a

number option. Add more information,

if available } Save.

To automatically save names and

phone numbers on the SIM card

} Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Auto save on SIM

and select On.

Memory status

The number of contacts you can save in the phone or on the SIM card depends on available memory.

To view memory status

} Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Memory status.

Using contacts

Contacts can be used in many ways. Below you can see how to:

• call phone and SIM contacts.

• send phone contacts to another

device.

• copy contacts to phone and

SIM card.

• add a picture or a ringtone to

a p hone co nt act.

• edit contacts.

• synchronize your contacts.

To call a phone contact

1 } Contacts. Scroll to, or enter the first

letter or letters of the contact.

2 When the co ntac t i s highlighte d p re ss

or to select a num ber } Call to

make a voice call, or } More } Make

video call to make a video call.

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To call a SIM contact

• If SIM contacts is default } Contacts

and when the contact is highlighted press or to select a number.

} Call to make a voice call, or } More } Make video call to make a video call.

• If Phone contacts is set as default

} Contacts } More } Options } SIM contacts and select the contact } Call

to ma ke a voice call , or } More } Make

video call to make a video call.

To send a contact

} Contacts and select a contact } More } Send contact and select

a transfer method.

To send all contacts

} Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Send all contacts

and select a transfer method.

To copy names and numbers to the SIM card

1 } Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Copy to SIM.

2 Select one of the alternatives.

When copying all contacts from the phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM card information is replaced.

To copy names and numbers to phone contacts

1 } Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Copy from SIM.

2 Select one of the alternatives.

To add a picture, ringtone sound or video to a phone contact

1 } Contacts and select the contac t

} More } Edit contact.

2 Sel ect the rele va nt tab and then sel ect

Picture or Ringtone } Add.

3 Select an option and an item } Save.

If your subscription supports Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign personal ringtones to contacts.

To edit a phone contact

1 } Contacts and select a contact

} More } Edit contact.

2 Scroll to the relevant tab and select

the field to edit } Edit.

3 Edit the information } Save.

To edit a SIM contact

1 If SIM contacts is default } Contacts

and select the name and number to edit. If phone contacts is default

} Contacts } More } Options } SIM contacts and select the name and

number to edit.

2 } More } Edit contact and edit the

name and number.

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Synchronizing contacts

You can synchronize your contacts

with a contacts application on the

Web. For more information

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To save and restore contacts with

a memory card

} Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Back up to M.S. or

Restore from M.S.

To select the sort order for contacts

} Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Sort order.

Call list

Information about most recent calls.

To call a number from the call list

1 From standby, } Calls and select a

tab.

2 Scroll to the name or number to call }

Call to make a voice call, or } More }

Make video call to make a video call.

To add a call list number to contacts

1 From standby, } Calls and select a tab. 2 Scroll to the number to add } More

} Save number. 3 } New contact to create a new contact,

or select an existi ng contact to add

the number to.

To clear the call list

} Calls and select the All tab } More } Delete all.

Speed dial with pictures

Save numbers in positions 1-9 in your phone to access them easily. Speed dial is dependent on your de fault contacts % example, you can speed dial numbers saved on the SIM card.

If you add contacts with pictures to speed dial positions, the contact pictures appear for easy reference

26 To add a picture, ringtone sound

or video to a phone contact

To edit speed dial numbers

1 } Contacts } More } Options

} Speed dial.

2 Scroll to the position } Add or } More

} Replace.

To speed dial

From standby, enter the position number } Call.

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Voicemail

If your subscr iptio n inc ludes an answering service, callers can leave a voicemail message when you cannot answer a call.

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Contact your network operator for your voicemail number or for more information.

To call your voicemail service

Press and hold . If you have not entered a voicemail number, } Yes and enter the number.

To edit your voicemail number

} Messaging } Settings } Voicemail number.

Voice control

Manage calls with your voice by creating voice commands to:

• Voice dial – call someone by saying

their name.

• Activate voice control by saying a

“magic word”.

• Answer an d reject calls when usi ng

a handsfree.

Before voice dialling

Activate the vo ice dialling function a nd record your voice commands. An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command.

To activate voice dialling and record names

1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice

control } Voice dialling } Activate } Yes } New voice and sel ect a

contact.

2 If the contact has more than one

number, use and to view the numbers. Select the number to add the voice command to. Record a voice command such as “John mobile”.

3 Instructions appear. Wait for the tone

and say the command to record. The voice command is played back to you.

4 If the recording sounds OK } Yes. If

not } No and repeat step 3. To record another voice command for

a contact } New voice } Add again and repeat steps 2-4.

Caller name

Hear your recorded contact name when you receive a call from that contact.

To turn the caller name on or off

} Settings } the General tab } Voice control } Play caller name.

Voice dialling

Start voice d ia lling fr om standb y using the phone, a portable handsfree, a Bluetooth headset or by saying your magic word.

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To make a call

1 From standby, press and hold one of

the volume keys.

2 Wait for the tone and say a recorded

name, for example “John mobile”.

The name is played back to you and

the call is connected.

To make a call with a handsfree

From standby, press and hold the

handsfree button, or press the

Bluetooth headset button.

The magic word

Recor d and use a voi ce command as

a magic word to activate voice control

without pressing any keys. The magic

word can only be u sed with a handsfree.

Choose a l ong, unus ual word or phrase

that can easily be distinguished from

ordinary background speech.

To activate and record the magic

word

1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice

control } Magic word } Activate. 2 Instructions appear. } Continue. Wait

for the tone and say the magic word.

3 } Yes to accep t or } No to record a

new magic word.

4 Instructions appear. } Continue and

select the environm ents in which your

magic word is to be activated.

Voice answering

Answer or reject incoming calls by using your voice, when using a handsfree.

You can use a MID I, WAV (16 kHz), eMelody or iMelody file as a ringtone with voice answering.

To activate voice answering and record voice answer commands

1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice

control } Voice answer } Activate.

2 Instructions appear. } Continu e. Wait

for the tone and say “Answer”, or another word.

3 } Yes

to accept or } No for a new

recording.

4 Instructions appear. } Continu e.

Wait for the tone and say “Busy”, or another word.

5 } Yes to accept or } No for a new

recording.

6 Instructions appear. } Continu e and

select the environments in which voice answering is to be activated.

To answer or reject a call using voice commands

When the phone rings, say:

• “Answer” to connect the call.

• “Busy” to reject the call .

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