Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson, AAB-1021011-BV User Manual

Contents

Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters.

Personalizing your phone 16

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Transferring and exchanging information 65

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 69

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Sony Ericsson

GSM 900/1800/1900

Fifth edition (May 2003)
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

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
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T9™ Text Input is licensed under one or more of
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Getting to know your phone

About this user’s guide

The “Getting to know your phone” chapter gives a
quick overview of the main functions of the phone,
shortcuts and general information.

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

Assembly

Before you can use your phone you need to:

• Insert the SIM card.

• Attach and charge the battery. See “SIM card and
battery information” on page 5.

Note: Always turn off the phone and detach the
charger before you insert or remove a SIM card.

The SIM card

SIM card and battery information

It may take up to 30 minutes before an icon
appears when charging.

1. Insert the SIM card. Slide the silvery holder over
the SIM card to lock it in place.

2. Place the battery on the back of the phone with
the connectors facing each other.

3. Place the back cover as shown in the picture and
slide it into place.

30 min.

Turning the phone on

If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete
the wrong number by pressing .

If your PIN starts with the same digits as an
emergency number, for example 112, the digits are
not hidden with an * when you enter them. This is
so that you can see and call an emergency number
without entering a PIN. See “Making emergency
calls” on page 24.

on/off

Wel

Navigating the menus

The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop.
To go to the desktop, press the joystick.

Example

To set an alarm

1. Use the joystick to scroll to Organizer, and press
the left key to select it.

2. Use the joystick to scroll down to Alarms, and press
the left key to select this function. Press the left

key again to select Alarm.

3. Enter the time and press the left key to save
your entry.

Desktop

Press to go to
the desktop.
Move up,
down, left,
right through
menus.
Press to select

Key functions

Press once to activate camera
function. Press again to take
a picture.
Volume keys increase/decrease
the earpiece volume during a
call. Enter the Status menu in
standby. Press twice to reject
an incoming call. Press once

Infrared port.

Press and hold to switch
the phone on or off.
Press to go directly to
the Internet.
Move through the menus,
lists and texts.

Quick keys

Useful key combinations are described below.

To... When in standby:

make an emergency call enter the emergency

number and press

CALL

enter Call contact press
enter Internet services press
voice dial press and hold a volume

key or say your magic word

enter the main menu press or press the

centre of the joystick
enter the menu to see
today’s date, the profile
in use and the model
name of the phone

press a volume key once

change the language
to Automatic

press 8888

change the language

press 0000

To... When in standby:

To... When in the menus:

move through menus or lists press (and hold) a volume

key or use the joystick

delete an item press and hold

when in lists

go back to standby press and hold

To... When entering letters

using multitap text input:

reach the second letter

press the volume

shift between multitap
or T9 Text input methods

press and hold

shift between input
languages (including
character or numeric)

press and hold

To... When entering letters

using T9 Text Input:

To... When entering letters

using multitap text input:

Help texts

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

To get help

Select the menu or function and press

INFO.

Delete and edit

If you add items, for example, a contact, a note,
an appointment or a WAP bookmark, you can

A SIM card which supports Online services works
in the same way as a normal SIM card. When you have
inserted your SIM card and turned on your phone, your
network operator can download data to your SIM card.
When you restart your phone after the first data
download, a new submenu appears under the menu.

To enter your new menu system

Scroll to Connectivity, Online services.

Menu overview

Operator direct
link

Internet
services

My shortcuts Camera Messaging Entertainment Pictures &

sounds

View week
Ring volume
Select profile
Switch to line 1*
My numbers

Te x t
Picture
Call voice mail
E-mail
WA P push

Games & more
Other games

My pictures
More pictures
My sounds
More sounds
Themes

Entering letters

You can enter letters, for example, when you add
names to the Phonebook, write text messages or
enter WAP addresses.

Apart from the way you normally enter letters
in your phone, using multitap text input, you can
use T9™ Text Input for entering text messages and
e-mail, for example, if the input language you select
supports this. T9

™

Text Input is a predictive input

method and is a quicker way to write texts. See

Multitap text input

When saving names in the Phonebook or when writing
WAP addresses, you enter letters using multitap text
input. You press each key as many times as needed
to show the letter you want. In the following example,
we are going to write a name in the Phonebook.

To enter letters using multitap text input

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Add contact.

2. Press

ADD and then the appropriate key, –

T9

™

Text Input

You can use T9™ Text Input when writing, for
example, text messages and e-mail. The T9™
Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary that
recognizes 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.

To shift from multitap to T9 text input method

W X Y Z 9
+ 0
Space ↵ ¶

MORE

for an options list
to delete letters and numbers
to shift between capital

and lower-case letters

-

press and hold to enter numbers

Press… to get…

•Press MORE to go to a list of options.

• Select Spell word.

• Press and hold to delete the entire word,

or delete one letter at a time by pressing

repeatedly.

• Write the new word using multitap text input

and press

INSERT.

The word is added to the dictionary. The next

time you enter the word, it appears as one of

the alternative words.

• Text format – Change style, size and alignment.

• Input language– Change input language.

• Input method – Change input method.

• Word suggestions – Select to show a list of
suggested words.
My words – A list of words you have added to
the dictionary.

• Help.

Personalizing your phone

You can adjust the phone settings to suit your own
requirements.

Note: If you change a setting which is included in
a profile, the active profile is also changed. See
“Profiles” on page 23.

Themes

To send a theme

You can exchange themes via IR, Bluetooth wireless
technology, picture message or e-mail. Please note
that you are not allowed to exchange copyright­protected material. For more information on sending
themes in messages, see “Messaging” on page 43.

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, Themes.

2. Select a theme, press

MORE.

3. Select Send.

4. Select a transfer method.

All pictures are saved in My pictures, in the Pictures
& sounds menu.

You can also save animations in your phone.
These are handled like pictures.

Handling pictures

You can add, edit, or delete pictures in My pictures.
The number of pictures that can be saved depends
on the size of the pictures. File types supported are
GIF, JPEG and WBMP.

Tip: You can select Wallpaper by pressing

MORE when viewing pictures in My pictures.

To edit and save a picture

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, My pictures.

2. Scroll to the picture you want,

MORE.

3. Scroll to Edit. You can now start to edit the picture.

4. Press

MORE, select Save picture. The picture is saved

in My pictures.

When editing or drawing a picture: Exchanging pictures

You can exchange pictures via IR, Bluetooth
wireless technology, picture message or e-mail.
Please note that you are not allowed to exchange
copyright-protected material. For more information
on sending pictures in messages, see “Messaging”
on page 43. Save the e-mail address of a WAP
album in your Phonebook and you can save pictures
in that album if you send the pictures as attachments.

To send a picture

Press… to…

move the cursor up and left.
move the cursor up.
move the cursor up and right.
move the cursor left.
activate the current drawing tool.

Screen saver

The phone has a screen saver, which is activated
automatically when the phone has been in idle mode
for a few seconds. After a few more seconds, the
screen saver changes to sleep mode to save power.
To turn the screen saver On or Off, scroll to Settings,
Display, Screen saver, Activate.

To use a picture as the screen saver

You select a picture saved in the phone and use it as

To select a ring signal

Scroll to Settings, Sounds and alerts, Ring signal.

To download a ring signal

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, More sounds.

2. Select a link.

To set the ring signal volume

1. Scroll to Settings, Sounds and alerts, Ring volume.

2. Press or to increase or decrease the volume.

Note: To edit your own melody, scroll to Pictures &
sounds, My sounds, select the melody and press

MORE.

Select

EDIT.

To send a melody

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, My sounds.

2. Scroll to a melody,

MORE.

3. Select Send.

4. Select a transfer method.

To turn increasing ring On or Off,

Scroll to Settings, Sounds and alerts, Increasing ring.

Specific ring signals for personal calls

If you subscribe to the Two Line Service, you
can set different ring signals for the two voice
lines. Line 1 and Line 2 are displayed instead
of Voice calls.
If your subscription includes the Calling Line
Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a

To set the vibrating alert

1. Scroll to Settings, Sounds and alerts, Vibrating alert.

2. Select the setting you want.

From the Settings, Sounds and alerts menu, you can
also select Message alert, Key sound and turn on the
Minute minder.

If you turn on the minute minder, you hear a beep

once every minute during a call.

• To set the display light, scroll to Settings, Display,
Light.

• To set the display contrast, scroll to Settings,
Display, Contrast.

Time settings

The time is always displayed in standby.

• To set the time, scroll to Settings, Time and date,
Set time.

When your phone changes network, and the time
sent out from the operator deviates from the time in
your phone, you are asked whether you want to update
the time if you have turned on Auto time zone. If you
press

YES, the time is updated automatically.

Answering mode

When using a portable handsfree kit, you can choose
to answer a call by pressing any key (except the

NO

key) or set the phone to answer the call automatically.

• To check your phone number, scroll to Phonebook,
Special numbers, My numbers. If your number is not
saved on your SIM card, you can enter it yourself.

Keypad lock

You can lock the keypad to avoid dialling a number
by accident.

Note: Calls to the international emergency number
112 can still be made, even when the keypad is locked.

To add a function to my shortcuts

1. Scroll to My shortcuts, Edit shortcuts.

2. Select a function from the list by pressing

CHECK.

3. Enter the position number you want for this function
in your menu and press

OK.

4. Press

SAVE to exit the list.

Profiles

Your phone has a number of preset profiles which
are set to suit a certain environment. You can rename,

You can reset all profile settings to the way they were
set when you bought your phone.

• To reset all profiles, scroll to Settings, Profiles,
Reset profiles.

Automatic activation

Some profiles, for example In car, are automatically
activated when used with a specific accessory.
When disconnected, the profile is changed back.

Calling

Before you can make or receive any calls, you must
turn on the phone and be within range of a network.
See “Turning the phone on” on page 6.

Making calls

1. Enter the area code and the phone number.

2. Press

CALL to make the call.

3. Press

END CA LL to end the call.

Automatic re-dialling

If the connection of the call failed and the display
shows Retry?, press

YES. The phone re-dials the

number (up to ten times):

• Until the call is connected.

• Until you press a key or receive a call.

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

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.

Note: Some network operators may require that a
SIM card is inserted, and in some cases that the PIN
has been entered as well.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also
be promoted. Your operator may therefore have saved

To answer a call

Press

YES.

To reject a call

Press

NO.

Tip: You can also use your voice to answer or reject
calls. See “Voice control” on page 30.

Missed calls

To call a number from the call list

1. To enter the call list, press

CALLS from standby.

2. Scroll to the number you want to call,

CALL.

• To clear the call list, scroll to Calls, Options,
Clear call list.

• To turn the call list on or off, scroll to Calls, Options,
Call listing.

Call priority service

Phonebook

In the Phonebook you can store the information on
your SIM card and on your phone. You have space for
up to 510 numbers. You can save all the information
needed to contact people. You can also set how much
information you want to show.

Entries saved are stored in your phone’s memory,
not on your SIM card. To synchronize your phone­based contact list with your PDA or PC, see
“Synchronization” on page 68.

Tip: To enter an unsaved number, press LOOK UP
when you are in a number field, and select a number
in the unsaved numbers list.

Pictures, personal rings and voice commands

You can add a picture, personal ring signal and voice
command to a contact.

To add a picture to a phonebook contact

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Pictures.

2. When the contact you want to call is highlighted,

press

SELECT.

3. Select the number you want to call.

To call a name from your SIM card

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Advanced, Call from SIM.

2. Enter the first letter of the name,

OK.

3. Select the name,

CALL.

Updating the phonebook

To delete a contact

•Scroll to Phonebook, Manage contact, Delete
contact. Then select the contact and press

DELETE.

Tip: You can also delete a contact by pressing

when the contact is highlighted.

To delete all contacts

• To delete all contacts, scroll to Phonebook,
Advanced, Delete all.

4. Select Default number. Highlight the number you
want as default, press

SELECT.

Groups

You can create a group of contacts. By doing so, you
can send text messages to several recipients at the same
time. See “Sending text messages” on page 44.

To create a group of contacts

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Manage contact, Groups,

Exchanging business cards

You can exchange business cards between your
phone and another similar phone, a PDA or a PC,
using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared
port, text or picture message.

To send your business card

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Manage contact,
My card, Send.

2. Select a transfer method.

3. Select the contact you want to send,

SEND.

4. Select transfer method.

To send all contacts

Scroll to Phonebook, Advanced, Send all and select
a transfer method.

Copy names and numbers

You can copy the names and numbers between your
phone’s memory and the SIM card. The number of