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Note
Tip
Warning
A service or function is networkor subscription-dependent.
Contact your network operator
for details.
> Use a selection or navigation
key to scroll and select. See
Navigation on page 14.
1 Press and hold down .
2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested
and select OK.
3 Select a language.
4 Select Yes to use the setup wizard.
If you want to correct a mistake when
you enter your PIN, press .
SIM card
The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)
card, which you get from your network
operator, contains information about
your subscription. Always turn off your
phone and detach the charger before
you insert or remove the SIM card.
You can save contacts on the SIM card
before you remove it from your phone.
See To copy names and numbers to the
SIM card on page 25.
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal
Identification Number) to activate the
services in your phone. Your PIN is
supplied by your network operator.
Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it
starts with emergency number digits,
for example, 112 or 911. You can see
and call an emergency number without
entering a PIN.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in
a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM
card lock on page 67.
Startup screen
The startup screen appears when you
turn your phone on. See Using pictures
on page 44.
Standby
After you have turned your phone on
and entered your PIN, the name of the
network operator appears. This view is
called standby.
Help and information are available in
your phone. See Navigation on page 14.
To use the setup wizard
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Setup wizard.
2 Select an option.
To view information about functions
• Scroll to a function and select Info, if
available. In some cases, Info appears
under Options.
To view the phone demonstration
• From standby select Menu >
Entertainment > Demo tour.
To view status information
• From standby press the volume key.
Charge the battery
Your phone battery is partly charged
when you buy it.
It may take 30 minutes for the battery
icon to appear on the screen.
Using the USB charger
To connect the charger and charge
the battery (The illustrations are for
guidance only and may not accurately
depict the actual phone)
1 Connect the USB cable (you can get
instruction for three conditions from
Note) plug to the AC adapter USB
socket, as shown in the above
illustration. The USB cable is supplied
with your phone.
2 Connect the USB cable connector to
your phone. Press a key to view the
charging status on the screen. It takes
approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge
the battery.
(USB cable for charging and USB
cable for data transferring. See the
illustrations as below), then the USB
cable for charging is only intended for
charging your phone. Do not use it for
transferring data.
The USB cable for the USB charger is
only intended for connection to the AC
adapter to charge your phone. It must
not be used for connection to a PC.
It can only be used for charging your
phone. Never use it for charging
accessories.
USB cable for charging
USB cable for transferr ing
2 If there is only one USB cable in the
kit, it is intended for charging your
phone as well as transferring data.
3 If there is only one USB cable for the
USB charger in the phone kit, this USB
cable is only intended for charging your
phone.
4 Sony Ericsson strongly recommends
that you use only Sony Ericsson
branded original batteries, the part
of power supply device in accordance
with YD/T 1591-2006 specifications
of Communications Industry Standards
of P. R. China and the USB cable
supplied with your phone to charge
the phone. The use of third-party
products may decrease the
performance of your phone and/or
pose a risk to your health or safety.
You can charge the battery for more or
less than 2.5 hours. Interrupted charging
will not damage the battery.
Performance depends on temperatures,
signal strenth, usage patterns, features
selected and voice or data transmissions.
The stand-by time for this battery is up
to hours.
330
Use only Sony Ericsson branded original
batteries intended for use with your
mobile phone. If you use other batteries
you may not be able to charge your phone.
Profiles
Time & date
Language
Update service
Voice control
New events
Shortcuts
Flight mode
Security
Setup wizard
Phone status
Master reset
* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
** You can use the navigation key to scroll between tabs in submenus. For more information, see Navigation
on page 14.
Sounds & alerts
Ring volume
Ringtone
Silent mode
Increasing ring
Vibrating alert
Message alert
Key sound
2 Scroll to an option and select Edit.
3 Scroll to a menu option and select
Shortc.
Activity menu
The activity menu gives you quick
access to certain functions.
To open the activity menu
• Press .
Activity menu tabs
• New events – missed calls and new
messages.
• Running apps – applications that are
running in the background.
• My shortcuts – add your favourite
functions to access them quickly.
• Internet – quick access to the Internet.
File manager
You can use the file manager to handle
files saved in the phone memory or on
a memory card.
You may have to purchase a memory card
separately.
Memory card
Your phone supports Memory Stick
Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding
more storage space to your phone.
It can also be used as a portable
memory card with other compatible
devices.
To insert a memory card
1 Open the battery cover.
2 Insert the memory card with the
You can move and copy files between
your phone, a computer and a memory
card. Files are saved on the memory
card first and then in the phone memory.
Unrecognized files are saved in the
Other folder.
You can create subfolders to move or
copy files to. You can select more than
one or all the files in a folder at the same
time for all folders except Games and
Applications.
If the memory is full, delete some
content to create space.
File manager tabs
The file manager is divided into three
tabs, and icons indicate where the files
are saved.
2 Scroll to a folder and select Open.
3 Select Options > Mark > Mark several.
4 For each file you want to mark, scroll
to the file and select Mark.
To delete a file from the file manager
1 From standby select Menu > Organizer
> File manager.
2 Find the file and press .
Phone language
You can select a language to use in your
phone.
To change the phone language
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Language > Phone
language.
2 Select an option.
Entering text
You can use multitap text input or T9™
Text Input to enter text. The T9 Text
Input method uses a built-in dictionary.
To change text input method
• When you enter text, press and hold
down .
To shift between capitals and
lower-case letters
• When you enter text, press .
To enter numbers
• When you enter text, press and hold
down – .
To enter full stops and commas
• When you enter text, press .
To enter text using T9™ Text Input
1 From standby select, for example,
Menu > Messaging > Write new > Text
message.
2 If is not displayed, press and hold
down to change to T9 Text Input.
3 Press each key only once, even if the
letter you want is not the first letter on
the key. For example, to write the word
“Jane”, press , , , .
Write the whole word before looking at
the suggestions.
4 Use or to view suggestions.
5 Press to accept a suggestion.
Multitap input only applies when Latin
characters are selected as writing
languages.
To add words to the built-in dictionary
1 When you enter text using T9 Text Input,
select Options > Spell word.
2 Write the word using multitap input and
select Insert.
Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input
methods for entering Chinese
characters:
• Stroke input
• Pinyin input
You can use these methods, for
example, to enter Chinese names
and Chinese short messages.
Switching between Chinese input
methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can
select and switch quickly to another
input method by pressing and holding
.
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you
choose, your phone has a function to
speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter a stroke
or a Pinyin letter, a candidate row of
the most frequently used characters
containing that stroke or relating to that
letter appears at the bottom of the
screen.
If the character you want is not
displayed in the candidate row, press
to present another candidate row.
Continue pressing until the character
you want is displayed. Alternatively,
you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin
letter and a new set of characters will
immediately be displayed in the
candidate row. To go back to the
previous row, press . To select
a character in the candidate row, press
the navigation key or press and hold
the key corresponding to the number
above the character you want to enter.
A Chinese character is built up of
strokes. There are more than 30 basic
strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke
categories. Each category is
represented on the keypad by one of
the keys – . The Wild Card
key , is used when you are not sure
of which stroke to use.
Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories are defined in
the table below:
The basic building units of Chinese
characters are components that are
made up of strokes. After entering the
first two strokes of the desired character,
the component and character
candidates that started with that stroke
are displayed in the candidate row.
Using components is a fast method for
entering complex characters.
The smaller candidates surrounded by
dotted frames are components, and the
bigger candidates without dotted frames
are characters.
For example, to enter “
信息
”
1 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2 Move the cursor to “ 信 ”, press .
Move the cursor to “ 息 ”, press
again to select “ 息 ”.
Example of using the wild card key
The wild card key , is used to
supplement unclear strokes in entering
characters. If you want to enter “ 互 ”,
but you only know that “一 ” is the first
and the last stroke of the character and
that the total number of strokes is four,
enter , , , . The
character is displayed in the
candidate row.
Press the keys containing the required
Pinyin letters, and the phone will make
various proposals on the screen,
according to the pronunciation rules
of Mandarin.
Below is the key mapping of Pinyin
letters on the keypad.
Number Key Pinyin Letter
a b c
d e f
g h i
j k l
m n o
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced
by v.
For example, to enter “
信息
”
1 Press , , .
2 When “xin” is highlighted, press
or and select “ 信 ”, then press .
(If you want to enter any of the other
suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll
up or down to the desired combination,
then press ).
3 Press again to select “ 息 ”, when
“ 息 ” is highlighted.
Fuzzy Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin is an option for the Pinyin
input method, which contains additional
spelling alternatives.
When in Pinyin input mode, press
Options > Writing language > Fuzzy
Pinyin> On.
Input punctuation, symbols and
smilies
Under any Chinese input mode, press
, to see the table of punctuation
marks, symbols and smilies. Use the
navigation key to make a selection.
Press to enter a space into the
text.
You need to turn on your phone and
be within range of a network.
To make a call
1 From standby enter a phone number
(with international country/region code
and area code, if applicable).
2 Press .
You can call numbers from your contacts
and call list. See Contacts on page 23,
and Call list on page 28. You can also use
your voice to make calls. See Voice
control on page 29.
To end a call
• Press .
To make international calls
1 From standby press and hold down
until a “+” sign appears.
2 Enter the country/region code, area
code (without the first zero) and phone
number.
3 Press .
To re-dial a number
• When Retry? appears select Yes.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when
waiting. When the call connects, your
phone gives a loud signal.
To answer a call
• Press .
To reject a call
• Press .
To change the ear speaker volume
during a call
• Press the volume key up or down.
To mute the microphone during a call
1 Press and hold down .
2 Press and hold down again
to resume.
To turn the loudspeaker on during
a call
• Select SpkrOn.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when
using the loudspeaker. This could damage
your hearing.
Your phone supports international
emergency numbers, for example, 112
and 911. These numbers can normally
be used to make emergency calls in
any country/region, with or without the
SIM card inserted, if a GSM network is
within range.
In some countries/regions, other
emergency numbers may also be
promoted. Your network operator may
therefore have saved additional local
emergency numbers on the SIM card.
To make an emergency call
• From standby enter 112 (the
international emergency number)
and press .
To view your local emergency
numbers
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Special numbers >
Emergency nos.
Contacts
You can save names, phone numbers
and personal information in Contacts.
Information can be saved in the phone
memory or on the SIM card.
Default contacts
You can choose which contact
information is shown as default.
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
names and numbers saved on the SIM
card.
To select default contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Default contacts.
3 Select an option.
Phone contacts
Phone contacts can contain names,
phone numbers and personal
information. They are saved in the
phone memory.
To add a phone contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select Add.
3 Enter the name and select OK.
4 Enter the number and select OK.
5 Select a number option.
6 Scroll between tabs and select the fields
Note: Phone supports Chinese and
English contacts mixed search. When
a contact is written in Latin characters,
the entered letter can reach the Latin
contact you want to call; when a contact
is written in Chinese characters, the
entered letter can reach the pinyin of
Chinese contact you want to call.
To go directly to a contact, from standby
press and hold down
To call a SIM contact from phone
contacts
– .
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > SIM contacts.
3 Scroll to a contact and press .
To call with Smart search
1 From standby press – to
enter a sequence of (at least two) digits.
All entries which match the sequence
of digits or corresponding letters are
shown in a list.
2 Scroll to a contact or a phone number
and press .
To turn Smart search on or off
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the Calls tab > Smart search.
2 Select an option.
Editing contacts
To add information to a phone contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to a contact and select Options
> Edit contact.
3 Scroll between the tabs and select Add.
4 Select an option and an item to add.
5 Select Save.
If your subscription supports Calling Line
Identification (CLI) service, you can assign
personal ringtones to contacts.
To copy names and numbers to phone
contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Copy from SIM.
3 Select an option.
To copy names and numbers to the
SIM card
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Copy to SIM.
3 Select an option.
When you copy all contacts from your
phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM
card information is replaced.
To automatically save names and
phone numbers on the SIM card
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Auto save
on SIM.
3 Select an option.
To save contacts on a memory card
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Back up to
m. card.
SIM contacts
SIM contacts can contain names and
numbers only. They are saved on the
SIM card.
To add a SIM contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select Add.
3 Enter the name and select OK.
4 Enter the number and select OK.
5 Select a number option and add more
information, if available.
6 Select Save.
To call a SIM contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to a contact and press .
Deleting contacts
To delete a contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to a contact and press .
To delete all phone contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to
New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Delete all
contacts.
Sending contacts
To send a contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to a contact and select Options
> Send contact.
3 Select a transfer method.
Make sure the receiving device supports
the transfer method you select.
Sorting contacts
To select the sort order for contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts.
2 Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Sort order.
3 Select an option.
Memory status
The number of contacts you can save
in your phone or on the SIM card
depends on available memory.