Sony Ericsson J100i User Manual

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Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Assembling your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Navigating the phone menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Sounds & Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

You can find more support and information at www.SonyEricsson.com/support.

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Sony Ericsson

GSM 900/1800 This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this user guide necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this user guide.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2005

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 8208 R1A. Please note: Some of the services in this user guide 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. T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered trademark of Tegic Communications. T9™ Text Input is licensed under one or more of the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian Pat. No. 1,331,057; United Kingdom Pat. No. 2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No. HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No. 51383; Euro. Pat. No. 0 842 463 (96927260.8) DE/DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, GB; and additional patents are pending worldwide. Other product and company names may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Sony Ericsson advises users to backup their personal data information. All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately depict the actual phone. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

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Getting to know your phone

1 Strength of GSM network 6 Stereo headset and battery

charger connector

2,8 Function of selection key 7 Battery status

3,9 Selection keys 10 Navigation key with

4 Call key 11 End/Clear and Power on/

shortcuts

off key

5 Keylock

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Before you start

Before you can use your phone you need to:

• Insert the SIM card.

• Attach and charge the battery.

User guide symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this user guide: % This arrow points you to a page with more

information.

} Use the navigation key to scroll and select.

Note

This symbol indicates that a service or function is network-or subscription-dependent. Because of this, all menus may not be available in your phone. Please contact your network operator for more information.

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Keypad

• Press keypad Centre to go to the main menu.

• Press Left Right Up Down to navigate.

• Press to select the options shown immediately above these keys on the display.

To end a function or go back one level

• Press to go back one level in the menus.

• Press to end a function.

• Press to correct mistakes.

Shortcuts

From standby, you can use the navigation keys to go directly to a function:

• Press to write a text message.

• Press to select ring style.

• Press to set an alarm.

• Press to go to the phonebook.

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SIM card

When you register as a subscriber with a network operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. The SIM card 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.

PIN (Personal Identification Number)

You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) from your network operator to activate the services in your phone.

Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it starts with emergency

number digits, for example 112. This is so that you can see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN

% 16 Emergency calls. Press to correct mistakes.

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) % 38 Locks.

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Assembling your phone

Insert the SIM card, attach and charge the battery and turn on your phone.

Insert the SIM card and battery

1 Gently pull the cover away from the phone. 2 Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed

under the silvery holders.

3 Place the battery on the back of the phone with the label

side up and the connectors facing each other.

4 Replace the cover as shown in the picture.

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Charge the battery

1 Connect the charger to the phone. The red battery charging

lamp is on during charging.

2 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears

on the display.

3 Wait approximately 2.5 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 above the number keys to activate the display.

4 Remove the charger by pulling it out.

The time and date are reset when you remove the battery.

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Turn the phone on or off

1 Press and hold to turn the phone on or off. 2 Enter your PIN number, if requested } OK. 3 When asked to set the time and date } OK. 4 Enter the time and date } Save. 5 Press to exit the setup menu.

If the display turns dark when you enter your PIN number, press the right key to illuminate the display. Press to delete entered characters.

Standby mode

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 – you can now make and receive calls. % 36 Networks for details.

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Navigating the phone menus

From standby, press to go to the main menu.

Messaging is the first menu you will see.

Press up or down to scroll through the menus.

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To turn the display light on

Press any key above the number keys to turn the display light on.

To lock or unlock the keypad

Lock the keypad to avoid dialling a number by accident:

• To lock the keypad, press } Lock.

• To unlock the keypad, press } Unlock.

% 38 Locks for more information.

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Icons

These icons appear on the display to show status and new events

Icon Description

Shows the strength of the GSM network signal. % 36 Networks

Shows the battery status. % 7 Assembling your phone

You have missed a call. % 14 Calling

You have received a new text or voice* message. % 25 New message

The phone is in silent mode. % 31 Sounds & Alerts

The keypad is locked. % 38 Locks

An alarm is activated. % 33 Alarms

*Line 1 is active. % 19 Two voice lines

*Divert calls is activated. % 16 Diverting calls

For more information, see www.SonyEricsson.com/support. * Some items may be operator-, network- and subscriptiondependent.

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Menu overview

Messaging

Call list

Sounds & alerts

Alarms

Games

Settings

Extras

Phonebook

Some additional operator-, network- and subscriptiondependent menus may occur.

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Write new Inbox Call voicemail Drafts Outbox Templates Area info Settings

Missed calls Dialled calls Answered calls

Ringtone Ring style Ring volume Key sound Message alert Alarm signal

Alarms

Ball Memory

Display Time and date Language Locks Calls Network Master reset

Calculator Stopwatch

Calling

Making and receiving calls

Turn on the phone and make sure you are within range of a network to make and receive calls % 9 Turn the phone on or off.

If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification

service and the caller’s number is identified, the number is displayed. If you have saved the number in the phonebook, the name is displayed with an incoming call.

To make a call

1 Enter the area code and phone number. 2 Press to call. Press to end the call.

To answer a call

Press to answer a call. Press to reject a call.

You can also press Answer or Reject.

To turn off the ringtone when receiving a call

Press left right up or down on the navigation key to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call.

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To change the speaker volume during a call

Press to increase the volume and to decrease the volume.

Do not hold the phone to your ear when using high ringtones as this can damage your hearing.

To select more options during a call

} More and select an option.

To make international calls

1 Press and hold until a + sign appears on the display. 2 Enter the country code, area code (without the leading

zero), phone number and press .

To put a call on hold

} Hold during a call to put it on hold. } Resume to resume the call.

To turn off the microphone during a call

1 } More } Mute to turn off the microphone during a call. 2 } Unmute to resume.

To check your missed calls

1 When Missed calls is displayed, } View to display the

missed calls.

2 To call a number, scroll to the number and press .

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Call list

Information about the last 10 calls is saved in Call list.

To call a number from the call list

1 Press from standby and select one of the call lists. 2 Scroll to the name or number and press .

To clear a number from a call list

1 } Call list and select a call list. 2 Select a number } More } Delete } Yes.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports the international emergency numbers, for example 112 and 911. 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 in range.

In some countries, your network operator may have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.

To make an emergency call

Dial, for example, 112 and press .

Diverting calls

If you cannot answer incoming calls, you can divert them to another number, for example, your answering service.

When the Restrict calls function is activated, some

Divert calls options are not available.

To activate a call divert

1 } Settings } Calls } Manage calls } Divert calls

} Voice calls.

2 Select one of the divert options } Activate. 3 Enter the phone number you want your calls to be diverted

to, or } Look up to find the contact.

4 } OK.

To deactivate a call divert

Scroll to the divert option } Cancel.

Call waiting service

When call waiting is activated, you hear a beep if you receive a second call.

To activate or deactivate the call waiting service

1 } Settings } Calls } Manage calls } Call waiting. 2 Select On or Off.

Receiving a second call

When call waiting is activated and you receive a second call, you can:

• } Answer and put the ongoing call on hold.

• } Reject to reject and continue the ongoing call.

Handling two calls

If you have an ongoing call and a call on hold, you can:

• } Switch to switch between the two calls.

•

} More } Join calls to join the two calls.

• Press to end the current call.

• } More } End call on hold to end the held call.

• } More } Transfer call to connect the two calls. You are disconnected from both calls.

• Press twice to end both calls.

• You cannot answer a third call without ending one of the first two calls or joining them into a conference call.

Contact your network operator to check if this function is supported.

To make a second call

1 } Hold to put the ongoing call on hold. 2 Enter the number you want to call and press . 3 Press to end the second call. 4 } Resume to continue the first call.

Conference calls

In a conference call you can talk to more than one person at the same time. A conference call is started by joining an ongoing call and a call on hold. You then put the conference on hold to call and add up to six participants or just to make another call.

To join the two calls into a conference call

} More } Join calls.

To add a new participant

1 } Hold to put the joined call on hold. 2 Call the next person. 3 } More } Join calls to add a new participant. 4 Repeat steps 1-3 to include more participants.

To have a private conversation

1 } More } Talk to and select the participant. 2 } More } Join calls to resume the conference call.

Two voice lines

Separate business and private calls on two lines with different numbers if your subscription supports alternate line service.

This service is network- and subscription-dependent.

To select a voice line

} Settings } Calls } Manage calls } Switch to line 1 or Switch to line 2.

My number

You can view and edit your own phone number(s).

To check your own phone number

1 } Phonebook and scroll to any entry. 2 } More } Advanced } My number. If your number is not

saved on your SIM card, you can enter it yourself.

Restricted dialling

Restrict outgoing and incoming calls when at home or abroad. You need a password from your service provider.

If you divert incoming calls, you can not activate some restricted dialling options.

To activate call restriction

1 } Settings } Calls } Manage calls } Restrict calls and

select an option.

2 Enter your password } OK.

The following calls can be restricted:

• Outgoing intl – All outgoing international calls.

• Outg.int.roam – All outgoing international calls except

to your home country.

• All – All outgoing calls.

• Inc. if roam – All incoming calls when you are abroad

(when roaming).

• All calls – All incoming calls.

To cancel all call restrictions

1 } Settings } Calls } Manage calls } Restrict calls

} Cancel all.

2 Enter your password } OK.

Fixed dialling

The fixed dialling function allows calls to be made only to certain numbers saved on the SIM card. The fixed numbers are protected by your PIN2.

This service is network- and subscription-dependent.

Partial numbers can be saved. For example, saving 0123456 allows calls to be made to all numbers starting with 0123456.

When fixed dialling is activated, you cannot view or manage any phone numbers saved on the SIM card.

To activate fixed dialling

1 } Settings } Locks } Fixed dialling } Activate. 2 Enter your PIN2 } OK.

To save a fixed number

1 } Settings } Locks } Fixed dialling } Fixed number. 2 Enter the information. 3 Enter your PIN2 } OK.

You can still call the international emergency number 112, even when the fixed dialling function is activated.

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Sony Ericsson J100i User Manual

Contents

Getting to know your phone

Assembling your phone

Navigating the phone menus

Calling