Sony Ericsson J300c User Guide
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Contents
Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
You can find more support, information, content
downloads and settings information at
www.SonyEricsson.com/cn.
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Sony Ericsson
GSM 900/1800
First edition (March 2005)
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.
All rights reserved.
©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2005
Publication number: EN/LZT 108 7620 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.
Your mobile phone has the capability to download, store and forward
additional content, e.g. ringtones. The use of such content may be
restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but not limited
to restriction under applicable copyright laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson,
are entirely responsible for additional content that you download to or
forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your use of any additional
content, please verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is
otherwise authorized. Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy,
integrity or quality of any additional content or any other third party content.
Under no circumstances will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your
improper use of additional content or other third party content.
QuickShare™, PlayNow™ and MusicDJ™ are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
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
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DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, GB; and additional patents are pending
worldwide.
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J2ME™.
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shall not modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or otherwise
reverse engineer Software. Software may not be leased, assigned, or
sublicensed, in whole or in part.
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Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the
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Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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Getting to know your phone
Selection
key
Earpiece
Screen
Selection
key
Back
key
Stereo headset and charger connector
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Navigation
key
Clear
key
and On/Off
button
Microphone
User guide symbols
The following instruction symbols appear in this user guide:
% See also page ...
} Use the navigation key to scroll and select
% 13 Navigating the menus.
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. Consult
your network operator for more information.
Assembling your phone
Insert the SIM card, attach and charge the battery to use your
phone.
SIM card
When you register as a subscriber with a network operator,
you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. The SIM
card contains a computer chip that keeps track of your phone
number, the services included in your subscription, and your
phonebook information, among other things.
Save contacts to your SIM card before you remo ve i t
from another phone. Contacts may have been saved in
the phone memory % 24 Phonebook.
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To remove the cover and insert the SIM card
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1 Push to release the cover.
2 Lift the cover up.
3 Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed
under the silvery holders.
4 Place the battery in the phone with the label side up and
the connectors facing each other.
5 Place the cover on the phone.
6 Push to secure the cover.
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
% 24 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) % 69 SIM card lock.
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To charge the battery
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1 Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol.
The flash symbol on the charger plug must face upwards.
2 It may take 30 minutes for the battery icon to appear.
3 Wait approximately 4 hours or until the battery icon
indicates that the battery is fully charged. For an indication
of charging, press
to activate the screen.
4 Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.
Some functions use more battery power than others
and may cause a need for more frequent re-charging.
However talk-time or standby time may become
noticeably shorter due to wear and you may have to
replace your battery. Only use approved batteries from
Sony Ericsson
% 82 Battery use and care.
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To turn the phone on and off
1 Press and hold to turn on or off.
2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if you have one.
3 At first start-up, select the language for phone menus.
4 } Yes if you want the setup wizard to help you with
instructions and tips or } No.
The setup wizard is also available in the menu system,
} Settings } General tab } Setup wizard.
To make and receive calls
Enter the area code and phone number } Call to make the call.
} End call to end the call. When the phone rings } Yes to answer
the call.
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Icons
A selection of icons in standby and on the desktop.
Icon Description
Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal.
Tells you the status of the battery.
Press to go to the desktop from standby
% 13 Navigating the menus.
PlayNow™–
download and play music.
Internet services – gives you access to Internet
services.
Entertainment
File manager
– games, MusicDJ™, sound recorder.
– handling of pictures, sounds, video,
themes, games, applications and other files.
Messaging
– handling of text, picture, email and
voice messages.
Organizer
– calendar, alarm clock and other extras.
Media player – play music, watch streamed
or downloaded video clips.
Phonebook – your personal phonebook.
Settings – connectivity, personal settings, including
display, time, date, language, sounds, alerts and
calls.
For more information, see www.SonyEricsson.com/cn.
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Menu overview
PlayNow™*
File manager
Pictures
Sounds
Videos
Themes
Games
Applications
Other
Media player
*Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
**The menu depends on which phonebook is selected as default.
...More settings appear.
Internet services* Entertainment
Messaging
Write new
Inbox
Call voicemail
Email
Drafts
Templates
Outbox
Sent items
Saved items
Settings
Phonebook**
Contacts**
Options
Speed dial
My business card
Groups
SIM numbers
Special numbers
Advanced
New contact
SIM numbers**
Options
Speed dial
My business card
Contacts
Special numbers
Advanced
New number
Games
MusicDJ™
Record sound
Organizer
Calendar
Tasks
Notes
Applications
Alarms
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Code memo
Settings
General tab
Profiles...
Sounds & alerts tab
Volume...
Display tab
Wallpaper...
Calls tab
Divert calls...
Connectivity tab
Synchronization...
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Navigating the menus
The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. Some
submenus include tabs that appear on the screen.
• Press the navigation key in the center or in a direction:
Press to go to the desktop or to select items.
Press , , , to move through menus and tabs.
• Press to go back one level in the menus or to end
a function or application.
Press and hold to return to standby.
• Press to select the options shown immediately above
these keys on the screen.
• Press to delete items.
Shortcuts
From standby, you can use , , , to go directly to
a function.
To create a standby shortcut
1 If, for example, has no predefined shortcut. } Yes.
2 Scroll to a function to create a shortcut to } Shortcut.
To edit a standby shortcut
1 } Settings } General tab } Shortcuts and select
an existing shortcut you want to edit } Edit.
2 Scroll to and select a function } Shortcut.
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Help texts
Help texts exist in your phone. To access help texts } Info.
More options
} More to enter a list of options.
File manager
Files are saved in the folders. Create subfolders to move files
to. Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder.
To manage files and folders
1 } File manager and select a folder.
2 Scroll to a file } More } Manage files } Move to folder.
3 Select the folder you want to move the file to, or select
New folder and name the folder } OK.
To select several files
1 } File manager and select a file } More } Mark several.
2 Scroll and select more files by pressing Mark or Unmark.
To check memory status
} File manager } More } Memory status.
File information
View information for files. Copyright-protected files cannot
be copied or sent.
Synchronizing files
For more information, % 61 Synchronizing.
Languages
Select the language for phone menus or the languages that
you may use when writing.
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To change the phone language
• } Settings } General tab } Language } Phone language,
select a language.
• From standby, press:
0000 for English or
0008 for Chinese or
8888 for Automatic language (SIM dependant).
To select writing languages
1 } Settings } General tab } Language } Writing language.
2 Select a language } Save to exit the menu.
To switch between writing languages
Press and hold when writing.
Entering letters
There are two ways of entering letters:
• Multitap text input
• T9™ Text Input
To enter letters using multitap text input
• Press – until the desired character appears.
• Press to shift between capitals and lower case letters.
• Press and hold – to enter numbers.
• Press to add a space.
• Press for the most common punctuation marks.
• Press to enter the + sign.
• Press and hold to change input method.
Multitap input only applies when Latin characters are
selected as input language.
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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.
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1 } Messaging } Write new } Text message.
2 For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”, press
, , , .
3 If the word shown is the one you want, press to
accept and add a space. To accept a word without adding
a space, press
want, press or repeatedly to view alternative
words. Accept a word and add a space by pressing .
. If the word shown is not the one you
4 Continue writing your message. To enter a full stop or
other punctuation marks, press
repeatedly. Accept by pressing .
and then or
To add words to the T9 Text Input dictionary
1 While entering letters } More } Spell word.
2 Edit the word by using multitap input. Navigate between
the letters with
and . To delete a character, press
. To delete the entire word, press and hold .
3 When you have edited the word } Insert. The word is
added to the T9 Text Input dictionary. Next time you
enter this word using T9 Text Input, it will appear as one
of the alternative words.
To select another writing method
Before, or while entering letters, press and hold to select
another writing method.
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Options when entering letters
} More to view options when entering letters.
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.
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Stroke input
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 % 21 Example
of using the wild card key.
Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories are defined in the table below:
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name Character
Over
Lift
Down
Down-Hook
Short
Slope Down
Long
Left Slope
Over Slope
Short
left Slope
Dot
王 十 在
七 天
海 红 牡
状 习
中 业 上
门 丑
小 水 打
子 承
直 真 质
草
八 九 丹
风 片
香 千 匕
后 丢
而 页 面
学 殷
六 学 雷
心 性
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Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name Character
Right Slope
DownCurved-Over
Down-Over
Left SlopeOver
Left SlopeDot
Down-Lift
Right SlopeHook
Down-OverHook
Down-OverCurved-Hook
Down-OverLeft Slope
Down-OverDown-Hook
Down-OverDown
Over-Hook
人 火 又
送 林
四 西 酉
酸
山 巨 屯
母 凶
么 去 公
约 能
女 要 好
巡 巢
衣 以 饭
收 长
我 或 民
成 伐
心 必 思
忘
电 也 毛
兄 孔
专 传 转
马 与 张
号 费
鼎 鼐
写 字 皮
通 免
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Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name Character
Over-Down
Over-DownHook
OverLeft Slope
Over-DownOverLeft Slope
OverLeft SlopeCurved-Hook
Over-DownOver-Hook
Over-DownOver-Down
Curved-Hook
Over-DownCurved-Hook
Over-DownOver
Over-DownLift
口 已 户
书 骨
力 习 也
同 永
又 之 登
多 社
及 极 廷
建
阿 队 陈
那 部
乃 透 鼐
隽 杨
凸
狗 豹 家
逐 狂
乙 九 瓦
飞 风
投 沿 船
凹
话 计 认
讯
? (Wild card key)
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Components
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 .
3 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.
Pinyin input
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.
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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 More } 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.
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Calling
Making and receiving calls
Turn on the phone and make sure you are within range of
a network to make and receive calls % 10 To turn the phone
on and off. If your subscription includes the Calling Line
Identification service and the caller’s number is identified,
the number is displayed. If the number is in the phonebook,
the name, number, and picture are displayed. If the number is
a restricted number, Withheld is displayed.
To make a call
1 Enter the area code and the phone number.
2 } Call to make the call.
3 } End call to end the call.
To make international calls
1 Press and hold until a + sign appears on the screen.
2 Enter the country/region code, area code (without the
leading zero) and phone number }
To re-dial a number
If the connection failed, Retry? is displayed } Yes.
Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting.
When a call connects, the phone gives a loud signal.
To answer or reject a call
} Yes to answer a call. } No to reject a call.
To change the volume during a call
Move or to decrease or increase the volume.
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Call.
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To select more options during a call
Press and select an option.
To turn off the microphone
1 Press } Mute microphone, or press and hold .
2 } Unmute, or press again, to resume.
To check your missed calls
1 From standby } Calls and scroll to the missed calls tab.
2 To call a number from the list, scroll to a number } Call.
Emergency calls
Your phone supports the international emergency numbers,
112, 911 and 08. This means that these numbers can normally
be used to make an emergency call in any country/region,
with or without a SIM card inserted, if a GSM network is in
range.
In some countries/regions, other emergency numbers
may also be promoted. Your network operator may
have saved additional local emergency numbers on
the SIM card.
To make an emergency call
Enter, for example, 112 } Call.
To view your local emergency numbers
} Phonebook } Options } Special numbers
} Emergency nos..
Phonebook
Choose your default phonebook from one of the following:
• Contacts - detailed information saved in the phone.
• SIM numbers - names and numbers only on the SIM card.
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To select your default phonebook
1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Default phonebook.
2 Select Contacts or SIM numbers.
For information and settings in either phonebook } Options.
Memory
The number of entries you can save depends on the amount of
memory available in the phone or on the SIM card.
To check the memory status
} Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Memory status.
Contacts
Save up to 510 numbers, add pictures, ringtones and personal
information, such as email, Web and street addresses.
Information added to a contact is organized under five tabs.
Use , , and to scroll between tabs.
To add a contact
1 } Phonebook } New contact } Add.
2 Enter the name } OK.
3 Enter the number } OK.
4 Select a number type.
5 Scroll between the tabs and select fields to enter more
information. To enter symbols, for example, @ in
an email address } Symbols and select a symbol } Insert.
6 When you have entered the information } Save.
Enter the + sign and country/region code with all
phonebook numbers. They can then be used abroad or
at home
% 23 To make international calls.
SIM numbers
Save entries as a name with a single number.
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To add a SIM number
1 } Phonebook } New number } Add.
2 Enter the name } OK and number } OK } Save.
Copying contacts
Copy SIM numbers to and from contacts and the SIM card.
When copying all contacts from the phone to the SIM
card, all existing SIM card information is replaced.
To copy names and numbers to the SIM card
1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Copy to SIM.
2 Select Copy all or Copy a number.
To copy SIM numbers to contacts
1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Copy from SIM.
2 Select Copy all or Copy a number.
To automatically save names and phone numbers
to the SIM card
1 }Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Auto save on SIM.
2 Select On.
Sending contacts
Send contacts in a text or picture message.
To send a contact
} Phonebook and select a contact } More } Send contact.
To send all contacts
} Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Send all contacts.
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