Sony Ericsson K300c User Manual

Contents

Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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

More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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 900/1800/1900
First edition(December 2004)
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, 2004

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 7310 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™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB.
PlayNow™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB.
MusicDJ™ is a trademark or a registered trademark 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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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.
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engineer Software. Software may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed,
in whole or in part.
2 Export Regulations: Software, including technical data, is subject to U.S.
export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its
associated regulations, and may be subject to export or import regulations in
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or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into, or to a national or resident of,
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Denial Orders.
3 Restricted Rights: Use, duplication or disclosure by the United States
government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in the Rights in
Technical Data and Computer Software Clauses in DFARS 252.227-7013(c)
(1) (ii) and FAR 52.227-19(c) (2) as applicable.
Part of the software in this product is copyright © SyncML initiative Ltd.
(1999-2002). All rights reserved.
Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Sony Ericsson advises users to back up their personal data information.
All illustrations in this user guide are for illustration only and may not
accurately depict the actual phone.

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Getting to know your phone

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Infrared port

Camera

Screen

Selection
key

Back
key

Internet

Microphone

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On/off button

Stereo headset and charger connector

Earpiece

Selection

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Navigation

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Clea

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User guide symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this user guide:

% See also page ...

} Use the navigation key to scroll and select

% 11 Navigating the menus.

Important

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 y ou re mov e it
from another phone. Contacts may have been saved
in the phone memory % 23 Phonebook.

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To insert the SIM card and charge the battery

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1 Slide the cover open and lift it off.
2 Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed

under the silvery holders.

3 Place the battery in the phone with the label side up and

the connectors facing each other.
4 Place the cover on the phone and slide it into place.
5 Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol.

The flash symbol on the charger plug must face upwards.
6 It may take 30 minutes for the battery icon to appear.
7 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.
8 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 % 83 Battery use and care.

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

% 23 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) % 71 SIM card lock.

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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
% 11 Navigating the menus.

Camera – camera and video recorder functions.

Internet services – gives you access to Internet

services.

Entertainment – games, media player, MusicDJ™,

sound recorder.

File manager – 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.

Connectivity – settings for infrared, networks,

Internet, streaming, accessories.

Phonebook – your personal phonebook.

Settings – 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

Camera Internet services* Entertainment

File manager

Pictures
Sounds
Videos
Themes
Games
Applications
Other

Connectivity

Online services*
Infrared port
Synchronization
Mobile networks
Data comm.
Internet settings
Streaming settings
Settings for Java™
Accessories

*Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
**The menu depends on which phonebook is selected as default.
...More settings appear.

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

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Games
Media player
PlayNow™*
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...

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, % 63 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 . 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 your message. To enter a full stop or

other punctuation marks, press and then or

repeatedly. Accept by pressing .

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
% 19 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

? (Wild card key)

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

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 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.

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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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.

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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 % 8 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 } Call.

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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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 % 22 To make international calls.

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SIM numbers

Save entries as a name with a single number.

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 using infrared or a text or picture message.

If all contacts from another phone cannot be saved to
the SIM card, use send all contacts via infrared.

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To send a contact

} Phonebook and select a contact } More } Send contact.

To send all contacts

} Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Send all contacts.

To add a picture or a ringtone to a contact

1 } Phonebook and select the contact you want to add a

picture or personal ringtone to } More } Edit contact.

2 Select a tab and then select a Picture: or Ringtone: } Edit.

This takes you to File manager. Select a file } Save.

Calling from the phonebook

If contacts is the default phonebook, you can call from
contacts or from the SIM card. If SIM numbers is the default
phonebook, you can only call the numbers on the SIM card.

To call a contact

1 } Phonebook. Scroll to, or enter the first letter of the

contact you want to call.

2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select

a number } Call.

To call a SIM number

1 } Phonebook. If SIM numbers is the default phonebook,

select the name and number from the list } Call.

2 If Contacts is default phonebook } Phonebook } Options

} SIM numbers and select the number } Call.

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When Chinese has been selected as the
phone language

To call a contact written in Chinese characters

1 } Phonebook. Press and hold to switch the search

language to Chinese. Then enter the first Pinyin letters of
the contact you want to call.

2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select

a number } Call.

To call a contact written in Latin characters

1 } Phonebook. Press and hold to switch the search

language to English. Then enter the first letter of the
contact you want to call.

2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select

a number } Call.

When English has been selected as the
phone language

To call a contact written in Chinese characters

1 } Phonebook. Scroll to the contact you want to call.
2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select

a number } Call.

To call a contact written in Latin characters

1 } Phonebook. Scroll to, or enter the first letter of the

contact you want to call.

2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select

a number } Call.

To edit a contact

1 } Phonebook and select a contact } More } Edit contact.
2 Scroll to a tab and edit the information } Save.

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