Sony Ericsson K500 User Manual

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Contents 1

Contents

Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call.

Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . 8

Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, file manager.

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

Calls, phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Text messaging, picture messaging, email, messaging glossary.

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Camera, video recorder, pictures, screen saver.

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Media player, sounds, themes, games.

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Internet and email settings, synchronizing, infrared.

More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Time and date, alarm clock, calendar, tasks, SIM card lock, etc.

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Icon descriptions

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Sony Ericsson K500

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Contents

Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Sony Ericsson

GSM 900/1800/1900 Third edition (July 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.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2004

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 7024 R3A 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.

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

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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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.

Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries/regions.

End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™ J2ME™.

1 Restrictions: Software is confidential

copyrighted information of Sun and title to all copies is retained by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer 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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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 other countries/regions. Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, re-export, or import Software. Software may not be downloaded, or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into, or to

a national or resident of, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Sudan, Syria (as such listing may be revised from time to time) or any country/region to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nations or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of 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.

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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Contents

Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Getting started

Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call.

More information and downloads are available at www.SonyEricsson.com.cn.

Instruction icons

The following instruction icons appear in this user guide:

} Use the selection keys or the navigation key

to scroll and select.

% 10 Navigating the menus.

Getting to know your phone

Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, file manager.

Phone overview

5, 11

Infrared port

Press and hold to activate the camera and video recorder

Volume buttons

Screen

Selection keys

Press once to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby.

Stereo headset and charger connector.

Press and hold to turn the phone on/off

Speaker

Internet button

Navigation key. Press to enter the desktop menu. Move through menus, lists and texts.

Delete numbers, letters or an item from a list.

Microphone

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Overview, menu

1. PlayNow™* 2. Internet services* 3. Entertainment 4. Camera 5. Messaging

1. Sony Ericsson*

7. File manager 8. Phonebook** 8. Phonebook** 9. Media player

Pictures Sounds Videos Themes Games Applications Other

10. Connectivity 11. Organizer 12. Settings

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

Contacts

Options: Speed dial My business card Groups SIM numbers Special numbers Advanced New contact

Calendar Tasks Notes Applications Alarms Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code memo

Games MusicDJ™ Record sound

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

General

Profiles Time & date Language Voice control Phone status Shortcuts Locks Setup wizard Master reset

Write new Inbox Call voicemail Email Drafts

SIM numbers

Options: Speed dial My business card Contacts Special numbers Advanced New contact

Sounds & alerts

Volume Ringtone Silent mode Increasing ring Vibrating alert Message alert Key sound

Templates Outbox Sent items Saved messages Settings

Display

Wallpaper Themes Start-up screen Screen saver Light Edit line names*

6. Calls*

*Please note that some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.

**The menu depends on which phonebook is selected as default.

Calls

Divert calls Switch to line 2* Manage calls Time & cost Show or hide no. Handsfree

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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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. Scroll to a tab with the navigation key and select an option.

•Press to go to the desktop. Press to select highlighted items. Move , , , through menus and tabs.

• Press to go back one level in the menus or to end a function. Press and hold to return to standby.

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

• Press to delete items.

Phone language

Most SIM cards automatically set the language used in the menu to the language of the country/ region where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the case, the predefined language is English. If you use the setup wizard to help you get started with your phone, you will be asked to select phone language,

You can always choose Automatic language by pressing 8888 in standby. You can always choose English by pressing 0000 in standby. You can always choose Chinese by pressing 0008 in standby.

% 7 Setup wizard.

To change the phone language

1 } Settings } the General tab

} Language } Phone language.

2 Select a language.

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Help texts

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

To get help

Scroll to the menu item } Info.

Shortcuts

A quicker way to move through the menus is to use shortcuts. You can use keypad shortcuts, or you can create your own shortcuts from standby.

Using keypad shortcuts

Enter the menus by pressing and then enter the number of the menu to which you want to go. For example, to reach the fifth menu item, press . To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items, press , and respectively. To get back to standby, press and hold .

Creating standby shortcuts

You can create your own shortcuts and use to go directly to that function.

To create a standby shortcut

1 Press in a direction for which there is no

predefined shortcut. } Yes when you are asked if you want to create a shortcut.

2 Scroll to a function that you want to create a

shortcut to

} Shortcut.

To edit a standby shortcut

1 } Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and

select which shortcut you want to edit } Edit.

2 Scroll to a function that you want to create a

new shortcut to

More options

} More to enter a list of options. There are different

alternatives in the list of options depending on where you are in the menus.

Entering letters

There are two ways of entering letters, for example, when writing a message or writing a name in the phonebook:

• Multitap text input You press each key as many times as needed to show the letter you want.

} Shortcut.

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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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.

Writing languages

Before you start entering letters, you need to select the languages that you want to use when writing.

When writing, you can switch to one of your

selected languages by pressing and holding

To select writing language

1 } Settings } the General tab

2 Press the appropriate key, – ,

or , repeatedly until the character you want appears on the screen.

Press… to get…

} Language } Writing language.

2 Scroll to each language that you want to use

and mark it.

To enter letters using multitap text input

} Save to exit the menu.

1 To enter text, you have to be in a function

where text input is possible, for example

} Messaging } Write new } Text message.

. , - ? !’ @ : ; / ( )1

A B C Å Ä Æ à Ç 2 Γ D E F è É 3 ∆ Φ

G H I ì 4

J K L 5 Λ

M N O Ñ Ö Ø ò 6

P Q R S ß 7 Π Σ

T U V Ü ù 8

W X Y Z 9 + 0 Θ Ξ Ψ Ω

space ↵ ¶

to delete letters and numbers

to shift between capital and lowercase letters

press and hold to enter numbers

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

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Multitap input only applies when Latin characters are selected as writing language.

Example:

•To enter an ‘A’, press once.

•To enter a ‘B’, quickly press twice.

• To shift between capital and lower-case letters, press

• You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut to certain letters. To enter a ‘B’, press and hold the top of the volume button and press enter a ‘C’, press and hold the bottom of the volume button and press .

To enter letters using T9 Text Input

1 } Messaging } Write new } Text message. 2 For example, if you want to write the word

3 If the word shown is the one you want, press

, then enter the letter.

“Jane”, 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.

. To

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 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.

Accept a word and add a space by pressing

and .

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Getting to know your phone

Options when entering letters

} More to view a list of options. The list may

contain some or all of the following:

• Add symbol – symbols and punctuation marks

such as ? and , are shown. Move between the symbols by using

, , and .

• Add item – pictures, melodies and sounds.

• Spell word – for T9 Text Input only. Edit the

suggested word by using multitap text input.

• Text format – change style, size and alignment.

• Writing language – a list of available languages is

shown.

• Writing method – a list of methods available for

the current language is shown.

• Dictionary (T9) – turn T9 Text Input on or off.

• Word suggestions – select to view, or not, word

suggestions when writing a word.

• My words – manage the words that you have

added to the dictionary.

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 .

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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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.

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

% 17 For example, to enter “ % 17 Example of using the wild card key.

信息

” and

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

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Stroke categories

The 5 stroke categories are defined in the

Number

Stroke

Key

Calling

Using multitap text input

Reach the second letter or character of a key

Reach the third letter or character of a key

Enter a space press

Using T9 Text Input

View alternative words or

Accept a word and add a space

Enter a full stop press

View alternative punctuation marks

press and hold the top

of the volume button

and press any of the

number keys

press and hold the

bottom of the volume

button and press any

of the number keys

press

press , then

repeatedly

Calling

Calls, phonebook, voice control, call options.

Making calls

Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network.

% 6 Turning on the phone and making calls.

Networks

When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects your home network if this is within range. If it is not within range, you may use another network, provided your network operator has an agreement that allows you to do so. This is called roaming.

You can select the network you want to use, or you can add a network to your list of preferred networks. You can also change the order in which networks are selected during an automatic search. For all such options

} Connectivity } Mobile networks.

You can call numbers from the call list and the phonebook, % 29 Call l ist, and % 24 Phonebook. You can also use your voice to make calls, % 30 Voice control.

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Calling

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 change the speaker volume

Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone to increase or decrease the speaker volume during a call.

To turn off the microphone

1 Press } Mute microphone, or press and hold

until the icon for muted microphone is

displayed.

2 } Unmute, or press and hold again, to

resume the conversation.

Receiving calls

When you receive a call, the phone rings and

Answer? is displayed.

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 (if assigned) are displayed. If the number is a restricted number,

Withheld is

To answer a call

} Yes.

To reject a call

} No or quickly press a volume button twice.

Missed calls

If you have missed a call, Missed calls: appears in standby indicating the number of missed calls.

} Yes to view the missed calls in the call list. If you

want to view the missed calls later } No. Use ,

, and to scroll between the tabs.

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 the

number

} Call.

Automatic redialling

The phone redials the number up to ten times or until:

• The call is connected

• You press Cancel

• You receive a call

displayed.

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Contents

Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Automatic redialling is not available for data calls.

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

To re-dial a number

If the connection of the call failed and Retry? is displayed } Yes.

Making international calls

When you make an international call, the + replaces the international prefix number of the country/region from which you are calling.

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.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports the international emergency numbers,112 and 911. 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 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

Enter, for example, 112 (the international emergency number) } Call.

To view your local emergency numbers

} Phonebook } Options } Special numbers } Emergency nos..

Phonebook

You can save your phonebook information in the phone memory, as contacts, or on the SIM card, as names and numbers. You can choose which phonebook – contacts or SIM numbers – is shown as default.

For useful information and settings in either of

these phonebooks

} Options.

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Contents

Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Contacts

You can save up to 510 numbers in your contacts. You can also add pictures, ringtones and personal information, such as email, Web and street addresses, to the contacts.

When you add information to a contact, the information is organized under five tabs. Use

, and to scroll between the tabs and their information fields.

SIM numbers

On your SIM card, you can save entries as a name with a single number. The number of entries you can save depends on the amount of memory available on the SIM card, see Phonebook

} Options } Advanced } Memory status.

Contact your network operator or service provider for more information.

Default phonebook

If you select to use contacts as default, your phonebook will show all information saved in contacts. If you select SIM numbers as default, the phonebook will only show names and numbers

To select contacts or SIM numbers as your phonebook

1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced

} My phonebook.

2 Select Contacts or SIM numbers.

To add a contact

1 } Phonebook } New contact } Add. 2 Enter the name directly or press Add and enter

the name } OK.

3 Enter the number directly or press Add and

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 select a symbol } Insert.

6 When you have entered the information

} Save.

To add a SIM number

If SIM numbers is your default phonebook, follow the same steps as for adding a contact. You can add only name and number to the SIM numbers phonebook.

saved on the SIM card.

} Symbols and

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Pictures and personal ringtones

You can add a picture and a personal ringtone to a phonebook contact. When that person calls, the picture is displayed (provided your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification service) and the ringtone is played.

To add a picture or a personal ringtone to a contact

1 } Phonebook and select the contact you want

to add a picture or ringtone to

} More } Edit contact.

2 Scroll to the relevant tab and select Picture:

or Ringtone: } Edit. This takes you to Pictures or Sounds in the File manager menu.

3 Select a picture or sound. } Save to save the

picture or sound.

Calling from the phonebook

You can call one of the numbers saved for one of your contacts, or a number on your SIM card.

If contacts is the default phonebook, you can

choose to call from contacts or from the SIM card.

If SIM numbers is the default phonebook, you

To call a contact written in Chinese characters

1 } Phonebook. Scroll to, or use lower-case

letters to enter the first 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. Scroll to, or use capital letters to

enter the first letters 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 you want to call from the list

2 If Contacts is the default phonebook

} Phonebook } Options } SIM numbers and

select the name and number you want to call from the list

can only call the numbers on the SIM card.

} Call.

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Ask to save

When you end a call, the phone can prompt you to add a phone number to your contacts.

To activate ask to save in contacts

} Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Ask to save } On.

Updating the phonebook

You can easily update and edit any information in your phonebook.

To edit a contact

1 } Phonebook and select a contact

} More } Edit contact.

2 Scroll to the relevant tab and edit the

information you want to edit

To edit SIM numbers

1 If SIM numbers is your default phonebook

} Phonebook and the number you want to

edit. If contacts is your default phonebook

} Phonebook } Options } SIM numbers.

Select the name and number you want to

} Save.

To delete a contact or a SIM number

} Phonebook and scroll to the contact or SIM

number you want to delete, press .

To delete all contacts

1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced

} Delete all contacts.

2 } Yes and enter the phone lock code } OK. The

default phone lock code is 0000. Names and numbers that are saved on the SIM card are not deleted.

Default items for contacts

You can set the default item – a phone number, email address or a Web address – to be displayed first for each contact.

To set the default item for a contact

1 } Phonebook and scroll to a contact

} More } Default

2 Select the phone number, email address or

Web address that you want as default item.

edit.

2 } More } Edit and edit the name and number.

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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Copying contacts

You can copy SIM numbers to and from your contacts. Choose if you want to copy all SIM numbers, or a single SIM number.

When you select to copy all contacts from the phone to the SIM card, all existing information on the SIM card will be replaced.

You can also set the phone to save entries automatically to the SIM card. With this setting, names and phone numbers that you add or edit in the phonebook are also saved on the SIM card. The number of phone numbers that can be saved depends on the type of SIM card.

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.

To automatically save names and phone numbers to the SIM card

1 }Phonebook } Options } Advanced

} Auto save on SIM.

2 Select On.

Sending contacts

You can send contacts using the infrared port or a text or picture message.

To send a contact

1 } Phonebook and select a contact

} More } Send contact

2 Select a transfer method.

To send all contacts

} Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Send all contacts.

Checking the memory

With the memory status function in your phonebook, you can check how many positions you have left in the phone memory and SIM memory.

2 Select Copy all or Copy a number.

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Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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To check the memory

} Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Memory status.

Synchronizing contacts

You can back up and synchronize your contacts with a phonebook on the Web. For more information about a phonebook on the web, please contact your service provider.

To synchronize contacts

1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced

} Sync. contacts.

2 If you have more than one account, select

which account to use

} Select. If you do not

have an account in the phone, % 70 To enter the remote synchronization settings.

Call list

The numbers of the last 30 calls that you have made are saved in the call list. If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification service and the caller’s number is identified, the call list also shows the numbers of answered and missed calls.

To call a number from the call list

1 } Calls from standby and select a tab. 2 Scroll to the name or number you want to call

} Call.

To clear the call list

} Calls and scroll to the tab with all calls } More } Delete all.

Speed dialling

You can save the phone numbers that you want to reach easily in positions 1-9 in your phone and on your SIM card. To speed dial with contacts as default phonebook, numbers have to be saved as contacts, and to speed dial with SIM numbers as default phonebook, numbers have to be saved on your SIM card.

To speed dial

From standby, enter the position number and

} Call.

Dialled, answered and missed calls are listed under separate tabs.

Contents 1

Contents

Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

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To set the position number for speed dialling

1 } Phonebook } Options } Speed dial and

scroll to the position to which you want to add a phone number

2 Select a number.

} Add.

To replace a number in the speed dial list

1 } Phonebook } Options } Speed dial. 2 Scroll to the number } Replace. Select a new

number for the position.

Voicemail

If your subscription includes an answering service, callers can leave a voicemail message when you cannot answer a call.

Receiving a voicemail message

Depending on your network operator, you are informed that someone has left a message by a text message or by a voicemail icon. Press Yes to read the text message and call the voicemail service to listen to the message.

Calling your voicemail service

You can easily call your voicemail service by pressing and holding . If you have not set your voicemail number, you will be asked if you want to enter the number. } Yes to enter the number. You get the number from your service provider.

To enter the number to your voicemail service

} Messaging } Settings } Voicemail number.

Voice control

With your phone, you can use your voice to:

• Voice dial – call someone by saying the name.

• Activate voice control by saying a “magic word”.

• Answer and reject calls when using a handsfree kit.

You can save approximately 30 recorded words as voice commands in the phone. Voice commands cannot be saved on the SIM card. There are 25 seconds available for voice commands. When recording, make sure that you are in a quiet environment and try to use names that are distinct from each other using voice commands.

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