GSM 850/1800/1900
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} Use the navigation key to scroll and select
% 8 Navigating the Menus.
Note
This symbol indicates that a service
or function is network- or subscriptiondependent. Because of this, all menus may
not be available in your phone. Consult your
service provider for more information.
Insert the SIM card and attach the battery
to use your phone.
SIM card
When you register as a subscriber with a service
provider, 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 remove
it from another phone. Contacts may have been saved
in the phone memory
1 Slide the cover open and lift it off.
2 Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card
placed under the silvery holders.
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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. The symbol
on the charger plug must face upwards.
6 It may take 30 minutes for the battery icon
appear.
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7 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until
battery icon indicates that the battery
the
fully charged. For an indication of charging,
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press
to activate the screen.
8 Remove the charger by pulling it out.
Some functions use more battery power than others
and may cause a need for more frequent recharging.
However talk-time or standby time may become
noticeably shorter due to wear and you may have
replace your battery. Only use approved batteries
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from Sony Ericsson
% 61 Battery.
Getting to Know Your Phone
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal Identification
Number) from your service provider to activate
the services in your phone. Each PIN digit appears
as *, unless it starts with emergency number digits,
for example 112 or 911. This is so that you can
see and call an emergency number without entering
% 13 Emergency calls. Press to correct
a PIN
mistakes.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row,
the SIM card is blocked
Help texts exist in your phone. To access help texts
} Info.
More options
} More to enter a list of options.
Activity Menu
Open the activity menu from almost anywhere
in the phone to view and handle new events,
and access bookmarks and shortcuts.
To open and close the activity menu
Press . Use or to scroll between the tabs.
Getting to Know Your Phone
Activity menu tabs
• New Events – such as missed calls and messages.
• My Shortcuts – applications that are running in
the background and your shortcuts. You can add,
delete and change the order of shortcuts.
• Bookmarks – your Internet bookmarks.
• If you want new events to appear as pop-up text
instead of in the activity menu,
} General } New Events } Popup.
} Settings
Shut Down Menu
Open the shut down menu from almost anywhere
in the phone. You can use it to shut down the
phone, turn on silent or activate a profile. For more
information about profiles
To open and close the shut down
menu
Press and select an option from the list.
% 48 Profiles.
File Manager
Items are saved in folders. Create subfolders to
move items to. Access camera pictures by selecting
the desktop icon Camera Pictures. Unrecognized
items are saved in the Other folder.
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
period or other punctuation marks, press
and then or repeatedly. Accept and add
a space by pressing .
, , , .
Getting to Know Your Phone
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.
Options when entering letters
} More to view options when entering letters.
and .
Changing Style-up™ Covers
Some kits may include additional Style-up™
covers. Follow these instructions to change covers.
Turn on the phone and make sure that you are
within range of a network to make and receive
% 7 To turn the phone on and off. If your
calls
subscription includes the Caller ID service and
the caller’s number is identified, the number is
displayed. If the number is saved in Contacts,
the name, number, and picture (if defined) are
displayed. If the number is a restricted number,
Withheld is displayed.
To make a call
Enter the phone number (with international country
code and area code, if applicable) } Call to make
the call. } End Call to end the call.
To redial 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.
Calling
To answer or reject a call
} Answer to answer a call. } Busy to reject a call.
To change the ear speaker volume
During a call, press or to increase or decrease
the volume.
To select more options during a call
Press and select an option.
To turn off the microphone
Press and hold . To resume, press and hold
again.
To use the loudspeaker during
a voice call
} More } Turn On Speaker or } Turn Off Speaker.
Missed calls
When you have missed a call, it appears in the
Activity menu if New Events is set to Activity Menu.
} Call to call the missed number.
If New Events is set to Popup, Missed calls:
appears. }Yes to view the missed calls in the
call list now or }No to do it later. To change
the Activity menu settings %8 Activity Menu.
Information about the last calls is saved
in the call list.
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
call }Call.
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To add a call list number to contacts
1 } Calls from standby and select a tab.
2 Scroll to the number you want to add } More
} Save Number.
3 Select New Contact to create a new contact,
or an existing contact to add the number to.
Emergency calls
Your phone supports the international emergency
numbers, for example 112 and 911. This means
that these numbers can normally be used to make
an emergency call in any country, with or without
a SIM card inserted, if a GSM network is in range.
In some countries, other emergency numbers may also
be promoted. Your service provider may have saved
additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.
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Calling
To make an emergency call
Enter, for example, 112 } Call.
To view your local emergency
numbers
} Contacts } Options } Special Numbers
} Emergency Nos.
Contacts
Choose your default contacts from one
of the following:
• Phone Contacts – detailed information saved
in the phone memory.
• SIM Contacts – names and numbers only
on the SIM card.
To select default contacts
1 } Contacts}Options}Advanced
} Default Contacts.
2 Select Phone Contacts or SIM Contacts.
To check the memory status
} Contacts } Options } Advanced
} Memory Status.
The number of entries you can save depends
on the amount of memory available in the phone
or on the SIM card.
Web address that you want to be displayed first
for the contact.
Synchronizing contacts
For more information, % 43 Synchronizing.
Speed dialing
Save phone numbers that you want to reach easily
in positions 1-9 in your phone.
To set or replace speed dialing
numbers
1 } Contacts } Options } Speed Dial.
2 Scroll to the position } Add or } Replace
and select a phone number.
To speed dial
From standby, enter a speed dial number 1-9 } Call.
Calling
Voicemail
If your subscription includes an answering service,
callers can leave a voice message when you cannot
answer a call.
To save your voicemail number
Press and hold } Yes enter the number
} OK. You can get the number from your
service provider.
To call your voicemail service
If you have saved your voicemail number,
press and hold .
To check your voicemail number
} Messaging } Settings } Voicemail Number.
Voice Control
Manage calls with your voice and a handsfree.
Create voice commands to voice dial, answer
or reject calls. Voice commands cannot be saved
on the SIM card.
} Voice Dialing } Activate } Yes
} New Voice Cmd. Select a contact.
2 Select the phone number to add the voice
command to. Record a voice command such
“John mobile”.
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3 Instructions appear. Lift the phone to your ear,
wait for the tone and say the command that
you want to record. The voice command
played back to you.
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4 If the recording is ok select Yes, if not No and
record again. You can change the recording
later by selecting
} Add.
Turn t he Media Player off before using voice dialing.
Scroll to the Media Player and press to turn off.
Edit Names or New Voice Cmd.
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Calling
To activate voice answering and
record voice answer commands
1 } Settings}General}Voice Control
} Voice Answer } Activate.
2 Instructions appear. } Continue and lift the
phone to your ear. Wait for the tone and say
“Answer”, or another word. If the recording
ok }Yes. If not }No and record again.
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3 Say “Busy”, or another word } Yes.
Follow the instructions that appear, save when
finished.
You cannot use voice answering if you have selected
an MP3 file as ringtone.
The magic word
Record and use a voice command as a magic word
to activate voice control without pressing any keys.
The magic word can only be used with a handsfree
or a Bluetooth™ headset.
• With a handsfree: say your magic word or press
the call handling button. Wait for the tone and
say the name you recorded earlier, for example
“John mobile”, the call connects.
To answer or reject a call
When the phone rings, say “Answer” or say “Busy”.
Play caller name
Hear your recorded voice commands for contacts
names when receiving a call.
To turn the caller name on or off
} Settings } General } Voice Control
} Play Caller Name.
To edit your voice commands
} Contacts select the contact } More
} Edit Contact. Scroll to the relevant tab and edit
your voice command.
Calling
Forwarding Calls
Forward calls, for example, to an answering
service.
When the Restrict calls function is activated,
some Forward calls options are not available.
To activate a call forward
1 } Settings } Calls } Forward Calls.
2 Select a call type and forward option } Activate.
3 Enter a phone number to forward your calls to,
} Lookup to find a contact } OK.
or
To deactivate a call forward
Scroll to the forward option } Deactivate.
To check all forward options
} Settings } Calls } Forward Calls } Check All.
More Than One Call
Handle more than one call simultaneously.
Call waiting service
When activated, you hear a beep if you receive
a second call.
1 } More } Hold to hold the ongoing call.
2 Enter the number to call } Call.
Receiving a second call
When you receive a second call, select one
of the following options:
• To answer and put the ongoing call on hold,
} Answer.
• To reject and continue the ongoing call, } Busy.
• To answer and end the ongoing call,
} Replace Active Call.
Handling two calls
If you have calls ongoing and on hold,
select one of the following options:
• To switch between the two calls, } More
} Switch.
• To join the two calls, } More } Join Calls.
• To connect the two calls, } More} Transfer Call.
You are disconnected from both calls.
• To retrieve the held call, }End Call}Yes.
• To end both calls, } End Call } No.
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Calling
You cannot answer a third call without ending
of the first two calls or joining them into
one
conference call.
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Conference calls
Start a conference call by joining an ongoing call
and a call on hold. You then put the conference
on hold to call and add up to five participants
or just to make another call.
To join the two calls into
conference call
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} More } Join Calls.
To add a new participant
1 } More } Hold to put the joined calls on hold.
2 } More } Add Call and call the next person.
3 } More } Join Calls.
4 Repeat the procedure to include more
participants.
To release a participant
} More } Release Party and select the participant.
To have a private conversation
1 } More } Talk to and select the participant.
2 } More } Join Calls to resume
Text messaging, picture messaging, voice
messaging, email.
Your phone supports various messaging services.
Contact your service provider about the services
you can use or visit www.SonyEricsson.com/support.
If there is no memory available, you must delete
messages or emails before you can receive new ones
% 25 To delete several messages in a folder.
Text Messaging (SMS)
Text messages can contain pictures, animations,
melodies and sound effects. You can create and
use templates for your messages.
Before you start
A service center number is provided by your
service provider to send and receive text messages.
It may already be set on the SIM card or you can
add the number yourself.
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