GSM 900/1800/1900
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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 network operator for more information.
Assembling your phone
Insert the SIM card and attach 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 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
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. The symbol
on the charger plug must face upwards.
6 It may take 30 minutes for the battery icon to
appear.
7 Wait approximately 2.5 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 pulling it out.
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
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 or 911. This is so that you can see
and call an emergency number without entering a
PIN
% 13 Emergency calls. Press to correct
mistakes.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row,
the SIM card is blocked
% 51 SIM card lock.
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 Select 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 } Setup wizard.
If you press shortly when the phone is on, the
shut down menu will be displayed
menu.
Enter the area code and phone number } Call to make
the call. } End call to end the call. When the phone
rings }Answer to answer the call.
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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.
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 } Shortcuts and select
an existing shortcut you want to edit } Edit.
2 Scroll to and select a function } Shortcut.
• Press the navigation key in the centre or in
a direction:
Press to go to the desktop or to select items.
Press , , or 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.
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.
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, } Settings
} General } New events } Popup.
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.
To manage items and folders
1 } File manager and select a folder.
2 Scroll to an item } More } Manage files } Move.
3 Select the folder you want to move the item to,
or New folder and name the folder }OK.
To select several items
1 } File manager and select an item } More }
Mark, select Mark several or Mark all.
2 Scroll and select more items by pressing Mark
or Unmark.
To check memory status
} File manager } More } Memory status.
File information
View information for items. Copyright protected
items cannot be copied or sent.
Synchronizing items
For more information
% 42 Synchronizing.
Languages
Select the language for phone menus and the
languages that you may use when writing.
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
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 and add a space
by pressing .
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.
Options when entering letters
} More to view options when entering letters.
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 calls
% 7 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 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
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 to call
} Call.
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 network operator 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.
Save phone numbers that you want to reach easily
in positions 1-9 in your phone.
To set or replace speed dialling
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.
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 .
Calling
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.
Toactivate voice dialling and record
names
1 } Settings}General}Voice control
} Voice dialling } Activate } Yes } New voice.
Select a contact.
2 Select the phone number to add the voice
command to. Record a voice command such
as “John mobile”.
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 is played
back to you.
4 If the recording is ok select Yes, if not No and
record again. You can change the recording later
by selecting Edit names or New voice}Add.
Tur n t he Media player off before using voice dialling.
Scroll to the
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 is ok } Yes.
If not } No and record again.
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.
To activate and record the magic
word
1 } Settings}General}Voice control
} Magic word } Activate.
2 Follow the instructions that appear, save when
finished.
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Calling
To use voice dialling
• Without a handsfree: from standby, press and hold
Calls and say the name.
• 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.
Diverting calls
Divert calls, for example, to an answering service.
When the Restrict calls function is activated, some
Divert calls options are not available.
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.
You cannot answer a third call without ending one of
the first two calls or joining them into a conference call.
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.
Calling
To join the two calls into
a conference call
} 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 part. and select the participant.
To have a private conversation
1 } More } Talk to and select the participant.
2 } More } Join calls to resume the conference
call.
Two voice lines
Make separate calls with different phone numbers
if your subscription supports alternate line service.
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
% 24 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 centre number is provided by your network
operator to send and receive text messages. It may
already be set on the SIM card or you can add the
number yourself.