Sony Ericsson K608i User Manual

Sony Ericsson K608i T-Mobile

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . 9

Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, t-zones, activity menu, file manager.

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Calls, video calls, contacts, voice control, call options.

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging, email.

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Camera, video recorder, pictures, PhotoDJ™.

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Media player, radio, ringtones, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™, sound recorder, themes, games.

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Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Internet and email settings, browsing, synchronizing, Bluetooth, infrared, USB cable.

More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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

Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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

Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Icon descriptions

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Sony Ericsson

UMTS-GSM 900/1800/1900 First edition (May 2005)

This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this user guide necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this user guide.

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Publication number: EN/LZT 108 7916 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.

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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 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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Getting started

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

More information and downloads are available at www.SonyEricsson.com/support.

Instruction symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this user guide:

Note

Indicates that a service or function is network- or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details.

Getting to know your phone

Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, t-zones, activity menu, file manager.

Phone overview

1 2

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7 14 15 8

9 10 11 12 17 18

5, 10

For more information on keys and navigation,

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Infrared port

Ear speaker

Screen

Video call key

Selection keys

Back key

Power on/off button

Video call camera

Activity menu

Navigation key

Clear key

Silent key

Camera button

Camera zoom, volume buttons

USB port

Microphone

Stereo headset and charger connector

Getting to know your phone

t-music* t-zones* File manager

Entertainment Messages Camera

Media Pl ayer Radio Games VideoDJ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Remote control Record sound Demo tour

SIM Application Toolkit (SAT)/Radio*

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Write new Inbox Email Call voicemail Drafts Outbox Sent messages Saved messages Templates Settings

Contacts

Contacts**

Options: Speed dial My business card Groups

SIM contacts** Special numbers Advanced New contact

Pictures Videos Sounds Themes Web pages Games Applicati ons Other

Video call

Getting to know your phone

Calls Organizer

All Answered Dialled Missed

Settings

General

Profiles Time & date Language Voice control New events Phone status Shortcuts Start-up menu Locks Setup wizard Tips and tricks Master reset

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

*The menu depends on which contacts application is selected as default. *** Only available if SAT is not available. SAT is a SIM-card dependent service.

Sounds & alerts

Ring volume Ringtone Silent mode Increasing ring Vibrating alert Message alert Key sound

Display

Wallpaper Themes Start-up screen Screen saver Brightness Sleep mode clock Edit line names*

Calls

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

Connectivity

Bluetooth Infrared port Synchronization Device mgmt. Mobile networks Data comm. Internet settings Streaming settings Settings for Java™ Accessories

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Alarms Applications Calendar Tasks Notes Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Light Calculator Code memo

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Keys and navigation

Standby screen and main menu and status bar

The standby screen is displayed when you are not calling or using the menus. This is where you can see, for example, the name of your operator, the time and the date.

From standby, press to enter the main menu, where the menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab using the navigation key and select an option. To get more information, explanations or tips about selected features, menus or functions available in your phone, scroll to a menu item } Info. To enter a list of options } More. There are different alternatives in the list of options depending on where you are in the menus.

The status bar at the top of the screen contains icons, which give information related to the phone and its activities,

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Keys and buttons

Press to enter the main menu from standby. Press to select highlighted items. During a call, press to view a list of options.

Move through menus and tabs.

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

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

Press to delete items, such as pictures, sounds and contacts. During a call, press and hold to mute the microphone.

Press and hold to make a video call or to enter video call mode.

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Press and hold to open the activity

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menu,

Press to take a picture or to record a video clip.

Press and hold to call your voicemail service (if set).

- Press and hold any of these keys

- Press any of these keys and press

to reach a contact beginning with a specific letter.

Call to speed dial.

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In standby, press to view status information. To reject a call, quickly press twice when receiving a call. Press once to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. During a call, press to increase the volume. When using the media player (also when minimized), press to increase the volume. Press and hold to go back one track. When using the camera, press to zoom in. Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word

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(if set),

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In standby, press to view status information. To reject a call, quickly press twice when receiving a call. Press once to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. During a call, press to decrease the volume. When using the media player (also when minimized), press to decrease the volume. Press and hold to go forward one track. When using the camera, press to zoom out.

When using the camera, press to turn on the photo light.

Press and hold to set the phone to silent. Press once to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call.

Phone language

Most SIM cards automatically set the language used in the menu to the language of the country where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the case, the predefined language is English.

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You can always choose language according to SIM by pressing 8888 in standby. You can always choose English by pressing 0000 in standby.

To change the phone language

1 } Settings } the General tab } Language

} Phone language.

2 Select a language.

Shortcuts

A quicker way to move through the menus is to use shortcuts. You can use keypad shortcuts to quickly go to a menu, and you can use predefined navigation key shortcuts to quickly reach certain functions. You can edit the navigation key shortcuts to suit your own needs.

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 go back to standby, press and hold .

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Using navigation key shortcuts

In standby, press , , or to go directly to a function. The first time you press , you can choose the function you want to use as a shortcut.

To edit a navigation key shortcut

} Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and select

which shortcut you want to edit } Edit. Press if you want to delete the shortcut.

Entering letters

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

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

• 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.

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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 } Language

} Writing language.

2 Scroll to each language that you want to use

and mark it. } Save to exit the menu.

To enter letters using multitap text input

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

where text input is possible, for example

} Messaging } Write new } Text message.

2 Press the appropriate key, – ,

or , repeatedly until the character you want appears on the screen. You can see which characters you can choose in the box in the top right corner of the screen.

Example:

• To enter an ‘A’, press once.

• To enter a ‘B’, quickly press twice.

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• To shift between capital and lower-case letters,

press , then enter the letter.

• You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut to

certain letters. To enter a ‘B’, press and hold the

volume button and press . To enter a

‘C’, press and hold the volume button and

press .

To enter letters using T9™ Text Input

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

where text input is possible, for example

} 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 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 .

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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 list

Before, or while 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, sounds, templates

and animations.

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

suggested word by using multitap text input.

• 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 dictionary

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.

• National chars. – turn off language-specific

characters to save space. This option appears only for some writing languages.

Activity menu

You can open the activity menu almost anywhere in the phone to view and handle new events, and access bookmarks and shortcuts.

To open and close the activity menu

Press and hold .

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Activity menu tabs

• New events – this shows new events such as

missed calls and messages. When a new event occurs, the tab appears on the screen. Press to dismiss or delete an event from the event tab.

• My shortcuts – this shows your shortcuts and

applications that are running in the background. You can add, delete and change the order of shortcuts. When you select a shortcut and the application opens, other programs are closed or minimized.

• Bookmarks – this shows your own Internet

bookmarks. When you select a bookmark and the browser opens, other programs are closed or minimized.

To select a view for new events

If you want new events to appear as pop-up text instead of in the activity menu, } Settings

} the General tab } New events } Pop-up.

File manager

Use the file manager to handle files saved in the phone memory. Items such as Pictures, Videos,

Sounds, Themes, Games, Applications, and Web pages are saved as files in folders. All files

Getting to know your phone

that the phone cannot recognize are saved in the

Other folder. You can create your own subfolders

in some predefined folders, to which you can move your saved files. You can also transfer the saved files to a computer, Bluetooth and

To use a file from the file manager

1 Highlight a file in the Pictures or Sounds

folder.

2 }More } Use as. Select what you want to

use the file for.

To move a file to a folder

1 } File manager and open a folder. 2 Scroll to a file, for example, a picture that

you want to move } 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 create a subfolder

1 } File manager and open a folder. 2 } More } New folder and enter a name for

the folder.

3 } OK to save the folder.

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To select several files

1 } File manager and select a file } More } Mark

} Mark several.

2 Scroll and select more files by pressing Mark or

Unmark.

To select all files in a folder

} File manager and select a file } Mark all or Unmark all to remove the selection.

To move or copy files to a computer

More } Mark press

% 69 File transfer using Bluetooth. % 70 The USB

cable.

File information

Items that are downloaded, or received using one of the available transfer methods, may be copyrightprotected. If a file is protected, you may not be able to copy or send that file. You can select to view information for the file.

Calling

Calls, video calls, contacts, 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.

% 8 Turning on the phone and making calls. To

make a video call,

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 } Settings } the Connectivity tab

} Mobile networks. Use or to scroll between

the tabs.

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To make a call

1 Enter the phone number (with international

country code and area code if applicable).

2 } Call to make a voice call, or press and hold

3 } End call to end the call.

You can call numbers from your contacts and call list,

to make a video call. } More to view

options.

% 23 Contacts, and % 27 Call list. You can also use

your voice to make calls,

To change the ear speaker volume

Press or to increase or decrease the ear speaker volume during a call.

To use the loudspeaker during a voice call

1 } More } Turn on speaker to turn on the

loudspeaker.

2 } More } Turn off speaker to turn off the

loudspeaker.

Do not hold the phone to your ear while using the loudspeaker. This could damage your hearing.

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Calling

To turn off the microphone

1 Press and hold . 2 To resume the conversation, press and hold

again.

Receiving calls

When you receive a call, the phone rings and the caller’s number is displayed (if your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification service and the caller’s number is identified).

If the number is in your contacts, the name,

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

To answer a call

} Answer.

To reject a call

} Busy or quickly press a volume button twice.

Missed calls

If you have missed a call, and if New events is set to

Activity menu, the missed call appears in the Activity menu. } Call to call the missed number.

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If New events is set to Pop-up, Missed calls:

appears, indicating the number of missed calls. To view the missed calls in the call list } Yes. If you want to view the missed calls later } No.

To check your missed calls

1 From standby } Calls } the Missed tab. Use

or to scroll between the tabs.

2 Use or to scroll to a number and } Call

to call a number.

Automatic redialling

To re-dial a number

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

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

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

• The call is connected

•You press Cancel

• You receive a call Automatic redialling is not available for data calls.

Calling

Making international calls

When you make an international call, the + sign replaces the international prefix number of the country from which you are calling. You can make a call from abroad, using another network, provided your network operator has an agreement with that network.

To make international calls

1 Press and hold until a + sign appears on

the screen.

2 Enter the country code, area code (without the

leading zero) and phone number } Call.

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 3G (UMTS) or GSM network is within range.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your network operator may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.

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To make an emergency call

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

To view your local emergency numbers

} Contacts } Options } Special numbers } Emergency nos.

Video call

With video call, you can see the person you are talking to on your screen.

Before you start

To make a video call, both you and the person you are calling need a subscription that supports the 3G (UMTS) service, and you need to be within range of a 3G (UMTS) network. 3G (UMTS) service is available when the 3G icon appears in the status bar.

Video call demo mode

You can use the video call functions without making a call, if you, for example, want to prepare a view and check how it looks before calling. Press and hold . Most video call functions are available in the demo mode.

Calling

To make a video call

1 Press and hold when 3G (UMTS) service

is available.

2 Enter the phone number and press Call. To

retrieve a phone number from your contacts

} Call... } Contacts and scroll to the phone

number you want to call } Call or press and hold .

3 Press Camera or open the lens cover to switch

cameras from the front camera to the back camera. Hold the phone horizontally, so that the person you are talking to will see the image at a correct angle.

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To adjust the brightness of the outgoing video

Press to decrease the brightness, or to increase the brightness of the outgoing video picture.

To zoom the outgoing video in or out

Press to zoom in the outgoing video and press

to zoom out.

To accept an incoming video call

Press Answer.

To end a video call

During an ongoing video call, press End call.

Video call options

Press when using the front camera to view, and select from, the following options:

• Stop camera/Start camera – turn off and on the

outgoing video camera. An alternative picture is showed when the camera is off.

• Turn off speaker/Turn on speaker – turn off and

on the incoming sound during a video call.

• Mute microphone/Unmute mic. – turn off and on

the microphone during a video call (this option is available during calls).

Calling

• Switch pictures – choose between showing the

incoming or the outgoing video in full size

display.

• Hide small pic./Show small pic. – choose if you

want to hide or show the small picture.

• Night mode – use when the lighting conditions

are poor. This setting affects the outgoing video.

• Advanced – to view, and select, the following

options:

• Alternative pic. – this picture will be shown

to the other party when you have turned off the camera.

• Answer mode – choose whether the front

camera should be on or off when you answer a video call.

• Camera quality – select what picture quality

to use for the outgoing video. This setting will take effect at the next call – not during an ongoing call.

• Mirror image – you will see a mirror image

of the outgoing video. If you turn mirror image on, you will see yourself as you would in a mirror. The other party will see the picture non-mirrored.

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• Contacts – select a contact to view during an

ongoing call – useful, for example, when you want to check a number or an email address for a contact (this option is visible during calls).

• Transfer sound – transfer the sound to and

from handsfree equipment using Bluetooth.

• Demo clip – turn demo clip on or off.

Contacts

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

For useful information and settings } Contacts

} Options.

Default contact

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

Calling

To select default contacts

1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Default contacts.

2 Select Phone contacts or SIM contacts.

Contacts

Contacts is like an address book, in which you can store names, phone numbers and email addresses. You can also add pictures, ringtones and personal information, such as birthday, email, Web and street addresses, to the contacts.

When you add information to a contact, the

information is organized under five tabs.

To add a phone contact

1 } Contacts } 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 using 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.

SIM contacts

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 Contacts } Options

} Advanced } Memory status.

Contact your network operator for more information.

To add a SIM contact

If SIM contacts are default contacts, follow the same steps as for adding a phone contact. You can add only name and number to SIM contacts.

Always save on the SIM card

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

To automatically save names and phone numbers to the SIM card

1 }Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Auto save on SIM.

2 Select On.

Calling

Checking the memory

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

If the memory is full, you must delete contacts to be able to add new contacts, contact.

To check the memory

} Contacts } Options } Advanced } Memory status.

Pictures and personal ringtones

You can add a picture and a personal ringtone to a phone 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 ringtone to a phone contact

1 } Contacts and select the contact you

want to add a picture or ringtone to } More

} Edit contact.

2 Use , , and to scroll to the relevant

tab. } Picture: or Ringtone } Add.

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

contact.

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Calling contacts

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

If phone contacts are set as default, you can

choose to call from contacts or from the SIM card.

If SIM contacts are set as default, you can only

call the numbers on the SIM card.

To call a phone contact

1 } Contacts. Scroll to, or enter the first letter

or letters of the contact you want to call.

2 When the contact is highlighted, press or

to select a number } Call. To make a video

call, press and hold when the contact is highlighted.

To call a SIM contact

1 } Contacts. If SIM contacts are set as default,

select the name and number you want to call from the list } Call.

2 If phone contacts are set as default } Contacts

Options } SIM contacts and select the name

}

and number you want to call from the list } Call.

Calling

Ask to save

When you end a call or receive a message, the phone can prompt you to add a phone number or email address to your contacts.

To activate ask to save

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

Updating contacts

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

To edit a phone contact

1 } Contacts and select a contact } More

} Edit contact.

2 Use , , and to scroll to the relevant

tab and edit the information you want to edit

} Save.

To edit a SIM contact

1 If SIM contacts are set as default } Contacts

and select the name and number you want to edit. If phone contacts are set as default

} Contacts } Options } SIM contacts. Select

the name and number you want to edit.

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

To delete a contact

} Contacts and scroll to the contact you want to

delete, press .

To delete all contacts

1 } Contacts } 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 phone contacts

A default item is displayed in the first position for a phone contact, and is therefore quicker to access. You can set the default item – a phone number, email address or a Web address – to be displayed first for each contact. If you do not set your own default item, the mobile phone number is the default item.

To set the default item for a contact

1 } Contacts and scroll to a contact } More

} Default number

2 Select the phone number, email address or

Web address that you want as default item.

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Sending contacts

You can send contacts using one of the available transfer methods.

To send a contact

} Contacts and select a contact } More } Send contact and select a transfer method.

To send all contacts

} Contacts } Options } Advanced } Send all contacts and select a transfer method.

Synchronizing contacts

You can back up and synchronize your contacts with a contacts application on the Web. For more information, please contact your service provider. You can also synchronize your contacts with a computer application,

To synchronize contacts remotely

1 } Contacts } Options } 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, the remote synchronization settings.

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Copying contacts

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

To copy names and numbers to the SIM card

1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Copy to SIM.

2 Select Copy all or Copy a number.

To copy names and numbers to phone contacts

1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Copy from SIM.

2 Select Copy all or Copy a number.

Call list

The numbers of the most recent calls are saved in the call list. Dialled, answered and missed calls are listed under separate tabs.

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To call a number from the call list

1 } Calls from standby and select a tab. 2 Use , , and to scroll to the name

or number you want to call } Call, or press and hold to make a video call.

To add a number from the call list to contacts

1 } Calls from standby and select a tab. 2 Scroll to the number you want to add } More

} Save number.

3 } New contact to create a new contact, or select

an existing contact to add the number to.

To clear the call list

} Calls } the All tab } More } Delete all.

Speed dialling

You can save the phone numbers that you want to reach easily in positions 1-9 in your phone.

To speed dial

From standby, enter the position number and } Call.

To set or replace speed dialling numbers

1 } Contacts } Options } Speed dial. 2 Scroll to the position in the list } Add or

} Replace.

3 Select an existing contact to add the position

number to.

Voicemail

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

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 network operator.

To enter your voicemail number

} Messaging } Settings } Voicemail number.

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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. Voice commands can only be saved in the internal phone memory, not on the SIM card. 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.

Voice dialling

You can voice dial by saying a pre-recorded voice command. Start voice dialling from standby using the phone, a portable handsfree, a Bluetooth headset or by saying your magic word.

You must first activate the voice dialling function and record your voice commands. An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command.

To activate voice dialling and record names

1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice control

} Voice dialling } Activate } Yes } New voice } Add and select a contact.

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2 If the contact has more than one number, use

and to view the numbers. Select the phone number to which you want to add the voice command. Now you are going to record a voice command such as “John mobile” for the phone number you selected.

3 Instructions appear. 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 sounds ok } Yes. If not } No

and repeat step 3.

5 To record another voice command for a contact

} New voice } Add again and repeat steps 2-4

above.

To make a call from the phone

1 From standby, press and hold one of the

volume buttons.

2 Wait for the tone and say the name you

recorded earlier, for example “John mobile”. The name is played back to you and the call is connected.

To make a call with a handsfree

From standby, press the handsfree button, or the Bluetooth headset button.

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Caller name

You can choose whether you want to hear the recorded contact name when you receive a call from that contact.

To turn the caller name on or off

} Settings } the General tab } Voice control

} Play caller name.

The magic word

You can record a magic word and use it as a voice command to allow totally handsfree access to voice dialling. Instead of pressing and holding a volume button to voice dial, you say the magic word and then one of your recorded voice commands. The magic word is especially suitable when using a car handsfree kit.

Choose a long, unusual word or phrase that can easily be distinguished from ordinary background speech.

To activate and record the magic word

1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice control

} Magic word } Activate.

2 Instructions appear. } Continue. Wait for the

tone and say the magic word.

3 Instructions appear. } Continue and select the

environments in which you want your magic word to be activated. You can select several alternatives.

Voice answering

You can answer or reject incoming calls by using your voice, when using a portable or car handsfree kit.

You can only use a MIDI, WAV, EMY or IMY file as a ringtone with voice answering.

To activate voice answering and record voice answer commands

1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice control

} Voice answer } Activate.

2 Instructions appear. } Continue. Wait for the

tone and say “Answer”, or another word. If the recording sounds ok } Yes. If not } No and repeat step 2.

3 Say “Busy”, or another word } Yes. 4 Instructions appear. } Continue and select

the environments in which you want voice answering to be activated. You can select several alternatives.

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Contents

Getting started

Getting to know your phone

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