Sony Ericsson K610i User Manual

Sony Ericsson K610i

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

Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, help, Flight mode, calls, activity menu, PC Suite, camera, blog.

Getting to

know the phone ................ 10

Keys, menus, navigation, icons, shortcuts, phone language, entering letters, file manager, memory card.

Calling ............................... 21

Calls, video calls, contacts, call list, speed dial, voice control, call options, groups, business cards.

Messaging ........................ 35

Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging, email, My friends.

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

Camera, video, blog, pictures, PhotoDJ™, themes.

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

Music and Video player, PlayNow™, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™, ringtones, games.

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

Settings, Internet, RSS, synchronizing, Bluetooth™ technology, USB cable, update service.

More features ................... 70

Alarm clock, calendar, tasks, profiles, time and date, SIM card lock, etc.

Troubleshooting ............... 77

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

Important information ...... 83

Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, service and support, safe and efficient use, end user license agreement, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Index ................................. 92

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1Contents

Sony Ericsson

UMTS 2100 GSM 900/1800/1900 This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this user guide necessit ated by typ ographi cal errors, inaccura cies of current informati on, or improvements to program s and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communicat ions AB at any time and with out notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into ne w editi ons of th is user guide. All rights r eserved.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2006

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 8551 R1A Please note: Some of the services in this user guide are not

supported by all networks.

the GSM International Emergency Number 112

Please contact your n etwork ope rator or ser vice provider if you are in doubt whether you can use a particul ar service or not. Please read the

use

and the use your mobile phone. Your mobile phone has the capability to download, store and forward additional content, e.g. ringtones. The use of such conten t may be res tricted 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 ad ditional content that you download to or forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your use of any addi tional content, please verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized . Sony Er icsson does not guarantee the accura cy, integ rity or quality of an y additio nal content or any other third party content. Under no circumstances will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper u se of additional co ntent or other third party content.

Limited warranty

This also applies to

Guidelines for safe and efficient

chapters b efore yo u

Bluetoo th™ is a tradema rk or registered tradem ark of Bluet ooth SIG Inc. PlayNow, MusicDJ , PhotoDJ and VideoDJ are trad emarks or re gistered trademark s of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Memory St ick Micro™ and M2™ are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

Real is a trademark or a regist ered tradem ark of RealNetworks, Inc. RealPlayer® for Mobile is include d under li cense from RealNetwo rks, Inc. Copyright 1995-2004, RealNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved.

Adobe™ Photosho p™ Album Start er Edition is a tradem ark or regis tered trad emark of Ad obe Systems Incorporated. Microsof t, Windows and PowerPoi nt are eit her register ed trademar ks or trad emarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S and other countries. Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., register ed in the U.S. and oth er countri es. T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered trademark of Tegic Communications. T9™ Text Input is license d under one o r 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.

Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trad emarks or re gistered trademark s of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. End-user license a greement for Sun™ Java™ J2ME™.

Smart-Fi t Rendering is a tradem ark or registered trademark of ACCESS CO., LTD. in Japan and other co untries.

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1 Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted

informat ion of Sun an d title to all copies is retain ed by Sun and /or its licensor s. Customer shall not modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software may not be leased, as signed, o r sublic ensed, in whole or in part.

2 Export Regulations: Software, including technical

data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Admini stration Act and its associated regulations, and may be subject to export or im port regul ations in oth er countries. Customer a grees to co mply stri ctly wit h all such regulati ons and ac knowled ges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, reexport, 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, Li bya, Sudan, Syria (as such listin g may be r evised fro m time to time) or a ny country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Speciall y Designa ted Nati ons or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders.

3 Restrict ed Rights: Use, dupl ication or disclosu re

by the Uni ted States government is subjec t to the restrictions as set forth in the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clauses in DFARS

Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trad emarks of their resp ective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately depict the actual phone.

Instruction symbols

The following appear in the user guide:

Note

A service or function is networkor subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details.

% See also page...

} Use a selection or navigation

key to scroll and select

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Press the navigation key centre.

Press the upper part of the navigation key.

Press the lower part of the navigation key.

Press the left part of the navigation key.

Press the right part of the navigation key.

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3Contents

Getting started

Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, help, Flight mode, calls, activity menu, PC Suite, camera, blog.

More information and downloads are available at

www.sonyericsson.com/support.

Assembly

To use your phone

1 Insert the SIM card and the battery. 2 Charge the battery. 3 Turn on 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 items such as your phone number, the services included in your subscription, and names and numbers in your contacts.

Save contact information on your SIM card before removing it from another phone; for example, contacts may be saved in the phone memory.

You may need a PIN (Personal Identity Number) for your SIM card to start your phone and activate services. When you enter your PIN, each digit appears as *, unless it starts with the same digits as an emergency number, for example 112. This allows for emergency calls without entering a PIN. Press to correct mistakes.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row,

PIN blocked

it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key)

Battery

Some functions use more battery power than others and may cause a need for more frequent re-charging. If talk time or standby time becomes noticeably shorter, you may have to replace the battery. Only use approved batteries from Sony Ericsson

86 Battery

appears. To unblock

75 SIM card lock.

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SIM card and battery

To insert SIM card and battery

1 Remove the battery cover by pressing

and sliding it as shown in the picture.

2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with

the contacts facing down.

3 Insert the battery with the label side up

and the connectors facing each other.

4 Slide the battery cover into place.

To charge the battery

1 Connect the charger plug to the phone

with the symbol facing upwards.

2 It may take up to 30 minutes before

the battery icon appears.

3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until

the battery icon indicates a full charge. Press a key to activate the screen.

4 Pull out the charger plug.

Turning on your phone

Make sure the phone is charged and a SIM card inserted before turning the phone on. After turning on, use the setup wizard to quickly and easily prepare for use.

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To turn on the phone

1 Press and hold . The first start-up

may take a few minutes.

2 Select to use the phone in:

• Normal – full functionality or

• Flight mode – limited functionality with

network and Bluetooth™ transceivers off

3 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested.

7 Flight mode menu

4 At first start-up, select the language

for your phone menus.

5 } Yes for the setup wizard to help you. 6 Follow instructions to complete setup.

If predefined settings exist in your phone, you may not need more settings. If you use accept to register the phone at Sony Ericsson. A text message is sent. No personal data will be transferred to or processed by Sony Ericsson. Contact your network operator or service provider for more information.

Settings download

, you must

Standby

After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator will appear on the display. This is called standby mode.

Help in your phone

Help and information is available in your phone at any time.

To use the setup wizard

} Settings } the General tab } Setup wizard and select an option:

• Settings download

• Basic setup

• Tips and tricks

To view information about functions

Scroll to a function } More } Info, if available.

To view the phone demonstration

} Entertainment } Demo tour.

Settings download

Automatically set up functions in your phone that use the Internet; Internet, picture messaging, email, My friends, synchronization, update service, blog and streaming.

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You can use Settings download if your SIM supports the service, your phone is connected to a network, it is started in normal mode and does not already have predefined settings.

Contact your network operator or service provider for more information.

Flight mode menu

If you turn on the phone and Flight

mode menu is activated, select from Normal with full functionality or Flight mode with limited functionality.

Network and Bluetooth transceivers are turned off to prevent disturbance to sensitive equipment. You can, for example, play music or write a text message to send later but not make calls in an aeroplane.

Follow onboard regulations, flight crew instructions for use of electronic devices.

To view Flight mode menu options

} Settings and scroll to the General tab } Flight mode and select an option.

Making calls

The phone must be in normal mode (not flight mode).

To make a call

1 Enter a phone number (with international

prefix and area code if applicable).

2 } Call to make a voice call or } More

} Make video call to make a video call.

3 } More for options during the call. 4 } End call to end the call.

To join two calls into a conference call

1 Call the first person to include in the

conference.

2 } More } Hold to hold the ongoing call. 3 Call the second person. 4 } More } Join calls.

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 .

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Activity menu tabs

• New events – such as missed calls

and messages. When a new event occurs, the tab appears. Press to dismiss an event from the event tab. New events can also be set to appear as pop-up text instead,

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

• Running apps – applications that

are running in the background. Select an application to return to it or press to end it.

• My shortcuts – add, delete and

change the order of shortcuts. When you select a shortcut and the application opens, other programs are closed or minimized.

• Internet – your Internet bookmarks.

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

PC Suite software

Enhance the experience of your phone by installing the PC Suite software on your computer. This allows you to, for example, synchronize your phone calendar with a computer calendar.

To install the PC Suite software

1 Turn on your computer and insert the

CD that came with your phone into the CD drive of your computer. The CD starts automatically and the installation window opens.

2 Computer: Select a language and

click

Install

3 Computer: Click

section and follow the instructions on the screen. When the installation is complete, the PC Suite icon appears on the desktop of your computer.

For the latest version of PC Suite, visit www.sonyericsson.com/support.

in the PC Suite

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Take pictures or record video clips

Zoom in or out

Screen options (top right)

Ta k e pi ct u re s Record video

Delete

To take a picture or record video

1 From standby, press and hold to

activate the camera.

2 Use the navigation key to

switch between camera and video recorder.

3 Camera: Press to take a

picture. Video: Press to start recording. To stop recording, press

again.

Your pictures and video clips are automatically saved in File manager

} Camera album

4 To take another picture or record

another video clip, press to return to the viewfinder. To stop using the camera or video recorder, press and hold .

Screen options (bottom right)

Switch camera/video or Adjust brightness or

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Back

Your personal Web page

Publish your pictures on a Web page. The phone creates the Web page for you.

To blog a photo

1 Take a photo } More } Blog this. 2 Follow the instructions for first time use. 3 Add title and text } OK } Publish. 4 You will receive a text message with

your Web address and log-in data.

9Getting started

Getting to know the phone

Keys, menus, navigation, icons, shortcuts, phone language, entering letters, file manager, memory card.

Phone overview

10 11

4 5 6

7 8

Some icons on keys may differ.

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13 14 15

1 Power on/off button

2 Play/stop button

3 Screen

4 Selection key

5 Internet key

6 Back key

7 Navigation key/Music player control

8 Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot (under the cover)

9 Keylock key

10 Ear speaker

11 Video call camera

12 Volume, camera digital zoom buttons

13 Selection key

14 Activity menu key

15 Clear key

16 Camera button

17 Silent key

18 Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable

19 Camera lens

For more information

14 Navigation

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Menu overview

PlayNow™* Internet* Entertainment

Online s ervices * Games Video player VideoDJ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Remote control Record sound Demo tour

Camera Messaging Music player

Write new Inbox Email RSS read er Drafts Outbox Sent messages Saved message s My friends* Call vo icemail Templates Settings

File manager*/** Contacts Video call

Camera album Music Pictures Videos Themes Web pages Games Applications Other

New contact

Now playing Artists Tracks Playlists

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Calls** Organizer

Alarms

All Answered Dialled Missed

Applic ations Calendar Tasks Notes Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code memo

Setti ngs**

General

Profiles Time & date Language Update service Voice co ntrol New events Shortcuts Flight mod e Security Setup wizard Phone status Master reset

* Some menus are ope rator-, network- and subscrip tion-dependent. ** Use the navigation key to move across tabs in submenus. For more information

Sounds & alerts

Ring volume Ringtone Silent mode Increasing ring Vibrati ng alert Message alert Key sound

Display

Wallpaper Themes Start-up scree n Screen saver Clock size Brightness Sleep mode clock Edit line name s*

Calls

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

Connectivity*

Bluetooth USB Synchronization Device mg mt. Mobile networks Data comm. Internet settings Stream ing set tings Accessories

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Navigation

The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab by pressing the left or right part of the navigation key.

Key

Go to the main menus or select highlighted items.

Move through the menus and tabs.

Select options shown above these keys on the screen.

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

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

Open the browser.

Open the activity menu

Open or minimize the Music player.

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

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

- Press and hold any of these keys to reach a contact beginning with a specific letter.

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- Press a number key and then } Call to speed dial.

} Info Find more information, explanations or tips about selected features,

} More Enter a list of options. There are different alternatives in the list of

Press for shortcuts when browsing

shortcuts or access keys

View a shortcut guide when using the camera.

Press and then } Lock keys or Unlock to lock or unlock the phone keys.

Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press and hold to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if the phone is set to silent.

View status information in standby. Increase the volume during a call, or when using the Music player. Zoom out when using the camera or viewing pictures. Press and hold to go back one music track. Press twice to reject a call. Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set)

29 Voice dialling

Decrease the volume during a call, or when using the Music play er. Zoom in when using the camera or viewing pictures. Press and hold to go forward one music track. Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set)

29 Voice dialling

menus or functions available in your phone

options depending on where you are in the menus.

62 To use Internet keypad

6 Help in your phone

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15Getting to know the phone

Status bar

Some of the icons that may appear:

Icon Description

3G (UMTS) network is available.

GSM network signal strength.

Battery status.

Battery charging, appears with battery status icon.

Missed incoming call.

Text message received.

Email message received.

Picture message received.

Voice message received.

Ongoing call.

Keylock is on.

Handsfree is connected.

Calendar reminder.

Task r e m in der.

Shortcuts

Use keypad shortcuts to quickly go to a menu, and you can use predefined navigation key shortcuts to quickly reach certain functions. Edit the navigation key shortcuts to suit your own needs.

Using keypad shortcuts

In standby, go to menus by pressing

and then enter the number of the menu. Menu numbering starts from the top left icon and moves across and then down row by row, for example, press for the fifth menu item. For the tenth, eleventh and twelfth items, press , and respectively. To go back to standby, press and hold

Using navigation key shortcuts

In standby, go to a shortcuts menu or function by pressing , ,

To edit a navigation key shortcut

} Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and select a shortcut } Edit.

or .

Phone language

Select the language to use in the phone menus or when writing text.

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To change the phone language

} Settings } the General tab } Language } Phone language.

Select a language.

In standby, you can also press:

• 8888 for automatic language.

• 0000 for English.

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

To select writing language

1 } Settings } the General tab

} Language } Writing language.

2 Scroll to the language to use and mark

it. } Save to exit the menu.

Entering letters

Enter letters in one of the following ways (text input methods), for example, when writing messages:

• Multitap text input

• T9™ Text Input

To change the text input method

Before, or when entering letters, press and hold to change the method.

To change the writing language

Before, or when entering letters, press and hold and select another writing language.

Options when entering letters

} More for options when writing a

message.

To enter letters using multitap input

• Press - repeatedly until the

desired character appears.

• Press to shift between capital

and lower-case letters.

• Press and hold - to enter

numbers.

• Press to delete letters or

numbers.

• Press for the most common

punctuation marks.

• Press to add a space.

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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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, 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 the message. To

enter a punctuation mark, press and then or repeatedly, press

to accept and add a space.

To add words to the T9 Text Input dictionary

1 When entering letters } More } Spell

word.

2 Edit the word by using multitap input.

Use and to move the cursor between the letters. To delete a character, press . To delete the entire word , press and hol d .

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 appears in alternative words.

Next word prediction

When writing a message, you can use T9 Text Input to predict the next word, if previously used in a sentence.

To turn next word prediction on/off

When entering letters } More } Writing

options } Nxt word pred.

To use next word prediction

When entering letters, press to accept or continue.

File manager

Use the file manager to handle items such as pictures, videos, music, themes, Web pages, games and applications saved in the phone memory or on the memory card.

Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)

Your phone supports the Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding more storage space to your phone to store files containing pictures or music, for example.

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To insert and remove a memory card

1 Remove the battery cover. 2 Insert the memory card as shown (with

the contacts facing down).

3 Press the edge to release and remove.

You can also move and copy files between a computer and the memory card. When the memory card is inserted, files are automatically saved to it first and then to phone memory.

Create subfolders to move or copy files to. Games and applications can be moved within the Games and Applications folders and from the phone memory to the memory card. Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder. When handling files,

you can select several or all files in a folder at the same time for all items except Games and Applications.

Memory status

If all available memory is full, yo u cannot save any files until content is removed. Check the memory status for your phone and memory card by highlighting a folder } More } Memory

status.

File manager menu tabs

The file manager is divided into three tabs, and icons are included to indicate where the files are saved.

• All files - all content in the phone

memory and on the memory card.

• On Memory Stick - all content on

the memory card.

• In phone - all content in the phone

memory.

File information

View file information by highlighting it

} More } Information. Items that are

downloaded, or received using one of the available transfer methods, may be copyright-protected. If a file is protected, you may not be able to copy or send that file. A copyrightprotected file has a key symbol.

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To use a file from the file manager

1 } File manager and open a folder. 2 Scroll to a file } More.

To move or copy a file to memory

1 } File manager and select a folder. 2 Scroll to a file } More } Manage file

} Move to move the file or } More } Manage file } Copy to copy the file.

3 Select to move or copy the file to

Phone or Memory Stick } Select.

To move or copy files to a computer

68 Transferring files using the USB

cable

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.

To select several files

1 } File manager and open a folder. 2 } More } Mark } Mark several. 3 Scroll to select files } Mark or Unmark.

To select all files in a folder

} File manager and open a folder } More } Mark } Mark all.

To delete a file or a subfold er from the file manager

1 } File manager and open a folder. 2 Scroll to a file } More } Delete.

Memory card options

Check memory status or format the memory card to delete all information.

To use memory card options

} File manager and select the On Memory Stick tab } More for options.

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Calling

Calls, video calls, contacts, call list, speed dial, voice control, call options, groups, business cards.

Making and receiving calls

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

5 Turning on your phone

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.

Select the network to use, or you can add a network to your preferred networks. You can also change the order in which networks are selected during an automatic search.

To view available network options

} Settings and use or to scroll

to the Connectivity tab } Mobile

networks.

23 Video call

. To make

Your phone also switches automatically between GSM and 3G (UMTS) networks depending on availability. Some network operators allow you to switch networks manually, as searching for unavailable networks consumes battery power.

To switch networks

1 } Settings } Connectivity } Mobile

networks } GSM/3G networks.

2 } GSM and 3G (automatic) or

} GSM only.

For more information, contact your network operator.

To make a call

1 Enter a phone number (with

international country code and area code, if applicable).

2 } Call to make a voice call or } More

to view options, such as Make video

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call

3 } End call to end the call.

You can call numbers from your contacts and call list and

27 Call list. You can also use your

voice to make calls

24 Contacts,

28 Voice control.

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To make international calls

1 Press until a + sign appears. 2 Enter the country code, area code

(without the first zero) and phone number. } Call to make a voice call, or } More } Make video call to make a video call.

To re-dial a number

If a call connection fails and Retry? appears } Yes.

Do not hold the phone to your ear when waiting. When the call connects, the phone gives a loud signal.

To answer or reject a call

} Answer or } Busy.

To turn off the microphone

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

hold again.

To turn the loudspeaker on or off during a voice call

} More } Turn on speaker or Turn off speaker.

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

To change the ear speaker volume

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

Missed calls

When the activity menu is set to default, missed calls appear in the

New events tab in standby. If pop-up

is set to default Missed appears in standby

To check missed calls from standby

• If activity menu is set to default, press

New events tab. Scroll or to

select a number and } Call to call.

• If pop-up is set to default, } Calls and

use or to scroll to the Missed tab. Scro ll or to select a number and } Call to call.

7 Activity menu

and use or to scroll to the

Emergency calls

Your phone supports international emergency numbers, for example, 112, 911. These numbers can normally be used to make emergency calls in any country, with or without a SIM card inserted, if a 3G (UMTS) or GSM network is within range.

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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.

To make an emergency call

Enter 112 (the international emergency number) } Call.

To view your local emergency numbers

} Contacts } More } Options } Special numbers } Emergency nos.

Video call

See a person on screen during calls.

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 most video call functions without making a call, for example, to prepare a camera view before calling.

} Video call.

To make a video call

When 3G (UMTS) service is available, you can make a video call in one of the following ways:

• Enter a phone number (international

prefix and area code if applicable)

} More } Make video call.

• Contacts and select the contact to

call. Use or to select a number

} More } Make video call.

• Video call } Call.... } Contacts to

retrieve a phone number } Call or enter a phone number } Call.

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

} Answer.

To end a video call

} End call.

Video call options

} More for the following options:

• Switch camera – to switch between

the main and video call cameras. Use the main camera to show a full image of your surroundings to the recipient.

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• Stop camera/Start camera – turn the

video camera off or on. An alternative picture is shown when off.

• Save picture – save the image shown

in the large view, for example, the incoming caller image.

• Camera – options

• Brightness – adjust the level for the

outgoing picture.

• Turn on night m. – use when

lighting conditions are poor. This setting affects the outgoing video.

• Sound – options during a video call

• Turn off speaker/Turn on speaker –

incoming sound.

• Mute microphone/Unmute mic. –

microphone off or on.

• Transfer sound – to and from

Bluetooth handsfree equipment.

• Layout – options

• Switch pictures – show incoming

or outgoing video in full size view.

• Hide small pic./Show small pic.

• Mirror image – show the outgoing

camera picture.

• Settings – when answering

• Answer mode – set the video call

camera to on or off.

• Alternative pic. – set a picture to

show to the recipient when the camera is off.

• Audio options – select if microphone,

speaker phone, or both should be

on or off.

• Video quality – select picture quality

for video calls. Changes do not take

effect during an ongoing call.

Contacts

You can save your contact information in the phone memory or on a SIM card.

Choose which contact information –

Phone contacts or SIM contacts – is

shown as default.

For useful information and settings

} Contacts } More } Options.

Default contact

If Phone contacts is selected as default, your contacts show all the information saved in Contacts. If you select SIM contacts as default, your contacts show information depending on the SIM card.

To select default contacts

1 } Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Default contacts.

2 } Phone contacts or SIM contacts.

Phone contacts

Save contacts in the phone with names, phone numbers and personal information. You can also add pictures

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and ringtones to contacts. Use , ,

and to scroll between tabs and

their information fields.

To add a phone contact

1 If Phone contacts is selected as def ault,

} Contacts } New contact } Add. 2 Enter the name } OK. 3 Enter the number } OK. 4 Select a number option. 5 Scroll between tabs and select the

fields to add information. To enter

symbols such as @, } More } Add

symbol and select a symbol } Insert. 6 When all information is added } Save.

To delete a contact

1 } Contacts and scroll to a contact. 2 Press and select Yes.

To delete all phone contacts

If Phone contacts is selected as

default, } Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Delete all contacts

} Yes and } Yes

on the SIM card are not deleted.

SIM contacts

Save contacts on your SIM card.

To add a SIM contact

1 If SIM contacts is selected as default,

} Contacts } New contact } Add. 2 Enter the name } OK.

. Names and numbers

3 Enter the number } OK and select a

number option. Add more information, if available } Save.

To automatically save names and phone numbers on the SIM card

} Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Auto save on SIM

and select On.

Memory status

The number of contacts you can save in the phone or on the SIM card depends on available memory.

To view memory status

} Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Memory status.

Using contacts

Contacts can be used in many ways. Below you can see how to:

• call phone and SIM contacts.

• send phone contacts to another

device.

• copy contacts to phone and SIM

card.

• add a picture or a ringtone to a phone

contact.

• edit contacts.

• synchronize your contacts.

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To call a phone contact

1 } Contacts. Scroll to, or enter the first

letter or letters of the contact.

2 When the contact is highlighted press

or to select a number } Call to

make a voice call, or } More } Make

video call to make a video call.

To call a SIM contact

• If SIM contacts is default } Contacts

and when the contact is highlighted press or to select a number.

} Call to make a voice call, or } More } Make video call to make a video call.

• If Phone contacts is set as default

} Contacts } More } Options } SIM contacts and select the contact } Call

to make a voice call, or } More } Make

video call to make a video call.

To send a contact

} Contacts and select a contact } More } Send contact and select

a transfer method.

To send all contacts

}

Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Send all contacts

and select a transfer method.

To copy names and numbers to the SIM card

1 } Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Copy to SIM.

2 Select one of the alternatives.

When copying all contacts from the phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM card information is replaced.

To copy names and numbers to phone contacts

1 } Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Copy from SIM.

2 Select one of the alternatives.

To add a picture, ringtone sound or video to a phone contact

1 } Contacts and select the contact

} More } Edit contact.

2 Select the relevant tab and then select

Picture or Ringtone } Add.

3 Select an option and an item } Save.

If your subscription supports Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign personal ringtones to contacts.

To edit a phone contact

1 } Contacts and select a contact

} More } Edit contact.

2 Scroll to the relevant tab and select

the field to edit } Edit.

3 Edit the information } Save.

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To edit a SIM contact

1 If SIM contacts is default } Contacts

and select the name and number to

edit. If phone contacts is default

} Contacts } More } Options } SIM

contacts and select the name and

number to edit.

2 } More } Edit contact and edit the

name and number.

Synchronizing contacts

You can synchronize your contacts

with a contacts application on the

Web. For more information

64 Synchronizing

To save and restore contacts with a

memory card

} Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Back up to M.S. or

Restore from M.S.

To select the sort order for contacts

} Contacts } More } Options

} Advanced } Sort order.

Call list

Information about most recent calls.

To call a number from the call list

1 From standby, } Calls and select a tab. 2 Scroll to the name or number to call

} Call to make a voice call, or } More

} Make video call to make a video call.

To add a call list number to contacts

1 From standby, } Calls and select a tab. 2 Scroll to the number 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 and select the All tab } More } Delete all.

Speed dial with pictures

Save numbers in positions 1-9 in your phone to access them easily. Speed dial is dependent on your default contacts example, you can speed dial numbers saved on the SIM card.

If you add contacts with pictures to speed dial positions, the contact pictures appear for easy reference

or video to a phone contact

To edit speed dial numbers

1 } Contacts } More } Options } Speed

dial.

2 Scroll to the position } Add or } More

} Replace.

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To speed dial

From standby, enter the position number } Call.

Voicemail

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

Contact your network operator for your voicemail number or for more information.

To call your voicemail service

Press and hold . If you have not entered a voicemail number, } Yes and enter the number.

To edit your voicemail number

} Messaging } Settings } Voicemail number.

Voice control

Manage calls with your voice by creating voice commands to:

• Voice dial – call someone by saying

their name.

• Activate voice control by saying a

“magic word”.

• Answer and reject calls when using

a handsfree.

Before voice dialling

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 and select a

contact.

2 If the contact has more than one

number, use and to view the numbers. Select the number to add the voice command to. Record a voice command such as “John mobile”.

3 Instructions appear. Wait for the tone

and say the command to record. The voice command is played back to you.

4 If the recording sounds OK } Yes. If

not } No and repeat step 3. To record another voice command for

a contact } New voice } Add again and repeat steps 2-4 above.

Caller name

Hear your recorded contact name when you receive a call from that contact.

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To turn the caller name on or off

} Settings } the General tab } Voice

control } Play caller name.

Voice dialling

Start voice dialling from standby using

the phone, a portable handsfree, a

Bluetooth headset or by saying your

magic word.

To make a call

1 From standby, press and hold one of

the volume keys.

2 Wait for the tone and say a recorded

name, 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 and hold the

handsfree button, or press the

Bluetooth headset button.

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.

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 } Yes to accept or } No to record a

new magic word.

4 Instructions appear. } Continue and

select the environments in which your magic word is to be activated.

Voice answering

Answer or reject incoming calls by using your voice, when using a handsfree.

You can use a MIDI, WAV (16 kHz), eMelody or iMelody file as a ringtone with voice answering.

To activate voice answering and record voice answer commands

} Settings } the General tab } Voice control } Voice answer } Activate.

2 Instructions appear. } Continue. Wait

for the tone and say “Answer”, or another word.

3 } Yes to accept or } No for a new

recording.

4 Instructions appear. } Continue.

Wait for the tone and say “Busy”, or another word.

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