Sony ericsson T230C User Manual

Getting started 3

Make and receive the first call.

Getting to know your phone 6

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 20

Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.

Calling 27

Use the phonebook, call options.

Setting up Mobile Internet 40

Set up internet and email.

Using Mobile Internet 54

WAP browser, bookmarks.

More features 58

Events, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 61

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 63

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

Additional information 65

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

Messaging 45

Chat, email, text and picture messaging.

Icons 73

What do the icons mean?

Index 78

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Contents 1

Sony Ericsson T230c

GSM 900/1800

Second edition (January 2004) This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual 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 manual.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

Please note:

Some of the services in this manual are not supported by all networks. This also applies to the GSM International Emergency Number 112.

Sony ericsson advice users to backup their personal data information.

Please contact your network operator or service provider if you are not sure whether you can use a particular service or not.

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Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient use and the Limited warranty chapters before you

use your mobile phone.

The marble logo is a trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Sony is a trademark of Sony Corporation and Ericsson is a trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson.

T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered trademark of Tegic Communications.

T9™ Text Input is licensed under one or more of the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian Pat. No. 1,331,057; United Kingdom Pat. No. 2238414B; Hong Kong Standard 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.

Other product and company names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

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Getting started

About this user’s guide

For ease of reference, the “Getting to know your phone” chapter gives a quick overview of the main functions of the phone, shortcuts and general information.

More information and downloads are available at www.SonyEricsson.com or wap.SonyEricsson.com.

Note: Throughout this manual, WAP and Web are used interchangeably to refer to internet services.

Available services

Some services and functions described in this user’s guide are network- or subscription-dependent. Because of this, some menus may not be available in your phone. This symbol indicates that a service or function is network or subscriptiondependent. Please consult your network operator for more information about your subscription.

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The 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.

Tip: Check if your information is saved to the SIM card before you remove it from another phone. For example, phonebook entries may be saved in the phone memory.

Assembly

Before you can use your phone you need to:

• Insert the SIM card.

• Attach and charge the battery. See “SIM card and battery information” on page 4.

Note: Always turn off the phone and detach the charger before you insert or remove a SIM card.

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SIM card and battery information

It may take up to 30 minutes before an icon appears when charging if the battery is completely discharged.

1. Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed under the metal clips.

2. Place the battery on the back of the phone with the connectors facing each other (label side up).

3. Place the back cover into the bottom of the phone and slide it up until it clicks into place.

4. Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol. The flash symbol on the charger plug must face upwards.

5. It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery charging icon appears in the display. Wait approximately 4 hours or until the icon indicates that the battery is fully charged. If you do not see the battery icon after this time, press any key or the centre select key to activate the display. The display will “sleep” during charging.

6. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.

Note: You have to insert the SIM card and charge the

battery before you can use the phone.

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Holding the Phone

Hold your mobile phone as you would any other telephone. While speaking into the mouthpiece, angle the phone up and over your

If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the wrong number by pressing . If your PIN starts with the same digits as an emergency number, for example 911, the digits are not hidden with an * when you enter them. This is so that you can see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN. See “Emergency calls” on page 28 for more information.

shoulder.

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

Internal Antenna

Your phone is equipped with an internal antenna. For best reception, try to hold your phone so your hand does not cover the internal antenna. The antenna is

the SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key). Your PUK is provided by your network operator.

located on the back of the phone above the back cover.

To make and receive calls

Turning On the Phone

Press and hold

until you hear a tone. Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if you have one

PIN:

Welcome

• Enter the area code and phone number, and press to make the call.

• Press

to end the call.

• When the phone rings, press

for your SIM card. Your PIN is provided by your network operator.

My Network

12:18

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YES

to answer the call.

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Getting to know your phone

Key functions

Vo l u m e

Increase/decrease the earpiece

key

volume during a call. Scroll through lists under menus. Enter the Phone status menu in standby. Press once to mute the ring signal when receiving a call. Press twice to reject an incoming call.

Make and answer calls. Select a menu, submenu or an option.

Press for options, help. Press and hold for WAP.

1–9, 0 Enter digits, 0–9, and letters.

Press and hold to enter the international prefix +. Move through menus using shortcuts. Press and hold (2-9) to find a contact beginning with the first letter on that key.

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Tilt the navigation key up, down, left or right to move through the menus, lists and texts. Press the centre select key as an alternative to

Press and hold to turn the phone on or off (in standby) or to go back to standby mode from menus. Press to end or reject a call, go back one level in the menus or leave an option unchanged.

Delete numbers, letters or an

(clear)

item from a list. Press and hold to mute the microphone (during calls) or mute the phone or lock the keypad (standby menu).

Enter # or a space.

YES

to select an option.

Quick keys

Useful key combinations are described below.

To... When in standby:

reach a contact beginning

To... When in standby:

make an emergency call enter the international

emergency number and press

YES

enter and move through

press or

the main menus

enter Call contact press or

enter Call list press

YES

call your voice mail press and hold

enter the + sign press and hold

mute the ring signal when receiving a call

press , or press one of the side volume keys once

with a specific letter

reach a phone number at a specific position on the SIM card.

speed dial press any of the number

find a contact in the Call contact list

enter the Phone status menu to see today’s date and the model name of the phone (may also indicate GPRS availability)

reject a call quickly press the upper

write a new text message press and hold

set the phone to silent or

press and hold

lock the keypad

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press and hold any of the keys –

press the position number and

keys – and

YES

press and hold

press the volume key up or down

or lower side volume key twice when receiving a call or press

To... When in standby: To... When in the menus:

silence call ringer quickly press the upper

or lower side volume key once when receiving a call

change the language

press 8888

to Automatic

change the language

press 0000

to English

change the language

press 0008

move through menu lists use the navigation key or

press (and hold) the upper or lower side volume key

enter a quick options menu

press

or help, if available.

delete an item press and hold when

in lists

go back to standby press and hold

to Chinese

To... During a call:

put a call on hold press

retrieve the held call press

YES

again

mute the microphone press and hold

To...

reach the second letter or character of a key

reach the third letter or character of a key

When entering letters using multitap text input:

press and hold the upper side volume key and press any of the number keys

press and hold the lower side volume key and press any of the number keys

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To...

shift between capital and lower-case letters

enter numbers press and hold any of the

enter a question mark press the upper side

enter the

-sign press the lower side

enter a space press

delete letters and numbers press

shift between multitap or T9 Text input methods (assuming T9 Text input is set to On)

When entering letters using multitap text input:

press , then the letter

number keys

volume key and press

press and hold

To. ..

shift between input languages and other character or numeric input methods

To. ..

view alternative words press or

accept a word and add aspace

enter a period press

view alternative punctuation marks

shift between capital and lower-case letters

enter numbers press and hold any of the

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When entering letters using multitap text input:

press and hold

When entering letters using T9 Text Input:

press

press , then or repeatedly

press , then the letter

number keys

To. ..

When entering letters using T9 Text Input:

delete letters and numbers press

shift between multitap or

press and hold

T9 Text input methods

shift between input

press and hold languages and other character or numeric input methods

To... When entering numbers:

enter a p (pause) press and hold when

entering numbers or saving

codes

To access the Icon Glossary

1. Scroll to the menu or function and press .

2. Select Icon glossary.

Delete, edit and rename

If you add items, for example, a contact, an event or a web bookmark, it can be deleted, edited or renamed.

There are two ways to delete items:

• Select an item and press .

• Select an item, press , select Delete or Delete all.

There are two ways to edit items:

• Select an item, press , select Edit.

• Scroll to the item you want to edit and press twice, select Edit.

Tip: You can rename an item in the same way.

Help texts/Icons

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

To get help

1. Scroll to the menu or function and press .

YES

2. Select Help (if available),

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YES

Menu overview

(1) Phonebook** (2) Messages (3) Calls or Ongoing call*

Note:

1 Call contact 2 Add contact 3 Manage contact 4 Pictures 5 Personal rings 6 Special numbers 7 Advanced 8 Options

Find and send*

(4) Pictures&Sounds (5) Settings (6) Web services** (7) Organizer (8) Connect (9) Games**

1 Text 2 MMS 3 Call voice mail 4 E-mail 5 Chat 6 Push inbox 7 Area info ** 8 Options

1 Missed calls 2 Call list 3 Manage calls 4 Time and cost 5 Next call 6 Options

Calling local** Switch to line 1** Switch to line 2**

1 Turn off tones* 2 Hold call* 3 Switch calls* 4 Release active* 5 Join calls* 6 Transfer call* 7 Release all*

Extract part* Release party* Parties in conf.*

8 Calls* 9 Phone status

(1) Main menu numbering does not appear (menu numbering may change with certain functions or services). *Only available during a call or conference call. **Network- and subscriptiondependent.

1 My pictures 2 More Pictures 3 My sounds 4 More Sounds 5 Themes 6 More Themes 7 Composer 8 Record sound 9 CommuniCam™

1 Sounds & alerts 2 Display 3 Language 4 Time and date 5 Locks 6 Handsfree 7 Master reset

1 Sony Ericsson 2 Bookmarks 3 Push inbox 4 Enter address 5 Resume 6 Select profile 7 Advanced 8 Options

1 Events 2 Alarms 3 Timer 4 Stopwatch 5 Calculator

6 GSM Networks 7 Data comm. 8 Accessories

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(if attached)

Entering letters and characters

You can enter letters, for example, when you add names to the phonebook, write text messages or enter web addresses. In addition to the way you normally enter letters in your phone, using multitap text input, you can use T9™ Text Input to enter text messages and e-mail, for example, if the input language you select supports this. T9 Text Input is a predictive input method and is a quicker way to write texts.

Input languages

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

Chinese input

This mobile phone has different input methods for entering Chinese characters:

• Stroke input

• Pinyin input

You can use these methods to, for example, enter Chinese names and Chinese short messages.

Before you start

Chinese is the default language. If you want to select another language or input method before you start entering Chinese characters, please refer to the following procedures:

To select input languages

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES

, Language,

YES

, Input,

YES

To select a menu language

Scroll to Settings, Language, Menu.

2. Scroll to the language or alphabet that you want to use for entering letters and press for each language you want.

3. Press

YES

to exit the menu.

To select an input method

Scroll to Settings, Language, Input.

When writing, you can switch to one of your selected input languages by pressing and then selecting Language. See “The list of options” on page 19.

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Switching between Chinese input methods

In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and switch quickly to another input method by pressing and holding .

in the candidate row, move the cursor to that character and press

YES

. Alternatively, press and hold the key of which the number corresponds to the character position. For example, to enter the fourth character from the candidate row, press and hold .

Switching between Chinese and English input

In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and switch

Input methods in detail

quickly to another input language by pressing and holding .

Stroke input

A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are

General instructions

Regardless of which input method you choose, your phone has a function to speed up the entry of Chinese characters. Whenever you enter a stroke or a Pinyin letter, a candidate row of the most frequently used characters containing that stroke or relating to that letter, appears at the bottom of the input area.

more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke categories. Each category is represented on the keypad by one of the keys - . The Wild Card key , is used when you are not sure of which stroke to use. For more information, please see “For example, to enter “ 信息 ”” on page 16 and “Example of using the Wild card key” on page 15.

If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate row, press to present another candidate row. Continue pressing until the character you want is displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin letter and a new set of characters will immediately be displayed in the candidate row. To go back to the previous row, press . To enter a character

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Stroke categories

The 5 stroke categories and the mapping of stroke

Number Key

Stroke Category

Basic Stroke Stroke Name Character

letters on the keypad are defined in the table below:

Number Key

Stroke Category

Basic Stroke Stroke Name Character

Over

Lift

Down

王十在七天

海红牡状习

中业上门丑

Down-Hook

Short Slope Down

Long Left Slope

Over Slope

小水打子承

直真质草

八九丹风片

香千匕后丢

Short left Slope

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Dot

Right Slope

Down-CurvedOver

Down-Over

Left Slope-Over

Left Slope-Dot

Down-Lift

Right SlopeHook

Down-OverHook

Down-OverCurved-Hook

六学雷心性

人火又送林

四西酉酸

山巨屯母凶

么去公约能

女要好巡巢

衣以饭收长

我或民成伐

心必思忘

电也毛兄孔

Number Key

Stroke Category

Basic Stroke Stroke Name Character

Down-Over-Left Slope

Down-OverDown-Hook

Down-OverDown

Over-Hook

Over-Down

专传转

马与张号费

鼎鼐

写字皮通免

口已户

Number Key

Stroke Category

Basic Stroke Stroke Name Character

书骨

Over-DownHook

Over-Left Slope

Over-DownOver-Left Slope

OverLeft SlopeCurved-Hook

Over-DownOver-Hook

力习也同永

又之登多社

及极廷建

阿队陈那部

乃透鼐隽杨

? (Wild card key)

Example of using the Wild card key

The Wild card key , is used to supplement unclear strokes in entering characters. If you want to enter “ 五 ”, but you only know that “ 一 ” is the first and the last stroke of the character and that the total number of strokes is four:

• Enter , , , .

• The character is displayed in the candidate row.

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Over-DownOver-Down

Curved-Hook

Over-DownCurved-Hook

Over-DownOver

Over-Down-Lift

凸

狗豹家逐狂

乙九瓦飞风

投沿船凹

话计认讯

Components

The basic building units of Chinese characters are components that are made of strokes. After entering the first stroke of the desired character, the component and character candidates that started with that stroke are displayed in the candidate row. Using components is a fast method for entering complex characters.

Note: The smaller candidates surrounded by dotted frames are components, and the bigger candidates without dotted frames are characters.

For example, to enter “

信息

”

1. Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.

YES

2. Move the cursor to “ 信 ”,

Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters on

the keypad:

Number Key Pinyin Letter

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u ü w x y z

4. Select “ 息 ”.

Pinyin input

Press the keys containing the required Pinyin letters, and the phone will make various proposals on the display, according to the pronunciation rules of Mandarin.

Note: On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced by v.

For example, to enter “

1. Press , , .

2. When “xin” is highlighted, move the cursor left or

right and select “ 信 ”. If you want to enter any of the other suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll or to the desired combination, then press

3. Select “ 息 ”.

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信息

”

YES

Input punctuations, symbols and smilies

Under input mode, press , to see the table of punctuations, symbols and smilies. Press to enter

Note: Your selection of input languages and character or numeric input methods determines what you can see or enter.

a space into the text.

See the Latin alphabet, abc, table below:

Latin input

Multitap text input

When saving names in the phonebook or when writing web addresses, you enter letters using multitap text input. You press each key as many times as needed to show the letter you want. The following example shows how to write a name in the Phonebook.

Note: Multitap input only applies when latin characters are selected.

To enter letters using multitap text input

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Add contact,

YES, YES

YES

, Manage contact,

again.

YES

2. Press the appropriate key, – , or , repeatedly until the character you want appears. You can view the characters in the row that appears briefly at the top of the display when you press a key.

Press… to see/enter…

- ? ! ‚ . : ; " ' < = > ( ) _ 1

A B C Å Ä Æ à Ç 2 Γ

D E F è É 3 ∆ Φ

G H I ì 4

J K L 5 Λ

M N O Ñ Ö Ø ò 6

P Q R S ß 7 Π Σ

T U V Ü ù 8

W X Y Z 9

+ & @ / ¤ % $ € £ ¥ \ § ¿ ¡ 0 Θ Ξ Ψ Ω

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Press… to see/enter…

Space # * ↵ ¶

to delete letters and numbers

to shift between capital and lower-case letters

– press and hold to enter numbers

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.

Note: A language must be selected to be able to use the T9 Text Input method.

To turn T9 Text Input on or off

Note: You can toggle T9 Text Input on/off by pressing

Example:

and holding .

•To enter an ‘A’, press once.

•To enter a ‘B’, quickly press twice.

• To shift between capital and lower-case letters,

The following example shows how to start writing a text message:

press , then enter the letter.

To enter letters using T9 Text Input

Tip: You can also use the volume key as a shortcut to certain letters. To enter a ‘B’, press and hold the upper side volume key and press . To enter a ‘C’, press and hold the lower side volume key and press .

1. Scroll to Messages,

2. For example, if you want to write “lane”, press

,, , .

3. Press or repeatedly to view alternative words

YES

(candidates).

T9™ Text Input

You can use T9 Text Input when writing, for example, text messages and e-mail. The T9 Text Input method

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4. If the word shown is the one you want:

• press to accept and add a space.

• press or

YES

to accept without a space.

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, Te xt ,

YES

, Write new,

YES

If the candidates do not include a word you want, you can add a new word to the list during selection.

The list of options

Press when writing to enter a list of options:

• Add symbol – Symbols and punctuation marks

Note: To enter a digit while typing text, press and hold the digit key. For example, to enter a ‘5’, press and hold .

are shown. Move between symbols with the centre select key.

• Insert item – Add a picture, sound effect, melody or animation to a message.

To add a word to candidates

1. Scroll to a similar candidate to the word you want to add, press , select Spell word,

YES

2. Press repeatedly to delete one letter at a time. Write the new word using multitap text input,

YES

The word is added to the dictionary. The next time you enter the word you just added to the dictionary, it appears as one of the alternative words.

3. Continue writing your message. See also “Sending text messages” on page 46.

• Spell word – For T9 Text Input only. Edit the suggested word by using multitap text input.

• Text format – Edit size, style, alignment or start a new paragraph.

• Language – Show the input language selected earlier.

• Input method – A list of input methods available for the current input language is shown.

• Candidates – For T9 Text Input only. A list of alternative words is shown.

• Help.

Tip: Press to enter a period. To enter other punctuation marks, press and then or repeatedly. Press to accept and add a space. Press and hold to select an input method for the text you are currently writing.

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Personalizing your phone

For more information on sending themes in messages,

see “Messaging” on page 45. You can adjust the phone settings to suit your own requirements.

To send a theme

1. Scroll to Pictures&Sounds,

Themes

You can change the appearance of the display, for example, the colours and background picture, by

2. Highlight a theme, press .

3. Select Send,

YES

4. Select a transfer method, using themes. Your phone comes with some pre-set themes. You cannot delete these, but you can create new themes on the Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet and

Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material.

download them to your phone. For more information, visit wap.SonyEricsson.com.

Pictures

Your phone comes with a number of pictures. You can:

To select a theme

• Scroll to Pictures&Sounds,

YES

, Themes.

• Set a picture as background when in standby mode.

• Assign a picture to a contact in the phonebook. When

that person calls, the picture appears in the display

Note: If you need to adjust the display contrast, scroll to Settings,

YES

, Display,

YES

, Contrast.

(provided your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification service). See “To add a picture to a phonebook contact” on page 31.

Exchanging themes

You can send and receive a theme via multimedia

• Enclose a picture in a text message.

• Send a picture via picture messaging or e-mail. messaging (MMS), interchangeable with picture messaging, and e-mail or download it via WAP.

All pictures and are saved in Pictures&Sounds, My pictures.

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YES

, Themes.

YES

Handling pictures

You can also add, delete or rename pictures in

Tip: When viewing your pictures, you can set a background by pressing .

My pictures. The number of pictures that can be

saved depends on the size of the pictures. File types supported are GIF, JPEG and WBMP.

To turn the background picture On or Off

• Scroll to Settings,

YES

, Activate.

YES

To view your pictures

YES

• Scroll to Pictures&Sounds,

, My pictures. The pictures are shown in thumbnail view. To get a full view, press

YES

Exchanging pictures

You can send pictures via picture messaging or e-mail and receive via picture messaging. For more information on sending pictures in messages, see “Messaging”

Note: Animations for picture messages can be viewed

on page 45.

in My pictures. Animations for text messages can only be viewed when inserting an item in a text message. See “To insert an item in a text message (EMS)”

Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material.

on page 46.

To send a picture

To view your camera pictures (if connected)

• Scroll to Pictures&Sounds,

• Scroll to Connect,

YES

, Accessories.

YES

, CommuniCam™ or

To select a picture as background

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select Set picture,

3. Select a picture,

YES

YES YES

, Display,

YES

, Wallpaper.

1. Scroll to Pictures&Sounds, or CommuniCam™.

2. Highlight a picture,

3. Select Send,

YES

4. Select a transfer method.

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, Display,

YES

. Press .

YES

, Wallpaper,

, My pictures

• When you receive a picture via a text message or a picture message, a new message appears in your Inbox. Highlight the picture in the message, press and

Warning! Exposure to excessive ring volume may damage hearing. Answer the call or lower the volume before placing the phone at your ear.

select Save to save in My pictures.

To turn the ring signal on or off

Ring signals and melodies

Your phone comes with a number of standard and polyphonic melodies that can be used as ring signals.

• Press and hold from standby and select Turn on silent or Turn off silent. All signals except the alarm and timer signals are turned off.

You can create and edit standard melodies, and send them to a friend in a text or picture message. You can also download standard and polyphonic melodies via WAP.

To compose a ring signal or melody

1. Scroll to Pictures&Sounds,

YES

, Composer,

YES

• Press – to enter

Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material.

anote.

• Press or to make

the note shorter or longer.

To select a ring signal

• Scroll to Settings, Ringtones.

YES

, Sounds & alerts,

YES

There are six different lengths of notes.

• Press to change octave.

• Press once to raise the note one semitone.

To set the ring signal volume

1. Scroll to Settings, Ring volume,

YES

, Sounds & alerts,

YES

2. Press or to increase or decrease the volume.

3. Press

YES

to save the setting.

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• Press twice to lower the note one semitone.

• Press to add a melody effect, and to set the tempo, volume, style and duration.

• Press to enter a pause (rest).

• Press to remove notes.

2. To listen to your melody, press

YES

3. Press

again to save and name it, or press NO

YES

to continue composing.

Note: To edit a melody, scroll to Pictures&Sounds,

YES

, My sounds, select the melody and press .

To use the piano

1. In the Composer, press the upper or lower side volume key to activate the piano.

2. Use the centre select key to move between the keys.

3. Press

YES

to select a note.

See “Icons” on page 73.

4. Press the upper or lower side volume key to deactivate the piano.

To send a melody

YES

1. Scroll to Pictures&Sounds,

, My sounds,

2. Select a melody and press .

3. Select Send,

YES

4. Select a transfer method.

Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text

message, see “To insert an item in a text message (EMS)” on page 46.

Increasing ring

You can choose a ring signal that rises in steps from the lowest volume to the highest.

To turn increasing ring On or Off

• Scroll to Settings,

YES

, Sounds & alerts,

YES

Increasing ring.

YES

Exchanging melodies

You can send and receive a sound or melody via SMS or MMS, or download it via WAP.

Specific ring signals for personal calls

If you subscribe to the Two Line Service, you can set different ring signals for the two voice lines. Line 1 and Line 2 are displayed instead

Note: You cannot exchange a polyphonic melody

of Voice calls.

via SMS.

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If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a personal ring signal to numerous callers.

To set the vibrating alert

1. Scroll to Settings, Vibrating alert,

YES

2. Select the setting you want,

To set a specific ring signal for a caller

YES

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Add new?,

YES

, Personal rings,

2. Enter the first letter of the contact name,

3. Select a contact,

4. Select a ring signal,

YES

From Settings,

YES

, Sounds & alerts, you can

also select:

• Alarm signal that you hear during an alarm.

• Message alert when messages are received.

• Key sound when using the keypad.

• Minute minder to beep after every minute during calls.

Note: You cannot assign a ring signal to a number stored only on your SIM card.

Menu language

Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language

Sounds & alerts

You can choose to be notified of an incoming call by the buzzing of the vibrating alert. You can set

to the language of the country/region where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the case, the preset language is English.

the phone’s vibrating alert to one of the following:

• On – all the time.

• On if silent – on when the ring volume is turned off or when you have set the phone to silent.

To change the menu language

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a language,

YES

• Off – all the time.

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, Sounds & alerts,

YES

, Language,

YES

, Menu,

YES

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Sony ericsson T230C User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Getting started

Getting to know your phone

Personalizing your phone