Sony Ericsson T618 User Guide

Sony Ericsson T618

Getting to know your phone 4

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.

Personalizing your phone 22

Download settings or choose from the phone.

Calling 31

Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.

Messaging 51

Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.

Camera 60

Use the camera.

Setting up WAP and e-mail 63

All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.

Using WAP 71

WAP browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 74

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 79

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 87

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 89

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

Additional information 91

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 98

What do the icons mean?

Index 105

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Contents 1

Sony Ericsson

GSM 900/1800/1900

Third edition (August 2003) 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, 2003

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 6484 R2A

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.

Please contact your network operator or service provider if you are in doubt 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 BLUETOOTH trademarks are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

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.

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End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™ J2ME™.

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Getting to know your phone

About this user’s guide

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.cn or wap.SonyEricsson.com.

Available services

Some services and functions described in this user’s guide are network or subscription-dependent, which means that all menus may not be available in your phone.

This symbol indicates that a service or function is network or subscription-dependent.

Please consult your network operator for more information about your subscription.

Assembly

Before you can use your phone you need to:

• Insert the SIM card.

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• Attach and charge the battery. See “SIM card and battery information” on page 5.

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

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, among other things.

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.

SIM card and battery information

It may take up to 30 minutes before an icon appears when charging.

1. Insert the SIM card. Slide the silvery holder over the SIM card to lock it in place.

2. Place the battery on the back of the phone with the connectors facing each other.

3. Place the back cover as shown in the picture and slide it 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.

6. 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 joystick to activate the display.

7. 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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Turning the phone on

• Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if you have one for your SIM card.

On/off

Your PIN is provided by your network operator.

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 112, 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 “Making emergency calls” on page 31.

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

To turn on the phone

• Press the on/off button on the top of the phone.

Note: The first time you turn on the phone it takes up to 40 seconds to begin operating.

row, 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.

To turn off the phone

• Press and hold the on/off button at the top of the phone.

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Navigating the menus

Example

The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. To go to the desktop, press the joystick.

Desktop

Press to go to the desktop. Move up, down, left, right through menus. Press to select highlighted items.

To set an alarm

1. Use the joystick to scroll to Organizer, and press the left key to select it.

2. Use the joystick to scroll down to Alarms, and press the left key to select this function. Press the left key again to select Alarm.

3. Enter the time and press the left key to save your entry.

Throughout this user’s guide instructions such as those above will be given in a shorter form, as follows:

To set an alarm

1. Scroll to Organizer, Alarms, Alarm.

Press to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby.

Press to select the options shown above these keys in the display.

2. Enter the time,

Save.

To make and receive calls from standby

• Enter the area code and phone number, press

End call to end the call.

• Press

• When the phone rings, press

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Call.

Yes to answer the call.

Key functions

Press once to activate camera function. Press again to take a picture.

Volume keys increase/ decrease the earpiece volume during a call. Scroll through menus, lists and text. Enter the Status menu in standby. Press twice to reject an incoming call. Press once to turn off the ring signal when receiving a call.

Press to select the options that appear in the display immediately above these keys.

Press once to go back one

level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby.

Delete numbers, letters or an

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

Infrared port. Press and hold to switch the

phone on or off. Press to go directly to

the Internet. Move through the menus,

lists and texts.

item from a list. Press and hold to turn off the microphone (during calls) or turn off sound.

Press and hold to enter the international prefix +.

Enter # or a space

Enter *. Shift between lower/

upper case.

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Quick keys

Useful key combinations are described below.

To... When in standby:

make an emergency call enter the emergency

number and press

Call

enter Call contact press enter Internet services press voice dial press and hold a volume

key or say your magic word

enter Call list press

CALLS

call your voice mail press and hold enter the + sign press and hold turn off the ring signal

when receiving a call

press , or press a

volume key once set the phone to silent press and hold reach a contact beginning

with a specific letter

press and hold any of the

keys -

To... When in standby:

reach a phone number at a specific position.

speed dial press any of the number

enter the first submenu of the shortcut menu

enter the main menu press or press the

enter the menu to see today’s date, the profile in use and the model name of the phone

change the language to Automatic

change the language to English

change the language to Chinese

reject a call press

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press the position number and

keys - and

Call

press

centre of the joystick press a volume key once

press 8888

press 0000

press 0008

To... During a call:

put a call on hold press Hold retrieve a call press Retrieve turn off the microphone press and hold enter a quick

press

options menu

To. ..

reach the second letter or character of a key

reach the third letter or character of a key

To... When in the menus:

move through menus or lists

press (and hold) a volume

key or use the joystick delete an item press and hold

shift between capital and lower-case letters

enter numbers press and hold any of the

when in lists go back to standby press and hold

enter a space press delete letters and

numbers shift between multitap or

T9 Text input methods shift between input

languages (including character or numeric)

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When entering letters using multitap text input:

press the volume key and press any of the number keys

press , then the letter

number keys

press

press and hold

To...

When entering letters

using T9 Text Input:

view alternative words press or accept a word and add

press aspace

enter a full stop press shift between capital and

lower-case letters

press , then the

letter enter numbers press and hold any of the

number keys delete letters

press and numbers

shift between multitap or

press and hold T9 Text input methods

shift between input

press and hold languages (including

Help texts

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

To get help

• Select the menu or function and press

Delete and edit

If you add items, for example, a contact, a note, an appointment or a WAP bookmark, you can delete or edit them.

To delete an item

• Select an item and press .

To edit an item

• Select an item, press

More, and choose from the list

of options.

character or numeric)

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Info.

Online services

Online services are customized services offered by network operators, independently of mobile phones and mobile phone manufacturers.

A SIM card which supports Online services works in the same way as a normal SIM card. When you have inserted your SIM card and turned on your phone, your network operator can download data to your SIM card. When you restart your phone after the first data download, a new submenu appears under the menu.

To enter your new menu system

• Scroll to Connectivity, Online services.

Note: This menu only appears if your SIM card supports this service. Some operators may not use the name “Online services”. Your phone may not support all of the services offered.

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Menu overview

Operator direct link

Internet services My shortcuts Camera Messaging Entertainment

Pictures & sounds

View we ek Ring volume Select profile My numbers Edit shortcuts

Phonebook Calls Connectivity Organizer Settings

Call contact Find and send** Add contact Manage contact Pictures Personal rings Voice commands Special numbers Advanced Options

Missed calls Calling local* Call list Switch to line 1* Divert calls Manage calls Time and cost Next call Options

Online services* Bluetooth Infrared port WAP o ptio ns Synchronization GSM Networks Data comm. Accessories

Calendar Notes Alarms Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code memo

Te xt Picture Call voice mail E-mail Chat WAP p ush Area info Options

Sounds and alerts Display Profiles Language Time and date Voice control Locks Handsfree Master reset

Games & more Other games

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My pictures More pictures My sounds More sounds Themes More themes Picture editor Music DJ Record sound

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

** Only visible during calls

Entering letters

You can enter letters, for example, when you add names to the Phonebook, write text messages or enter WAP addresses.

Apart from the way you normally enter letters in your phone, using multitap text input, you can use T9™ Text Input for entering text messages and

Multitap text input

When saving names in the Phonebook or when writing WAP addresses, you enter letters using multitap text input. You press each key as many times as needed to show the letter you want. In the following example, we are going to write a name in

the Phonebook. 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. See “T9™ Text Input” on page 15.

To enter letters using multitap text input

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Add contact.

Add and then the appropriate key,

2. Press

- , or , repeatedly until the

Input languages

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

To select input languages

1. Scroll to Settings, Language, Input.

2. Scroll to the language that you want to use for

entering letters and check each language you want.

Ok to exit the menu.

3. Press When writing, you can switch to one of your selected input languages by pressing

More and then

selecting Input language. See “The list of options” on page 16.

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character you want appears in the display. See the table below:

Press… to get…

. , - ? !’ @ : ; / ( )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

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Press… to get…

W X Y Z 9 + 0 θ Ξ Ψ Ω Space ↵ ¶

More for an options list

to delete letters and numbers to shift between capital and

lower-case letters

- press and hold to enter numbers

To enter a ‘C’, press the volume key and press .

T9™ Text Input

You can use T9™ Text Input when writing, for example, text messages and e-mail. The T9™ Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary that recognizes 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.

Example:

• To enter an ‘A’, press once.

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

• To shift between capital and lower-case letters, press , then enter the letter.

Note: Standard abc must selected in order to use multitap text input.

Tip: You can also use the volume keys as a shortcut to certain letters:

To shift from multitap to T9 text input method

• Press and hold .

To enter letters using T9™ Text Input

1. Scroll to Messaging, Text, Write new.

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 .)

To en ter a ‘ B’, press the volume key and press .

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If the word shown is not the one you want:

•Press

or repeatedly to view alternative

words (candidates). Accept a word and add a space by pressing .

If you do not find the word you want by pressing or :

More to go to a list of options.

•Press

• Select Spell word.

• Press and hold to delete the entire word, or delete one letter at a time by pressing

repeatedly.

• Write the new word using multitap text input and

Insert.

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

4. Continue writing your message. See “Sending text

The list of options

If you press

More when writing a text message, you

enter a list of options:

• Add symbol – Symbols and punctuation marks such as ? and , are shown. Move between the symbols by using the joystick.

• Insert item – Pictures, melodies and sounds.

• Spell word – Change the suggested word by using multitap text input.

• Te xt f ormat – Change style, size and alignment.

• Input language – Change input language.

• Input method – Change input method.

• Word suggestions – Select to show a list of suggested words.

• My words – A list of words you have added to the dictionary.

• Help.

messages” on page 51. Press to enter a full stop. To enter other punctuation marks, press

and then or repeatedly. Accept by pressing . Press and hold to select an input language.

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Chinese input

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

• Pinyin input

Switching between Chinese and English input

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

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

General instructions

Regardless of which input method you choose, your phone has a function to speed up the entry of

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:

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.

If the character you want is not displayed in the

To select a menu language

• Scroll to Settings, Language, Menus.

candidate row, press to present another candidate row. Continue pressing until the character you want is displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the

To select an input mode

• Scroll to Settings, Language, Input.

next stroke or Pinyin, 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

Switching between Chinese input methods

In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and

character in the candidate row, move the cursor to

that character and press the joystick. switch quickly to another Chinese input method by pressing and holding .

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Input methods in detail

Stroke categories

The 5 stroke categories are defined in the

Stroke input

A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke categories. Each category is represented on

table below:

Number

Stroke

Key

Personalizing your phone

You can adjust the phone settings to suit your own requirements.

To send a theme

You can exchange themes via IR, Bluetooth wireless technology, picture message or e-mail. Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material. For more information on sending

Note: If you change a setting which is included in a profile, the active profile is also changed. See “Profiles” on page 29.

themes in messages, see “Messaging” on page 51.

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, Themes.

2. Select a theme, press

More.

3. Select Send.

Themes

4. Select a transfer method.

You can change the appearance of the display, for example, the colours and background picture, by using themes. Your phone comes with some pre-set themes. You cannot delete these, but you can create new themes and download them to

To receive and save a theme

1. From standby, press

More and select Turn on

Bluetooth or Turn on infrared.

2. When you receive the theme, press

your phone.

Pictures

For more information, visit

www.SonyEricsson.com.cn or wap.SonyEricsson.com.

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

• Download more pictures to your phone.

• Have a picture as wallpaper when in standby mode.

To download a theme

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, More themes.

2. Select a link.

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Save to save it.

• Assign a picture to a contact in the Phonebook. When that person calls, the picture appears in the display (provided your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification service). See “To add a picture to a phonebook contact” on page 34.

• Insert a picture in a text message.

To turn wallpaper on or off

• Scroll to Settings, Display, Wallpaper, Activate.

To set a picture as wallpaper

1. Scroll to Settings, Display, Wallpaper, Set picture.

2. Select a picture.

All pictures are saved in My pictures, in the Pictures & sounds menu.

Tip: You can select Wallpaper by pressing when viewing pictures in My pictures.

You can also save animations in your phone. These are handled like pictures.

To edit and save a picture

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, My pictures.

Handling pictures

You can add, edit, or delete pictures in 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.

2. Scroll to the picture you want,

3. Scroll to Edit. You can now start to edit the picture.

More, select Save picture. The picture is saved

4. Press in My pictures.

The pictures are shown in thumbnail view.

To get a full view, press

View.

Note: To edit pictures taken with the camera, you must select 120x160 as picture size.

To view your pictures

• Scroll to Pictures & sounds, My pictures.

To draw a picture

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, Picture editor.

To download a picture

2. Select a type.

• Scroll to Pictures & sounds, More pictures.

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More.

3. Select Tool and choose the tool you want to work with.

Exchanging pictures

You can exchange pictures via IR, Bluetooth wireless technology, picture message or e-mail.

When editing or drawing a picture:

Press… to…

move the cursor up and left. move the cursor up. move the cursor up and right. move the cursor left. activate the current drawing tool. move the cursor right. move the cursor down and left. move the cursor down. move the cursor down and right.

More view an options menu.

press and hold to exit the picture editor. undo the last action. select tool.

Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material. For more information on sending pictures in messages, see “Messaging” on page 51. Save the e-mail address of a WAP album in your Phonebook and you can save pictures in that album if you send the pictures as attachments.

To send a picture

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, My pictures. Scroll to the picture you want,

2. Select Send.

3. Select a transfer method.

If you use infrared make sure that the infrared ports are facing each other.

To receive and save a picture

1. Scroll to Connectivity, Bluetooth, Turn on.

2. When you receive the picture, press

in My pictures.

select a colour.

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More.

Save to save it

When you receive a picture in a text message or a picture message, a new message appears in your Inbox. To save the picture in My pictures, highlight the picture by moving the joystick to select it and

Save.

press

Ring signals and melodies

Your phone comes with a number of ring signals and melodies. You can edit your own ring signals and melodies and send them to a friend in a text message. It is also possible to exchange melodies via WA P, Bluetooth wireless technology, IR or cable.

Screen saver

The phone has a screen saver, which is activated automatically when the phone has been in idle mode

Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material. You can also download ring signals to your phone.

for a few seconds. After a few more seconds, the screen saver changes to sleep mode to save power. To turn the screen saver On or Off, scroll to Settings,

To select a ring signal

• Scroll to Settings, Sounds and alerts, Ring signal.

Display, Screen saver, Activate.

To download a ring signal

To use a picture as the screen saver

You select a picture saved in the phone and use it as

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, More sounds.

2. Select a link.

the screen saver.

1. Scroll to Settings, Display, Screen saver, Set picture.

2. Scroll to and select the picture you want to use as the

screen saver.

Yes to accept.

3. Press

To set the ring signal volume

1. Scroll to Settings, Sounds and alerts, Ring volume.

2. Press or to decrease or increase the volume.

Save to save the setting.

3. Press

• To turn the ring signal on or off, press and hold . All signals except the alarm are turned off.

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To compose a ring signal or melody

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, Music DJ.

2. Choose to insert a selection of pre-recorded

music blocks. You can choose from four different selections.

3. Copy and paste these blocks to build up your melody.

More to play the melody and view

4. Select other options.

Receiving melodies

You can receive a sound or melody via IR, Bluetooth wireless technology, text, picture message, or download it via WAP. When you receive the sound or melody, press

Save to save it in My sounds.

Increasing ring

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

Note: To edit your own melody, scroll to Pictures & sounds, My sounds, select the melody and press

More. Select Edit.

To send a melody

1. Scroll to Pictures & sounds, My sounds.

2. Scroll to a melody,

More.

3. Select Send. Select a transfer method.

To turn increasing ring On or Off

• Scroll to Settings, Sounds and alerts, Increasing ring.

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 of Voi c e c a l l s . If your subscription includes the Calling Line

Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text message, see “To insert an item in a text message”

Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a personal ring signal to up to ten callers.

on page 52.

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To set a specific ring signal for a caller

1. Scroll to Phonebook, Personal rings, New contact.

2. Enter the first letters of the contact,

Ok.

3. Select a contact.

4. Select a ring signal.

Menu language

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

Sound and alerts

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

To change the menu language

1. Scroll to Settings, Language, Menus.

2. Select a language.

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.

• Off – all the time.

Display light

The display light can be set to automatic or on. In automatic mode, the display light is turned off a few seconds after you last press a key.

• To set the display light, scroll to Settings,

To set the vibrating alert

1. Scroll to Settings, Sounds and alerts, Vibrating alert.

2. Select the setting you want.

From the Settings, Sounds and alerts menu, you can also select Message alert, Key sound and turn on the Minute minder.

If you turn on the minute minder, you hear a beep

Display, Light.

• To set the display contrast, scroll to Settings, Display, Contrast.

Time settings

The time is always displayed in standby.

• To set the time, scroll to Settings, Time and date, Set time.

once every minute during a call.

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You can choose a 12-hour clock or a 24-hour clock.

• To set the time format, scroll to Settings, Time and date, Time forma t.

Answering mode

When using a portable handsfree kit, you can choose to answer a call by pressing any key (except the key) or set the phone to answer the call

Date

When the phone is in standby mode, you can press a volume key up or down to see today’s date in the

automatically.

• To select answering mode, scroll to Settings, Handsfree, Answering mode.

Status menu.You can set the date and date format in the Settings, Time and date menu.

Start-up picture

When you turn your phone on or off, the Sony

Advanced time settings

Under Advanced in the Settings, Time and

Ericsson start-up picture appears in the display. Your operator’s own greeting may be shown instead.

date menu, you can set time zone and daylight saving time. By changing these you also change the time.

When your phone changes network, and the time

To select a start-up picture

1. Scroll to Settings, Display, Start-up picture.

2. Select My pictures.

sent out from the operator deviates from the time in your phone, you are asked whether you want to update the time if you have turned on Auto time zone. If you press

Yes, the time is

updated automatically.

My phone numbers

You can check your own phone number(s).

• To check your phone number, scroll to Phonebook, Special numbers, My numbers. If your number is not saved on your SIM card, you can enter it yourself.

28 Personalizing your phone

Keypad lock

You can lock the keypad to avoid dialling a number by accident.

To add a function to my shortcuts

1. Scroll to My shortcuts, Edit shortcuts.

2. Select a function from the list by pressing

3. Enter the position number you want for this function

Note: Calls to the international emergency

number 112 can still be made, even when the

in your menu and press

Save to exit the list.

4. Press

Ok.

keypad is locked.

Profiles

Automatic keylock

Automatic keylock means the keypad is locked 25 seconds after you last press a key.

• To lock the keypad manually, press