Sony Ericsson T68is User Guide

Getting started 3

Make and receive the first call.

Getting to know your phone 6

Key functions, quick keys, entering letters.

Personalizing your phone 15

Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.

Calling 23

Use the phonebook, voice control, call options.

Setting up WAP and email 43

Set up the browser and email.

Messaging 49

Chat, email, text and multimedia messages.

Using WAP 58

Browser, bookmarks.

Transferring and exchanging information 61

Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.

More features 68

Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.

Security 76

SIM card lock, phone lock.

Troubleshooting 77

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

Additional information 79

Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons 88

What do the icons mean?

Index 93

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Sony Ericsson

Fifth edition (October 2002) 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, 2002

Publication number: AE/LZT 108 5405 R5A

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.

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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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.

Available services

Some services and functions described in this user’s guide are network or subscription-dependent. Because of this, all 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.

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.

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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 in the display when charging.

1. Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed under the silvery holders.

2. Place the battery on the back of the phone and push until you hear a click.

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

4. It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery charging icon appears in the display.

5. 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.

6. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.

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You have to insert the SIM card and charge the battery before you can use the phone.

≈ 30 min.

≈ 4 h.

Making and receiving calls

On/off

If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the wrong number by pressing .

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a 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 make and receive calls

My Network

12:18

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

NO to end the call.

• Press

• When the phone rings, press

To turn on the phone

• Press and hold

NO until you hear a tone.

• Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if you have one for your SIM card. Your PIN is provided by your network operator.

Note: Not all operators require a PIN to activate services.

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YES

YES to answer the call.

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Getting to know your phone

Vol

Key functions

ume

key

1–9, 0 Enter the digits 0–9 and

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ncrease or decrease the volume of the earpiece during a call. Scroll through menus, lists and text. Enter the Status menu in standby. Slide up or down twice to reject an incoming call. Slide up or down once to turn off the ring signal when receiving a call.

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

Press for options.

letters. Press and hold to enter the international prefix +. Move through menus using shortcuts.

Enter *. Shift between lower and upper case.

(clear)

Press the joystick up, down, left or right to move through the menus, lists and texts. Press the joystick as an alternative to .

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

Delete numbers and letters from the display. Delete an item from a list. Press and hold to turn off the microphone during a call.

Enter #.

Quick keys

The table describes some of the most useful key combinations using shortcuts.

To... When in standby:

reach a phone number at a specific position.

speed dial press any of the number

make an emergency call enter the international

emergency number and

YES

press

enter and move through

press or

the main menus enter Call contact press

enter the Call list press YES voice dial press and hold YES or say

your magic word call your voicemail press and hold enter the + sign to make

press and hold an international phone call

turn off the ring signal when receiving a call

press , or slide the

volume key up or down

once

find a contact in the Call contact list

enter the first submenu of the My shortcuts menu

see which profile you are using

see today’s date slide the volume key

change the language to Automatic

change the language to English

reject a call quickly slide the volume

set the phone to silent press and hold reach a contact beginning with a specific letter

press and hold any of the

keys –

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press the position number and

keys –

YES

and press and hold

press and hold

slide the volume key up or down

up or down press 8888

press 0000

key up or down twice when receiving a call

or press

To... During a call:

put a call on hold press YES retrieve a call press YES again turn off the microphone press and hold

To... When in the menus:

move through menus or lists

slide (and hold) the volume key up or down

To. ..

reach the third letter or character of a key

shift between capital and lower-case letters

enter numbers press and hold any of the

or use the joystick select a menu or setting press enter a quick options

YES

press menu

delete an item press and hold when

in lists go back to standby press and hold

To...

reach the second letter or character of a key

When entering letters

using multitap text input:

slide the volume key

up and press any of the

number keys

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enter a question mark slide the volume key down

enter the @-sign slide the volume key down

enter a space press delete letters and

numbers shift between input

methods shift between input

languages

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When entering letters using multitap text input:

slide the volume key down and press any of the number keys

press , then the letter

number keys

and press

press

press and hold

To...

enter a p (pause) press and hold when

When entering letters using multitap text input:

entering a pause in a dial string or melody

To...

shift between input methods shift between input languages

To...

view alternative words press or accept a word and add

aspace enter a full stop press view alternative

punctuation marks shift between capital

When entering letters using T9™ Text I np ut:

press

press , then

repeatedly press , then the letter

Using shortcuts

A quicker way to move through the menus is to use shortcuts. Enter the menus by pressing or and then simply press the joystick to enter the menu. You can also enter the number of the menu to which you want to go. To get back to standby, press and hold

You can quickly and easily reach the settings you use most by placing them in the menu My shortcuts. See “My shortcuts” on page 22.

and lower-case letters enter numbers press and hold any of the

number keys

delete letters and

press

numbers

Help texts

To help you use the menus and functions, your phone has help texts that explain the menus.

• To get help, select the menu you want information about and then press . Select Help,

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When entering letters using T9™ Text Input:

press and hold

NO.

YES.

Delete, edit and rename

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

After the first data download and after restarting your phone, a new menu appears in your phone as the first submenu under the Connect menu.

• To enter your new menu system, scroll to Connect/ Online services.

There are two ways to delete items:

• Select an item and press .

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

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

There are two ways to edit items:

all of the services offered.

• Select an item, press , select Edit.

• Scroll to the item you want to edit and press

YES twice,

select Edit.

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

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.

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Menu overview

Phone book

Call contact

Find and send*

Add contact

Manage contact

Pictures

Personal rings

VoiceCommands

Special numbers

Advanced

Messages

SMS

MMS

Call voice mail

E-mail

Chat

Push inbox

Area info

Options

Calls

Missed calls

Calling local

Call list

Manage calls

Time & cost

Next call

Options

Fun & Games

Themes

My pictures

Draw picture

My sounds

Composer

Sound recorder

Games

CommuniCam™

Settings

Sounds & alerts

Profiles Display

Language

Time & date

Voice control

Locks

Handsfree

Master reset

Options

WAP services

Homepage

Bookmarks Push inbox

Enter address

Resume

Select profile

Advanced

Options

Organizer

Calendar

Notes

Alarms

Timer Stopwatch Calculator

Code Memo

Connect

Online services**

Receive item Infrared port

Bluetooth

Synchronization

GSM Networks

Data comm.

Accessories

My shortcuts

Select profile Ring volume

Switch to line 1

My numbers

Edit shortcuts

* Only available during a call.

** Please note that some menus are network and subscriptiondependent.

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Ongoing call*

Transfer sound

Record

Turn off tones

Hold call

Switch calls

Release active

Retrieve call

Join calls

Transfer call

Extract part

Release all

Release part

Parties in conf.

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

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. T9™ Text Input for entering text messages and email, 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 13.

To enter letters using multitap text input

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES again.

Press

YES, Add contact, YES.

2. Press the appropriate key, – , or , repeatedly until the character you want

Input languages

Before you start entering letters, you need to select the

appears in the display. See the table of the Latin alphabet below:

input languages that you want to use when writing.

To select input languages

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES, Language, YES, Input, YES.

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

YES to exit the menu.

3. Press 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 14.

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Press… to get…

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™

Text Input

Press… to get…

T U V Ü ù 8 W X Y Z 9 + & @ / ¤ % $ € £ ¥ \ § ¿ ¡ 0 Θ Ξ Ψ Ω # * ↵ ¶

to delete letters and numbers

You can use T9™ Text Input when writing, for example, text messages and email. 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.

The following example shows how to start writing

a text message: to shift between capital and lower-case letters

– press and hold to enter numbers

To enter letters using T9™ Text Input

1. Scroll to Messages,

2. For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”,

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.

Tip: You can also use the volume key as a shortcut to certain letters: To en te r a ‘B’, slide the volume key up and press . To en ter a ‘ C’, slide the volume key down and press .

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

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

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

• Press to go to a list of options.

• Select Edit word,

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YES, SMS, YES, Write new, YES.

YES.

• Delete the entire word by pressing , or delete one letter at a time by pressing and holding the joystick to the right, and then repeatedly.

• Write the new word using multitap text input and

YES.

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

4. Continue writing your message. See also “Sending text messages” on page 49.

• Text f o rma t – Change style, size and alignment.

• Rls caps lock/Caps lock – Switch between capital and lower-case letters.

• Language – Input language that you selected earlier is shown.

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

• Candidates – for T9™ Text Input only. Select On to show a list of alternative words.

• Accept word – for T9™ Text Input only. Accept the suggested word.

Tip: Press to enter a full stop. To enter other punctuation marks, press and then

repeatedly. Accept by pressing . Press and hold to select an input method.

• Help.

Turning off the T9™ Text Input If you wish, you can turn off the T9™ Text Input. This setting is valid for all input of texts – not only

The list of options

If you press when writing, you enter a list of options:

for the text you are currently writing.

• To turn T9™ Text Input on or off, scroll to Settings/ Language/Predictive.

• 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.

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

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Personalizing your phone

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

Themes

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

Note: If you change a setting which is included in a profile, the active profile is also changed. See “Profiles” on page 23.

themes and download them to your phone. For more information, visit www.SonyEricsson.com or wap.SonyEricsson.com.

• To select a theme, scroll to Fun & Games/Themes.

Master reset

You can reset all the settings in the phone to the way

If you need to adjust the display contrast, scroll

to Settings/Display/Contrast. they were when you bought your phone by selecting Reset settings.

If you also want to delete all contacts, messages and

other personal data, select Reset all instead.

To send a theme

You can exchange themes via IR, Bluetooth wireless

technology, MMS or email. Please note that you are

not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material.

Note: If you select Reset all, some pictures, melodies and templates which came with your phone are deleted.

For more information on sending themes in messages,

see “Messaging” on page 49.

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

To reset the phone

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select Reset settings or Reset all,

YES, Master reset, YES.

YES.

3. Enter the phone lock code (0000 or the new code if you have changed it) and press

YES.

2. Select a theme, press .

3. Select Send,

YES.

4. Select a transfer method, If you use infrared, make sure that the infrared ports are facing each other.

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YES, Themes, YES.

YES.

To receive and save a theme

1. From standby, press and scroll to Receive

YES.

item, Both the infrared port and the Bluetooth function are activated for three minutes.

2. When you receive the theme, press

YES to save

it in Themes.

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.

The pictures are shown in thumbnail view. To get

a full view, press

YES.

Pictures

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

• Have a picture as background when in standby mode.

To view your pictures

• Scroll to Fun & Games, or CommuniCam™,

YES.

• Assign a picture to a contact in the phonebook. When that person calls, the picture appears in the display (provided your subscription supports the Caller Identification service). See “To add a picture to a phonebook contact” on page 26.

To select a picture as background

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select Select picture,

3. Select a picture,

YES, Display, YES, Background, YES.

YES.

• Enclose a picture in a text message.

Tip: You can select a background by pressing

All pictures are saved in My pictures, in the Fun

when viewing your pictures.

&Games menu.

You can also save animations in your phone.

These are handled like pictures.

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• To turn the background picture On or Off, scroll to

Settings/Display/Background/Activate

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YES, My pictures

To edit and save a picture

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

2. Select a picture,

YES, My pictures, YES.

YES.

3. Press , select Edit. You can now start to edit the picture. You can only edit WBMP pictures. See the table below.

4. Press , select Save,

YES. The picture is saved in

My pictures.

To draw a picture

• To draw your own pictures, scroll to Fun & Games/ Draw picture.

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. lift up or put down the pen.

Press and hold to switch between zoom and full size view.

move the cursor right.

Press… to…

move the cursor down and left. move the cursor down. move the cursor down and right. move the cursor 1, 5 or 10 spaces. view the Options menu. save and exit the picture. exit the picture editor. undo the last action. press and hold to clear the picture. switch line thickness. switch between black and white pen color.

Exchanging pictures

You can exchange pictures via IR, Bluetooth wireless technology, MMS or email. Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material. For more information on sending pictures in messages, see “Messaging” on page 49.

Tip: Save a web album’s e-mail address in your phonebook and you can save pictures in that album if you send the pictures as attachments.

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To send a picture

1. Scroll to Fun & Games, or CommuniCam™,

YES.

YES, My pictures

Screen saver

The phone has a screen saver, which is activated automatically when the phone has been in idle mode for a few seconds. After a short period of time the screen

Note: The CommuniCam™ menu is only available when the CommuniCam™ is attached.

saver changes to sleep mode in order to save power.

• To turn the screen saver On or Off, scroll to Settings/ Display/Screen saver/Activate.

2. Select a picture,

3. Select Send,

4. 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. From standby, press and scroll to Receive

YES.

item,

YES. Press .

YES.

To use a picture as the screen saver

You can select a picture saved in the phone and use it as the screen saver.

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Scroll to Select,

YES, Display, YES, Screen saver, YES.

YES.

3. Scroll to the picture you want to use as the screen

YES.

saver,

4. Press

YES to save.

Both the infrared port and the Bluetooth function are activated for three minutes.

2. When you receive the picture, press it in My pictures.

YES to save

Ring signals and melodies

Your phone comes with a number of ring signals and melodies. You can edit your ring signals and melodies, and send them to a friend in a text message. It is also

• When you receive a picture via a text message or a multimedia 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, press and select Save.

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possible to exchange melodies via WAP, Bluetooth wireless technology, IR or cable. Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material.

• Select Ring signals from the Settings/Sounds & alerts menu and select a ring signal.

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To set the ring signal volume

1. Scroll to Settings,

YES.

volume,

YES, Sounds & alerts, YES, Ring

2. Press or to increase or decrease the volume.

YES to save the setting.

3. Press

YES again to save and name it, or press NO

to continue composing.

Note: To edit a melody, scroll to Fun & Games/ My sounds, select the melody and press .

• To turn the ring signal on or off, 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.

To use the piano

1. In the Composer, slide the volume key up to activate the piano.

To compose a ring signal or melody

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

YES, Composer, YE S.

• Press a key to enter a note.

2. Use the joystick to move between the keys.

YES to select a note.

3. Press

• Press or to make the note shorter or longer. There are six different lengths of notes.

• Press to change octave.

• Press once to raise the note one semitone.

• Press twice to lower the note one semitone.

To send a melody

1. Scroll to Fun & Games,

2. Select a melody and press .

3. Select Send,

YES.

4. Select a transfer method. If you use infrared, make sure that the infrared ports are facing each other.

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

• Press to remove notes.

2. To listen to your melody, press

YES.

Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text message, see “To insert an item in a text message” on page 49.

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See “Icons” on page 88.

YES, My sounds, YES.

Receiving melodies

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

YES

to save it in My sounds.

If you use infrared, make sure that the infrared ports

To set a specific ring signal for a caller

1. Scroll to Phone book, Add new?,

YES.

YES, Personal rings, YES,

2. Enter the first letter of the contact name,

3. Select a contact,

4. Select a ring signal,

YES.

are facing each other.

Sounds & alerts

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/ Sounds & 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 Voice calls.

If your subscription includes the Caller Identification (CI) service, you can assign a Personal ring signal to up to ten callers.

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

• Off – all the time.

To set the vibrating alert

1. Scroll to Settings, alert,

YES.

YES, Sounds & alerts, YES, Vibrating

2. Select the setting you want,

From the Settings/Sounds & 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

once every minute during a call.

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YES.

Menu language

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

To change the menu language

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a language,

YES, Language, YES, Menus, YES.

YES.

Time settings

The time is always displayed in standby.

• To set the time, scroll to Settings/Tim e & d ate/Set time.

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

• To set the time format, scroll to Settings/Time & date/ Tim e f ormat.

If you select the 12-hour clock, you can alternate

between am and pm by pressing .

Note: You can always choose Automatic by pressing

8888 in standby.

You can always choose English by pressing 0000

in standby.

Display light

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

• To set the display light, scroll to Settings/Display/Light.

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

Date

When the phone is in standby mode, you can slide the volume key up or down to see today’s date in the Status menu.You can set the date and date format in the Settings/Time & date menu.

Advanced time settings

Under Advanced in the Settings/Time & date menu, you can set time zone and daylight savings time. Changing these changes the time accordingly.

When your phone changes networks, and the time 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

YES, the time is updated automatically.

press

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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 automatically.

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

Note: Calls to the international emergency number 112 can still be made, even when the keypad is locked.

Automatic keylock

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

• To turn automatic keylock On or Off, scroll to Settings/

User greeting

When you turn your phone on or off, the Sony Ericsson greeting appears in the display. Your operator’s own

Locks/Auto keylock.

• To lock the keypad manually, press and hold in standby, and select Turn on keylock.

greeting may be shown instead.

The keypad remains locked until you answer an

To select a greeting

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a greeting,

YES, Display, YES, User greeting, YES. YES.

My phone numbers

You can check your own phone number(s).

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

Keypad lock

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

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incoming call or until you unlock the keypad manually.

• To unlock the keypad, press and hold and select Turn off keylock?.

My shortcuts

You can place favorite functions that you want to reach quickly and easily in the My shortcuts menu.

To add a function to my shortcuts

1. Scroll to My shortcuts,

2. Select a function from the list by pressing .

3. Enter the position number you want for this function

in your menu and press

4. Press

YES to exit the list.

YES, Edit shortcuts, YES.

YES.

Profiles

Your phone has a number of pre-set profiles which are set to suit a certain environment. You can add accessories to, rename or change these profiles. For example, when you go to a meeting, you can simply choose the Meeting

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

See “Making and receiving calls” on page 5. profile and a number of settings, such as the ring signal, are turned off.

• To select a profile, scroll to Settings/Profiles/Select profile.

Making calls

1. Enter the area code and the phone number.

YES to make the call.

2. Press

3. Press

NO to end the call.

To change a profile setting

1. Scroll to Settings,

2. Select a setting,

3. Change the profile settings and press

• To rename a profile, scroll to Settings/Profiles/Edit

YES, Profiles, YES, Edit profile, YES.

YES.

YES to confirm.

Tip: You can call numbers from the call list and the phonebook. See “Call list” on page 25 and “Phonebook” on page 25. You can also use your voice to make calls. See “Voice control” on page 30.

profile/Profile name:.

To change the earpiece volume during a call

You can reset all profile settings to the way they were set when you bought your phone.

• Slide the volume key on the side of the phone up or down to increase or decrease the earpiece volume during a call.

• To reset all profiles, scroll to Settings/Profiles/Reset profiles.

To turn off the microphone during a call

• Press and hold until the display shows Muted.

Automatic activation

Press and hold again to resume the conversation. Some profiles, for example In car, are automatically activated when used with a specific accessory. When disconnected, the profile is changed back.

Note: The microphone must be turned on to change

the earpiece volume during a call.

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Automatic re-dialling

If the connection of the call failed and the display shows Retry?, press

YES. The phone re-dials the number

Note: Some network operators may require that a SIM card is inserted and, in some cases, that the PIN has been entered as well.

(up to ten times):

• until the call is connected.

• until you press a key or receive a call.

Note: Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. When the call is connected, the phone gives a loud signal. Automatic re-dialling is not available for fax and data calls.

Making international calls

1. Press and hold until a + sign appears in the display. The + replaces the international prefix number of the country from which you are calling.

2. Enter the country, area code (without the leading zero) and phone number,

YES.

Making emergency calls

• Enter 112 (the international emergency number),

YES.

Your phone supports the international emergency numbers, 112, 911 and 08. This means that these

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

• To view your local emergency numbers, scroll to Phone book/Special numbers/Emergency nos.

Receiving calls

When you receive a call, the phone rings and the display shows Answer?.

If your subscription includes the Caller Identification service and the caller’s number is identified, the number is displayed. If you have saved the number in the phonebook, the name and number are displayed. If you have assigned a picture to a contact, the picture is displayed. If the number is a restricted number, the display shows Withheld.

To answer a call

YES.

• Press numbers can normally be used to make an emergency call in any country, with or without a SIM card inserted, if a GSM network is within range.

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To re jec t a cal l

NO.

• Press

Tip: You can also use your voice to answer or reject calls. See “Voice control” on page 30.

Call priority service

You can request a certain priority when you make a call if your subscription supports the

Missed calls

If you have missed a call, Missed calls:1 appears in standby, indicating the number of missed calls.

call priority service.

The priority levels are defined by your operator and are normally within the range of 0 – 4, where 0 is the highest priority.

To check your missed calls

YES to display the missed calls.

1. Press

2. To call a number from the list, scroll to the number,

Call list

The numbers of the last 30 calls that you have made

YES.

To check or change your standard priority level

1. Scroll to Calls, priority,

YES, Manage calls, YES, Default

YES.

2. The network sends available priority levels.

3. Select a priority level,

are saved in the call list. If your subscription includes the Caller Identification service and the caller’s number is identified, you will also find the numbers of answered and missed calls in the call list.

To change the priority for one call

1. Enter the phone number you want to call.

2. Scroll to Calls,

3. Select a priority,

YES, Next call, YES, Call priority,YES.

YES. The number is called.

To call a number from the call list

1. To enter the call list, press

YES from standby.

2. Scroll to the number you want to call,

YES.

Phonebook

In the Phonebook you can store the information on your SIM card and on your phone. You have space for up to

• To clear the call list, scroll to Calls, Clear call list,

YES.

YES, Options, YES,

• To turn the call list on or off, scroll to Calls, Options,

YES, Call listing, YES.

YES,

510 complete entries. This number will increase if some fields are left blank. You can save all the information needed to contact people. You can also set how much information you want show for your contacts.

YES.

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Entries saved as contacts are stored in your phone’s memory, not on your SIM card. To synchronize your phone-based contact list with your PDA or PC, see “Synchronization” on page 65.

To set the fields in contact information

1. Scroll to Phone book/Options/Contact info.

2. Press to select or deselect fields.

If your phonebook is empty, you will be prompted to copy information from your SIM card. If you press you can add new contacts. If you press

YES, your contact

list will be copied from your SIM.

To add a contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

2. Scroll to the field you want to fill in, press

3. Enter the information,

YES, Add contact, YES.

YES.

4. Select the next field and so on. To add more information fields, press when working with a contact stored in your phone.

5. When you have entered the information, scroll to Save and exit?,

YES.

Tip: To enter an unsaved number, press when you are in a number field, and select a number in the unsaved numbers list.

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Pictures, personal rings and voice commands

You can add a picture, personal ring signal and voice command to a contact.

To add a picture to a phonebook contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES, Pictures, YES.

2. Enter the first letters of the contact,

3. When the contact is highlighted, press

4. This takes you to My pictures. Select a picture and

YES twice.

press

NO,

• Select Personal rings to add a personal ring signal.

• Select VoiceCommands to add a voice command.

To call a contact from your contact list

1. From standby, press and hold one of the number keys 2-9 to find a contact beginning with the first letter on that key (or closest following).

• For example, press and hold 5 to go to the first

contact beginning with “J”. To go to a contact beginning with “L” press 5 three times after you have entered the list of contacts.

2. When the contact you want to call is highlighted,

YES.

press

3. Select the number you want to call,

If only one number is linked to the contact, press and

YES at step 2.

hold

YES.

Tip: You can also use the Call contact option in the Phone book menu to call a contact.

4. Select Edit info.,

5. Scroll to the field you want to fill in,

YES.

6. Enter the information,

To call a contact from your SIM card

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES.

SIM,

YES, Advanced, YES, Call from

2. Press one of the number keys (2-9) to find a SIM card

7. Select the next field and so on. To add more

information fields, press .

8. When you have entered the information, scroll down to Save and exit?,

YES.

entry beginning with the first letter on that key (or closest following).

3. When the SIM card entry you want to call is highlighted,

YES.

press

4. Select the number you want to call,

YES.

If only one number is linked to the SIM card entry, press and hold

YES at step 2.

To delete a contact

• Scroll to Phone book/Manage contact/Delete contact. Then select the contact and press

• To delete all contacts, scroll to Phone book/

Advanced/Delete all.

Note: Contacts that are saved on the SIM card are not

Updating the phonebook

deleted.

When needed, you can easily update or delete any contact information.

Default (standard) number

Each contact has a default phone number. The first phone

To edit a contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES.

contact,

2. Enter the first letters of the contact,

YES, Manage contact, YES, Edit

YES.

3. When the contact is highlighted, press

YES.

number you link to a contact automatically becomes the default number. If you scroll to a certain contact in the Call contact list and then press and hold the default number is dialled.

YES.

YES twice.

YES,

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To set the default number

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES.

contact,

2. Enter the first letter of the contact,

YES, Manage contact, YES, Edit

YES.

3. When the contact is highlighted, press

4. Select Default number,

want as default,

YES. Select the number you

YES.

Business cards

You can add your own business card to the phonebook.

• To add your own business card, scroll to Phone book/ Manage contact/My card. Then select Add.

Exchanging business cards

You can exchange business cards between your phone and another similar phone, a PDA or a PC, using

Groups

You can create a group of contacts. By doing so you

Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port, an SMS or MMS.

can send text messages to several recipients at the same time. See “Sending text messages” on page 49.

To create a group of contacts

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES, Add group?, YES.

Groups,

2. Enter a name for the group,

3. Select Add member?,

YES, Manage contact, YES,

YES.

4. Enter the first letters of the contact you want to add,

YES.

press

YES to select the contact.

5. Press

6. Select a phone number, press

YES.

7. Repeat steps 3-6 to add more members.

To send your business card

1. Scroll to Phone book, My card,

YES, Send, YES.

YES, Manage contact, YES,

2. Select a transfer method, If you use infrared, make sure that the infrared ports are facing each other.

When you receive a business card via a text message, you accept the card by pressing a business card using the infrared port or Bluetooth wireless technology, you need to select the Receive menu in order to activate the infrared port or to make the phone discoverable.

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YES.

YES. To be able to receive

To receive a business card

1. From standby, press and scroll to Receive

YES.

item, Both the infrared port and the Bluetooth function are activated for three minutes.

2. When you receive the business card, press

YES again to save the card in the phonebook.

3. Press

YES.

Copy contacts

You can copy the contacts between your phone’s memory and the SIM card. The number of contacts that can be saved depends on the type of SIM card.

To copy contacts to the SIM card

• Scroll to Phone book/Advanced/Copy to SIM.

To send a contact

1. Scroll to Phone book,

YES.

contact,

YES, Manage contact, YES, Send

2. Enter the first letters of the contact you want

YES.

to send,

YES to select the contact.

3. Press

4. Select transfer method,

YES.

Note: Everything on the SIM card is replaced.

If you insert a SIM card with saved contacts in your phone, you can call a contact by selecting Phone book/ Advanced/Call from SIM. If you want to edit a contact saved on the SIM card, you first need to copy the contact

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

To copy contacts to the phone

• Scroll to Phone book/Advanced/Copy from SIM.

To send all contacts

• Scroll to Phone book/Advanced/Send all and select a transfer method.

Tip: When you have selected a contact on the SIM card in the Call from SIM menu, you can copy it to the phone by pressing and then selecting, Copy to phone.

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Sony Ericsson T68is User Guide

Contents

Getting started

Getting to know your phone

Personalizing your phone

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