Sony Ericsson W300I User Manual

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Contents

Getting started ................... 6

Assembly ........................................ 6

Turning on the phone ..................... 7

Help in your phone ......................... 8

Charging the battery ....................... 9

Phone overview ............................ 10

Menu overview .............................. 12

Status bar icons ............................ 14

Navigation ..................................... 15

Shortcuts ...................................... 17

My Stuff ........................................ 17

Phone language ............................ 19

Entering text ................................. 19

Walkman™ and music ..... 20

Transferring music from a computer . 20

Stereo portable handsfree ............ 21

Walkman™ player ......................... 22

TrackID™ ...................................... 24

Calling ............................... 24

Making and receiving calls ........... 24

Emergency calls ........................... 25

Contacts ....................................... 25

Groups .......................................... 28

Call list .......................................... 28

Speed dial ..................................... 29

Voicemail ...................................... 29

Forwarding calls ........................... 29

More than one call ........................ 30

Handling two voice calls ............... 30

Conference calls ........................... 31

My numbers .................................. 31

Accept calls .................................. 31

Fixed dialing .................................. 32

Call time and cost ......................... 32

Business cards ............................. 32

Messaging ........................ 33

Text and multimedia messaging ... 33

Voice Messages ............................ 36

Mobile Email ................................. 36

Instant Messaging (IM) ................. 36

Imaging ............................ 38

Camera ......................................... 38

Transferring pictures ..................... 40

Pictures ......................................... 40

Entertainment .................. 41

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FM Radio ...................................... 41

Ringtones and melodies ............... 42

MusicDJ™ .................................... 43

Sound recorder ............................. 43

Video player .................................. 44

Games .......................................... 44

Applications .................................. 44

Connectivity ...................... 45

Settings ......................................... 45

Using MEdia™ Net ....................... 45

Bluetooth™ wireless technology .. 47

Using the USB cable .................... 49

More features ................... 50

Alarms ........................................... 50

Calendar ....................................... 51

Tasks ............................................ 52

Notes ............................................ 53

Timer, stopwatch and calculator .. 53

Password saver ............................ 54

Profiles .......................................... 55

Time and date ............................... 55

Themes ......................................... 55

Locks ............................................ 56

IMEI number ................................. 57

Troubleshooting ............... 57

Common questions ...................... 58

Error messages ............................. 59

Important information ...... 61

Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use 62

Limited Warranty .......................... 67

FCC Statement ............................. 69

Declaration of Conformity for W350a 69

Index ................................. 70

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Sony Ericsson W350a

GSM 900/1800/1900 This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company, without any warranty. Improvements and

changes to this User guide necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this User guide. All rights reserved.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2008

Publication number: 1212-2329.P1B Please note: Some of the services in this User guide are not supported by all networks. This also applies to the GSM International Emergency Number 112. Please contact your network operator or service provider if you are in doubt whether you can use a

particular service or not. Please read the Important information chapters

before you use your mobile phone. Your mobile phone has the capability to download,

store and forward additional content, e.g. ringtones. The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but not limited to restriction under applicable copyright laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for additional content that you download to or forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your use of any additional content, please verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized. Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any additional content or any other third party content. Under no circumstances

will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper use of additional content or other third party content. Bluetooth is a trademark or registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc. and any use of such mark by Sony Ericsson is under license.

The Liquid Identity logo, PlayNow, TrackID and MusicDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

Sony, Memory Stick Micro, M2, WALKMAN™ and the WALKMAN™ logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation. Ericsson is a trademark or registered trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. TrackID is powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicID™. Gracenote and Gracenote Mobile MusicID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Outlook and Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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.

MEdia, AT&T, and the AT&T logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures, LP.

This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is

prohibited without a license from Microsoft. Content owners use Windows Media digital rights management technology (WMDRM) to protect their

intellectual property, including copyrights. This device uses WMDRM software to access WMDRM protected content. If the WMDRM software fails to

protect the content, content owners may ask Microsoft to revoke the software's ability to use WMDRM to play or copy protected content. Revocation does not affect unprotected content. When you download licenses for protected content, you agree that Microsoft may include a revocation list with the licenses. Content owners may require you to upgrade WMDRM to access their content. If you decline an upgrade, you will not be able to access content that requires the upgrade. Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™ J2ME™. Restrictions: 1 Software is confidential copyrighted information of Sun and title to all copies is retained by Sun and/ or its licensors. Customer shall not modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software may

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Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately depict the actual phone.

Instruction symbols

The following appear in the User guide.

Note

Tip Warning A service or function is network-

or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details.

> Use a selection or navigation

key to scroll and select. See Navigation on page 15.

Press the navigation key center. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key left. Press the navigation key right.

Getting started

Assembly

Before you start using your phone, you need to insert a SmartChip and the battery.

The battery must be removed before the SmartChip is inserted or removed.

To insert the SmartChip

1 Remove the battery cover.

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2 Slide the SmartChip into its holder

with the contacts facing down.

To insert the battery

1 Insert the battery with the label side up

and the connectors facing each other.

2 Replace the battery cover.

To remove the battery

1 Remove the battery cover.

2 Insert your fingernail in the

indentation.

3 Remove the battery.

Turning on the phone

To turn on the phone

1 Press and hold down . 2 Select a mode if requested:

• Normal – full functionality.

• Flight Mode – limited functionality.

3 Enter your SmartChip PIN, if

requested.

4 Select a language. 5 Select Yes to use the setup wizard.

If you want to correct mistake when you enter your PIN, press .

SmartChip

The SmartChip, which you get from AT&T, contains information about your subscription. Always turn off your

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phone and detach the charger and the battery before you insert or remove the SmartChip.

You can save contacts on the SmartChip before you remove it from your phone. See To copy names and numbers to the SmartChip on page 26.

You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is supplied by your network operator. Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it starts with emergency number digits, for example, 112 or 911. You can see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN.

To delete numbers from the display

• Press .

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, PIN Blocked appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key). See Smartchip lock on page 56.

Flight mode

In Flight Mode the network and radio transceivers are turned off to prevent disturbance to sensitive equipment.

You can use the Bluetooth™ function in Flight mode.

Standby

After you have turned your phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator appears on the screen. This is called standby.

Help in your phone

Help and information is available in your phone at any time. See Navigation on page 15.

To use the setup wizard

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Setup Wizard.

2 Select an option.

To view information about functions

• Scroll to a function and select Info, if

available. In some cases, Info appears under More.

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Charging the battery

The phone battery is partly charged when you buy it.

To charge the battery

2.5 h

1 Connect the charger to the phone. It

takes approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery.

2 Remove the charger by tilting the plug

upwards.

You can use your phone while it is charging. You can charge the battery at any time and for more or less than 2.5 hours. You can interrupt the charging without damaging the battery.

9Getting started

Phone overview

1 Music key lock 2 Walkman™ player control 3 Screen 4 Selection keys 5 Back key 6 Connector for charger,

handsfree and USB cable

7 Clear key

On/off key

8 MEdia Net key 9 Silent key 10 Fast forward (music key) 11 Play/Pause/Stop (music key) 12 Rewind (music key) 13 The flip

7 8

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14 Camera lens 15 Volume, adjust brightness

buttons

16 Loudspeaker

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Menu overview

Mobile Email Messaging* Recent

Write New Inbox IM Call voicemail Outbox Drafts Sent Messages Saved Messages Templates Settings

All Answered Dialed Missed

MEdia Net* AT&T Mall AT&T Music

Shop Music Shop Games Shop Graphics Shop Multimedia Shop Applications MEdia Net

WALKMAN Shop Music XM Radio Make-UR-Tones VIP Access Community Music Apps

My Stuff Address Book

Camera Album Music

Pictures Videos Themes Web pages Games Applications Other

New Contact Online services*

FM Radio Games Video Player MusicDJ™ Record Sound

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Calls**

Entertainment

Camera** Organizer

Settings**

Applications Alarms** Calendar Tasks Notes Timer Stopwatch Calculator Password Saver

General

Profiles Time & Date Language Software Update* Shortcuts Flight Mode Security Setup Wizard Phone Status Master Reset

* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent. ** You can use the navigation key to scroll between tabs in submenus. For more information, see Navigation on page

15.

Sounds & Alerts

Ring Volume Ringtone Silent Mode Increasing ring Vibrating Alert Message Alert Key sound

Display

Wallpaper Themes Screen Saver Brightness

Calls

Speed Dial Forward Calls Manage Calls Time & Cost* Show/Hide My No. Handsfree Open to answer

Connectivity*

Bluetooth USB Connection Mobile networks* Data comm. Internet Settings Message Settings* Accessories

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Status bar icons

Some of these icons may appear on the screen to show status and new events.

Icon Description

GSM network signal strength

Battery status

Battery charging, appears with battery status icon

Missed incoming call

Text message received

Email message received

Picture message received

Voice message received

Ongoing call

Handsfree is connected

Radio playing in the background

Calendar reminder

Task reminder

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Navigation

The main menus are shown with icons. Some submenus include tabs.

To navigate the phone menus

1 From standby select Menu. 2 Use the navigation key to move

through the menus.

To scroll between the tabs

• Scroll to a tab by pressing the

navigation key left or right.

Key

MEdia Net in standby or select items

Scroll between the menus and tabs

Select options shown immediately above these keys on the screen.

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

Delete items, such as text, pictures, sounds and contacts. Press and hold down to mute the microphone during a call. Turn the phone on/off.

Open the Walkman™ player. Press to move between the Walkman™ player and the music files.

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

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- Press and hold down a number key to reach a contact beginning

- Press a number key and select Call to speed dial.

with a specific letter.

Press to turn off the ringtone when you receive a call. Press and hold down to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if your phone is set to silent.

Press to change letter case when writing a message. Press and hold to toggle T9™ Text Input on and off when writing a message.

On the flip: Stop, pause and play (music key). Press to automatically search for radio channels. Press up or down to search for preset channels.

On the flip: Skip to the previous track when using the Walkman™ player. Search for radio channels.

On the flip: Skip to the next track when using the Walkman™ player. Search for radio channels.

On the side of the phone. Increase the call volume, or when you use the Walkman™ player. Increase brightness when you use the camera. Press twice to reject a call. In standby, press once to mute an incoming call.

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On the side of the phone: Decrease call volume, or when you use the Walkman™ player. Decrease brightness when you use the camera Press twice to reject a call. In standby, press once to mute an incoming call.

Shortcuts

You can use keypad shortcuts to go directly to a menu. Menu numbering starts from the top left icon and moves across and then down row by row.

To go directly to the seventh menu

• From standby select Menu and press

To use navigation key shortcuts

• From standby press , , or

to go directly to a function.

To edit a navigation key shortcut

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Shortcuts.

2 Scroll to an option and select Edit. 3 Scroll to a menu option and select

Shortcut.

My Stuff

You can use My Stuff to handle files saved in the phone memory or on a memory card.

You may have to purchase a memory card separately.

To navigate My Stuff

1 From standby select Menu > My Stuff. 2 Use the navigation key to move up,

down, left and right through the menus.

Memory card

Your phone supports Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding more storage space to your phone. It can also be used as a portable memory card with other compatible devices.

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To insert a memory card

1 Open the memory card holder. 2 Insert the memory card with the gold-

colored contacts facing down.

3 Close the memory card holder. 4 Slide the memory card holder to lock

it.

To view memory card options

1 From standby select Menu > My Stuff

> the On Memory Stick tab.

2 Select More.

Handling files

You can move and copy files between your phone, a computer and a memory card. If a memory card is in the phone, files are saved on the memory card by default but can also be saved to the phone memory. Unrecognized files are saved in the

Other folder.

You can create subfolders to move or copy files to. When you handle files, you can select more than one or all the files in a folder at the same time for all items except Games and Applications.

If the memory is full, delete some content to create space.

My Stuff tabs

My Stuff is divided into three tabs, and icons indicate where the files are saved.

• All Files – all content in the phone

memory and on a memory card.

• On Memory Stick – all content on a

memory card.

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• In Phone – all content in the phone

memory.

To view information about files

1 From standby select Menu > My Stuff. 2 Scroll to a folder and select Open. 3 Scroll to a file and select More >

Information.

To move a file in My Stuff

1 From standby select Menu > My Stuff. 2 Scroll to a folder and select Open. 3 Scroll to a file and select More >

Manage File > Move.

4 Select an option.

To select more than one file in a folder

1 From standby select Menu > My Stuff. 2 Scroll to a folder and select Open. 3 Select More > Mark > Mark Several. 4 Select Mark to mark the files.

To delete a file from the file manager

1 From standby select Menu > My Stuff. 2 Find the file and press .

Phone language

You can select a language to use in your phone.

To change the phone language

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Language > Phone

Language.

2 Select an option.

Entering text

You can use multitap text input or T9™ Text Input to enter text. The T9 Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary.

To change text input method

• When you enter text, press and hold

down .

To shift between capitals and lowercase letters

• When you enter text, press .

To enter numbers

• When you enter text, press and hold

down – .

To enter punctuation

• When you enter text, press .

To enter text using T9™ Text Input

1 From standby select, for example,

Menu > Messaging > Write New > Message.

2 If is not displayed, press and hold

down to change to T9 Text Input.

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3 Press each key only once, even if the

letter you want is not the first letter on the key. For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”, press ,

, , . Write the whole word before looking at the suggestions.

4 Use or to view suggestions. 5 Press to accept a suggestion.

To enter text using multitap

1 From standby select, for example,

Menu > Messaging > Write New > Message.

2 If is displayed, press and hold

down to change to multitap text input.

3 Press – repeatedly until the

desired letter appears.

4 When a word is written, press to

add a space.

To add words to the built-in dictionary

1 When you enter text using T9 Text

Input, select More > Spell Word.

2 Write the word using multitap input

and select Insert.

Walkman™ and music

Listen to music, audio books and podcasts. Use Sony Ericsson Media Manager to transfer content to your phone.

Transferring music from a computer

Use Sony Ericsson Media Manager or Windows® Explorer to transfer music from CDs, your computer, or music purchased from the Internet to the phone memory or a memory stick. Sony Ericsson Media Manager is available for download at www.sonyericsson.com/support.

For information on transferring files using Windows® Explorer, see Using the USB cable on page 49.

Before you use Media Manager

You need one of these operating systems to use Media Manager on your computer:

• Windows Vista™ (32 bit and 64 bit

versions of: Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium, Home Basic)

• Microsoft Windows® XP (Pro or

Home)

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To install Media Manager

1 Turn on your computer. 2 Download the Media Manager

software from www.sonyericsson.com/support.

3 Follow the instructions on the Web site

to install.

4 Select a language and click OK. 5 Click Install Sony Ericsson Media

Manager and follow the instructions.

To use Media Manager

1 Connect the phone to a computer with

a USB cable.

2 Computer: Start/Programs/

Sony Ericsson/Media Manager.

3 Phone: Select File Transfer. The phone

turns off and prepares to transfer files.

Do not remove the USB cable from your phone or computer during transfer, as this may corrupt the memory card or the phone memory.

4 Computer: Wait until the phone

appears in Media Manager.

5 Move files between your phone and

the computer in Media Manager.

6 For safe disconnection of the USB

cable in file transfer mode, right-click the removable disk icon in Windows

Explorer and select Eject.

For details on transferring music, refer to

Media Manager Help. Click in the

top-right corner of the Media Manager window.

Stereo portable handsfree

To use the handsfree

• Connect the portable handsfree.

Headset icon appears in status bar to indicate that earphone audio will be heard through the headset. Music stops when you receive a call and resumes when the call has ended.

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