Sony Ericsson W300i User Guide

Contents Sony Ericsson W300i

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Assembly, SmartChip, battery, turning on, startup menu.

Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . 9

Phone overview, icons, menu overview, entering letters, file manager.

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Calls, contacts, voice control, call options.

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging, instant messaging (IM).

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Camera, video recorder, pictures.

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Cingular Music, Walkman®, radio, ringtones, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™, games and more.

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Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Internet settings, synchronizing, Bluetooth™ wireless technology, infrared, USB cable, update service.

More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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

Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Sony Ericsson

GSM 850/900/1800/1900 This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson,

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 at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of 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 Guidelines for safe and efficient use and the Limited warranty 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.

QuickShare™, MusicDJ™, PhotoDJ™ and VideoDJ™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Sony Ericsson is under license.

Memory Stick™ and Memory Stick Micro™ and M2 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

The Walkman® logo and symbol are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

Microsoft, Windows and PowerPoint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S and other countries/regions.

Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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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.

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™ JME™.

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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 not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in whole or in part.

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Getting Started

Assembly, SmartChip, battery, turning on, startup menu.

User guide symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this user guide:

} Use the navigation key to scroll and select

% 10 Navigating the menus.

Press the navigation key center.

Press the navigation key up.

Press the navigation key down.

Press the navigation key to the left.

Press the navigation key to the right.

Getting to know your phone

Phone overview, icons, menu overview, entering letters, file manager.

2 3

5 6

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1 Play/Pause and Volume Key 2 Left Selection Key 3 Back Key 4 Memory card slot (optional accessory) 5 Wal km an 6 Microphone 7 Earpiece 8 Infrared Port 9 Right Selection Key 10 Navigation Key (MEdia Net access) 11 Clear Key 12 Power On/Off Key 13 Charger/USB Connection

key

Getting to know your phone

Navigating the menus

The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. Some submenus include tabs that appear on the screen.

• Press the navigation key in the center or in a direction: Press to go to the desktop or to select items. Press , , or to move through menus and tabs.

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

• Press to select the options shown immediately above these keys on the screen.

• Press to delete items.

• Scroll to a menu item } Info to get help on selected features.

• } More to enter a list of options.

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Keys and Buttons

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

Press to open or minimize the Walkman® player.

Access MEdia Net.

Send new message.

Access address book.

Activate camera.

Access IM.

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

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

Getting to know your phone

- Press any of these keys and press

Call to speed dial.

Press to increase the volume during a call, or when using the Wal k m a n ® p laye r. Press and hold to go forward or back one track. In standby, press to view status information.

} Info Get more information, explanations

or tips about selected features, menus or functions available in your phone. Scroll to a menu item

} Info.

} More Enter a list of options. There are

different alternatives in the list of options depending on where

you are in the menus. Quickly press twice to send the call to voicemail. Press once to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set).

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

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Getting to know your phone

Menu overview

Mobile Email Messaging

MEdia Net Cingular Mall

My Stuff***

All Files In Phone On Memory Stick

Create New Msg Inbox IM* Call Voicemail Drafts Outbox Sent Messages Saved Messages Templates Settings

Shop Tones Shop Games Shop Graphics Shop Multimedia Shop Applications MEdia Net Home

Address Book**

Options: New Contact

Calls***

All Answered Dialed Missed

Cingular Music

WALKMAN Shop Tones MusicID Radio The Buzz Community Music Apps Demo Tour

Entertainment

FM Radio Games VideoDJ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Remote Control Record Sound

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Getting to know your phone

Camera Organizer

Settings

General Sounds & Alerts Display Calls Connectivity

Profiles Time & Date Language Voice Control Shortcuts Play/Pause Button Startup Menu Locks Setup Wizard Tips and Tricks Phone Status Master Reset

* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-depen dent. ** Options when phone contacts are set to default, options change when SmartChip contacts are set to default. *** Use the navigation key to move across tabs in submenus.

Ring Volume Ringtone Silent mode Increasing Ring Vibrating Alert Open Phone Snds Message Alert Key Sound

Alarms Applications Calendar Tasks Notes Timer Stopwatch Calculator Password Saver

Wallpaper Themes Screen Saver Brightness Sleep Mode Clock

Settings

General Sounds & Alerts Display Calls Connectivity

Forward Calls Manage Calls Time & Cost Show/Hide My No. Open to Answer Handsfree

Bluetooth Infrared Port USB Connection Synchronization Data Comm. Internet Settings Streaming Settings Settings for Java™ Accessories

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Getting to know your phone

Status bar icons

Icon Description

Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal.

GPRS network is within range and can be used.

EDGE network is within range and can be used.

Tells you the status of the battery.

Tells you the status of the battery charging.

You have missed an incoming call.

You have received a voice message.

Call and messaging function alerts are off, alarm is still on.

You have received a text message.

You have received a multimedia message.

You have an ongoing call.

You have an appointment reminder.

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You have a task reminder.

The magic word is activated.

Shortcuts

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

Using keypad shortcuts

Enter the menus by pressing and then enter the number of the menu to which you want to go. For example, to reach the fifth menu item, press

. To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items, press , and respectively. To go back to standby, press and hold .

Using navigation key shortcuts

In standby, press , , or to go to a shortcuts menu, or directly to a function.

To edit a navigation key shortcut

} Settings } General } Shortcuts and select which

shortcut you want to edit } Edit.

Getting to know your phone

Shut down menu

Use the shut down menu to shut down the phone, turn on silent or activate a profile. For more information about profiles

To open the shut down menu

Press and select an option from the list.

% 48 Profiles.

File manager

Files such as pictures, videos, sounds, themes, games and applications are saved in folders in the phone memory. If you have a memory card inserted you can save the files on the memory card. Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder.

File manager menu tabs

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

• All Files – all content in the phone and

on the memory card.

• In Phone – all content in the phone memory.

• On Memory Stick (optional accessory) –

all content on the memory card.

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File information

If a file is protected, you may not be able to copy or send the file. View file information by highlighting the file } More } Information.

To move or copy a file

1 } My Stuff. Select a folder and scroll to a file

} More } Manage Files.

2 Select Move or Copy. 3 } Memory Stick or } Phone Memory. 4 Select a folder, or } New Folder name

the folder } OK.

5 } Paste.

To select several files

1 } My Stuff and select a file } More } Mark. 2 } Mark Several or } Mark All. To select files,

scroll and

To check memory status

} My Stuff } More } Memory Status.

Formatting the memory card

You can format a memory card if you want to delete all information from it, or if it has been corrupted.

} Mark or } Unmark.

Getting to know your phone

To format the memory card

} My Stuff } More } Format M.S. } Yes and enter

your phone lock code. For more information

% 51 Phone lock.

Transferring files

For more information

% 47 Transferring files.

Languages

Select the language for phone menus and for writing.

To change the phone language

• } Settings } General } Language

} Phone Language, select a language.

• From standby, Press 0000 for English, or press 8888 for Automatic language.

To select writing languages

1 } Settings } General } Language

} Writing Language.

2 Scroll and } Mark to select languages. } Save.

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Entering letters

To enter letters using multitap text input

• Press – until the desired character appears.

• Press to shift between capitals and lower case letters.

• Press and hold – to enter numbers.

• Press to delete letters and numbers.

• Press to add a space.

• Press for the most common punctuation marks.

• Press and hold to change writing method.

T9™ Text Input

The T9™ Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary to recognize the most commonly used word for each sequence of key presses. This way, you press each key only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.

Getting to know your phone

To enter letters using T9 Text Input

1 Scroll to a function where text input

is possible, for example, } Messaging

} Create New Msg } Text Message.

2 For example, if you want to write the word

“Jane”, press , , , .

3 If the word shown is not the one you want,

press

or repeatedly to view alternative

words. To accept a word and add a space, press . To accept a word without adding a space, press .

4 Continue writing your message. To enter

a period or other punctuation marks, press and then or repeatedly. Accept and add a space by pressing .

To add words to the T9 Text Input dictionary

1 While entering letters } More } Spell Word. 2 Edit the word by using multitap input.

Navigate between the letters with and . To delete a character, press . To delete the entire word, press and hold .

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3 When you have edited the word } Insert.

The word is added to the T9 Text Input dictionary. Next time you enter this word using T9 Text Input, it will appear as one of the alternative words.

To select another writing method

Before, or while entering letters, press and hold to select another writing method.

Options when entering letters

} More to view options when entering letters.

Calling

Calls, contacts, voice control, call options.

Making and receiving calls

Turn on the phone and make sure that you are within range of a network to make and receive calls

% 7 To turn the phone on and off.

If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification (Caller ID) service and the caller’s number is identified, the number is displayed. If the number is saved in Address Book, the name, number, and picture are displayed. If the number is a restricted number, Withheld is displayed.

To make a call

Enter the phone number (with international country code and area code, if applicable) } Call to make the call. } End Call to end the call.

To redial a number

If the connection failed, Retry? is displayed } Yes.

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

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To answer or reject a call

Open your phone or } Answer if your phone is already open.

To reject a call

Close your phone, } Busy or quickly press twice on the volume button.

To select more options during a call

} More and select an option.

To turn off the microphone

Press and hold . To resume, press and hold again.

To use the loudspeaker during a voice call

} More } Turn On Speaker or } Turn Off Speaker.

Call list

Information about the last calls is saved in the call list.

To call a number from the call list

} Calls from standby and select a tab. Scroll

to a name or number you want to call } Call.

Calling

To add a call list number to contacts

1 } Calls from standby and select a tab.

Scroll to the number you want to add

} More } Save Number.

2 Select a contact to add the number

to or } New Contact.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports the international emergency numbers, for example, 112 and 911. These numbers can normally be used to make an emergency call in any country, with or without a SmartChip inserted, if a GSM network is in range.

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

To make an emergency call

Enter, for example, 911 } Call.

To view your local emergency numbers

} Address Book } Options } Special Numbers } Emergency Nos.

Address Book

Choose Phone Contacts for detailed information saved in the phone memory or SmartChip Contacts for names and numbers only on the SmartChip.

To select default contacts

1 } Address Book } Options } Advanced

} Default Contacts.

2 Select Phone Contacts or SmartChip Contacts.

To add a contact

1 } Address Book } New Contact } Add. 2 Select Name: } Add enter the name } OK. 3 Select New Number: } Add enter the number

} OK.

4 For phone contacts only, select a number type.

Scroll between tabs and select fields to enter more information. To enter symbols such as @

} More } Add Symbol and select the symbol } Insert. To save the contact, } Save.

Enter the + sign and country code with all numbers.

Calling

To add a picture or a ringtone to a contact

1 } Address Book and select the contact

} More } Edit Contact.

2 Select the relevant tab, then select Picture

or Ringtone } Add. Select a file and } Save.

To set the default number for a contact

To set the phone number to be displayed first for a contact, } Address Book and scroll to the contact

} More } Default Number and select a number.

To add your own business card

} Address Book } Options } My Business Card

and enter the information for your business card

} Save.

To send your business card

} Address Book } Options } My Business Card } Send My Card.

To call a phone contact

} Address Book. Scroll to, or enter the first letters

of the contact you want to call. Use or to select a number } Call.

To call a SmartChip contact

• If SmartChip Contacts is default,

} Address Book select the name and number

from the list } Call.

• If Phone Contacts is default, } Address Book

} Options } SmartChip Contacts select the name

and number from the list } Call.

Managing contacts

Copy contacts to and from the phone memory and the SmartChip.

To copy names and numbers to the SmartChip

1 } Address Book } Options } Advanced

} Copy to SmartChip.

2 Select Copy All or Copy a Number.

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

To copy SmartChip contacts to phone contacts

1 } Address Book } Options } Advanced

} Copy from SmartChip.

2 Select Copy All or Copy a Number.

Calling

To automatically save contacts to the SmartChip

1 } Address Book } Options } Advanced

} Auto Save On SmartChip.

2 Select On.

To back up contacts on memory card

} Address Book } Options } Advanced } Back Up To M.S. } Yes.

To restore contacts from memory card

} Address Book } Options } Advanced } Restore From M.S. } Yes } Yes.

To send contacts

• To send a selected contact, } More

} Send Contact and select a transfer method.

• To send all contacts, } Address Book } Options

} Advanced } Send All Contacts.

To edit a phone contact

1 }

Address Book and select a contact } More

} Edit Contact.

2 Select a tab and edit the information } Save.

To edit a SmartChip contact

1 If SmartChip Contacts is default,

} Address Book or if Phone Contacts

is default, } Address Book } Options

} SmartChip Contacts.

2 Select the name and number you want to edit. 3 } More } Edit Contact and edit the name and

number.

To delete contacts

• To delete a selected contact, press .

• To delete all contacts, } Address Book } Options

} Advanced } Delete All Contacts } Yes and } Yes. Names and numbers on the SmartChip

are not deleted.

To check the memory status

} Address Book } Options } Advanced } Memory Status.

The number of entries you can save in the phone or on the SmartChip depends on the available memory.

Speed dialing

Save phone numbers that you want to reach easily in positions 1-9 in your phone.

Calling

To set or replace speed dialing numbers

1 } Address Book } Options } Speed Dial. 2 Scroll to a position } Add or Replace and select

a phone number.

To speed dial

From standby, enter a speed dial number (1-9) } Call.

Groups

Create a group of numbers to send messages to several recipients at the same time. You can also use groups (with numbers) when you create accepted callers lists.

To create a group of numbers

1 } Address Book } Options } Groups

} New Group } Add.

2 Enter a name for the group } Continue. 3 New } Add to find and select a contact number. 4 Repeat step 3 to add more numbers. } Done.

Voicemail

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

To enter your voicemail number

Press and hold } Yes enter the number } OK. You get the number from your service provider.

To call your voicemail service

If you have entered your voicemail number, press and hold .

To check your voicemail number

} Messaging } Settings } Voicemail Number.

Voice control

Manage calls with your voice by creating voice commands to:

• Voice dial – call someone by saying the name.

• Activate voice dialing by saying a “magic word”.

• Answer and reject calls when using a handsfree.

Before voice dialing

Activate the voice dialing function and record your voice commands. An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command.

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