GSM 850/900/1800/1900
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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.
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provider if you are in doubt whether you can use a
particular service or not.
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and the Limited warranty chapters before you use
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Pat. No. 1,331,057, United Kingdom Pat. No.
2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No.
HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No. 51383;
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Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning
on, help, calls.
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Assembly
To use your phone
1 Insert the SIM card and the battery.
2 Charge the battery.
3 Turn on your phone.
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 items such as your
phone number, the services included
in your subscription, and names and
numbers in your contacts.
Save contact information on your SIM
card before removing it from another
phone.
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal Identity
Number) for your SIM card to start
your phone and activate services.
When you enter your PIN, each digit
appears as *, unless it starts with the
same digits as an emergency number,
for example 112 or 911. This allows for
emergency calls without entering a
PIN. Press to correct mistakes.
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) % 91 SIM card lock.
Battery
Some functions use more battery
power than others and may cause a
need for more frequent re-charging. If
talk time or standby time becomes
noticeably shorter, you may have to
replace the battery. Only use
approved batteries from Sony
Ericsson
Make sure the phone is charged and a
SIM card inserted before turning it on.
After turning on, use the setup wizard
to quickly and easily prepare for use.
To turn on the phone
1 Press and hold . The first start-up
may take a few minutes.
2 Select to use the phone in:
• Normal – full functionality or
• Flight Mode – limited functionality
with network, FM radio, Bluetooth™
transceivers off
menu.
% 7 Flight mode
3 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested.
4 At first start-up, select the language
for your phone menus.
5 } Yes for the setup wizard to help you.
6 Follow instructions to complete setup.
If predefined settings exist in your
phone, you may not need more settings.
Help in your phone
Help and information is available in
your phone at any time.
To use the setup wizard
} Settings } the General tab } Setup
Wizard and select an option:
Mode menu is activated, select from
Normal for full functionality or Flight
Mode with limited functionality. In
Flight Mode, network, radio and
Bluetooth transceivers are turned off
to prevent disturbance to sensitive
equipment.You can, for example, play
music or write a text message to send
later but not make calls in an airplane.
Follow onboard regulations and flight
crew instructions for use of electronic
devices.
To view Flight Mode menu options
} Settings and scroll to the General
tab }Flight Mode and select an
option.
Making and receiving calls
The phone must be in normal mode.
To make and receive calls
Enter a phone number (with
international prefix and area code if
applicable) }Call to make the call.
} End Call or close the flip to end the
call.
To receive a call
Set Open to answer off. When the
phone rings open the flip } Answer or
Profiles
Time & Date
Language
Update Service
Voice Control
New Events
Shortcuts
Flight Mode
Security
Setup Wizard
Phone Status
Master Reset
* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
** Use the navigation key to move across tabs in submenus. For more information % 13 Navigation.
Sounds & Alerts
Ring Volume
Ringtone
Silent Mode
Increasing Ring
Vibrating Alert
Message Alert
Key Sound
- In standby, press a number key and } Call to speed dial.
Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call.
Press and hold to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if
the phone is set to silent.
Press to enter a space when writing a message.
Press and hold to change the writing language when writing a
message.
Press to change letter case when writing a message.
Press and hold to toggle T9™ Text Input on and off when writing a
message.
} InfoFind more information, explanations or tips about selected features,
menus or functions available in your phone
% 6 Help in your phone.
} MoreEnter a list of options. There are different alternatives in the list of
options depending on where you are in the menus.
Minimize the Walkman® or fitness application.
Toggle between the Walkman® and fitness application when open.
Turn the Music player on or off and pause play.
Resume/pause measuring in the fitness application.
Skip to the previous track when using the Walkman®.
Toggle view in the fitness application.
Skip to the next track when using the Walkman®.
Begin a new lap when using the fitness application.
View status information in standby.
Increase the volume during a call, or when using the Walkman®.
Adjust the camera brightness.
Press and hold to go back one track.
Press twice to reject a call.
Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set)
% 33 Voice dialing.
Decrease the volume during a call, or when using the Walkman®.
Adjust the camera brightness.
Press and hold to go forward one track.
Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set)
% 33 Voice dialing.
Status bar
Some of the icons that may appear:
Icon Description
GSM network signal strength.
EDGE is available.
GPRS is available.
Battery status.
Battery charging, appears with
battery status icon.
Use keypad shortcuts to quickly go to
a menu, and you can use predefined
navigation key shortcuts to quickly
reach certain functions. Edit the
navigation key shortcuts to suit your
own needs.
Using keypad shortcuts
In standby, go to menus by pressing
and then enter the number of the
menu. Menu numbering starts from
the top left icon and moves across
and then down row by row, for
example, press for the fifth menu
item. For the tenth, eleventh and
twelfth items, press , and
respectively. To go back to
standby, press and hold or close
the flip.
Using navigation key shortcuts
In standby, go to a shortcuts menu or
function by pressing , , or .
To edit a navigation key shortcut
} Settings } General tab } Shortcuts
and select a shortcut } Edit.
Phone language
Select the language to use in the
phone menus or when writing text.
To change the phone language
} Settings } General tab } Language
} Phone Language. Select a
language.
In standby, you can also press
• 8888 for automatic language.
• 0000 for English.
• 0008 for Chinese.
Most SIM cards automatically set the
menu language to the country/region
where you bought your SIM card. If not,
the predefined language is English.
Enter letters in one of the following
ways (text input methods), for
example, when writing messages:
• Multitap text input
• T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold to change the method.
Options list
} More for options when writing a
message.
To enter letters using multitap input
• Press - repeatedly until the
desired character appears.
• Press to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
• Press and hold - to enter
numbers.
• Press to delete letters or
numbers.
• Press for the most common
punctuation marks.
• Press to add a space.
Multitap input only applies when latin
characters are selected as input
language.
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.
To enter letters using T9™ Text Input
1 To enter text, you have to be in a
function where text input is possible,
for example, } Messaging } Write
New } Text Message.
2 For example, 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 . If the word
shown is not the one you want, press
or repeatedly to view alternative
words.
4 Continue writing the message. To
enter a punctuation mark, press
and then or repeatedly, press
Use and to move the cursor
between the letters. To delete a
character, press . To delete the
entire word, press and hold .
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 appears in alternative words.
Next word prediction
When writing a message, you can use
T9™ Text Input to predict the next
word, if previously used in a sentence.
To turn next word prediction on/off
When entering letters } More
} Writing Options } Next Word Pred.
To use next word prediction
When entering letters, press to
accept or continue.
Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input
methods for entering Chinese
characters:
• Stroke input
• Pinyin input
You can use these methods, for
example, to enter Chinese names and
Chinese short messages.
Switching between Chinese input
methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can
select and switch quickly to another
input method by pressing and
holding.
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you
choose, your phone has a function to
speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter a
stroke or a Pinyin letter, a candidate
row of the most frequently used
characters containing that stroke or
relating to that letter appears at the
bottom of the screen.
If the character you want is not
displayed in the candidate row, press
to present another candidate row.
Continue pressing until the
character you want is displayed.
Alternatively, you can enter the next
stroke or Pinyin letter, and a new set
of characters will immediately be
displayed in the candidate row. To go
back to the previous row, press .
To select a character in the candidate
row, press the navigation key.
Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of
strokes. There are more than 30 basic
strokes, which are grouped into five
stroke categories. Each category is
represented on the keypad by one of
the keys -. The Wild Card
key , is used when you are not
sure of which stroke to use
example, to enter “
% 21 Example of using the wild card
key.
信息
% 21 For
” and
Stroke categories
The five stroke categories are defined
in the table below:
The basic building units of Chinese
characters are components that are
made up of strokes. After entering the
first two strokes of the desired
character, the component and
character candidates that started with
that stroke are displayed in the
candidate row.
Using components is a fast method
for entering complex characters.
The smaller candidates surrounded by
dotted frames are components, and the
bigger candidates without dotted frames
are characters.
For example, to enter “
信息
”
1 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2 Move the cursor to “ 信 ”, press .
3 Move the cursor to “ 息 ”, press
again to select “ 息 ”.
Example of using the wild card key
The wild card key , is used to
supplement unclear strokes in
entering characters. If you want to
enter “互”, but you only know that “一”
is the first and the last stroke of the
character and that the total number of
strokes is four, enter , , ,
. The character is displayed in the
candidate row.
Pinyin input
Press the keys containing the required
Pinyin letters, and the phone will make
various proposals on the screen,
according to the pronunciation rules
of Mandarin.
Below is the key mapping of Pinyin
letters on the keypad.
1 Press , , .
2 When “xin” is highlighted, press or
and select “ 信 ”, then press .
(If you want to enter any of the other
suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll
up or down to the desired
combination, then press ).
3 Press again to select “ 息 ”, when
“ 息 ” is highlighted.
Fuzzy Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin is an option for the Pinyin
input method, which contains
additional spelling alternatives.
When in Pinyin input mode, press
More } Fuzzy Pinyin } On.
Input punctuation, symbols and
smilies
Under any Chinese input mode, press
, to see the table of punctuation
marks, symbols and smilies. Use the
navigation key to make a selection.
Press to enter a space into the
text.
信息
”
Activity menu
You can open the activity menu
almost anywhere in the phone to view
and handle new events, and access
bookmarks and shortcuts.
To open and close the activity menu
Press .
Activity menu tabs
• New Events – such as missed calls
and messages. When a new event
occurs, the tab appears. Press
to dismiss an event from the event
tab. New events can also be set to
appear as pop-up text instead,
} Settings } the General tab } New
Events } Popup.
• Running Apps – applications that
are running in the background.
Select an application to return to it
or press to end it.
• My Shortcuts – add, delete and
change the order of shortcuts.
When you select a shortcut and the
application opens, other programs
are closed or minimized.
• Internet – your Internet bookmarks.
When you select a bookmark and
the browser opens, other programs
are closed or minimized.
Use the File manager to handle items
such as pictures, music, themes, Web
pages, games and applications saved
in the phone memory or on a Memory
Stick Micro™ (M2™).
The phone and memory card are
sometimes sold separately.
Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
Your phone supports Memory Stick
Micro™ (M2™) adding more storage
space to your phone to save files
containing pictures or music, for
example. It can also be used as a
portable memory card with other
compatible devices.
To insert and remove a memory card
1 Remove the battery cover by sliding
the battery cover release latch down.
2 Insert the memory card as shown (with
the contacts facing down).
3 Press the edge to release and remove.
You can also move and copy files
between the phone, a computer and a
memory card. If you have a memory
card inserted, files are automatically
saved to it first and then to phone
memory.
If no memory stick is inserted, then all
the files are saved in the phone
memory. If all available memory is full,
you cannot save any files until some
content is removed.
Create subfolders to move or copy
files to. Games and applications can
be moved within the Games and
Applications folders and from the
phone memory to a memory card.
Unrecognized files are saved in the
Other folder. When handling files, you
can select several or all files in a folder
at the same time for all items except
The File manager is divided into three
tabs, and icons are included to
indicate where the files are saved.
• All Files – all content in the phone
memory and on a Memory Stick
Micro™ (M2™).
• On Memory Stick – all content on a
Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™).
• In Phone – all content in the phone
memory.
File information
View file information by highlighting it
} More } Information. Items that are
downloaded, or received using one of
the available transfer methods, may
be copyright-protected. If a file is
protected, you may not be able to
copy or send that file. A DRMprotected file has a key symbol.
To use a file from the File manager
1 } File Manager and open a folder.
2 Scroll to a file } More for additional
options.
To move or copy a file to memory
1 } File Manager and select a folder.
2 Scroll to a file } More } Manage File
} Move to move the file or } More
} Manage File } Copy to copy the
file.
3 Select to move or copy the file to
Phone or Memory Stick } Select.
To move or copy files to a computer
You can transfer files to your
computer via Bluetooth
technology, Infrared or USB cable
™ wireless
% 74 Connectivity.
To create a subfolder
1 } File Manager and open a folder.
2 } More } New Folder and enter a
name for the folder.
3 } OK to save the folder.
To select several files
1 } File Manager and open a folder.
2 } More } Mark } Mark Several.
3 Scroll to select files } Mark or
} File Manager and open a folder
} More } Mark } Mark All.
To delete a file or a subfolder from
the File manager
1 } File Manager and open a folder.
2 Scroll to a file } More } Delete.
Memory card options
Check memory status or format a
memory card to delete all information.
To use memory card options
} File Manager and select the On
Memory Stick tab } More for options.
Calling
Calls, contacts, voice control, call
options.
Making and receiving calls
Before you can make or receive any
calls, you must turn on your phone
and be within range of a network.
% 6 Turning on your phone.
Networks
When you turn on the phone, it
automatically selects your home
network if this is within range. If it is
not within range, you may use another
network, provided your network
operator has an agreement that allows
you to do so. This is called roaming.
Select the network to use, or you can
add a network to your preferred
networks. You can also change the
order in which networks are selected
during an automatic search.
To view available network options
} Settings } the Connectivity tab
} Mobile Networks.
Some network operators allow you to
switch networks manually, as
searching for unavailable networks
consumes battery power.
use or to scroll to the Missed
tab. Scroll or to select a number
} Call to call.
• If activity menu is set to default: Press
and use or to scroll to the
New Events tab and use or to
select a number } Call to call.
Emergency calls
Your phone supports international
emergency numbers, for example, 112
or 911. These numbers can normally
be used to make emergency calls in
any country/region, with or without a
SIM card inserted, if a GSM network is
within range.
In some countries/regions, other
emergency numbers may also be
promoted. Your network operator may
therefore have saved additional local
emergency numbers on the SIM card.
To make an emergency call
Enter 112 or 911 (the international
emergency number) } Call.
To view your local emergency
numbers
} Contacts } Options } Special
numbers } Emergency Nos..
Contacts
You can save your contact information
in the phone memory or on a SIM
card. The following is available:
You can choose which contact
information – Phone Contacts or SIM
Contacts – is shown as default.
For useful information and settings
} Contacts } Options.
Default contact
If Phone Contacts is selected as
default, your contacts show all the
information saved in Contacts. If you
select SIM Contacts as default, your
contacts show information depending
on the SIM card.
To select default contacts
1 } Contacts}Options}Advanced
} Default Contacts.
2 } Phone Contacts or SIM Contacts.
Phone contacts
Save contacts in the phone with
names, phone numbers and personal
information. You can also add pictures
and ringtones to contacts. Use , ,
1 } Contacts. Then enter the entire multi-letter name, pure initial or mixed initial pinyin
of Chinese contacts you want to call. For example:
Initial status
Full name searching
Pure initial
searching
Mixed initial
searching
2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select a number } Call.
To call a contact written in Latin characters
1 } Contacts. Scroll to, or enter the first letters or all letters of the contact you want to
call (a maximum of 10 letters).
Initial Input 'A' input 'AM' input 'AMY'
2 When the contact is highlighted, press or to select a number } Call.
Note: Phone supports Chinese and English contacts mixed search. When a contact
is written in Latin character, the entered letter can reach the Latin contact you want
to call; When a contact is written in Chinese characters, the entered letter can reach
the pinyin of Chinese contact you want to call.