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Accessories – More for your phone
Wireless Home Audio System
MBS-900
Let your music take shape
Stereo Bluetooth™ Headset
HBH-DS205
Enjoy wireless music without missing a call
Noise Cancelling
Headphones HPM-88
Bring the music, leave the noise
These accessories can be purchased separately but may not be available in every
market. To view full feature descriptions and the range of accessories go to
www.sonyericsson.com/accessories.
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Instruction symbols
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guide.
Note
Tip
Warning
A service or function is network- or
subscription-dependent. Contact
your network operator for details.
Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested,
and select OK.
3
Select a language.
4
Select Yes to use the setup wizard.
If you want to correct a mistake when you
enter your PIN, press .
SIM card
The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)
card, which you get from your network
operator, contains information about
your subscription. Always turn off your
phone and detach the charger before
you insert or remove the SIM card.
You can save contacts on the SIM card
before you remove it from your phone.
See To copy names and numbers to the
SIM card on page .
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PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal
Identification Number) to activate the
services and functions 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.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in
a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM
card lock on page 68.
Standby
After you have turned on your phone
and entered your PIN, the name of the
network operator appears. This view is
called standby. Your phone is now
ready for use.
Using other networks
Making and receiving calls, using
messaging, and data transfer, for
example, Internet-based services,
outside your home network (roaming),
may incur additional costs. Contact
your operator for more information.
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Help and information are also available
in your phone.
To view tips and tricks
1
From standby select Menu > Settings >
the General tab > Setup wizard.
2
Select Tips and tricks.
To view information about functions
•
Scroll to a function and select Info, if
available. In some cases, Info appears
under Options.
To view the phone demonstration
•
From standby select Menu >
Entertainment > Demo tour.
To view the phone status
•
From standby press the volume key.
Phone, memory and battery
information is shown.
Charging the battery
The phone battery is partly charged
when you buy it.
It may take 30 minutes for the battery icon
to appear on the screen.
Using the USB charger
To connect the charger and charge
the battery
(The illustrations are for guidance only
and may not accurately depict the
actual phone)
1
Connect the USB cable (you can get
instructions for three conditions from
the Note) plug to the AC adapter USB
socket, as shown in the illustration. The
USB cable is supplied with your phone.
2
Connect the USB cable connector to
your phone. Press a key to view the
charging status on the screen. It takes
approximately 3 hours to fully charge
the battery.
Charge your battery until the battery
icon indicates a full charge.
2
Tilt the USB charger connector
upwards to remove it.
Note
•
If there are two USB cables in the kit
(a USB cable for charging and a USB
cable for data transfer), the USB
cable for charging is only intended
for charging your phone. Do not use
it for transferring data. The USB
cable for the USB charger is only
intended for connection to the AC
adapter to charge your phone. It
must not be used for connection to
a PC. It can only be used for
charging your phone. Never use it
for charging accessories.
USB cable for charging
USB cable for transferring
•
If there is only one USB cable in the
kit, it is intended for charging your
phone as well as transferring data.
•
If there is only one USB cable for the
USB charger in the phone kit, this
USB cable is only intended for
charging your phone.
•
To charge your phone,
Sony Ericsson strongly recommends
that you use only Sony Ericsson
branded original batteries, a power
supply which is in accordance with
specification YD/T 1591-2006 (a
Communications Industry standard
of P. R. China), and the USB cable
supplied with your phone. The use
of third-party products may
decrease the performance of your
phone and/or pose a risk to your
health or safety.
You can charge the battery for more or
less than 3 hours. Interrupted charging
will not damage the battery.
Performance depends on temperatures,
signal strength, usage patterns, features
selected and voice or data
transmissions. The stand-by time for this
battery is up to 380 hours.
Use only Sony Ericsson branded original
batteries intended for use with your
mobile phone. If you use other batteries
you may not be able to charge your
phone.
Online services*
TrackID™
Location services
Games
VideoDJ™
PhotoDJ™
MusicDJ™
Remote control
Record sound
Demo tour
Media
Photo
Music
Video
Games
Web feeds
Settings
WALKMAN
Settings**
General
Profiles
Time & date
Language
Update service
Voice control
New events
Shortcuts
Flight mode
Security
Setup wizard
Accessibility*
Phone status
Master reset
Sounds & alerts
Ring volume
Ringtone
Silent mode
Increasing ring
Vibrating alert
Getting started13
Message alert
Key sound
Display
Wallpaper
Main menu layout
Theme
Startup screen
Screen saver
Clock size
Brightness
Edit line names*
Calls
Speed dial
Smart search
Divert calls
Switch to line 2*
Manage calls
Time & cost*
Show/hide my no.
Handsfree
Open to answer
Close to end call
Connectivity
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
USB
Phone name
Network sharing
Synchronisation
Device management
Mobile networks
Data communication*
Internet settings
* Some menus are operator-,
network- and subscriptiondependent.
** You can use the navigation
key to scroll between tabs in
submenus. For more
information, see Navigation
on page 15.
Menu numbering starts from the top left
icon and moves across and then down
row by row.
To go directly to a main menu item
•
Select Menu and press
– , ,
or .
The Main menu layout must be set to
Grid. See To change the main menu
layout on page 66.
Activity menu
The activity menu gives you quick
access to:
•
New events – missed calls and new
messages.
•
Running apps – applications that are
running in the background.
•
My shortcuts – add your favourite
functions to access them quickly.
•
Internet – quick access to the
Internet.
To open the activity menu
•
Press
.
Memory
You can save content on the memory
card, in the phone memory and on the
SIM card. Photos and music are saved
on the memory card, if a memory card
is inserted. If not, or if the memory card
is full, photos and music are saved in
the phone memory. Messages and
contacts are saved in the phone
memory, but you can choose to save
them on the SIM card.
Memory card
You may have to purchase a memory card
separately.
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.
You can move content between the
memory card and the phone memory.
See Handling content in the phone on
page .
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
character in the candidate row, press
the navigation key or press and hold
the key corresponding to the number
above the character you want to enter.
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.
. To select a
Stroke categories
The five stroke categories are defined in the table below:
Number key Stroke category Basic stroke Stroke nameCharacter
Over王十在七天
Lift海红牡状习
Down中业上门丑
Down-Hook小水打子承
Short Slope Down直真质草
Long Left Slope八九丹风片
Number key Stroke category Basic stroke Stroke nameCharacter
Over Slope香千匕后丢
Short left Slope而页面学殷
Dot六学雷心性
Right Slope人火又送林
Down-Curved-Over四西酉酸
Down-Over山巨屯母凶
Left Slope-Over么去公约能
Left Slope-Dot女要好巡巢
Down-Lift衣以饭收长
Right Slope-Hook我或民成伐
Down-Over-Hook心必思忘
Down-Over-Curved-Hook 电也毛兄孔
Down-Over-Left-Slope专传转
Down-Over-Down-Hook 马与张号费
Down-Over-Down鼎鼐
Over-Hook写字皮通免
Over-Down口已户书骨
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
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 “
1
Enter “
2
”, “ ” and “ ”.
Move the cursor to “信”, press the
信息”
centre selection key.
3
Move the cursor to “息”, press the
centre selection key 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.
Number KeyPinyin Letter
a b c
d e f
g h i
j k l
m n o
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced by
v.
For example, to enter “
1
Press
2
When “xin” is highlighted, press or
,, .
信息”
and select “ 信”, then press the
centre selection key. (If you want to
enter any of the other suggested Pinyin
combinations, scroll up or down to the
desired combination, then press the
centre selection key.)
3
Press the centre selection key again to
select “ 息”, when “ 息” is highlighted.
, 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.
Fuzzy Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin is an option for the Pinyin
input method, which contains
additional spelling alternatives.
To turn Fuzzy Pinyin on
•
When you write using Pinyin input,
select Options > Writing options > Fuzzy
Pinyin.
Walkman™
You can listen to music, audio books
and podcasts. Use Sony EricssonMedia Manager to transfer content to
and from your phone. For more
information, see Transferring contentto and from a computer on page .
Stereo portable handsfree
To use the handsfree
•
Connect the portable handsfree. Music
stops when you receive a call and
resumes when the call has ended.
When music is playing, press and hold
down
right with a flick of your wrist to go to
the next track. To go to the previous
track, use the same action to the left.