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User guide.
Note
Tip
Warning
A service or function is networkor subscription-dependent.
Contact your network operator
for details.
>Use a selection or navigation
key to scroll and select. See
Navigation on page 15.
1 Remove the battery cover.
2 Remove the SIM card from its holder.
Turning on the phone
To turn on the phone
1 Press and hold down .
2 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 .
Before turning the phone off, you must
return to standby.
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 30.
PIN
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.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in
a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM
card lock on page 67.
Startup screen
The startup screen appears when you
turn your phone on. See Using pictures
on page 46.
Standby
After you have turned your phone on
and entered your PIN, the name of the
network operator appears. This view
is called standby.
Help
In addition to this User guide, Getting
started guides and more information
are available at
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Help in your phone
Help and information are available
in your phone. See Navigation on
page 15.
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.
shown in the illustration (Part. B in the
new-type charger illustration) on page 9
is only intended for charging your
phone. Do not use it for transferring
data.
2 The USB cable for the USB charger
shown in the illustration (Part. B in the
new-type charger illustration) is only
intended for connection to the AC
adapter (Part. A in the new-type charger
illustration) 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.
3 Sony Ericsson strongly recommends
that you use only Sony Ericsson
branded original batteries, the part
of power supply device in accordance
with YD/
T 1591-2006 specifications
of Communications Industry
Standards of P. R. China (Part A in the
new-type charger illustration) and the
USB cable supplied with your phone
to charge the phone. The use of third-
party products may decrease the
performance of your phone and/or
pose a risk to your health or safety.
4 Sony Ericsson recommends that
you never mix the use the new USB
charger and the old non-USB charger.
The phone with new-type charger in
box cannot be charged with the oldtype charger, and vice versa. The use
of both the chargers may decrease the
performance of your phone and/or pose
a risk to your health or safety.
You can use the phone during charging.
You can charge the battery for more or
less than 2.5 hours.
Interrupted charging will not damage the
battery.
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.
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.
** 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
Main menu layout
Theme
Startup screen
Screen saver
Clock size
Brightness
Edit line names*
Calls
Speed dial
Smart search
Forward calls
Switch to line 2*
Manage calls
Time & cost*
Show/hide my no.
Handsfree
Open to answer
Close to end call
Connectivity
Bluetooth
USB
Phone name
Network sharing
Synchronization
Device management
Mobile networks
Internet settings
Streaming settings
SIP Settings
Accessories
2 Scroll to an option and select Edit.
3 Scroll to a menu option and select
Shortc.
Activity menu
The activity menu gives you quick
access to certain functions.
To open the activity menu
• Press .
Activity menu tabs
• New events – missed calls and new
messages.
• Running apps – applications that are
running in the background.
• My shortcuts – add your favorite
functions to access them quickly.
• Monternet – quick access to the
Internet.
16Getting started
This
is
the Internet version of the use
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 use the file manager to move
files between the memory card and
the phone memory. See To move a file in the file manager on page 63.
letter you want is not the first letter on
the key. For example, 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 > Text
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 Options > Spell word.
2 Write the word using multitap input and
select Insert.
Multitap input only applies when Latin
characters are selected as writing
language.
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 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 5 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.
Stroke categories
The 5 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.
1 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2 Move the cursor to“ 信 ”, press Select.
Move the cursor to “ 息 ”, press Select
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 Key Pinyin Letter
a b c
d e f
g h i
j k l
m n o
Number Key Pinyin Letter
On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced
by v.
For example, to enter “
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
信息
”
1 Press , , .
2 When “xin” is highlighted, press or
and select “ 信 ”, then press Select.
(If you want to enter any of the other
suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll
up or down to the desired combination).
3 Press Select 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
Options > Writing language > 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.
You can listen to music, audio books
and podcasts. Use Sony Ericsson Media Manager to transfer content
to your phone. For more information
go to the Getting started section at
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Sony Ericsson Media Manager software
is available for download at
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Transferring content to and
from a computer
Required operating systems
You need one of these operating
systems to use the software included
on the CD:
• Microsoft ®Windows Vista™ 32 bit
or 64 bit versions of: Ultimate,
Enterprise, Business, Home
Premium, Home Basic)
• Microsoft ®Windows XP (Pro or
Home), Service Pack 2 or higher
To install Media Manager
1 Turn on your computer and insert the
CD. The CD starts automatically and
the installation window opens.
2 Select a language and click OK.
3 Click Install Sony Ericsson Media
Manager and follow the instructions.
To transfer content using Media
Manager
1 Connect the phone to a computer with
a USB cable supported by your phone.
2 Computer: Start/Programs/
Sony Ericsson/Media Manager.
3 Phone: Select Media transfer.
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.
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. Music
stops when you receive a call and
resumes when the call has ended.
hold down and move the phone
to the 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.
phone out in front of you facing
upwards. Press and hold down ,
and bend your arm upwards towards
you to increase the volume. To
decrease the volume, repeat the
action in the opposite direction.
Browsing files
Music is saved and categorized.
• Artists – list music by artist.
• Albums – list music by album.
• Tracks – list all music tracks.
• Playlists – create own lists of tracks.
• SensMe™ – list tracks by mood. For
the SensMe™ function to work, the
tracks need to be transferred using
Media Manager.
• Genre – list music by genre.
• Year – list music by year.
• Audio books – list audio books you
have transferred from your computer.
• Podcasts – list all podcasts.
Playlists
You can create playlists to organize
music files. Files can be added to more
than one playlist.
Deleting a playlist, or a file from
a playlist, does not delete the file from
the memory, just the reference to the
file.
To create a playlist
1 From standby select Menu > Media
and scroll to Music > Playlists.
2 Scroll to New playlist and select Add.
3 Enter a name and select OK.
4 For each track you want to add, scroll