Sony Ericsson Z300A User Manual

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Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Personalizing your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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Sony Ericsson

GSM 850/1900 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.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2005

Publication number: AE/LZT 108 8045 R1A. 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 Guidelines for safe and efficient use and the Limited warranty chapters before you use your mobile phone.

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;

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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.

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.

Other product and company names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Sony Ericsson advises users to backup their personal data information.

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

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

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Getting to know your phone

Screen

Speaker

YES key

Volume keys

NO key

Navigation key

Clear key

Option key

Power on/off

Microphone

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Assembling your phone

Before you can use your phone you need to:

• Insert the SIM card.

• Attach and charge the battery.

User guide symbols

The following symbols appear in this user guide:

} Use the navigation key to scroll and select.

% See also page.xx

Important

Note

This symbol indicates that a service or function is network – or subscription-dependent. Because of this, all menus may not be available in your phone. Please consult your network operator for more information.

SIM card and battery information

The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, which you get from your network operator, contains information about your subscription and phonebook. Always turn off the phone and detach the charger before you insert or remove a SIM card.

If you have been using a SIM card in another phone, make sure that your information is saved to the SIM card before you remove it from the other phone. % 17 Phonebook.

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To insert the SIM card and charge the battery

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C r r

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N / S

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1 Remove the battery cover as shown in the picture. 2 Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed

under the silvery holders.

3 Place the battery on the back of the phone with the label

side up and the connectors facing each other.

4 Place the battery cover as shown in the picture and slide

it into place.

5 Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol.

The flash symbol on the charger plug must face upwards.

6 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears

on the screen.

7 Wait approximately 4 hours or until the battery icon

indicates that the battery is fully charged. If you do not see the battery icon after this time, press any key to activate the screen.

8 Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.

You must reset the time and date when you remove the battery.

You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is provided by your network operator.

If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete

the number by pressing .

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key), % 58 SIM card lock.

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To turn the phone on and off

• Open the phone. Press and hold .

• Enter your PIN, if requested.

• Press and hold to turn off the phone.

To make and receive calls

• Open the phone, enter the area code and phone number

}

YES to make the call.

• }

NO or close the phone to end the call.

• When the phone rings, open the phone to answer the call

or }

YES.

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Icons

The following icons appear on the desktop and in standby.

Tells you the status of the battery.

Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal.

Calls – handling of call time, call cost information

and ongoing calls.

Internet services – gives you access to Internet

services.

My shortcuts – create your own menu for the functions

you use most often.

Fun & Games – games and applications.

Messaging – handling of text (SMS), picture

(MMS) and voice messages.

Alarms – alarm clock and recurrent alarm.

Organizer – calendar, events, alarm clock

and other extras.

Phonebook – your personal phonebook.

Settings – personal settings including profiles,

display, language, connectivity, time and locks.

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Navigating the menus

The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop.

•Press (navigation key) to go to the desktop or to select highlighted items.

•Press to move through the menus.

•Press

NO to go back one level in the menus.

• Press and hold

Shortcuts

From standby, you can use to go directly to a function.

To edit a standby shortcut

1 } My shortcuts }

you want to edit }

2 Scroll to and select a shortcut }

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NO to return to standby.

YES and select an existing shortcut

YES.

Menu overview

1.Calls

Missed calls Call list Manage calls Time and cost Next call Options

4.Fun & Games

Games My pictures More pictures My sounds More sounds Themes Composer

7.Organizer

Calendar Timer Stopwatch Calculator

*Please note that some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.

2.Internet services

Sony Ericsson Bookmarks Push inbox Enter address Resume Select profile Advanced Options

5.Messaging

Text message Picture message Call voicemail Area info Options

8.Phonebook

Find and call Add number Find and edit Picture Personal rings Groups Email addresses Options Memory status Special numbers

3.My shortcuts

Navigation key up Navigation key right Nav.key down Navigation key left

6.Alarms

Alarm Recurrent alarm

9.Settings

Sounds & alerts Profiles Display Language Time and date Connectivity Locks Handsfree Open to answer Status Master reset

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Phone language

Most SIM cards automatically set the language used in the menu to the language of the country where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the case, the predefined language is English.

You can always choose Automatic by pressing 8888

in standby mode.

You can always choose English by pressing 0000

in standby.

To change the phone language

1 } Settings } 2 Select a language }

YES } Language } YES } Menus } YES.

YES.

You can press instead of the YES key to select an item.

More options

Press to enter a list of options. There are different alternatives in the list of options depending on where you are in the menus.

Delete and edit items

Two ways to delete items

• Select an item and press .

• Select an item, press } Delete.

To edit items

Select an item, press } Edit.

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Entering letters and characters

When writing messages and notes there are two ways to enter letters and characters:

• Multitap text input

• T9™ Text Input

To enter letters using multitap input

• Press - until the desired character appears on the screen.

• Press to shift between capital and lower-case letters.

• Press and hold - to enter numbers.

• Press to delete letters and numbers.

• Press for the most common punctuation marks.

• Press to add a space.

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 For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”,

press , , , .

2 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.

3 Continue writing your message. To enter a period or

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

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To switch between writing methods

Before, or while entering letters, press and hold to switch between writing methods.

Options list

Press to enter a list of options that offers different alternatives when writing a message.

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Calling

Making and receiving calls

Before you can make or receive calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network, % 8To turn the phone on and off.

If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification

service and the caller’s number is identified, the number is displayed. If you have saved the number in the phonebook, the name and number are displayed. If the number is a restricted number, Withheld is displayed.

To make a call

Open the phone, enter the area code and phone number } to make the call. Close the phone or }

NO to end the call.

To re-dial a number

If the connection failed and Retry? is displayed }

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

To answer a call

Open the phone }

YES, or simply open the phone if Open to

answer is on. % 16 To activate or deactivate open to answer

To reject a call

When the phone is open, } When the phone is closed, quickly press a volume button twice.

NO or close the phone.

YES

YES.

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To activate or deactivate open to answer

1 } Settings } 2 } On or Off }

YES } Open to answer } YES.

YES.

To change the speaker volume during a call

Press or .

To check your missed calls

1 When Missed calls: is displayed, }

YES to display the

missed calls.

2 To call a number, scroll to the number }

To make international calls

1 Press and hold until a + sign appears on the screen.

YES.

2 Enter the country code, area code (without the leading zero)

and phone number }

YES.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports the international emergency numbers, 112, 911 and 08. These numbers can normally be used to make an emergency call in any country, with or without a SIM card inserted, if a GSM network that supports these numbers is within range. Your network operator may have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.

To make an emergency call

Enter, for example, 112 (the international emergency number)

}

YES.

Some network operators may require that a SIM card is inserted, and in some cases that the PIN has been entered as well.

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To view your local emergency numbers

} Phonebook } }

YES.

YES } Special numbers } YES } Emergency nos.

Call list

The numbers of the last calls that you have made or received are saved in the call list.

To call a number from the call list

}

YES from standby and scroll to the name or number you want

to call }

YES.

To clear the call list

} Calls }

YES } Options } YES } Clear call list } YES.

Phonebook

Your phone has a phonebook in which you can save numbers and accompanying names (an entry).

To save a number together with a name

1 } Phonebook } 2 Select Add new? or select any of the numbers from the

list by pressing

3 Enter the phone number that you want to save } 4 Enter a name that you want to associate with the phone

number }

5 }

YES again to save the entry in the suggested position.

Pictures and personal rings

You can add a picture and a ringtone to phonebook entries.

YES } Add number } YES.

YES.

YES, % 13 Entering letters and characters.

YES.

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To add a picture to a phonebook entry

1 } Phonebook } 2 } Add new? } 3 }

YES to go to the phonebook } YES.

4 This takes you to Pictures. Select a picture }

YES } Picture } YES.

YES.

To add a ringtone to a phonebook entry

1 } Phonebook } 2 } Add new? } 3 Press to go to the phonebook } 4 This takes you to Personal rings. Select a ringtone }

YES } Personal rings } YES.

YES.

To call a number saved in the phonebook

1 } Phonebook } 2 Enter the name or the first letter of the name }

YES } Find and call } YES.

YES.

3 If the name displayed is not the one you want, press

or until you find the correct name and number.

4 }

YES to make the call.

Speed dialing

You can save the phone numbers that you wish to reach easily in positions - in your phone.

To speed dial

From standby, enter the position number }

YES.

Shortcuts to phonebook entries

When in standby, press and hold the keys - to find an entry beginning with the first letter on that key, or the closest following.

Ask to save

If Ask to save is on, you are asked if you want to save any called or answered number that is not already saved in your phonebook.

Your subscription must support the Calling Line Identification Service, if you want to save answered numbers.

To turn the Ask to save function on or off

} Phonebook }

select On or Off }

YES } Options } YES } Ask to save } YES

YES.

To edit an entry in the phonebook

1 } Phonebook } 2 Enter the name or the first letter of the name } 3 }

YES to select the entry.

4 } Edit } 5

When you have finished editing

YES } Find and edit } YES.

YES.

}

YES

to save your changes.

YES.

To delete an entry from the phonebook

1 } Phonebook } 2 Enter the name or the first few letters of the name }

When the entry you want to delete is highlighted }

3 } Delete }

YES } Find and edit } YES.

YES.

Sort order

You may change the sort order of your phonebook entries, so that they are sorted according to their position number instead of the name.

To choose a sort order

1 } Phonebook } 2 Select a sort order }

YES } Options } YES } Sort order } YES.

YES.

Phonebook memories

Phonebook entries are saved on your SIM card. The number of entries you can save depends on your SIM card. You can still access them if you use the card with another phone.

You can also save your entries in the phone memory when

all SIM positions are occupied.

Choosing where to save an entry

• To save the number in the position suggested }

• To save the number in another position, press to delete the position number, enter a new position number }

• To save the number in the phone memory, you first need to know how many positions you have got on your SIM card. You can check this in the Memory status menu.

To check the status of the memories

} Phonebook }

YES } Memory status } YES.

Replacing entries

If you try to save a phone number in a position which already contains a phone number, the message Replace? appears. Press

YES to replace the number or press NO if you do not

want to replace the old number.

To delete all entries from the phone memory

1 } Phonebook } 2 }

YES again. If you delete all entries from the phone

YES } Options } YES } Delete all } YES.

memory, the entries on your SIM card are not deleted.

YES.

Copy phonebook entries

You can copy phonebook entries between your phone memory and the SIM card.

To copy entries to the SIM card

} Phonebook }

To copy entries to the phone

} Phonebook }

YES } Options } YES } Copy all to SIM } YES.

YES } Options } YES } Copy from SIM } YES.

Groups

You can create a group of phonebook entries. You can then send a text message to all members of that group at the same time % 32 Text messages.

To create a new group

1 } Phonebook } 2 Enter a name for the group } 3 } Add new? } 4 Select an entry in your phonebook } 5 To add the next member, repeat steps 3 and 4. 6 }

NO to leave the menu.

YES } Groups } YES } Add new? } YES.

YES.

To add a member to an existing group

Select the group you want } Edit }

YES } Add new? } YES.

Voicemail

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

Calling your voicemail service

You can easily call your voicemail service by pressing and holding , if you have saved your voicemail number in the phone. You can get the number from your service provider.

To enter a voicemail number

} Messaging }

YES } Options } YES } Voicemail no. } YES.

Call time

During a call, the duration of the call is shown in the display. You can check the duration of your last call, outgoing calls and the total time.

To check the call time and reset timer

1 } Calls } 2 Select an option }

YES } Time and cost } YES } Call timers } YES.

YES.

3 Select Reset timers to reset the call time meter.

Call cost and cost information

Check with your network operator or service provider for information about these services.

If you subscribe to cost information, you must enter your PIN2 to clear the cost or time counter, % 58 Security for information about PIN2.

To check the call cost and reset cost meter

1 } Calls } 2 Select an option } 3 Select Clear total cost to reset the call cost meter.

YES } Time and cost } YES } Call costs } YES.

YES.

Setting the call cost

You can use the tariff function to specify the price per call unit. If you do not specify a price per call unit, the number of call units is displayed.

To enter the price per call unit

1 } Calls }

2 Enter your PIN2 } 3 Select Change tariff }

YES } Time and cost } YES } Call costs } YES

} Set tariff }

YES.

4 Enter the code for the currency you want,

(for example GBP for Pounds Sterling) }

5 Enter the price per call unit }

YES. To enter a decimal

YES.

point, press .

Credit limit for calls

You can enter a total amount of money that can be used for making calls. When the amount reaches zero, no more calls can be made. Please note that the credit limit is only an estimated value.

To set a credit limit

1 } Calls }

2 Enter your PIN2 } 3 Select Change } 4 Enter an amount }

YES } Time and cost } YES } Call costs } YES

} Set credit }

YES.

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Sony Ericsson Z300A User Manual

Contents

Getting to know your phone

Calling