Sony Ericsson Z310a User Manual

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Z310a
User guide

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Getting to Know your Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

More Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Hearing Aid Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Sony Ericsson

GSM 850/1800/1900 Z310a
This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
AB or its local affiliated company, 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 Mobile Communications
AB or its local affiliated company at any time and without notice. Such
changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this
User guide.
All rights reserved.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2006

Publication number: AE/LZT 108 9507 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 cell phone.
All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately
depict the actual cell phone.
Your cell phone has the capability to download, store and forward
additional content, for example, 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 cell 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.

The liquid identity logo and MusicDJ™ are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

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Sony™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sony Corporation.
Ericsson™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
MEdia™ and SmartChip™ are trademarks or registered trademarks
of AT&T Mobility.
AT&T™ is a registered trademark of AT&T Corporation.
Google™ is a registered trademark of Google™ Inc.
Yahoo!™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc.
MSN™ is a trademark or a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc.
AIM™ and AOL™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of AOL

LLC.
SBC™ is a trademark or a registe red trademark of AT&T Knowledge

Ventures, L.P.
Bluetooth™ is a trademark or registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc.
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™.

1 Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted 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.

2 Export Regulations: Software, including technical data, is

subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export
Administration Act and its associated regulations, and may
be subject to export or import regulations in other countries.
Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations
and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain

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licenses to export, re-export, or import Software. Software may
not be downloaded, or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into,
or to a national or resident of, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, North Korea,
Libya, Sudan, Syria (as such listing may be revised from time to
time) or any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or
(ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially
Designated Nations or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table
of Denial Orders.

3 Restricted Rights: Use, duplication or disclosure by the United

States government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in
the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clauses
in DFARS 252.227-7013(c) (1) and FAR 52.227-19(c) (2) as

applicable.
Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

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User Guide Symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this User guide:

Use the navigation key to scroll and select

}

% 15 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.

% See also page ...

Note

Indicates that a service or function is network­or subscription-dependent. Because of this, all
menus may not be available in your cell phone.
Consult your network operator for more
information.

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Getting to Know your Cell Phone

Navigation key

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Volume
buttons

Selection key

Back key

MEdia Net key

Microphone

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Infrared port

Selection key

C key

On/off key

Charger and USB connector

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Camera lens

Icon display

External
display

The icon display lights up when the cell phone is
in silent mode and shows information about new
events and battery charging. The external display
shows information such as time, service provider
and signal strength. Press a volume button to
activate the external display.

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Mobile Email Messaging

Write New
Inbox
IM
Call Voicemail
Outbox
Drafts
Sent Messages
Saved Messages
Templates
Settings

MEdia Net AT&T Mall Entertainment

My Stuff Address Book* Alarms

Camera Album
Ringtones
Pictures
Themes
Web Pages
Games
Applications
Other

Calls**

All
Answered
Dialed
Missed

Online Services***
Games
MusicDJ™
Record Sound

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Applications
Calendar
Tasks
Notes
Synchronization
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Password Saver

*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.
For more information % 15 Navigating the menus.
***Appears only if you SmartChip is configured to support
Online Services.

General
Sounds & Alerts
Display
Calls
Connectivity

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Status Bar Icons

Icon Description

GSM network signal strength.

Battery status.

Battery charging, appears with battery
status icon.

Missed an incoming call.

Call and messaging alerts off, alarm on.

Text message received.

Email message received.

Picture message received.

Ongoing call.

Calendar reminder.

Task reminder.

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Assembling your Cell Phone

Insert the SmartChip and the battery to use your cell phone.

SmartChip

When you register as a subscriber with AT&T, you get
a SmartChip. The SmartChip keeps track of your phone
number, the services included in your subscription, and
your contacts information, among other things.

Save contacts information on your SmartChip before
you remove it from another cell phone. Contacts may
have been saved in the previous phone’s memory.

To insert SmartChip and battery

1 Remove the battery cover.
2 Insert the SmartChip into its holder with the contacts

facing down.

3 Insert the battery with the label side up and the

connectors facing each other.

4 Slide the battery cover into place.

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To charge the battery

≈ 30 min.

≈ 2.5 h.

1 Connect the charger plug to the cell phone and to the

electrical outlet. The flash symbol on the charger plug

must face upwards.

2 It may take 30 minutes for the battery icon to appear

on the screen.

3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until the battery icon

indicates a full charge.

4 Remove the charger plug by tilting it upwards.

Some functions use more battery power than others
so that your cell phone need more frequent charging.
As the battery ages, talk and standby times may
decrease and you may then need a new battery. Only
use Sony Ericsson-approved batteries. % 67 Battery.

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PIN

You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number)
from your network operator for your SmartChip. When you
enter the PIN, each digit appears as *, unless it starts with
emergency number digits, for example 112 or 911. This is
so you can make emergency calls without entering a PIN.

% 21 Emergency Calls. Press to delete numbers.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the
SmartChip is blocked % 54 SmartChip Lock.

To turn the cell phone on and off

1 Press and hold to turn the cell phone on and off.
2 Enter your SmartChip PIN, if requested.
3 At first startup, select the language for phone menus.
4 } Yes if you want the setup wizard to help you with

instructions and tips. You have now reached standby

and are ready to make and receive calls.

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Shut down menu

Use the shut down menu to turn off the cell phone, turn
silent mode on or activate a profile. For more information
about profiles % 51 Profiles.

To open the shut down menu

Press and select an option from the list.

Making calls

During an incoming call, the keypad and outer rim of the
cell phone light up % 42 Light effects.

To make and receive calls

• Enter an area code and phone number. } Call to make

the call. } End Call to end the call.

• To answer a call: open your cell phone or } Answer

if your cell phone is already open.

Help in your cell phone

Help and information are available in your cell phone at
any time.

To use the setup wizard

From standby select Menu } Settings } General } Setup

Wizard and select an option:

• Basic Setup or

• Tips and Tricks.

To view information about functions

Scroll to a function } Info if available.

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Navigating the menus

The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus
include tabs.

• Press the center of the navigation key to go to the

main menus from standby or to select menu items.

• Press , , or to scroll 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.

• Press Info to get help or learn more about certain

features.

• } More to enter a list of options.

Shortcuts

From standby you can use the predefined shortcuts
to go directly to a function:

• Press to create a new message.

• Press to go to My Stuff.

• Press to go to instant messaging.

• Press to go to Address Book.

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To edit a standby shortcut

1 From standby select Menu } Settings } General

} Shortcuts.

2 Select a shortcut you want to edit } Edit.
3 Scroll to and select a function } Shortcut.

My Stuff

Files such as pictures, sounds, themes, games and
applications are saved in folders in the phone memory in
My Stuff. Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder.

File information

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

} Information.

To move or copy a file

1 From standby select Menu } My Stuff. Select a folder

and scroll to a file } More } Manage File.

2 Select Move or Copy.
3 Select a folder or } New Folder.
4 Name the folder } OK.
5 } Paste.

To select several files

1 From standby select Menu } My Stuff and select a file

} More } Mark.
2 } Mark Several or } Mark All. To select files scroll and

} Mark or } Unmark.

To check memory status

From standby select Menu } My Stuff } More } Memory

Status.

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Transferring files

For more information % 49 Transferring Files.

Languages

Select the language for phone menus and for writing.

To change the phone language

• From standby select Menu } 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 From standby select Menu } Settings } General

} Language } Writing Language.

2 Scroll and } Mark to select languages } Save.

Entering Letters

To enter letters using multitap text input

Scroll to a function where text input is possible, for example,

Menu } Messaging } Write New } Message.

• 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.

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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 select T9 writing method

Press and hold to select T9 writing method.

To enter letters using T9 Text Input

1 Scroll to a function where text input is possible, for

example, Menu } Messaging } Write New } 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

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 punctuation

mark, press and then or repeatedly. Accept

or

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. Use and to

navigate between 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 as in the
alternative words.

Options when entering letters

} More to view options when entering letters.

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Calling

Making and Receiving Calls

Turn on the cell phone and make sure that you are within
range of a network to make and receive calls % 13 To turn
the cell phone on and off.

• If your subscription includes a Calling Line Identification

service and the caller’s number is identified, the number
is displayed.

• If the number is saved in Address Book, details such as

the name, number, picture and light effect (if assigned)
are displayed.
If the number is a restricted number,

•

To make a call

1 Enter a phone number (with international country code

and area code, if applicable) } Call to make the call.

2 Close the cell phone or } End Call to end the call.

To redial a number

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

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

To answer a call

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

To reject a call

Close your cell phone, } Busy or press a volume button
twice.

Withheld

is displayed.

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To change the ear speaker volume

During a call, press or to increase or decrease the
volume.

To select more options during a call

} More and select an option.

To turn off the microphone and mute your call

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

To use the loudspeaker during a voice call

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

Missed calls

When you have missed a call, the call appears in Recent
Calls. } Call to call the missed number.

Call list

Information about the most recent calls is saved in the
call list.

To call a number from the call list

From standby } Calls and select a tab. Scroll to a name
or number } Call.

To add a call list number to contacts

1 From standby } Calls from standby and select a tab.
2 Scroll to the number to add } More } Save Number.
3 Select a contact to add the number to or } New Contact.

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Emergency Calls

Your cell phone supports international emergency numbers,
for example, 911 and 112. 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 within
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, 112, for example } Call.

To view your local emergency numbers

From standby select Menu } Address Book } Options

} Special Numbers } Emergency Nos.

Address Book

To add a contact

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book } New

Contact } Add.

2 Select Name: } Add enter a name } OK.
3 Select New Number: } Add enter a number } OK.
4 Select the type of number } Select.
5 For phone contacts only, select an option. Scroll

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

} Add Symbol and select a symbol } Insert. To save

the contact, } Save.

Enter the + sign and country code with all numbers.
% 17 Entering Letters.

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To add a picture, light effect or a ringtone to a phone
contact

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book and scroll

to the contact.

2 } More } Edit Contact.
3 Use and to scroll to the relevant tab.
4 } Picture, Ringtone or Light Effect } Add.
5 Select a picture, sound or light effect } Save to save

the contact.

To set the default number for a phone contact

To set the first phone number to be displayed for a contact,

Menu } Address Book and scroll to the contact } More
} Default Number and select a number.

To add your own business card

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book } More

} Options } My Business Card.

2 Enter the information for your business card } Save.

To send your business card

From standby select Menu } Address Book } More

} Options } My Business Card } Send My Card.

To set a birthday reminder for a contact

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book and scroll

to the contact.

} More } Edit Contact.

2
3 Use to scroll to the relevant tab and select

Birthday: } Add.

4 Set date and reminder } Save.

To call a phone contact

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book. Scroll

to, or enter the first letters of the contact to call.

2 Use and to select a number } Call.

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To call a SmartChip contact

• If SmartChip Contacts is default, Menu } Address
Book, scroll to or enter the first letters of a contact.

When the contact is highlighted } Call.

• If Phone Contacts is default, Menu } Address Book
} More } Options } SmartChip Contacts, scroll to,

or enter the first letters of a contact. When the contact
is highlighted } Call.

Managing contacts

You can select what contact information - Phone

Contacts or SmartChip Contacts - is shown as default.
SmartChip Contacts contain names and numbers only.

They are saved on the SmartChip. Phone Contacts can
contain names, numbers and personal information. They
are saved in the phone memory.

To select default contacts

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book } More

} Options } Advanced } Default Contacts.

2 Select Phone Contacts or SmartChip Contacts.

To copy names and numbers to the SmartChip

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book } More

} Options } Advanced } Copy To SmartChip.

2 Select and option:

• Copy All – copies all contacts and numbers.

• Copy a Contact – copies all numbers for selected

contact.

• Copy a Number – copies a single number for

selected contact.

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

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To copy SmartChip contacts to phone contacts

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book } More

} Options } Advanced } Copy From SmartChip.

2 Select Copy All, Copy a Contact or Copy a Number.

To automatically save contacts to the SmartChip

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book } More

} Options } Advanced } Auto Save On SmartChip.

2 Select On.

To send contacts

• To send a selected contact, } More } Send Contact

and select a transfer method.

• To send all contacts, Menu } Address Book } More
} Options } Advanced } Send All Contacts and select

a transfer method.

To edit a phone contact

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book and select

a contact } More } Edit Contact.

2 Select a tab and edit the information

To edit a SmartChip contact

1 If SmartChip Contacts is default, Menu } Address

Book or if Phone Contacts is default, Menu } Address
Book } More } Options } SmartChip Contacts.

2 Select the name and number to edit.

}

Save.

3 } More } Edit Contact and edit the name and number.

To delete contacts

• Scroll to a contact and press .

• To delete all contacts, Menu } Address Book } More
} Options } Advanced } Delete all contacts } Yes

and } Yes. Names and numbers on the SmartChip
are not deleted.

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To check memory status

From standby select Menu } Address Book } More

} Options } Advanced } Memory Status.

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

Synchronizing contacts

For more information, % 44 Synchronizing.

Speed dialing

Save numbers in positions 1-9 to access them easily.

To set or replace speed dialing numbers

1 From standby select Menu } Address Book } More

} Options } Speed Dial.

2 Scroll to a position } Add or } More } Replace and

select a phone number.

To speed dial

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

Voicemail

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

To call your voicemail service

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

To check your voicemail number

From standby select Menu } Messaging } Settings

} Voicemail Number.

Forwarding Calls

Forward calls, for example, to an answering service.

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