Sony Ericsson Z520a User Manual

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Contents

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call.

Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . 12

Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, activity menu and file manager.

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Calls, contacts, voice control, call options.

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging, email, My friends.

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Camera, video recorder, pictures, PhotoDJ™.

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Media player, PlayNow™, ringtones, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™, sound recorder, themes, games.

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Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Internet and email settings, synchronizing, Bluetooth, infrared, and optional USB cable.

More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Time and date, alarm clock, calendar, tasks, Java™ applications, SIM card lock, etc.

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Icon descriptions.

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Sony Ericsson

GSM 850/900/1800/1900 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 123 1774 R2A 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.

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.

The Bluetooth™ word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Sony Ericsson is under license.

The marble logo and Style-Up™ are trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

QuickShare™, PlayNow™, MusicDJ™ and VideoDJ™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

Microsoft, Windows and PowerPoint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S and other countries.

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Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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™ J2ME™.

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 licenses to export, reexport, 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) (ii) 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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PlayNow™ Terms and conditions (T&C)

Your mobile phone has PlayNow™, a unique entertainment service from Sony Ericsson. With PlayNow, you can, for example, listen to music tones before you download them to your phone. In some countries/regions you may be able to purchase e.g. music tones from some of the world's top musical artists (“Purchase”).

PlayNow may not be available in all countries/regions.

PlayNow is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

PlayNow is a service provided by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. (in the U.S.), and which allows you to download e.g. music tones (“Content”) to your Sony Ericsson product. If you want to get in contact with Sony Ericsson, please go to the Contact Us section at the general Sony Ericsson web page (www.sonyericsson.com) or call our local customer care center.

Please note that Sony Ericsson may use an agent or partner for the purposes of billing, ordering and delivering Content.

Right to download and Purchase the Content will give you the right to use the Content exclusively for your own personal use. No license is granted to you with respect to the human-readable source code for any

Content and no rights are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed with respect to any Sony Ericsson or its content providers patents, copyrights, trade marks, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights.

User requirements

To Purchase Content you must be at least 18 years old or receive your parent’s or guardian’s consent.

When using PlayNow, you hereby accept and agree to the following: (i)You will follow the user instructions you have been and will be presented with during the entire use of PlayNow; (ii)Your Sony Ericsson product must support the technical requirements, if applicable; (iii)You may not initiate the PlayNow client without the Sony Ericsson product being sufficiently charged; and (iv)To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Sony Ericsson nor its content providers can be held responsible for any damage or loss of other software or hardware of your Sony Ericsson product resulting from the use of PlayNow.

Payment terms

You hereby agree and accept to use PlayNow and when applicable Purchase Content for which you will be charged the amount appearing in your phone display and the service provider charge for sending a text message. The total cost for the Premium SMS (a payment mechanism automatically generating one or more text message(s) once you have accepted the Purchase) will be charged to your mobile phone bill

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or to your pre-paid phone card. Further payment terms will be determined by your subscription agreement with your operator.

The cost for your connection to the PlayNow client via GPRS to download the Content is incremental and not included in the approximate price quoted in the phone display.

Cancellation and withdrawal

Once you have accepted a price quoted in the phone display along with these terms and conditions you have confirmed your Purchase and cancellation is not possible. Please note that by accepting the Purchase in the phone display you have implicitly consented that your order for services will be performed by Sony Ericsson prior to the end of the usual period for the right for withdrawal and since the services by their nature can not be returned to Sony Ericsson, you will not be entitled to exercise your right to withdraw.

Content

The Content is owned by Sony Ericsson or Sony Ericsson’s Content providers. You may download the Content exclusively for your own, personal use. Content may not be modified, altered or distributed.

Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

CONTENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW SONY ERICSSON AND ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION WHATSOEVER REGARDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW SONY ERICSSON ALSO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO WHETHER THE CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS, WORK IN COMBINATION WITH ANY HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE OR OPERATE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE BASIS. IN NO EVENT WILL SONY ERICSSON’S LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE CONTENT OR ITS USE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU FOR SUCH CONTENT. IN NO EVENT WILL SONY ERICSSON BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR STATUTORILY MULTIPLE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF YOUR PURCHASE, ATTEMPTED USE OR USE OF THE CONTENT. THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS ONLY APPLY TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS LIMIT YOUR STATUTORY

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RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR PERSONAL SETTINGS AND/OR DOWNLOADS MAY BE LOST WHEN YOUR SONY ERICSSON PRODUCT IS REPAIRED OR REPLACED. WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATION OF PLAYNOW, IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY ERICSSON BE LIABLE FOR ANY USER ERROR, OR FOR THE AVAILABILITY, FAILURE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THE NETWORK SERVICE ON WHICH THE SONY ERICSSON DEVICE OPERATES.

Support

Sony Ericsson and its agents or representatives hereby reserve the right to refer the consumer to the relevant operator if the reason for the error is exclusively due to non-availability or non-functionality of the operator’s services. In the event Sony Ericsson is required under law to remedy any failed delivery of a PlayNow content, Sony Ericsson’s sole obligation to you, as determined in its absolute discretion shall be to repair or replace the Content. If, in Sony Ericsson’s discretion such repair or replacement cannot be performed, Sony Ericsson will provide a refund in the amount of or your payment for the content. Sony Ericsson reserves the right to charge you a reasonable handling fee where the error may be attributed to you and/or your non compliance with all instructions applicable to PlayNow, including without limitation what is stated herein and in the phone display.

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Access to PlayNow and Limitation

Sony Ericsson may change, modify or withdraw access to PlayNow at any time, including its services, without prior notice, and without any liability whatsoever. Sony Ericsson is not liable for the temporary non-availability of PlayNow, or for any delay or damage during the transmission. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no warranty of any kind is made in relation to the condition, suitability, availability, accuracy, reliability, merchantability and/ or non-infringement of PlayNow or Content provided through the service, the user’s own equipment, any public communication and/or operator networks or that provision of this PlayNow or the services will be uninterrupted or error-free.

Export

The Content may be subject to applicable export control laws. You agree to obey all such laws and regulations with respect to your possession and use of the Content.

Dispute Resolution

Any controversy arising out of Sony Ericsson’s provision of the Content or your use or attempted use of such Content shall be fully and finally resolved by the courts of your home country. The laws of the state of New York shall apply to the extent permitted by law, without regard to any conflict of law principles.

Getting started

Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call.

More information and downloads are available at www.SonyEricsson.com/support.

Instruction symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this user guide:

Note

Indicates that a service or function is network- or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details.

Getting to know your phone

Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, activity menu and file manager.

3 4

5 6

8 9

1 Ear speaker

2 Screen

3, 8 Left and Right Selection Keys

4 Back Key

5 Internet Key

6 Microphone

7 Navigation Key

9 Clear Key

10 Power On/Off

11 External Display

12 Front Style-Up™ Cover

13 Camera

14 Loudspeaker

15 Back Style-Up™ Cover

16 Camera/Video Button

17 Volume

18 Infrared Port

19 Headset, accessories and charger connector

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Overview, menu

Getting to know your phone

1. PlayNow*

2. Internet Services*

3. Entertainment

Games VideoDJ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Remote Control Record Sound Demo Tour

4. Camera

5. Messaging

Write New Inbox My Friends* Email Call Voicemail Drafts Outbox Sent Messages Saved Messages Templates Settings

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6. Media Player

7. File Manager

Pictures Videos Sounds Themes Web Pages Games Applications Other

8. Contacts**

Contacts**

Options: Speed Dial My Business Card Groups

Contacts** Special Numbers Advanced New Contact

9. Alarms

One-Time Alarm Recurrent Alarm Alarm Signal

10. Calls*

11. Organizer

Applications Calendar Tasks Notes Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code Memo Alarms Open to Answer

12. Settings

General

Profiles Time & Date Language Voice Control New Events Phone Status Shortcuts Locks Setup Wizard Tips and Tricks Master Reset

Sounds & Alerts

Ring Volume Ringtone Silent Mode Increasing Ring Vibrating Alert Message Alert Light Effects Key Sound

Display

Main Wallpaper External Wallpaper Themes Startup Screen Screen Saver Brightness Sleep Mode Clock Edit Line Names*

Calls

Forward Calls Switch to Line 2* Manage Calls Time & Cost Show or Hide No. Handsfree*

Connectivity

Bluetooth Infrared Port Synchronization Device Mgmt. Mobile Networks Data Comm. Internet Settings Streaming Settings Settings for Java™ Accessories

* Please note that some menus

are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent. ** The menu depends on which contacts application is selected as default.

Getting to know your phone

Keys and navigation

Standby screen and main menu and status bar

The standby screen is displayed when you are not calling or using the menus. This is where you can see, for example, the name of your operator, the time and the date.

From standby, press or Menu to enter the

main menu, where the menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab using the navigation key and select an option.

The status bar at the top of the screen contains icons, which give information related to the phone and its activities,

External display

Your phone’s external display shows the service provider, time, date, signal strength and the battery charge level.

Relevant status information is shown on the external display. When the camera button is pressed and held with the flip closed, the external display functions as a viewfinder. Brightness is controlled with the upper and lower side volume keys.

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Keys and buttons

Press to enter the main menu from standby. Press to select highlighted items. During a call, press to view a list of options.

Move through menus and tabs. Press up to access the activity menu. Press up and down to use the camera zoom.

Selection key. Press to select the options shown immediately above these keys on the screen.

Press to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby or end a function.

Getting to know your phone

Press to delete items, such as pictures, sounds and contacts. During a call, press and hold to mute the microphone. Delete text when composing messages or setting up accounts.

Press and hold to take a picture or to record a video clip.

Press and hold to call your

voicemail service (if set).

– Press and hold any of these keys to

reach a contact beginning with a specific letter.

– Press any of these keys and press

Call to speed dial.

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In standby, press to view status information. To reject a call, quickly press twice when receiving a call. Press once to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. During a call, press to increase or decrease the volume. When using the media player, press to increase or decrease the volume. Press and hold to go back or forward one track. When using the camera, press to increase or decrease the brightness. Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set),

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Press and hold to set the phone to

silent. The alarm signal rings even if the phone is set to silent. Press once to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call.

Getting to know your phone

} Info Get more information, explanations

} More Enter a list of options. There are

or tips about selected features, menus or functions available in your phone. Scroll to a menu item

} Info.

different alternatives in the list of options depending on where you are in the menus.

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 language according to SIM by pressing 8888 in standby. You can always choose English by pressing 0000 in standby.

To change the phone language

1 } Settings } the General tab } Language

} Phone Language.

2 Select a language.

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Shortcuts

A quicker way to move through the menus is to use shortcuts. You can use keypad shortcuts to quickly go to a menu, and you can use predefined navigation key shortcuts to quickly reach certain functions. You can edit the navigation key shortcuts to suit your own needs.

Using keypad shortcuts

Enter the menus by pressing and then enter the number of the menu to which you want to go. For example, to reach the fifth menu item, press . To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items, press , and respectively. To go back to standby, press and hold .

Using navigation key shortcuts

In standby, press to go to a shortcuts menu, or

, or to go directly to a function.

To edit a navigation key shortcut

} Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and select

which shortcut you want to edit } Edit.

Getting to know your phone

Entering letters

There are two ways of entering letters, for example, when writing a message or writing a name in contacts:

• Multitap text input Press each key as many times as needed to show the letter you want.

• 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.

Writing languages

Before you start entering letters, select the languages you want to use when writing.

When writing, you can switch to one of your

selected languages by pressing and holding .

To select writing language

1 } Settings } the General tab } Language

} Writing Language.

2 Scroll to each language that you want to use

and mark it. } Save to exit the menu.

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To enter letters using multitap 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 Press the appropriate key, – ,

or , repeatedly until the character you want appears on the screen. You can see which characters you can choose in the box in the top right corner of the screen.

Example:

• To enter an ‘A’, press once.

• To enter a ‘B’, quickly press twice.

• To shift between capital and lower-case letters, press , then enter the letter.

• You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut to certain letters. To enter a ‘B’, press and hold the

volume button and press . To enter a

‘C’, press and hold the volume button and press .

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, if you want to write the word

“Jane”, press , , , .

Getting to know your phone

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 . Accept a word and add a space by pressing .

4 Continue writing your message. To enter a

period or other punctuation marks, press More

} Symbols.

To add words to the T9 Text Input dictionary

1 While entering letters } More } Spell Word. 2 Edit the word by using multitap input.

Navigate between the letters with and . 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 will appear as one of the alternative words.

To select another writing method

Before, or while entering letters, press and hold

to select another writing method.

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Options list

} More to view a list of options. The list may

contain some or all of the following:

• Add Symbol – symbols and punctuation marks

such as ? and , are shown. Move between the symbols by using , , and .

• Add Item – pictures, melodies, sounds, etc.

• Spell Word – for T9 Text Input only. Edit the

suggested word by using multitap text input.

• Writing Language – a list of available languages

is shown.

• Dictionary (T9) – turn T9 Text Input dictionary on

or off.

• Word Suggestions – select to view, or not, word

suggestions when writing a word.

• My Words – manage the words that you have

added to the dictionary.

• National Chars. – turn off language-specific

characters to save space. This option appears only for some writing languages.

• Info – help for text input.

Getting to know your phone

Activity menu

Use the Activity Menu to view and handle new events and access bookmarks and shortcuts. You can choose to receive a Popup alerting you of new events or you can access the Activity Menu by pressing from the standby screen.

Activity menu tabs

• New Events – this shows new events such as

missed calls and messages. When a new event occurs, the tab appears on the screen. Press to dismiss or delete an event from the event tab.

• My Shortcuts – this shows your shortcuts. You

can add, delete and change the order of shortcuts. When you select a shortcut and the application opens, other programs are closed or minimized.

• Bookmarks – this shows your own Internet

bookmarks. When you select a bookmark and the browser opens, other programs are closed or minimized.

To open the Activity Menu

From the standby screen, . Press to exit activity menu.

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To view events

Scroll through, select and view new events by pressing View. Press More to see additional options.

To set notification for new events

Set the notification for new events.

1 } Settings } General } New Events 2 } Activity Menu or } Popup.

To add a shortcut

1 Press . 2 } New Shortcut } Add. 3 Select the menu you want to add to your

shortcuts list.

File manager

Use the file manager to handle files (for example, pictures, video clips and sounds) saved in the phone memory. Items such as Pictures, Videos, Sounds,

Themes, Web Pages, Games and Applications are

saved as files in folders. All files that the phone cannot recognize are saved in the Other folder. You can create your own subfolders in some predefined folders, to which you can move your saved files.

When handling files, you can select several or

all files in a folder at the same time.

Getting to know your phone

To use a file from the file manager

1 Highlight a file in the Pictures or Sounds folder. 2 } More } Use As. Select what you want to use

the file for.

To move a file to a folder

1 } File Manager and open a folder. 2 Scroll to a file, for example, a picture that

you want to move } More } Manage Files

} Move to Folder.

3 Select the folder you want to move the file to,

or select New Folder and name the folder } OK.

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 select a file } More } Mark

} Mark Several.

2 Scroll and select more files by pressing Mark or

Unmark.

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To select all files in a folder

} File Manager and select a file } More } Mark press Mark All or Unmark All to remove the selection.

File information

Items that are downloaded, or received using one of the available transfer methods, may be copyrightprotected. If a file is protected, you may not be able to copy or send that file. You can select to view information for the file.

Light Effects

Use the Light Effects feature to personalize your phone. Light effects will notify you of an event such as an incoming call or a new message. You can also associate light effects with entries in your contacts.

Certain Light Effects are always on, including

powering on the phone.

Please note that the light effects could be distracting when driving at night. Please exercise caution. To turn off the light effects, go to

} Light Effects } Preferences.

% 55 Light effects.

Settings } Sounds & Alerts

Calling

Calls, contacts, voice control, call options.

Making calls

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

% 10 Turning on the phone and making calls.

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.

You can select the network you want to use, or you can add a network to your list of preferred networks. You can also change the order in which networks are selected during an automatic search. For all such options } Settings } the Connectivity tab

} Mobile Networks.

You can call numbers from the call list and contacts,

% 28 Call list, and % 23 Contacts. You can also use

your voice to make calls,

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% 28 Voice control.

To make a call

1 Enter the phone number (with international

country code and area code if applicable).

2 } Call to make the call. 3 } End Call to end the call.

To change the ear speaker volume

Press or to increase or decrease the ear speaker volume during a call.

To use the loudspeaker during a voice call

1 Press

and select Turn On Speaker to turn on the loudspeaker.

2 Press and select Turn Off Speaker to turn

off the loudspeaker.

Please do not place loudspeaker against your ear. Exposure to high sound levels may damage your hearing.

To mute the microphone

1 Press and hold or } More } Turn Off Mic. 2 To resume the conversation, press again

or } More } Turn On Mic.

and select Speaker or press

Calling

Receiving calls

When you receive a call, the phone rings and the caller’s number is displayed (if your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification service and the caller’s number is identified).

If the number is in your contacts, the name, number, picture and call light (if assigned) are displayed. If the number is a restricted number,

Withheld is displayed.

To answer a call

• Open your phone. If phone is already open

} Answer

• Press the portable handsfree button, if applicable.

To reject a call

• Close your phone. If phone is already open

} Busy.

• Quickly press either side volume key twice.

Missed calls

If you have missed a call, and the activity menu is set to off, Missed Calls: appears in standby, indicating the number of missed calls. To view the missed calls in the call list } Yes. If you want to view the missed calls later } No.

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To check your missed calls

1 From standby } Calls and scroll to the missed

calls tab. Use or to scroll between the tabs.

2 Use or to scroll to a number and } Call

to call a number.

Automatic redialing

To redial a number

If the connection of the call failed and Retry? is displayed } Yes.

Please do not place loudspeaker against your ear. Exposure to high sound levels may damage your hearing. Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. When the call is connected, the phone gives a loud signal.

The phone redials the number up to ten times or until:

• The call is connected

•You press Cancel

• You receive a call Automatic redialing is not available for data calls.

Calling

Making international calls

When you make an international call, the + sign replaces the international prefix number of the country from which you are calling. You can make a call from abroad, using another network, provided your network operator has an agreement with that network.

To make international calls

1 Press and hold until a + sign appears on

the screen.

2 Enter the country code, area code (without the

leading zero) and phone number } Call.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports the international emergency numbers, for example, 112, 911, and 08. This means that 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 is within range.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your network operator may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.

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To make an emergency call

Enter the 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 as contacts, or on the SIM card as names and numbers. You can choose which contacts information – Phone Contacts or SIM Contacts – is shown as default.

For useful information and settings } Contacts

} Options.

Default contact

If you select to use Phone Contacts as default, your contacts will show all information saved in Contacts. If you select SIM Contacts as default, the contacts will only show names and numbers saved on the SIM card.

Calling

To select default contacts

1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Default Contacts.

2 Select Phone Contacts or SIM Contacts.

Contacts

Contacts is like an address book, in which you can store names, phone numbers and email addresses. You can also add pictures, ringtones, light effects and personal information, such as birthday, email, Web and street addresses, to the contacts.

When you add information to a contact, the information is organized under five tabs. Use ,

, and to scroll between the tabs and their

information fields.

SIM contacts

On your SIM card, you can save entries as a name with a single number. The number of entries you can save depends on the amount of memory available on the SIM card, see Contacts } Options

} Advanced } Memory Status.

Contact your network operator for more information.

To add a phone contact

1 } Contacts } New Contact } Add. 2 Enter the name directly or press Add and enter

the name } OK.

3 Enter the number directly or press Add and

enter the number } OK.

4 Select a number type. 5 Scroll between the tabs and select fields to

enter more information. To enter symbols, for example, @ in an email address } Symbols and select a symbol } Insert.

6 When you have entered the information

} Save

To add a SIM contact

If SIM contacts are default contacts, follow the same steps as for adding a phone contact. You can add only name and number to SIM contacts.

Pictures and personal ringtones

You can add a picture and a personal ringtone to a phone contact. When that person calls, the picture is displayed (provided your subscription supports the Calling Line Identification service) and the ringtone is played.

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

1 } Contacts and select the contact you want to

add a picture, ringtone or light effect to } More

} Edit Contact.

2 Use , , and to scroll to the relevant

tab. } Picture:, Ringtone or Light Effects } Add.

3 Select a picture, sound or light effect } Save to

save the contact.

Calling contacts

You can call one of the numbers saved for one of your contacts, or a number on your SIM card.

If phone contacts are set as default, you can

choose to call from contacts or from the SIM card.

If SIM contacts are set as default, you can only

call the numbers on the SIM card.

To call a phone contact

1 } Contacts. Scroll to, or enter the first letter or

letters of the contact you want to call.

2 When the contact is highlighted, press or

to select a number } Call.

To call a SIM contact

1 } Contacts. If SIM contacts are set as default,

select the name and number you want to call from the list } Call.

2 If phone contacts are set as default } Contacts

} Options } SIM Contacts and select the name

and number you want to call from the list } Call.

Ask to save

When you end a call or receive a message, the phone can prompt you to add a phone number or email address to your contacts.

To activate ask to save

} Contacts } Options } Advanced } On.

} Ask to save

Updating contacts

You can easily update and edit any information in your contacts.

To edit a phone contact

1 } Contacts and select a contact } More } Edit

Contact.

2 Use , , and to scroll to the relevant

tab and edit the information you want to edit

} Save.

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To edit a SIM contact

1 If SIM contacts are set as default } Contacts

and select the name and number you want to edit. If phone contacts are set as default

} Contacts } Options } SIM Contacts. Select

the name and number you want to edit.

2 } More } Edit and edit the name and number.

To delete a contact

} Contacts and scroll to the contact you want to

delete, press .

To delete all contacts

1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Delete All Contacts.

2 } Yes and enter the phone lock code } OK. The

default phone lock code is 0000. Names and numbers that are saved on the SIM card are not deleted.

Default items for phone contacts

A default item is displayed in the first position for a phone contact, and is therefore quicker to access. You can set the default item – a phone number, email address or a Web address – to be displayed first for each contact. If you do not set your own default item, the mobile phone number is the default item.

To set the default item for a contact

1 } Contacts and scroll to a contact } More

} Default Number.

2 Select the phone number, email address or

Web address that you want as default item.

Sending contacts

You can send contacts using one of the available transfer methods.

To send a contact

} Contacts and select a contact } More } Send Contact and select a transfer method.

To send all contacts

} Contacts } Options } Advanced } Send All Contacts

and select a transfer method.

Checking the memory

With the memory status function, you can check how many positions you have left in the phone memory and SIM memory.

To check the memory

} Contacts } Options } Advanced } Memory Status.

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Synchronizing contacts

You can back up and synchronize your contacts with a contacts application on the Web. For more information, please contact your service provider. You can also synchronize your contacts with a computer application,

To synchronize contacts

1 } Contacts } Options } Sync. Contacts. 2 If you have more than one account, select

which account to use } Select. If you do not

have an account in the phone,

the remote synchronization settings.

% 62 Synchronizing.

% 63 To enter

Copying contacts

You can copy names and numbers to and from your phone contacts and the SIM card. Choose if you want to copy all numbers, or a single number.

When you select to copy all contacts from the phone to the SIM card, all existing information on the SIM card will be replaced.

You can also set the phone to save entries automatically to the SIM card. With this setting, names and phone numbers that you add to or edit in your phone contacts in the phone memory are also

saved on the SIM card. The number of phone numbers that can be saved depends on the type of SIM card.

To copy names and numbers to the SIM card

1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Copy to SIM.

2 Select Copy all or Copy a Number.

To copy names and numbers to phone contacts

1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Copy from SIM.

2 Select Copy all or Copy a Number.

To automatically save names and phone numbers to the SIM card

1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced

} Auto save on SIM.

2 Select On.

Call list

The numbers of the most recent calls are saved in the call list. Dialed, answered and missed calls are listed under separate tabs.

Calling

To call a number from the call list

1 } Calls from standby and select a tab. 2 Use , , and to scroll to the name

or number you want to call } Call.

To add a number from the call list to contacts

1 } Calls from standby and select a tab. 2 Scroll to the number you want to add } More

} Save Number.

3 } New Contact to create a new contact, or select

an existing contact to add the number to.

To clear the call list

} Calls and scroll to the tab with all calls } More } Delete All.

Speed dialing

You can save the phone numbers that you want to reach easily in positions 1-9 in your phone.

To speed dial

From standby, enter the position number and } Call.

To set or replace speed dialing numbers

1 } Contacts } Options } Speed Dial. 2 Scroll to the position in the list } Add or

} Replace.

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 not set your voicemail number, you will be asked if you want to enter the number. } Yes to enter the number. You get the number from your network operator.

To enter your voicemail number

} Messaging } Settings } Voicemail Number.

Voice control

With your phone, you can use your voice to:

• Voice dial – call someone by saying the name.

• Activate voice control by saying a “magic word”.

• Answer or reject calls when using a handsfree kit.

Calling

Voice commands can only be saved in the internal phone memory, not on the SIM card. When recording, make sure that you are in a quiet environment and try to use names that are distinct from each other, using voice commands.

Before voice dialing

You must first activate the voice dialing function and record your voice commands. An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command. Phone numbers must be in your contact list before adding voice commands. An icon next to the contact name indicates a voice command is associated with that contact.

To activate voice dialing and record names

1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice Control

} Voice Dialing } Activate } Yes } New Voice

and select a contact.

2 If the contact has more than one number, use

phone number to which you want to add the

voice command. Now you are going to record

a voice command such as “John mobile” for the

phone number you selected.

% 31 Tips when recording and

and to view the numbers. Select the

3 Instructions appear. Wait for the tone and say

the command that you want to record. The voice command is played back to you.

4 If the recording sounds ok } Yes. If not } No

and repeat step 3.

5 To record another voice command for a contact

} New Voice } Add again and repeat steps 2-4

above.

Caller name

You can choose whether you want to hear the recorded contact name when you receive a call from that contact.

To turn the caller name on or off

} Settings } the General tab } Voice Control } Play Caller Name.

Voice dialing

You can voice dial by saying a pre-recorded voice command. Start voice dialing from standby using the phone, a portable handsfree, a Bluetooth headset or by saying your magic word.

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Sony Ericsson Z520a User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Getting started

Getting to know your phone

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