Sony Ericsson Z558c User Guide

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Getting started ................... 4

Getting to know the phone 7

Entering characters .......... 12

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

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

Imaging ............................. 37

Entertainment ................... 40

Connectivity ...................... 45

More features ................... 50

Troubleshooting ............... 56

Important information ...... 58

Index ................................. 65

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GSM 900/1800/1900 This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 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 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: EN/LZT 108 8852 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.

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1Contents

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.

PlayNow™, Mus icDJ™, PhotoDJ™, and VideoDJ™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

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. Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are registered trademarks of Sony corporation. Microsoft, Windows and PowerPoint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S and other countries/regions.

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™ 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 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.

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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.

Part of the software in this product is copyright © SyncML initiative Ltd. (1999-2002). All rights reserved. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Note Sony Ericsson advises users to backup their personal data information.

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

User guide symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this User guide:

} Use the navigation key to scroll and

Press the navigation key centre.

Press the navigation key up.

Press the navigation key down.

Press the navigation key to the left.

Press the navigation key to the right.

% 10 Navigating the menus.

select

Getting started

To insert the SIM card

To charge the battery

1 Remove the battery cover. 2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with

the gold contacts facing down.

3 Insert the battery with the label side up

and the connectors facing in.

4 Slide the battery cover into place.

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1 Connect the charger plug to the phone

with the symbol facing upwards.

2 It may take 30 minutes before the

battery icon appears.

3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until

the battery icon indicates that the battery is fully charged. For an indication of charging, press to activate the screen.

4 Remove the charger by pulling it out.

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Talk time or standby time may become shorter due to wear and you may have to replace your battery. Only use approved batteries from Sony Ericsson

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Save contacts to your SIM card before you remove it from another phone. Contacts may have been saved in the phone memory

% 21 Contacts.

To turn the phone on and off

1 Press and hold . 2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if you have

one.

3 At first start-up, select the language

for phone menus.

4 } Yes if you want the setup wizard to

help you with instructions and tips. The setup wizard is also available in the menu system. From standby, select Menu } Settings } General

} Setup wizard.

To make and receive calls

1 Enter the area code and phone

number } Call to make the call.

2 } End call to end the call. When the

phone rings } Answer to answer the call. For more information

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"Memory Stick Micro™" ("M2™")

Use a memory card to save, for example, pictures.

Your phone does not come with a memory card. You can buy a memory card to add more storage space to your phone.

If you use a memory card you can select to automatically save all pictures on the memory card

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5Getting started

To insert and remove the memory card

1 Remove the battery cover. 2 Insert the memory card in the slot. 3 Press the edge of the memory card to

release it from the slot.

You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) from your network operator to activate the services in your phone. Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it starts with emergency number digits, for example, 112 or 911. This is so you can always make emergency calls.

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Press to correct mistakes.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked

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Standby mode

After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator will appear on the display. This is called standby mode.

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Getting to know the phone

Phone overview

2 3

5 6

1 Camera key

2 Selection key

3 Back key

4 “Memory Stick Micro” (“M2”) slot

5 Activity menu key

6Microphone

7 Ear speaker

8 Navigation key

9 Volume button

10 Selection key

11 Clear key

12 On/off key

13 Charger and USB connector

14 Stylus

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Menu overview

PlayNow™* Internet Services* Entertainment

Online services* Games VideoDJ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Remote control Record sound

Camera Messaging Media player

Write new Inbox My friends* Email Call voicemail Drafts Outbox Sent messages Saved messages Templates Settings

File manager*** Contacts**

Options

All files

On Memory Stick

In phone

New contact

Radio

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Calls***

All

Answered

Dialled

Missed

* Some menus are operator, network- and subscription-dependent. ** Options when phone contacts are set to default. Options change when SIM contacts are set to default. *** Use the navigation key right and left to move between tabs in submenus. For more information

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Organizer

Alarms Calendar Tasks Notes Calculator Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Applications Code memo

Settings***

General

Sounds & alerts

Display

Calls

Connectivity*

Status bar icons

Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal.

Tells you the status of the battery.

Tells you the status of the battery charging.

You have missed an incoming call.

Call and messaging function alerts are off, alarm is still on.

You have received a text message.

You have received an email message.

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You have received a picture message.

You have an ongoing call.

You have an appointment reminder.

You have a task reminder.

The magic word is activated.

Handsfree is connected.

Radio playing in the background.

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Navigating the menus

The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs that appear on the screen.

• Press to go to the main menu or to

select items.

• Press , , or to move

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.

• Scroll to a menu item } Info to get

help on selected features.

• } More to enter a list of options.

Shortcuts

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

To create a standby shortcut

1 Press and follow the instructions. 2 Scroll to a function } Shortcut.

To edit a standby shortcut

3 From standby, select Menu } Settings

} General } Shortcuts and select a

shortcut } Edit contact.

4 Scroll to a function } Shortcut.

Activity menu

Use the activity menu to view and handle new events, and access bookmarks and shortcuts.

To open the activity menu

Press and use and to select a tab.

Activity menu tabs

• New events – such as missed calls

and messages.

• My shortcuts – applications that are

running in the background and your shortcuts. You can add, delete and change the order of shortcuts.

• Bookmarks – your Internet

bookmarks.

If you want new events to appear as pop-up text instead of in the activity menu, from standby, select Menu

} Settings } General } } Popup.

New events

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Shut down menu

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

To open the shut down menu

Press and select a menu item.

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File manager

Files such as pictures, videos, sounds, themes, games and applications are saved in folders in the phone memory. If you have inserted a memory card, you can save the files on it. Unrecognized files are saved in the

Other folder.

File manager menu tabs

The file manager has three tabs, with icons indicating where the files are saved.

• All files – all content in the phone and

on the memory card.

• On Memory Stick – all content on the

memory card.

• In phone – all content in the phone

memory.

File information

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

} More } Information.

To move or copy a file

1 From standby, select Menu } File

manager. Open a folder then scroll to

a file } More } Manage files.

2 Select Move or Copy. 3 } Memory Stick or } Phone memory. 4 Select a folder or } New folder, name

the folder } OK.

5 } Paste.

To select several files

1 From standby, select Menu } File

manager. Open a folder then scroll to

a file } More

2 } Mark several or } Mark all. To select

files, scroll and } Mark.

To check memory status

From standby, select Menu } File

manager } More } Memory status.

Formatting the memory card

Format a memory card to clear it, or if it has been corrupted.

} Mark.

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To format the memory card

From standby, select Menu } File

manager } More } Format M.S. } Yes

and enter your phone lock code. For more information

Transferring files

For more information

% 55 Phone lock.

% 49 Transferring files.

Languages

Select the language to use in the phone menus or when writing text.

To change the phone language

• From standby, select Menu

} Settings } General } Language } Phone language, select a language.

• From standby, press 0000 for

English, 0008 for Chinese, or 8888 for automatic language.

To select writing languages

1 From standby, select Menu } Settings

} General } Language } Writing

language.

2 } Mark to select languages } Save.

Entering characters

You can enter characters by handwriting recognition or by using the keypad.

Handwriting recognition

Scroll to a function where text input is possible. For example, from standby, select Menu } Messaging

} Write new } Text message.You can

enter Chinese and English characters, numbers and punctuation marks.

Use the stylus to write.

Writing languages

Before entering text using handwriting recognition, make sure you have selected the correct writing language. For example, to enter Numeric numbers, you should select Numeric as the writing language.

To switch writing languages

Tap the language icon to switch writing languages. For example, if the current writing language is Numeric, tap to change the writing language.

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Candidate and predictive characters

As you write, candidate characters appear. Select one or accept the one that appears on the screen.

After you select a candidate character, predictive characters may appear. Select one from the predictive characters or write your own.

To enter symbols and punctuation marks

You have two ways of entering symbols and punctuation marks:

• Tap to open the symbol table, then

select with your stylus or navigation keys ,

, , and .

• Use handwriting recognition to write

commonly used punctuation marks and symbols, like the comma and full stop.

Special gestures

You can use special gestures to perform functions like deleting characters and entering spaces.

Please start each stroke from the dotted end.

Delete a character.

Enter a space.

Switch writing languages.

Enter a carriage return.

Enter a tab.

Writing English letters

Write English letters from the dotted ends as shown below.

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Writing numbers

Write numbers from the dotted ends as shown below.

To calibrate the screen

1 From standby, select Menu

} Messaging } Write new } Text message } More } Handwriting calib.

2 Follow the instruction to calibrate the

screen.

Text input

To enter text by using the keypad, press the key you want directly.

There are two ways to enter letters and characters using the keypad:

• Multitap text input

• T9™ Text Input

To enter letters using multitap text input

• 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.

Multitap input only applies when Latin characters are selected as the input language.

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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 enter letters using T9™ Text Input

1 For example, if you want to write the

word “Jane”, press , , ,

2 If the word shown is not the one you

want, press view alternative words. To accept and add a space, press . To accept a word without adding a space, press

3 Continue writing your message. To

enter punctuation marks, press and then or repeatedly.

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 .

or repeatedly to

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.

Options when entering letters

} More to view options when entering

letters.

Chinese input

Your phone has different input methods for entering Chinese characters using keypad input:

• Stroke input

• Pinyin input

You can use these methods, for example, to enter Chinese names and Chinese short messages.

Switching between Chinese input methods

When entering Chinese characters, you can select and switch to another input method by pressing and holding .

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General instructions

Regardless of which input method you choose, your phone can speed up the input 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 appear at the bottom of the screen.

If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate row, press

to view 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 is displayed in the candidate row. To go back to the previous row, press . To select a character in the candidate row, press .

Stroke input

A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into five stroke categories. Each category is represented on the keypad by one of the keys - . The wild card key

, is used when you are not sure

which stroke to use.

Stroke categories

The five stroke categories are defined in the table below.

Number

Stroke

Key

Components

The basic building units of Chinese characters are components that are made up of strokes. After you enter the first two strokes of the desired character, the component and character candidates that started with the stroke are displayed.

Using components is a fast method of entering complex characters.

The smaller candidates surrounded by frames are components, and the bigger candidates without frames are characters.

For example, to enter “

信息

”

1 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”. 2 Move the cursor to “ 信 ”, press . 3 Move the cursor to “ 息 ”, press

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

On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced by v.

a b c

d e f

g h i

j k l

m n o

p q r s

t u ü

w x y z

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For example, to enter “

1 Press , , . 2 When “xin” is highlighted, press

or and select “ 信 ”, then press . (If you want to enter any of the other suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll up or down to the desired combination, then press ).

3 Press 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.

To activate Fuzzy Pinyin

When in Pinyin input mode, press

} 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 ,

, , and to make a selection.

Press to enter a space in the text.

信息

”

Calling

Making and receiving calls

Turn on the phone and make sure that you are within range of a network

% 5 To 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 the number is saved in Contacts, the name, number, and picture (if set) are displayed. If the number is a restricted number,

Withheld is displayed.

To make a call

1 Enter a phone number (with

international country code and area code, if applicable).

2 } Call to make the call and

} End call to end the call.

To redial a number

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

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

To answer a call

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

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User guide symbols

Getting started

"Memory Stick Micro™" ("M2™")

Standby mode

Getting to know the phone

Phone overview

Menu overview

Status bar icons

Navigating the menus

Shortcuts

Activity menu

Activity menu tabs

Shut down menu

File manager

File manager menu tabs

File information

Formatting the memory card

Transferring files

Languages

Entering characters

Handwriting recognition

Use the stylus to write.

Writing languages

Candidate and predictive characters

Special gestures

Writing English letters

Writing numbers

Text input

T9™ Text Input

Options when entering letters

Chinese input

Switching between Chinese input methods

General instructions

Stroke input

Stroke categories

Components

Example of using the wild card key

Pinyin input

Fuzzy Pinyin

Input punctuation, symbols and smilies

Calling

Making and receiving calls