Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony
Ericsson Z558i. In addition to the pre-installed Z558i
multimedia content, you have more waiting for you at
www.sonyericsson.com/fun.
If you register at www.sonyericsson.com/register, you
get an exclusive offer. Don’t miss out. Go there now.
At Sony Ericsson Product Support, you can find
troubleshooting, tips & tricks, software, phone
settings for Internet browsing, messaging and
much more.
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™, MusicDJ™, 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, 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.
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
%
% 10 Navigating the menus.
select
right.
See also page ...
Note
Indicates that a service or function
is network- or subscriptiondependent. Because of this, all
menus may not be available in your
phone. Consult your network
operator for more information.
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.
PIN
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.
% 20 Emergency calls. Press to
correct mistakes.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in
a row, the SIM card is blocked
card lock.
% 53 SIM
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.
* 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
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.
% 50 Profiles.
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 }
2 } Mark several or } Mark all. To
More}Mark.
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.
and enter your phone lock code. For
more information
Transferring files
For more information
% 54 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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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 KeyPinyin Letter
a b c
d e f
g h i
j k l
Number KeyPinyin Letter
On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced
by v.
m n o
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
For example, to enter “信息”
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
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.
To reject a call
Close your phone } Busy or press the
volume button twice.
To change the ear speaker volume
During a call, press or to
increase or decrease the volume.
To turn off the microphone
Press and hold . To resume, press
and hold again.
To select more options during a call
} More and select an option.
Missed calls
A missed call appears in the activity
menu if New events is set to Activity
menu
% 10 Activity menu. } Call to
call the missed number.
If New events is set to Popup, Missed
calls: appears. } Yes to view the missed
calls or } No to view them later.
Call list
Information about most recent calls is
saved in the call list.
select a tab. Scroll to the number you
want to add } More } Save number.
2 Select a contact to add the number to
or }New contact.
Emergency calls
Your phone supports international
emergency numbers such as 112 and
911. Use them to make an emergency
call in any country, with or without a
SIM card in the phone, if a GSM
network is in range.
In some countries, other emergency
numbers may also be promoted. Your
network operator may have saved
additional local emergency numbers on
your SIM card.
To make an emergency call
Enter, for example, 112 } Call.
To view your local emergency
numbers
From standby, select Menu }Contacts
} Options } Special numbers
} Emergency nos..
Contacts
Phone contacts contain detailed
information saved in the phone
memory. SIM contacts contain names
and numbers saved on the SIM card.
To select default contacts
1 From standby, select Menu }Contacts
} Options } Advanced
} Default contacts.
2 } Phone contacts or SIM contacts.
To add a contact
1 From standby, select Menu }Contacts
} New contact } Add.
2 } Name: } Add enter the name } OK.
3 } New number: } Add enter the
number }OK.
4 For phone contacts only, select a
number type. Scroll between tabs and
select fields to enter more information.
To enter symbols such as @ } More
} Add symbol and select the symbol
} Insert. To save the contact } Save.
Enter the + sign and country code with
all numbers.