Sprint Nextel J120 User Manual

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

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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

Radio (J120 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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

Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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Sony Ericsson

GSM 900/1800, 850/1900 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.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2007

Publication number: EN/LZT 108 9321 R3A. 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 phone. The Predictive Text Technology is used under license from Zi

Corporation. Sony is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Ericsson is a trademark

of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. The marbelized logo is a trademark or registered trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Other product and company names may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Note: Sony Ericsson advised users to backup their personal data

information. All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately

depict the actual phone.

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Instruction symbols

Standard icons that appear in the User guide are:

} Use the navigation key to scroll and select.

Press the navigation key up.

Press the navigation key down.

Press the navigation key to the left.

Press the navigation key to the right.

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Note

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

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Getting started

Assembly

You have to insert a SIM card and the battery.

To insert SIM card and battery

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

facing down.

3 Insert the battery with the label side up and the

connectors facing each other.

4 Replace the battery cover as shown in the picture.

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Turning on the phone

To turn the phone on

1 Press and hold down . 2 Enter your PIN if requested. To correct mistakes, select

Clear. 3 Select OK. 4 Select a language. 5 Enter the time and date and select OK.

If the screen turns dark when you enter your PIN, press the left

key to turn the screen light on.

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Standby

After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator appears on the screen. This is called standby.

To make a call

1 From standby enter the area code and phone number. 2 Press .

To end a call

• Press .

To answer a call

• Press .

SIM card

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

You can save contacts on the SIM card before removing it from your phone. Contacts may be saved in the phone memory % 35 To copy a contact to the SIM card.

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You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is supplied by your network operator. Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it starts with emergency number digits, for example, 112 or

911. You can call an emergency number without entering a PIN.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, PIN

blocked. Enter PUK provided by your operator

appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) % 47 SIM card lock.

Phone model

You can check your phone model in the Settings menu.

To check the phone model

• From standby select Menu } Settings } Phone status.

Tips and information in the phone

Tips and information about a variety of functions are available in your phone. For example, in the Calls menu, you can select Call tips to view information about making calls.

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Charging the battery

The phone battery is partly charged when you buy it.

To charge the battery

1 Connect the charger to the phone. It takes

approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery.

Press a key to view the screen.

2 To remove the charger, tilt the plug upwards.

You can use the phone while it is charging. You can charge the battery at any time and for more or less

2.5 hours. You can interrupt the charging without damaging the battery.

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Phone overview

1 Strength of

network signal

Selection key

2, 8

options

3, 9 Selection keys 10 Navigation key with

4 Call key 11 End and on/off key

5Keylock

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6 Stereo headset and battery

charger connector

7 Battery status

shortcuts

10 11

Phone menu

The menu name and an icon are shown.

To navigate the menus

1 From standby select Menu.

2 Press or and select a menu. 3 To scroll through a sub menu, press or .

To go back one step in the menu

• Select Back.

To select text on the screen

• Press .

To return to standby

• Press .

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Shortcuts

J110

From standby you can use the navigation keys to go directly to a function:

• Press to set the ringtone volume (J110 only).

• Press to go to contacts.

• Press to write a text message.

• Press to set the alarm.

J120

From standby you can use the navigation keys to go directly to a function:

• Press to play the radio (J120 only).

• Press to go to contacts.

• Press to write a text message.

• Press to set the alarm.

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To lock the keypad

• Press and select Lock.

To unlock the keypad

• Press and select Unlock.

Calls to the international emergency number 112 can still be made, even when the keypad is locked.

To turn the screen light on

• Press .

To set the phone to silent

• Press and hold down .

Phone language

% 46 Language.

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Entering text

There are two methods you can use to enter text:

• Multitap

• Predictive text input

To change text input methods

1 When you write the message, select Options

} Dictionary. 2 Select an option.

To enter text using multitap

• Press – until the desired character appears.

• Press to add a space.

• Press to enter full stops and commas.

• Press to shift between capitals and lower case

letters.

• Press to enter symbols, for example, the + sign.

• Press and hold down – to enter numbers.

• Select Clear to correct mistakes or go back one space.

Multitap input only applies when latin characters are selected as input language.

Predictive text input

Predictive text input uses a dictionary to recognize the most commonly used words. You press each key only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.

To enter text using predictive text input

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

press

, , , .

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2 If the word shown is the one you want, press to

accept and add a space. To accept a word without

adding a space, press

. If the word shown is not the

one you want, press or repeatedly to view

alternative words. To accept a word and add a space,

press

3 Continue writing your message. To enter full stops and

commas, press

and then or repeatedly.

To add words to the dictionary

1 When you write the message, select Options } My words

} New word.

2 Enter the word using multitap.

To add items in a text message

• When you write the message, select Options } Add item.

To add symbols in a text message

• When you write the message, select Options

} Add symbol.

To correct mistakes

• Select Clear.

To change writing language

• When you write the message, select Options

} Writing lang.

Writing tips

You can view tips and information about writing text.

To view writing tips

• When you write the message, select Options

} Writing tips.

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Chinese input

This mobile phone has different input methods for entering Chinese characters:

• Stroke input

• Pinyin input

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

Switching between Chinese input methods

In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and switch quickly to another input method by pressing repeatedly.

General instructions

Regardless of which input method you choose, your phone has a function to speed up the entry 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 appears at the bottom of the screen. If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate

row, press to present 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 will immediately be displayed in the candidate row. To go back to the

previous row, press .

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Stroke input

A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more

than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 5 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 of which stroke to use.

Stroke categories

The 5 stroke categories are defined in the table below:

Number

Stroke

Basic

Stroke

Key

Components

The basic building units of Chinese characters are components that are made up of strokes. After entering the first two strokes of the desired character, the component and character candidates that started with that stroke are displayed in the candidate row. Using components is a fast method for entering complex characters.

The smaller candidates surrounded by dotted

frames are components, and the bigger candidates without dotted f

rames are characters.

For example, to enter “信息”

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

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

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

For example, to enter “信息”

1 Press , , .

2 When “xin” is highlighted, press or and select

“ 信 ”, then press Select. (If you want to enter any of the

other suggested Pinyin combinations, scroll up or down

to the desired combination, then press Select).

3 Press Select again to select “ 息 ”, When “ 息 ” is

highlighted.

Input punctuation, symbols and smilies

Under any Chinese input mode, press , to see the table of punctuation marks, symbols and smilies. Use the

navigation key to make a selection. Press to enter a space into the text.

Menu overview J110

Messaging

Contacts

Calls

Settings

Extras

Alarms

Text message Inbox Sent messages Drafts

View con tacts Add contact My number Voicemail Delete contacts

Call list Call timer Call tips Call settings

Phone status Sound & alerts Wallpaper Time and date Language Advanced

Alarm clock Reminders Timer Stopwatch Calculator My sounds Games

Set alarm

Saved msgs Delete msgs Messaging tips Settings

Speed dial Send contacts SIM contacts Contact tips Settings

Menu overview J120

Messaging

Contacts

Calls

Settings

Extras

Text message Inbox Sent messages Drafts

View con tacts Add contact My number Voicemail Delete contacts

Call list Call timer Call tips Call settings

Phone status Sound & alerts Wallpaper Time and date Language Advanced

Alarm clock Reminders Timer Stopwatch Calculator My sounds Games

Radio

Saved msgs Delete msgs Messaging tips Settings

Speed dial Send contacts SIM contacts Contact tips Settings

Icons

These icons appear on the screen to show status and new events.

Icon Description

Strength of the network signal % 51 Networks.

Battery status % 4 Getting started.

A charger is attached to your phone % 8 Charging the battery.

You have missed a call % 26 Calling.

You have received a new text or voice message* % 37 Messaging.

The phone is set to silent % 12 To set the phone to silent.

The keypad is locked % 11 Press to set the alarm.

Divert calls is activated* % 28 Diverting calls.

The radio has been minimized and is playing in the background % 42 Radio (J120 only).

For more information, go to www.sonyericsson.com/ support. *Some services may be operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.

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Sprint Nextel J120 User Manual

Contents

Instruction symbols

Getting started

Assembly

Turning on the phone

Standby

SIM card

Phone model

Tips and information in the phone

Charging the battery

Phone overview

Phone menu

Shortcuts

J110

J120

Phone language

Entering text

Predictive text input

Writing tips

Chinese input

Switching between Chinese input methods

General instructions

Stroke input

Stroke categories

Components

Example of using the wild card key

Pinyin input

Input punctuation, symbols and smilies

Menu overview J110

Menu overview J120

Icons