Forth edition (March 2004)
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.
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 as to whether you can use
a particular service or not.
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Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient use
and the Limited warranty chapters before you use your
mobile phone.
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.
Other product and company names may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
For ease of reference, the “Getting to know your
phone” chapter gives a quick overview of the main
functions of the phone, shortcuts and general
information.
More information and downloads are available at
www.SonyEricsson.com or wap.SonyEricsson.com.
The SIM card
When you register as a subscriber with a network
operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity
Module) card. The SIM card contains a computer
chip that keeps track of your phone number, the
services included in your subscription, and your
phonebook information, among other things.
Tip: Verify that your information is saved to the
SIM card before you remove it from another phone.
For example, phonebook entries may be saved in
the phone memory.
Available services
Some services and functions described in this user’s
guide are network- or subscription-dependent.
Because of this, all menus may not be available
in your phone.
This symbol indicates that a service
or function is network- or subscriptiondependent.
Please consult your network operator for
more information about your subscription.
1. Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card
is placed under the silvery holders.
2. Place the battery on the back of the phone with
the connectors facing each other, and push until
you hear a click.
3. Place the back cover into the slots on the phone
and push until you hear a click.
4. Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol
with the symbol on the charger plug facing upwards.
5. It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery
charging icon appears in the display.
6. Wait approximately 4 hours or until the icon indicates
that the battery is fully charged. If you do not see the
battery icon after this time, press any key to activate
the display.
7. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.
Turning on the phone and making calls
Your PIN (Personal Identity Number) is provided
by your network operator but not all operators
require a PIN to activate services.
If your PIN starts with the same digits as an
emergency number, for example 112, the digits
are not hidden with an * when you enter them.
This is so that you can see and call an emergency
number without entering a PIN. See “Emergency
1. Open the phone. Press and hold .
2. Enter your PIN, if you have one for your SIM card.
calls” on page 23 for more information.
If you make a mistake while entering your PIN,
delete the number by pressing .
Note: If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a
row, the SIM card is blocked and the message PIN
blocked appears. To unblock it, you need to enter
your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key). Your PUK
To make and receive calls
• Enter the area code and phone number, and press
YES to make the call.
•Press
NO or close the phone to end the call.
• When the phone rings, press
phone to answer the call. See “Phone functions”
on page 20.
is provided by your network operator.
Navigating the menus
To turn on thephone
The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop.
To go to the desktop, press the center of the navigation
key. (See “Key functions – phone open” on page 7.)
Press left, right, up, or down to move through menus.
Press the navigation key to select highlighted items.
Increase or decrease the
speaker volume during a call.
Enter the status menu in
standby. Press twice to reject
an incoming call. Press once
to turn off the ring signal
when receiving a call.
IR port.
Battery
status
External
display
A red light indicates charging
or low battery.
Shows, for example,
the time, battery status,
network strength, profile,
signal off, incoming call,
missed call, new text message.
Key functions – phone open
1
1
Speaker.
2
Main display.
3
Make and answer calls. Select a menu, submenu or
an option.
2
4
Navigation key. Press to enter the desktop
menus. Press up, down, left, right to move
through menus, lists and texts.
Press the navigation key as an alternative to .
5
9
3
4
5
6
7
8
6
10
7
8
9
11
10
12
11
12
Press for options or help. Press and hold
for WAP.
Enter digits, 0-9, and letters.
Enter *. Shift between lower or upper case.
Microphone.
Press to end or reject a call, go back one level in the
menus, or leave an option unchanged. Press and hold
to go back to standby mode from menus.
put a call on holdpress YES
retrieve a callpress YES again
To...When in the menus:
move through menus
or lists
enter a quick options menu
use the navigation key
or press a volume key
press
or help, if available
delete an itempress when in lists
go back to standbypress and hold
To...When entering letters:
shift between upper- and
press , then the letter
NO
lower-case letters
enter numberspress and hold any of the
number keys
delete letters and numbers press
select multitap or
press and hold
T9 Text input methods
select input languages
press and hold
enter a spacepress
To...When entering letters
view alternative wordspress or
accept a word and add a
space
enter a periodpress
view alternative
punctuation marks
Using shortcuts
A quicker way to move through the menus is to use
shortcuts. Enter the menus by pressing and then
simply press the navigation key to enter the menu.
To get back to standby, press and hold
You can quickly and easily reach the settings you
use most by placing them in the menu My Shortcuts.
See “My shortcuts” on page 20.
If you add items, for example, a phonebook entry,
a calendar item or a WAP bookmark, it can be
deleted, edited or renamed.
Note: This menu only appears if your SIM card
supports this service. Some operators may not use
the name “Online services”. Your phone may not
support all of the services offered.
To delete an item
• Select an item and press .
To enter your new menu system
Scroll to Connect,
YES, Online Services, YES.
• Select an item, press , select Delete
or Delete All.
To edit items
Select an item, press , select Edit.
Online services
Online services are customized services
offered by network operators, independently
of mobile phones and mobile phone
manufacturers.
A SIM card which supports online services works
in the same way as a normal SIM card. When you have
inserted your SIM card and turned on your phone,
your network operator can download data to your
SIM card. When you restart your phone after the
first data download, a new submenu appears under
the Connect menu.
Missed Calls
Call List
Manage Calls
Time & Cost
Next Call
Options
OrganizerConnectPhonebookSettingsOngoing Call*
Calendar
Alarms
Timer
Stop wat ch
Calculator
Sony Ericsson
Bookmarks
Push Inbox
Enter Address
Resume
Select Profile
Advanced
Options
Online Services*
Infrared Port
GSM Networks
Data Comm.
Write New
Ring Volume
Select Profile
My Numbers
Edit Shortcuts
Find and Call
Add Number
Find and Edit
Picture
Personal Rings
Groups
Email Addresses
Options
Memory Status
Special Numbers
Games
My Pictures
My Sounds
Themes
Composer
Operator link*
Sounds & Alerts
Profiles
Display
Language
Time and Date
Locks
Handsfree
Flip functions
Master Reset
Write New
Inbox
Call Voicemail
Unsent
Te mp la t es
Sent Items
Options
Area Info.
SMS Memory
Turn Off Tones**
Hold Call**
Switch Calls**
Release Active Call**
Retrieve Call**
Join Calls**
Transfer Call**
Extract Part**
Release All Calls**
Release Party**
Parties in Conf.**
Calls**
*Please note
that some
menus are
operator-,
network- and
subscriptiondependent.
**Only
available
during a call
or conference
call.
Entering letters and characters
You can enter letters, for example, when you add
names to the phonebook, write text messages or
enter WAP addresses.
Apart from the way you normally enter letters
Multitap text input
When saving names in the phonebook or when
writing WAP addresses, you enter letters using
multitap text input. You press each key as many
times as needed to show the letter you want.
in your phone, using multitap input, you can use
T9™ Text Input for entering text messages
if the input language you select supports this.
The following example shows how to write a name
in the phonebook.
T9 Text Input is a predictive input method and
is a quicker way to write texts.
Input languages
Before you start entering letters, you need to select
the input languages that you want to use when writing.
To enter letters using multitap text input
1. Scroll to Phonebook,
Add New,
YES.
2. Add the number,
YES, Add Number, YES,
YES.
3. Press the appropriate key, – ,
or, repeatedly until the character you want
To select input languages
1. Scroll to Settings,
YES, Language, YES, Input, YES.
2. Scroll to the language or alphabet that you want
to use for entering letters and press for each
appears in the display, e.g., to enter an A, press
once, to enter a B, quickly press twice, to shift
between upper- and lower-case letters, press ,
then enter the letter.
language you want.
3. Press
YES to exit the menu.
When writing, you can switch to one of your
selected input languages by pressing and then
selecting Language. See “The list of options”
on page 14.
Note: A language must be selected in order to use
the T9™ Text Input method. If you change input
method in Settings/Language/T9 Input, this is valid
for all input of texts, not only for the text you are
currently writing.
M N O Ñ Ö Ø ò 6
P Q R S ß 7 Π Σ
T U V Ü ù 8
W X Y Z 9
+ 0 Θ Ξ Ψ Ω
Space # * ↵ ¶
to delete letters and numbers
to shift between upper- and lower-
case letters
– press and hold to enter numbers
The following shows how to start writing
a text message.
Tip: Press to enter a period. To enter other
punctuation marks, press and then or
repeatedly. Press to accept and add a space.
Press and hold to select an input method for
the text you are currently writing.
To enter letters using T9™ Text Input
1. Scroll to Messages,
YES, Te xt , YES, Write New, YES.
2. For example, if you want to write “Jane”, press
T9™ Text Input
You can use T9™ Text Input when writing text
messages. The T9™ Text Input method uses a builtin dictionary to recognize the most commonly used
words 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.
, , , . A list of alternative words
or candidates are shown. If the candidates do not
include a word you want, you can add a new word
to the list whilst selecting.
3. Scroll to select Jane.
4. When the word is highlighted, press
without a space, or press to accept and add
a space.
Caller-ID service). See “To add a picture
to a phonebook entry” on page 26.
• Enclose a black and white picture in a text message.
• Send a picture via IR.
Themes
• Download a picture via WAP.
You can change the appearance of the display,
for example, the colors and wallpaper, by using
themes. Your phone comes with a number of preset
themes.
Handling pictures
You can also add, delete or rename pictures
in My Pictures. The number of pictures that can
be saved depends on the size of the pictures. File
To select a theme
Scroll to Fun & Games,
YES, Themes, YES.
To adjust the display contrast
Scroll to Settings,
YES, Display, YES, Contrast, YES.
Pictures
Your phone comes with a number of pictures.
All pictures are saved in Fun & Games/My Pictures.
You can:
• Set a picture as a wallpaper when in standby mode.
• Assign a picture to an entry in the phonebook.
When that person calls, the picture appears in the
types supported are GIF, JPEG and WBMP.
Tip: When viewing your pictures in Fun & Games/
My Pictures, you can set a wallpaper by pressing.
To view your pictures
Scroll to Fun & Games,
The pictures are shown in thumbnail view. To get
a full view, press
YES.
Animations can only be viewed when inserting
an item in a text message. See “To insert an item
in a text message” on page 43.
When you receive a picture via a message, a new
message appears in your Inbox. Highlight the picture
in the message by using the navigation key to select it,
Exchanging pictures
press and select Save to save it in My Pictures.
You can send and receive pictures via IR and in text
messages. For more information on sending pictures
in messages, see “Messaging” on page 42.
Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyrightprotected material.
Exposure to a loud ring volume may damage hearing.
Answer the call or lower the volume before placing
the phone to your ear.
To select a ring signal
Scroll to Settings,
Ring Sounds,
YES, Sounds & Alerts, YES,
YES.
To set the ring signal volume
1. Scroll to Settings,
Ring Volume,
YES, Sounds & Alerts, YES,
YES.
2. Press or to decrease or increase the volume.
3. Press
YES to save the setting.
To turn the ring signal on or off
Press or press and hold from standby
and select Turn On Silent or Turn Off Silent.
All signals except the alarm signal are turned off.
To compose your own ring signal
You can compose up to ten personal ring signals.
• Press to raise the note one octave.
• Press once to raise the note one semitone.
• Press twice to lower the note one semitone.
• Press to remove notes.
To compose a ring signal
1. Scroll to Fun & Games,
2. Compose your ring signal using the options
described above.
3. To listen to your ring signal, press
4. Press
YES again to save and name it, or press NO
to continue composing.
Exchanging ring signals and melodies
You can send and receive a sound, ring signal or
melody via IR, text messages, or download it via WAP.
To send a ring signal or melody in a text message,
see “To insert an item in a text message” on page 43.
Note: You cannot exchange a polyphonic melody
via text messages.
To send a melody
1. Scroll to Fun & Games,
Options available when composing a ring signal are:
• Press a key to enter a note. Press and hold the key
You can choose a ring signal that rises in steps from
the lowest volume to the highest, or you can choose
a ring signal with constant volume.
Menu language
Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language
to the language of the country where you bought
your SIM card. If this is not the case, the preset
language is English.
To turn increasing ring On or Off
Scroll to Settings,
Increasing Ring,
YES, Sounds & Alerts, YES,
YES.
Note: You can always choose Automatic by pressing
8888 in standby. You can always choose
English by pressing 0000 in standby.
Sounds & Alerts
You can choose to be notified of an incoming call
by the buzzing of the vibrating alert. You can set the
phone’s vibrating alert to On, On If Silent or Off.
From Settings/Sounds & Alerts, you can also select:
• Message Alert when messages are received.
• Key Sound when using the keypad.
• Minute Minder to beep after every minute
during calls.
To change the menu language
1. Scroll to Settings,
2. Select a language,
YES, Language, YES, Menus, YES.
YES.
Display light
The display light can be set to Automatic, Off or On.
In automatic mode, the display light is turned off
a few seconds after you press the last key.
Note: If set to On, the display light consumes extra
battery power and reduces standby time.
When the phone is in standby, you can always see
today’s date in the main display or you can press one
To set the display contrast
Scroll to Settings,
YES, Display, YES, Contrast, YES.
Time settings
The time is displayed in the external display when
the phone is closed.
You can also see the time in the main display
in standby. The time can be displayed in a 12-hour
or a 24-hour clock.
Note: If you select the 12-hour clock, you can
alternate between am and pm by pressing
when setting the time.
To set the time
Scroll to Settings,
Set Time,
YES, Time and Date, YES,
YES.
To set the time format
Scroll to Settings,
Time Format,
YES, Time and Date, YES,
YES.
of the volume keys to see the date in the status menu.
To return to standby, wait a few seconds.
To set the date
Scroll to Settings,
Set Date,
YES, Time and Date, YES,
YES.
To set the date format
Scroll to Settings,
Date Format,
YES, Time and Date, YES,
YES.
Advanced time settings
Under Advanced in the Settings/
Time and Date menu, you can set time zone
and daylight saving time. Modyfying these
settings changes the time accordingly if
your network operator supports this service.
When your phone changes network and the time
sent out from the network operator deviates from
the time in your phone, you are asked whether
you want to update the time if you have turned
on Auto Time Zone. If you press
is updated automatically.
Note: Contact your network operator for more
information.
My shortcuts
You can place your favorite functions that you want
to reach quickly and easily in the My Shortcuts menu.
Answering mode
When using a portable handsfree kit, you can choose
to answer a call by opening the phone, pressing any
key (except the
NO key), or setting the phone to
answer the call automatically.
To select answering mode
Scroll to Settings,
Answering Mode,
YES, Handsfree, YES,
YES.
Phone functions
You can answer a call by opening the phone.
To set the phone functions
1. Scroll to Settings,
YES, Flip functions, YES.
2. Select Answer call or Off.
My phone numbers
You can check your own phone number(s).
To check your phone number
Scroll to Phonebook,
My Numbers,
YES, Special Numbers, YES,
YES. If your number is not saved
To reach a shortcut from standby
Press to enter the first shortcut in My Shortcuts.
To add a function to my shortcuts
1. Scroll to My Shortcuts,
YES, Edit Shortcuts, YES.
2. Select a function from the list by pressing .
3. Enter the position number you want for this function
in your menu and press
4. Press
YES to save and exit the list.
Profiles
Your phone has a number of preset profiles which
are set to suit a certain environment. You can rename,
change, or add accessories to the profiles. For example,
when you go to a meeting you can simply choose the
Meeting profile and a number of settings are changed,
such as the ring signal is turned off. You can reset all
profile settings to the default or the way they were
set when you bought your phone: for example
Normal.
Accessories may change the selected profile
in your phone automatically. For example, when
using a portable handsfree the profile switches
from Normal to Port H-free. The profile should
automatically change back when the accessory
is disconnected.
Master reset
You can reset all the settings in the phone to the way
they were when you bought your phone by selecting
Reset Settings.
If you also want to delete all phonebook entries,
messages and other personal data, select Reset All
instead.
To select a profile
Scroll to Settings,
Select Profile,
YES.
YES, Profiles, YES,
Note: If you select Reset All, content such as melodies
and pictures that you have downloaded, received
or edited is also deleted.
To change a profile setting
1. Scroll to Settings,
Edit Profile,
2. Select a setting,
YES, Profiles, YES,
YES.
YES.
3. Change the profile settings and press
YES to confirm.
To reset the phone
1. Scroll to Settings,
YES, Master Reset, YES.
2. Select Reset Settings or Reset All,
3. Press
YES to continue.
4. Enter the phone lock code (0000 or the new code
To rename a profile
Scroll to Settings,
YES, Profile name:, YES.
YES, Profiles, YES, Edit Profile,
To reset all profiles
Scroll to Settings,
Reset Profiles,
YES, Profiles, YES,
YES.
if you have changed it) and press
The infrared (IR) port
The infrared port can be used to transfer and
exchange information with another device equipped
with an infrared port. See “Getting to know your
phone” on page 6 to locate the infrared port.
When used with certain functions, such as sending
a picture, IR is automatically activated for a shot while.