SIM card lock, phone lock. Troubleshooting 66 Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want? Additional information 69 Sony Ericsson Consumer web site, safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity. Icons 77 What do the icons mean? Index 81...
Sony Ericsson First edition (May 2002) This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual 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.
Getting started About this user’s guide 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/. Available services Some services and functions described in this user’s guide are network- or subscription-dependent.
SIM card and battery information It may take up to 30 minutes before an icon appears when charging. 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.
Making and receiving calls Welcome PIN: My Network 12:18 To turn on the phone • Press and hold until you hear a tone. • Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if you have one for your SIM card. Your PIN is provided by your network operator. If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the wrong number by pressing emergency number, for example 112, the digits are...
Getting to know your phone Key functions Volume Increase/decrease the earpiece volume during a call. Scroll through menus, lists and text. Enter the Status menu in standby. Slide twice to reject an incoming call. Slide once to turn off the ring signal when receiving a call.
Quick keys Useful key combinations are described below. To... When in standby: make an emergency call enter the international emergency number and press press enter and move through the main menus press enter Call contact enter Call list press press and hold call your voice mail press and hold enter the + sign...
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To... During a call: put a call on hold press retrieve a call press press and hold turn off the microphone To... When in the menus: move through menus or slide (and hold) the lists volume key up or down or use the joystick press enter a quick options menu...
To... When entering letters using T9 Text Input: press view alternative words press accept a word and add a space press enter a full stop press view alternative repeatedly punctuation marks press shift between capital and lower-case letters enter numbers press and hold any of the number keys delete letters and numbers press...
Delete, edit and rename If you add items, for example, a contact, an event or a WAP bookmark, it can be deleted, edited or renamed. There are two ways of deleting items: • Select an item and press • Select an item, press , select Delete or Delete all.
Entering letters and characters You can enter letters, for example, when you add names to the phone book, write text messages or enter WAP addresses. Apart from the way you normally enter letters in your phone, using multitap text input, you can use T9™...
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4. If the word shown is the one you want: • press to accept and add a space • press to accept without a space. If the candidates do not include a word you want, you can add a new word to the list whilst selecting. To add a word to candidates 1.
Your phone comes with some pre-set themes. You cannot delete these, but you can create new themes on Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet and download them to your phone. For more information, visit wap.SonyEricsson.com/.
To select a theme • Scroll to Fun & Games/Themes. Note: If you need to adjust the display contrast, scroll to Settings/Display/Contrast. Exchanging themes You can send and receive a theme via IR and MMS or download it via WAP. For more information on sending themes in messages, see “Messaging”...
Note: Animations for multimedia messages can be viewed in My pictures. Animations for text messages can only be viewed when inserting an item in a text message. See “To insert an item in a text message” on page 49. To view your camera pictures (if connected) •...
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To turn the screen saver On or Off • Scroll to Settings/Display/Screen saver/Activate. To use a picture as the screen saver You can select a picture, saved in the phone, and use it as the screen saver. 1. Scroll to Settings, , Display, 2.
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• Press a key to enter a note. • Press to make the note shorter or longer. There are six different lengths of notes. • Press to change octave. • Press once to raise the note one semitone. • Press twice to lower the note one semitone.
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Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text message, see “To insert an item in a text message” on page 49. To receive a sound or melody 1. From standby, press , scroll to Activate IR, 2. When you receive the sound or melody, press save it in My sounds.
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 change the menu language 1. Scroll to Settings, , Language, 2.
To select answering mode • Scroll to Settings/Handsfree/Answering mode. Personalizing your phone User greeting When you turn your phone on or off, the Sony Ericsson greeting appears. Your network operator’s own greeting may be shown instead. To select a greeting 1.
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Automatic keylock Automatic keylock means the keypad is locked 25 seconds after you last press a key. To turn automatic keylock On or Off • Scroll to Settings/Locks/Auto keylock. To lock the keypad manually • Press and hold in standby, and select Lock keypad, The keypad remains locked until you answer an incoming call or until you unlock the keypad manually.
To reset all profiles • Scroll to Settings/Profiles/Reset profiles. Automatic activation Some profiles, for example In car, are automatically activated when used with a specific accessory. When disconnected, the profile is changed back. Calling Calling Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network.
Automatic re-dialling If the connection of the call failed and the display shows Retry?, press Note: Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. When the call is connected, the phone gives a loud signal. The phone re-dials the number (up to ten times) or until: •...
To answer a call • Press To reject a call • Press Missed calls If you have missed a call, Missed calls:1 appears in standby, indicating the number of missed calls. To check your missed calls 1. When Missed calls:1 is displayed, press the missed calls.
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To add a picture to a phone book contact 1. Scroll to Phone book, , Pictures, 2. Enter the first letters of the contact, 3. When the contact is highlighted, press This takes you to My pictures. Select a picture and press twice.
Default (standard) number Each contact has a default phone number. The first phone number you link to a contact automatically becomes the default number. If you scroll to a certain contact in the Call contact list and then press and hold , the default number is dialled.
To save a business card in a multimedia message 1. Scroll to Messages, , Multimedia, 2. Scroll to Inbox, select the message, 3. Scroll to the business card item, press To send a contact 1. Scroll to Phone book, , Manage contact, contact, 2.
To change position numbers 1. Scroll to Phone book, , Advanced, list, 2. Select the phone number you want to move, 3. Select the position to which you want to move the phone number, press 4. When finished press to exit, Voice mail If your subscription includes an answering service, callers can leave a voice mail...
To check the call cost and reset • Scroll to Calls/Time and cost/Call costs and select an option. • Select Clear total cost to reset the call cost meter. Note: If you subscribe to cost information, you must enter your PIN2 to clear the cost or time counter. Setting the call cost You can use the Tariff function to specify the price per call unit.
• Not reachable – divert calls if your phone is turned off or if you are unreachable. • No reply – divert calls that you do not answer within a specified time limit (operator-dependent). Note: When the Restrict calls function is on, some Divert calls options cannot be activated.
You can also reach different options by pressing Receiving a second call • To answer the second call and put the ongoing call on hold, press • To reject the second call and continue the ongoing call, press , select Busy. •...
To end the conference call • Press Having a private conversation You can have a private conversation with one of the participants and put the other participants on hold. • Press , then select Extract part to select the participant that you want to talk with. •...
To save a card number 1. Scroll to Calls, , Time and cost, , My cards, 2. Enter your phone lock code, 3. Select Add new?, Enter the card settings (the access number and name of the calling card server, and the verification code). You get this information from your card provider.
To turn a call restriction on or off 1. Scroll to Calls, , Manage calls, 2. Select an option, 3. Select Activate or Cancel, 4. Enter your password, • To turn off all call restrictions, select Cancel all. • To change the password, select Change passwd. Fixed dialling The fixed dialling function allows calls to be made only to certain numbers saved on the...
To activate a group 1. Scroll to Calls, , Manage calls, , Edit list, 2. Select a group, 3. Select Activate, Calls can only be made within the selected group. To call outside a Closed User Group • Select Open calls and then select On. Accept calls With the accept calls service, you can choose to receive calls only from certain numbers.
WAP and e-mail settings direct to your phone in a text message (SMS). To request settings from Sony Ericsson 1. Use a PC to go to http://www.SonyEricsson.com/. Select your region and then use the Configurators to request that a text message be sent to your phone with the settings you need.
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2. When the message arrives, New settings received. Install? appears. • Press to install the new settings Note: If settings already exist in your phone you can either keep or replace them. See “Advanced setting information” on page 41 for more information. •...
An e-mail account includes user settings that allow e-mail messaging direct from your phone, such as those provided by your Internet service provider. Alternatively, E-mail via WAP includes user settings that also allow e-mail messaging, such as those provided by your Internet service provider. However this is set up on your service provider’s WAP site.
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• DNS address – if the network does not provide the IP address to the DNS server automatically, you may enter it here. • Advan. settings (Advanced settings) – these are optional. Consult your network operator. GSM settings include some settings that are similar to GPRS settings and some that are GSM specific as follows: •...
WAP profile settings The WAP settings are stored in a WAP profile. In most cases you only need to use one profile to access the Internet. You set up and use additional WAP profiles, for example, when accessing secure Internet sites, such as a banking site or a corporate intranet.
WAP security settings Your phone has support for WAP secure browsing. When you turn on security, the connection between your phone and the WAP gateway is secure. Note: Security for a connection between a WAP gateway and a WAP service provider is the responsibility of the WAP service provider.
If you have a security module, it may also contain trusted certificates. You can also download trusted certificates from Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet or other WAP pages. 3. Client certificates are located in a security module together with your private keys.
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• Incoming port – if needed, change the number of the port used by the protocol you are using. • Mailbox – enter a user name for your e-mail account. • Password – enter a password for your e-mail account. Your service provider may alternatively request a password on connection.
Messaging Your phone supports various messaging services - text messages, chat messages, multimedia messages and e-mail. Please contact your service provider for details on which services you can use. Text messages Text messages are sent via SMS (Short Message Service). They can be sent to one person or to a number of recipients, for example, that you may have saved in the phone book.
After inserting an item, press replace options. Note: Options to insert other items such as sounds and melodies are available only for Sony Ericsson picture formats, not for picture messages. E-mail gateway Your network operator may have a phone number to an e-mail gateway that allows you to send a text message to an e-mail address.
Receiving text messages When you receive a text message, the phone beeps and the message New messages Read now? appears in the display. If you receive a text message from someone you have saved as a contact in your phone book, the name of that contact appears in the display along with the text message.
To turn long messages off • Scroll to Messages, , Text, messages, , select Off, Templates If you have one or more messages that you send often, you can save these as templates. Your service provider may also have saved some templates in your phone. To create a template 1.
To start a chat session 1. Scroll to Messages, , Chat, 2. Enter the recipient’s phone number, or retrieve it from the phone book by pressing 3. Write your message, Receiving a chat session invitation When you receive a chat session invitation, the phone beeps and Chat message Chat now? appears.
Before you start Make sure you have the following settings: • An address to your service centre. • A specific WAP profile for multimedia messages. Note: Contact your network operator to automatically download settings or for more information. To enter the service centre address •...
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• Pictures – Add or replace an existing picture with one from My pictures. • Text – Add or edit existing text. To change text size, select the text and press • Sound – Add or replace an existing sound with an alternative from My sounds.
Tip: You can also select a message from the list of messages and press to delete the entire message. E-mail You can use your phone to send and receive e-mail messages via the Internet, as you would from a PC. Before you start First make sure that you have: •...
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Note: The phone can save up to six complete e-mail messages depending on the size. You can use the setting to download headers only, see “E-mail account settings” on page 46. All e-mail messages are also saved on your e-mail server. More messages on the server are indicated by: •...
WAP services, , Select profile, 2. Then select one of the following: • Open your homepage (Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet is default). • Go to one of your bookmarks. Select Bookmarks, • Enter the address of a WAP site. Select Enter address, , New address? to enter a new WAP address or select one of the 10 latest entered addresses.
The options menu always contains the following: • Go to the homepage set for the current WAP profile. • Bookmarks – Add the site you are currently browsing to your list of bookmarks, or see the list of bookmarks for the current profile. •...
To download from wap.sonyericsson.com 1. Scroll to WAP services, , Bookmarks, Internet, 2. Select what you want to download and follow the instructions that appear, Note: Make sure the file sizes do not exceed the free memory in your phone, see “Memory status” on page 68 for more information.
Stored information The following information can be saved in your phone: • Cache – improves memory efficiency. • Passwords – improves server access efficiency. • Cookies – improves site access efficiency. To allow mobile Internet information in your phone 1. Scroll to WAP services, , Options, 2.
One number If you have a SIM card that does not support a separate data number, the phone does not recognize the type of incoming call. If you want to receive a data call, you have to set the phone to this option. Once you have set your phone for a specific incoming call, it stays like this until you change it.
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Calculator The phone has a built-in calculator, which can add, subtract, divide and multiply. To use the calculator • Scroll to Organizer, , Calculator, You can enter digits with the keypad and the following: • Press to get +, -, x, /. •...
Sound recorder With the Sound recorder function, you can record either your own memos or calls. All participants in the call are automatically recorded. The recording is terminated if any party hangs up. The recordings are saved in your mobile phone and can be accessed even if you change your SIM card.
Games Your phone has games and you can download games. To start a game 1. Scroll to Fun & Games, , Games, 2. Select a game, 3. Select New game or Resume game, 4. Start the game. Note: Press to manage downloaded games. Game controls: Use the joystick to move up, down, left or right and to select an item, or use the keys as follows:...
Security SIM card lock The SIM card lock protects your subscription, but not your phone itself, from unauthorized use. If you change SIM cards, the phone still works with the new SIM card. Most SIM cards are locked at the time of purchase. If the SIM card lock is on, you have to enter a “PIN”...
• Scroll to Settings/Locks/Phone lock/Change code. Note: It is important that you remember your new code. If you should forget it, you have to hand in your phone to your local Sony Ericsson retailer. To set the phone lock 1. Scroll to Settings,...
Grey menu options Grey text indicates a function that is temporarily unavailable, for example, due to your subscription or due to a certain setting which has not been turned on. Since you cannot send themes, pictures and sounds that are copyright-protected, the Send menu is sometimes unavailable.
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See “Fixed dialling” on page 38. Charging, alien battery The battery you are using is not a Sony Ericsson- approved battery and is charging slowly for safety reasons. Cannot connect to server...
Additional information Sony Ericsson Consumer web site On www.SonyEricsson.com/ there is a support section where help and tips are only a few clicks away. Here you find the latest software updates, tips on how to use your product more efficiently, function guides for some of the products and additional help when you require it.
• Do not attempt to disassemble your product. Only Sony Ericsson authorised personnel should perform service. • Do not direct the infrared ray at anyone's eye and make sure that it does not disturb any other infrared units.
ANTENNA Only use an antenna that has been specifically designed by Sony Ericsson for your mobile phone. Use of unauthorised or modified antennas could damage your mobile phone and may violate regulations, causing loss of performance and SAR levels above the recommended limits (see below).
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We recommend that you use only Ericsson or Sony Ericsson handsfree solutions intended for use with your product. Please note that because of possible interference to electronic equipment, some...
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• Warning! May explode if disposed of in fire. • Use only Ericsson or Sony Ericsson branded original batteries and chargers intended for use with your mobile phone. Other chargers may not charge sufficiently or may produce excessive heat.
Product from the dealer. 2. If Sony Ericsson repairs or replaces the Product, the repaired or replaced Product shall be warranted for the remaining time of the original warranty period or for ninety (90) days from the date of repair, whichever is longer.
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Product is sold by an authorised Sony Ericsson distributor. To find out if your Product is sold in the EU country you are in, please call the local Sony Ericsson Customer Care Center. Please observe that certain services may not be possible elsewhere than in...
FCC for each model. Body worn measurements are made while the phone is in use and worn on the body with an Ericsson or Sony Ericsson branded original accessory intended for use with the phone. The design and composition of an accessory can affect the body worn SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) levels for the phone.
Icons The table below shows icons which may appear in standby or in the menus. Icon Description Main menus Your personal phone book. Handling of text (SMS), multimedia (MMS), e-mail and voice messages. Handling of outgoing/incoming calls, call time and cost information. Handling of ongoing calls.
Icon Description The timer has been set and is on. A profile other than Normal has been chosen. The keypad is locked. The card lock or phone lock is on. A secure WAP connection is established. You have received a text message. You have received an e-mail message.
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Icon Description An e-mail address in the phone book. A picture is connected to the contact. Messages A text message is saved on the SIM card. A voice message has not been checked. A message has not been read. A message has been read. Only part of a read e-mail or a multimedia message is saved in the phone.
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Icon Description An event is attached to a multimedia message. A theme is attached to a multimedia message. A multimedia message contains a melody. A multimedia message contains a recorded sound. Cursor in a multimedia message. More message options. Chat message prompt. Calls A missed call in the call list.
Index Alarm clock 61 Animations 19 Answering mode 24 Area information 52 Battery 6 Business cards 30 Calculator 62 Call costs 32 calling card 36 credit limit 33 minute minder 22 Call time 32 Calls accept 39 answer 7,28 automatic re-dialling 27 call list 28 divert 33 emergency 27...
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Icons (display) 77 Infrared port 17 International calls 27 emergency number 27 Key functions 8 Key sound 22 Keypad lock 24 Language (display) 23 Locks keypad 24 phone 65 SIM card 65 Melodies, see Ring signals 20 Memory full 68 status 68 Menu language 23 Menu overview 13...
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Shortcuts 9,11,25 Silent ring signal 20 SIM card 6,12 copy contacts 31 lock 65 unblock 65 SMS, see Text messages 48 Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet 17 web site 69 Sound recorder 63 Sounds memory status 68 Speed dialling 31 Stopwatch 61...
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