Troubleshooting ... 82 Why doesn’t the cell phone work the way I want it to? Important Information ... 88 Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, service and support, safe and efficient use, end user license agreement, warranty, declaration of conformity. Index ... 98...
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Sony Ericsson UMTS 2100 GSM 900/1800/1900 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...
Some functions use more battery power than others and may cause a need for more frequent re-charging. If talk time or standby time become noticeably shorter, you may have to replace the battery. Only use approved batteries from Sony Ericsson % 91 Battery.
SIM Card and Battery To insert SIM card and battery Remove the battery cover. Slide the SIM card into its holder with the contacts facing down. Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. Slide the battery cover into place.
MMS exist in your cell phone, you may not need more settings. If you use Settings Download the cell phone at Sony Ericsson. A text message is sent. No personal data will be transferred to or processed by Sony Ericsson.
Contact your network operator or service provider for more information. Flight Mode Menu If you turn on the cell phone and Mode menu is activated, select from Normal Mode with full functionality or Flight Mode with limited functionality.
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} Info Find more information, explanations or tips about selected features, menus or functions available in your cell phone % 6 Help in Your Cell Phone. } More Enter a list of options. There are different alternatives in the list of options depending on where you are in the menus.
New } Text For example, to write the word “Jane”, press Getting to Know the Cell Phone for options when writing repeatedly until to shift between capital to delete letters or numbers.
Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) memory card. You may have to separately purchase a memory card for your cell phone. Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) A memory card adds more storage space to your cell phone to save, for example, pictures or music.
Delete. Making and Receiving Calls Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on your cell phone and be within range of a network. % 6 Turning On Your Cell Phone. To make a video call % 21 Video Call.
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To redial a number If a call connection fails and appears Do not hold the cell phone to your ear when waiting. When the call connects, the cell phone gives a loud signal, unless muted. To answer or reject a call...
Scroll } Call to select a number Emergency Calls Your cell phone supports international emergency numbers, for example, 112, 911. These numbers can normally be used to make emergency calls in any country, with or without a SIM card inserted, if a 3G (UMTS) or GSM network is within range.
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To make a video call When a 3G (UMTS) service is available, you can make a video call in one of the following ways: • Enter a phone number (international prefix and area code if applicable) } More } Make Video •...
} Advanced } Auto Save on SIM and select On. Memory status The number of contacts you can save in the cell phone or on the SIM card depends on available memory. To view memory status } Contacts } More } Options...
1 } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Copy to Select one of the alternatives. When copying all contacts from the cell phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM card information is replaced. To copy names and numbers to phone contacts...
} Delete All. Speed Dial with Pictures Save numbers in positions 1-9 in your cell phone to access them easily. Speed dial is dependent on your default contacts % 23 Default contacts, for example, you can speed dial numbers saved on the SIM card.
Select the number to add the voice command to. Record a voice command such as “John cell phone”. Instructions appear. Wait for the tone and say the command to record. The voice command is played back to you.
Continue. Wait voice answering is to be activated. to record To answer or reject a call using voice commands When the cell phone rings, say: • • To edit your voice commands 1 } Contacts 2 } More } Edit Contact to the relevant tab.
Your cell phone has the following options: • Always Forward – all calls. • When Busy – if a call is ongoing. • Not Reachable – if turned off or unreachable. • No Reply – if not answered in a specified time.
You cannot answer a third call without ending one of the first two calls or joining them into a conference call. Conference Calls Start a conference call by joining an ongoing call and a call on hold. You then put the conference on hold and add up to five participants, or can make another call.
Accept Calls Only receive calls from certain phone numbers. If the forward calls option When Busy is activated, calls are forwarded. To add numbers to the accepted callers list } Settings and use } Manage Calls to the Calls } Accept Calls } Only from List } Edit } Add.
To activate or deactivate fixed dialing 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Special Numbers } Fixed Dialing and select Activate or Deactivate. } OK Enter your PIN2 again to confirm. To save a fixed number } Contacts } More } Options } Special Numbers } Fixed Dialing } Fixed Numbers } New Number and enter the information.
To always show or hide your phone number 1 } Settings } Calls } Show/Hide My No. Select Show Number, Network Default. Groups Create a group of numbers and email addresses to send messages to several recipients at the same time % 34 Messaging.
Messaging Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging, email, My friends. Your cell phone supports various messaging services. Please contact your service provider about the services you can use, or for more information, visit www.sonyericsson.com/support. Text Messaging (SMS) Text messages can contain simple pictures, sound effects, animations, and melodies.
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2 } More } Save 3 } Saved Messages SIM card or the message as a template in the cell phone. To save an item in a text message Activity Menu. When reading a message, select...
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Message } Max. Msg. Length } Max. Templates for text messages Add a new template or save a message as a template in your cell phone % 35 To save a message. scroll and To add a template Mark 1 } Messaging } Templates...
Picture Messaging (MMS) Picture messages can contain text, pictures, camera pictures, slides, sound recordings, video clips, signatures and attachments. You can send picture messages to a cell phone or an email address. Before you start • Both you and the recipient must have subscriptions that support picture messaging.
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Additional send options Request a read report, a delivery report, and set a priority for a specific message. You can also add more recipients to the message. To select additional send options When the message is created and a recipient is selected 2 } Add Recipient to add another } Edit Recipients...
You can also reply to and forward } Stop to end. email in your cell phone, just as you can on your computer. for an email } Enter Phone No. } Contacts for a number or group in Send.
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The email address that you use on your computer can also be used in your cell phone. To do this, your cell phone needs the same email settings as used by your computer for email address. To use your computer email...
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For more information, contact your email provider or see the User guide with additional information at www.sonyericsson.com/support. To create an email account 1 } Messaging } Email } Settings } New Account. Enter a name for the account } Setup Instructions For help to a setting Info.
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Press to select the subject field, type an email subject the subject Edit. Press to select the text field, write your message the message Edit. Press to select the attachment } Add field. and choose the attachment type to add to select the attachment to add } Add to add more attachments.
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Status Show your status to your contacts only or show it to all users on the My friends server. To set status 1 } Messaging } My Friends } More } Settings and select Status. 2 } To All Only To Contacts } To change your own status } Messaging } My Friends } My Status...
To view a saved conversation } Messaging } My Friends Conversations } Saved Conv. To view watching users } Messaging } My Friends } More Contacts } Watching Users. A list of users on the My friends server watching your status information appears. To view or edit settings } Messaging } My Friends } More } Settings...
Imaging Camera, video, blog, pictures, themes. Camera and Video Recorder Take pictures and record video clips to save, view and send in messages. Camera buttons and keys Take pictures Zoom in or out Record video Photo key (upper) Screen options Camera: scenes (top right) Video: night mode...
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Do not look directly at the camera Xenon flash in the cell phone using a magnification device. Failure to comply with this warning may damage your eyes.
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• Shoot Mode (camera): • Normal – no frame. • BestPic™ – select from nine pictures. • Panorama – join several pictures into one. • Frames – add a frame to your picture. • Shoot Mode (video) – select Picture Message High-quality video.
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• Effects – select from: • Off – no effect. • Black & White – no color. • Negative – reversed colors. • Sepia – brown tint. • Solarize – overexposure. • White Balance – adjust colors to lighting conditions. Select from Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, or Incandescent.
Windows® users can install Adobe® Photoshop® Album Starter Edition, included on the CD that comes with the cell phone or visit www.sonyericsson.com/support. Blog on the Internet Share your pictures by publishing them on your blog.
Connect the USB cable to the cell phone. Connect the USB cable to the printer. Wait for feedback in the cell phone Set printer settings, if required Disconnect and re-connect the USB cable if there is a printer error.
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An animation of more than 1MB set as wallpaper may affect performance. Screen saver The screen saver is automatically activated when the cell phone is idle for a few seconds. After a few more seconds, the screen saver changes to sleep mode to save power. Press any key or button to activate the screen again.
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To connect to a remote screen } File Manager } Pictures } View } More } Remote Screen. % 70 To add a device to your cell phone. PhotoDJ™ Edit pictures using PhotoDJ™. To edit and save a file 1 } Entertainment } PhotoDJ™...
To use the handsfree Connect the stereo portable handsfree to your cell phone to use it for calls, listening to music, videos or the radio. If you receive a call and are playing music, music stops allowing you to answer the call.
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Transferring music Disc2Phone computer software and USB drivers are included on the CD that comes with the cell phone. Use Disc2Phone to transfer music from CDs or your computer to the phone memory or a Memory Stick Micro™...
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To install Disc2Phone Turn on your computer and insert the CD that came with your cell phone or visit www.sonyericsson.com/support. The CD starts automatically and the installation window opens. Select a language and click OK. Click Install Disc2Phone and follow the instructions.
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Playlists To organize the media files saved in the file manager, you can create playlists. Files in a playlist can be sorted by artist or title. You can add a file to more than one playlist. When you delete a playlist or a file from the playlist, the actual music or video file is not deleted from the memory, just the playlist reference to it.
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Do not use the cell phone as a radio in places where this is prohibited. To listen to the radio Connect the handsfree to your cell phone Bookmarks.
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PlayNow™ Listen to music before you purchase and download it to your cell phone. This function is network- or operator- dependent. Contact your network operator for information about your subscription and PlayNow™. In some countries you may be able to purchase music tones from some of the world’s...
Terms and conditions are also provided in the cell phone kit. To download a music file When you have listened to a music file preview, you can agree to accept...
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sounds with different characteristics. The blocks are grouped into Intro, Verse, Chorus, and Break. You compose a melody by adding music blocks to the tracks. To compose a melody 1 } Entertainment } MusicDJ™. Insert, Copy Paste to move between the blocks.
To edit a selected text } Edit for options: • Edit Text – change the text. • Colors – select Background to set background or to set font color. • Duration – select the display time for the text. • Delete –...
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Games Your cell phone contains several games. You can also download games and applications directly to the folders in your cell phone. Help texts are available for most games. To start and end a game 1 } Entertainment } Games, select game Select.
Bluetooth™ technology, infrared, USB cable, Update service. Settings Settings may already be entered when you buy your cell phone. If not, make sure you have a cell phone subscription that supports data transfer (GPRS). You can download settings to your cell phone for Internet browsing, email and picture messaging.
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• Enter Address – enter the address of a Web page. • Search Internet – use Google to search. • History – list of previously visited Web pages. • Saved Pages – list of your saved Web pages. } Tools for the following: •...
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To work with bookmarks 1 } Internet } More } Go to } Bookmarks and select a bookmark More. Select an option, such as sending a bookmark as a text message. Internet shortcuts When using the Internet, you can use keypad shortcuts to menu options.
Before you start If settings are not in your cell phone % 64 Settings. To select a profile for Java } Settings } Connectivity } Internet Settings } Settings for Java and select an Internet profile. Saved information When browsing, you can save the following information: •...
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USB cable included with the cell phone. Synchronization with a computer Install synchronization software for your computer found in the Sony Ericsson PC Suite on the CD included with the cell phone. The software includes help information. You can also visit www.sonyericsson.com/support...
} Bluetooth } Turn Adding devices to your cell phone Enter a passcode to set up a secure link between your cell phone and the device. Enter the same passcode on the device when prompted. A device with no user interface, such as a handsfree, will have a predefined passcode.
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To add a device to your cell phone 1 } Settings } Connectivity } Bluetooth } My Devices } New Device to search for available devices. Make sure the other device is visible. Select a device from the list. Enter a passcode, if required.
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File transfer If your computer supports Bluetooth wireless technology, you can install Handsfree) the Sony Ericsson PC Suite to synchronize, transfer files, use the cell phone as modem and more via Bluetooth communication. Install Connectivity } Bluetooth } Handsfree Call.
The PC Suite also includes help. Infrared Port If your computer supports infrared, you can install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite on your computer to synchronize, transfer files, use the cell phone as modem and more via infrared. Install the Sony Ericsson...
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Synchronization, File manager and Mobile Networking Wizard. For other applications, use the file transfer mode. You need to install and use Sony Ericsson PC Suite, included on the CD that came with the cell phone, or visit www.sonyericsson.com/support. Connectivity...
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To set when reminders should sound 1 } Organizer } Calendar } More } Advanced } 2 } Always when the cell phone is turned off or set to silent. When the reminder sounds } Yes to turn off the reminder. A reminder’s option set in the calendar affects a reminder’s option set in tasks.
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} More } Reminders. 2 } Always for a reminder to sound even when the cell phone is turned off or set to silent. When the reminder sounds } Yes to read the task, or to call the phone number in a phone task.
} More } Send Select a note and select a transfer method. Timer Your cell phone has a timer. When the signal rings, press any key to turn it off or select Restart. To set the timer } Organizer } Timer...
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% 79 To open code memo for the first and enter time. Add. Profiles Your cell phone has predefined profiles that are set. Some, for example, ring volume and other options may be adjusted automatically to suit a certain and enter } More } Change Continue.
If the SIM card lock is on, you have to enter a PIN (Personal Identity Number) every time you turn on your cell phone. Edit. If you enter your PIN incorrectly three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked.
It is important that you remember your new code. If you forget it, you have to take your cell phone to your local Sony Ericsson retailer. To set the phone lock 1 } Settings }...
However, if you need to take your cell phone in for repair, please note that you may lose information and content that you have saved in your cell phone. You are advised to make a copy of such information before taking your cell Unlock.
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% 5 To charge the battery. Solution: Turn the cell phone on with the charger attached. If the cell phone can be turned on, restart the cell phone with no charger attached. I cannot charge the cell phone or battery capacity is low Possible cause: The charger is not properly connected to the cell phone.
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Possible cause: Settings are missing or incorrect. button has Solution: % 6 Help in Your Cell Phone or go to www.sonyericsson.com/support, select your region and country, and choose Phone setup. Then choose your cell phone model, click Read more under Picture messaging (MMS) and follow the instructions % 64 Settings.
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Solution: % 6 Help in Your Cell Phone or go to www.sonyericsson.com/support, select your region and country, and choose Phone setup. Then choose your cell phone model, click Read more under Mobile Internet (WAP) and follow the instructions % 64 Settings.
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Error messages Insert SIM. Possible cause: There is no SIM card in the cell phone or you may have inserted it incorrectly. Solution: Insert a SIM card % 5 To insert SIM card and battery. Possible cause: The SIM card connectors need cleaning.
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Possible cause: You entered your personal unblocking key code (PUK) incorrectly 10 times in a row. Solution: Contact your network operator. Charging - Non-standard battery. Possible cause: The battery that you are using is not a Sony Ericsson-approved battery. Solution: % 91 Battery. Troubleshooting...
From now on you will have access to a portfolio of exclusive service advantages such as: • Global and local websites providing support. • A global network of Call Centers. • An extensive network of Sony Ericsson service partners. Country Phone number Argentina 800-333-7427 Australia...
Do not drop, throw or try to bend your product. • Do not paint your product. • Do not attempt to disassemble or modify your product. Only Sony Ericsson authorized personnel should perform service. • Do not use your product near medical equipment without requesting Important Information This is the Internet version of the User's guide.
Check with your local service provider. Antenna This cell phone contains a built-in antenna. Use of antenna devices not marketed by Sony Ericsson specifically for this model could damage your cell phone, reduce performance, and produce SAR levels above the established limits (see below).
Variations in SAR below the radio frequency exposure guidelines do not mean that there are variations in safety. While there may be differences in SAR levels among cell phones, all Sony Ericsson cell phone models are designed to meet radio frequency exposure guidelines.
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However, it will eventually wear out – this is not a defect. When the talk-time or standby time is noticeably shorter, it is time to replace your battery. Sony Ericsson recommends that you use only batteries and chargers approved by Sony Ericsson.
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