Troubleshooting ... 80 Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want it to? Important information ... 85 Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, service and support, safe and efficient use, end user license agreement, warranty, declaration of conformity. Index ... 95...
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Some functions use more battery power than others and may cause a need for more frequent re-charging. If talk time or standby time becomes noticeably shorter, you may have to replace the battery. Only use approved batteries from Sony Ericsson 88 Battery.
SIM card and battery To insert SIM card and battery Remove the battery cover by pressing and sliding it as shown in the picture. 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.
Follow instructions to complete setup. Predefined settings may already exist in your phone. You may be asked to register your phone at Sony Ericsson. If you accept to register your phone, no personal data, such as your phone number, 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 phone and mode menu is activated, select from Normal with full functionality or mode with limited functionality. Flight mode means that Network, Bluetooth transceivers and FM Radio are turned off to prevent disturbance to sensitive equipment.
• My shortcuts – add, delete and change the order of shortcuts. When you select a shortcut and the application opens, other programs are closed or minimized. • Internet – your Internet bookmarks. When you select a bookmark and the browser opens, other programs are closed or minimized.
To take a picture or record video From standby, press and hold to activate the camera. Use the navigation key to switch between camera and video recorder. Camera: Press to take a picture. Video: Press to start recording. To stop recording, press again.
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Calls** Answered Settings** General Sounds & alerts Profiles Ring volume Time & date Ringtone Language Silent mode Update service Increasing ring Voice control Vibrating alert New events Message alert Shortcuts Key sound Flight mode Security Setup wizard Phone status Master reset * Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
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Navigation The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab by pressing the left or right part of the navigation key. Go to the main menus or select highlighted items. Move through the menus and tabs. Select options shown above these keys on the screen.
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Press a number key and then Press for shortcuts when browsing shortcuts or access keys. View a shortcut guide when using the camera. Press and then keys. Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press and hold to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if the phone is set to silent.
Status bar Some of the icons that may appear: Icon Description GSM network signal strength. Battery status. Battery charging, appears with battery status icon. Missed incoming call. Text message received. Email message received. Picture message received. Voice message received. Ongoing call. Keylock is on.
Phone language Select the language to use in the phone menus or when writing text. To change the phone language } Settings } General } Language } Phone Select a language. In standby, you can also press: • 8888 for automatic 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.
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Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) Your phone supports the Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding more storage space to your phone to store files containing pictures or music, for example. To insert and remove a memory card Open the lid. Insert the memory card as shown (with the contacts facing up).
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To use a file from the file manager 1 } File manager and open a folder. Scroll to a file More. To move or copy a file to memory 1 } File manager and select a folder. } More } Manage file Scroll to a file } Move to move the file or...
Calling Calls, contacts, call list, speed dial, voice control, call options, groups, business cards. Making and receiving calls Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on your phone and be within range of a network. 5 Turning on your phone. Networks When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects your home...
To turn off the microphone Press and hold To resume the conversation press and hold again. To turn the loudspeaker on or off during a voice call } More } Turn on speaker speaker. Do not hold the phone to your ear when using the loudspeaker.
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Contacts You can save your contact information in the phone memory or on a SIM card. Choose which contact information – Phone contacts SIM contacts is shown as default. For useful information and settings } Contacts } More } Options. Default contacts Phone contacts is selected as default,...
SIM contacts Save contacts on your SIM card. To add a SIM contact SIM contacts is selected as default, } Contacts } New contact } Enter the name } OK Enter the number number option. Add more information, if available Save.
When copying all contacts from the phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM card information is replaced. To copy names and numbers to phone contacts 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Copy from Select one of the alternatives. To add a picture, ringtone sound or video to a phone contact 1 } Contacts...
To add a call list number to contacts } Calls From standby, and select a tab. Scroll to the number to add } Save number. 3 } New contact to create a new contact, or select an existing contact to add the number to.
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Before voice dialling Activate the voice dialling function and record your voice commands. An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command. To activate voice dialling and record names 1 } Settings } General control } Voice dialling } Activate } Yes } New voice and select a contact.
3 } Yes } No to accept or a new magic word. } Continue Instructions appear. select the environments in which your magic word is to be activated. Voice answering Answer or reject incoming calls by using your voice, when using a handsfree. You can use a MIDI, WAV (16 kHz), eMelody or iMelody file as a ringtone with voice answering.
To activate a call divert 1 } Settings } Calls Select a call type and divert option Activate. Enter the phone number to divert your calls to, or press Look up a contact To deactivate a call divert Scroll to the divert option More than one call Handle more than one call simultaneously.
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 make another call. There may be additional charges for calls involving multiple parties;...
Accept calls Only receive calls from certain phone numbers. If the divert calls option When busy is activated, calls are diverted. To add numbers to the accepted callers list } Settings and use } Manage calls to the Calls } Accept calls } Only from list } Edit } New } Add.
To activate or deactivate fixed dialling 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Special numbers } Fixed dialling Activate or Deactivate. } OK Enter your PIN2 again to confirm. To save a fixed number } Contacts } More } Options } Special numbers } Fixed dialling } Fixed numbers } New number the information.
To always show or hide your phone number 1 } Settings } Calls 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. If you send a text message to a group, you will be charged for each member.
Messaging Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging, email, My friends. Your 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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To insert an item in a text message When writing your message } Add item. Select an option and then an item, for example, a picture. You can convert your text message to a picture message. When writing your message More To picture msg continue creating a picture message,...
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To save or delete several messages 1 } Messaging and select a folder. } More } Delete all Select a message to delete all messages in the msgs } Mark several folder or select messages by pressing or Unmark. 3 } More } Save message } Delete messages messages or to delete messages.
To check the delivery status of a sent message } Messaging } Sent messages } View } More select a text message } View status. Picture messaging (MMS) Picture messages can contain text, pictures, camera pictures, slides, sound recordings, video clips, signatures and attachments.
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To select additional send options When the message is created and a recipient is selected 2 } Add recipient to add another } Edit recipients recipient or } Edit subject and add recipients. to change the message subject or } Advanced for more send options.
To add a template 1 } Messaging } Templates } New template } Picture msg. 2 } More to add new items. } OK Save, enter a title the template. To use a template 1 } Messaging } Templates a template from the list the template as it is or template to edit the template,...
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Email Read your email messages in your phone at any time. Write a message, attach a camera picture, sound recording or video clip, and send it to your friends or colleagues. You can also reply to and forward email in your phone, just as you can on your computer.
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When settings are entered, your phone can connect to an email server to send and receive email messages. For more information, contact your email provider. To create an email account 1 } Messaging } Email } Settings } New account } Add.
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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 OK. To edit the message Edit. Press to select the attachment field. } Add and choose the attachment type } Select to add to select the attachment...
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Marked messages will be deleted when you next connect to your server. To delete an email message (IMAP4) 1 } Messaging } Email } Inbox } 2 } Mark for deletion } Mark or Unmark. 3 } More } Clear inbox messages.
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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 who will see your status 1 } Messaging } My friends } More } Settings and select Show my Choose To all Only to contacts...
To view or edit settings } Messaging } My friends } More } Settings and select an option: • Show my status: Select if all users on the service or only your contacts will see your status • Sort contacts: By availability or alphabetically •...
Imaging Camera, video, blog, pictures. 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 Record video or out Screen options (top right) Screen options (bottom right) Switch camera/video Adjust brightness...
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To use the zoom Use volume buttons to zoom in and out. To adjust brightness Use the navigation key to increase or decrease brightness. To use auto focus Press half way down. You hear a beep when auto focus is set within the frame that appears.
• White balance – adjust colours to lighting conditions. Select from Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent or Incandescent. • Metering mode– adjust exposure to the whole or the centre of the video. Select from Normal or Spot. • Picture quality (camera): picture quality.
To send pictures to a blog 1 } File manager to select a picture in a folder. 2 } More } Send } To blog. } OK } Add title and text To visit a blog address in a contact } Contacts and select a contact } Go...
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Handling pictures View, add, edit or delete pictures in the file manager. The number of pictures you can save depends on the size of the pictures. File types supported are, for example, GIF, JPEG, WBMP, BMP, PNG and SVG-Tiny. To view and use pictures 1 } File manager } Pictures.
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To save a picture in a message 35 To save an item in a text message or 38 To save an item in a picture message or 42 To view or save an attachment in an email message. Saving pictures and video clips When you have taken a picture or recorded a video clip, the phone saves it in the phone memory or on a Memory...
Themes Change the appearance of the screen, for example, through items such as colours and wallpaper, by using themes. Your phone has some predefined themes that cannot be deleted if they are protected. You can create new themes and download them to your phone.
Walkman® player and Video player Your phone supports the following file types: MP3, MP4, M4A, 3GP, AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, AMR, MIDI, IMY, EMY, WAV (16 kHz maximum sample rate) and Real®8. The phone also supports streamed files that are 3GPP compatible.
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To install Disc2Phone Turn on your computer and insert the CD that came with your phone or visit www.sonyericsson.com/support to download the Disc2Phone application. 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. 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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• Delete – remove a file. In playlists that you have created only the reference to the file is removed. In the Tracks list, the file is permanently deleted from the memory. } Save playlist – create your own playlists. } Minimize –...
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To listen to the radio Connect the handsfree to your phone } Entertainment } Radio. Radio controls • Search for a broadcasting frequency. • Press to move 0.1 MHz. • Press for preset channels. • More for options. Saving radio channels Save up to 20 preset channels.
Before you start If required settings are not in your phone 62 Settings. To listen to PlayNow™ music } PlayNow™ and select music from a list. Downloading from PlayNow™ The price appears when you select to download and save a music file. Your phone bill or prepay card is debited when a purchase is accepted.
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• Message alert – select how to be notified of an incoming message. • Key sound – select what sound to hear when you press the keys. MusicDJ™ Compose and edit your own melodies to use as ringtones. A melody consists of four types of tracks –...
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To edit a selected video clip } Edit for options: • Trim – to shorten the video clip. • Add text – to add text to the video clip. • Delete – to remove the video clip. • Move – to move the video clip to another position.
To trim a video clip Select a video clip from the storyboard } Edit } Trim. 2 } Set to set the start point and 3 } Set to set the end point and Repeat steps 2 and 3 or Sound recorder With the sound recorder, you can record, for example, a voice memo...
To set permissions for Java applications 1 } File manager } Applications Games. Select an application or a game } Permissions and set options. Java application screen size Some Java applications are designed for a specific screen size. For more information, contact the application vendor.
} RSS feeds – select the available feeds for the Web page. } Go to for the following: • Sony Ericsson – go to the pre- defined homepage set for the current profile. • Bookmarks – create, use or edit bookmarks to Web pages.
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• Text only – select full content or text only. • Zoom – zoom in or out on the Web page. • Zoom to normal – set zoom to default. } Options } Browsing • Smart-Fit – adjust a Web site to the screen.
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Zoom Shortcuts Downloading Download files, for example, pictures, themes, games and ringtones from Web pages. To download from a Web page When browsing, select a file to download and follow the instructions that appear. Internet profiles You can select another Internet profile if you have more than one.
} Security included with the phone. Synchronization with a computer Install synchronization software for your computer found in the Sony Ericsson PC Suite on the CD, included with the phone. The software includes help information. You can also visit www.sonyericsson.com/support to...
To enter remote synchronization settings 1 } Organizer } Synchronization } New account } Yes to create a new account. Enter a name for the new account Continue. Enter the following: • Server address – server URL. • Username – account username. •...
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Please check if local laws or regulations restrict the use of Bluetooth wireless technology. If Bluetooth wireless technology is not allowed, you must ensure that the Bluetooth function is turned off. The maximum allowed Bluetooth radio output power in the phone is automatically adjusted according to possible local restrictions.
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Phone name Enter a name for your phone to be shown as when other devices find it. To enter a phone name } Settings } Connectivity } Bluetooth } Phone name. Visibility Choose to make your phone visible to other Bluetooth devices or not. If your phone is set to hide, only devices in } Settings } Connectivity...
Sony Ericsson PC Suite to synchronize, transfer files, use the phone as modem and more via Bluetooth communication. Install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite from the CD that came with the phone or download it at www.sonyericsson.com/support.
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} Settings mode. } USB } USB You need to install and use Sony Ericsson PC Suite, included on the CD that came with the phone or found at www.sonyericsson.com/support. Your computer needs to have one of the...
To use phone mode Computer: Install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite from the CD that came with your phone. Computer: Start PC Suite from Start/ Programs/Sony Ericsson/PC Suite. Connect the USB cable to the phone and the computer. Phone: Select...
More features Alarm clock, calendar, tasks, profiles, time and date, SIM card lock and more. Alarms Set an alarm for a specific time or specific days to recur on. You can set the alarm signal as a sound or radio. To use alarms 1 } Organizer } Alarms an alarm to set...
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To set when reminders should sound 1 } Organizer } Calendar } More } Advanced } Reminders. 2 } Always for a reminder to sound even when the phone is turned off or set to silent. A reminder option set in the calendar affects a reminder option set in tasks.
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To view a task } Organizer } Tasks and select a task View. To set when reminders should sound 1 } Organizer } Tasks and select a task } More } Reminders. 2 } Always for a reminder to sound even when the phone is turned off or set to silent.
To use the stopwatch 1 } Organizer } Stopwatch } 2 } Stop } New lap for a new lap time. To reset the stopwatch Calculator The calculator can add, subtract, divide and multiply. To use the calculator } Organizer } Calculator.
3 Reset code memo? appears The code memo is reset and all entries are cleared. The next time you enter the code memo, you must start at 76 To open code memo for the first time. Profiles Your phone has predefined profiles that are set.
It is important that you remember your new code. If you forget it, you have to take your phone to your local Sony Ericsson retailer. To set the phone lock 1 } Settings } } Security...
Keypad lock Lock the keypad to avoid dialling a number by accident. Calls to the international emergency number 112 can still be made, even when the keypad is locked. Automatic keylock Use automatic keylock in standby to lock the keypad soon after the last key was pressed.
Troubleshooting Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want it to? This chapter lists some problems that you might encounter when using your phone. Some problems require you to call your network operator, but you can easily correct most of the problems yourself.
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I cannot turn on the phone Possible cause: The battery is discharged. Solution: Recharge the battery 5 To charge the battery. Solution: Turn the phone on with the charger attached. If the phone starts, restart the phone with no charger attached.
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Solution: Please contact your network operator. Possible cause: Settings are missing or incorrect. Solution: 6 Help in your phone or go to www.sonyericsson.com/support, select a region and country, the phone setup tab and your phone model. Then select “Picture messaging (MMS)” and follow the instructions I cannot use the Internet Possible cause: Your subscription...
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If you select all, in addition to Reset your changes to settings, all contacts, messages, personal data, and content that you have downloaded, received or edited will also be deleted. To reset the phone 1 } Settings } General } Master reset.
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Solution: Insert your SIM card in another phone. If this works, it is probably the phone that is causing the problem. Please contact the nearest Sony Ericsson service location. Emerg. calls only Possible cause: You are within range of a network, but you are not allowed to use it.
In the unlikely event that your product needs service, please contact the dealer from whom it was purchased, or one of our service partners. Save your proof of purchase, you will need it if you need to claim warranty. Country Phone number Australia 1-300 650 050...
Please check if local laws and regulations restrict the use of mobile phones while driving or require drivers to use handsfree solutions. We recommend that you use only Sony Ericsson handsfree solutions intended for use with your product. Please note that because of possible interference...
(with the necessary accessory). For information on Accessible Solutions for individuals with special needs call the Sony Ericsson Special Needs Center on 877 878 1996 (TTY) or 877 207 2056 (voice), or visit the Sony Ericsson Special Needs Center at www.sonyericsson-snc.com.
LOUDNESS WARNING: Please adjust the audio volume cautiously when using third-party audio accessories to avoid volume levels that may be harmful to your hearing. Sony Ericsson does not test use of third-party audio accessories with this mobile phone. Sony Ericsson recommends using only Sony Ericsson original audio accessories.
Limited Warranty Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, SE-221 88 Lund, Sweden, (Sony Ericsson) or its local affiliated company, provides this Limited Warranty for your mobile phone and original accessory delivered with your mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as “Product”). Should your Product need warranty service, please...
Sony Ericsson distributor. To find out if your Product is sold in the EU country you are in, please call the local Sony Ericsson Call Center. Please observe that certain services may not be possible elsewhere than in the country of original...
Declaration of Conformity We, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB of Nya Vattentornet SE-221 88 Lund, Sweden declare under our sole responsibility that our product Sony Ericsson type AAC-1052022-BV and in combination with our accessories, to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the appropriate standards 3GPP TS 51.010-1,...
Index Activity menu ... 7 alarms ... 73 animation ... 50 answering service ... 26 applications ... 61 appointments ... 73 automatic redialling ... 21 battery inserting and charging ... 5 use and care ... 88 blog ... 48 Bluetooth wireless technology ... 67 business cards ...
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