Troubleshooting ... 78 Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want it to? Important Information ... 84 Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, service and support, safe and efficient use, end user license agreement, warranty, declaration of conformity. Index ... 94...
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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 87 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.
To view information about functions } More } Scroll to a function if available. To view the phone demonstration } Entertainment } Demo Settings Download Automatically set up functions in your phone that use the Internet; Internet, picture messaging, email, My friends, synchronization, update service, blog and streaming.
To join two calls into a conference call Call the first person to include in the conference. 2 } More } Hold to hold the ongoing call. Call the second person. 4 } More } Join Calls. Activity Menu You can open the activity menu almost anywhere in the phone menus to view and handle new events, and access bookmarks and shortcuts.
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Power on/off button Play/stop button Screen Selection key Walkman® key Back key Navigation key/Walkman® player control Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot (under the battery cover) Keylock key Ear speaker Volume/camera digital zoom buttons Selection key Activity menu key Clear key Camera button Silent key Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable...
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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 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.
In standby, you can also press: • 8888 for automatic language. • 0000 for English. Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language to the country where you bought your SIM card. If not, the predefined language is English. To select writing language 1 } Settings } General } Language } Writing...
To enter letters using T9 Text Input For example, to write the word “Jane”, press If the word shown is the one you want, press to accept and add a space. To accept a word without adding a space, press shown is not the one you want, press repeatedly to view alternative words.
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To insert and remove a memory card Open the lid. Insert the memory card as shown (with the contacts facing up). Press the edge to release and remove the card. You can also move and copy files between a computer and the memory card.
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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 } Manage File } Copy Select to move or copy the file to Memory Stick } Phone To move or copy files to a computer...
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. 6 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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Default contacts Phone Contacts is selected as default, your contacts show all the information saved in Contacts. If you select SIM Contacts as default, your contacts show information depending on the SIM card. To select default contacts 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Default 2 } Phone Contacts Phone contacts...
Using Contacts Contacts can be used in many ways. Below you can see how to: • Call phone and SIM contacts. • Send phone contacts to another device. • Copy contacts to phone and SIM card. • Add a picture or a ringtone to a phone contact.
If your subscription supports Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign personal ringtones to contacts. To edit a phone contact 1 } Contacts and select a contact } More } Edit Contact. Scroll to the relevant tab and select the field to edit Edit.
If you add contacts with pictures to speed dial positions, the contact pictures appear for easy reference 24 To add a picture, ringtone sound or video to a phone contact. To edit speed dial numbers 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Speed Dial.
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To record another voice command for } New Voice Cmd. } Add a contact again and repeat steps 2-4 above. Caller name Hear your recorded contact name when you receive a call from that contact. To turn the caller name on or off } Settings } General } Voice Control } Play Caller...
To activate voice answering and record voice answer commands 1 } Settings } General Control } Voice Answer } Instructions appear. for the tone and say “Answer”, or another word. 3 } Yes } No to accept or recording. Instructions appear. Wait for the tone and say “Busy”, or another word.
More than One Call Handle more than one call simultaneously. Call waiting service When this is activated you hear a beep if you receive a second call. To activate or deactivate the call waiting service } Settings } Calls } Manage Calls } Call Waiting.
To join the two calls into a conference call } More } Join Calls. To add a new participant 1 } More } Hold to put the joined calls on hold. 2 } More } Add Call and call the next person to add to the conference call.
Restricted Dialing Restrict outgoing and incoming calls. A password from your service provider is required. If you forward incoming calls, you cannot activate some restrict calls options. The following calls can be restricted: • All Outgoing – all outgoing calls. •...
Call Time and Cost During a call, the duration of the call is shown. You can check the duration of your last call, outgoing calls and the total time of your calls. To check the call time } Settings and use } Time &...
To create a group of numbers and email addresses Phone Contacts is default, } Contacts } More } Options } Groups } New Group } Enter a name for the group Continue. 3 } New } Add to find and select a contact number or email address.
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Sending text messages For information about entering letters 17 Entering Letters. Some language-specific characters use more space. For some languages you can deactivate National Chars. to save space. To write and send a text message 1 } Messaging } Write New } Text Message.
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Saving and deleting text messages Received text messages are saved in the phone memory. When the phone memory is full, delete messages or move them to the SIM card to be able to receive new messages. Messages saved on the SIM card remain until they are deleted.
Templates for text messages Add a new template or save a message as a template in your phone 35 To save a message. To add a template 1 } Messaging } Templates } New Template } Text. Insert text Enter a title To use a template 1 } Messaging } Templates } Use } Text...
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To create and send a picture message 1 } Messaging } Write New } Picture Message. Scroll to use toolbar options. Scroll an option. When ready to send 3 } Enter Email Addr } Contacts Lookup a number or group in Contacts or select from last used recipients When writing and editing picture messages you can use the copy and...
To receive picture messages When you receive an automatically downloaded picture message, it appears in the activity menu if Events is set to Activity } View to read the message. 8 Activity menu tabs. New Events is set to Popup, you are asked if you want to read the } Yes picture message,...
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4 } Enter Email Addr for an email } Enter Phone No. recipient or for a recipient phone number or } Contacts Lookup for a number or group in Contacts or select from last used recipients Receiving voice messages When you receive an automatically downloaded voice message, the voice message appears in the activity menu New Events...
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What information do I need? The minimum you need is the following: Setting types Examples Connection POP3 or IMAP4 Type Email joe.smith@example.com Address Incoming mail.example.com Server Username jsmith Password zX123 Outgoing mail.example.com Server There are many different email providers. Their terminology and required information may differ.
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To enter advanced email account settings (optional in most cases) 1 } Messaging } Email } Select an account to edit } Edit Account } Advanced Press to select and enter settings, if required by your email provider, for example, Check Interval.
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To view or save an attachment in an email message } More View a message } Attachments } View the item or select an item to save. Active email account If you have several email accounts, you can change which one is active. To change the active email account } Messaging } Email } Settings select an account.
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To log out } More } Log Out. To add a contact to the list } Messaging } My Friends } } More } Add Contacts To send a chat message from My friends 1 } Messaging } My Friends } Contacts tab and select a contact from the list.
To view a saved conversation } Messaging } My Friends Conversations } Saved Conv. To view watching users } Messaging } My Friends } } More } Watching Contacts Users. A list of users on the My friends server watching your status information appears.
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.
• Metering Mode – adjust exposure to the whole or the center of the video. Select from Normal • Picture Quality (camera): Fine picture quality. • Turn Off Mic. (video) – set microphone. • Shutter Sound (camera) – select different shutter sounds. •...
To visit a blog address in a contact } Contacts and select a contact Web } Go address Camera Album Printing Camera pictures are saved in Manager } Camera Album. You can print camera album pictures in your phone via the USB cable connected to a PictBridge™...
Pictures and Video Clips View and use pictures and video clips. 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.
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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 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...
Themes Change the appearance of the screen, for example, through items such as colors 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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} File for the following: • Send – send a music file or video clip. • Information – view information about the current file. • 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...
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To listen to the radio Connect the handsfree to your } Entertainment } phone 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 61 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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The blocks consist of pre-arranged 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...
To edit a selected text } Edit for options: • Edit Text – to change the text. • Colors – and select Background to set background or Text Color to set font color. • Duration – to select the display time for the text.
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In some countries or states it is required by law that you inform the other person before recording the call. To record a sound 1 } Entertainment } Record Wait until you hear a tone. When the recording starts, Recording... timer appear.
Web page you are visiting: } RSS Feeds feeds for the Web page. } Go to • Sony Ericsson pre-defined homepage set for the current profile. • Bookmarks edit bookmarks to Web pages.
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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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} Options } Other • Clear Cookies • Clear Cache • Clear Passwords • Status – show connection info. } Exit Browser to disconnect. Using bookmarks Use, create and edit bookmarks as quick links to your favorite Web pages for the browser. To work with bookmarks 1 } Internet } More } Go to } Bookmarks...
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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. To select an Internet profile for the Internet browser } Settings...
• Connection – select an Internet profile. • Applications – mark applications to synchronize. • App. Settings – select an application and enter a database name, and if required, username and password. • Sync. Interval – set how often to synchronize. •...
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Adding devices to your phone Enter a passcode to set up a secure link between your 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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Visibility Choose to make your phone visible to other Bluetooth devices or not. If your phone is set to hide, only devices } Settings } Connectivity } Bluetooth } My Devices find your phone via Bluetooth wireless technology. To show or hide your phone } Settings } Connectivity } Bluetooth } Visibility } Show...
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. The PC Suite also includes help.
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Calendar You can use the calendar to keep track of important meetings. The calendar can be synchronized with a computer calendar or with a calendar on the Web 65 Synchronizing. Appointments Add new appointments or use existing appointments as templates. To add a new appointment 1 } Organizer } Calendar } Select } New...
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• Advanced – find an appointment, set reminders or select a start day for the week. • Delete – delete old or all appointments. • Help – for more information. Exchanging appointments Exchange appointments using a transfer method. You can also synchronize appointments with a computer 65 Synchronizing.
To edit notes 1 } Organizer } Notes and a list appears. } More Select a note and select an option. Exchanging notes Exchange notes using one of the available transfer methods. You can also synchronize notes with a computer 65 Synchronizing.
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To open code memo for the first time 1 } Organizer } Code Memo. A message with instructions appears Continue. Enter a four-digit passcode Continue. Re-enter the new passcode to confirm. Enter a checkword (maximum 15 characters) Done. The checkword can consist of both letters and numbers.
To reset profiles } Settings } General } Profiles } More } Reset Time and Date The time is always displayed in standby. To set the time and time format 1 } Settings } General } Time & Date } Time.
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 } General...
To unlock the keypad manually From standby, press Startup Screen Select a startup screen to appear when you turn your phone on 49 Using pictures. To select a startup screen } Settings } Display Screen and select an option. Brightness Adjust the brightness of the screen.
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You also have the option to do Master Reset. Some of the personal data and settings you have made will be lost when you do this 81 Master reset. No battery icon appears when I start charging the phone Possible cause: The battery is empty or has not been used for a long time.
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Possible cause: The battery is worn out and needs to be replaced. Solution: Try another battery and charger for the same phone model, or visit your retailer and ask them to verify if the battery and charger are working properly. The phone turns itself off Possible cause: The has been pushed unintentionally.
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The phone cannot be detected by other users via Bluetooth™ wireless technology Possible cause: You have not turned the Bluetooth function on. Solution: Make sure that the Bluetooth function is on and visibility is set to show phone 68 To receive an item. I cannot synchronize or transfer data between my phone and my computer, when using the USB...
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Solution: Insert a SIM card 5 To insert SIM card and battery. Possible cause: The SIM card connectors need cleaning. Solution: Remove the SIM card and clean it. Also check that the card is not damaged so that you cannot connect it to the phone connectors.
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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.
• Global and local Web sites providing support • A global network of Call Centers • An extensive network of Sony Ericsson service partners • A warranty period. Learn more about the warranty conditions in this User guide Country...
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Finland 09-299 2000 France 0 825 383 383 Germany 0180 534 2020 Greece 801-11-810-810 210-89 91 919 (from mobile phone) Hong Kong 8203 8863 Hungary +36 1 880 47 47 India 1800 11 1800 (Toll free number) 39011111 (from mobile phone) Indonesia 021-2701388 Ireland...
• 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 permission from your treating physician or authorized medical staff.
Please verify whether 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 to...
15 mm from the body without any metal parts in the vicinity of the phone or when used with the original Sony Ericsson accessory intended for this phone and worn on the body. Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines.
Disposing of the battery Please check local regulations for disposal of batteries or call your local Sony Ericsson Call Center for information. The battery should never be placed in municipal waste. Use a battery disposal facility if available.
Communications AB and its affiliated companies (“Sony Ericsson”) and its third party suppliers and licensors (“Software”). As user of this Device, Sony Ericsson grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable license to use the Software solely in conjunction with the Device on which it is installed and/or delivered with.
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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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EU country where an identical Product is sold by an authorized 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.
Index Activity menu ... 8 alarms ... 71 animation ... 49 answering service ... 26 applications ... 60 appointments ... 72 automatic redialing ... 21 battery inserting and charging ... 5 use and care ... 87 blog ... 47 Bluetooth wireless technology ... 66 business cards ...
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date ... 76 delivery status ... 36 Disc2Phone ... 52 display, brightness ... 78 downloading files ... 64 effects, camera ... 46 email ... 39 entering letters ... 17 file manager ... 18 fixed dialing ... 31 games ... 60 groups ...
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text ... 33 voice ... 38 microphone ... 22 music transferring ... 53 video files ... 52 MusicDJ™ ... 57 My friends ... 42 my numbers ... 30 navigating menus ... 14 networks ... 21 notepad ... 32 notes ... 73, 74 phone assembly ...
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SIM card contact numbers ... 23 copying to/from ... 24 lock and unblock ... 76 SMS See text messages ... 33 SOS See emergency numbers ... 22 sound recorder ... 59 sound, transferring and directing ... 68 speed dialing ... 25 standby ...
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