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SonyEricsson K550im
Contents
Getting started ................... 4 Entertainment .................. 51
Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning Handsfree, Music and Video player,
on, call, help, Flight mode, i-mode™ radio, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™,
activity menu, PC Suite, camera. ringtones and melodies, games.
Getting to know the Connectivity ..................... 60
Internet, i-mode™, synchronizing,
phone ................................ 10
Bluetooth™ technology, USB cable.
Keys, menus, navigation,
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i-mode is a trademark or registered trademark of Sony Ericsson NTT DoCoMo, Inc. GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Bluetooth™ is a trademark or registered trademark This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson of Bluetooth SIG Inc. Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. MusicDJ, PhotoDJ and VideoDJ are trademarks or Improvements and changes to this user guide registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies Communications AB. of current inform
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1 Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted All illustrations are for illustration only and may not information of Sun and title to all copies is retained accurately depict the actual phone. by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer shall not modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, Instruction symbols or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in The following appear in the user guide: whole or in part. 2 Export Regulations:
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PIN Getting started You may need a PIN (Personal Identity Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning Number) for your SIM card to start on, call, help, Flight mode, i-mode™ your phone and activate services. activity menu, PC Suite, camera. When you enter your PIN, each digit appears as *, unless it starts with the More information and downloads are same digits as an emergency number, available at for example 112. This allows for www.sonyericsson.com/support. emergency calls without entering
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To charge the battery SIM card and battery To insert SIM card and battery 1 Connect the charger plug to the phone with the symbol facing upwards. 2 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears. 1 Slide the catches to the left and lift the battery cover side as shown in the 3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until picture. Remove the battery cover by the battery icon indicates that the tilting it until the hinges on the battery battery is fully charged. Press a key to cover r
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To turn on the phone Make a call The phone must be in normal mode (not flight mode). To make a call 1 Enter a phone number (with international prefix and area code if applicable). 1 Press and hold down . The first 2 } Call to make a call. startup may take a few minutes. 3 } More for options during the call. 2 Select to use the phone in: 4 } End call to end the call. Normal – full functionality or Flight mode – limited functionality with Help in your phone network, FM radio and Bluetooth
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To open and close the i-mode™ Flight mode menu activity menu If you turn on the phone and Press . Flight mode menu is activated, select from Normal with full functionality or i-mode™ activity menu tabs Flight mode with limited functionality. i-mode – access to Internet, for Flight mode means that Network, example, via i-Menu or your Bluetooth transceivers and FM Radio bookmarks. When you select a are turned off to prevent disturbance bookmark and the browser opens, to sensitive equ
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PC Suite software Take pictures or record video clips Enhance the experience of your phone by installing the PC Suite software on your computer. This allows you to, for Zoom in Take pictures example, synchronize your phone or out Record video calendar with a computer calendar. To install the PC Suite software 1 Turn on your computer and insert the CD that came with your phone into the CD drive of your computer. The CD starts automatically and the installation window opens. Screen options
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To take a picture or record video Play music and videos 1 From standby, press and hold down To play music and videos to activate the camera. 1 } Music player or } Entertainment 2 Use the navigation key to } Video player. A player browser switch between camera and opens. video recorder. 2 Browse for music and video clips. 3 Camera: Press to take a 3 } Open highlight a title } Play. picture. Video: Press to start Games and applications in recording. To stop recording, standby press ag
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Getting to know the phone Keys, menus, navigation, icons, shortcuts, phone language, entering letters, file manager, memory card. Phone overview 1 10 11 2 2 11 3 18 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 15 15 8 16 17 9 Some icons on keys may differ. 10 Getting to know the phone This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.
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1 Power on/off button 2 Play/stop button 3 Screen 4 Selection key 5 Messaging key 6 Back key 7 Navigation key 8 Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot (under the battery cover) 9 Keylock key 10 Ear speaker 11 Volume/camera digital zoom buttons 12 Selection key 13 i-Mode™ key 14 Clear key 15 Camera button 16 Silent key 17 Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable 18 Camera lens For more information % 14 Navigation Getting to know the phone 11 This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print
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Menu overview Games & apps i-mode Entertainment i-Menu* Online services* Bookmarks Video player Saved pages VideoDJ™ Enter Web addr. PhotoDJ™ Last Web addr. MusicDJ™ Settings Remote control Record sound Demo tour Cyber-shot™ Contacts Music player New contact Now playing Artists Tracks Playlists / File manager* ** Messaging Radio Camera album Write new Music Inbox Pictures Drafts Videos Outbox Themes Sent messages Web pages Check new Games/Apps Saved messages Other Call voicemail Templates Sett
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Calls** Organizer Alarms Calendar All Answered Dialled Missed Tasks Notes Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Light Calculator Code memo Settings** General Sounds & alerts Display Calls Connectivity* Profiles Ring volume Wallpaper Speed dial Bluetooth Time & date Ringtone Standby app. Divert calls Infrared port Language Silent mode Themes Switch to line 2* USB Voice control Increasing ring Start-up screen Manage calls OBEX authent. New events Vibrating alert Screen saver Time & cost* Synchronization
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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. 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. Go back one level in the menus. Press and hold down to return to standby or to end a function. Delete items, such as pictures, sounds and contacts. During a call, press and hold down to mute the microph
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- From standby, press and hold down any of these keys to reach a contact beginning with a specific letter. - From standby, press a number key and then } Call to speed dial. View a shortcut guide when using the camera. From standby, press and then } Lock keys or Unlock to lock or unlock the phone keys. Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press and hold down to set the phone to silent. The alarm sounds even if the phone is set to silent. View status information in standby. Increase t
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Status bar Shortcuts Some of the icons that may appear: Use keypad shortcuts to quickly go to a menu, and predefined navigation key shortcuts to quickly reach certain Icon Description functions. Edit the navigation key GSM network signal strength. shortcuts to suit your own needs. Battery status. Using keypad shortcuts In standby, go to menus by pressing Battery charging, appears with and then enter the number of the battery status icon. menu. Menu numbering starts from Missed incoming
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To enter text, you have to be in a Phone language function where text input is possible, Select the language to use in the for example, } Messaging phone menus or when writing text. } Write new } Text message. To change the phone language To change the text input method } Settings } the General tab Before or when entering letters, press } Language } Phone language. and hold down to change the Select a language. method. In standby, you can also press: To change the writing language 888
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T9™ Text Input To add words to the T9™ Text Input dictionary The T9™ Text Input method uses a 1 When entering letters } More built-in dictionary to recognize the } Spell word. most commonly used word for each sequence of key presses. This way, 2 Edit the word by using multitap input. you press each key only once, even if Use and to move the cursor the letter you want is not the first letter between the letters. To delete a on the key. character, press . To delete the entire word, pres
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If the character you want is not Chinese input displayed in the candidate row, press This mobile phone has different input to present another candidate row. methods for entering Chinese Continue pressing until the characters: character you want is displayed. Stroke input Alternatively, you can enter the next Pinyin input stroke or Pinyin letter, and a new set You can use these methods, for of characters will immediately be example, to enter Chinese names and displayed in the ca
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Stroke categories Number Stroke Basic Stroke Character The five stroke categories are defined Key Category Stroke Name in the table below: 山 屯 母 Down- 互 剝 Over Number Stroke Basic Stroke Character 台 去 公 Left Key Category Stroke Name 約 能 Slope- Over 王 十 在 Over 七 天 女 好 巡 Left 海 次 找 巢 災 Lift Slope- 牡 刁 Dot 中 上 業 Down 衣 以 食 Down- 門 且 收 瓦 Lift 小 水 打 Down- 我 或 民 Right 子 承 Hook 成 找 Slope- 直 真 盾 Hook Short 草 Slope 心 必 思 Down- Down 忘 Over- 八 旭 丹 Hook Long 風 所 Left 已 也 毛 Down- Slope 孔
