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Added dimensions – Accessories from Sony Ericsson Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-PV702 Small and powerful hands-free solution offering great value for money. Stereo Portable Hands-free HPM-75 A sleek and discreet way to enjoy your favourite music and handle calls. Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-100 Simplicity and high performance hands-free - in the car, in your office or at home. The full range of accessories may not be available in every market. For more information visit www.sonyericsson.com/ac
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Contents Getting started ................... 4 Connectivity ..................... 46 Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning Settings, using Internet, RSS, on, help, calls synchronizing, Bluetooth™ device, infrared, USB cable, update service Getting to know More features ................... 55 the phone ............................ 8 Alarm clock, calendar, tasks, profiles, Phone overview, icons, menus, time and date, SIM card lock entering letters, activity menu, File manager, Memory Stick Mi
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Bluetooth™ is a trademark or registered trademark Sony Ericsson of Bluetooth SIG Inc. GSM 850/900/1800/1900 The marble logo, PlayNow, Music DJ, PhotoDJ and This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson VideoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. company, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this User guide necessitated by Sony, Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are typographical errors,
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End-user licence agreement for Sun™ Java™ Instruction symbols J2ME™. The following appear in the User guide: 1 Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted information of Sun and title to all copies is retained by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer shall not Note modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software A service or function is network- may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in or subscription-dependent. whole or in p
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Battery Getting started Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning To charge the battery on, help, calls Assembly ≈ 2.5 h. Before you start using your phone, you need to insert a new SIM card and the battery. SIM card and battery To insert SIM card and battery Do not connect the charger unless the battery is inserted. 1 Connect the charger to the phone. Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until the battery icon indicates a full charge before removing the charger. 2 Remove the charger plug by pul
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SIM card Turning on the phone The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) Charge the phone and insert the SIM card, which you get from your network card before turning the phone on. Use operator, contains information about the set-up wizard to prepare for use. your subscription. The SIM card keeps To turn on the phone track of information such as your phone number and names and numbers in your contacts. Save contacts on your SIM card before removing it from the phone. PIN You may need the PIN
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You can use Settings download if Stand-by your SIM card supports the service, After you turn your phone on and enter your phone is connected to a network, your PIN, the name of the network it is started in normal mode and does operator appears on the display. This not already have settings. is called stand-by. If settings exist in your phone, you Help in the phone may not need more settings. If you use Help is available in your phone. Settings download, you must agree to register the
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Flight mode IMEI number You can use your phone in: Keep a copy of your IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number Normal mode for full functionality. in case your phone should be stolen. Flight mode with limited functionality. In Flight mode, network, radio and To view your IMEI number Bluetooth transceivers are turned off From stand-by press *#06#. to prevent disturbance to sensitive equipment. You can, for example, Making and receiving calls play music, but not make calls
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Getting to know the phone Phone overview, icons, menus, entering letters, activity menu, File manager, Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) Phone overview 15 9 10 1 2 5 3 6 11 12 4 7 16 8 13 14 Some icons on keys may differ. 8 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 Selection keys 2 Camera shortcut on navigation key 3 Back key 4 Internet key 5 Clear key 6 Navigation key 7 Activity menu key 8 Silent key 9 Volume keys, camera zoom 10 Connector for charger, hands-free and USB cable 11 On/off key 12 Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot 13 Lanyard holder 14 Microphone 15 Camera lens 16 Battery cover For more information % 12 NavigationK Getting to know the phone 9 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use.
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Menu overview* * Internet Entertainment PlayNow™* Online services** Games Video player VideoDJ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Remote control Record sound Demo tour Camera Messaging Music player Write new Now playing Inbox Artists Email Tracks RSS reader Playlists Drafts Outbox Sent messages Saved messages My friends** Call voicemail Templates Settings File manager** Contacts Alarms Camera album New contact Music Pictures Videos Themes Web pages Games Applications Other 10 Getting to know the phone This
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Calls** Organizer Applications Calendar All Answered Dialled Missed Tasks Notes Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code memo Settings*** General Sounds & alerts Display Calls Connectivity* Profiles Ring volume Wallpaper Speed dial Bluetooth Time & date Ringtone Themes Divert calls USB Language Silent mode Start-up screen Switch to line 2** Synchronization Update service** Increasing ring Screen saver Manage calls Device management Voice control Vibrating alert Clock size Time & cost** Mo
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Navigation keys Navigation The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab by pressing the navigation key left or right and selecting an option. Navigation key - === Key Go to the main menu or select highlighted items Move through menus and tabs Select options shown immediately above these keys on the screen Go back one level in the menus. Press and hold down to return to stand-by or to end a function Delete items such as pictures, sounds and contacts. Duri
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- From stand-by press and hold down any of these keys to reach a contact beginning with the matching letter. From stand-by press a number key and select Call to speed dial Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press and hold down to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if the phone is set to silent. Press to enter a space when writing a message Press to change letter case when writing a message View status information in stand-by. Increase the volume during a call or when u
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Status bar Shortcuts Some of the icons that may appear: You can map shortcuts from the keypad and navigation key to main menus and functions in the phone. Icon Description GSM network signal strength Using keypad shortcuts Keypad shortcuts take you directly to EDGE is available a menu. Menu numbering starts from the top left icon and moves across and GPRS is available then down row by row. For example: Battery status Press for the fifth menu item. Battery charging, appears with Press
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Press and hold down - Phone language to enter numbers. You can select the language to use in Press to delete letters the phone menus or when writing text. or numbers. To change the phone language Press for the most common punctuation marks. 1 From stand-by select Menu } Settings Press to add a space. } General tab } Language } Phone language. T9™ Text Input 2 Select a language. The T9 Text Input method uses Most SIM cards automatically set the a built-in dictionary. menu la
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To add words to the T9 Text Input Running apps – applications that dictionary are running in the background. 1 When entering letters, select More My shortcuts – add, delete and } Spell word. change the order of shortcuts. 2 Edit the word by using multitap input. Internet – your Internet bookmarks. 3 Select Insert. File manager Next word prediction The File manager contains items When writing a message, you can such as pictures, music, themes, use T9 Text Input to predict the next
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1 Open the memory card cover and File information insert the memory card with the You can view file information by contacts facing up, as shown. highlighting it and selecting More 2 Press the edge to release and remove. } Information. Items that are downloaded, or received using Memory card options one of the available transfer methods, You can check memory status or format may be copyright-protected. If a file a memory card to delete all information. is protected, you may not be able t
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To transfer files to a computer Calling You can transfer files to your computer Calls, contacts, voice control, call using Bluetooth™ wireless technology options or a USB cable % 46 Connectivity. To create a subfolder Making and receiving calls 1 From stand-by select Menu } File You must turn on your phone and be manager. within range of a network. % 6 Help in 2 Scroll to a folder and select More the phone. } New folder. To make a call 3 Enter a name for the folder. 1 From stand-by enter
