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Contents
Contents Sony Ericsson K508i
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call. Internet and email settings, synchronizing, infrared.
Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . 8 More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, file manager. Time and date, alarm clock, calendar, tasks,
SIM card lock, etc.
Calling . . . .
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Sony Ericsson The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but GSM 900/1800/1900 not limited to restriction under applicable copyright First edition (July 2004) laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson responsible for additional content that you download Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. to or forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your Improvements and changes to this use
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Getting started SIM card Getting started When you register as a subscriber with a network Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call . operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) More information and downloads are available at card. The SIM card contains a computer chip that www.SonyEricsson.com. keeps track of your phone number, the services included in your subscription, and your phonebook information, among other things. Instruction icons The following instruction icons
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Getting started To insert the SIM card and charge the 1 Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card battery is placed under the silvery holders. 2 Place the battery on the back of the phone with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. 3 Place the battery cover as shown in the picture and press it into place. 4 Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol. The flash symbol on the charger plug must face upwards. 5 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon
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Getting started To remove the battery If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the number by pressing . If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key), % 73 SIM card lock. Available services Some ervices and funct ons descr bed in thi ser s i i s u 1 Remove the battery cover. guide are network- or subscription-dependent. Because of this, all menus
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Getting started To turn on the phone To start the setup wizard from the menu system 1 } Settings } the General tab } Setup wizard. 2 Select the language for your phone. 3 Follow the instructions that appear to complete the setup. To make and receive calls Enter the area code and phone number } Call to make the call. } End call to end the call. When the phone rings } Yes. 1 Press and hold . 2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if you have one. 3 At first start-up, select the language you want for y
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Getting to know your phone Getting to know your 1 Infrared port phone 2 Press and hold to activate the camera and Phone overv ew, use the menus, en er letters, file i t video recorder. manager. 3 Volume buttons Phone overview 4 Screen 1 8 5, 11 Selection keys 9 2 6 Press once to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby. 3 10 7 Stereo headset and charger connector. 4 8 Press and hold to turn the phone on/off 9 Earpiece. The media player speaker is 5 11 located on t
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Getting to know your phone Overview, menu 1. PlayNow™* 2. Internet services* 3. Entertainment 4. Camera 5. Messaging 6. My friends* Write new 6. Calls* 1. Sony Ericsson* Games Inbox MusicDJ™ Call voicemail Record sound Email Drafts 7. File manager 8. Phonebook** 8. Phonebook** 9. Media player Templates 1 2 3 Pictures Contacts SIM numbers Outbox Sounds Options: Options: Sent items Videos Speed dial 4 5 6 Speed dial Saved items Themes My business card My business
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Getting to know your phone case, the predefined language is English. If you use Navigating the menus the setup wizard to help you get started with your The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. phone, you will be asked to select phone language, Some submenus include tabs that appear on the % 7 Setup wizard. screen. Scroll to a tab with the navigation key and select an option. You can always choose English by pressing 0000 in standby. You can always choose Automatic language by p
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Getting to know your phone Using keypad shortcuts More options Enter the menus by pressing and then enter the } More to enter a list of options. There are different number of the menu to which you want to go. For alternatives in the list of options depending on where example, to reach the fifth menu item, press . you are in the menus. To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items, press , and respectively. Toget Entering letters back to standby, press and hold . There are two way
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Getting to know your phone To select writing language Press… to get… 1 } Settings } the General tab } Language T U V Ü ù 8 } Writing language. 2 Scroll to each language that you want to use W X Y Z 9 and mark it. } Save to exit the menu. + 0 Θ Ξ Ψ Ω To enter letters using multitap text space ↵ ¶ input 1 To enter text, you have to be in a function to delete letters and numbers where text input is possible, for example to shift between capital and lower- } Messaging } Write new } Text message
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Getting to know your phone To enter letters using T9 Text Input To select another writing method 1 } Messaging } Write new } Text message. Before, or while entering letters, press and hold to select another writing method. 2 For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”, press , , , . Options when entering letters 3 If the word shown is the one you want, press } More to view a list of options. The list may contain to accept and add a space. To accept a some or all of the following: wo
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Getting to know your phone To select several files File manager 1 } File manager and select a file } More Items such as Pictures, Videos, Sounds, Themes, } Mark several. Games, Applications and Other are saved as files in 2 Scroll and select more files by pressing Mark folders. All files that the phone cannot recognize or Unmark. are saved in the Other folder. The phone has several predefined folders. You can create your own File information subfolders in some predefined folders, to whic
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Getting to know your phone Quick keys Set the phone to silen press and hold t Useful key combinations are described below. Making and receiving calls Make an emergency call enter the international Navigating menus eme ncy num rge ber Enter the main menu press } Call and select menu items Call your voicemail press and hold Navigate in the menu r c and lists Ente all list } Calls Voice dial press and hold a Delete an item press when volume button or in lists say your magic word
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Getting to know your phone Turn of the ringtone press the lower end Enter a p (pause) press and hold f when receiving a call of the volume button when entering once or press numbers or saving codes Put a call on hold } Hold Using multitap text input Retrieve a call } Retrieve Reach the second letter press and hold the top Turn off the microphone press and hold or character of a key of the volume button nter li E a st of options } and press any of the number keys Entering letters Reach
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Calling To make a call Calling 1 Enter the area code and the phone number. Calls, phonebook, voice control, call op ions. t 2 } Call to make the call. 3 } End call to end the call. Making calls Before you can make or receive any calls you mu t To change the speaker volume , s turn on the phone and be within range of a network. Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone to % 6 Turning on the phone and mak ng calls increase or decrease the speaker volume during a i . call. Networks Whe
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Calling To answer a call Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. When } Yes. the call is connected, the phone gives a loud signal. To reject a call } No or quickly press a volume button twice. To re-dial a number If the connection of the call failed and Retry? Missed calls is displayed } Yes. If you have missed a call, Missed calls: appears in standby indicating the number of missed calls. Making international calls } Yes to view the missed calls in the call list. If you When you m
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Calling Contacts You can save up to 510 numbers in your contacts. In some countries, other emergency numbers may also You can also add pictures, ringtones and personal be promoted. Your network operator may therefore information, such as email, Web and street addresses, have saved additional local emergency numbers on to the contacts. the SIM card. When you add information to a contact, the information is organized under five tabs. Use , To make an emergency call , and to scroll betwee
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Calling To select contacts or SIM numbers Pictures and personal ringtones as your phonebook You can add a picture and a personal ringtone to 1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced a phonebook contact. When that person calls, the } My phonebook. picture is displayed (provided your subscription 2 Select Contacts or SIM numbers. supports the Calling Line Identification service) and the ringtone is played. To add a contact 1 } Phonebook } New contact } Add. To add a picture or a personal ringtone
