User manual SONY ERICSSON G900

Thank you for purchasing a Sony Ericsson G900. For additional phone content, go to www.sonyericsson.com/fun. Register now to get free online storage and special offers at www.sonyericsson.com/myphone. For product support, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Accessories ­ More for your phone BluetoothTM Headset HBH-PV708 A powerful wireless handsfree available in chrome or rose for everyday wear GPS Enabler HGE-100 Get more from your phone - add GPS technology BluetoothTM Car Speakerphone HCB-150 High performance car handsfree with text to speech for convenient calls on the road These accessories can be purchased separately but may not be available in every market. To view the full range, go to www.sonyericsson.com/accessories. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Contents Getting started ................... 5 Welcome .................................. 5 Instruction symbols .................. 5 Additional help ......................... 5 Package ................................... 6 Overview .................................. 7 Before using your phone .......... 9 First time start-up .................. 11 Torch ...................................... 21 Text entry ............................... 21 Calling .............................. 25 Networks ................................ 25 Making a call .......................... 25 Receiving a call ...................... 26 Handling two or more calls .... 26 Video calls .............................. 27 Call log ................................... 28 Handsfree .............................. 28 More features ......................... 28 Using contacts ....................... 29 Creating contacts .................. 29 Business card scanner .......... 30 Editing contacts ..................... 30 Managing contacts ................ 31 Getting to know the phone ................................ 13 Turning the phone on and off 13 The screen ............................. 13 Navigation .............................. 14 Finding the applications ......... 14 Using the applications ........... 15 Task manager ........................ 15 Connecting accessories ......... 16 Updating software ................. 16 Main menu overview* ............. 17 Status bar ............................... 18 Importing contact entries ....... 19 Sound ..................................... 19 Memory card .......................... 19 Notes ...................................... 20 Internet ............................. 32 Internet browser ..................... 32 RSS feeds .............................. 33 Blog ........................................ 33 Messaging ........................ 34 Before you use Messaging .... 34 Contents 1 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Shortcut to Messaging ........... 34 Messages ............................... 34 Folders ................................... 34 SMS ....................................... 35 MMS ....................................... 35 Email ...................................... 37 More about Messaging .......... 38 Media ................................ 41 Transferring media files .......... 41 Updating media libraries ........ 41 Photos and pictures ............... 41 Music and audio tracks .......... 43 Video ...................................... 44 USB connection ..................... 51 Synchronization ..................... 52 Bluetooth connection ............. 53 WLAN connection .................. 53 Connections manager ............ 54 Wap push ............................... 54 Certificate manager and Java certificates ..................... 54 More features ................... 56 Managing files and applications ............................ 56 Master reset ........................... 57 Power save ............................ 57 Screen saver .......................... 58 Camera ............................. 45 Taking pictures and video clips ........................................ 45 Changing the camera settings 46 Viewer .................................... 47 Important information ...... 59 FCC Statement ...................... 67 Declaration of Conformity for G900 ................................. 68 Entertainment ................... 48 PlayNowTM ............................. 48 FM radio ................................. 48 TrackIDTM ............................... 50 Index ................................. 69 Connectivity ...................... 51 PC Suite ................................. 51 2 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Contents Sony Ericsson G900 UMTS 2100 GSM 900/1800/1900 This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this User guide necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this User guide. All rights reserved. ©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2008 Publication number: 1206-7582.1 Please note: Some of the services in this User guide are not supported by all networks. This also applies to the GSM International Emergency Number 112. Please contact your network operator or service provider if you are in doubt whether you can use a particular service. Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient use and the Limited warranty chapters before you use your mobile phone. Your mobile phone has the capability to download, store and forward additional content, for example, ringtones. The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but not limited to restriction under applicable copyright laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for additional content that you download to or forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your use of any additional content, please verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized. Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any additional content or any other third party content. Under no circumstances will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper use of additional content or other third party content. The Liquid Identity logo, PlayNow, TrackID and MusicDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Sony, Memory Stick Micro and M2 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation. Ericsson is a trademark or registered trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. TrackIDTM is powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicIDTM. Gracenote and Gracenote Mobile MusicID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc. Bluetooth is a trademark or a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc. and any use of such mark by Sony Ericsson is under license. Real is a trademark or a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. Copyright 1995-2008, RealNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. 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Contents 3 not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in whole or in part. 2 Export Regulations: This product, including any software or technical data contained in or accompanying the product, may be subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regulations and the U.S. sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, and may be additionally subject to export or import regulations in other countries. The user and any possessor of the product agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it is their responsibility to obtain any required licenses to export, re-export, or import this product. Without limitation this product, including any software contained therein, may not be downloaded, or otherwise exported or reexported (i) into, or to a national or resident of, or an entity in, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria (as such listing may be revised from time to time) or any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to any person or entity on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or (iii) any person or entity on any other export prohibition list that may be maintained from time to time by the United States Government, including but not limited to the U.S. Commerce Department's Denied Persons List or Entity List, or the U.S. State Department's Nonproliferation Sanctions List. 3 Restricted Rights: Use, duplication or disclosure by the United States government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clauses in DFARS 252.227-7013(c) (1) (ii) and FAR 52.227-19(c) (2) as applicable. This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft. Content owners use Windows Media digital rights management technology (WMDRM) to protect their intellectual property, including copyrights. This device uses WMDRM software to access WMDRMprotected content. If the WMDRM software fails to protect the content, content owners may ask Microsoft to revoke the software's ability to use WMDRM to play or copy protected content. Revocation does not affect unprotected content. When you download licenses for protected content, you agree that Microsoft may include a revocation list with the licenses. Content owners may require you to upgrade WMDRM to access their content. If you decline an upgrade, you will not be able to access content that requires the upgrade. This product is licensed under the MPEG-4 visual and AVC patent portfolio licenses for the personal and non-commercial use of a consumer for (i) encoding video in compliance with the MPEG-4 visual standard ("MPEG-4 video") or the AVC standard ("AVC video") and/or (ii) decoding MPEG4 or AVC video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity and/or was obtained from a video provider licensed by MPEG LA to provide MPEG-4 and/or AVC video. No license is granted or shall be implied for any other use. Additional information including that relating to promotional, internal and commercial uses and licensing may be obtained from MPEG LA, L.L.C. See http://www.mpegla.com. MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All illustrations are for guidance only and may not accurately depict the actual phone. 4 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Contents Getting started Welcome Welcome as a G900 user. This User guide will help you get started using your new phone. To get most out of your phone, please read this chapter first. · Web guide ­ an up-to-date user guide with step-by-step instructions and additional information on features available in your phone. You can access the Web guide at www.sonyericsson.com/ support. To access the Web guide from your phone 1 From Standby select Main menu > Internet. 2 Select More > View > Bookmarks > Web Guide. Care instructions · Use a moist cloth when you clean the screen. · Only use the stylus provided, or your fingertips, when selecting items on the screen. For detailed care instructions, see Recommendations for care and safe use of our products on page 61. Instruction symbols The following symbols appear in the User guide: Note Tip A service or function is network- or subscriptiondependent. Contact your network operator for details. Additional help The complete user documentation for your phone consists of: · User guide ­ an overview of your phone. · Help in the phone ­ in most applications Help is available in the More menu. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting started 5 Package 1 8 2 7 3 4 5 6 6 1 2 3 4 5 Phone G900 Charger CST-70 Extra stylus USB cable DCU-65 Battery BST-33 7 8 Stereo portable handsfree HPM-62 User guide CD with PC suite and Media manager software If your package does not include all the listed items please contact your retailer. 6 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting started Overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Video telephony camera Earspeaker Screen Note key (for Note application) Back key 5-way navigation key Silent key C key (Clear) Camera key 4 5 6 11 10 9 8 7 1 2 3 14 13 12 10 Messaging key 11 Lock key 12 Volume down key 13 Volume up key 14 On/off button This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting started 7 15 Camera light and Torch 16 5 megapixel camera 17 Battery cover 18 Loudspeaker 19 Microphone 20 Strap holder 21 Indicator light 22 Memory card slot (hidden) 23 Connector for charger and accessories 24 Stylus 18 17 15 16 24 23 22 21 20 19 8 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting started Before using your phone SIM card You receive a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card when you register with a network operator. The SIM card keeps track of your phone number, the services included in your subscription and contacts. A PIN code is supplied with the SIM card and must be entered, if requested, when you turn your phone on for the first time. To insert the SIM card 2 Remove the battery. 3 Insert the SIM card into the SIM card holder. Make sure you insert it as shown in the image. Battery To insert the battery 1 Detach the charger (if connected). 1 Open the battery cover by pressing and pulling the lower part of the cover at the bottom of the phone. Getting started 9 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 2 Open the battery cover by pressing and pulling the lower part of the cover at the bottom of the phone. To charge the battery 3 Insert the battery. The battery needs to be charged if the indicator light flashes red, or the low battery message appears on the screen. To fully charge the battery could take up to 2.5 hours. 1 Connect the charger to the mains. 2 Connect the charger to the phone. 10 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting started To disconnect the charger 4 Enter your PIN, if requested. 5 Select Done. If you make a mistake when you enter your PIN code, you can delete the number by pressing . If you enter the wrong PIN code three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked. To unblock it, you need to enter the PUK code supplied with your SIM card. The start-up screen is referred to as Standby in this User guide. IMEI number IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identifier) is a 15-digit number. Your operator can use the IMEI number to enable a complete barring of your phone if it is stolen. The number is printed underneath the battery compartment. You can also view the number on the phone display. To view the IMEI number in your phone From Standby enter *#06#. Keylock Your phone has a dedicated lock key making it easy to lock and unlock the keypad on your phone. The automatic keylock on your phone is turned on as default. Getting started 11 · Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards. First time start-up Before you can use your phone you need to insert the SIM card, and insert and charge the battery. To turn on the phone 1 Press and hold down the On/off button. 2 Select Phone on. 3 Select a language. All languages except UK English will be deleted once you have selected a language. You can download additional languages from www.sonyericsson.com/support. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. To turn off automatic keylock 1 From Standby select Main menu > Settings > Security > Locks. 2 Unmark the Automatic keylock check box. To lock and unlock the keypad using the lock key · Press the lock key . Wizards There are three wizards available to help you set up your phone. The Setup wizard, the Internet wizard and the Email wizard. The Setup wizard and the Internet wizard are launched the first time you start the phone. The Email wizard is launched when first launching Email accounts. It is possible to launch all wizards from the Main menu at any time. For more information about the wizards see the Web guide. 12 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting started Getting to know the phone Turning the phone on and off To turn on the phone 1 Press and hold down the On/off button. 2 Select Phone On. To turn off the phone 1 Press and hold down the On/off button. 2 Select Power Off. The screen The screen is touch-sensitive. You can use the stylus or your fingertips to select items. 1 2 3 4 11:21 04-01-08 Calls Menu More 1 2 3 4 Status bar menu Status bar with icons Panels Selection keys This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone 13 Navigation There are several ways to navigate menus and select items in your phone. You can use the 5-way navigation key, back button, stylus, keyboard navigation keys, touch options or your fingertips. 5-way navigation The navigation key consists of a ring and a center key. The ring is used for going up and down , left and right . The center key is used for selection. Back key You can press to return to the previous screen or menu. You can press and hold down to return to Standby. Stylus Use the stylus to select items on the screen and to navigate menus or to pan multimedia pictures. 14 Getting to know the phone Finding the applications Standby The Standby application is displayed when you turn on your phone. To change view in Standby 1 Select Main menu > Settings > Display > Standby application. 2 Select: · Business to show the Today view. · None to show an enlarged clock. No panels or shortcuts will be shown. · Default to show the panels. Panels Using panels you get quick access to applications and tasks. By default four panels are always shown. These four are My shortcuts, Favourite contacts, Calendar and New messages. There are several other panels you can add and remove. For more information about panels, see the Web guide. To use panels · Use and to scroll through the panels. Press to select a panel. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. To add additional panels 1 From Standby select More > Settings. 2 Mark the panels you want and select Save. Main menu All applications in your phone can be found in Main menu. To access Main menu · From Standby select or Menu depending on what Standby application is active. To change the view of Main menu 1 From Standby select Main menu. 2 Select More. 3 Select an option. For more information see Task manager on page 15. Task manager Task manager helps you switch between applications. Leaving an application via Task manager rather than closing it, lets you return to the the application in the state that you left it. This is useful, for example, when cutting and pasting text from one application to another. To switch to another application 1 Select in the status bar. 2 Scroll to the wanted application and select Switch. To end an application 1 Select in the status bar. 2 Scroll to the wanted application and select End. Using the applications To start an application · Select the application. To close an application · Press and hold down . To switch to another application · Switch to another application using Task manager. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone 15 Connecting accessories To connect an accessory · Connect the accessory to the side of your phone. Tilt the plug upwards when you disconnect the accessory. Updating software When an improved software version for your phone is available, you can update the phone using the Sony Ericsson update Service on www.sonyericsson.com/support. 16 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone Main menu overview* Organizer File manager, Calendar, Tasks, Notes, QuickofficeTM, Business card scanner, Time & alarms, and more Camera 5 MP camera Internet Internet browser Entertainment Music applications, TrackIDTM, RSS feeds, radio, games, and more Messaging Messaging application Media Media application, where you can handle all your media files, such as music, videos, and more Settings Email wizard, Exchange Active Sync and various settings Calls Call log Contacts Your contacts * Some menus are operator-, network-, and subscription-dependent. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone 17 Status bar Status bar icons You can select an icon to get more information or to start an application. Below is a short description of the most common icons appearing in the status bar. Icon Function 3G available Battery strength Bluetooth headset connected Bluetooth activated Current line selection (Alternative Line Service available on the SIM card) All calls diverted Email message received Flight mode Internet connection activated (flashes when data is transferred) Keylock activated Missed incoming call Picture message received Muted microphone Predictive text activated Ring volume set to zero Signal strength in phone mode Silent mode Text message received Speakerphone activated Status bar menu Task manager Voicemail received Wireless LAN activated and connected Wireless LAN activated but not connected 18 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone Status bar menu You can use the status bar menu to quickly access extra settings: · New call, SMS, MMS and more. · Connections. · Volume, time and keylock. To access the status bar menu · Select in the status bar. To set the volume for multimedia, alarm, ringtones and message alerts 1 Select > Volume. 2 Select the corresponding slider. 3 Adjust the volume using the stylus. To set the phone to silent 1 Select > Volume. 2 Mark the Silent mode check box. From Standby you can press and hold down to switch silent mode on or off. Importing contact entries You can import contact information by: · Copying contacts stored on your SIM card. · Transferring contacts from a computer application using the synchronize function. · Transferring contacts from another phone using BluetoothTM wireless technology. Transfer sound During an ongoing call or when listening to music, you can transfer the sound to a connected accessory such as a Bluetooth headset. To transfer sound 1 Select > Volume. 2 Select More > Transfer sound. Sound To set the ear speaker volume during a phone call · Press the volume up and volume down keys. Memory card The phone has a slot for Memory Stick MicroTM (M2TM) memory cards next to the connector. The phone supports up to 8GB memory cards. This memory Getting to know the phone 19 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. behaves like a normal disk drive. You can access it as a USB mass storage device from a PC, to transfer files quickly. To insert the memory card 1 Open the battery cover. 2 Insert the memory card into the slot. Notes You can take notes by entering text or draw sketches, and set reminders for important events. To create a new note 1 Press on the keypad. 2 Select New and create your note. Use the toolbar if necessary. 3 Select File to classify your note. Notes toolbar icons Scribble mode selected. Select to switch to text mode Text mode selected. Select to switch to scribble mode To remove the memory card · Press the edge of the memory card and then release it. Use the stylus as an eraser for sketches Select a background colour Set a reminder Do not remove the memory card during file transfer. To edit a note 1 Press and select a note. 2 Edit the text by switching to text mode. 3 Edit the sketch by switching to scribble mode. Select to use the stylus as an eraser. 20 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone Managing your notes You can classify your notes, show them in a grid or a list, or synchronize them with a remote server. To change notes view 1 Press and select More > Settings. 2 Select an option. To view different notes folders 1 Press and select More > View folder. 2 Select an option. To search for notes 1 Press and select More > Find. 2 Enter the search phrase and select Find. To synchronize your notes · Select More > Notes manager > Synchronize. Only the text part of your notes will be synchronized. You need a remote synchronization account first. For more information, see the Web guide, Synchronizing data remotely. Torch To start the Torch application · From Standby select Main menu > Organizer > Torch > On. The Torch will be lit until you manually stop it from within the application or from Task manager. Text entry · · Text can be entered in four different ways: Keypad prediction ­ keypad based prediction input. is displayed in the status bar. Handwriting recognition ­ use the stylus to write characters directly on the screen. is displayed in the status bar. On-screen keyboard ­ launch by selecting from the status bar. Multitap ­ standard Multitap keypad input. Multitap is not possible when keypad prediction is active. Choosing a new language in the phone will also automatically change the behaviour of the keyboard to that language. · · This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone 21 Editing text The text editing options are accessed by selecting More when you are in text entry mode. Text must be highlighted to get access to copy or cut functions. 1 2 3 4 5 To highlight the text with the stylus · Hold the stylus at the end of the text for a short while then drag the stylus across the text. Keypad prediction Keypad prediction allows words to be entered by a single press of a key to input any of the letters associated with that key. A word is suggested where you are writing, additional suggestions are presented in a list. Word suggestion must be activated to get word suggestions in the list. To enter the word "Large" using keypad prediction Press . Scroll to the L character in the list. Press . Scroll to the predicted word Large in the list. Select the word by pressing . Handwriting recognition Handwriting recognition translates stylus gestures written directly on the screen into letters, numbers or other characters, and displays these characters as text. Handwriting recognition is only active in places where text can be entered. To activate handwriting recognition · Press and hold down . To activate keypad prediction · Press and hold down . To activate word suggestion 1 From text entry mode select More > Text options. 2 Select Word suggestions. 22 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone To write letters a b c d e f g h 2 i1 2 1 j 1 k l m 2 1 2 1 2 n o p q r s t2 u v w x1 y z . , ? ! & @ 1 1 2 To write accented letters 1 Write the basic letter. S 2 Write the accent above the arrow to form the accented letter. To write numbers ' " 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + * / \ ( ) = . , · Write lower case letters below the arrow and upper case letters in line with the arrow. Start each stroke at the dotted end. · Write numbers above the arrow. Text options Text options are accessed by selecting More > Text options when in text entry mode. To add a symbol 1 Select Add symbol to launch the symbols and punctuation marks table. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone 23 2 Select the symbol you want to add. To add words to My words dictionary Select My words. Select Add. Write the new word and select Done. Select Save. To change 1st and 2nd dictionary languages for text prediction Select More > Text options and mark the Predictive text check box. Select 1st language or 2nd language. Select a language from the list. Select Save. 1 2 3 4 On-screen keyboard The on-screen keyboard enables you to select characters and symbols with the stylus. The onscreen keyboard can be set to different languages. To use the on-screen keyboard · Select the on-screen keyboard symbol located in the status bar. To change language of the onscreen keyboard · Select > Setup and select a language. 1 2 3 4 To activate Auto capitalization · Mark the Auto capitalization check box. To access the on-board help 1 From Standby select Main menu > More > Help. 2 Select Handwriting recognition. The help text for handwriting recognition is displayed. 24 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Getting to know the phone Calling Networks Network coverage To make or receive a phone call your phone must be within range of a network. Network settings You can set how your phone should choose an available network when you are outside your operator's coverage area. From Standby you find the settings in Main menu > Settings > Connectivity > Mobile networks. 3 Select Call. To delete characters when dialling · When entering a number you can delete characters by pressing . Hide or show your phone number When calling, you can choose in the More menu whether to show or hide your phone number to the called party. Speed dial You can save up to nine of your contacts as Speed contacts. This means that you can call them using abbreviated numbers (numbers 1 ­ 9). To set a speed contact (number) 1 From Standby select Main menu > Organizer > Speed contacts. 2 Scroll to an empty position and select Add. 3 Select a contact in the list and select Save. To make a call to a speed contact 1 From Standby press one of the keys 1 to 9 that corresponds to the stored speed contact. Calling 25 Making a call To make a call from Standby · Enter the phone number (including the area number) on the keypad and select Call. To make an international call 1 From Standby press and hold down to get the international call prefix. 2 Enter the country/region code, area code (without the first zero) and phone number. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 2 Select Call. To make an emergency call 1 From Standby, enter the emergency number on the keypad. 2 Select Call. Local SOS numbers When dialling, you can find local SOS numbers in the More menu. Usually no SIM card or PIN code is required for emergency calls, but this can be operator-dependant. Contact your operator for more information. your operator for the SMS message.) To enable the speakerphone · During a call, select More > Speakerphone on. To mute the microphone (shortcut) · During a call, press and hold down . To un-mute the microphone (shortcut) · When the microphone is muted, press . To mute the ringtone · Press . Receiving a call To answer a call · Select Yes. To reject a call with busy tone · Select No. Rejecting a call with an SMS text message This feature means that you can reject a call by sending a predefined SMS text message to the caller. Before you use it, enter the settings from Standby in Main menu > Settings > Calls > Reject with SMS. (You will be charged by 26 Calling Handling two or more calls You can handle multiple calls at the same time: · Put an ongoing call on hold and start a new one, or answer an incoming call. · Start a conference call during an ongoing call (operatordependent). This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. · Extract one party in a conference call for a private talk and put the conference call on hold. · Retrieve a held call, or end it. Conference call You can start a conference call if you have one active call and one on hold. The maximum number of conference parties is five. To make a conference call 1 Make a call and select Hold. 2 Repeat the above step for each party. 3 Select More > Start conference call. To make a video call from Standby 1 Enter the number using the keypad. 2 Select More > Video call. To accept an incoming call · When you receive a call, select Yes. Video call demo mode If you select the Video phone application in Main menu > Entertainment you can try most of the functions without making a call. For example, you can prepare a camera view before calling. Zoom You can zoom the outgoing video feed captured with the rear camera. There are four zoom levels. To zoom the outgoing video feed · Use to zoom out and to zoom in. Paused picture If the video feed is stopped, a paused picture is sent to the other person. If you have not set any Calling 27 Video calls When you make a video call you can see the person you are talking to on the screen. This feature is network- or operatordependent. The service may not always be available in all countries or when you are roaming. Please contact your operator for more information about your subscription and video calls. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. paused picture, a default picture is shown. To set a paused picture 1 From Standby select Main menu > Entertainment > Video phone. 2 Select More > Advanced > Paused picture. 3 Select a picture and select Save. To pause and resume the outgoing video feed · During an ongoing video call, select Camera whenever you want to pause or resume the outgoing video feed. To switch between front and rear camera · During an ongoing video call, select either Use front camera or Use rear camera in the More menu. Options when making or receiving a video call Some options in the More menu are: · Hide small picture/Show small picture ­ choose whether to remove the small picture from the display. · Turn on night mode ­ set a brighter image when the lighting is poor. · Share data ­ send a vCard, SMS or MMS message. · Advanced ­ enter settings preferably before you use the application. Call log In the call log you can find call information, such as the type of call, time, date, phone number and call length. From Standby select Calls to open it. You can also make a call or a call note directly from this application. Handsfree If you connect a handsfree or a BluetoothTM headset to your phone, you will need to set how to answer an incoming call. From Standby select Main menu > Settings > Calls > Handsfree. More features Some of the features that your phone supports can be found in Main menu > Settings > Calls: · Accept calls ­ caller filter. 28 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Calling · Add to contacts ­ add contact data from the last call. · ALS ­ line settings, if your SIM card supports two lines. · Call meter ­ service to keep track of your call costs. · Calling cards ­ call via a calling card server. · Call waiting ­ option to get alerted if there is another call on the line. · Divert calls ­ divert calls to other numbers. · Fixed numbers ­ only special numbers can be called. · Flag call ­ reject a call and set a reminder to follow it up later. · My number ­ option to save your own number. · Restrict calls ­ options to set roaming and international call restrictions. · Textphone accessory ­ use of a teletype writer. · Voicemail ­ "answering machine". · Voice control ­ you can call and answer with voice commands. Many of these features are operatordependent and may not be available. For more information about these, and other features, see Calling and Settings in the Web guide. Using contacts To make a call using Contacts 1 From Standby select Main menu > Contacts and scroll to the desired contact. 2 Select View to open the entry. 3 Scroll to the desired phone number and select Call. You can also press on the 5-way navigation key to open Contacts. To find service numbers on the SIM card 1 From Standby select Main menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > View folder > SIM. 3 Select More > Service numbers. Creating contacts To create a new contact 1 From Standby select Main menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > New contact. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Calling 29 3 You can enter contact data on four tabs. 4 Select Save. If you save your contacts' phone numbers in the international number format, starting with +, you can call directly from Contacts when you are abroad. 2 Select Process. 3 Adjust the contact entry fields if necessary. 4 Select Save Editing contacts To add a field to a contact 1 From Standby select Main menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to a contact and select More > Edit contact. 3 Select More > Add field and mark a field. 4 Select Add. To edit a contact on the SIM card 1 From Standby select Main menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > View folder > SIM. 3 Scroll to a contact and select More > Edit contact. To add a stored picture to a contact From Standby select Main menu > Contacts and scroll to a contact. Select More > Edit contact. Scroll to the Picture field and select Edit. Choose Select and scroll to a picture you want to add. Choose Select > Save. Business card scanner With Business card scanner you can scan a business card and let the phone add the contact details to your contacts. To scan a business card 1 From Standby select Main menu > Organizer > Business card scanner. 2 Select Capture to activate the camera. 3 Take a picture of the business card by pressing the camera button. You can add the scanned information to your contacts now or you can do this later. To add business card details to Contacts 1 Scan a business card, or open a previously scanned card in Main menu > Organizer > Business card scanner > Browse. 30 Calling 1 2 3 4 5 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 To add a personal ringtone to a contact From Standby select Main menu > Contacts and scroll to the desired contact. Select More > Edit contact. Select the audio tab . Scroll to the Ringtone: drop-down menu and select Open > Find sound. Scroll to the sound you want to add. Choose Select. Select More > Save. 2 Mark the desired entries in Contacts. 3 Select More > Add to > SIM. To copy contacts from the SIM card From Standby select Main menu > Contacts. Select More > View folder > SIM to open the SIM card. Mark the desired entries. Select More > Copy to Contacts. 1 2 3 4 Managing contacts To copy a contact to another folder 1 From Standby select Main menu > Contacts and scroll to a contact. 2 Select More > Add to > desired folder. To delete a contact 1 From Standby select Main menu > Contacts and scroll to a contact. 2 Select More > Delete. To copy contacts to the SIM card 1 From Standby select Main menu > Contacts. Calling 31 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Internet Internet browser To use the browser you need an Internet connection. See Setting up Internet, email and MMS in the Web guide. To start the browser · From Standby select Main menu > Internet. Navigation All navigation commands and settings are available from the More menu. The most common operations are also available as keyboard shortcuts. Key Function Enter address Open the bookmarks list Close the current page Go to the homepage Switch between loading and not loading pictures Switch between normal and Fullscreen display Switch to the next page Open the Configuration menu Add a bookmark for the current page Find (on the Internet or on the current page) Go to the top or bottom of the page Stop or Reload the current page Settings To switch to landscape view · With the browser open select More > Settings and mark the Landscape check box. To exit landscape view · Select > Settings and unmark the Landscape check box. 32 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Internet RSS feeds RSS feeds allow you to see when new content has been added to a Web site. You can, for example, get the latest headlines without having to visit the Web site. You can add feeds directly in the RSS feeds application. An easier way is to add feeds from within the Internet browser. Before you use RSS feeds To use RSS feeds you need an Internet connection. See Setting up Internet, email and MMS in the Web guide. To subscribe to an RSS feed 1 From Standby select Main menu > Entertainment > RSS feeds. 2 Select More > Add feed and enter the address to the feed. 3 Select a folder to add the feed to. To subscribe to an RSS feed from the Internet browser 1 From Standby select Main menu > Internet. 2 Navigate to a page that offers RSS feeds. 3 Select and choose between the available feeds. 4 Select a feed and which folder to add it to. To view an RSS feed 1 From Standby select Main menu > Entertainment > RSS feeds. 2 Select a feed and select Open. Blog Use the Blog function to publish, for example, your photos on Internet. To send a photo to a blog 1 Navigate to your photo and select it. 2 Select More > Send as > Blog. 3 Enter a title and text. 4 Select Publish. The first time you will get a bookmark added in your phone and information about how to edit the blog on the internet. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Internet 33 Messaging Before you use Messaging Before you can send or receive any messages (except for SMS text messages) you need to set up the necessary accounts. You can use the Internet and Email wizards provided in the phone to download settings or do this manually. See Setting up Internet, email and MMS in the Web guide. Email messages Beamed messages via Bluetooth You can also receive: Auto setup files for configuring Internet, email and MMS Area information messages such as local road reports Shortcut to Messaging To start Messaging · Press on the keypad. Folders The different types of messages are handled by different accounts. The default account, Messages, handles all messages except email messages. Email messages are handled by email accounts you create yourself. All accounts consist of a number of folders. You can switch between folders by selecting the arrow beside the folder name: Messages You can create, send, and receive different types of messages: SMS (Short Message Service) ­ text messages MMS (Multimedia Message Service) ­ picture messages that can include text, pictures and sound 34 Messaging This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. · Inbox in Messages ­ contains all received messages except email messages. In Main menu > Settings > General > Sounds & alerts > Message alerts you can set how you will be notified when a message is received. · Inbox in an email account ­ contains the received email messages for that particular account. · Outbox ­ contains messages ready to be sent. · Drafts ­ contains messages that are not ready to be sent. When you are creating a message, and exit the message before sending it, you will be asked if you want to save it. If you select Yes, the message will automatically be stored in this folder. · Sent ­ contains sent messages. · SIM ­ a folder located on your SIM card. 3 Tap To: > Select contact and browse to your contact or tap to the side of To: and write the phone number of the recipient. 4 Write the message and select Send. MMS MMS messages can include pictures, video clips, animations and sound, organized like a slide presentation with time-based control of playback. Before you use MMS Before you can send and receive multimedia messages you need to download MMS settings. You can use the Internet wizard available in the phone in Main menu > Settings > Connectivity > Internet wizard or, if your operator is not supported by this wizard, do this manually. See Setting up Internet, email and MMS in the Web guide. SMS To create and send an SMS message 1 Press on the keypad. 2 Select Create new message > SMS. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Messaging 35 An overview of MMS 7 MMS 1/1 5 6 5 Select template Picture Text Scribble Sound Video Take photo Record sound Make video Select 1KB 1 2 5 Time view icon. Opens a view where you can adjust when and for how long your added items will be shown Attachments tab Address tab for the recipient and other details 6 7 4 3 Close 1 Menu options. You can select a template or what you want to add to the message, for example a picture or sound. (If the menu is not open, select Add.) Entry field (on the detail tab) where you can create your message Playback keys New page icon 2 To create and send an MMS 1 Press on the keypad. 2 Select Create new message > MMS. 3 Add picture, text and sound as desired. 4 Select and fill in the recipient's details. To send a message to several recipients, type a comma between each address. 5 Select Done. 6 Select More > Send. To read an MMS · Select the new message. The first time you open the message it plays automatically. After that, you have to use the playback keys to play it. 3 4 36 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Messaging Email Before you use email To use email you require an Internet account and will need to download the necessary email settings.You can use the Email wizard available in the phone under Main menu > Settings > Messaging > Email accounts or, if your operator is not supported by this wizard, do this manually. See the Help in the phone or Setting up Internet, email and MMS in the Web guide. Sending email messages You can create email messages from each email account. To create and send an email message Press on the keypad. Select New. Tap To: > Select contact and browse to your contact or tap to the side of To: and write the email address of the recipient. To send a message to several recipients, type a comma between each address. Select Subject: and enter details. 5 Write your message and select Done. 6 Select Send. You will have the option to send the message immediately, or to save it to Outbox. Receiving email Email messages are downloaded from the email server on the Internet or at your office. You can download your email manually or set when your phone should check for new email. To download email messages manually 1 Press on the keypad. 2 Select your email account. 3 Select More > Get & send. To download messages automatically From Standby select Main menu > Settings > Messaging > Email accounts. Select your email account. Select More > Scheduled download. Mark the Schedule download check box and enter the times when you would like to download email messages. Messaging 37 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 4 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 5 Select Save. For IMAP accounts you can also select Push email and have new email messages pushed to your phone. 2 Select your email account. 3 Select More > Settings > Always fullscreen. Viewing attachments To view an attachment you need a viewer for that type of file. Your phone comes with pre-installed viewers for Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel®, Microsoft® PowerPoint®, and AdobeTM AcrobatTM files. To forward an email message 1 From your email account in Messaging scroll to the message you wish to forward. 2 Select More > Forward. Large attachments increase the size of an email and the connection time needed to send it. It is possible to choose whether to forward the attachment. More about Messaging Deleting email You can delete a message both locally and on your email server. When you delete it locally, the message body and attachments are deleted but the heading remains. You can download the message again later with the Get & send option. When you delete the message on your server, it is deleted both in your phone and on your server. To find a message 1 Press on the keypad. Viewing messages You can choose not to receive large messages and only to receive a header. To download headers 1 From Standby select Main menu > Settings > Messaging > Email accounts. 2 Select your email account. 3 Select the Inbox tab. 4 From Download restrictions, select Just headers. 5 Select Save. To view messages in full screen 1 Press on the keypad. 38 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Messaging 2 Select More > Find message to search through the subject lines, sender details and the text of the message. In an open message, Find searches through the message. 3 Select Close. Invitations If you receive an invitation to an appointment via an email message, and you accept, your calendar will be updated automatically. You can also reply to and forward an invitation. Push email With push email, email messages received in your ordinary mailbox will automatically be sent to your phone. You can send messages from your phone, and also use Calendar and Contacts as if you were using the ordinary email application in your computer. Depending on your operator and market, you can have a different push email client installed on your phone. IMAP Push email is also available on your phone. To set up IMAP Push email 1 From Standby select Main menu > Settings > Messaging > Email accounts. 2 Select your email account. 3 Select the Basic tab. Messaging 39 Saving contact details When you receive a message, you can save the contact details of the person who sent the message. To save a sender's contact details 1 Select the sender's phone number, name or email address in the details tab or From: in the address tab. 2 Select Add to Contacts. Disconnecting from the Internet If your phone is already connected to the Internet when you send an email message or an MMS message it remains connected after sending. To disconnect from the Internet 1 Select the connection icon, for example , in the status bar. 2 In Connections manager, mark the check box for your connection. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 4 Select IMAP in Connection type:. 5 Mark the Push email check box. 6 In Email accounts select More > Always On push email. 7 Mark the Always On check box. 8 Select Save. 9 For more information on push email contact your operator, your service provider or your IT administrator. For more information about push email see More about Messaging in the Web guide. 40 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Messaging Media With the Media application you can handle all your media files, such as photos and pictures, music, other audio tracks and video clips. From Standby select Main menu > Media to select either of these main functions: · Photo ­ view, edit, send or blog your photos and pictures. · Music ­ categorize and play your music files or other audio tracks. · Video ­ play and handle your video clips. · Settings ­ change application orientation, update your libraries or use the encoding function. Updating media libraries The first time you use the Media application, or when you have transferred media files to your phone with the USB cable, your media libraries automatically update. To manually update media files From Standby select Main menu > Media > Settings > Update library. Photos and pictures Viewing and using pictures In Photo you can view, send and use all pictures saved in your phone memory or on a memory card. From Standby select Main menu > Media > Photo to select either of these viewing options: · Latest photo - the latest captured photo/video saved in your phone or on a memory card. · Camera album - photos and videos captured with a camera, presented in chronological order, by month. · Photo tags - view your photos that you have tagged. Transferring media files Media Manager computer software and USB drivers are included on a CD that comes with the phone. Use Media Manager to transfer media files from CDs or your computer to your memory card in the phone. See the Web guide for more information. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Media 41 · Pictures - pictures that are not captured with a camera, such as preloaded and downloaded pictures. To view pictures in a slide show 1 From Standby select Main menu > Media > Photo and select one of the viewing options. 2 Select View > Start to run an automatic slide show. 3 Select one of the pre-defined sounds or choose your own by selecting Edit. To send a picture 1 From Standby select Main menu > Media > Photo and select one of the four viewing options. 2 Select a picture. 3 Select More > Send as and choose to send the file by BluetoothTM, in an MMS message or to a blog. Remote screen You can use a compatible BluetoothTM accessory to view pictures on a remote screen, such as a TV. For a list of compatible accessories go to www.sonyericsson.com/support. 1 2 3 4 5 To send pictures to a remote screen From Standby select Main menu > Media > Photo and select one of the viewing options. Select More and mark Remote screen. Select the desired remote screen. Select Yes to enable the BluetoothTM function. Open a picture. It will automatically be sent to the remote screen. Make sure you are in full screen play view and tap the screen if the slideshow options are not showing. Editing pictures Using the editor, you can photo fix, pan, zoom and rotate your picture. There are also filters for effects and picture correction. To edit a picture 1 From Standby select Main menu > Media > Photo. 2 Select a picture. 3 Select More > Edit. For more information about the features and how to use them, see the Web guide. 42 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Media Music and audio tracks The music player supports formats such as MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+. For a list of all supported media formats, see the Web guide. To play music or other audio tracks 1 From Standby select Main menu > Media > Music. 2 Browse for music/tracks by Albums, Artists, Tracks, Compilations, Auto playlists, Playlists, Audiobooks, Podcasts and My recordings. 3 Scroll to the desired track and select Play. Playback controls Play Stop Skip to previous track Skip to next track To adjust the volume · Press the Volume keys. To minimize the music player · When the music player is open press and hold down . The music will continue to play. To return to the music player, press in the Status bar. Playlists A playlist describes which tracks to play, and in which order. The playlist only contains links to the tracks, so when you remove tracks from the playlist, the actual sound files are not deleted. To create a playlist · With Media open, select Music > Playlists > New playlist. To add songs to a playlist 1 With Music open, mark one or more tracks. 2 Select More > Add to playlist. Auto playlists The music player creates automatic playlists based on, for example, how often you listen to the tracks. See the Web guide for more information. Bookmarks If you stop the playback of an audibook or a podcast channel, a Media 43 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. bookmark is automatically set on this position. For more information, see Media in the Web guide. Video With Video, you can watch clips stored on your phone. Video can play MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, WMV9 and Real Video formats. To play a video clip 1 From Standby select Main menu > Media > Video. 2 Navigate to the clip you want to watch and select Play. Playback controls During playback, you can use the playback controls. See Playback controls on page 43. To move within a video clip · Tap on the progress bar. To change screen orientation · During playback, tap the screen in the video playback area to switch between landscape and portrait view. For more information about Video, see Media in the Web guide. 44 Media This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Camera The 5 megapixel camera can take both still pictures and video clips. You can store them in the phone or send them as MMS. Exposure control is automatic and in poor light conditions you can use the camera light. 1 Use the navigation keys up and down to choose between picture mode, video mode or view mode. Selected mode is yellow Focus area Press once to change the most often used settings. Press twice to access the photo setup settings Overview of the most often used settings Overview of the photo setup settings The remaining number of pictures for the current settings Go back to previous view 2 3 Taking pictures and video clips To take a picture or a video clip 1 Press the camera key to activate the camera. 2 Change the settings if necessary. 3 Press the camera key half way to focus the lens. Then fully press to capture the picture. 4 5 6 6 5 7 7 1 2 4 M 3 Use the volume keys to zoom in and out. Use the left and right navigation keys to change the brightness. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Camera 45 Changing the camera settings Press to see how you can use the keypad keys as shortcuts for some of the most frequently used settings. Press the key again to remove the description. Shoot mode ­ select what sort of pictures or video clips to take. Flash or Light ­ select On to enable the photo light. Focus ­ only for still pictures: Allows the camera to automatically focus the camera lens. Select Touch focus and point on the screen to chose where the camera should set focus. Select Macro for extreme close-ups. White balance ­ only for recording video clips: Select an option that matches the lighting conditions. To access the photo setup menu 1 Press and then (at the same position) to access the photo setup menu. 2 Select the setting to change. Available camera settings are: · Picture size ­ select what picture size to use. Most of the settings you make will remain until you change them, even if you have switched the camera or your phone off. To change the most used settings 1 Press once to open the list of settings. 2 Select the required setting to see the options for this setting. 3 Select an option to change the setting. The icon by each setting will vary depending on whether picture or video mode is selected and what the setting is set to. The settings are: Scenes ­ select a scene that suits your subject 46 This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Camera · White balance ­ select an option that matches the lighting conditions. · Self timer ­ select On to take pictures and clips with a time delay. · Effects ­ set and view different effects before you take a picture. · Picture quality - select a quality level. · Microphone ­ select Off to turn off sound recording. · Image/Video stabilizer ­ reduces the impact from vibrations. · Auto review ­ show the picture or video clip automatically after it has been taken. · Save to ­ select if pictures and clips will be saved to the memory card or the phone memory. If you select Memory Stick preferred they will be stored on the phone memory when there is no room left on the memory card. · Shutter sound ­ select (or mute) a shutter sound. · Reset ­ restore the settings to their default value. To manage pictures and video clips 1 When you view pictures and video clips, select More. 2 Select an option. Viewer You can view the pictures or video clips you have captured and also manage them in several ways. To open a menu with viewer options, select More. Using Tag this photo you can categorize the pictures or video clips and sort them into different photo tags. See Photos and pictures on page 41 for more information about the viewer. To send a picture or video clip as an MMS 1 In the viewer select More > Send as to launch Messaging and insert the picture or clip into an MMS. 2 Follow the instructions in the phone. See also MMS on page 35. This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. Camera 47 Entertainment PlayNowTM PlayNowTM is an entertainment download service. You can preview content before purchase. This service is not available in all countries.