Contents Getting started ................... 4 Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, help, Flight mode, calls, activity menu, PC Suite, camera, blog. Sony Ericsson K550i Connectivity ..................... 61 Settings, Internet, RSS, synchronizing, BluetoothTM technology, USB cable, update service. Getting to know the phone 10 Keys, menus, navigation, icons, shortcuts, phone language, entering letters, file manager, memory card. More features ................... 72 Alarm clock, calendar, tasks, profiles, time and date, SIM card lock, and more. Troubleshooting ............... 79 Calling ............................... 21 Calls, contacts, call list, speed dial, voice control, call options, groups, business cards. 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. Messaging ........................ 33 Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging, email, My friends. Imaging ............................. 45 Camera, video, blog, pictures. Index ................................. 94 Entertainment ................... 52 Music and Video player, TrackIDTM, radio, PlayNowTM, MusicDJTM, VideoDJTM, ringtones, games. Contents This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 1 Sony Ericsson GSM 850/900/1800/1900 This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 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 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, 2006 Publication number: EN/LZT 108 8997 R2A 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 or not. 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, e.g. 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. BluetoothTM is a trademark or registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc. PlayNow, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ, VideoDJ and TrackID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Memory Stick MicroTM and M2TM are trademarks of Sony Corporation. Cyber-shot is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation. Real is a trademark or a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. RealPlayer® for Mobile is included under license from RealNetworks, Inc. Copyright 1995-2004, RealNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved. 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End-user license agreement for SunTM JavaTM J2METM. 2 Contents This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 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 modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in whole or in part. 2 Export Regulations: Software, including technical data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regulations, and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, re-export, or import Software. Software may not be downloaded, or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into, or to a national or resident of, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya, 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 anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nations or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders. 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. Part of the software in this product is copyright © SyncML initiative Ltd. (1999-2002). All rights reserved. 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 illustration only and may not accurately depict the actual phone. Instruction symbols The following appear in the User guide: Note A service or function is networkor subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details. % } See also page... Use a selection or navigation key to scroll and select % 14 Navigation. Press the navigation key centre. Press the upper part of the navigation key. Press the lower part of the navigation key. Press the left part of the navigation key. Press the right part of the navigation key. Contents This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 3 Getting started Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, help, Flight mode, calls, activity menu, PC Suite, camera, blog. More information and downloads are available at www.sonyericsson.com/support. Assembly To use your phone 1 Insert the SIM card and the battery. 2 Charge the battery. 3 Turn on your phone. SIM card When you register as a subscriber with a network operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. The SIM card contains a computer chip that keeps track of items such as your phone number, the services included in your subscription, and names and numbers in your contacts. Save contact information on your SIM card before removing it from another phone. Contacts may have been saved in the phone memory. PIN You may need a PIN (Personal Identity Number) for your SIM card to start your phone and activate services. When you enter your PIN, each digit appears as *, unless it starts with the same digits as an emergency number, for example 112. This allows for emergency calls without entering a PIN. Press to correct mistakes. If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, PIN blocked appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) % 76 SIM card lock. Battery 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. 4 Getting started This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. SIM card and battery To insert SIM card and battery To charge the battery 30 min 2.5 h 1 Slide the catches to the left and lift the battery cover side as shown in the picture. Remove the battery cover by tilting it until the hinges on the battery cover side release. 2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with the contacts facing down. 3 Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. 4 Fit the hinges on the battery cover to the phone and close the battery cover. Slide the catches to the right. 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. 3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until the battery icon indicates that the battery is fully charged. Press a key to activate the screen. 4 Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards. Turning on your phone Make sure the phone is charged and a SIM card inserted before turning the phone on. After turning on, use the setup wizard to prepare the phone for use. Getting started This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 5 To turn on the phone Standby After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator will appear on the screen. This is called standby mode. Help in your phone 1 Press and hold . The first start-up may take a few minutes. 2 Select to use the phone in: · Normal ­ full functionality or · Flight mode ­ limited functionality with network, FM radio and BluetoothTM transceivers off. % 7 Flight mode menu. 3 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested. 4 At first start up, select the language for your phone menus. 5 } Yes for the setup wizard to help you. 6 Follow instructions to complete setup. Predefined settings may already exist in your phone. You may be asked to register your phone at Sony Ericsson. If you accept to register your phone, no personal data, such as your phone number, will be transferred to or processed by Sony Ericsson. Help and information is available in your phone at any time. To use the setup wizard } Settings } the General tab } Setup wizard and select an option: · Settings download · Basic setup · Tips and tricks To view information about functions Scroll to a function } More } Info, if available. To view the phone demonstration } Entertainment } Demo tour. 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. 6 Getting started This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. You can use Settings download if: · Your SIM supports the service, or · Your phone is connected to a network, or · Your phone is started in normal mode and does not already have predefined settings. Contact your network operator or service provider for more information. Making calls 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). 2 } Call to make a voice call. 3 } More for options during the call. 4 } End call to end the call. To join two calls into a conference call Call the first person to include in the conference. } More } Hold to hold the ongoing call. Call the second person. } More } Join calls. Flight mode menu If you turn on the phone and Flight mode menu is activated, select from Normal with full functionality or Flight mode with limited functionality. Flight mode means that Network, Bluetooth transceivers and FM Radio are turned off to prevent disturbance to sensitive equipment. You can, for example, play music or write a text message to send later but not make calls. Follow onboard regulations, flight crew instructions for use of electronic devices. 1 2 3 4 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. To open and close the activity menu Press . To view Flight mode menu options } Settings and scroll to the General tab } Flight mode and select an option. Getting started This is the Internet version of the User's guide. © Print only for private use. 7 Activity menu tabs · New events ­ such as missed calls and messages. When a new event occurs, the tab ...