Sony Ericsson J120c User manual

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J110c/J120c
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Contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Radio (J120c only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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Sony Ericsson
GSM 900/1800, 850/1900
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, 2007
Publication number: EN/LZT 108 9323 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 phone.
The Predictive Text Technology is used under license from Zi
Corporation.
Sony is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Ericsson is a trademark
of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. The marbelized logo is
a trademark or registered trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile
Communications AB.
Other product and company names may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Note: Sony Ericsson advised users to backup their personal data
information.
All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately
depict the actual phone.

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Instruction symbols
Standard icons that appear in the User guide are:
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Use the navigation key to scroll and select.
Press the navigation key up.
Press the navigation key down.
Press the navigation key to the left.
Press the navigation key to the right.
%
See also page ...
Note
Indicates that a service or function is network- or
subscription-dependent. Because of this, all menus
may not be available in your phone. Consult your
network operator for more information.

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Getting started
Assembly
You have to insert a SIM card and the battery.
To insert SIM card and battery
1Remove the battery cover.
2Slide the SIM card into its holder with the contacts
facing down.
3Insert the battery with the label side up and the
connectors facing each other.
4Replace the battery cover as shown in the picture.

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Turning on the phone
To turn the phone on
1Press and hold down .
2Enter your PIN if requested. To correct mistakes,
select Clear.
3Select OK.
4Select a language.
5Enter the time and date and select OK.
Standby
After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN,
the name of the network operator appears on the screen.
This is called standby.
If the screen turns dark when you enter your PIN,
press the left key to turn the screen light on.

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To make a call
1From standby enter the area code and phone number.
2Press .
To end a call
•Press .
To answer a call
•Press .
SIM card
The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, which you get
from your network operator, contains information about
your subscription. Always turn off your phone and detach
the charger before you insert or remove the SIM card.
You can save contacts on the SIM card before
removing it from your phone. Contacts may be
saved in the phone memory %33 To copy a contact
to the SIM card.

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PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to
activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is supplied
by your network operator. Each PIN digit appears as *,
unless it starts with emergency number digits, for
example, 112 or 911. You can call an emergency number
without entering a PIN.
Phone model
You can check your phone model in the Settings menu.
To check the phone model
•From standby select Menu }Settings }Phone status.
Tips and information in the phone
Tips and information about a variety of functions are
available in your phone. For example, in the Calls menu,
you can select Call tips to view information about making
calls.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row,
PIN blocked. Enter PUK provided by your operator
appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK
(Personal Unblocking Key) %45 SIM card lock.

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Charging the battery
The phone battery is partly charged when you buy it.
To charge the battery
1Connect the charger to the phone. It takes
approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery.
Press a key to view the screen.
2To remove the charger, tilt the plug upwards.
You can use the phone while it is charging. You can
charge the battery at any time and for more or less
2.5 hours. You can interrupt the charging without
damaging the battery.

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Phone overview
1 Strength of
network signal
6 Stereo headset and battery
charger connector
2, 8 Selection key
options 7 Battery status
3, 9 Selection keys 10 Navigation key with
shortcuts
4 Call key 11 End and on/off key
5Keylock
5
4
3
2
1
6
11
10
9
8
7

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Phone menu
The menu name and an icon are shown.
To navigate the menus
1From standby select Menu.
2Press or and select a menu.
3To scroll through a sub menu, press or .
To go back one step in the menu
•Select Back.
To select text on the screen
•Press .
To return to standby
•Press .

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Shortcuts
From standby you can use the navigation keys to go
directly to a function:
•Press to set the ringtone volume (J110c only).
•Press to go to contacts.
•Press to write a text message.
•Press to set the alarm.
From standby you can use the navigation keys to go
directly to a function:
•Press to play the radio (J120c only).
•Press to go to contacts.
•Press to write a text message.
•Press to set the alarm.
J110c
J120c

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To lock the keypad
•Press and select Lock.
To unlock the keypad
•Press and select Unlock.
To turn the screen light on
•Press .
To set the phone to silent
•Press and hold down .
Phone language
%44 Language.
Calls to the international emergency number 112 can
still be made, even when the keypad is locked.

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Entering text
There are two methods you can use to enter text:
•Multitap
•Predictive text input
To change text input methods
1When you write the message, select Options
}Dictionary.
2Select an option.
To enter text using multitap
•Press – until the desired character appears.
•Press to add a space.
•Press to enter full stops and commas.
•Press to shift between capitals and lower case
letters.
•Press to enter symbols, for example, the + sign.
•Press and hold down – to enter numbers.
•Select Clear to correct mistakes or go back one space.
Predictive text input
Predictive text input uses a dictionary to recognize the
most commonly used words. You press each key only
once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on
the key.
To enter text using predictive text input
1For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”,
press , , , .
Multitap input only applies when latin characters are
selected as input language.

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2If the word shown is the one you want, press to
accept and add a space. To accept a word without
adding a space, press . If the word shown is not the
one you want, press or repeatedly to view
alternative words. To accept a word and add a space,
press .
3Continue writing your message. To enter full stops and
commas, press and then or repeatedly.
To add words to the dictionary
1When you write the message, select Options
}My words }New word.
2Enter the word using multitap.
To add items in a text message
•When you write the message, select Options
}Add item.
To add symbols in a text message
•When you write the message, select Options
}Add symbol.
To correct mistakes
•Select Clear.
To change writing language
•When you write the message, select Options
}Writing lang..
Writing tips
You can view tips and information about writing text.
To view writing tips
•When you write the message, select Options
}Writing tips.

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Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input methods for entering
Chinese characters:
•Stroke input
•Pinyin input
You can use these methods, for example, to enter
Chinese names and Chinese short messages.
Switching between Chinese input methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and switch
quickly to another input method by pressing
repeatedly.
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you choose, your
phone has a function to speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter a stroke or a Pinyin letter,
a candidate row of the most frequently used characters
containing that stroke or relating to that letter appears at
the bottom of the screen.
If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate
row, press to present another candidate row.
Continue pressing until the character you want is
displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the next stroke or
Pinyin letter and a new set of characters will immediately
be displayed in the candidate row. To go back to the
previous row, press .
Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more
than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke
categories. Each category is represented on the keypad
by one of the keys - . The Wild Card key ,
is used when you are not sure of which stroke to use.

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Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories are defined in the table below:
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character
Over 王 十 在 七 天
Lift 海 红 牡 状 习
Down 中 业 上 门 丑
Down-Hook 小 水 打 子 承
Short
Slope Down
直 真 质 草
Long Left Slope 八 九 丹 风 片
Over Slope 香 千 匕 后 丢
Short left Slope 而 页 面 学 殷
Dot 六 学 雷 心 性
Right Slope 人 火 又 送 林
Down-Curved-
Over
四 西 酉 酸
Down-Over 山 巨 屯 母 凶
Left Slope-Over 么 去 公 约 能
Left Slope-Dot 女 要 好 巡 巢
Down-Lift 衣 以 饭 收 长
Right Slope-
Hook
我 或 民 成 伐
Down-Over-
Hook
心 必 思 忘

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Down-Over-
Curved-Hook
电 也 毛 兄 孔
Down-Over-
Left Slope
专 传 转
Down-Over-
Down-Hook
马 与 张 号 费
Down-Over-
Down
鼎 鼐
Over-Hook 写 字 皮 通 免
Over-Down 口 已 户 书 骨
Over-Down-
Hook
力 习 也 同 永
Over-Left Slope 又 之 登 多 社
Over-Down-
Over-Left Slope
及 极 廷 建
Over-
Left Slope-
Curved-Hook
阿 队 陈 那 部
Over-Down-
Over-Hook
乃 透 鼐 隽 杨
Over-Down-
Over-Down
凸
Curved-Hook 狗 豹 家 逐 狂
Over-Down-
Curved-Hook
乙 九 瓦 飞 风
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character

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Components
The basic building units of Chinese characters are
components that are made up of strokes. After entering
the first two strokes of the desired character, the
component and character candidates that started with
that stroke are displayed in the candidate row.
Using components is a fast method for entering complex
characters.
For example, to enter “ 信息 ”
1Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2Move the cursor to “ 信”, press Select.
3Move the cursor to “ 息”, press Select again to
select “ 息”.
Over-Down-
Over
投 沿 船 凹
Over-Down-Lift 话 计 认 讯
? (Wild card key)
The smaller candidates surrounded by
dotted frames are components, and the
bigger candidates without dotted frames
are characters.
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character

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Example of using the wild card key
The wild card key , is used to supplement unclear
strokes in entering characters. If you want to enter “ 互”,
but you only know that “ 一” is the first and the last stroke
of the character and that the total number of strokes is
four, enter , , , . The character is
displayed in the candidate row.
Pinyin input
Press the keys containing the required Pinyin letters, and
the phone will make various proposals on the screen,
according to the pronunciation rules of Mandarin.
Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters on the keypad.
Number Key Pinyin Letter
a b c
d e f
g h i
j k l
m n o
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced
by v.