Sony Ericsson T300 User manual

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Contents
Getting started 5
Make and receive the first call.
Getting to know your phone 8
Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.
Personalizing your phone 23
Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.
Calling 32
Use the phone book, call options.
Setting up mobile Internet 47
Set up WAP and e-mail.
Messaging 55
Chat, e-mail, text and multimedia messages.
Using mobile Internet 64
WAP browser, bookmarks.
More features 68
Data, events, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.
Security 72
SIM card lock, phone lock.
Troubleshooting 74
Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Additional information 76
Sony Ericsson Consumer web site, safe and efficient use,
warranty, declaration of conformity.
Icons 85
What do the icons mean?
Index 89
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Sony Ericsson
First edition (May 2002)
This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile
Communications AB, without any warranty.
Improvements and changes to this manual
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 manual.
All rights reserved.
©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2002
Publication number: EN/LZT 108 5755 R1A
Please note:
Some of the services in this manual 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.
T9™ Text Input is a registered trademark of Tegic
Communications.
T9™ Text Input is licensed under one or more of
the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541,
5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian
Pat. No. 1,331,057, United Kingdom Pat. No.
2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No.
HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No.
51383; Euro.Pat. No. 0 842 463(96927260.8) DE/
DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, GB; and additional
patents are pending worldwide.
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Getting started 5
Getting started
About this user’s guide
For ease of reference, the “Getting to know
your phone” chapter gives a quick overview of
the main functions of the phone, shortcuts and
general information.
More information and downloads are available at
www.SonyEricsson.com/ or wap.SonyEricsson.com/.
Available services
Some services and functions described in this user’s
guide are network- or subscription-dependent. Because
of this, all menus may not be available in your phone.
This symbol indicates that a
service or function is network or
subscription-dependent.
Please consult your network operator for
more information about your subscription.
The 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 your phone number, the services
included in your subscription, and your phone book
information, among other things.
Tip: Check if your information is saved to the SIM
card before you remove it from another phone. For
example, phone book entries may be saved in the
phone memory.
Assembly
Before you can use your phone you need to:
• Insert the SIM card.
• Attach and charge the battery. See “SIM card and
battery information” on page 6.
Note: Always turn off the phone and detach the
charger before you insert or remove a SIM card.
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6 Getting started
SIM card and battery information
It may take up to 30 minutes before an icon
appears when charging.
1. Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed
under the silvery holders.
2. Place the battery on the back of the phone with the
connectors facing each other.
3. Place the back cover into the bottom of the phone and
push the top until it clicks 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
charging icon appears in the display.
6. Wait approximately 4 hours or until the icon indicates
that the battery is fully charged. If you do not see the
battery icon after this time, press any key or the
joystick to activate the display.
7. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.
Note: You have to insert the SIM card and charge the
battery before you can use the phone.
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Getting started 7
Making and receiving calls
To turn on the phone
• Press and hold NO until you hear a tone.
• Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if you
have one for your SIM card.
Your PIN is provided by your network operator.
If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete
the wrong number by pressing .
If your PIN starts with the same digits as an
emergency number, for example 112, the digits are not
hidden with an * when you enter them. This is so that
you can see and call an emergency number without
entering a PIN. See “Emergency calls” on page 33 for
more information.
Note: 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). Your PUK is provided by
your network operator.
To make and receive calls
• Enter the area code and phone number, and press YES
to make the call.
• Press NO to end the call.
• When the phone rings, press YES to answer the call.
On/off
My Network
12:18
Welcome
PIN:
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8 Getting to know your phone
Getting to know your phone
Key functions
Volume
key
Increase/decrease the earpiece
volume during a call. Scroll
through menus, lists and text.
Enter the Status menu in
standby. Slide twice to reject
an incoming call. Slide once to
turn off the ring signal when
receiving a call.
Make and answer calls. Select
a menu, submenu or an option.
Press for options, help.
Press and hold for WAP.
1-9, 0 Enter digits, 0-9, and letters.
Press and hold to enter
the international prefix +.
Move through menus using
shortcuts.
Enter *. Shift between lower/
upper case.
Press the joystick up, down,
left or right to move through
the menus, lists and texts.
Press the joystick as an
alternative to .
Press and hold to turn the
phone on or off (in standby)
or to go back to standby mode
from menus. Press to end or
reject a call, go back one level
in the menus or leave an
option unchanged.
(clear)
Delete numbers, letters or an
item from a list. Press and
hold to turn off the
microphone (during calls) or
turn off sound or lock the
keypad (standby menu).
Enter # or a space.
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Getting to know your phone 9
Quick keys
Useful key combinations are described below.
To... When in standby:
make an emergency call enter the international
emergency number and
press YES
enter and move through
the main menus
press or
enter Call contact press or
enter Call list press YES
call your voice mail press and hold
enter the +sign press and hold
turn off the ring signal
when receiving a call
press , or slide the
volume key up or down
once
set the phone to silent or
lock the keypad
press and hold
reach a contact beginning
with a specific letter
press and hold any of the
keys -
reach a phone number at a
specific position.
press the position number
and
speed dial press any of the number
keys - and
YES
find a contact in the Call
contact list
press and hold
enter the first submenu of
the My shortcuts menu
press and hold
enter the Status menu to
see today’s date, the
profile in use and the
model name of the phone
slide the volume key up or
down
change the language to
Automatic
press 8888
change the language to
English
press 0000
reject a call quickly slide the volume
key up or down twice
when receiving a call or
press NO
To... When in standby:
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To... During a call:
put a call on hold press YES
retrieve a call press YES again
turn off the microphone press and hold
To... When in the menus:
move through menus or
lists
slide (and hold) the
volume key up or down or
use the joystick
enter a quick options menu
or help, if available.
press
delete an item press and hold when
in lists
go back to standby press and hold NO
To...
When entering letters
using multitap text input:
reach the second letter or
character of a key
slide the volume key up
and press any of the
number keys
reach the third letter or
character of a key
slide the volume key down
and press any of the
number keys
shift between capital and
lower-case letters
press , then the letter
enter numbers press and hold any of the
number keys
enter a question mark slide the volume key up
and press
enter the @-sign slide the volume key down
and press
enter a space press
delete letters and numbers press
shift between multitap or
T9 Text input methods
press and hold
shift between input
languages and other
character or numeric input
methods
press and hold
To...
When entering letters
using multitap text input:
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Getting to know your phone 11
Using shortcuts
A quicker way to move through the menus is to use
shortcuts. Enter the menus by pressing or and
then simply enter the number of the menu to which you
want to go. To get back to standby, press and hold NO.
You can quickly and easily reach the settings you use
most by placing them in the menu My shortcuts. See
“My shortcuts” on page 31.
Help texts
More information, explanations or tips about selected
menus or functions are available in your phone.
To get help
1. Select the menu or function and press .
2. Select Help (if available), YES.
To...
When entering letters
using T9 Text Input:
view alternative words press or
accept a word and add a
space
press
enter a full stop press
view alternative
punctuation marks
press , then
or
repeatedly
shift between capital and
lower-case letters
press , then the letter
enter numbers press and hold any of the
number keys
delete letters and numbers press
shift between multitap or
T9 Text input methods
press and hold
shift between input
languages and other
character or numeric
input methods
press and hold
To... When entering numbers:
enter a p(pause) press and hold when
entering numbers or
saving codes
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Delete, edit and rename
If you add items, for example, a contact, an event or a
WAP bookmark, it can be deleted, edited or renamed.
There are two ways of deleting items:
• Select an item and press .
• Select an item, press , select Delete or Delete all.
There are two ways of editing items:
• Select an item, press , select Edit.
• Scroll to the item you want to edit and press YES twice,
select Edit.
Tip: You can rename an item in the same way.
Online services
Online services are customized services
offered by network operators, independently
of mobile phones and mobile
phone manufacturers.
A SIM card which supports Online services works
in the same way as a normal SIM card. When you have
inserted your SIM card and turned on your phone, your
network operator can download data to your SIM card.
When you restart your phone after the first data
download, a new submenu appears under the
Connect menu.
To enter your new menu system
• Scroll to Connect/Online services.
Note: This menu only appears if your SIM card
supports this service. Some operators may not use the
name “Online services”. Your phone may not support
all of the services offered.
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Getting to know your phone 13
Menu overview
(1) Phone book (2) Messages (3) Calls or Ongoing call*
1 Call contact
2 Add contact
3 Manage contact
4 Pictures
5 Personal rings
6 Special numbers
7 Advanced
8 Options
Find and send*
1 Text
2 Multimedia
3 Call voice mail
4 E-mail
5 Chat
6 Area info
7 Options
1 Missed calls
2 Call list
3 Manage calls
4 Time and cost
5 Next call
6 Options
Calling local**
Switch to line 1**
Switch to line 2**
1 Record*
2 Turn off tones*
3 Hold call*
4 Switch calls*
5 Release active*
6 Join calls*
7 Transfer call*
8 Release all*
Extract part*
Release part*
Parties in conf.*
Calls*
(4) Fun & Games (5) Settings (6) WAP services (7) Organizer (8) Connect (9) My shortcuts
1 Games
2 My pictures
3 My sounds
4 Themes
5 Composer
6 Sound recorder
7 CommuniCam™
1 Sounds & alerts
2 Profiles
3 Display
4 Language
5 Time and date
6 Locks
7 Handsfree
8 Master reset
1 Mobile Internet
2 Bookmarks
3 Push inbox
4 Enter address
5 Resume
6 Select profile
7 Advanced
8 Options
1 Events
2 Alarms
3 Timer
4 Stopwatch
5 Calculator
1 Infrared port
2 GSM Networks
3 Data comm.
4 Accessories
Online services**
1 Select profile
2 Ring volume
3 Switch to line 1**
4 My numbers
5 Edit shortcuts
Note:
(1) Main menu numbering
does not appear.
1Menu numbering may
change with certain functions
or services.
*Only available during a call
or conference call.
**Network- and subscription-
dependent.
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Entering letters and characters
You can enter letters, for example, when you add
names to the phone book, write text messages or enter
WAP addresses.
Chinese input
Your phone has different input methods for entering
Chinese characters. These include:
•Stroke input
•Pinyin input
Before you start, select Chinese as the input language.
To select Chinese as the input language
1. Scroll to Settings,YES, Language,YES, Input,YES.
2. Scroll to Chinese and press . Confirm and exit by
pressing YES.
Switching between Chinese input methods
In the Chinese editing mode, press and hold to
switch to another input method. Press and hold to
switch to another input language or to a
numeric alphabet.
You can also switch to another input language or
input method by pressing and then selecting
Language or Input method. Scroll to the input
language or input method you want and press YES.
General instructions for entering
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 or
symbol, appears at the bottom of the display. The most
frequently used character always appears in the middle
of the candidate row and is highlighted automatically
by the cursor. The next most frequently used characters
appear at either side. If the character that is highlighted
is the one that you want, press YES to enter it, or use
or to go to the character that you want.
If the character that you want is not displayed in the
candidate row, press , and a new candidate row is
displayed. Press again until the character you want
is displayed, or enter the next stroke, letter or symbol,
and a new set of characters will be displayed in the
candidate row. To go back to a row that was previously
displayed, press or .
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Input methods in detail
Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are
more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 8
stroke categories. Each category is represented on the
keypad by one of the keys - and . The
Wildcard key, , is used when you are not sure of
which stroke to use.
See “Example of Stroke input” on page 17.
The eight stroke categories are defined in the
table below:
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke Character
!"#$%
&'()*
+,-./
01234
56789
:;<=>
?@ABC
DEFGH
IGJKL
MNOPQ
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R;ST=
UVWX
YZ[\
]^_`a
bcdef
ghijk
lmnop
qrstu
vwxyz
K{|}
~•€•
‚ƒ„…†
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke Character
‡ˆ‰
Š‹Œ•Ž
••
?
‘’“”•
–—˜™š
›*ƒœ•
OžŸ ¡
¢£¤¥
¦§¨©ª
«¬•-®
¯
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke Character
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The Wildcard key, , is used to supplement
unclear strokes in entering characters. For example, if
you want to enter “°”, but you only know that “±” is
the first and the last stroke of the character and that the
total number of strokes is four:
•Enter
1881.
The character is displayed in the candidate row.
Example of Stroke input
Your phone has an association function which is
designed to associate a stroke with a component, a
component with a character, or a character with words
or phrases.
To enter words
In this example, we are going to enter “ ²³ ”.
1. Enter the first stroke “ ´”.
Six components and characters starting with “ ´”
appear in the candidate row, see also “General
instructions for entering Chinese characters” on
page 14. Press YES.
2. Move the cursor to “ µ”. Press YES.
3. Enter another stroke, “ ¶”.
“²” is displayed.
4. Move the cursor to highlight the character you want,
press YES.
The character is moved up to the text row. The other
character “ ³” is displayed in the candidate row.
5. Repeat step 4.
Sequence rules
You must enter a Chinese character stroke by stroke,
in the right order. The rules for the sequence of strokes
and components are:
• Over first then down:
• Left slope first then right slope:
• From top to bottom:
• From left to right:
• From outside to inside:
• Middle first then sides:
• Inside first and then close:
Pinyin input
Pinyin is a phonetic-based Chinese input method.
You enter the character by entering the Latin letters
corresponding to the pronunciation of the
Chinese character.
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Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters on
the keypad.
Note: 1 2 3 4 5 are tone marks in the phonetic scheme.
They are the first, the second, the third, the fourth and
the light tone respectively. On the keypad, the letter ü
is replaced by v.
For example, “ +” character:
Complete Pinyin
You enter the complete sequence of Pinyin letters,
normally for one character, before you choose a
character from the candidates in the candidate row.
Continuous Pinyin
You enter a sequence of Pinyin letters representing
more than one character (mostly common words),
and in the candidate row a proposed series of
characters appears.
Simplified Pinyin
You enter Pinyin consonants until the desired character
appears at the bottom.
Example of continuous and simplified Pinyin
To enter the phrase “ ·¸·¹ ” using
Continuous Pinyin:
•Enter
BUJI, press YES four times to select the suggested
characters. The phrase “ ·¸·¹ ” appears.
Key Pinyin letter
' 1
a b c 2
d e f 3
g h i 4
j k l 5
m n o
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
To:
Enter (z) Briefly press 9999
Enter (h) Briefly press 44
Enter (o) Briefly press 666
Enter (n) Briefly press 66
Enter (g) Briefly press 4
Enter (1) Press 1
To:
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To enter the phrase “ ·¸·¹ ” using
Simplified Pinyin:
•Enter
BJB, press YES four times to select the suggested
characters. The phrase “ ·¸·¹ ” appears.
Input of Chinese punctuation marks
• To enter Chinese punctuation, when in Chinese input
mode, briefly press .
Select and enter the appropriate punctuation by
means of the joystick and YES.
Apart from the way you normally enter letters in
your phone, using multitap text input, you can use
T9™ Text Input for entering text messages and
e-mail, for example, if the input language you select
supports this. T9 Text Input is a predictive input
method and is a quicker way to write texts.
Latin input
Input languages
Before you start entering letters, you need to select the
input languages that you want to use when writing.
To select input languages
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Language, YES, Input, YES.
2. Scroll to the language or alphabet that you want to use
for entering letters and press for each language
you want.
3. Press YES to exit the menu.
When writing, you can switch to one of your selected
input languages by pressing and then selecting
Language. See “The list of options” on page 21.
Multitap text input
When saving names in the phone book or when writing
WAP addresses, you enter letters using multitap text
input. You press each key as many times as needed to
show the letter you want. The following example
shows how to write a name in the Phone book.
To enter letters using multitap text input
1. Scroll to Phone book, YES, Add contact, YES.
Press YES again.
2. Press the appropriate key, - , or ,
repeatedly until the character you want appears.
You can view the characters in the row that appears
briefly at the top of the display when you press a key.
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Note: Your selection of input languages and or/other
character or numeric input methods determines what
you can see or enter.
See the table of the Latin alphabet below:
Example:
•Toenteran‘A’, press once.
•Toentera‘B’, quickly press twice.
• To shift between capital and lower-case letters, press
, then enter the letter.
Tip: You can also use the volume key as a shortcut to
certain letters:
To enter a ‘B’, slide the volume key up and press .
To en ter a ‘C’, slide down and press .
T9™ Text Input
You can use T9 Text Input when writing, for example,
text messages and e-mail. The T9 Text Input method
uses a built-in dictionary to recognize the most
commonly used word for each sequence of key
presses. This way, you press each key only once, even
if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.
Press… to see/enter…
- ? ! ‚ . : ; " ’ < = > ( ) _ 1
A B C Å Ä Æ à Ç 2 Γ
D E F è É 3 ∆ Φ
G H I ì 4
J K L 5 Λ
M N O Ñ Ö Ø ò 6
P Q R S ß 7 Π Σ
T U V Ü ù 8
W X Y Z 9
+ & @ / ¤ % $ € £ ¥ \ § ¿ ¡ 0 Θ Ξ Ψ Ω
Space # * ↵ ¶
to delete letters and numbers
to shift between capital and
lower-case letters
- press and hold to enter numbers
Press… to see/enter…
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The following example shows how to start writing a
text message:
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1. Scroll to Messages, YES, Text, YES, Write new, YES.
2. For example, if you want to write “Jane”, press ,
, , .
3. Press or repeatedly to view alternative words
(candidates).
4. If the word shown is the one you want:
• press to accept and add a space
•press or
YES to accept without a space.
If the candidates do not include a word you want, you
can add a new word to the list whilst selecting.
To add a word to candidates
1. Scroll to a similar candidate to the word you want to
add, press , select Edit word, YES.
2. Press repeatedly to delete one letter at a time.
Write the new word using multitap text input and
press YES.
The word is added to the dictionary. The next time you
enter the word you just added to the dictionary,
it appears as one of the alternative words.
3. Continue writing your message. See also “Sending text
messages” on page 55.
Tip: Press to enter a full stop. To enter other
punctuation marks, press and then or
repeatedly. Press to accept and add a space.
Press and hold to select an input method for the
text you are currently writing.
The list of options
Press when writing to enter a list of options:
•Add symbol – Symbols and punctuation marks such as
?and ,are shown. Move between the symbols by using
the joystick.
•Insert item – Add a picture, sound effect, melody or
animation to a message.
•Edit word – For T9 Text Input only
Edit the suggested word by using multitap text input.
•Tex t form at – Edit size, style, alignment or start a
new paragraph.
•Language – The input language selected earlier
is shown.
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•Input method – A list of input methods available for
the current input language is shown.
•Candidates – For T9 Text Input only
A list of alternative words is shown.
•Help.
To turn T9 Text Input on or off
• Scroll to Settings/Language/T9 input or press and hold
when writing.
Changing Settings/Language/T9 input is valid for
all input of texts – not only for the text you are
currently writing.
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