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 17
Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.
Calling 26
Use the phone book, call options.
Setting up mobile Internet 40
Set up WAP and e-mail.
Messaging 48
Chat, e-mail, text and multimedia messages.
Using mobile Internet 57
WAP browser, bookmarks.
More features 60
Data, events, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.
Security 65
SIM card lock, phone lock.
Troubleshooting 66
Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Additional information 69
Sony Ericsson Consumer web site,
safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.
Icons 77
What do the icons mean?
Index 81

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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 5754 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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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.
min.
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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 27 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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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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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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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 25.
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
aspace
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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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.
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.
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 16.
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, 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.
Note: Your selection of input languages and character
or numeric input methods determines what you can see
or enter.
See the Latin alphabet, abc, table below:
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

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Example:
• To enter an ‘A’, press once.
• To enter a ‘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 enter 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.
Note: A language must be selected to be able to use
the T9 Text Input method.
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).
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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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, 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 48.
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.
•Text fo rmat – Edit size, style, alignment or start a new
paragraph.
•Language – Show the input language selected earlier.
•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.
Note: 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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Personalizing your phone
You can adjust the phone settings to suit your own
requirements.
Note: If you change a setting which is included in
a profile, the active profile is also changed. See
“Profiles” on page 25.
Master reset
You can reset all the settings in the phone to the way
they were when you bought your phone by selecting
Reset settings.
If you also want to delete all contacts, messages and
other personal data, select Reset all instead.
Note: If you select Reset all, some pictures, melodies
and templates which came with your phone are
deleted.
To reset the phone
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Master reset, YES.
2. Select Reset settings or Reset all, YES.
3. Enter the phone lock code (0000 or the new code if you
have changed it) and press YES.
The infrared (IR) port
The infrared port can be used to transfer and exchange
information with another device equipped with an
infrared port. When used with certain functions, such
as sending a picture, it is automatically activated for
10 minutes. Infrared can be activated in the following
ways:
• Press from standby, scroll to Activate IR, YES.
• Scroll to Connect, YES, Infrared port,YES, select an
option, YES.
• When selecting a transfer method, for example when
sending a picture.
Note: Infrared ports must face each other at a distance
of up to 20 cm when used.
To turn infrared off
• Scroll to Connect, YES, Infrared port,YES, Off, YES.
Themes
You can change the appearance of the display, for
example, the colours and background picture, by using
themes. Your phone comes with some pre-set themes.
You cannot delete these, but you can create new themes
on Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet and download them
to your phone. For more information, visit
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To select a theme
• Scroll to Fun & Games/Themes.
Note: If you need to adjust the display contrast, scroll
to Settings/Display/Contrast.
Exchanging themes
You can send and receive a theme via IR and MMS or
download it via WAP. For more information on sending
themes in messages, see “Messaging” on page 48.
To send a theme
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Themes, YES.
2. Select a theme, press .
3. Select Send, YES.
4. Select a transfer method, YES.
Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyright-
protected material.
To receive and save a theme
1. From standby, press , scroll to Activate IR, YES.
2. When you receive the theme, press YES to save it in
Themes.
Pictures
Your phone comes with a number of pictures. You can
• Set a picture as background when in standby mode.
• Set a picture as a screen saver.
• Assign a picture to a contact in the phone book. When
that person calls, the picture appears in the display
(provided your subscription supports the Calling Line
Identification service). See “To add a picture to a
phone book contact” on page 29.
• Enclose a picture in a text message.
• Send a picture via IR, MMS or e-mail.
All pictures and are saved in Fun & Games/My pictures.
Handling pictures
You can also add, delete or rename pictures in My
pictures. The number of pictures that can be saved
depends on the size of the pictures. File types supported
are GIF, JPEG and WBMP.
To view your pictures
• Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, My pictures, YES.
The pictures are shown in thumbnail view. To get a full
view, press YES.

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Note: Animations for multimedia messages can be
viewed in My pictures. Animations for text messages
can only be viewed when inserting an item in a text
message. See “To insert an item in a text message” on
page 49.
To view your camera pictures (if connected)
• Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, CommuniCam™, YES or
• Scroll to Connect, YES, Accessories, YES.
To select a picture as background
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Display, YES, Background, YES.
2. Select Select picture, YES.
3. Select a picture, YES.
Tip: When viewing your pictures, you can set a
background by pressing .
To turn the background picture On or Off
• Scroll to Settings/Display/Background/Activate.
Exchanging pictures
You can send pictures via IR, MMS or e-mail and
receive via IR or MMS. For more information on
sending pictures in messages, see “Messaging” on
page 48.
Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyright-
protected material.
To send a picture
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, My pictures or
CommuniCam™, YES.
2. Select a picture, YES. Press .
3. Select Send, YES.
4. Select a transfer method.
To receive and save a picture
1. From standby, press , scroll to Activate IR, YES.
2. When you receive the picture, press YES to save it in
My pictures.
• When you receive a picture via a text message or a
multimedia message, a new message appears in your
Inbox. Highlight the picture in the message, press
and select Save to save in My pictures.
Screen saver
The phone has a screen saver, which is activated
automatically when the phone has been in idle mode
for a few seconds. After a short period of time the
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To turn the screen saver On or Off
• Scroll to Settings/Display/Screen saver/Activate.
To use a picture as the screen saver
You can select a picture, saved in the phone, and use it
as the screen saver.
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Display, YES, Screen saver, YES.
2. Scroll to Select picture, YES.
3. Scroll to the picture you want to use as the screen
saver, YES.
4. Press YES to save.
Ring signals and melodies
Your phone comes with a number of standard and
polyphonic melodies which can be used as ring
signals. See “Icons” on page 77 for more information.
You can create and edit standard melodies, and send
them to a friend, in a text or multimedia message. You
can also exchange standard melodies via IR or download
them via WAP.
Note: You are not allowed to exchange copyright-
protected material.
To select a ring signal
• Scroll to Settings/Sounds & alerts/Ring signals.
To set the ring signal volume
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Sounds & alerts, YES, Ring
volume, YES.
2. Press or to increase or decrease the volume.
3. Press YES to save the setting.
Warning! The ring signal/volume may be uncomfortably
loud at the higher volume levels if the phone is close to
your ear.
To turn the ring signal on or off
• Press and hold from standby and select Turn on
silent or Turn off silent.
All signals except the alarm and timer signals are
turned off.
To compose a ring signal or melody
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• Press a key to enter a note.
• Press or to make
the note shorter or longer.
There are six different lengths
of notes.
• Press to change octave.
• Press once to raise the
note one semitone.
• Press twice to lower the note one semitone.
• Press to add a melody effect, and to set the
tempo, volume, style and duration.
• Press to remove notes.
2. To listen to your melody, press YES.
3. Press YES again to save and name it, or press NO to
continue composing.
Note: To edit a melody, scroll to Fun & Games/My
sounds, select the melody and press .
To use the piano
1. In the Composer, slide the
volume key up to activate
the piano.
2. Use the joystick to move
between the keys.
3. Press YES to select a note.
4. Slide the volume key
down to deactivate the piano.
Exchanging melodies
You can send and receive a sound or melody via IR,
SMS or MMS, or download it via WAP.
Note: You cannot exchange a polyphonic melody
via SMS.
To send a melody
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, My sounds, YES.
2. Select a melody and press .
3. Select Send, YES.
4. Select a transfer method.
See “Icons” on page 77.

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Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text
message, see “To insert an item in a text message” on
page 49.
To receive a sound or melody
1. From standby, press , scroll to Activate IR, YES.
2. When you receive the sound or melody, press YES to
save it in My sounds.
Increasing ring
You can choose a ring signal that rises in steps from
the lowest volume to the highest.
To turn increasing ring On or Off
• Scroll to Settings/Sounds & alerts/Increasing ring.
Specific ring signals for personal calls
If you subscribe to the Two Line Service, you
can set different ring signals for the two voice
lines. Line 1 and Line 2 are displayed instead
of Voice calls.
If your subscription includes the Calling Line
Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a personal
ring signal to numerous callers.
To set a specific ring signal for a caller
1. Scroll to Phone book, YES, Personal rings, YES, Add
new?, YES.
2. Enter the first letter of the contact name, YES.
3. Select a contact, YES.
4. Select a ring signal, YES.
Sounds & alerts
You can choose to be notified of an incoming call by
the buzzing of the vibrating alert. You can set the
phone’s vibrating alert to one of the following:
•On – all the time.
•On if silent – on when the ring volume is turned off or
when you have set the phone to silent.
•Off – all the time.
To set the vibrating alert
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Sounds & alerts, YES, Vibrating
alert, YES.
2. Select the setting you want, YES.
From Settings/Sounds & alerts, you can also select:
• Message alert when messages are received.
•Key sound when using the keypad.
•Minute minder to beep after every minute during calls.