Sony Ericsson T618 User manual

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Contents 1
Contents
Getting to know your phone 4
Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.
Personalizing your phone 22
Download settings or choose from the phone.
Calling 31
Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.
Messaging 51
Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.
Camera 60
Use the camera.
Setting up WAP and e-mail 63
All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.
Using WAP 71
WAP browser, bookmarks.
Transferring and exchanging information 74
Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.
More features 79
Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.
Security 87
SIM card lock, phone lock.
Troubleshooting 89
Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Additional information 91
Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.
Icons 98
What do the icons mean?
Index 105
Sony Ericsson T618

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2Contents
Sony Ericsson
GSM 900/1800/1900
Third edition (August 2003)
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,
2003
Publicationnumber:EN/LZT1086484 R2A
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.
The BLUETOOTH trademarks are owned by
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
T9™ Text Input is a trademark or 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.
Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries/
regions.
End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™
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4 Getting to know your phone
Getting to know your phone
About this user’s guide
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.cn or
wap.SonyEricsson.com.
Available services
Some services and functions described in this user’s
guide are network or subscription-dependent, which
means that 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.
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 5.
Note: Always turn off the phone and detach the
charger before you insert or remove a SIM card.
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
Phonebook information, among other things.
Tip: Check if your information is saved to the SIM
card before you remove it from another phone.
For example, Phonebook entries may be saved in the
phone memory.

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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. Slide the silvery holder over the
SIM card to lock it in place.
2. Place the battery on the back of the phone with the
connectors facing each other.
3. Place the back cover as shown in the picture and
slide it 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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6 Getting to know your phone
Turning the phone on
To turn on the phone
• Press the on/off button on the top of the phone.
Note: The first time you turn on the phone it takes up
to 40 seconds to begin operating.
• 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 “Making emergency calls” on page 31.
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 turn off the phone
• Press and hold the on/off button at the top of
the phone.
On/off

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Navigating the menus
The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop.
To go to the desktop, press the joystick.
Example
To set an alarm
1. Use the joystick to scroll to Organizer, and press the
left key to select it.
2. Use the joystick to scroll down to Alarms, and press
the left key to select this function. Press the
left key again to select Alarm.
3. Enter the time and press the left key to save
your entry.
Throughout this user’s guide instructions such as
those above will be given in a shorter form,
as follows:
To set an alarm
1. Scroll to Organizer, Alarms, Alarm.
2. Enter the time, Save.
To make and receive calls from standby
• Enter the area code and phone number, press Call.
• Press End call to end the call.
• When the phone rings, press Yes to answer the call.
Desktop
Press to go back one
level in the menus.
Press and hold to
return to standby.
Press to go to
the desktop.
Move up,
down, left,
right through
menus.
Press to select
highlighted
items.
Press to select the
options shown
above these keys in
the display.

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Key functions
Press once to activate camera
function. Press again to take
a picture.
Volume keys increase/
decrease the earpiece volume
during a call. Scroll through
menus, lists and text. Enter the
Status menu in standby. Press
twice to reject an incoming
call. Press once to turn off the
ring signal when receiving
a call.
Press to select the options that
appear in the display
immediately above these keys.
Press once to go back one
level in the menus. Press and
hold to return to standby.
Enter *. Shift between lower/
upper case.
Infrared port.
Press and hold to switch the
phone on or off.
Press to go directly to
the Internet.
Move through the menus,
lists and texts.
Delete numbers, letters or an
item from a list. Press and
hold to turn off the
microphone (during calls) or
turn off sound.
1-9, 0 Enter digits, 0-9, and letters.
Press and hold to enter
the international prefix +.
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 emergency
number and press Call
enter Call contact press
enter Internet services press
voice dial press and hold a volume
key or say your magic
word
enter Call list press CALLS
call your voice mail press and hold
enter the +sign press and hold
turn off the ring signal
when receiving a call
press , or press a
volume key once
set the phone to silent 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
Call
enter the first submenu of
the shortcut menu
press
enter the main menu press or press the
centre of the joystick
enter the menu to see
today’s date, the profile
in use and the model
name of the phone
press a volume key once
change the language
to Automatic
press 8888
change the language
to English
press 0000
change the language
to Chinese
press 0008
reject a call press No
To... When in standby:

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To... During a call:
put a call on hold press Hold
retrieve a call press Retrieve
turn off the microphone press and hold
enter a quick
options menu
press More
To... When in the menus:
move through menus
or lists
press (and hold) a volume
key or use the joystick
delete an item press and hold
when in lists
go back to standby press and hold
To...
When entering
letters using multitap
text input:
reach the second letter or
character of a key
press the volume key
and press any of the
number keys
reach the third letter or
character of a key
press the volume key
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 space press
delete letters and
numbers
press
shift between multitap or
T9 Text input methods
press and hold
shift between input
languages (including
character or numeric)
press and hold