Sony Ericsson T68i User manual

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Contents
Getting started 3
Make and receive the first call.
Getting to know your phone 6
Key functions, quick keys, entering letters, Chinese input.
Personalizing your phone 21
Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.
Calling 30
Use the phone book, voice control, call options.
Setting up WAP and e-mail 52
Set up WAP and e-mail.
Messaging 58
Chat, e-mail, text and multimedia messages.
Using WAP 68
WAP browser, bookmarks.
Transferring and exchanging information 72
Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.
More features 78
Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.
Security 87
SIM card lock, phone lock.
Troubleshooting 88
Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Additional information 90
Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.
Icons 99
What do the icons mean?
Index 105

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Sony Ericsson
Fourth edition (October 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 5406 R4A
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.

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Getting started 3
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.
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.
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 4.
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 in the display 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 and push
until you hear a click.
3. Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol.
The flash symbol on the charger plug must
face upwards.
4. It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery
charging icon appears in the display.
5. 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.
6. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.
You have to insert the SIM
card and charge the battery
before you can use the phone.
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Getting started 5
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.
Note: Not all operators require a PIN to
activate services.
If you make a mistake while entering your PIN,
delete the wrong number by pressing .
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

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Getting to know your phone
Key functions
Volume
key
Increase or decrease the
volume of the earpiece
during a call. Scroll through
menus, lists and text. Enter the
Status menu in standby. Slide
up or down twice to reject an
incoming call. Slide up or
down 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.
1–9, 0 Enter the digits 0–9 and
letters. Press and hold
to enter the international
prefix +. Move through menus
using shortcuts.
Enter *. Shift between lower
and 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 or to go back
to standby mode. Press to end
or reject a call, go back one
level in the menus or leave an
option unchanged.
(clear)
Delete numbers and letters
from the display. Delete an
item from a list. Press and
hold to turn off the
microphone during a call.
Enter #.

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Quick keys
The table describes some of the most useful key
combinations using shortcuts.
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 the Call list press YES
voice dial press and hold YES or say
your magic word
call your voice mail press and hold
enter the +sign to make an
international phone call 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 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
see which profile you
are using
slide the volume key up
or down
see today’s date slide the volume key up
or down
change the language
to Automatic
press 8888
change the language
to English press 0000
To... When in standby:

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reject a call quickly slide the volume
key up or down twice
when receiving a call or
press NO
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
select a menu or setting press YES
enter a quick options menu press
delete an item press and hold when
in lists
go back to standby press and hold NO
To... When in standby: 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 down
and press
enter the @-sign slide the volume key down
and press
enter a space press
delete letters and numbers press
shift between
input methods press and hold

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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 press the joystick to enter the menu. You
can also 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 29.
Help texts
To help you use the menus and functions, your phone
has help texts that explain the menus.
• To get help, select the menu you want information
about and then press . Select Help, YES.
shift between input
languages press and hold
enter a p(pause) press and hold when
entering a pause in a dial
string or melody
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
To... When entering letters
using multitap text input:
shift between
input methods press and hold
shift between
input languages press and hold
To... When entering letters
using T9™Text Input:

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Delete, edit and rename
If you add items, for example, a contact, a note,
an appointment or a bookmark, it can be deleted,
edited or renamed.
There are two ways to delete items:
• Select an item and press .
• Select an item, press , select Delete or Delete all.
There are two ways to edit 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.
After the first data download and after restarting your
phone, a new menu appears in your phone as the first
submenu 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
Phone book
Call contact
Find and send*
Add contact
Manage contact
Pictures
Personal rings
VoiceCommands
Special numbers
Advanced
Options
Messages
SMS
MMS
Call voice mail
E-mail
Chat
Push inbox
Area info
Options
Calls
Missed calls
Calling local
Call list
Manage calls
Time and cost
Next call
Options
Fun & Games
Themes
My pictures
Draw picture
My sounds
Composer
Sound recorder
Games
CommuniCam™
Settings
Sounds & alerts
Profiles
Display
Language
Time and date
Voice control
Locks
Handsfree
Master reset
Ongoing call *
Transfer sound
Record
Turn off tones
Hold call
Switch calls
Release active
Retrieve call
Join calls
Transfer call
Extract part
Release all
Release part
WAP services
Homepage
Bookmarks
Push inbox
Enter address
Resume
Select profile
Advanced
Options
Organizer
Calendar
Notes
Alarms
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Code memo
Connect
Online services**
Receive item
Infrared port
Bluetooth
Synchronization
GSM Networks
Data comm.
Accessories
My shortcuts
Select profile
Ring volume
Switch to line 1
My numbers
Edit shortcuts
Parties in conf.
Calls
* Only available during a call
** Please note that some menus
are network and subscription-
dependent.

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Entering letters
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. See “T9™
Text Input” on page 13.
Note: T9 Text Input does not work with
Chinese characters.
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 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 14.
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. In the following example,
we are going 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. When the language is abc, press the appropriate key,
– , or , repeatedly until the
character you want appears in the display.
See the table of the Latin alphabet below:

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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 enter a ‘C’, slide the volume key 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: T9 Text Input does not work with
Chinese characters.
Press… to get…
Space - ? ! ‚ . : ; " ’ < = > ( ) _ 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
# * ↵ ¶
to delete letters and numbers
to shift between capital and lower-case
letters
- press and hold to enter numbers

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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, SMS, YES, Write new, YES.
2. For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”,
press , , , .
3. If 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
(candidates). Accept a word and add a space by
pressing .
If you do not find the word you want by pressing
or :
• Press to go to a list of options.
•SelectEdit word, YES.
• Delete the entire word by pressing , or delete
one letter at a time by pressing and holding the
joystick to the right,and then repeatedly.
• 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 will appear as one of the alternative words.
4. Continue writing your message. See also “Sending text
messages” on page 59.
Tip: Press to enter a full stop. To enter other
punctuation marks, press and then or
repeatedly. Accept by pressing .
Press and hold to select an input method.
The list of options
If you press when writing, you 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 – Pictures, melodies and sounds.
•Edit word – for T9™ Text Input only
Edit the suggested word by using multitap text input.
•Text f ormat – Change style, size and alignment.
•Rel. caps lock/Caps lock – Switch between capital and
lower-case letters.

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•Language – Input language that you selected earlier
is shown.
•Input method – A list of input methods available for
the current input language is shown.
•Candidates – for T9™ Text Input only
Select On to show a list of alternative words.
•Accept word – for T9™ Text Input only
Accept the suggested word.
•Help.
Turning off the T9™Text Input
If you wish, you can turn off the T9™ Text Input.
This setting is valid for all input of texts – not only for
the text you are currently writing.
• To turn T9™ Text Input on or off, scroll to Settings/
Language/T9 input.
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.
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, 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

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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 or letter 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 .
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 with
icons 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 18.

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The eight stroke categories are defined in the
table below:
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke Character
!"#"$"%"&
'"(")"*"+
,"-"."/"0
1"2"3"4"5
6"7"8"9":
;"<"=">"?
@"A"B"C"D
E"F"G"H"I
J"H"K"L"M
N"O"P"Q"R
S"<"T"U">
V"W"X"Y
Z"["\"]
^"_"`"a"b
c"d"e"f"g
h"i"j"k"l
m"n"o"p"q
r"s"t"u"v
w"x"y"z"{
L"|"}"~
•"€"•"‚
ƒ"„"…"†"‡
ˆ"‰"Š
‹"Œ"•"Ž"•
•"‘
?
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 “ ”• ”.
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 15. Press YES.
2. Move the cursor to “ —”. Press YES.
3. Enter another stroke, “ ˜”.
“”” 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 “ •” is displayed in the candidate row.
5. Repeat step 4.
™"š"›"œ"•
ž"Ÿ" "¡"¢
£"+"„"¤"¥
P"¦"§"¨"©
ª"«"¬"-
®"¯"°"±"²
³"´"‘"µ"¶
·
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke Character

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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.
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.
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

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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¸º ” using
Continuous Pinyin:
•Enter
BUJI, press YES four times to select the suggested
characters. The phrase “ ¸¹¸º ” appears.
To enter the phrase “ ¸¹¸º ” using Simplified
Pinyin:
•Enter
BJB, press YES four times to select the suggested
characters. The phrase “ ¸¹¸º ” 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.
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