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.
Personalizing your phone 15
Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.
Calling 23
Use the phonebook, voice control, call options.
Setting up WAP and email 43
Set up the browser and email.
Messaging 49
Chat, email, text and multimedia messages.
Using WAP 58
Browser, bookmarks.
Transferring and exchanging information 61
Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.
More features 68
Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.
Security 76
SIM card lock, phone lock.
Troubleshooting 77
Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Additional information 79
Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.
Icons 88
What do the icons mean?
Index 93

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Sony Ericsson
Fifth 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: AE/LZT 108 5405 R5A
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 phonebook 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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4 Getting started
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.
≈30 min.
≈4 h.

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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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6 Getting to know your phone
Getting to know your phone
Key functions
V
o
l
ume
key
I
ncrease or
d
ecrease t
h
e
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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Getting to know your phone 7
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 voicemail 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
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
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 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
shift between input
languages
press and hold
To. ..
When entering letters
using multitap text input:

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Getting to know your phone 9
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 22.
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.
enter a p(pause) press and hold when
entering a pause in a dial
string or melody
To...
When entering letters
using T9™Tex t 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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10 Getting to know your phone
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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Getting to know your phone 11
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 & 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 & 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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12 Getting to know your phone
Entering letters
You can enter letters, for example, when you add names
to the phonebook, 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 email,
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.
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 phonebook 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 Phonebook.
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 in the display.
See the table of the Latin alphabet below:
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

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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 en te r a ‘ B’, slide the volume key up and press .
To en te r 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 email. 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.
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.
• Select Edit word, YES.
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
Press… to get…

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• 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 49.
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 format – Change style, size and alignment.
•Rls caps lock/Caps lock – Switch between capital and
lower-case letters.
•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/Predictive.

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Personalizing your phone 15
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 23.
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.
Themes
You can change the appearance of the display,
for example, the colors and background picture,
by using themes. Your phone comes with some pre-set
themes. You cannot delete these, but you can create new
themes and download them to your phone. For more
information, visit www.SonyEricsson.com
or wap.SonyEricsson.com.
• To select a theme, scroll to Fun & Games/Themes.
If you need to adjust the display contrast, scroll
to Settings/Display/Contrast.
To send a theme
You can exchange themes via IR, Bluetooth wireless
technology, MMS or email. Please note that you are
not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material.
For more information on sending themes in messages,
see “Messaging” on page 49.
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Themes, YES.
2. Select a theme, press .
3. Select Send, YES.
4. Select a transfer method, YES.
If you use infrared, make sure that the infrared ports
are facing each other.

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To receive and save a theme
1. From standby, press and scroll to Receive
item,YES.
Both the infrared port and the Bluetooth function
are activated for three minutes.
2. When you receive the theme, press YES to save
it in Themes.
Pictures
Your phone comes with a number of pictures. You can:
• Have a picture as background when in standby mode.
• Assign a picture to a contact in the phonebook.
When that person calls, the picture appears in the
display (provided your subscription supports the
Caller Identification service). See “To add a picture
to a phonebook contact” on page 26.
• Enclose a picture in a text message.
All pictures are saved in My pictures, in the Fun
&Gamesmenu.
You can also save animations in your phone.
These are handled like pictures.
Handling pictures
You can add, edit, or delete 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.
The pictures are shown in thumbnail view. To get
a full view, press YES.
To view your pictures
• Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, My pictures
or CommuniCam™, 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: You can select a background by pressing
when viewing your pictures.
• To turn the background picture On or Off, scroll to
Settings/Display/Background/Activate

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To edit and save a picture
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, My pictures, YES.
2. Select a picture, YES.
3. Press , select Edit. You can now start to edit the
picture. You can only edit WBMP pictures. See the
table below.
4. Press , select Save, YES. The picture is saved in
My pictures.
To draw a picture
• To draw your own pictures, scroll to Fun & Games/
Draw picture.
When editing or drawing a picture:
Exchanging pictures
You can exchange pictures via IR, Bluetooth wireless
technology, MMS or email. Please note that you are
not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material.
For more information on sending pictures in messages,
see “Messaging” on page 49.
Tip: Save a web album’s e-mail address in your
phonebook and you can save pictures in that album
if you send the pictures as attachments.
Press… to…
move the cursor up and left.
move the cursor up.
move the cursor up and right.
move the cursor left.
lift up or put down the pen.
Press and hold to switch between zoom
and full size view.
move the cursor right.
move the cursor down and left.
move the cursor down.
move the cursor down and right.
move the cursor 1, 5 or 10 spaces.
view the Options menu.
save and exit the picture.
exit the picture editor.
undo the last action.
press and hold to clear the picture.
switch line thickness.
switch between black and white pen color.
Press… to…

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To send a picture
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, My pictures
or CommuniCam™, YES.
Note: The CommuniCam™ menu is only available
when the CommuniCam™ is attached.
2. Select a picture, YES. Press .
3. Select Send, YES.
4. Select a transfer method.
If you use infrared, make sure that the infrared ports
are facing each other.
To receive and save a picture
1. From standby, press and scroll to Receive
item,YES.
Both the infrared port and the Bluetooth function
are activated for three minutes.
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. To save the picture in My pictures, highlight the
picture by moving the joystick to select it, press
and select Save.
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 screen
saver changes to sleep mode in order to save power.
• 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, 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 ring signals and
melodies. You can edit your ring signals and melodies,
and send them to a friend in a text message. It is also
possible to exchange melodies via WAP, Bluetooth
wireless technology, IR or cable. Please note that you are
not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material.
• Select Ring signals from the Settings/Sounds & alerts
menu and select a ring signal.

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Personalizing your phone 19
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.
• 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
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Composer, YES.
• 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.
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.
If you use infrared, make sure that the infrared ports
are facing each other.
Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text
message, see “To insert an item in a text message”
on page 49.
See “Icons” on page 88.

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20 Personalizing your phone
Receiving melodies
You can receive a sound or melody via IR, Bluetooth
wireless technology, SMS or MMS, or download it via
WAP. When you receive the sound or melody, press YES
to save it in My sounds.
If you use infrared, make sure that the infrared ports
are facing each other.
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 Caller Identification
(CI) service, you can assign a Personal ring signal
to up to ten 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 the Settings/Sounds & alerts menu, you can also
select Message alert, Key sound and turn on the
Minute minder.
If you turn on the minute minder, you hear a beep
once every minute during a call.