Sony Ericsson Z208 User manual

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Contents
Getting started .............................................. 3
SIM card, battery, make a call
Getting to know your phone ........................ 6
Key functions, quick keys, entering letters
Personalizing your phone.......................... 20
Choose ring signal, theme and other settings
Calling.......................................................... 28
Use the phonebook, call options
Setting up WAP........................................... 43
WAP browser
Messaging ................................................... 48
Text messaging
Using WAP................................................... 54
WAP browser, bookmarks
More features .............................................. 57
Alarm clock, stopwatch, calculator, calendar, games
Security........................................................ 60
SIM card lock, phone lock
Troubleshooting.......................................... 62
Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Additional information................................ 65
Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of
conformity
Icons............................................................. 73
What do the icons mean?
Index............................................................. 76
Sony Ericsson Z208
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Sony Ericsson
GSM 900/1800/1900
Fourth edition (April 2004)
This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile
Communications AB, without any warranty.
Improvements and changes to this user guide
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 user guide.
All rights reserved.
©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2003
Publication number: EN/LZT 108 6477 R4A.
Please note:
Some of the services in this user guide 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 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.
Other product and company names may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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Getting started 3
Getting started
SIM card, battery, make a call
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.cn 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.
Note: Sony Ericsson advises users to back up their
personal data information.
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.
Note: Make sure that your information is saved to
the SIM card before you remove it from another
phone. For example, phonebook entries may have
been saved in the phone memory.
Assembly
Before you can use your phone you need to:
• Insert the SIM card.
• Attach and charge the battery.
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4 Getting started
SIM card and battery information
Always turn off the phone and detach the charger
before you insert or remove a SIM card.
To insert the SIM card and charge the battery
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, and push until you
hear a click.
3. Place the back cover into the slots on the phone and
push until you hear a click.
4. Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol
with the symbol on the charger plug facing 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
to activate the display.
7. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.
Turning on the phone and making calls
Your PIN (Personal Identity Number) is provided by
your network operator but not all operators require a
PIN to activate services.
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
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Getting started 5
without entering a PIN. See “Emergency calls” on
page 29 for more information.
If you make a mistake while entering your PIN,
delete the number by pressing .
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 on the phone
1. Open the phone. Press and hold .
2. Enter your PIN, if you have one for your SIM card.
To make and receive calls
• Enter the area code and phone number, and press
YES to make the call.
• Press NO or close the phone to end the call.
• When the phone rings, press YES or open the
phone to answer the call. See “Flip functions” on
page 25.
Navigating the menus
The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop.
To go to the desktop, press the centre of the
navigation key. (See “Key functions - phone open”
on page 7.) Press left, right, up, or down to move
through menus. Press the navigation key to select
highlighted items.
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6 Getting to know your phone
Getting to know your phone
Key functions, quick keys, entering letters
Key functions - phone closed
Volu me
keys
Increase or decrease the
speaker volume during a call.
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.
Infrared Exchange data via the
IR port.
Battery
status
A red light indicates low
battery.
external
display
Shows, for example, the time,
battery status, network strength,
profile, signal off, incoming
call, missed call, new text
message.
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Getting to know your phone 7
Key functions - phone open
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1Speaker
2Main display
3Make and answer calls. Select a menu, submenu or
an option.
4Navigation key. Press to enter the desktop
menus. Press up, down, left, right to move
through menus, lists and texts. Press the
navigation key as an alternative to .
5Press for options or help. Press and hold
for WAP.
6Enter digits, 0-9, and letters.
7Enter *. Shift between lower or upper case.
8Microphone
9Press to end or reject a call, go back one level in the
menus, or leave an option unchanged. Press and hold to
go back to standby mode from menus.
10 Delete numbers, letters or an item from a list.
11 Enter # or a space.
12 Press and hold to switch the phone on or off.
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8 Getting to know your phone
Quick keys
Useful key combinations (using shortcuts) are
described below.
To... When in standby:
make an emergency call enter the international
emergency number and
press YES
enter the menus press the navigation key
or
enter the first submenu in
My shortcuts
press
enter Find and call 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 a volume
key once
set the phone to silent,
options
press and hold or
press , YES
reach a phonebook entry
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
enter the Status menu to
see today’s date and the
profile in use
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 quickly press a volume
key twice when receiving
a call or press NO
To...
In standby when phone
is closed:
change information in
external display
press a volume key once
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
To... When in the menus:
move through menus or
lists
use the navigation key or
press a volume key.
enter a quick options menu
or help, if available
press
delete an item press when in lists
go back to standby press and hold NO
To... When entering letters:
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
select multitap or T9 Text
input methods
press and hold
select input languages and
other character or numeric
input methods
press and hold
To...
When entering letters
using multitap text input:
enter a space press
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
To... When entering letters:
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10 Getting to know your phone
Using shortcuts
A quicker way to move through the menus is to use
shortcuts. Enter the menus by pressing and then
simply press the navigation key to enter the menu.
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.
Delete, edit and rename
If you add items, for example, a phonebook entry,
a calendar item or a WAP bookmark, it can be
deleted, edited or renamed.
To delete an item
• Select an item and press .
• Select an item, press , select Delete or
Delete all.
To edit items
Select an item, press , select Edit.
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 Connectivity menu.
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.
To enter your new menu system
Scroll to Connectivity, YES, Online services, YES.
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