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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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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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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Menu overview
Calls WAP services My shortcuts Fun & Games Messaging
Missed calls
Call list
Manage calls
Time and cost
Next call
Options
Sony Ericsson
Bookmarks
Push inbox
Enter address
Resume
Select profile
Advanced
Options
Write new
Ring volume
Select profile
My numbers
Edit shortcuts
Games
My pictures
My sounds
Themes
Composer
Operator link*
Write new
Inbox
Call voice mail
Unsent
Temp la t es
Sent items
Options
Area info
SMS memory
*Please note
that some
menus are
operator,
network and
subscription
dependent.
Organizer Connectivity Phonebook Settings Ongoing call* **Only
available
during a call
or conference
call.
Calendar
Alarms
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Online services*
Infrared port
GSM Networks
Data comm.
Find and call
Add number
Find and edit
Pictures
Personal rings
Groups
Email addresses
Options
Memory status
Special numbers
Sounds & alerts
Profiles
Display
Language
Time and date
Locks
Handsfree
Flip functions
Master reset
Turn off tones**
Hold call**
Switch calls**
Release active**
Retrieve call**
Join calls**
Transfer call**
Extract part**
Release all**
Release part**
Parties in conf.**
Calls**
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Entering letters and characters
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 input, you can use T9™
Text Input for entering text messages, 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 19.
Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input methods for
entering Chinese characters:
• Stroke input
• Pinyin input
You can use these methods to, for example,
enter Chinese names and Chinese short messages.
Before you start
Chinese is the default language. If you want to select
another language or input method before you start
entering Chinese characters, please refer to the
following procedures:
To select a menu language
Scroll to Settings, Language, Menus.
To select an input method
Scroll to Settings, Language, Input.
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Switching between Chinese input methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and
switch quickly to another input method by pressing
and holding .
Switching between Chinese and English input
In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and
switch quickly to another input language by pressing
and holding .
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you choose, your
phone has a function to speed up the entry of
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
input area.
If the character you want is not displayed in the
candidate row, press to present another candidate
row. Continue pressing until the character you
want is displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the
next stroke or Pinyin letter and a new set of
characters will immediately be displayed in the
candidate row. To go back to the previous row,
press . To enter a character in the candidate row,
move the cursor to that character and press YES.
Alternatively, press and hold the key of which the
number corresponds to the character position.
For example, to enter the fourth character from the
candidate row, press and hold .
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 5
stroke categories. Each category is represented on
the keypad by one of the keys - . The
Wild Card key , is used when you are not sure
of which stroke to use. For more information, please
see “For example, to enter “–Ýœ¢”” on page 16 and
“Example of using the Wild card key” on page 15.
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Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories and the mapping of stroke
letters on the keypad are defined in the table below:
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke Stroke Name Character
Over 王十在
七天
Lift 海红牡
状习
Down 中业上
门丑
Down-Hook 小水打
子承
Short Slope
Down
直真质
草
Long Left Slope 八九丹
风片
Over Slope 香千匕
后丢
Short left Slope 而页面
学殷
Dot 六学雷
心性
Right Slope 人火又
送林
Down-Curved-
Over
四西酉
酸
Down-Over 山巨屯
母凶
Left Slope-Over 么去公
约能
Left Slope-Dot 女要好
巡巢
Down-Lift 衣以饭
收长
Right Slope-
Hook
我或民
成伐
Down-Over-Hook 心必思
忘
Down-Over-
Curved-Hook
电也毛
兄孔
Down-Over-Left
Slope
专传转
Down-Over-
Down-Hook
马与张
号费
Down-Over-
Down
鼎鼐
Over-Hook 写字皮
通免
Over-Down 口已户
书骨
Over-Down-Hook 力习也
同永
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke Stroke Name Character
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Example of using the Wild card key
The Wild card key , is used to supplement
unclear strokes in entering characters. If you want to
enter “ 五”, but you only know that “ 一” is the first
and the last stroke of the character and that the total
number of strokes is four:
• Enter , , , .
• The character is displayed in the candidate row.
Components
The basic building units of Chinese characters are
components that are made of strokes. After entering
the first stroke of the desired character, the
component and character candidates that started with
that stroke are displayed in the candidate row. Using
components is a fast method for entering complex
characters.
Note: The smaller candidates surrounded by dotted
frames are components, and the bigger candidates
without dotted frames are characters.
Over-Left Slope 又之登
多社
Over-Down-
Over-Left Slope
及极廷
建
Over-Left Slope-
Curved-Hook
阿队陈
那部
Over-Down-
Over-Hook
乃透鼐
隽杨
Over-Down-
Over-Down
凸
Curved-Hook 狗豹家
逐狂
Over-Down-
Curved-Hook
乙九瓦
飞风
Over-Down-Over 投沿船
凹
Over-Down-Lift 话计认
讯
? (Wild card key)
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke Stroke Name Character
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For example, to enter “ 信息 ”
1. Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2. Move the cursor to “ 信”, YES.
3. Select “ 息”.
4. Press YES again.
Pinyin input
Press the keys containing the required Pinyin letters,
and the phone will make various proposals on the
display, according to the pronunciation rules of
Mandarin.
Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters
on the keypad:
Note: On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced by v.
For example, to enter “
信息 ”
1. Press , , .
2. When “xin” is highlighted, move the cursor left or
right and select “ 信”.
If you want to enter any of the other suggested
Pinyin combinations, scroll or to the desired
combination, then press YES.
3. Select “ 息”.
Input punctuations, symbols and smilies
Under input mode, press and select Add
symbol to see the table of punctuations, symbols and
smilies. Press to enter a space into the text.
Latin input
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 if the
input language you select support this. T9 Text Input
is a predictive input method and is a quicker way to
write texts.
Number Key Pinyin Letter
a b c
d e f
g h i
j k l
m n o
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
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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.
Note: Multitap input only applies when Latin
characters are selected as input language.
The following example shows how to write a name
in the phonebook.
To enter letters using multitap text input
1. Scroll to Phonebook, YES, Add number, YES,
Add new?, YES.
2. Add the number, YES.
3. Press the appropriate key, - , or
, repeatedly until the character you want
appears in the display e.g., 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.
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
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
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T9™ Text Input
You can use T9™ Text Input when writing text
messages. The T9™ Text Input method uses a built-
in dictionary to recognize the most commonly used
words 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. If you change input
method in Settings/Language/T9 input, this is valid
for all input of texts – not only for the text you are
currently writing.
The following shows how to start writing a
text message.
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.
To enter letters using T9™ Text Input
1. Scroll to Messaging, YES, Write new, YES.
2. For example, if you want to write “Jane”, press
, , , . A list of alternative words
or candidates are shown. If the candidates do not
include a word you want, you can add a new word to
the list whilst selecting.
3. Scroll to select Jane.
4. When the word is highlighted, press to accept
without a space, or press to accept and add
a space.
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 “Text
messages (SMS)” on page 48.
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The list of options
Press when writing to enter a list of options.
The list may contain some or all of the
following options:
•Add symbol – Symbols and punctuation marks
such as ?and ,are shown. Move between the
symbols by using the navigation key.
•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 format – Edit size, style, alignment or start a
new paragraph.
•Language – Select an input language.
•Input method – A list of input methods available
for the current input language is shown.
•Candidates – For T9™ Text Input only
Turn on or off the alternative words list.
•Help.
To turn T9™ Text Input on or off
Scroll to Settings, YES, Language, YES, T9 input, YES
or press and hold when writing.
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20 Personalizing your phone
Personalizing your phone
Choose ring signal, theme and other settings
Themes
You can change the appearance of the display,
for example, the colours and wallpaper, by using
themes. Your phone comes with a number of
preset themes.
To select a theme
Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Themes, YES.
To adjust the display contrast
Scroll to Settings, YES, Display, YES, Contrast, YES.
Pictures
Your phone comes with a number of pictures.
All pictures are saved in Fun & Games/My pictures.
You can:
• Set a picture as a wallpaper when in
standby mode.
• Assign a picture to an entry in the phonebook.
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 phonebook entry” on page 31.
• Enclose a black and white picture in a
text message.
• Send a picture via IR.
• Download a picture via WAP.
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.
Tip: When viewing your pictures in Fun & Games/
My pictures, you can set a wallpaper by
pressing .
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.
Animations can only be viewed when inserting an
item in a text message. See “To insert an item in a
text message” on page 49.
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