Sony Ericsson K510a User manual

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Sony Ericsson

GSM 850/1800/1900

This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson,

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 at any time and without notice. Such

changes will, however, be incorporated into new

editions of this user guide.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2005

Publication number: AE/LZT 108 8400 R1A

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

aparticular service or not.

Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient

use and the Limited warranty chapters before you

use your mobile phone.

Sony Ericsson K510a

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Menu Overview Status Bar Icons

* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.

** The menu depends on which contacts are selected as default.

Alarms*

One-Time Alarm

Recurrent Alarm

Alarm Signal

Internet

Services* Entertainment

Online Services*

PlayNow?*

Games

VideoDJ?

PhotoDJ?*

MusicDJ?

Remote Control

Record Sound

Camera Messaging

Write New

Inbox

My Friends*

Call Voicemail

Drafts

Outbox

Sent Messages

Saved Messages

Templates

Settings

Camera Pictures

File Manager

Pictures

Videos

Sounds

Themes

Web Pages

Games

Applications

Other

Contacts**

Options

Speed Dial

My Business Car

Groups

SIM Contacts

Special Numbers

Advanced

New Contact

Media Player

Calendar Organizer

Tasks

Notes

Alarms

Calculator

Synchronization

Timer

Stopwatch

Applications

Code Memo

Settings

General

Sounds & Alerts

Display

Calls

Connectivity

Icon Description

Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal.

GPRS is within range and can be used.

Tells you the status of the battery.

Tells you the status of the battery charging.

You have missed an incoming call.

Call and messaging function alerts are off,

alarm is still on.

You have received a text message.

You have received an email message.

You have received a picture message.

You have received a voice message.

You have an ongoing call.

You have an appointment reminder.

You have a task reminder.

The magic word is activated.

Bluetooth™ wireless technology is turned on.

The infrared port is turned on.

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Contents

Getting to Know Your Phone . . . . . . . 4

Phone overview, assembly, SIM card, battery,

turning on, use the menus, activity menu, file manager,

language, entering letters, Style-up™ covers.

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Calls, contacts, voicemail, voice control, call options.

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging,

email.

Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Camera, video recorder, pictures, VideoDJ™,

PhotoDJ™.

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Media player, Disc2Phone, PlayNow™, ringtones,

sounds, MusicDJ™, themes, games, Java™ and more.

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Internet and email settings, synchronizing, Bluetooth™,

infrared, USB cable, update service.

More Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Alarm clock, time and date, profiles, calendar, tasks,

stopwatch, calculator, SIM card lock, keypad lock etc.

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site, safe and efficient

use, warranty, declaration of conformity.

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Getting to Know Your Phone

Phone overview, assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, use the menus, activity menu, file manager,

language, entering letters, Style-up™ covers.

Earpiece

Infrared port

Camera key

Screen

Navigation

key

Selection

key

Back key

Microphone

On/off key

Activity

menu key

Selection

key

Clear key

Stereo headset

and charger

connector

External antenna

connector behind mirror

Camera

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Getting to Know Your Phone

User Guide Symbols

The following instruction symbols appear in this

user guide:

Assembling Your Phone

Insert the SIM card and attach the battery

to use your phone.

SIM card

When you register as a subscriber with a service

provider, 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.

% See also page ...

} Use the navigation key to scroll and select

%8 Navigating the Menus.

Note

This symbol indicates that a service

or function is network- or subscription-

dependent. Because of this, all menus may

not be available in your phone. Consult your

service provider for more information.

Save contacts to your SIM card before you remove

it from another phone. Contacts may have been saved

in the phone memory %14 Contacts.

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Getting to Know Your Phone

To insert the SIM card and charge

the battery

1Slide the cover open and lift it off.

2Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card

is placed under the silvery holders.

3Place the battery in the phone with the label

side up and the connectors facing each other.

4Place the cover on the phone and slide it into

place.

5Connect the charger to the phone. The symbol

on the charger plug must face upwards.

6It may take 30 minutes for the battery icon

to appear.

7Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until

the battery icon indicates that the battery

is fully charged. For an indication of charging,

press to activate the screen.

8Remove the charger by pulling it out.

Some functions use more battery power than others

and may cause a need for more frequent recharging.

However talk-time or standby time may become

noticeably shorter due to wear and you may have

to replace your battery. Only use approved batteries

from Sony Ericsson %61 Battery.

≈2.5 h.

≈

30 min.

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Getting to Know Your Phone

You may need a PIN (Personal Identification

Number) from your service provider to activate

the services in your phone. Each PIN digit appears

as *, unless it starts with emergency number digits,

for example 112 or 911. This is so that you can

see and call an emergency number without entering

a PIN %13 Emergency calls. Press to correct

mistakes.

To turn the phone on and off

1Press and hold to turn on or off.

2Enter your SIM card PIN, if you have one.

3At first startup, select the language for phone

menus.

4Select Yes if you want the setup wizard to help

you with instructions and tips or No. The setup

wizard is also available in the menu system,

}Settings }General }Setup Wizard.

To make and receive calls

Enter the area code and phone number }Call

to make the call. }End Call to end the call.

When the phone rings }Answer to answer the call.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row,

the SIM card is blocked %52 SIM card lock.

If you press shortly when the phone is on,

the shut down menu will be displayed %9 Shut

Down Menu.

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Getting to Know Your Phone

Navigating the Menus

The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop.

Some submenus include tabs that appear on the

screen.

• Press the navigation key in the center

or in a direction:

Press to go to the desktop or to select items.

Press , , or to move through menus

and tabs.

• Press to go back one level in the menus

or to end a function or application.

Press and hold to return to standby.

• Press to select the options shown

immediately above these keys on the screen.

• Press to delete items.

Shortcuts

From standby, you can use , , ,

to go directly to a function.

To create a standby shortcut

1If, for example, has no predefined shortcut

}Yes.

2Scroll to a function to create a shortcut

to }Shortcut.

To edit a standby shortcut

1}Settings }General }Shortcuts and select

an existing shortcut you want to edit }Edit.

2Scroll to and select a function }Shortcut.

Help texts

Help texts exist in your phone. To access help texts

}Info.

More options

}More to enter a list of options.

Activity Menu

Open the activity menu from almost anywhere

in the phone to view and handle new events,

and access bookmarks and shortcuts.

To open and close the activity menu

Press . Use or to scroll between the tabs.

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Getting to Know Your Phone

Activity menu tabs

•New Events – such as missed calls and messages.

•My Shortcuts – applications that are running in

the background and your shortcuts. You can add,

delete and change the order of shortcuts.

•Bookmarks – your Internet bookmarks.

• If you want new events to appear as pop-up text

instead of in the activity menu, }Settings

}General }New Events }Popup.

Shut Down Menu

Open the shut down menu from almost anywhere

in the phone. You can use it to shut down the

phone, turn on silent or activate a profile. For more

information about profiles %48 Profiles.

To open and close the shut down

Press and select an option from the list.

File Manager

Items are saved in folders. Create subfolders to

move items to. Access camera pictures by selecting

the desktop icon Camera Pictures. Unrecognized

items are saved in the Other folder.

To manage items and folders

1}File Manager and select a folder.

2Scroll to an item }More }Manage Files

}Move.

3Select the folder you want to move the item to,

or New Folder and name the folder }OK.

To select several items

1}File Manager and select an item }More

}Mark, select Mark Several or Mark All.

2Scroll and select more items by pressing Mark

or Unmark.

To check memory status

}File Manager }More }Memory Status.

File information

View information for items. Copyright protected

items cannot be copied or sent.

Synchronizing items

For more information %43 Synchronizing.

Languages

Select the language for phone menus and

the languages that you may use when writing.

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Getting to Know Your Phone

To change the phone language

•}Settings }General }Language

}Phone Language, select a language.

• From standby, press:

0000 for English or

8888 for Automatic language

(SIM dependant).

To select writing languages

1}Settings }General }Language

}Writing Language.

2Scroll and select languages by pressing Mark

or Unmark. }Save to exit the menu.

To switch between writing languages

Press and hold when writing.

Entering Letters

and Characters

To enter letters using multitap

text input

• Press – until the desired character

appears.

• To shift between capitals and lower case letters,

press .

• To enter numbers, press and hold – .

• To add a space, press .

• For the most common punctuation marks,

press .

• To enter the + sign, press .

• To change input method, press and hold .

T9™ Text Input

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.

To enter letters using T9™ Text Input

1}Messaging }Write New }Text Message.

2For example, if you want to write the word

“Jane”, press , , , .

3If 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.

Accept a word and add a space by pressing .

4Continue writing your message. To enter a

period or other punctuation marks, press

and then or repeatedly. Accept and add

a space by pressing .

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