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.

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

ume

key

ncrease or

ecrease t

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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8 Getting to know your phone

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

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

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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