Sony K500 user manual

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Contents
Contents Sony Ericsson K500
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 More Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call. Time and date, alarm clock, calendar, tasks, SIM card
lock, etc.
Getting To Know Your Phone . . . . . . . 8
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters,
file manager. Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Sony Ericsson The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but GSM 900/1800/1900 not limited to restriction under applicable copyright Second edition (July 2004) laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson responsible for additional content that you download Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. to or forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your Improvements and changes to this us

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Getting Started SIM Card Getting Started When you register as a subscriber with a service Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make provider, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) acall. card. The SIM card contains a computer chip that More information and downloads are available keeps track of your phone number, the services at www.SonyEricsson.com. included in your subscription, and your phonebook information, among other things. Instruction Icons If you have been using a SIM card

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Getting Started To insert the SIM card and charge the 1 Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card battery is placed under the silvery holders. 2 Place the battery on the back of the phone with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. 3 Place the battery cover as shown in the picture and press it into place. 4 Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol. The flash symbol on the charger plug must face upwards. 5 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon

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Getting Started To remove the battery If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the 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), % 73 SIM Card Lock. Available Services Some services and functions described in this user 1 Remove the battery cover. guide are network- or subscription-dependent. Because of this, all menus may not

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Getting Started Setup Wizard 1 Press and hold . You can use the setup wizard to help you get 2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if you have one. started with the basic settings in your phone. 3 At first startup, select the language you want The wizard also gives you tips on how to use the for your phone menus. keypad. You can start the wizard from the menu 4 } Yes if you want the setup wizard to help you system at any time. get started, and follow the instructions that appear. To start the setup

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Getting To Know Your Phone Getting To Know Your 1 Infrared port Phone 2 Press and hold to activate the camera and Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, video recorder file manager. 3 Volume buttons Phone Overview 4 Screen 1 8 5, 11 Selection keys 2 9 6 Press once to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby. 3 10 7 Stereo headset and charger connector. 4 8 Press and hold to turn the phone on/off 9 Speaker 5 11 10 Internet button 12 12 Navigation key. Press t

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Getting To Know Your Phone Overview, Menu 1. PlayNow* 2. Internet Services* 3. Entertainment 4. Camera 5. Messages 6. My Friends* Write New Games 6. Calls* 1. Sony Ericsson* Inbox MusicDJ™ Call Voicemail Record Sound Email Drafts 7. File Manager 8. Phonebook** 8. Phonebook** 9. Media Player Templates Pictures Contacts 1 2 3 SIM Numbers Outbox Sounds Options: Options: Sent Items Videos Speed Dial Speed Dial 4 5 6 Saved Items Themes My Business Card My Business Sett

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Getting To Know Your Phone the predefined language is English. If you use the Navigating The Menus setup wizard to help you get started with your phone, The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. you will be asked to select phone language, Some submenus include tabs that appear on the % 7 Setup Wizard. screen. Scroll to a tab with the navigation key and select an option. You can always choose Automatic language by pressing 8888 in standby. You can always choose English by pressin

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Getting To Know Your Phone Using Keypad Shortcuts More Options Enter the menus by pressing and then enter the } More to enter a list of options. There are different number of the menu to which you want to go. For alternatives in the list of options depending on where example, to reach the fifth menu item, press . you are in the menus. To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items, press , and respectively. To get Entering Letters back to standby, press and hold . There are two wa

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Getting To Know Your Phone To select writing language Press… to get… 1 } Settings } the General tab } Language T U V Ü ù 8 } Writing Language. 2 Scroll to each language that you want to use W X Y Z 9 and mark it. } Save to exit the menu. + 0 Θ Ξ Ψ Ω To enter letters using multitap text space ↵ ¶ input 1 To enter text, you have to be in a function where to delete letters and numbers text input is possible, for example } Messages to shift between capital and lower- } Write New } Text Message.

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Getting To Know Your Phone To enter letters using T9 Text Input 3 When you have edited the word } Insert. The 1 } Messages } Write New } Text Message. word is added to the T9 Text Input dictionary. Next time you enter this word using T9 Text 2 For example, if you want to write the word Input, it will appear as one of the alternative “Jane”, press , , , . words. 3 If the word shown is the one you want, press to accept and add a space. To accept a To select another writing method word with

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Getting To Know Your Phone • My Words – manage the words that you have To create a subfolder added to the dictionary. 1 } File Manager and select a folder. • National Chars. – turn off language-specific 2 } More } Manage Files } New Folder and enter characters to save space. This option appears a name for the folder. only for some writing languages. 3 } OK to save the folder. To select several files File Manager 1 } File Manager and select a file } More } Mark Items such as Pictures, Videos

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Getting To Know Your Phone Quick Keys Useful key combinations are described below. Making And Receiving Calls Navigating Menus Make an emergency call enter the international Enter the main menu press emergency number and select menu items } Call Navigate in the menu Call your voicemail press and hold and lists Enter call list } Calls Delete an item press when in lists Voice dial press and hold a volume button or Enter a list of options } More say your magic word Enter the statu

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Getting To Know Your Phone Turn off the ringtone press the lower end Enter a p (pause) press and hold when receiving a call of the volume button when entering once or press numbers or saving codes Put a call on hold } Hold Using Multitap Text Input Retrieve a call } Retrieve Reach the second letter press and hold the top Turn off the microphone press and hold or character of a key of the volume button and press any of the Enter a list of options } number keys Entering Letters Reach the

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Calling To make a call Calling 1 Enter the area code and the phone number. Calls, phonebook, voice control, call options. 2 } Call to make the call. 3 } End Call to end the call. Making Calls Before you can make or receive any calls, you must To change the speaker volume turn on the phone and be within range of a network. Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone % 6 Turning On The Phone And Making Calls. to increase or decrease the speaker volume during acall. Networks When you turn on

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Calling To answer a call Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. When } Yes. the call is connected, the phone gives a loud signal. To reject a call } No or quickly press a volume button twice. To redial a number If the connection of the call failed and Retry? Missed Calls is displayed } Yes. If you have missed a call, Missed Calls: appears in standby indicating the number of missed calls. Making International Calls } Yes to view the missed calls in the call list. If When you make a

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Calling Contacts In some countries, other emergency numbers may also You can save up to 510 numbers in your contacts. be promoted. Your service provider may therefore have You can also add pictures, ringtones and personal saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM information, such as email, Web and street addresses, card. to the contacts. When you add information to a contact, the To make an emergency call information is organized under five tabs. Use , Enter, for example, 112

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Calling To select contacts or SIM numbers Pictures And Personal Ringtones as your phonebook You can add a picture and a personal ringtone to 1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced a phonebook contact. When that person calls, the } My Phonebook. picture is displayed (provided your subscription 2 Select Contacts or SIM Numbers. supports the Calling Line Identification service) and the ringtone is played. To add a contact 1 } Phonebook } New Contact } Add. To add a picture or a personal ringtone