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Z500 Series front cover.fm Page 1 Tuesday, August 3, 2004 4:21 PM
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Contents Sony Ericsson Z500a Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Assemble the phone, SIM card, battery, make a call. Internet and email settings, synchronizing, PC applications. Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . 10 More features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, file manager. Time and date, alarm clock, calendar, tasks, SIM card lock, etc. Calling . . . . .
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Sony Ericsson The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by GSM 850/1800/1900 Sony Ericsson is under license. First edition (September 2004) T9 Text Input is a trademark or a registered This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile trademark of Tegic Communications. Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual T9 Text Input is licensed under one or more of necessitated by typographical errors, in
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modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, Part of the software in this product is copyright or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software © SyncML initiative Ltd. (1999-2002). may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in All rights reserved. whole or in part. Other product and company names mentioned herein 2 Export Regulations: Software, including technical may be the trademarks of their respective owners. data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, Any rights not expressly
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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, provider, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity make a call. Module) card. The SIM card contains a computer More information and downloads are available at chip that keeps track of your phone number, the www.SonyEricsson.com. services included in your subscription, and your phonebook information, among other things. Instruction icons If you have been using a SIM car
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Getting started To insert the SIM card and charge 1 Insert the SIM card. the battery 2 Make sure the SIM card is aligned and then slide it under the metal holder. 3 Place the battery on the back of the phone with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. 4 Place the back cover as shown in the picture and slide it into place. 5 Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol. The flash symbol on the charger plug must face upwards. 6 It may take up to 30 minutes before th
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Getting started PIN (Personal Identity Number) Available services You may need a PIN (Personal Identity Number) to Some services and functions described in this user activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is guide are network- or subscription-dependent. supplied by your service provider. When you enter Because of this, all menus may not be available in your PIN, the digits are hidden with an *, unless your phone. your PIN starts with the same digits as an This symbol indicates tha
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Getting started 1 Press and hold until the phone vibrates. First-time use This indicates that it is powering up. Make sure that the phone is charged before you 2 Enter your PIN, if you have one for your turn it on. SIM card. To turn on the phone 3 At first start-up, select the language you want for your phone, that is, the language for the menus. 4 } Yes if you want the setup wizard to help you get started. Follow the instructions that appear. When you have turned the phone on, you can u
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Getting started To start the setup wizard from the menu system 1 } Settings } the General tab } Setup Wizard. 2 Select language for your phone. 3 Follow the instructions that appear to complete the setup. 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 } Yes. To enter the desktop Press the center select key ( ). 8 This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.
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Getting started To replace the outer covers 1 Hold the phone as shown in Illustration 1. 2 Apply pressure with the heel of one hand while pushing away with the thumb of your other hand. You may need to apply significant pressure the first time you remove the cover. 3 Slide the cover away from the hinge. 4 Remove the cover. 5 Locate the notches along each side of the phone. Using the notches as a guide, slide the back cover upward applying pressure with the heel of your hand. 6 Click the fl
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Getting to know your phone Getting to know your 1 Internal display. phone 2 Press and hold to activate the camera and Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, video recorder. file manager. 3, 9 Selection key for menu items shown at the Flip open view bottom of the screen. 4 Side volume buttons (see Flip closed views on page 10). 7 5 Press once to go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby. 1 6 Internet button. 7 Speaker. 8 2 8 5-way navigation key. Press the
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Getting to know your phone Flip closed views internal Camera/video internal antenna* recorder button antenna* camera lens right Upper side side volume key external Lower side display volume right left view view * Your phone is equipped with an internal antenna. For best reception, try to hold your phone so your hand does not cover the internal antenna. See the diagram above for the location of the antenna. This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use. 11
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Getting to know your phone Overview, menu 1. Sony Ericsson* 2. Internet Services* 3. Entertainment 4. Camera 5. Messages 6. Calls** or Write New Games 1. PlayNow* Inbox MusicDJ My Friends Record Sound Call Voicemail Email 1 2 3 7. File Manager 8. Phonebook*** 8. Phonebook*** 9. Media Player Drafts Pictures Contacts SIM Numbers Templates 4 5 6 Sounds Options Options Outbox Videos Speed Dial Speed Dial Sent Messages Themes My Business Card My Business Card 7 8 9 S
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Getting to know your phone Navigating the menus 3 Press to go back one level in the menus. The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. Press and hold to return to standby. Some submenus include tabs that appear on the 4 Right selection key. Press to select the option screen. Scroll to a tab with the navigation key and displayed on the bottom right of the screen. select an option. 5 Press to delete an item or character of text. Press and hold to delete more than one character of text.
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Getting to know your phone Phone language Shortcuts Most SIM cards automatically set the language A quicker way to move through the menus is to use used in the menu to the language of the country shortcuts. You can use keypad shortcuts, or you where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the can create your own shortcuts from standby. case, the predefined language is English. If you use Using keypad shortcuts the setup wizard to help you get started with your Enter the menus by pressing a
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Getting to know your phone To edit a standby shortcut Writing languages 1 } Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and Before you start entering letters, you need to select select which shortcut you want to edit } Edit. the languages that you want to use when writing. When writing, you can switch to one of your 2 Scroll to a function that you want to create a selected languages by pressing and holding . new shortcut to } Shortcut. To select writing language More options 1 } Settings } the Ge
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Getting to know your phone Example: Press
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To enter an A, press once. . , - ? ! @ : ; / ( )1 To enter a B, quickly press twice. To shift between capital and lower-case letters, A B C Å Ä Æ à Ç 2 Γ press , then enter the letter. D E F è É 3 ∆ Φ You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut to certain letters: To enter a B, press and hold G H I ì 4 and press . To enter a C, press and hold J K L 5 Λ and press . M N O Ñ Ö Ø ò 6 To enter letters using T9 Text Input P
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Getting to know your phone To add words to the T9 dictionary Writing Language a list of available languages 1 While entering letters } More } Spell Word. is shown. Dictionary (T9) turn T9 Text Input on or off. 2 Edit the word by using multitap input. Word Suggestions select to view, or not, word Navigate between the letters with and . suggestions when writing a word. To delete a character, press . To delete the My Words manage the words that you have entire word, press and
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Getting to know your phone To move a file to a folder File information 1 } File Manager and select a folder. Items that are downloaded, text or picture messages may be copyright-protected. If a file is protected, 2 Scroll to a file, for example, a picture that you want to move } More } Manage Files you may not be able to copy or send that file a message will appear to inform you about this. } Move to Folder. You can also select to view information for the file. 3 Select the folder you wan
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Getting to know your phone Quick keys Making and receiving calls Useful key combinations are described below. Make an emergency call enter the Navigating menus international emergency number Enter the main menu } Call and select menu items Navigate in the menu Set the phone to silent press and hold or press More } Turn and lists On Silent Delete an item press when in Mute the ringer press the or lists key Enter a list of options } More Send the call directly to double-press the
