Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product T300 Sony
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N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 3 Contents Getting started 5 Make and receive t he first c all. Gettin g to know you r phone 8 Key functions, q uick keys, entering letters and characters. Persona lizing your phone 17 Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 4 Sony Ericsson First e dition ( May 20 02) This manu al is published by Sony Ericsson M obile Communi cations AB, witho ut any warran ty .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Getti ng star ted 5 Gett ing s t a rted Abou t this user ’s guide For ease of refere nce, the “Ge tting to know your phone” ch apte r gives a quick ove rview of the main functions of the pho ne, shor tcuts and genera l informati on.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 6 Getti ng starte d SIM card an d battery information It may take up t o 30 minutes before an icon appears when charg ing. 1. Inser t the SIM card. Make sure the SIM car d is placed under the silv ery h older s. 2. Place the ba ttery on th e back of the phone with the connec tors fac ing each other .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Getti ng star ted 7 Making and receiving calls T o turn on the phone • Press and hold NO until you h ear a tone. • Enter your PIN (Per sonal Identity Num ber), if you have o ne fo r your SIM ca rd. Y our PIN is pr ovi ded by y our networ k opera tor .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 8 G etting to kn ow your phone Getting to know your phone Key functions Vo l u m e key Increas e/decreas e the earpiec e volu me du ring a call . Scr oll through men us, lists and text . Enter the S tatus menu in standby .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Getti ng to know you r phone 9 Quick keys Useful ke y combin ations are describe d below . T o... When in standby: make an emer gency cal l enter th e internati o n.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 10 Gett ing to know yo ur phone T o... D uring a call: put a call on ho ld press YES retr ieve a call pre ss YES agai n turn of f the microphon e press and ho ld T o.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Getti ng to know you r phone 11 Using s hortc uts A quicke r way to move thro ugh the menus is t o use shortcuts. Ent er the menus by pr essing or and then sim ply enter the number of t he menu to whic h you want to go.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 12 Gett ing to know yo ur phone Del ete, e dit an d ren ame If you ad d items, for exampl e, a cont act, an event or a W A P bookm ark, it ca n be delet ed, edited or renam ed. Ther e are tw o way s of delet ing it ems: • Se lect an item and press .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Getti ng to know you r phone 13 Menu overview (1) Phone book (2) Messag es (3) Calls or Ongoing call* 1 Call contact 2 Add contact 3 Manag e c ontact 4 Pictur es 5 .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 14 Gett ing to know yo ur phone Entering lett ers and characters Y ou can enter letter s, for example, when you ad d names to the phone bo ok, write t ext messages or ent er W AP addresses.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Getti ng to know you r phone 15 Example: • T o ente r an ‘ A ’, pre ss onc e. • T o enter a ‘ B ’, qu ickly pres s twi ce. • T o shi ft betw ee n capi tal an d low er-case lett ers, pr ess , then enter the le tter .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 16 Gett ing to know yo ur phone 4. If the word shown is the one you w ant: • press to ac cept and a dd a space • press or YES to accept without a space. If the cand idates do not incl ude a wor d you want , you can ad d a new word to the list whi lst selecting.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Personal izing your phone 17 Personalizing your phone Y ou can ad just the phone se ttings to suit your ow n requireme nts. Note: If you c hange a setting which is include d in a pr o file, the active profile i s also chang ed.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 18 Pers onali zing you r phon e T o select a theme • Scro ll to Fun & Games/Themes . Note: If you need to ad just the displa y contrast, scroll to Settin gs/Display/ Contrast. Exchanging themes Y ou can se nd and re ceive a t heme via IR and MMS o r download it via W AP .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Personal izing your phone 19 Note: An imations for multim edia me ssages can be viewed in My pictures. Animatio ns for te xt messa ges can onl y be view ed wh en inse rting an item in a tex t message. Se e “T o insert an item in a te xt message” on page 49.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 20 Pers onali zing you r phon e T o turn t he screen sav er On or Off • Scro ll to Settin gs / Display / Screen saver / Activate . T o use a picture as the screen saver Y ou can select a picture , saved in the ph one, an d use it as the s creen s aver.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Personal izing your phone 21 • Press a key to ent er a note. • Press or to m ake the note sho rter or longer. Ther e are six d iffere n t l engths of notes. • Press to chan ge oc tave. • Press o nce to raise the note one sem ito ne.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 22 Pers onali zing you r phon e Note: T o send a ring signal or melody in a text message, see “T o insert an item in a text message” on page 49. T o receive a sound or melody 1. From standby , press , scroll to Ac tivate IR , YES .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Personal izing your phone 23 Menu lang uage Most SIM ca rds au to matic ally set th e men u langu ag e to the langua ge of the co untry whe re you bough t your SIM ca rd. I f this is no t the ca se, th e pre set la ngu age is English.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 24 Pers onali zing you r phon e Advanced time settings Under A dvanced in the Sett ing s / T ime and date men u, you can se t time zone a nd dayli ght saving time. Changing these, changes the time according ly , if your net work ope rator suppor ts this serv ice.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Personal izing your phone 25 Automatic keylock Automa tic keyl o ck means th e k eypa d is locked 25 seconds after you last press a key . T o turn automatic keylock On or Off • Scroll to Setti ngs / Locks / Auto ke ylock .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 26 Calling T o reset all profiles • Scro ll to Settin gs / Pro files / Reset prof iles . Automa tic acti vation Some p rofiles, for exa mple In car , are automa tically activ ated when u sed with a s pecific ac cessory .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Calli ng 27 Automatic re-dialling If t h e c o nnect ion of the call fai led and th e display shows Retry? , press YES . Note: Do not h old the phone to your e ar while waiting . When th e call i s conn ected, the phone gives a loud signal.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 28 Calling T o answer a call • Press YES . T o reject a call • Press NO . Missed calls If you have misse d a call, Missed ca lls:1 appear s in standb y , indicati ng the numb er of missed c alls. T o check your miss ed calls 1.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Calli ng 29 T o add a picture to a phone book cont act 1. Scro ll to Phone bo ok , YES , Picture s, YES . 2. Ente r the fi rst le tte rs of th e con tact , YES . 3. When t he contact is highli ghted, pres s YES . This takes you t o My pict ur es .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 30 Calling Default (standard) number Each conta ct has a defau lt phone numb er . The first phone n umber you l ink to a cont act au tomati cally become s the defau lt number . If you scroll t o a certai n cont act in the Call cont act list a nd then press an d hold YES , t he defaul t number is dialled.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Calli ng 31 T o save a business card in a multimedia message 1. Scro ll to Messages , YES , Mult imedi a , YES . 2. Scro ll to Inbox , YES , select th e message, YES . 3. Scroll to the business card item, press YE S to accept it.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 32 Calling T o chang e position numbers 1. Scroll to Phone bo ok , YES , Advan ced, YES , Position list , YES . 2. Select the p hone number you want to mo ve, YES . 3. Select the p osition to whic h you w ant to mov e the phone n umber, press YES .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Calli ng 33 T o check the call cost and reset • Scroll to Calls / T ime and cost / Cal l co sts and s elect an o ption . • Selec t C lea r tota l cost to re set the call cost mete r . Note: If you sub scribe to cost information, yo u must enter your PIN 2 to cl ear the cos t or time c ounter .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 34 Calling • Not reachable – d ivert c alls i f your p hone is turne d off or if you are unrea chable . • No r e ply – dive rt calls that you do not answer within a specif ied time limit (o perator -depend ent).
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Calli ng 35 Y ou can als o reach di fferen t options by p ressing . Receiving a second call • T o answer the second cal l and put the ongoing ca ll on hold, pres s YES . • T o reject the second c all and co ntinue th e ongoing ca ll, press , select Bus y .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 36 Calling T o end the conference call • Press NO . Having a private conversation Y ou can ha ve a p rivate conv ersation with o ne o f the participant s and put t he other partic ipants o n hold. • Press , then select Extract part to sele ct the parti cipa nt th at yo u wan t to ta lk wi th.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Calli ng 37 T o save a card number 1. Scr oll to Calls , YES , T ime and cost , YES , Calli ng cards , YES , My c ard s , YES . 2. Enter you r phone l ock cod e, YES . 3. Select Add new? , YES . Enter the c ard settings (th e access number a nd name of the cal ling card server, and the ver ificat ion cod e).
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 38 Calling T o turn a call restriction on or off 1. Scroll to Cal ls , YES , Manage calls , YES , Restrict calls , YES . 2. Select an op tion, YES . 3. Select Ac tiva te or Cancel , YES . 4. Enter your pa ssword, YES .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Calli ng 39 T o activate a group 1. Scroll to Call s , YE S , Mana ge call s , YES , Clos ed groups , YES , Edit l ist , YES . 2. Select a grou p, YE S . 3. Select Activa te, YES . Calls ca n only be ma de with in the se lected group.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 40 Setti ng up mo bile In ternet T o send and clear tones • Pr ess the num ber ke ys 0-9, and . • T o clear the displa y after a call, pr ess NO . Notepad Y ou can use the phon e to make a not e of a phone number du ring a call.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Settin g up mo bile Inte rnet 41 2. When t he messa ge arrive s, New s ettings received . Install? a ppears. • Press YES to ins tall the ne w sett ings Note: If se ttings a lre ady e xist i n your phone you can eit h er keep or r eplace th em.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 42 Setti ng up mo bile In ternet An e-ma il account includ es user settings th at allow e-mail m essaging direc t from your phone , such as those provi ded by your Int ernet serv ice provi der .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Settin g up mo bile Inte rnet 43 • DNS address – if the ne twork do es not provid e the IP ad dress to the DNS ser ver aut omaticall y , you may e nter it her e. • Adva n. s ettin gs ( Advanc ed setti ngs) – these are optiona l.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 44 Setti ng up mo bile In ternet W A P profile settings The W AP setting s are stored in a W AP prof ile. In most cases you onl y need to use one profile to a ccess the Internet.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Settin g up mo bile Inte rnet 45 W AP security sett ings Y our phone has support for W AP secure browsing. W hen you turn on security , th e connect ion betw een your phon e and the W AP gatew ay is secure.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 46 Setti ng up mo bile In ternet The dif ferent types of certif icates are as follow s: 1. Serv er certifica tes are used to iden tify a W AP gatewa y to the phone and to sho w that it is cert ified by a truste d aut horit y .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Settin g up mo bile Inte rnet 47 • Incoming po rt – if neede d, change the number of t he port used by th e protocol you are using. • Mailbox – enter a use r name for your e-mail accoun t. • Password – enter a pa ssword for your e-mail accou nt.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 48 Messag ing Messag ing Y our phone supports various me ssaging services - text messages, chat messages, multim edia messages an d e-mail. Please contac t your servic e provide r for details on whic h servic es you ca n use.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Messa ging 49 Note: If you se nd a text message t o mor e than one r e cipien t, you are charged per recipient. T o insert an item in a t ext message 1. Scro ll to Messages , YES , Te x t , YE S , W rit e new , YES .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 50 Messag ing Receiving text mess ages When yo u receiv e a text message , the ph one beep s and the message New m essages Read n ow? appe ars in the display .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Messa ging 51 T o turn long messages off • Scroll to Messages , YES , Te x t , YE S , Options , YES , Long messages , YES , sele ct Off , YES . Te m p l a t e s If you hav e one or more m essages that you send often, you can sa ve these as templa tes.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 52 Messag ing T o start a chat session 1. Scroll to Messages , YE S , Chat , YES S tart n ew , YES . 2. Enter the re cipien t’ s phone number, or retrieve it from the ph one book by pressing . 3. W rite your message, YES .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Messa ging 53 Before you start Make sure you have the follo wing settings: • An address to you r service c entre. • A spec ific W AP pr ofil e for mult imed ia mes sag es. Note: Cont act your ne twor k operato r to aut omaticall y download settings or for mor e info rmation.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 54 Messag ing • Pictu res – Add or rep lace an existing pi cture wit h one from My pict ures . • T ext – Add or e dit exis ting text . T o change text size , sele ct the text and press . Select T ext size , YES .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Messa ging 55 Tip : Y o u can also select a message fr om the list of messages and pr e ss to delete the entir e message. E-mail Y ou can use yo ur phone to send and rec eive e-m ail messages via t he Internet, as yo u would from a PC.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 56 Messag ing Note: The phone c an save up to six comple te e-mail messages depending on the size . Y ou can use the setting to do wnload he aders only, se e “E-m ail accou nt set tin gs” on page 46 . All e-ma il messag es ar e also saved on your e -mail server .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Using mo bile Inte rnet 57 Using mobile Internet Y our phone has a W A P (W i reless Appl ication Protocol) browser and e- mail messaging which are design ed to bring a modifie d Internet to your mobile phon e.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 58 Using mo bile Inte rnet The op tions menu al ways con tains the fo llowi ng: • Go to the home page se t for the current W A P profile. • Bookmarks – Ad d the site you are curren tly browsing to your list of bookm arks, or see the list of bookmarks for th e current pro file.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Using mo bile Inte rnet 59 T o download from wap.sonyericsson.com 1. Scro ll to WA P s e r v i c e s , YES , Book marks , YES , M obile Internet, YES . 2. Select w hat y ou wa nt to downlo ad and follow the instr uct ions tha t ap pear , YES .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 60 More featur es Stored information The follow ing inform ation can be saved in your phone: • Cac he – improv e s memo ry ef ficiency . • Pa sswords – improves server a ccess e ffici ency . • Cookies – imp roves site acc ess efficiency .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e More f eatures 61 One number If you have a SIM card that doe s not support a sepa rate data numbe r , the phone does no t recogni ze the type of inco ming call. If you want to rec eive a data call, you have to set the phone to th is option.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 62 More featur es Calculator The phone has a built -in calculato r , which can add, subtract , divide and m ultiply. T o use the calculator • Scro ll to Organizer , YES , Calc ulator , YES . Y ou can e nter digit s with the keypad and t he follo wing: •P r e s s t o g e t + , - , x, / .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e More f eatures 63 Sound r ecorder W it h the Sound re corde r function , you can recor d eith er yo ur ow n me mos or cal ls. A ll p artic ipan ts i n the call ar e au toma tical ly re corde d. The reco rdin g is terminat ed i f any party hangs u p.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 64 More featur es Games Y our phone has games and you c an download ga mes. T o start a game 1. Scroll to Fun & Games , YES , Games , YES . 2. Select a game, YES . 3. Select New ga me or Resume gam e , YES . 4. St art the game.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Secur ity 65 Secur ity SIM card lock The SIM card l ock pro tects y our su bscription, but no t your phone i tself, from una uthoriz ed use. If you change SIM cards, the phone still works wi th the new SIM card. Most SIM cards ar e locked at t he time of purchase.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 66 Trou blesh ooti ng Phone lock on If the phone lock is on, the m essage Phone lock ed appears e ach time you turn on the pho ne.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Trou blesh ooting 67 Grey menu options Grey text in dicates a fun ction t hat is tem porari ly unavailab le, for exa mple, due to your subscription or d ue to a c ertain set ting wh ich has not been tur ned o n.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 68 Trou blesh ooti ng Phone locked The phone is locked. T o unlock th e phone, see “Phone lock” on pa ge 65. Phone lock code: Y our phone c omes wi th the phone lock code, 0000. Y ou ca n change i t to any fo ur- to eight-dig it code.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Additi onal informa tion 69 Additional information Sony Eri csson Consumer we b site On www .SonyE ricsson.com/ there i s a support se ction where h elp and tips are on ly a few clicks aw ay .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 70 Additiona l informat ion Guidelines for S afe and Efficient Use Please rea d this inf ormat ion befo re usin g your mob ile phon e. When excha nging th e cover pl ease not e that the p roduct may contain su bstances that could crea te an allergic react ion.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Additi onal informa tion 71 ANTEN NA Only use an anten na tha t has been specif ically de signed by Sony Er icsson for you r mobile p hone.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 72 Additiona l informat ion DRIVING Please che ck if local laws and regu lations res trict the use of mobi le phon es while d riving or requ ire drive rs to u se handsfree solution s. We recom mend t hat you use only Ericsson or S ony Ericsson handsf ree solution s intended for us e with you r product .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Additi onal informa tion 73 EMERGENCY CALLS Mobile phones op erate using r adio sig nals, which canno t guarante e connect ion unde r all condi tions. Th erefor e you should never rely solely u pon any mobile ph one for essentia l communicat ions (e.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 74 Additiona l informat ion Limited Warranty Sony Ericsso n Mobile Com munications AB, S-2 21 88 Lund, S weden, (Sony Ericsson) , provid es this Limited Warranty for your mobile p hone and ori ginal accessor y delivere d with your mobil e phone ( herein after re ferred to as “Produc t”).
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Additi onal informa tion 75 4. Since the cellular system on which the Product is to operate i s pro vided b y a carr ier inde pende nt from S ony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson will not be re sponsible for the operation, availa bility , coverage, services or range of that system.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 76 Additiona l informat ion Declaration of Co nformity We, Sony Erics son Mobile Communicat ions AB of Nya Vattento rnet S-2 2 1 88 Lun d, Sweden .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Icons 77 Icons The table below shows icon s which may appe ar in standby or in the menus. Icon Desc ript ion Main me nus Y our persona l phone book . Handling of text (SMS), multim edia (MMS), e-mai l and voic e message s.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 78 Icons The time r has been set and is on . A profile ot her than Norma l has been chose n. The keyp ad is loc ked. The card lock or phone lock is on. A secure W AP co nnectio n is establi shed. Y ou hav e received a text me ssage.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e Icons 79 An e-ma il addre ss in the pho ne book. A pi cture is connected to the con tact. Messages A text m essage is saved on the SI M card. A voic e message has not been ch ecked. A message has not been read. A message has b een read.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 80 Icons An ev ent is a ttac hed to a mu ltime dia me ssag e. A theme is attach ed to a mul timedia mess age. A mult ime dia m essa ge conta ins a melod y . A multi media mess age co ntains a r ecorded sound. Curs or in a mu ltim edi a mess age .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 81 Index A Alarm clock 61 Animati o ns 19 Answering m ode 24 Area info rmat ion 52 B Batte ry 6 Business ca rds 30 C Calculat or 62 Call co sts 32 call ing card 36 .
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 82 I Icons (displ ay) 77 Infrar ed p ort 1 7 Internati onal calls 2 7 emer gency numb er 27 K Key funct ions 8 Key sound 22 Keypad lo ck 24 L Langua ge (disp lay) 2.
N o t for C o m m e r c i a l U s e 83 Shortcuts 9 ,11,25 Silent ring signal 20 SIM ca rd 6, 12 copy co ntacts 31 lock 65 unblock 6 5 SMS, see Text messages 48 Sony Erics son Mob ile Inte rne t 17 web.
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