Sony A3252012 Licensed transmitter User Manual
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- 1. 08 user guide part 1
- 2. 08 user guide part 2
08 user guide part 1
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1Contents
Contents
Getting started ................... 5
Assembly ........................................ 5
Turning on the phone ..................... 5
Help in your phone ........................ 6
Charging the battery ....................... 7
Phone overview ............................. 8
Menu overview ............................. 10
Navigation .................................... 12
My Stuff ....................................... 13
Phone language ........................... 15
Entering text ................................. 15
Calling ............................... 16
Making and receiving calls ........... 16
Address book .............................. 18
Call list .......................................... 21
Speed dial ..................................... 22
Voicemail ...................................... 22
Voice control ................................ 22
Forwarding calls ........................... 24
More than one call ........................ 25
My numbers .................................. 26
Accept calls ................................. 26
Fixed dialing ................................. 26
Messaging ....................... 27
Text and multimedia messaging ... 28
Voice messages ............................ 30
Mobile Email ................................. 30
Instant Messaging (IM) ................. 30
Imaging ............................ 33
Camera and video recorder ......... 33
Viewfinder and camera keys ........ 33
Using the camera .......................... 34
Getting more from the camera ..... 34
Camera icons and settings ........... 35
Camera shortcuts ......................... 36
Transferring pictures ..................... 36
Camera printing ............................ 37
Pictures ......................................... 37
PhotoDJ™ and VideoDJ™ ........... 38
Themes ......................................... 38
Entertainment .................. 39
Music ............................................ 39
Stereo portable handsfree ............ 40
Music and video players .............. 40
Transfer music from a computer .. 41
FM Radio ..................................... 43
2Contents
Ringtones and melodies ............... 44
MusicDJ™ .................................... 45
Sound recorder ............................. 45
Games .......................................... 45
Applications .................................. 46
Connectivity ...................... 47
Phone name .................................. 47
Using MEdia Net .......................... 47
Bluetooth™ wireless technology . 48
Using the USB cable .................... 50
More features ................... 51
Alarms ........................................... 51
Calendar ....................................... 52
Tasks ............................................ 53
Notes ............................................ 54
Timer, stopwatch and calculator .. 54
Password saver ............................ 55
Profiles .......................................... 56
Time and date ............................... 56
Locks ............................................ 56
Hearing Aid Compatibility 59
HAC Settings ................................ 59
Hearing Aid Compatibility Rating .. 59
Troubleshooting ............... 60
Common questions ...................... 60
Error messages ............................. 61
Important information ...... 63
FCC Statement ............................. 71
Declaration of Conformity for K850a .
72
Index ................................. 73
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Sony Ericsson K850a
UMTS 850/1900/2100 GSM 850/900/1800/1900
This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated
company, 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 Mobile
Communications AB at any time and without
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All rights reserved.
©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB,
2007
Publication number: 1202-4668.x P2B
Please note:
Some of the services in this User guide are not
supported by all networks. This also applies to the
GSM International Emergency Numbers 911 and
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.
Your mobile phone has the capability to download,
store and forward additional content, e.g.
ringtones. The use of such content may be
restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties,
including but not limited to restriction under
applicable copyright laws. You, and not
Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for
additional content that you download to or forward
from your mobile phone. Prior to your use of any
additional content, please verify that your intended
use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized.
Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy,
integrity or quality of any additional content or any
other third party content. Under no circumstances
will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your
improper use of additional content or other third
party content.
Bluetooth™ is a trademark or registered trademark
of Bluetooth SIG Inc.
The marble logo, BestPic, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ and
VideoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
Sony and Cyber-shot are trademarks of Sony
Corporation.
Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are trademarks of
Sony Corporation.
TrackID™ is powered by Gracenote Mobile
MusicID™. Gracenote and Gracenote Mobile
MusicID are trademarks or registered trademarks
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registered trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile
Communications AB.
Ericsson is a trademark or registered trademark of
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition is a
trademark or registered trademark of Adobe
Systems Incorporated.
MEdia and SmartChip are trademarks or registered
trademarks of ATT Mobility.
Yahoo! Is a trademark or a registered trademark of
Yahoo! Inc.
AOL and AIM are trademarks or registered
trademarks of AOL LLC.
AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T
Corporation.
Microsoft, Windows, PowerPoint, Outlook and
Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other
countries.
MicroSD is a trademark or registered trademark of
SanDisk Corporation.
T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered
trademark of Tegic Communications. T9™ Text
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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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End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™
J2ME™.
Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted
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by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer shall not
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or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software
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whole or in part.
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Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such
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applicable.
Other product and company names mentioned
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owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are
reserved.
All illustrations are for illustration only and may not
accurately depict the actual phone.
Instruction symbols
These symbols appear in the User
guide.
Note
Tip
Warning
A service or function is network-
or subscription-dependent.
Contact AT&T for details.
> Use a touch option or navigation
key to scroll and select. See
Navigation on page 12.
5Getting started
Getting started
Assembly
Before you start using your phone, you
need to insert a SmartChip and the
battery.
To insert the SmartChip
1Remove the battery cover.
2Slide the SmartChip into its holder
with the gold-colored contacts facing
down.
To insert the battery
1Insert the battery with the label side
down and the connectors facing each
other.
2Close and slide the battery cover into
place.
Turning on the phone
To turn on the phone
1Press and hold down .
6Getting started
2Enter your SmartChip PIN, if
requested and select OK.
3Select a language.
SmartChip
The SmartChip, which you get from
AT&T, contains information about your
subscription. Always turn off your
phone and detach the charger before
you insert or remove the SmartChip.
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal
Identification Number) to activate the
services in your phone. Your PIN is
supplied by AT&T. Each PIN digit
appears as *, unless it starts with
emergency number digits, for
example, 911 or 112. You can see and
call an emergency number without
entering a PIN.
Standby
After you have turned your phone on
and entered your PIN, the name of the
network operator appears. This view is
called standby.
Help in your phone
Help and information are available in
your phone. See Navigation on page
12.
To use the setup wizard
1From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Setup wizard.
2Select an option.
To view information about functions
•Scroll to a function and select Info, if
available. In some cases, Info appears
under Options.
If you want to correct a mistake when
you enter your PIN, press .
You can save contacts on the SmartChip
before you remove it from your phone.
See To copy names and numbers to the
SmartChip on page 19.
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in
a row, the SmartChip is blocked. See
SmartChip lock on page 56.
7Getting started
Charging the battery
The phone battery is partly charged
when you buy it.
To charge the battery
1Connect the charger to the phone. It
takes approximately 2.5 hours to fully
charge the battery. Press a key to view
the screen.
2Remove the charger by tilting the plug
upwards.
You can use your phone while it is
charging. You can charge the battery at
any time and for more or less than 2.5
hours. You can interrupt the charging
without damaging the battery.
2.5 h.
8Getting started
Phone overview
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2
3
4
5
6
1Ear speaker
2Screen
3Touch options
4Activity menu key
5Send key
6Navigation key
7Volume, digital zoom keys
8C key (Clear)
9End key
10 Camera switch mode key
11 Camera key
12 Camera on/off key
13 Silent key
14 Connector for charger
9Getting started
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16
17
16 On/off key
17 Camera lens cover
18 Flash
10 Getting started
Menu overview
AT&T Music* Messaging Recent
Calls**
Media player
Shop Music
MusicID
XM Radio
Music Videos
The Buzz
Community
Music Apps
Write new
Inbox
Mobile Email
IM*
Call voicemail
Outbox
Drafts
Sent messages
Saved messages
Templates
Manage messages
Settings
All
Answered
Dialed
Missed
MEdia Net*
AT&T Mall
Cellular Video
Shop Tones
Shop Games
Shop Graphics
Shop Multimedia
Shop Applications
MEdia Net Home
My Stuff
Address Book Entertainment
Camera album
Music
Pictures
Videos
Themes
Web pages
Games
Applications
Other
Myself
New contact
Media player
FM Radio
Games
VideoDJ™
PhotoDJ™
MusicDJ™
Remote control
Record sound
11Getting started
Cyber-shot™ Organizer
Alarms**
Applications
Calendar
Tasks
Notes
Timer
Stopwatch
Light
Calculator
Password Saver
Settings**
General
Profiles
Time & date
Language
Voice control
New events
Shortcuts
Flight mode
Security
Setup wizard
Accessibility
Phone status
Master reset
Sounds & alerts
Ring volume
Ringtone
Silent mode
Increasing ring
Vibrating alert
Message alert
Key sound
Display
Wallpaper
Themes
Screen saver
Clock size
Brightness
Calls
Speed dial
Smart search
Forward calls
Manage calls
Time & cost*
Show/hide my no.
Handsfree
Connectivity*
Bluetooth
USB
Phone name
Network sharing
Mobile networks*
Internet settings
Streaming settings
Message settings*
Accessories
* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent.
** You can use the navigation key to scroll between tabs in submenus. For more information, see Navigation on
page 12.
12 Getting started
Navigation
The main menus are shown as icons.
Some submenus include tabs.
To navigate the phone menus
1From standby select Menu.
2Use the navigation key to move
through the menus.
To scroll between the tabs
•Scroll to a tab by pressing the
navigation key left or right.
To use the touch options
•Select an action shown at the bottom
of the screen by pressing the left,
center or right touch option.
To view options for an item
•Select Options to, for example, edit.
To return to standby
•Press .
To end a function
•Press .
To delete items
•Press to delete items such as
numbers, letters, pictures and sounds.
Shortcuts
You can use keypad shortcuts to go
directly to a menu. Menu numbering
Touch options
13Getting started
starts from the top left icon and moves
across and then down row by row.
To go directly to a main menu
•From standby select Menu and press
– , , or .
To use navigation key shortcuts
•From standby press , , or to
go directly to a function.
To edit a navigation key shortcut
1From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Shortcuts.
2Scroll to an option and select Edit.
3Scroll to a menu option and select
Shortc..
Activity menu
The activity menu gives you quick
access to certain functions.
To open the activity menu
•Press .
Activity menu tabs
•New events – missed calls and new
messages.
•Running apps – applications that are
running in the background.
•My shortcuts – add your favorite
functions to access them quickly.
•Internet – quick access to MEdia
Net.
My Stuff
You can use My Stuff to handle files
saved in the phone memory or on a
memory card.
To navigate My Stuff
1From standby select Menu > My Stuff.
2Use the navigation key to move up,
down, left and right through the
menus.
Memory card
Your phone supports Memory Stick
Micro™ (M2™) or MicroSD™ memory
card adding more storage space to
your phone. It can also be used as a
portable memory card with other
compatible devices.
You may have to purchase a memory
card separately.
14 Getting started
To insert a memory card
•Open the battery cover and insert the
memory card with the gold-colored
contacts facing up.
To remove a memory card
•Open the battery cover and press the
edge of the memory card to release
and remove it.
To view memory card options
1From standby select Menu > My Stuff
> the On memory card tab.
2Select Options.
Handling files
You can move and copy files between
your phone, a computer and a
memory card. Files are saved on the
memory card first and then in the
phone memory. Unrecognized files are
saved in the Other folder.
You can create subfolders to move or
copy files to. You can select more
than one or all the files in a folder at
the same time for all folders except
Games and Applications.
If the memory is full, delete some
content to create space.
My Stuff tabs
My Stuff is divided into three tabs, and
icons indicate where the files are
saved.
•All files – all content in the phone
memory and on a memory card
•In phone – all content in the phone
memory
•On memory card – all content on a
memory card
To view information about files
1From standby select Menu > My Stuff.
2Find a file and select Options >
Information.
15Getting started
To move a file in My Stuff
1From standby select Menu > My Stuff.
2Find a file and select Options >
Manage file > Move.
3Select an option.
To select more than one file in a
folder
1From standby select Menu > My Stuff.
2Scroll to a folder and select Open.
3Select Options > Mark > Mark several.
4For each file you want to mark, scroll
to the file and select Mark.
To delete a file from My Stuff
1From standby select Menu > My Stuff.
2Find the file and press .
Phone language
You can select a language to use in
your phone.
To change the phone language
1From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Language > Phone
language.
2Select an option.
Entering text
You can use multitap text input or
T9™ Text Input to enter text. The
T9 Text Input method uses a built-in
dictionary.
To change text input method
•When you enter text, press and hold
down .
To shift between capitals and lower-
case letters
•When you enter text, press .
To enter numbers
•When you enter text, press and hold
down – .
To enter periods and commas
•When you enter text, press .
To enter text using T9™ Text Input
1From standby select, for example,
Menu > Messaging > Write new >
Message.
2If is not displayed, press and hold
down to change to T9 Text Input.
3Press each key only once, even if the
letter you want is not the first letter on
the key. For example, to write the
word “Jane”, press , , ,
. Write the whole word before
looking at the suggestions.
4Use or to view suggestions.
5Press to accept a suggestion.
16 Calling
To enter text using multitap
1From standby select, for example,
Menu > Messaging > Write new >
Message.
2If is displayed, press and hold
down to change to multitap text
input.
3Press – repeatedly until the
desired letter appears.
4When a word is written, press to
add a space.
To add words to the built-in
dictionary
1When you enter text using T9 Text
Input, select Options > Spell word.
2Write the word using multitap input
and select Insert.
Calling
Making and receiving calls
You need to turn on your phone and
be within range of a network.
To make a call
1From standby enter a phone number
(with international country code and
area code, if applicable).
2Press .
To make international calls
1From standby press and hold down
until a “+” sign appears.
2Enter the country code, area code
(without the first zero) and phone
number.
3Press .
To re-dial a number
•When Retry? appears select Yes.
You can call numbers from your contacts
and call list. See Address book on page
18, and Call list on page 21. You can also
use your voice to make calls. See Voice
control on page 22.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when
waiting. When the call connects, your
phone gives a loud signal.
17Calling
To answer a call
•Press .
To reject a call
•Press .
To change the ear speaker volume
during a call
•Press the volume key up or down.
To mute the microphone during a call
1Press and hold down .
2Press and hold down again to
resume.
To turn the loudspeaker on during a
call
•Select SpkrOn.
To view missed calls from standby
•Press Calls or press and scroll to
the New events tab and select a
number.
•Press to open the call list.
Networks
Your phone switches automatically
between GSM and 3G (UMTS)
networks depending on availability.
Some network operators allow you to
switch networks manually.
To switch networks manually
1From standby select Menu > Settings
> the Connectivity tab > Mobile
networks > GSM/3G networks.
2Select an option.
Emergency calls
Your phone supports international
emergency numbers, for example, 911
and 112. These numbers can normally
be used to make emergency calls in
any country, with or without the
SmartChip inserted, if a 3G (UMTS) or
GSM network is within range.
To make an emergency call
•From standby enter 911 or 112 (the
international emergency numbers) and
press .
To view your local emergency
numbers
1From standby select Menu > Address
Book.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when
using the loudspeaker. This could
damage your hearing.
Mobile Networks is Smartchip
dependent.
In some countries, other emergency
numbers may also be promoted. AT&T
may therefore have saved additional
local emergency numbers on the
SmartChip.
18 Calling
2Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Special numbers >
Emergency nos..
Address book
You can save names, phone numbers
and personal information in Address
Book. Information can be saved in the
phone memory or on the SmartChip.
Default contact
You can choose which contact
information is shown as default. If
Phone contacts is selected as default,
your contacts show all the information
saved in Address Book. If you select
SmartChip contacts as default, your
contacts show names and numbers
saved on the SmartChip.
To select default contacts
1From standby select Menu > Address
Book.
2Scroll to New contact and select
Options > Advanced > Default contacts.
3Select an option.
Phone contacts
Phone contacts can contain names,
phone numbers and personal
information. They are saved in the
phone memory.
To add a phone contact
1From standby select Menu > Address
Book.
2Scroll to New contact and select Add.
3Enter the name and select OK.
4Enter the number and select OK.
5Select a number option.
6Scroll between tabs and select the
fields to add information.
7Select Save.
Calling contacts
To call a phone contact
1From standby select Menu > Address
Book.
2Scroll to a contact and press .
To call a SmartChip contact from the
address book
1From standby select Menu > Address
Book.
2Scroll to New contact and select
Options > SmartChip contacts.
3Scroll to a contact and press .
To go directly to a contact, from standby
press and hold down – .