Sony Ericsson R306C manual

R306c User guide This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only for private use.[...]

2 Congratulati ons on your purchase of the Sony Ericsson R306c. For additional phone content, go to www.sonyericsson.com/fun . Register now to get free onlin e s tora ge and sp ecia l offe rs at www .son yeri csso n.co m/m ypho ne . For product support, go to www.son yericsson.com/support . Instruct ion symbols The following instruction symbols ap [...]

3 Prepari ng the phone To insert the SIM card and battery 1 Remove the bat tery cover. 2 Slide the S IM card into its h older with t he contacts facin g down. 3 Insert t he battery with t he label side up and the connectors facing each ot her. 4 Repla ce the batt ery cover. Do not force the battery cover into p lace. Slide th e battery cover carefu[...]

4 Charge th e battery Your pho ne battery is partly charged when you b uy it. Using the USB charger To connect the c harger and charge the battery (The illustrati ons ar e for guidance only and may not accurately depict the actual phone ) 1 Connect the USB cable ( you c an get in struct ion for three conditio ns fr o m Note ) plug to the A C adapte[...]

5 To remove the charger 1 Charge your battery un til the battery icon indicates a f ull charge. 2 Tilt the USB charger conn ector upw ards to r emove it. Note: 1 If there ar e two US B cables in th e kit (USB ca ble for c harging a nd USB cable for da ta transfer ring. See the illustrations as b elow), then the USB cable f or charging is o nly inte[...]

6 2 If there is only one USB cab le in the ki t, it is intend ed for chargi ng your phone as well as t ransferrin g data. 3 If there is only o ne USB cable f or the USB charger in the p hone kit, this USB cable is only intended for ch arging your phone. 4 Sony Ericsson strongly r ecommends that you use on ly Sony Ericsson brand ed o rig in al ba tt[...]

7 Turning on the phone To turn on the phone 1 Press and hold down . 2 Enter your PIN if requested . To corr ect mistakes, press . 3 Select OK . 4 Select a language. 5 Enter the t ime and da te and select Sav e . To turn off the phone • Press and hold down . Standby After you h ave turned the phon e on and entered your PIN, the n ame of you r oper[...]

8 SIM and PIN SIM card The SIM (S ubscriber Iden tity Module ) card, which you get from yo ur network op erator, c o ntains i nformation ab out your subscription. Always t urn off your p hone and detac h the charger before you insert o r remove the SIM c ard. PIN code You may need a P IN (Personal Iden ti fication Num ber) to ac tivate the services[...]

9 Phone overview Call key Selection key Selection key Shor tcut key Centre navigat ion key Screen C key Ear speaker Radio shor tcut key Silent key On/off key, End k ey This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only for private use.[...]

10 Volu me ke ys Camera Connect or for charg er, handsf ree and USB cab le Radio pr eset keys Channel up & down keys Stereo Speakers Audio en hancer key This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only for private use.[...]

11 Menu overview Organizer File manager, Alarm, Calendar, Tasks, Notes, Timer, Stopwatch, Calculator Monte rnet Enterta inment Games, TrackID™, Record sound Camera Messaging Write new, Inbox, Drafts, Outbox, Sent messages, Saved msgs, Call voicemail, Templates, Settings Rad io Calls * All Answered Dialled Missed Contacts Myself, New contac t Sett[...]

12 Screen icon s These icon s may appea r on the screen . Icon Description Battery icon. A completely green icon means that the battery is fully charged You have missed a call Divert calls is activated The phone is set to silent You have received a new text message You have received a new picture message The handsfree is connected An alarm is activ[...]

13 Shor tcuts The main menus are shown a s icons. Some submenus includ e tabs. To use navigation key shortcuts • Press to play th e radio. • Press to write a new m essage. • Press to take a picture. • Press to open Contacts . • Press to Add , Delete , Move or use a shortcut. To navigate the menus 1 From stand by press to select Menu . 2 P[...]

14 Calling You must tu rn on the phone an d be withi n range of a network. To make a call 1 From stand by enter t he area co de and ph one number. 2 Press . To end a call • Press . To answer a call • Press . To reject a call • Press . To change the ear speaker volume during a call • On the left side o f the phone, p ress the volume keys up [...]

15 To make international calls 1 From stand by press and hold down until a + sign appears on th e screen. 2 Enter the c ountry/r egion code, are a code (with out the firs t zero) and phon e n um ber . 3 Press . To view a missed call • When Missed calls: is displayed, select Yes to view. To call b ack, scroll to the n umber an d press . Call list [...]

16 Contacts You can save c ontacts in t he phone m emory or on the SIM c ard. You can cop y contacts fr om the ph one memo ry to the SIM ca rd or from t he SIM c ard to th e phone m emory. To add a contact 1 From stand by press . 2 Scroll to New contact and select Add . 3 Select Add to enter the name and select OK . 4 Scroll to New number: and se l[...]

17 When Engl ish h as bee n selec ted as the phone l anguage To call a contact written in Chinese characters 1 Menu > Contacts . Scroll to the contact yo u want to call. 2 When the co ntact is high lighted, press or to se lect a n umber and pr ess . To call a contact written in Latin characters 1 Menu > Contacts . Scroll t o, or en ter the fi[...]

18 Radio Your phone has a radio a nd the handsfree works as an ante nna. To listen to the radio 1 Connect t he hands free to the phone. 2 From standby press . To turn on the stereo speakers • When the radio is playing, se lect Options > Turn on sp kr . Audio enhancer The audio enhancer prod uces sound eff ects when pla ying the radio through t[...]

19 To change the volume • When the r adio is playing , press the volum e keys on t he left side o f the phone up or down. Sear ching for ch annels To automatically search for channels • When the radio is playing, press . To manually search for channels • When the radio is playing, press or . To switch between preset channels • When the radi[...]

20 To turn the radio off when minimized • From stand by press and select . To record from the radio 1 When the radio is playing, select Options > Re co rd r adio to start. 2 Select Save to save the recor ding. 3 The rad io recording c an be accesse d by Options > My r adio recs . To play a radio clip • From stand by select Menu > Or ga[...]

21 Messaging Text messages (SMS) You must ha ve a service cen tre number, wh ich is supplied by your service pr ovider and saved on th e SIM card. You may have to enter the number y ourself . To set service centre number 1 From stand by select Menu > M essaging > Setti ngs > Tex t messa ge > Service cent re . The number is show n if it [...]

22 Picture m essages (MMS) Picture messa ges can cont ain text, pic tures , sound re cordings and attachme nts. To create and send a picture message 1 From stand by press . 2 Select Picture m sg . 3 Enter text . To add it ems to the message, press , scroll , and select an item. 4 Enter text . To add items to the message, press Cont. 5 Select an re [...]

23 Camera You can take pictures an d record vi deo clip to view and save. You can send picture s taken with the cam era. They are saved in Menu > Organizer > File manager > Camera album . Th e format is JPEG. To start the camera and take a picture 1 From stand by press . 2 Scroll to . 3 Select TakePic to take a picture. 4 The pict ure is a[...]

24 More functions TrackID™ TrackID™ is a free music recognition servic e. Search for song titles, artists and albu m names. You must h ave the required settings in your phone. See Inter net on page 24. To search for song information • When you he ar a song t hrough a loudspeaker , from standb y select Menu > Entertainm ent > Tr ackID™[...]

25 File manager You can use t he file m anager t o handle files sa ved in the p hone memo ry. To view information about files 1 From stand by select Menu > Or ganizer > File manager . 2 Find a file and se lect Options > Informati on . To move a file in the file manager 1 From stand by select Menu > Or ganizer > File manager . 2 Find [...]

26 Bluetooth™ wireless technology Bluetooth™ wi reless technolo gy ma kes wireless connections to other Bluetooth devices, for example, a B l uetooth h eadset, possible. You can: • Connect to seve ral devices at the sa me time. • Exchang e items. To turn the Bluetooth function on • From standby select Menu > Se ttings > the Conn ect[...]

27 To pair your phone with a Bluetooth handsfree 1 From stand by select Menu > S ettings > th e Connectivity tab > Bluetooth > Handsfree . 2 Select Yes if you are adding a Bluetooth han dsfree for the first time o r select Handsfree > My h andsfree > N ew hand sfree if you are pairing with anot her Blue tooth han dsfree. Make sur [...]

28 To enter text using predictive text input • For ex ample, if you want to write the word “Land ”, press , , , . • If the wo rd or punct uation mar k is the one yo u want, press to accept and add a space. To a ccept a wo rd without adding a sp ace, press . • If the wo rd or punct uation mar k is not the one yo u want, press or repeatedly[...]

29 If the characte r you want is no t displayed in t he candidate row , press to pre sent anothe r candidat e row. Cont inue pressi ng until the character you want is d isplayed. Alternatively, you c an e nte r th e n e xt st ro ke o r P i ny in letter and a new set o f characters will immediat ely be displayed in the ca ndi da te row . To go back [...]

30 Down-Curved- Over 西四 酉 酸 Down-Over 山 巨 屯 母 凶 Left Slope- Over 么 去 公 约 能 Left Slope-Dot 女 要 好 巡 巢 Down-Lift 衣 以 饭 收 长 Right Slope- Hook 我 或 民 成 伐 Down-Over - Hook 心 必 思 忘 Down-Over - Curved-Hook 电 也 毛 兄 孔 Down-Over - Left Slope 专 传 转 Down-Over - Down-Hook 马 与 ?[...]

31 Components The basic building units of Chine se characte rs are com ponents that ar e made up of strok es. After entering t he fir st two stro kes of the desired characte r, the compo nent and ch aracter c andidates t ha t st a rt e d w i th tha t st ro ke are disp layed in the candid ate row. Using componen ts is a fast me thod for entering com[...]

32 Example of us ing the wild card key The w il d car d k ey , i s used to sup plement un clear strok es in entering chara cters. If you wan t to enter “ 互 ”, but you only know that “ 一 ” is the first and the la st stroke of the ch aracter an d that the total numb er of stro kes is four, enter , , , . The character is displa yed in the [...]

33 Input punctuation, sym bols and smilies Under any Chinese inpu t mode, press , to see the table of punctuation marks, symbols and sm ilies. Use the navigat ion key to make a se lection. Press to en ter a space into the t ext. Alarms You can set a sound or the radio as an alarm signal. The alar m sounds even if the phone is turned off. To set the[...]

34 To make an emergency call • From stand by enter 1 12 (the internatio nal emerge ncy number ) and press . To view your local emergency numbers • From stand by select Menu > Con tacts . • Scroll to New contact > Opt ions > Special number s > Emergenc y nos . Ringtones and th emes Themes a re used to chang e the app earance of the[...]

35 Locks SIM card lock The SIM card loc k protect s your s ubscriptio n, but no t your ph one itse lf, from unauth orized use. I f you chang e SIM cards, t he phone s till works with the n ew SI M card. Mo st SI M cards a re lock ed at the time of purchas e. If the SIM c ard lock is on , you have to enter a PIN (P ersonal Ide ntity Number) every ti[...]

36 To edit your PIN2 1 From stand by select Menu > S ettings > th e General tab > Security > Locks > SI M protectio n > Change PIN2 . 2 Enter your PIN2 and select OK . 3 Enter a new PIN2 and se lect OK . 4 Re-enter the new PIN2 to confirm a nd sele ct OK . Phone lock The phone lock protects the phone aga inst unaut horized use if [...]

37 Troublesho oting Some pro blems requ ire that yo u call your service pr ovider, bu t you can corr ect mos t p rob lems yo urse lf . Re move the SIM car d be fore ha ndi ng your ph one in for repai r. Memor y cap aci ty an d spee d If you have not restarted the phon e for a wh ile, you may exp erience problems with it s memory c apacity and sp ee[...]

38 I cannot t urn th e phone on, what should I do? Try chargi ng the phone until it has fi nished ch arging. Attach the charg er (make sur e the power icon on the cha rger is facin g upwards) and charge the pho ne for 2.5 hours. Th e battery icon o n the scree n may not a ppea r until the p hone has ch arged fo r 30 minut es. What is my phone lock [...]

39 Decla ration of con formity for R3 06c We, Son y Ericss on Mob ile Comm unicat ions AB of Ny a Vatt en torn et SE-2 21 88 L und, Swe de n decla re un der our s ole resp onsib ility that our prod uct Sony Er icsso n type AA B-10 2216 1-BV and in combin ation with ou r acce ssorie s, to whic h this d eclarat ion rela tes is i n con for mity w ith [...]

40 - Reo rient or relo cate the re ceivin g an tenn a. - I ncreas e t he sep ara tion bet ween the e quip ment and re cei ver. - Con nect the equip ment into an o utlet on a ci rcuit di ffer ent from th at t o wh ich the recei ver i s c onnec ted. - Cons ult th e de aler or an exp eri ence d rad io/T V techn ic ian for help . In dust ry Can ada St [...]

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