Sony Ericsson R300 manuale d’uso

R300 User guide This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only for private use.[...]

2 Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony Ericsson R300. For additional phone content, go to www.sonyericsson.com/fun . Re gister no w to get fr ee online storage and special offe rs at www.sonyericsson.com/myphone . For product support, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support . Instruction symbols The following instruction symbol s appear in th is[...]

3 Preparing the phone To insert the SIM ca rd and battery 1 Remove th e battery cover. Slide th e SIM card int o its hold er with the contac ts facing down. 2 Insert the battery w ith the labe l side up a nd the conne ctors facing each othe r. Replace the battery cover as shown in the picture. Do not force the battery cover into place. Place the ba[...]

4 To charge the battery 1 The phone battery is partly charged when you buy it. Connect the charge r to the phone. It takes approxim ately 2.5 hours to fully charge th e battery. Press a key to illuminate the screen. 2 To remove t he charger, tilt the plu g upwards. Y ou ca n use the phone during charging . Y ou ca n charge the battery for more or l[...]

5 To turn on the phone 1 Press and hold down . 2 Enter your PIN if reques ted. To correct mi stakes, press . 3 Select OK . 4 Select a language. 5 Enter the time and date and select Save . To turn off the phone • Press and hold down . Standby After you have turned on the phone and ente red your PIN, the name of your oper ator appear s on the sc re[...]

6 SIM and PIN SIM card The SIM (Subscribe r Identity Module) card, which you get from your n etwork operator, contains informat ion about your subscription . Always tur n off your pho ne and detach the charger bef o re you insert or remove the SIM ca rd. PIN code You may n eed a PIN (Pe rsonal Identifi cation Number) to activate the services in you[...]

7 Phone overview Navigation key with shortcuts C key Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable Loud- speaker Radio preset keys Camera On/off key, End key Audio enhancer key Volume keys Shortcut k ey Keylock Call key Selection key Ear speaker Silent key Selection key Screen This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only f[...]

8 Network coverage The network bars show the strength of the GSM ne twork in your area. Try moving to anothe r location if you have trouble calling and network coverage is poor. No network means you are not in range of a network. Battery status = Good network coverage = Average network coverage = The phone battery is fully c harged = The phone batt[...]

9 Menu overview Organizer File manager, Alarms, Calendar, Tasks, Notes, Timer, Stopwatch, Calculator Internet Entertain ment TrackID™, My games, Sound recorder Camera Messaging Write new, Inbox, Call voicemail, Drafts, Outbox, Sent messages, Saved msgs, Templates, Settings FM radio Calls * All Answered Dialled Missed Contacts New contact Settings[...]

10 Screen icons These icons may appear on the s creen. Icon Description Battery icon. A completely gree n icon means the battery is fully charged You have missed a call Divert calls is activated The phone is set to silent The keypad is locked You have received a new text message You have r eceived a new picture mess age The handsfree is connect ed [...]

11 Navigation The main menus are shown as ic ons. Some submenus include tabs. To navigate the menus 1 From standby press to select Me nu . 2 Press , , , to move through the menus. To select actions on the screen • Press any of the se lection keys, or . To scroll between the tabs • Scroll to a tab by pressing or . To return to standby • Press [...]

12 To set the phone to silent • Press and hold down . To delete items • Press to delet e items such as numbers, letters and pictures. Shortcuts You can use keypad shortcuts to go directly to a menu. To use the navigation key shortc uts • Press to create mess ages. • Press to go to the camera. • Press to play the radio. • Press to go to [...]

13 Calling You must turn on the phone and be w ithin range of a netwo rk. To make a call 1 From standby enter th e area code and phone number. 2 Press . To end a call • Press . To answer a c all • Press . To reject a call • Press . To change the ear speaker volume during a call • On the left side o f the ph one, press the volum e keys up or[...]

14 To make international calls 1 From standby press and hold down until a + sign appears on the screen. 2 Enter the coun try code, area code (with out the first zero) and phone number . 3 Press . To view a missed call • When Missed calls: is displayed, select Yes . To call back, scroll to the num ber and press . Call list You can view informati o[...]

15 Contacts You can save contac ts in the phone memory or on th e SIM card. You can copy co ntacts fro m the phone memory to t he SIM card or from the S IM card to the phone memory. To add a contact 1 From standby selec t . 2 Scroll to New contact and select Add . 3 Select Add to enter the name and select OK . 4 Scroll to New number: and select Add[...]

16 To edit a contact 1 From standby press . 2 Scroll to t he contact an d select Options > Edit contact . 3 Scroll between the tabs, edit the informati on and select Save . To delete a contact 1 From standby press . 2 Scroll to t he contact an d press . To copy all contacts to the SIM card 1 From standby press . 2 Scroll to New contact and selec[...]

17 Radio Your pho ne has a r adio and the ha ndsfree wo rks as an antenna. To listen to the radio 1 Connect the hands free to the phone. 2 From standby press . To turn the loudspeaker on • When the radio is playing, sele ct Options > Turn on spkr . To switch to AM • When the radio is playing, sele ct Options > Turn on AM . To change the v[...]

18 Searching for channels To automatically search f or channels • When the radio is playing, pre ss . To manually search for channels • When the radio is playing, pre ss or . To switch between preset channels • When the radio is playing, pre ss or . Saving channels You can save up to 20 preset channels. To save a radio channel to the list of [...]

19 To use concert sound • When the radio is playing, pre ss . • To deactivate Concert sound and switch to Normal effect , press again. To use volume boost • When the radio is playing, sele ct Options > Turn on spkr and press . • To deactivate Volume boost and switch to Normal effect , press again. To record radio • When the radio is pl[...]

20 To set the radio as a larm signal 1 From standby selec t Menu > Organizer > Alarms . 2 Scroll to an alar m and select Edit . 3 Scroll to the tab. 4 Scroll to Alarm sign al: > Edit . 5 Select Radio . The latest used radio channel will be used as alarm signal. 6 Select Save . To exit the radio • When the radio is playing, pre ss . To mi[...]

21 Messaging Text messages (SMS) You must have a service cent re number, which is supplied by your service provider an d saved on the SIM ca rd. Y ou may have to enter the number yourself. To set service centre number 1 From standby selec t Menu > Messaging > Settings > Text message > Service centre . The number is shown if it is saved [...]

22 Picture messages (MMS) Picture messa ges can contain text, pic tures, sound recordings and attach ments. To create and send a pictu re message 1 From standby press . 2 Select Picture msg . 3 Enter text. To add items to the message, press , scroll and select an item. 4 When the message is rea dy select Continue . 5 Select a recipient ( Enter emai[...]

23 Camera Your phone has a digital camera to ta ke pictures to save or send. Pictures taken w ith the ca mera are saved in Menu > Organizer > File manager > Camera album . The format is JPEG. To start the came ra and take a picture 1 From standby, press . 2 Select TakePic to take the picture. 3 The picture is automatically saved in Camera [...]

24 More functions TrackID™ TrackID ™ is a free m usic recog nition serv ice. Search for song titles, ar tists and albu m names. You must have the required settings in your phone. See Internet on page 24. To search for song in formation • When you hear a song through a loudspeaker, from standby select Menu > Entertainment > TrackID™ . [...]

25 File manager You can us e the file manag er to handle files saved in the phone memor y. To view information about files 1 From standby selec t Menu > Organizer > File manager . 2 Find a file and select Options > Information . To move a file in the file manager 1 From standby selec t Menu > Organizer > File manager . 2 Find a file [...]

26 Mass storage You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB ca ble to transfer files using Mass s torage . To use Mass storage 1 Connect a USB cable to the phone an d the computer. The phone will shut down in this mode and restart when disconnected fro m the USB cable. 2 Phone: Select Yes to confirm the mass storage session. 3 Computer: Ope[...]

27 Bluetooth™ wireless technology Bluetooth™ wireless technology makes wir eless connections to other Bluetooth devices, for example, a Bluetooth headset , poss ible. Yo u can: • Connect to several de vices at the same time. • Exchange items. To turn the Bluetooth function on • From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the Connectivity[...]

28 To pair a dev ice with your phone 1 From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the Connectivity tab > Bluetooth > My devices > New device to s earch f or available dev ices. 2 Select a device fr om the list. Enter a passcode, if required. To pair your phone with a Bluetooth handsfree 1 From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the [...]

29 Entering text There are two methods you can use to enter text: m ultitap or predictive text input. To enter text using multitap • Press – until the let ter appears. • Press to add a space . • Press to enter punc tuation mark s. To enter text using predictive text input • For example, if you want to write the word “Land”, pres s , ,[...]

30 • To change the writing language , press and hold down . • To delete character s, press . To delete a whole word, press and hold down . • To enter numbers, press an d hold down – . Alarms You can se t a sound or t he radio as a n alarm si gnal. The alarm sounds even if the phone is tu rned off. To set the al arm 1 From standby selec t Me[...]

31 Ringtones and themes Themes are used to change the appearance of th e screen. To select a ring tone • From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the Sounds & alerts tab > Ringtones and select a ringtone. To set the ring volume • From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the Sounds & alerts tab > Ring volume and select an o[...]

32 Emergency calls Your phone supports international emergency numbers, for example, 112 and 911. These num bers can normally be used to make emergency calls in any coun try, with or without the SIM card inserted, if a GS M network is within range. To make an emergency ca ll • From standby enter 11 2 (the international em ergency number) and pres[...]

33 Locks SIM card lock The SIM ca rd lock pro tects yo ur subscription, but not your phone itse lf, from u nauthorized use. If you c hange SIM c ards, the phone still works with the new SIM card. Most S IM cards are locked at the time of purchase. If the SIM card lock is on, you have t o enter a PIN (Personal Ident ity Number) ever y time you turn [...]

34 To edit your PIN 1 From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the General tab > Security > SI M lock > Change PIN . 2 Enter your PIN and select OK . 3 Enter a new PIN and select OK . 4 Re-enter the new PIN t o confirm and select OK . To edit your PIN2 1 From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the General tab > Security > SI[...]

35 Phone lock The phon e lock prot ects the p hone aga inst unau thorized u se if it is stolen and the SIM ca rd is exchanged. You can chan ge the phone lock code (which is 0000 by de fault) to any four-dig it personal code. If the phone lock is set to Automatic , you do not need to enter your phone lock code until a different SIM card is inserted [...]

36 Troubleshooting Some problems require that you call your service pro vider, but you can correc t most problems yourself. Remov e the SIM card before handing your phone in for repair. Go to www.sonyericsson.com/support for more information. Memory capacity and speed If you have not restarted th e phone for a while, yo u may experience problems wi[...]

37 I cannot turn the phone on, what should I do? Try charging th e phone until it has fi nished charging. Attach the charger (make su re the power icon on the charger is facing upwards) and char ge the phone f or 2.5 hours. T he battery i con on the scr een may n ot appear until the phone has charge d for 30 minutes. What is my phone lock code? A p[...]

38 Declaration of conformity for R300 We, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB of Nya Vattento rnet S-221 88 Lund, Sweden declare under our sole responsibility t hat our product Sony Ericsso n type AA B-1022151 -BV and in combinati on with our access ories, to which this declaratio n relates is in conformity with th e appropr iate st andards EN 3[...]

39 However, there is no guarantee that inte rference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harm ful interfer ence to radio o r telev ision reception, whic h can be determ ined by turning t he equipment off and on, the user i s encourag ed to try t o correct the interferen ce by one or mor e of the following measu[...]

40 All illustrations are for illustration on ly and may not accurately depict the actual phone. Your mobile phone h as the capability to download, store and forwa rd additional cont ent, e.g. ri ngtones. T he use of su ch content m ay be restricted o r prohibited by rights of third p arties, including bu t not limited to restriction under applicabl[...]

41 Export Regulations: Soft ware, including technica l data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, in cluding the U.S. Export Administratio n Act an d i ts associated regulations, and may be subj ect to export or import regulations in other countries. Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations an d acknowledges th at it has the [...]

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