Sony Ericsson T250i manual

T250i User guide This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only for private use.[...]

2 Congratulations on you r purcha se of th e Sony Ericsso n T250 i. For a dditional p hone con tent, go to www.sony ericsson.com /fun . Regist er now to g et f ree on li ne st or age and sp eci al of fer s a t www.sonye ricsson.com/my phone . Fo r p rod uct s upp ort , go to www.sonyericsso n.com/su pport . Instruction symbols The following ins tru[...]

3 Prepare the phone To insert the SI M card and batter y 1 Remove the ba ttery c over. Sli de the S IM car d into its holder with the co ntacts facin g dow n. 2 Insert the batter y wit h the la bel side up and th e connecto rs facing each othe r. Replac e the b attery cover a s shown in the pi cture. Do not for ce the batter y cover in to place. S [...]

4 Char ge th e batter y 1 The phon e batt ery is partly charge d when you bu y it. Connec t the char ger to th e phon e. It takes approxim ately 2.5 hour s to fully cha rge th e battery. Press a ke y to illuminate the sc reen. 2 To remo ve the c harger, tilt the pl ug upw ards. Y ou can use th e phone d uring charging. You can charge the ba ttery f[...]

5 Turn the pho ne on 1 Pre ss and h old down . 2 Enter you r PIN if req uested. T o correct mistakes, select De lete . 3 Select OK . 4 Select a lan guage. 5 Enter the time and da te and select Save . To tu rn th e pho ne of f • Pre ss and h old down . Stan dby After yo u have t urned th e phone o n and entere d your PIN, the n ame of yo ur ope ra[...]

6 SIM and PIN SIM ca rd The SIM (Subscriber Id entity Module ) card, w hich you ge t from yo ur netw ork oper ator, con tains informat ion about y our subscr iption. Alwa ys turn off you r phone and detac h the charger b efore you inse rt or rem ove th e SIM car d. PIN code You ma y need a P IN (Persona l Identifi cation Num ber) to activate th e s[...]

7 Menu overview Extras Internet FM radio Calendar Timer Stopwatch Calculator My files My games Homepage Bookmarks Go to URL Edit bookmark Show pictures Push access Push inbox Clear cache Internet profile Ca me ra Mes sa gin g A la rm s Take pic. Camera pics Slide show Text message Picture message Settings Calls Contacts Settin gs Call list Time and[...]

8 Phone o verview Selection key Volu me keys Navigat ion key with shortcu ts. Call key Keylock Infrared por t End key, On/off key Stereo hands free an d batt ery cha rger conn ector This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only for private use.[...]

9 Network cover age The netw ork ba rs sh ow the stre ngth of the GSM net wor k in your ar ea. Try mo ving to ano ther locat ion if you ha ve trouble calling and network c overage is poor. No n etwork means you are no t in ra nge of a n etwork. Battery sta tus = Goo d net wor k co vera ge = Aver age networ k cover age = The pho ne batter y is fully[...]

10 Screen icons These icon s may appear on the screen . Icon Description Battery icon. A co mpletely g reen icon mean s that the batt ery is fully charged You have missed a c all Divert calls is ac tivated The phone is set to silent The keypa d is locked You have received a new text m essage You have received a new pict ure messag e An al ar m is a[...]

11 Short cuts From sta ndby you can use the na vigation keys to go direct ly to a f unction : • Press to write a text or picture m essage. • Press to go t o the cam era. • Press to pla y the FM radio. • Press to go to yo ur con tacts. To n avigate the me nus 1 From sta ndby select Menu . 2 Press , , , and se le ct am e n u . To go b ack one[...]

12 Calling You mu st turn on the p hone and be with in range of a n etwork. To make a call 1 From sta ndby e nter the a rea co de and ph one nu mber. 2 Press . To end a call • Press . To a nsw er a c all • Press . To re ject a cal l • Press . To tu rn of f th e rin gto ne wh en re ceiv in g a call • Select Sile nt to turn off the ring tone [...]

13 To make in ternational call s 1 From st andby press and hold down until a + sign appears o n the scre en. 2 Enter th e coun try code, a rea code (without the firs t zero) an d phone numb er. 3 Press . To view a missed call When Missed call is displayed, se lect Details . To call b ack scroll t o the numbe r and pr ess . Call list You can view in[...]

14 Camera Your p hone has a digital came ra to take pictur es to sa ve or send. Pictures t aken with the came ra are saved in Camera pics . Th e format is JPEG. To star t the camera and take a pict ure 1 From sta ndby pre ss . You can see the sub ject on the phone sc reen. 2 Select Ta ke pic. to take t he pictu re. 3 Select Sa ve or Delete . To sav[...]

15 Messaging Text messages (SMS) You mu st have a ser vice cen tre numb er, which is supplied by your serv ice provider an d saved on the SIM car d. You m ay have to enter the numb er yourself. See Tr oubl esh oot ing on page 36. To write and send a te xt mess age 1 From sta ndby pre ss . 2 Select Te xt message . Wri te t he me ssa ge an d se lect [...]

16 Picture messa ges (MMS) Picture m essage s can conta in text, sound and image s. They a re sent usin g MMS to a mob ile phon e. You ne ed the corr ect Inte rnet settin gs in you r phone to use this function. See In ternet on page 3 2. To crea te a p ictur e messag e 1 From sta ndby pre ss . 2 Select Pictu re messag es > Opt ions and selec t a[...]

17 Contacts You can save con tacts in th e phone m emory or on the SIM card. You can copy co ntacts from the phon e memory to the SIM card or fr om th e SIM ca rd to the ph one memory . To a dd a co ntac t 1 From st andby se lect Menu > Contacts > A dd co nta ct . 2 Select Sa ve on SIM or Save i n phon e . 3 Enter th e name and select Options[...]

18 To edit a con tact 1 From sta ndby pre ss . 2 Scroll to the contact and selec t Select > Options > Edit . 3 Edit the in formatio n and select Options > Sav e conta ct . To delet e a co ntact 1 From sta ndby pre ss . 2 Scroll to the contact and selec t Select > Options > Delete contact . To cop y all con tacts to the S IM car d •[...]

19 Contacts memo ry The nu mber of entries you can sav e in Contacts dep ends on th e capaci ty of your SIM card . To chec k the Contac ts memo ry sta tus • From sta ndby select Menu > Contacts > Settings > Mem ory statu s . Speed dia lling Speed dialling lets you sele ct nine contact s that you can dial quickly. T he con tacts can be sa[...]

20 FM r adio To lis ten to the F M radi o 1 Connec t the hand sfree to t he phone. 2 From sta ndby pre ss . To cont rol t he radi o • Press or to search for FM r adio ch annels. • Press or to change the vo lume. To sa ve a FM radio chann el • Press and hold – to save it o n the correspo nding p osition. The FM ra dio chan nel is saved in Op[...]

21 Calendar To add an ap pointm ent in the Calend ar 1 From sta ndby select Menu > Ext ras > Calendar . 2 Scroll to a date and select Optio ns > Add a n ote . 3 Enter you r details an d select Options > OK . 4 Confirm the da te and t ime with OK . 5 Select if yo u want a re minder sig nal: • Reminder – a reminder signal will sound i[...]

22 More functions Alarm The ala rm rings even if the p hone is set t o silent or tu rned off. To set t he alar m 1 From sta ndby select Menu > Alarms . 2 Enter the time and selec t Save . 3 Select an option. • If Alarm is selecte d, select an alarm signa l. • If Recu rren t al arm is selected, select what day or days the alarm is going to so[...]

23 Entering te xt There are two m ethods yo u can u se to enter text: multitap or T9™ te xt input. To ch ange te xt in put me thods • When you write the message, pr ess and hold down . To en ter te xt usi ng mu ltitap • Press – until th e desire d charact er appear s. • Press to add a sp ace. • Press to enter fu ll stops and commas. •[...]

24 To add ite ms in a te xt message • When you write the mes sage, sele ct Optio ns > Add item . To add sym bols in a text message • When you write the mes sage, sele ct Optio ns > Add symbol . To cor rect mist akes • Select Clear . To ch ange wr iting l angua ge • When you write the m essage , press and hold . This is the Internet ve[...]

25 Emerg ency c alls Your p hone supp orts inter nationa l emergenc y number s, for ex ample, 112 and 9 11. Th ese numb ers can normal ly be u sed to ma ke e merg enc y ca lls in any co un try, wi th or without the SIM card inserted, if a GSM network is within range . To make an eme rgency c all • From sta ndby e nter 1 12 (the i nternati onal e [...]

26 To canc el a ca ll diver t • From sta ndby select Menu > Calls > Call set tings > Divert all calls > Deactiva te all . Multiple calls Call waiting When ca ll waiting is u sed, you h ear a beep if you rec eive a second call. To activa te call wai ting • From sta ndby select Menu > Calls > Call set tings > Call waiting >[...]

27 To ma ke a seco nd ca ll 1 During the call, select Opti ons > Hold call > Options > Cal l co ntac t . Your ongoin g call is put on hold . 2 Scroll to the contact and selec t Options > Call . To sw itch betw een tw o calls • During the call, select Swit ch . To join two calls • During the call, select Options > Join calls . To [...]

28 Voicemail Callers can lea ve a voice mail message wh en you cann ot answer. You can get your v oicemail numbe r from yo ur networ k operato r. To enter y our voicema il number 1 From sta ndby select Menu > Contact s > Voic email . 2 Enter th e voicemail nu mber th at you get from your service pro vider and s elect Save . To call yo ur voic[...]

29 Ringtones a nd themes Themes ar e used to chang e the ap pearance of the screen. To select a rin gtone • From sta ndby select Menu > Se ttin gs > Soun d & alerts > Ringto ne an d select a r ingtone. To set the ring volume • From sta ndby select Menu > Se ttin gs > Soun d & alerts > Ring volume and sele ct an opt ion[...]

30 Time and date To se t the time 1 From sta ndby select Menu > Se ttin gs > Time a nd date > Time > Set t ime . 2 Enter the time and selec t Save . To se t the ti me for mat • From sta ndby select Menu > Se ttin gs > Time a nd date > Time > Time for mat and select a n optio n. To se t the date 1 From sta ndby select Menu [...]

31 Infra red Use the infr ared por t to ex change co ntacts, pictures, themes, r ington es and files b etween pho nes or with a PC. If infrared is se t to On but not u sed , th e inf rar ed po rt automat ically turn s off after 10 min utes. To turn on in frared • From sta ndby select Menu > Se ttin gs > Infrared port > On . To conn ect t[...]

32 Internet To use the Inter net and p icture mes saging yo u need the co rre ct se tt ing s in yo ur ph on e. If s et tin gs ar e n ot in you r phon e, you can: • Receive set tings in a te xt mess age (SMS) f rom your networ k operato r. • Use a comp uter to g o to www.sonye ricsson.com/sup port to request t hat a te xt message with th e setti[...]

33 Locks SIM card loc k The SIM card lock pr otects your subscr iption, but not your pho ne itself, from una uthor ized use. If you c hange SIM cards, the phone still w orks with the ne w SIM card. Most SIM cards ar e locked at the time of pu rchase. If the SIM car d lock is on, you ha ve to enter a PIN (Pe rsonal Identity Number) every time y ou t[...]

34 To tu rn th e SIM ca rd lo ck on 1 From sta ndby select Menu > Se ttin gs > Adv anc ed > Secu rit y > SIM lock > Protec tio n > On . 2 Enter you r PIN and selec t OK . To edit you r PIN 1 From sta ndby select Menu > Se ttin gs > Adv anc ed > Secu rit y > SIM lock > Change PIN . 2 Enter you r PIN and selec t OK . [...]

35 If the pho ne lock is set to Au tomati c , you d o not need to enter you r phone lo ck code u ntil a differe nt SIM c ard is inserted in th e phone. To tu rn th e pho ne l ock on 1 From sta ndby select Menu > Se ttin gs > Adv anc ed > Secu rit y > Phone lock > Protec tio n > On . 2 Enter th e phone lo ck code an d select OK . T[...]

36 Troublesho oting Some problems r equire that you c all your service provider, but you c an correc t most pr oblems yo urself. Remove the SIM car d before handing your phone in for repair . Memo ry cap acit y and spee d If you have not re started t he phone for a while, yo u may expe rien ce pro blems w ith it s memor y cap acit y and speed. Yo u[...]

37 The phone turns itself off. If your ph one turn s itself of f when bein g transpo rted, something in your pocke t or bag has ac tivated the o n/off key. Tu rn the aut omatic keylock on. Select Menu > Setti ngs > Advanc ed > Auto keylock > On . I cannot tur n the phone o n, what should Id o ? Try charg ing the phon e until it has fini[...]

38 I cannot se nd text messages ( SMS) Make sure you have a valid service centr e number in you r phon e. 1 From sta ndby select Menu > Me ssagi ng > Set tings > Text m essage > Se rvic e cent re . The number is shown if it is save d on the SIM c ard. 2 If there is n o numbe r shown, en ter the ser vice cen tre number, including the in [...]

39 Inser t SIM card Your SI M card is not inserte d correct ly or may b e dama ged or d irty. Tr y one o r more o f the fol lowing: • Remove the SIM card and insert it correctly. • Clean the connec tors on th e SIM card and pho ne with a soft brush, a cloth or a cott on bud. • Check if the SIM card is d amaged. • Contact yo ur net work op e[...]

40 Declara tion of co nformit y We, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications A B of Nya Vatte ntornet SE-221 88 Lund, Swed en declare under our sole r esponsibility that our product Sony Er icsson typ e AAA-100206 1-BV and in combin ation with ou r accesso rie s, to w hich this declaration relates is in confo rmity with t he appro priate stan dards 3GPP[...]

41 FCC Sta tement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operatio n is subject to the following two con ditions: (1) This device ma y not cause h armful inter ference, a nd (2) This device mu st accept a ny interfere nce received , including interference that may ca use undesired operat ion. Sony Er icsson T250i GSM 900/1 800 This User[...]

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