Sony Ericsson R306 manual

R306 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 R306. For additional phone content, go to www.sonyericsson.com/fun . Re gister no w to get fr ee online storage and speci al offer s at www.sonyericsson.com/myphone . For product support, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support . Instruction symbols The following instruction symbol s appear in th i[...]

3 Preparing the phone To insert the SIM ca rd and battery 1 Remove the bat tery cove r. 2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with the contac ts facing down. 3 Insert the battery w ith the labe l side up a nd the conne ctors facing each othe r. 4 Replace the ba ttery cover. Do not force the battery cover into place. Slide the battery cover carefully[...]

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 can use th e phone during charging. Y ou can char ge the battery for more or le[...]

5 Turning on the phone To turn on the phone 1 Press and hold down . 2 Enter your PIN if reques ted. To correct mistakes, 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 the phone on and ente red your PIN, the name of your oper ator a[...]

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 Call key Selection key Selection key Shortcut key Centr e navigation key Screen C key Ear speaker Radio shortcut key Silent key On/off key, End key This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only for private use.[...]

8 Volume keys Camera Connector for charger, hands free and USB cable Radio preset key s Channel up & down keys Stereo Spea kers Audio enhancer key This is the Internet version of the User' s guide. © Print only for private use.[...]

9 Menu overview Organizer File manager, Alarm, Calendar, Tasks, Notes, Timer, Stopwatch, Calculator Internet Entertainment Games, TrackID™, Record sound Camera Messaging Write new, Inbox, Drafts, Outbox, Sent messages, Saved msgs, Call voicemail, Templates, Settings Radio Calls * All Answered Dialled Missed Contacts Myself, New contact Settings *[...]

10 Screen icons These icons may appear on the s creen. Icon Description Battery icon. A completely green i con 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 r eceived a new picture mess age The handsfree is connect ed An alarm is acti[...]

11 Shortcuts The main menus are shown as ic ons. Some submenus include tabs. To use navigation key shortcuts • Press to play the radio. • Press to write a new message. • Press to take a picture. • Press to open Contacts . • Press to Add , Delete , Mo ve or use a shortcut. To navigate the menus 1 From standby press to se lect Menu . 2 Pres[...]

12 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[...]

13 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, sele ct Yes to view. To call back, scroll to the number and press . Call list You can view info[...]

14 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 press . 2 Scroll to New contact and select Add . 3 Select Add to enter the name and se lect OK . 4 Scroll to New number: and sel ect Add[...]

15 To edit a contact 1 From standby selec t . 2 Scroll to t he contact an d select Options > Edit c ontact . 3 Scroll betwee n the tabs, edit informat ion and select Save . To delete a contact 1 From standby selec t . 2 Scroll to t he contact an d press . To copy all contacts to the SIM card 1 From standby selec t . 2 Scroll to New contact and s[...]

16 Radio Your phone has a radio and the handsfree wor ks as an antenn a. To listen to the radio 1 Connect the han dsfree to the phone. 2 From standby selec t . To turn on the stereo speakers • When the radio is playing, select Options > Turn on spkr . Audio enhancer The audio enhancer produces sound effects when playin g the radio through t he[...]

17 To switch to AM • When the radio is playing, sele ct Options > Turn on AM . To change the volume • When the radio is playing, press the volume keys on the left side of the phone up or down. Searching for channels To automatically search f or channels • When the radio is playing, pre ss . To manually search for channels • When the radi[...]

18 To select saved channels 1 From standby press . 2 Select Options > Channels > Channel list . 3 Select a radio channel. To save a radio channel to a radio preset key 1 When you have found a radio channel, select Op tions > Settings > Set radio ke y > Insert . 2 Select a radio key in the list > Add . 3 Select Add to add the chann[...]

19 To play a radio clip • From standby selec t Menu > Organizer > File manager > Music > My ra dio recs > Ope n . To set the radio as a larm signal 1 From standby selec t Menu > Organizer > Alarm . 2 Scroll to an alar m and select Edit . 3 Scroll to the tab. 4 Scroll to the Alarm signal: > Edit . 5 Select Radio . 6 Select [...]

20 Messaging Text messages (SMS) You must have a service centre number, which is supplied by your service provider and saved o n the SIM card. Yo u may have to enter the number yourself. To set service centre number 1 From standby selec t Menu > Mess aging > Settings > Text message > Service centre . The n umber is shown if it is saved [...]

21 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 a n item. 4 Enter text. To add items to the message, press Cont. 5 Select an recipient [...]

22 Camera You can take pictures a nd record video clip to view , save and send pictures. Pict ures taken with 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 selec t . 2 Scroll to . 3 Select TakePic to take a pic ture. 4 The picture is auto[...]

23 To send a save d camera pi cture as picture message 1 From standby selec t Menu > Organizer > File manager > Camera album . 2 Scroll to a pic ture and s elect Options > Send > As picture msg . 3 Select Cont. 4 Select a recipient through Ente r email addr. , Enter phone no. or Contacts look-up and select Send . To record a video cl[...]

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 25. To search for song in formation • When you hear a song through a loudspeaker, from standby select Menu > Entertainment > TrackID ™ .[...]

25 Internet You need the correct settings in your phone. If settings are not in your phone, you can: • Get them i n a text messa ge (SMS) from the networ k op erator. • On a computer, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support and request a text message wi th the settings. To select an Internet profile • From standby s elect Menu > Settings > t[...]

26 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 [...]

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 s elect Menu > Settings > the Connec tivit[...]

28 To pair a dev ice with your phone 1 From standby s elect Menu > Settings > the Connec tivity tab > Bluetooth > My devices > N ew device to search for 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 s elect 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 – u ntil the letter appears. • Press to add a space. • Press to en ter punctua tion marks . To enter text using predictive text input • For example, if you want to write the word “Land”, pres s , ,[...]

30 How to use the keys • To change the input method, press and hold down . • To shift between upper case and lower case lette rs, press . • To change the writing language , press and hold down. • To delete char acters, pr ess . • To delete a whole word, press and hold down . • Press and hold down – to enter numbers. Alarms You can se [...]

31 To silence the alarm • When the alarm sounds, press any key. • To repeat the alarm, s elect Snooze . To turn off t he alarm • When the alarm sounds, selec t Turn off . 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, w[...]

32 Ringtones and themes Themes are used to change the appearance of th e screen. To select a ring tone • From standby sel ect Menu > Settings > t he Sounds & alerts tab > Ringtone and select a rin gtone. To set the vibrating alert • From standby sel ect Menu > Settings > t he Sounds & alerts tab > Vibrating alert and s[...]

33 Locks SIM card lock The SIM card lock protects your subscription, but not your pho ne itself, from un authorized use. If you chan ge SIM cards , the phone still works with the new SIM card. Most SIM cards are locked at the time of purchase. If the SIM card lock is on, you have to ent er a PIN (Personal Identity Number) every time you turn on you[...]

34 To edit your PIN 1 From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the General tab > Security > Locks > SIM protection > 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 se lect Menu > Settings > the General tab > [...]

35 To turn on the phone lock 1 From standby s elect Menu > Settings > the Ge neral tab > Security > Locks > Phone protection > Protection > On . 2 Enter the ph one lock code and select OK . To edit your phone lock code 1 From standby selec t Menu > Settings > the General tab > Security > Locks > Phone protection [...]

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 . Memory capacity and speed If you have not restarted th e phone for a while, yo u may experience problems with its memory capacity and speed. You can restart the ph[...]

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 [...]

38 Declaration of conformity for R306 We, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB of Nya Vattento rnet SE-221 88 Lund, Sweden declare under our sole responsibility t hat our product Sony Ericsso n type AA B-1022161 -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 [...]

39 However, there is no guarantee that in terference 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. The use of such content may be restricted or prohibit ed by righ ts of third parties, including but not limited to restriction u nder applicable c[...]

41 2. Export Regulat ions: Software, inclu ding technical dat a, is subject to U.S. export control laws , including th e U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regu lations, and may be subject to expo rt or import regulations in other coun tries. Custom er agrees to co mply strictly with all such regulation s and acknowledges that it has[...]

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