Sony Ericsson V640I manual

1 Contents Conten ts Getting star ted ....... ............ 5 Assemb ly ....... ...... .... ....... .... ...... ...... 5 Turnin g on t he phone ....... ...... .... .... 6 Help in your p hone ...... ..... ...... .... .... 6 Chargin g the b attery ....... .... ...... .... .. 7 Phone over view ....... ....... .... ...... ...... 8 Menu o verview ... ...[...]

2 Contents Troubleshoo ting ..... .......... 39 Common ques tions ..... ....... .... ...... 39 Error messages .. .... ...... ....... .... ...... 41 Important i nformat ion ...... 42 Guidelines for Safe and Effic ien t U se ........ .... .... ... ...... .... .... . 44 End User Licence Agreement ..... .. 48 Limit ed War ranty ... .... ....... .... ..[...]

3 Sony Ericsson V 640i UMTS 2100 GS M 900/1800/ 1900 This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company, without any war ranty. Improveme nts and changes to this User guide necessitated by typogra phical erro rs, in accura cies of current inf orm atio n, or im pro vem en ts to pro gra ms an d/o r [...]

4 Restri ctions: So ftware is co nfidential co pyrighted information of Sun and t itle to all copies is retained by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer shall not modify, deco mpile, disassemble, decryp t, extract, or otherw ise reverse eng ineer Softwar e. Software may not be leased, a ssigned, or sublicensed, in whole or in part. Export Regulations[...]

5 Getting started Getting star ted Assembly Before you start u sing your phone , you need to i nsert a SI M card and the battery. To insert the SIM card 1 Remove the battery cover. 2 Slide the SIM card for ward (1), and then backwards under the holder (2) - with the gold -coloured contacts facing down . To insert the b attery 1 Insert the battery w[...]

6 Getting started Turning o n the p hone To tur n on the ph one 1 Press and hold d own . 2 Select a mode: • Nor mal – full functionality. • Fligh t m ode – limited functionality. 3 Enter your SIM card PI N, if requested and sel ect OK . 4 Select a la nguage. 5 Select Cont. > Ye s to use the setup wizard while sett ings are download ed. S[...]

7 Getting started To view information about func tions • Scroll to a function and select In fo , if available. In some cases, In fo appe ars under Opti ons . To view status information • From stan dby pre ss the v olume key up. Charging the ba ttery The phone batter y is partly charg ed when you buy it. To charge the battery 1 Connect the charg[...]

8 Getting started Pho ne ov erv iew 3 8 4 5 6 7 2 1 10 11 12 14 13 9 1 Vide o cal l cam er a 2 Ear speaker 3 Screen 4 Selection keys 5 Call key 6 Toolbar key 7 Navigation key 8 Keylo ck key 9 Volume, digital zoom keys 10 End k ey 11 Camera key 12 C key (Clear) 13 Silent key 14 Conn ec tor for ch ar ge r, handsfree and USB cable This is the Internet[...]

9 Getting started 15 On/off key 16 Camera lens 17 Memory ca rd slot 17 16 15 This is the Internet version of th e User's guide. © Print only for privat e use.[...]

10 Getting started Men u over vi ew Entertainmen t Vodafone live ! My Applications My Gam es Mobile TV TrackID™ Video DJ™ PhotoDJ™ MusicDJ™ Camera Messagi ng Media Create new Inbox Email Web feeds Call voicemail Drafts Outbox Sent messages Saved messages Templ at es live! Studio Mana ge m sgs Setting s Orga nise r & Tools Cont acts Radi[...]

11 Getting started Alarms Calls ** All Answered Dialled Missed Setti ngs** General Profiles Time & date Language Voice control Toolbar Short cuts Flight mode Securi ty Setup w izard Phone status Master reset Sounds & alert s Ring volume Ringtone Silent mode Increas ing ring Vib rat in g al ert Message alert Key sound Display Wallpaper Theme[...]

12 Getting started Navigation The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. To navigat e the p hone menus 1 From standb y select Me nu . 2 Use the na vigation key to move through the menus. To scroll b etween the tabs • Scro ll to a tab by pr essi ng the navigation k ey left o r right. To view o ptions for an item • Select Opti[...]

13 Getting started My Files You can use My Files to handle files saved in the phone memory or on an optional me mory car d. Handling files You can move and copy file s between your phone, a computer and an optional me mory card. F iles are sav ed in the phone memory. Unrecognised fil es ar e saved in th e Oth er folder. To move a file in My Files 1[...]

14 Getting started To enter numbers • When you ent er text, press and hold down – . To enter full stops and commas • When you ent er text, press . To ent er text usin g T9™ Text Input 1 From stand by select , for ex ample, Menu > Messa gin g > Crea te new > Message . 2 If is not displayed, press and hold down to change to T9 Text I[...]

15 Calling Calling Making and receiving cal ls You need to turn on your phone a nd be wit hin range of a network . To make a call 1 Fro m stan dby ente r a pho ne n umbe r (with international country code and area code, if a pplicable). 2 Press . To make internation al calls 1 From s tandby press until a “+” sign a ppears. 2 Enter the country c[...]

16 Calling any country, with or without the SIM card ins er ted , if a 3 G ( UM TS) or GS M network is within range. To make an emergency call • From standby enter 112 (the international emergency number) and press . To view your lo cal emergency numbers 1 From standb y select Me nu > Contacts . 2 Scroll to New contact and s elect Options >[...]

17 Calling Phone contacts Phone contacts can contain names, phone nu mbers an d persona l information. They are saved in t he phone memor y. To add a phone contact 1 From st an dby se lect Me nu > Contac ts . 2 Scroll to New co ntact and select Add . 3 Enter t he name and sel ect OK . 4 Enter th e number and sel ect OK . 5 Select a numb er optio[...]

18 Calling To copy n ames and n umbers to the SIM card 1 From standb y select Me nu > Contacts . 2 Scroll to New contact and s elect Options > Advanced > Copy to SIM . 3 Select a n option. To automa tically sav e name s and phone numbers on the SIM card 1 From standb y select Me nu > Contacts . 2 Scroll to New contact and s elect Option[...]

19 Calling Sending contacts To send a contact 1 From st an dby se lect Me nu > Cont ac ts . 2 Scroll to a contact and select Options > Send c ontact . 3 Select a transfer me thod. Memory status The number of contacts yo u can save in your ph one or on the SIM card depend s on avail able me mory. To view memory status 1 From st an dby se lect [...]

20 Calling To add a call list number to contacts 1 From standb y press and scroll to a tab. 2 Scroll to the number and s elect Save . 3 Select New cont act to create a new contact or select an existing co ntact to add the num ber to. Speed dial Speed dialli ng lets you select nine contacts that you can dial q uickly. The contacts can be saved in po[...]

21 Calling 4 Follow the instructio ns that app ear. Wait for the tone and say the command to recor d. The voic e command is playe d back to yo u. 5 If the recording sounds OK, select Yes . If not, sel ect No and re peat s teps 3 and 4. Voice dialling You can hear your recorded contact name when you receive a call from tha t co ntac t. To voice dial[...]

22 Messaging To activate voice answ ering and record voice answ er commands 1 From standb y select Me nu > Settings > the General tab > Voice cont rol > Voic e answer > Activat e . 2 Follow the instruct ions that appear and select Cont. Wait for the tone and say “Ans wer”, o r ano ther wo rd. 3 Select Yes to accept or No for a n [...]

23 Messaging Create message s with text and symbols only, to send as text messages (SMS). Add pictures, v ideo, sounds and more to me ssages to send a s picture me ssages (MMS) .You can send picture messa ges to a mobile phone or an email address. You can also create a nd use tem plates for your message s. Before you use text messagin g The number [...]

24 Messaging A message automati cally converts fro m bein g a text mess age (S MS) to a pi cture message (MMS) if yo u use toolbar options such as add ing pictures, sounds or more. If you use text only , the message stay s as a text message. To copy and paste text in a message 1 When you write your message select Options > Copy & paste . 2 S[...]

25 Messaging manually. You can al so receive settings at w ww.vod afone.com or www.sonyericsson.com/support . To create an email account 1 From standby select Menu > Messa gin g > Email > Accounts . 2 Scroll to New a ccount and se lect Add . To write and send an email mes sage 1 From standby select Menu > Messa gin g > Email > Cre[...]

26 Messaging To delete an email (POP3) 1 From standby select Menu > Messaging > Email > Inbox . 2 Scroll to the messa ge and select Options > Mark for deletion . To delete an email (IMAP4) 1 From standby select Menu > Messaging > Email > Inbox . 2 Scroll to the messa ge and select Options > Mark for deletion . 3 Select Optio[...]

27 Messaging To updat e your o wn statu s 1 From standby select Menu > Messa gin g > Messenger > the My Statu s tab. 2 Edit the informati on. Chat gr oup A chat gro up can be start ed by yo ur service provider, by an individual Messenger user or by yourself. You can save chat grou ps by saving a chat invitation or by searching f or a speci[...]

28 Imagi ng Imag in g Camera and video recorder You can take pictures and recor d video clips to view , save or send. Viewfinder and camera keys The scre en is your view finder when you use the camera. Using the c amera To activate the camera • From standb y, press and hol d down . To take a picture 1 Activate the camera and press or to scroll to[...]

29 Imagi ng Camera icons and s ettings Icons on the screen inform what t he current setti ng is. More camera settings are availab le in Settings . To change setting s • Activate the camer a and select . To view information about setting s • Scroll to a setting and se lect . Transferring pictur es Transfer pictur es to and from your computer You[...]

30 Imagi ng Pict ur es You can view , add, edit or delet e pictures i n Media . Using pictures You can add a picture to a contact, use it during phone star tup, as a wallpaper in standby or as a screen saver. To use pictu res 1 From standb y select Me dia and s croll to Photo > Camera a lbum . 2 Scroll t o a month and a pictur e. Select View . 3[...]

31 Entertainment Enter tain ment Stereo po rtable ha ndsfree To use the handsfree • Connect the portab le handsfree. Music stops wh en you receive a call and resu mes when the call has ended. Music and video players To pl ay mus ic 1 From st an dby se lect Me dia and scroll to Music . 2 Scroll to a titl e and select Play . To play v ideos 1 From [...]

32 Enterta inment To send music 1 From standb y select Me dia and s croll to Music . 2 Scroll to a title a nd select Options > Send . 3 Select a transfer method. TrackID™ TrackID ™ is a music recognition service. Search for song titles, artists and al bum nam es. To search fo r song info rmation • When you hear a song through a loudspeak e[...]

33 Entertainment To select channels s aved in positio ns 1 to 10 • When the r adio i s playing, press – . Ringtones and melodies To set a ringtone 1 From st an dby se lect Me nu > Settings > the Sound s & alert s tab > Ringt one . 2 Find and select a ringto ne. To set the ringtone vo lume 1 From st an dby se lect Me nu > Setting[...]

34 Connectivity Connectivit y Vodafone live! Vodafone live! has everything you need ans is full of in formation, games, music, ringtones an d other entert ainment. It i s easy to use and can be “ always on”, so there is no waiting time for dialling up. You pay only for data you send or receive, not for how long you are connected. Your phone has[...]

35 Connectivity • News – get the latest new s reports and weather forec asts. • Sport – news results, and latest scores . • Search – find what you nee d in Vodafo ne live ! To download from the Vodafone live! portal 1 From st an dby se lect Vodafone live ! and select a link. 2 Browse the Web page, select a file to download and follow th[...]

36 Connectivity Web fee ds You can receive f requently updated content, s uch as p odcasts or new s headlines, as Web feeds. You can add feeds for a page, if it has the icon. To add new feeds for a Web page • When you brows e a page on the Internet that ha s Web fe eds, selec t Options > Web f eeds . To create a new Web feed 1 From standby sel[...]

37 Connectivity To pair the phone with a Bluetooth handsfree for the first time 1 From st an dby se lect Me nu > Settings > the Connect ivity tab > B luetooth > Handsfree . 2 Select Yes . 3 Ente r a passco de, i f requ ired. To pair the phone with mo re than one Bluetooth handsfr ee 1 From st an dby se lect Me nu > Settings > the [...]

38 Connectivity To use media transfer and mas s storage mode 1 Connect the optional USB cable to the phone and the comp uter. 2 Phone : Select Mass storage > Menu > Settings > the Co nnec tivit y tab > USB > USB m ode > Mass storage . The phone will shut down in this mode and restart when disconnected from the optional USB cable. [...]

39 Troubleshooting Phone mode Before synchronising or using your phone as a modem you must install the optional Sony Ericsson PC Suite soft wa re o n you r co mp ute r. Thi s version of the V 640i product does not contain the Sony Ericsson PC Suite softwa re. To use phone mode 1 Computer: Sta rt PC Suite from Start/ Programs/Sony E ricsson/PC Suite[...]

40 Tr oubl esh ooti ng I cannot charg e the pho ne or battery capacity is low The charger i s not proper ly connected or the battery connection is poor. Remove the ba ttery and cle an the con nect or s. The batte ry is worn out and needs to be replaced . See Charging the battery on page 7. No battery icon appears when I start charging the phone It [...]

41 Troubleshooting I canno t synchronise or trans fer data betw een my phon e and my comput er, when using an optional USB cable. The cable or so ftware that came wi th your phone has not been properly installed. Go to www.sonyericsson.com/support to read Gett ing started g uides whic h contain detailed installation ins truc tio ns an d trou ble sh[...]

42 Important inf ormation Emerg . ca lls only You ar e wi thin ran ge of a net wo rk, bu t you are not a llowed t o use it. Ho wever, in an emergency, some network operato rs allow you to call the international emergency number 112. See Emergency calls on page 1 5. PUK blocked. C ontact op erator. You entered your personal unblocking key code (PUK)[...]

43 Important informat ion For a call t o one of our Call Center s you will be charged acc ording to n ational rates, including loc al taxes, unless the ph one number is a toll-free number . Support Argentina 800-333-7427 qu estions.AR@sup port.sonyericsso n.com Australia 1-300650-600 qu estions.AU@suppo rt.sonyericsson.co m Belgique/B elgië 02-745[...]

44 Important inf ormation Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use Please read this information b efore usi ng yo ur mob ile pho ne. These instruct ions are intended for your safety. P lease follow these guidelines. If th e product has b een subject to any of the conditio ns listed below or you have a ny doubt as to its pro per functio n make sure y o[...]

45 Important informat ion • Do not use yo ur product near medical equ ipment without re questing perm ission from yo ur treating physician or auth orized medi cal staff. • Do not use yo ur product when i n, or arou nd aircraft, or areas showing the sign “turn of f two-way radio”. • Do not use your p roduct in an ar ea where a poten tially[...]

46 Important inf ormation suspect that interference is tak ing place, immedia tely turn of f your mo bile phone. Contact your ca rdiologist f or more informatio n. For other medical dev ices, pleas e consult you r physician and th e manufacturer of the device. Driving Please check if local laws and regulat ions restrict the use of mobile phone s wh[...]

47 Important informat ion For phones s old in the U S, before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and certified b y the Fede ral Communications Commission (FCC) that it d oes not exceed the limit established b y the gove rnment-adopted requirement f or safe exposur e. The tests are performed i n positions and locati[...]

48 Important inf ormation • Check you have inse rted the memo ry card correctly. • Insert the memory car d as far as it will go into any memory card adapte r needed. The memory ca rd may not operate properly unless fully insert ed. • We recom mend that you make a backup co py of important dat a. We are not r esponsible for any loss or damage [...]

49 Important informat ion Sony E ricsson and its thir d party sup pliers and licensors are the sole and exclusive owner of and retain all rights, title and interest in and to the Software. Sony Ericsson, and, to th e extent that the Software c ontains materia l or code o f a thir d party , suc h th ird p art y, s hal l be enti tle d th ir d part y [...]

50 Important inf ormation 3 This warranty does not cover any failure of the Product due to norma l tear and wear, or due to misuse, including but not lim ited to use in other than the no rmal and custom ary manner, in accordance with th e Sony Er icsson instruction s for use and ma intenance of the P roduct. Nor does this warranty co ver any failur[...]

51 Important informat ion that certain service s may not be possible elsewh ere than in the coun try of original p urchase, for exam ple due to the fac t that your Prod uct may have an interior o r exterio r which is di fferent fr om equivalen t models sold in other c ountries. Pleas e note in addition that it may so metimes not be possib le to rep[...]

52 Index Index A answering s ervice ... ...... ....... .... ...... ...... 20 assembly .. .... ....... ...... .... ....... .... ...... ...... .. 5 automatic redialling ....... ....... ...... ...... .... 15 B battery chargin g .... ...... ...... .... ....... .... ...... .... 7 insertin g ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... .... ...... .. 5 use and care[...]

53 Index M magic word . ..... ...... ...... .... ....... .... ...... ... 21 master r eset ..... .... ...... .... ....... ...... .... ..... 39 memory sta tus . .... ...... .... ....... ...... .... ..... 19 menu over view ......... .... ....... .... ...... ...... . 10 menus .... ...... ..... ...... ...... .... ....... .... ...... ... 12 messages emai[...]