User guide T258c
Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony Ericsson T258c. For additional phone content, go to www.sonyericsson.com/cn/fun. Register now to get free online storage and special offers at www.sonyericsson.com/cn/myphone. For product support, go to www.sonyericsson.com/cn. Instruction symbols The following instruction symbols appear in this User guide: > Use the navigation key to scroll and select. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key to the left.
Prepare the phone To insert the SIM card and battery 1 Remove the battery cover. Slide the SIM card into its holder with the contacts facing down. 2 Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. Replace the battery cover as shown in the picture. Do not force the battery cover into place. Slide the battery cover carefully onto the phone and close it. 3 This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.
Charge the battery Your phone battery is partly charged when you buy it. It may take 30 minutes for the battery icon to appear on the screen. Non-USB Charger (old type) USB Charger (new type) A A1 AC adapter AC adapter connector A2 AC adapter USB socket B USB cable B1 USB cable connector B2 USB cable plug A1 A A2 B1 B B2 4 This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.
Using the USB charger To connect the charger and charge the battery 1 Connect the USB cable plug to the AC adapter USB socket, as shown in the above illustration. The USB cable is supplied with your phone. 2 Connect the USB cable connector to your phone. Press a key to view the charging status on the screen. It takes approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery. 2.5 h To remove the charger 1 Charge your battery until the battery icon indicates a full charge.
2 Tilt the USB charger connector upwards to remove it. Note: 1 The USB cable for the new USB charger shown in the illustration (Part. B in the new-type charger illustration) on page 4 is only intended for charging your phone. Do not use it for transferring data. 2 The USB cable for the USB charger shown in the illustration (Part. B in the new-type charger illustration) is only intended for connection to the AC adapter (Part. A in the new-type charger illustration) to charge your phone.
You can use the phone during charging. You can charge the battery for more or less than 2.5 hours. Interrupted charging will not damage the battery. Turn the phone on 1 Press and hold down . 2 Enter your PIN if requested. To correct mistakes, select Delete. 3 Select OK. 4 Select a language. 5 Enter the time and date and select Save. To turn the phone off • Press and hold down . Standby After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN, the name of your operator appears on the screen.
SIM and PIN SIM card The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, which you get from your network operator, contains information about your subscription. Always turn off your phone and detach the charger before you insert or remove the SIM card. You can save contacts on the SIM card before removing it from your phone. Contacts may also be saved in the phone memory. See Contacts on page 19. PIN code You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to activate the services in your phone.
Menu overview Extras Calendar Timer Stopwatch Calculator My files My games Camera Take pic.
Phone overview Stereo handsfree and battery charger connector Infrared port Navigation key with shortcuts. Selection key Call key Volume keys End key, On/off key Keylock 10 This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.
Network coverage Network coverage Battery status The network bars show the strength of the GSM network in your area. Try moving to another location if you have trouble calling and network coverage is poor. No network means you are not in range of a network. = Good network coverage = Average network coverage Battery status = The phone battery is fully charged = The phone battery is empty 11 This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.
Screen icons These icons may appear 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 The keypad is locked You have received a new text message You have received a new picture message An alarm is activated Ongoing call The loudspeaker is on The FM radio is playing The Infrared port is activated 12 This is the Internet version of the user's guide.
Shortcuts From standby you can use the navigation keys to go directly to a function: • Press to write a text or picture message. • Press to go to the camera. • Press to play the FM radio. • Press to go to your contacts. To navigate the menus 1 From standby select Menu. 2 Press , , , and select a menu. To go back one step in the menu • Select Back. To return to standby • Press . To lock the keypad • Press and select Lock keys. To unlock the keypad • Press and select Unlock.
Calling You must turn on the phone and be within range of a network. To make a call 1 From standby enter the area code and phone number. 2 Press . To end a call • Press . To answer a call • Press . To reject a call • Press . To turn off the ringtone when receiving a call • Select Silent to turn off the ringtone without answering the call. To turn the loudspeaker on during a call • Select Options > Turn on speaker. Do not hold the phone to your ear when using the loudspeaker. This could damage your hearing.
To make international calls 1 From standby press and hold down until a + sign appears on the screen. 2 Enter the country/region code, area code (without the first zero) and phone number. 3 Press . To view a missed call When Missed call is displayed, select Details. To call back scroll to the number and press . Call list You can view information about recent calls. To call a number from the call list 1 From standby press . 2 Scroll to the name or number and press .
Camera Your phone has a digital camera to take pictures to save or send. Pictures taken with the camera are saved in Camera pics. The format is JPEG. Pictures downloaded using picture messages, Internet or Infrared are saved in My pictures. To start the camera and take a picture 1 From standby press . You can see the subject on the phone screen. 2 Select Take pic. to take the picture. 3 Select Save or Delete. To save a picture • Take a picture and select Save.
Messaging Text messages (SMS) You must have a service centre number, which is supplied by your service provider and saved on the SIM card. You may have to enter the number yourself. See Troubleshooting on page 43. See Entering text on page 26. To write and send a text message 1 From standby press . 2 Select Text message. Write the message and select Options > Send message. 3 Select an option. 4 Select Options > Send message. To view a received text message 1 New message appears. Select View.
Picture messages (MMS) Picture messages can contain text, sound and images. They are sent using MMS to a mobile phone. You need the correct Internet settings in your phone to use this function. See Internet on page 39. To create a picture message 1 From standby press . 2 Select Picture messages > Options and select among the options to build the message. To send a picture message 1 When the message is ready, select Options > Send message.
Contacts You can save contacts in the phone memory or on the SIM card. You can copy contacts from the phone memory to the SIM card or from the SIM card to the phone memory. See Entering text on page 26. To add a contact 1 From standby select Menu > Contacts > Add contact. 2 Select Save on SIM or Save in phone. 3 Enter the name and select Options > OK. 4 Scroll to the icon below the name. 5 Enter the number and select OK. 6 Select Save contact.
To call a contact written in Latin characters 1 > Contacts > View contacts. Press and hold to switch the search language to English. Then enter the first letters of the contact you want to call. 2 When the contact is highlighted, press . When English has been selected as the phone language To call a contact written in Chinese characters 1 > Contacts > View contacts. Scroll to the contact you want to call. 2 When the contact is highlighted, press or > Select to select number, Options > Call.
To delete a contact 1 From standby press . 2 Scroll to the contact and select Select > Options > Delete contact. To copy all contacts to the SIM card • From standby select Menu > Contacts > Copy all contacts > Copy all to SIM. To view your own phone number • From standby select Menu > Contacts > My number. Contacts memory The number of entries you can save in Contacts depends on the capacity of your SIM card.
FM radio To listen to the FM radio 1 Connect the handsfree to the phone. 2 From standby press . To control the radio • Press or to search for FM radio channels. • Press or to change the volume. To save a FM radio channel • Press and hold – to save it on the corresponding position. The FM radio channel is saved in Options > Channels. You can save up to 20 preset channels. To listen to a saved FM radio channel • When the FM radio is on, press – to listen to the FM radio channel on the corresponding position.
Calendar To add an appointment in the Calendar 1 From standby select Menu > Extras > Calendar. 2 Scroll to a date and select Options > Add a note. 3 Enter your details and select Options > OK. 4 Confirm the date and time with OK. 5 Select if you want a reminder signal: • Reminder – a reminder signal will sound in immediate connection with the note. • Deactivate – no reminder signal. To edit or delete a note 1 From standby select Menu > Extras > Calendar.
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More functions Alarm The alarm rings even if the phone is set to silent or turned off. To set the alarm 1 From standby select Menu > Alarms. 2 Enter the time and select Save. 3 Select an option. • If Alarm is selected, select an alarm signal. • If Recurrent alarm is selected, select what day or days the alarm is going to sound. Scroll to the check boxes and select Mark or Unmark, then select Done and select an alarm signal. You need to keep a handsfree inserted when you select radio as an alarm signal.
Entering text There are two methods you can use to enter text: multitap or T9™ text input. To change text input methods • When you write the message, press and hold down . To enter text using multitap • Press – until the desired character appears. • Press to add a space. • Press to enter full stops and commas. • Press to shift between upper case and lower case letters. • Press to enter the + sign. • Press and hold down – to enter numbers.
To add items in a text message • When you write the message, select Options > Add item. To add symbols in a text message • When you write the message, select Options > Add symbol. To correct mistakes • Select Clear. To change writing language • When you write the message, press and hold . Chinese input This mobile phone has different input methods for entering Chinese characters: • Stroke input • Pinyin input You can use these methods, for example, to enter Chinese names and Chinese short messages.
General instructions Regardless of which input method you choose, your phone has a function to speed up the entry of Chinese characters. Whenever you enter a stroke or a Pinyin letter, a candidate row of the most frequently used characters containing that stroke or relating to that letter appears at the bottom of the screen. If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate row, press to present another candidate row. Continue pressing until the character you want is displayed.
Stroke categories The 5 stroke categories are defined in the table below: Number Stroke Basic Stroke Key Category Stroke Name Over Lift Down Down-Hook Character 王 海 中 小 直 十 红 业 水 真 在 牡 上 打 质 七 状 门 子 草 天 习 丑 承 Short Slope Down Long Left Slope 八 九 丹 风 片 Over Slope 香 千 匕 后 丢 Short left Slope 而 页 面 学 殷 六 学 雷 心 性 人 火 又 送 林 Down-Curved- 四 西 酉 酸 Dot Right Slope Over 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 Right SlopeHook Down-OverHook Down-OverCurved-Hook 衣 以 饭
Number Stroke Basic Stroke Key Category Stroke Name Character Down-Over-Left 专 Slope Down-Over马 Down-Hook Down-Over鼎 Down 写 Over-Hook Over-Down 传 转 与 张 号 费 鼐 字 皮 通 免 口 已 户 书 骨 Over-Down力 习 也 同 永 Hook Over-Left Slope 又 之 登 多 社 Over-DownOver-Left Slope Over-Left SlopeCurved-Hook Over-DownOver-Hook Over-DownOver-Down Curved-Hook 及 极 廷 建 阿 队 陈 那 部 乃 透 鼐 隽 杨 凸 狗 豹 家 逐 狂 Over-Down乙 九 瓦 飞 风 Curved-Hook Over-Down投 沿 船 凹 Over Over-Down-Lift 话 计 认 讯 ? (Wild card key) 30 This is the Internet version of the us
Components The basic building units of Chinese characters are components that are made up of strokes. After entering the first two strokes of the desired character, the component and character candidates that started with that stroke are displayed in the candidate row. Using components is a fast method for entering complex characters. The smaller candidates are components, and the bigger candidates are characters. For example, to enter “ 信息 ” 1 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
Pinyin input Press the keys containing the required Pinyin letters, and the phone will make various proposals on the screen, according to the pronunciation rules of Mandarin. Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters on the keypad. Number Key Pinyin Letter abc def ghi jkl mno pqrs tuü wxyz On the keypad, the letter ü is replaced by v. For example, to enter “ 信息 ” 1 Press , , . 2 When “xin” is underlined, press Select then press the key corresponding to the number above the character to select “ 信 ”.
Input punctuation and symbols Under any Chinese input mode, > Options > Add symbol to see the table of punctuation marks and symbols. Use the navigation key to make a selection. Press to enter a space into the text. Emergency calls Your phone supports international emergency numbers, for example, 112 and 911. These numbers can normally be used to make emergency calls in any country/region, with or without the SIM card inserted, if a GSM network is within range.
To cancel a call divert • From standby select Menu > Calls > Call settings > Divert all calls > Deactivate all. Multiple calls Call waiting When call waiting is used, you hear a beep if you receive a second call. To activate call waiting • From standby select Menu > Calls > Call settings > Call waiting > Activate. To answer a second call • During the call, select Answer. Your ongoing call is put on hold. To reject a second call • During the call, select Busy and continue with the ongoing call.
To join two calls • During the call, select Options > Join calls. To end both calls • Press twice. Call time and cost To check the call time and the call cost • From standby select Menu > Calls > Time and cost. Voicemail Callers can leave a voicemail message when you cannot answer. You can get your voicemail number from your network operator. To enter your voicemail number 1 From standby select Menu > Contacts > Voicemail.
Ringtones and themes Themes are used to change the appearance of the screen. To select a ringtone • From standby select Menu > Settings > Sound & alerts > Ringtone and select a ringtone. To set the ring volume • From standby select Menu > Settings > Sound & alerts > Ring volume and select an option. To set the vibrating alert • From standby select Menu > Settings > Sound & alerts > Vibration and select an option.
Time and date To set the time 1 From standby select Menu > Settings > Time and date > Time > Set time. 2 Enter the time and select Save. To set the time format • From standby select Menu > Settings > Time and date > Time > Time format and select an option. To set the date 1 From standby select Menu > Settings > Time and date > Date > Set date. 2 Enter the date and select Save. To set the date format • From standby select Menu > Settings > Time and date > Date > Date format and select an option.
Infrared Use the infrared port to exchange contacts, pictures, themes, ringtones and files between phones or with a PC. If infrared is set to On but not used, the infrared port automatically turns off after 10 minutes. To turn on infrared • From standby select Menu > Settings > Infrared port > On. To connect two devices using infrared 1 Turn on infrared in both devices. 2 Make sure the infrared port on your phone is facing the infrared port on the other device with a maximum distance of 20 cm (8 inches).
Internet To use the Internet and picture messaging you need the correct settings in your phone. If settings are not in your phone, you can: • Receive settings in a text message (SMS) from your network operator. • Use a computer to go to www.sonyericsson.com/cn to request that a text message with the settings is sent to your phone. To install settings 1 When New settings received appears, select Yes. 2 From standby select Menu > Monternet > Internet profile and select a profile to use.
Locks SIM card lock The SIM card lock protects your subscription, but not your phone itself, from unauthorized use. If you change 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 enter a PIN (Personal Identity Number) every time you turn on your phone. If you enter your PIN incorrectly three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked. This is indicated by the message PIN blocked.
To turn the SIM card lock on 1 From standby select Menu > Settings > Advanced > Security > SIM lock > Protection > On. 2 Enter your PIN and select OK. To edit your PIN 1 From standby select Menu > Settings > Advanced > Security > SIM lock > Change PIN. 2 Enter your PIN and select OK. 3 Enter a new PIN and select OK. 4 Re-enter the new PIN to confirm and select OK. To edit your PIN2 1 From standby select Menu > Settings > Advanced > Security > SIM lock > Change PIN2. 2 Enter your PIN2 and select OK.
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 in the phone. To turn the phone lock on 1 From standby select Menu > Settings > Advanced > Security > Phone lock > Protection > On. 2 Enter the phone lock code and select OK. To edit your phone lock code 1 From standby select Menu > Settings > Advanced > Security > Phone lock > Change code. 2 Enter the current code and select OK. 3 Enter a new code and select OK.
Troubleshooting Some problems require that you call your service provider, but you can correct most problems yourself. Remove the SIM card before handing your phone in for repair. Memory capacity and speed If you have not restarted the phone for a while, you may experience problems with its memory capacity and speed. You can restart the phone to improve its capacity. 1 Turn the phone off and remove the battery cover. 2 Remove the phone battery and then put it back in place.
The phone turns itself off. If your phone turns itself off when being transported, something in your pocket or bag has activated the on/off key. Turn the automatic keylock on. Select Menu > Settings > Advanced > Auto keylock > On. I cannot turn the phone on, what should I do? Try charging the phone until it has finished charging. Attach the charger (make sure the power icon on the charger is facing upwards) and charge the phone for 2.5 hours.
I cannot send text messages (SMS) Make sure you have a valid service centre number in your phone. 1 From standby select Menu > Messaging > Settings > Text message > Service centre. The number is shown if it is saved on the SIM card. 2 If there is no number shown, enter the service centre number, including the international “+” sign and country/region code. 3 Select Save.
Insert SIM card Your SIM card is not inserted correctly or may be damaged or dirty. Try one or more of the following: • Remove the SIM card and insert it correctly. • Clean the connectors on the SIM card and phone with a soft brush, a cloth or a cotton bud. • Check if the SIM card is damaged. • Contact your network operator to get a new SIM card. Invalid SIM This error message is shown in two cases: • The phone only works with certain SIM cards. Insert the correct SIM card.
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FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Sony Ericsson T258c GSM 900/1800 This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company, without any warranty.
