W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 1 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Contents Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, startup menu, calls. Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Internet and email settings, synchronizing, Bluetooth, infrared, USB cable, update service. Getting to Know Your Phone . . . . . . . 9 Phone overview, icons, use the menus, entering letters, file manager. More Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 2 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Sony Ericsson GSM 900/1800/1900 This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this user guide necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without notice.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 3 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM T9™ Text Input is licensed under one or more of the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian Pat. No. 1,331,057, United Kingdom Pat. No. 2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No. HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No. 51383; Euro.Pat. No. 0 842 463(96927260.8) DE/DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, GB; and additional patents are pending worldwide.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 4 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting Started Getting Started Assembly Assembly, SIM card, battery, turning on, startup menu, calls. Before you can use your phone you need to: • Insert the SIM card. • Attach and charge the battery. More information and downloads are available at www.SonyEricsson.com/support. Instruction Symbols The following instruction symbols appear in this user guide: Note Indicates that a service or function is networkor subscription-dependent.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 5 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting Started To insert SIM card and battery To charge the battery | 30 min. | 2.5 h. 1 2 3 4 Remove the battery cover by sliding it as shown in the picture. Insert the SIM card in the slot with the cut off corner first and the gold contacts facing down. Place the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. Place and slide the battery cover into place. 1 2 3 4 Connect the charger to the phone.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 6 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting Started To remove the SIM card If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the number by pressing . If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) % 68 SIM Card Lock. Press the edge of the SIM card to release it from the slot.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 7 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting Started To turn on the phone To open and close the phone 1 2 • To close the phone, • To open the phone, rotate the top section rotate the top section down in the opposite up until it clicks into direction. place. 3 4 5 Press and hold . Select whether you want to use the phone with all functionality or the WALKMAN™ player only % 7 Startup Menu. Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 8 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting Started off, preventing disturbance of sensitive equipment, for example, in an aeroplane or in a hospital. You cannot make calls, receive calls, or send messages, etc. You can only use the WALKMAN player. If you have selected Music Only, you can still receive calendar and task reminders, and the alarm can still signal. 3 When the phone rings } Answer or } Busy to reject the call. This can be done in either open or closed mode.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 9 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting to Know Your Phone Getting to Know Your Phone 1 Power on/off button 2 Game A and game B buttons Phone overview, icons, use the menus, entering letters, file manager.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 10 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting to Know Your Phone Navigation Keys and Buttons The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. Some submenus include tabs that appear on the screen. Scroll to a tab by pressing the navigation key left or right and select an option. Press to delete items, such as pictures, sounds and contacts. During a call, press and hold to mute the microphone. Navigating the Menus Press to open the browser.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 11 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting to Know Your Phone – In standby, press to view status information. Quickly press twice to reject a call. Press once to turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press to decrease the volume during a call, or when using the WALKMAN player. Press and hold to go forward one track. When using the camera, press to zoom in. Press and hold to voice dial, alternatively say your magic word (if set) % 23 Voice Dialing.
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W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 13 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting to Know Your Phone Calls*** All Organizer Answered Dialed Missed Sounds & Alerts Ring Volume Ringtone Silent Mode Increasing Ring Vibrating Alert Open Phone Snds Message Alert Key Sound Display Wallpaper Themes Startup Screen Screen Saver Brightness Sleep Mode Clock Edit Line Names* Calls Forward Calls Manage Calls Time & Cost Show/Hide My No.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 14 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting to Know Your Phone Standby Icons Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal. Tells you the status of the battery. Tells you the status of the battery charging. You have missed an incoming call. Call and messaging function alerts are off, alarm is still on. You have received a text message. You have received an email message. Your phone is receiving a picture message. You have received a picture message.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 15 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting to Know Your Phone Phone Language Select the language for phone menus or the languages that you may use when writing. To change the phone language • } Settings } the General tab } Language } Phone Language. Select a language. • From standby, you can also press: 8888 for automatic language (SIM) 0000 for English. Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language to the country where you bought your SIM card.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 16 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Getting to Know Your Phone 3 Continue writing your message. To enter a full stop or other punctuation marks, press and then or repeatedly. Accept by pressing . To add words to the T9 Text Input dictionary 1 While entering letters } More } Spell Word. 2 Edit the word by using multitap input. Use and to navigate between the letters. To delete a character, press . To delete the entire word, press and hold .
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 17 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling To select several files 1 } File Manager and select a file } More } Mark } Mark Several to select several files. 2 Scroll and select more files by pressing Mark. 3 } More } Unmark All to remove the selection. To select all files in a folder 1 } File Manager and select a file } More } Mark } Mark All to select all files. 2 } More } Unmark All to remove the selection.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 18 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling To 1 2 3 make a call Enter the area code and the phone number. } Call to make the call. } End Call to end the call. To make international calls 1 Press and hold until a + sign appears. 2 Enter the country code, area code (without the leading zero) and phone number } Call. To redial a number If a call connection fails and Retry? appears } Yes. Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 19 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your service provider may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card. To select default contacts 1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced } Default Contacts. 2 Select Phone Contacts or SIM Contacts. To make an emergency call Enter, for example, 112 } Call. SIM Contacts Save contacts on your SIM card with name and number.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 20 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling 5 6 Scroll between the tabs and select the fields to add information. To enter symbols such as @, } More } Add Symbol and select the symbol } Insert. When all information is entered } Save. To delete a contact } Contacts and scroll to a contact and press . To delete all phone contacts } Contacts } Options } Advanced } Delete All Contacts } Yes and } Yes. Names and numbers on the SIM card are not deleted.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 21 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling To send all phone contacts } Contacts } Options } Advanced } Send All Contacts and select a transfer method. To copy names and numbers to the SIM card 1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced } Copy to SIM. 2 Select one of the alternatives. When copying all contacts from the phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM card information is replaced. To copy names and numbers to phone contacts 1 } Contacts } Options } Advanced } Copy from SIM.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 22 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling Call List Information about the most recently dialed, answered and missed calls are listed in separate tabs. To call a number from the call list 1 } Calls from standby and select a relevant tab. 2 Scroll to the name or number to call } Call. To add a call list number to contacts 1 } Calls from standby and select a tab. 2 Scroll to the number to add } More } Save Number.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 23 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling Before Voice Dialing Activate the voice dialing function and record your voice commands. An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command. To activate voice dialing and record names 1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice Control } Voice Dialing } Activate } Yes } New Voice Cmd. and select a contact. 2 If the contact has more than one number, use and to view the numbers. Select the number to add the voice command to.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 24 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling To activate and record the magic word 1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice Control } Magic Word } Activate. 2 Instructions appear. } Continue. Wait for the tone and say the magic word. 3 } Yes to accept or } No for a new recording. 4 Instructions appear. } Continue and select the environments in which you want your magic word to be activated.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 25 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling Forwarding Calls More Than One Call Forward calls, for example, to an answering service. Handle more than one call simultaneously. When the Restrict calls function is activated, some Forward calls options are not available. % 27 Restricted Dialing. Call Waiting Service When activated, you hear a beep if you receive a second call. Your phone has the following options: • Always Forward – all calls.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 26 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling Handling Two Calls If you have calls ongoing and on hold, you can: • } More } Switch to switch between the two calls. • } More } Join Calls to join the two calls. • } More } Transfer Call to connect the two calls. You are disconnected from both calls. • } End Call and } Yes to retrieve the held call. • } End Call twice to end both calls (service provider dependent).
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 27 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling To change the name of a line } Settings and use or to scroll to the Display tab } Edit Line Names and select the line to edit. To accept all calls } Settings } the Calls tab } Manage Calls } Accept Calls } All Callers. My Numbers Restricted Dialing View, add and edit your own phone numbers. Restrict outgoing and incoming calls. A password from your service provider is required.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 28 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling Fixed Dialing Call Time and Cost The fixed dialing function allows calls to be made only to certain numbers saved on the SIM card. The fixed numbers are protected by your PIN2. During a call, the duration of the call is shown on the screen. You can check the duration of your last call, outgoing calls and the total time. You can still call the international emergency number, 112, even when the fixed dialing function is activated.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 29 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Calling Notepad Enter a phone number during a call. When you end the call, the number remains on the screen to call or save in the phonebook. } Call to call the number. } More } Save Number and select a contact to save the number. To create a new contact and save the number } New Contact. Showing or Hiding Your Number If your subscription supports the Caller ID Restriction service, you can hide your phone number when making a call.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 30 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging Messaging Text messaging, picture messaging, voice messaging, email, My friends. Your phone supports various messaging services. Contact your service provider about available services or for more information, visit www.SonyEricsson.com/support. Text Messaging (SMS) Text messages can contain simple pictures, sound effects, animations, and melodies. You can also create and use templates for your messages.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 31 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging To copy and paste text in a message 1 While writing your message } More } Edit } Copy All to copy all of the text in your message or } Copy Text } Start and use the navigation key to scroll and mark text in your message } End. 2 } More } Edit } Paste to paste the text. To insert an item in a text message 1 While writing your message } More } Add Item. 2 Select an item type in the list that appears and then select an item to insert.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 32 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging To delete a message 1 } Messaging and select a folder. 2 Select the message to delete and press . To save or delete several messages 1 } Messaging and select a folder. 2 Select a message } More } Delete All Msgs. to delete all messages in the folder or } Mark Several scroll and select messages by pressing Mark or Unmark. 3 } More } Save Messages to save messages in the phone memory or on the SIM card or } Delete Messages.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 33 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging To check the delivery status of a sent message } Messaging } Sent Messages and select a text message } View } More } Details. Picture Messaging (MMS) Picture messages can contain camera pictures, pictures, text, sound, video clips, sound recordings, and, signatures that can be sent to a mobile phone or an email address. The sender and receiver must have subscriptions supporting picture messaging.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 34 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging To select additional send options 1 When the message is created and a recipient is selected } More. 2 } Add Recipient to add recipients or } Edit Recipients to edit and add recipients. } Edit Subject to change the message subject or } Advanced to select additional send options. Receiving Picture Messages Select how to download your picture messages and how to save items that you receive in the picture messages.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 35 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging To use a predefined template 1 } Messaging } Templates and select a template from the list } Use to use the template as it is or } More } Edit Template to edit the template, } Save, enter a title } OK to save the changes. 2 } Continue and select a recipient to send the message to or select a template from the list } Use } Continue if you have edited the template.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 36 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging Create an Email Account If necessary you can manually create an email account. Make sure that you have the email account settings from your email provider available. Some of the settings are required and some of the settings are optional. To enter required email account settings 1 } Messaging } Email } Settings } Account Settings } New Account. 2 Enter a name for the account } OK.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 37 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging 4 5 6 7 Press to select the subject field, type an email subject } OK. To edit the subject } Edit. Press to select the text field, write your message } OK. To edit the message } Edit. Press to select the attachment field. } Add and choose the attachment type to add, for example a picture or a sound, } Select to select the attachment to add } More } Done or New Attachment to add more attachments. } Continue } Send.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 38 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging To save an email message Select a message } More } Save Message } Saved Email. The number of email messages that can be saved in the phone depends on available memory. When the phone memory is full, you must delete messages to be able to receive new messages % 31 Saving and Deleting Text Messages. To save several email messages 1 } Messaging } Email } Inbox.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 39 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Messaging To send a chat message from My friends 1 } Messaging } My Friends } the Contacts tab and select a contact from the list. 2 } Chat and type your message } Send. You can also start a chat conversation from the Conversations tab, where the chat conversations that you have started also appears. Status Show your status to your contacts only or change it to all users on the My friends server.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 40 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Imaging Imaging To take pictures and video clips Camera, video recorder, pictures. Camera and Video Recorder Take pictures and record video clips to view, save or send as picture messages or email attachments. If settings for picture or email messaging are not already in your phone % 54 Settings. Do not look directly at the camera light diodes of the phone using a magnification device.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 41 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Imaging To use the zoom Use the volume buttons to zoom in and out. To adjust brightness Use the navigation key to increase or decrease brightness. To turn on the photo light Slide to turn the photo light on and off. Camera and Video Options When the camera or video is activated } Settings for the following options: • Switch to Video Camera – record a video clip or Switch to Still Camera – take a picture.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 42 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Imaging Take a self-portrait To manage a video clip or a picture Record a video clip or take a picture } More and select an option. Transferring Pictures to Your Computer Using the USB cable, you can drag-and-drop camera pictures to a computer % 61 Transferring Files Using the USB Cable. Pictures Hold the phone as shown in the illustration, so that you can see your reflection in the mirror next to the lens.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 43 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Imaging To view pictures 1 } File Manager } Pictures, thumbnails appear. 2 } View for a full view or } More for options. To use a picture 1 } File Manager } Pictures and select a picture. 2 } More } Use As and select an option. To display pictures in a slide show 1 } File Manager } Pictures and select a picture. 2 } View } More } Slide Show. % 52 PhotoDJ™.
W550i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 44 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:10 PM Entertainment To save a picture in a message % 31 To save an item in a text message or % 34 To save an item in a picture message or % 37 To view or save an item in an email message. Entertainment Remote Screen Use a compatible Bluetooth accessory to view pictures on a remote screen such as a TV. The accessory is not included with your phone. For a complete list of compatible accessories, please visit www.SonyEricsson.com/support.
