User's Manual

16 Getting to know the phone
Draft for Sony Ericsson Internal Use Only - PA2
To change the phone language
} Settings } the General tab }
Language } Phone language. Select
a language.
In standby, you can also press
8888 for automatic language.
0000 for English.
To select writing language
1 } Settings } the General tab }
Language } Writing language.
2 Scroll to the language to use and mark
it. } Save to exit the menu.
Entering letters
Enter letters in one of the following
ways (text input methods), for
example, when writing messages:
• Multitap text input
• T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold to change the method.
Options when entering letters
} More for options when writing a
message.
To enter letters using multitap input
• Press - repeatedly until the
desired character appears.
• Press to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
• Press and hold - to enter
numbers.
• Press to delete letters or
numbers.
• Press repeatedly for the most
common punctuation marks.
• Press to add a space.
T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses a built-
in dictionary to recognize the most
commonly used word for each
sequence of key presses. This way,
you press each key only once, even if
the letter you want is not the first letter
on the key.
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1 For example, to write the word “Jane”,
press , , , .
Most SIM cards automatically set the
menu language to the country where you
bought your SIM card. If not, the
predefined language is English.