K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 1 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Contents Getting Started ................... 4 Getting to Know the Phone 8 Calling ............................... 17 Messaging ........................ 22 Imaging ............................. 25 Entertainment ................... 30 Connectivity ...................... 34 Important Information ...... 37 Index ................................. 46 www.sonyericsson.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 2 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Sony Ericsson is under license. BestPic, PlayNow, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ and VideoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Cyber-shot™ is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation. Real is a trademark or a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 3 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Instruction symbols The following appear in the user guide: Note A service or function is networkor subscription-dependent. Contact your service provider for details. % See also page ... } Use a selection or navigation key to scroll and select % 12 Navigation. Press the navigation key center. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key left. Press the navigation key right.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 4 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Getting Started SIM Card and Battery To insert SIM card and battery 4 Preflighted by Preflighted Getting Started ( ) 1 Remove the battery cover. 2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with the contacts facing down. 3 Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. 4 Slide the battery cover into place.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 5 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM To charge the battery 1 Connect the charger plug to the phone with the symbol facing upwards. 2 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears. 3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until the battery icon indicates a full charge. Press a key to activate the screen. 4 Pull out the charger plug.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 6 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Turning on Your Phone Make sure the phone is charged and a SIM card inserted before turning it on. After turning on, use the setup wizard to quickly and easily prepare for use. To turn on the phone If predefined settings exist in your phone, you may not need more settings. If you use Settings download, you must accept to register the phone at Sony Ericsson. A text message is sent.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 7 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Making and Receiving Calls The phone must be in normal mode. To make and receive calls Enter a phone number (with international prefix and area code if applicable) } Call to make the call. } End call to end the call. To receive a call When the phone rings } Answer or } Busy to reject the call. To end a call } End call.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 8 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Getting to Know the Phone Phone overview 1 10 2 3 11 12 3 4 4 20 5 13 14 15 16 6 7 8 9 17 18 19 Some icons on keys may differ.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 9 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM 1 Ear speaker 2 Photo key: (left) from standby, view camera album pictures in full view or (lower) with the camera for shoot modes. 3 Play/stop button 4 Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot 5 Screen 6 Selection key 7 Internet key 8 Back key 9 Navigation key/Music player control 10 Power on/off button 11 Photo key: (right) from standby, view camera album thumbnail pictures or (upper) with the camera for camera scenes/video night mode.
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K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 11 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Calls** Organizer All Answered Dialled Missed Sounds & alerts Ring volume Ringtone Silent mode Increasing ring Vibrating alert Message alert Key sound Display Wallpaper Themes Start-up screen Screen saver Clock size Brightness Sleep mode clock Edit line names* Calls Divert calls Manage calls Time & cost* Show/hide my no.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 12 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Navigation Navigation keys The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab by pressing the navigation key left or right and selecting an option. Key Go to the main menus or to select highlighted items. Move through the menus and tabs. Select options shown immediately above these keys on the screen. Go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby or to end a function.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 13 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Press a number key and } Call to speed dial. Press for shortcuts when browsing % 34 To use Internet keypad shortcuts or access keys. - Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press and hold to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if the phone is set to silent. View status information in standby. Increase the volume during a call, or when using the Music player. Zoom out when using the camera or viewing pictures.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 14 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM 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 for the most common punctuation marks. • Press to add a space. T9™ Text Input The T9 Text Input method uses a builtin dictionary to recognize the most commonly used word for each sequence of key presses.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 15 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM To turn next word prediction on/off When entering letters } More } Writing options } Next word pred. To use next word prediction When entering letters, press to accept or continue. Activity Menu You can open the activity menu almost anywhere in the phone to view and handle new events, and access bookmarks and shortcuts. To open and close the activity menu Press . Activity menu tabs • New events – such as missed calls and messages.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 16 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM All files are automatically saved in the phone memory. If all available memory is full, you cannot save any files until content is removed. File manager menu tabs The file manager is divided into three tabs, and icons are included to indicate where the files are saved. • All files – all content in the phone memory and on a memory card. • On Memory Stick – all content on a memory card. • In phone – all content in the phone memory.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 17 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Calling Making and Receiving Calls Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on your phone and be within range of a network. % 6 Turning on Your Phone. Networks When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects your home network if this is within range. If it is not within range, you may use another network, provided your service provider has an agreement that allows you to do so. This is called roaming.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 18 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM To turn the loudspeaker on or off during a voice call } More } Turn on speaker or Turn off speaker. Do not hold the phone to your ear when using the loudspeaker. This could damage your hearing. To change the ear speaker volume Press to increase or to decrease the ear speaker volume during a call. Missed calls When the activity menu is set to default missed calls appear in the New events tab in standby.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 19 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Default contact If Phone contacts is selected as default, your contacts show all the information saved in Contacts. If you select SIM contacts as default, your contacts show information depending on the SIM card. To select default contacts 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Default contacts. 2 } Phone contacts or SIM contacts. Phone contacts Save contacts in the phone with names, phone numbers and personal information.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 20 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM To view memory status } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Memory status. Using Contacts Contacts can be used in many ways. Below you can see how to: • call phone and SIM contacts. • send phone contacts to another device. • copy contacts to phone and SIM card. • add a picture or a ringtone to a phone contact. • edit contacts. • synchronize your contacts. To call a phone contact 1 } Contacts.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 21 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM If your subscription supports Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign personal ringtones to contacts. To edit a phone contact 1 } Contacts and select a contact } More } Edit contact. 2 Scroll to the relevant tab and select the field to edit } Edit. 3 Edit the information } Save. To edit a SIM contact 1 If SIM contacts is default } Contacts and select the name and number to edit.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 22 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Messaging Your phone supports various messaging services. Please contact your service provider about the services you can use, 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. If you send a text message to a group, you will be charged for each member.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 23 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM To insert an item in a text message 1 When writing your message } More } Add item. 2 Select an option and then an item, for example, a picture. You can convert your text message to a picture message. When writing your message } More } To picture msg and continue creating a picture message, % 23 Picture Messaging (MMS). To delete a message 1 } Messaging and select a folder. 2 Select the message to delete and press .
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 24 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM 4 } Enter email addr. or } Enter phone no. or } Contacts look-up to retrieve a number or group in Contacts or select from last used recipients } Send. When writing and editing picture messages you can use the copy and paste functionality % 22 To copy and paste text in a message. To set default picture message options } Messaging } Settings } Picture message and select options to change. Email Read your email messages in your phone at any time.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 25 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Help in your phone There are also setup instructions and help information as you enter settings. To enter email settings 1 } Messaging } Email } Settings. 2 After settings are entered, } Inbox } More } Send & receive to access your email. When settings are entered, your phone can connect to an email server to send and receive email messages. For more information, contact your email provider or see the User guide with additional information at www.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 26 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM To take a picture or record video Close Open 1 Slide open the lens cover. 2 Use the navigation key to switch between camera and video recorder. 3 Camera: Press half way down to use auto focus and then fully down to take a picture. Video: Press half way down to use auto focus and then fully down to start recording. To stop recording, press again. • To take another picture or record another video clip, press to return to the viewfinder.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 27 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM after. You can save the best picture or more pictures. This is not available with certain options, such as flash. To use BestPic™ 1 When using the camera, press the lower photo key once or } Settings } Shoot mode } BestPic™. 2 Press half way down to use Focus and then fully down to take a picture. 3 Press or to select the best picture } Save.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 28 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM • Turn on night mode (video) – adapt to poor lighting conditions. • Turn on self-timer (camera) – take a picture a few seconds after pressing the camera button. • Effects – select from: • Off – no effect. • Black & white – no color. • Negative – reversed colors. • Sepia – brown tint. • Solarize – overexposure. • White balance – adjust colors to lighting conditions. Select from Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent or Incandescent.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 29 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Blog on the Internet Send pictures to publish in a blog if your subscription supports it. To visit a blog address in a contact } Contacts and select a contact Web address } Go to. Web services may require a separate license agreement between you and the service provider. In some locations, additional regulations and/or charges may apply. For more information, contact your service provider.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 30 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Pictures and Video Clips Entertainment View and use pictures and video clips. To view and use pictures 1 } File manager } Pictures. 2 Select a picture } View or } More } Use as and select an option. Stereo Portable Handsfree To send a picture } File manager } Pictures and scroll to a picture. } More } Send and select a transfer method. To receive a picture } Settings } Connectivity and select a transfer method.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 31 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Radio To play music and videos 1 } Music player or } Entertainment } Video player. A player browser opens. 2 Browse for songs by artist or track, or in playlists. You can also browse for video clips. Select a list } Open. 3 Highlight a title } Play. The following options are available: • Press to play or stop during playback. • Press to stop the playback. Press again to resume playing. • Press to go to the next music file or video clip.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 32 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Radio options } More for the following options: • Turn off – turn off the radio. • Save – save the current frequency in a position. • Channels – select, rename, replace or delete a preset channel. • Auto save – save tuned channels in positions 1 to 20. Previously saved channels are replaced. • Turn on speaker – use the speaker. • Set frequency – enter a frequency manually. Press to go directly to Set frequency.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 33 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Ringtones and Melodies You can exchange music, sounds and tracks, for example, using one of the available transfer methods. You are not allowed to exchange some copyright-protected material. A protected file has a key symbol. Sounds and alerts options From Settings } the Sounds & alerts tab, you can set: • Message alert – select how to be notified of an incoming message. • Key sound – select what sound to hear when you press the keys.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 34 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Connectivity Key Shortcut Bookmarks Using Internet Use Internet to access online services for example, news and banking, search and browse the Web. Enter address To start browsing } Internet and select a service such as } More } Go to } Search Internet or Enter address to any Web page. Refresh page Search Internet History Forward Page up Not used To view options } Internet } More.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 35 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM To create a new feed 1 } Messaging } RSS reader } More } New feed. 2 } Select from list or Locate by address and enter the address. To set and use RSS reader options } Messaging } RSS reader } More and select an option. Transferring Files Using the USB Cable Only use the USB cable that comes with the phone, and connect the USB cable directly to your computer.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 36 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM • Windows Explorer to drag and drop files between phone and computer. • Sony Disc2Phone to transfer music to your phone or memory card. • Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition, to transfer and organize your pictures on your computer. To disconnect the USB cable safely 1 When using file transfer mode, rightclick the removable disk icon in Windows Explorer and select Eject. 2 Remove the USB cable from your phone.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 37 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM personal or phone information, for example messages or settings during an update. There are two ways to update your phone: • over the air via your phone • via the provided USB cable and an Internet-connected computer. The update service requires data access (GPRS). Your operator will provide you with a subscription with data access and price information. To use Update service over the air 1 } Settings } the General tab } Update service.
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K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 40 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM CHILDREN KEEP OUT OF CHILDRENS REACH. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE OR ITS ACCESSORIES. THEY COULD HURT THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, OR COULD ACCIDENTALLY DAMAGE THE MOBILE PHONE OR ACCESSORY. YOUR MOBILE PHONE OR ITS ACCESSORY MAY CONTAIN SMALL PARTS THAT COULD BE DETACHED AND CREATE A CHOKING HAZARD. Power supply (Charger) Connect the AC power adapter only to designated power sources as marked on the product.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 41 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Emergency calls Mobile phones operate using radio signals, which cannot guarantee connection under all conditions. Therefore you should never rely solely upon any mobile phone for essential communications (e.g. medical emergencies). Emergency calls may not be possible in all areas, on all cellular networks, or when certain network services and/or mobile phone features are in use. Check with your local service provider.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 42 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Accessible Solutions/Special Needs For phones sold in the U.S., you can use your TTY terminal with your Sony Ericsson mobile phone (with the necessary accessory). For information on Accessible Solutions for individuals with special needs call the Sony Ericsson Special Needs Center at 877 878 1996 (TTY) or 877 207 2056 (voice), or visit the Sony Ericsson Special Needs Center at www.sonyericsson-snc.com.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 43 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Limited Warranty Sony Ericsson provides this Limited Warranty for your mobile phone and original accessory delivered with your mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as “Product”). Should your Product need warranty service, please return it to the dealer from whom it was purchased, or contact your local Sony Ericsson Call Center (national rates may apply) or visit www.sonyericsson.com to get further information.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 44 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM 4 5 6 7 8 defective pixels and occur when individual dots have malfunctioned and can not be adjusted. Two defective pixels are deemed acceptable. Minor variations in the appearance of the camera image may occur between phones. This is not uncommon in digital cameras and does not mean that the camera is defective in any way.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 45 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Declaration of Conformity We, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB of Nya Vattentornet S-221 88 Lund, Sweden declare under our sole responsibility that our product Sony Ericsson type AAF-1022011-BV and in combination with our accessories, to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the appropriate standards 3GPP TS 51.
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 46 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM Index A D Activity menu ....................................... 15 automatic redialing .............................. 17 declaration of conformity ......................45 E B battery inserting and charging ................... 5 use and care ................................ 40 blog ...................................................... 29 buttons ............................................. 8, 12 call list ...................................
K790i-UG-R1A-AE.book Page 47 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 1:27 PM messages email ............................................. 24 picture .......................................... 23 text ............................................... 22 microphone .......................................... 17 MMS See picture messages ................ 23 music video files ..................................... 30 My friends ............................................ 25 N navigating menus .................................
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