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Calling

Note: 

Do not hold the phone to your ear while waiting. 

When the call is connected, the phone gives a loud signal.

The phone redials the number (up to ten times) or until:
• The call is connected.
• You press a key or receive a call.

Note: 

Automatic redialing is not available for data calls.

Making international calls

1.

Press and hold 

 until a + sign appears in the display.

The + replaces the international prefix number of the 
country from which you are calling.

2.

Enter the country code, area code (without the leading 
zero) and phone number, 

YES

.

Tip: 

It is useful to enter the + sign and country code for 

all

 numbers in the phonebook as they can then be easily 

used whether home or abroad.

Emergency calls

To make an emergency call

• Enter 911, 

YES

.

Your phone supports the international emergency 
numbers, 112, 911 and 08. This means that these 

numbers can normally be used to make an emergency 
call in any country, with or without a SIM card inserted, 
if a GSM network is within range.

Note: 

Some network operators may require that a SIM 

card be inserted, and in some cases that the PIN has 
been entered as well.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also 
be promoted. Your operator may therefore have saved 
additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.

To view your local emergency numbers

• Scroll

 

to 

Phonebook

YES

Special Numbers

YES

Emergency Nos.

Voicemail

If your subscription includes an answering 
service, callers can leave a voicemail message 
when you cannot answer a call.

Receiving a voicemail message

Depending on your network operator, you are informed 
that someone has left a message by a text message (SMS) 
or by a voicemail icon that indicates the number of 
voicemail messages waiting (

).

Summary of Contents for T290a

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Page 3: ...ons Setting up Mobile Internet 39 Set up internet and email Messaging 44 Chat email text and pictures Using Mobile Internet 52 WAP browser bookmarks More features 56 Calendar synchronization alarm clo...

Page 4: ...are not sure whether you can use a particular service or not Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient use and the Limited warranty chapters before you use your mobile phone The marble logo is...

Page 5: ...subscription dependent Please consult your network operator for more information about your subscription The SIM card When you register as a subscriber with a network operator you get a SIM Subscribe...

Page 6: ...icks into place 4 Connect the charger to the phone at the lightning bolt symbol The lightning bolt symbol on the charger plug must face upwards 5 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery chargi...

Page 7: ...rgency number without entering a PIN See Emergency calls on page 24 for more information Note If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row the SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked appear...

Page 8: ...nter the international prefix Move through menus using shortcuts Press and hold 2 9 to find a contact beginning with the first letter on that key Tilt the navigation key up down left or right to move...

Page 9: ...silent or toggle keylock press and hold reach a contact beginning with a specific letter press and hold any of the keys reach a phone number at a specific position on the SIM card press the position n...

Page 10: ...hen entering letters using multitap text input reach the second letter or character of a key press and hold the upper side volume key and press any of the number keys reach the third letter or charact...

Page 11: ...rd and add a space press enter a period press To When entering letters using multitap text input view alternative punctuation marks press then or repeatedly shift between capital and lowercase letters...

Page 12: ...n Glossary Delete edit and rename If you add items for example a contact an event or a web bookmark it can be deleted edited or renamed There are two ways to delete items Select an item and press Sele...

Page 13: ...ties in Conf Calls 4 Pictures Sounds 5 Settings 6 Web Services 7 Organizer 8 Connect 9 Games 1 My Pictures 2 More Pictures 3 My Sounds 4 More Sounds 5 Themes 6 More Themes 7 Composer 8 Record Sound 9...

Page 14: ...when writing if other than the default English To select input languages 1 Scroll to Settings YES Language YES Input YES 2 Scroll to the language or alphabet that you want to use for entering letters...

Page 15: ...and lowercase letters press then enter the letter Tip You can also use the volume key as a shortcut to certain letters To enter a B press and hold the upper side volume key and press To enter a C pre...

Page 16: ...YES 2 For example if you want to write lane press 3 Press or repeatedly to view alternative words candidates 4 If the word shown is the one you want press to accept and add a space press or YES to acc...

Page 17: ...ls and punctuation marks are shown Move between symbols with center select key Insert Item Add a picture sound effect melody or animation to a message Spell Word For T9 Text Input only Edit the sugges...

Page 18: ...il or download it via WAP For more information on sending themes in messages see Messaging on page 44 To send a theme 1 Scroll to Pictures Sounds YES Themes 2 Highlight a theme press 3 Select Send YES...

Page 19: ...ound by pressing To turn the background picture On or Off Scroll to Settings YES Display YES Wallpaper YES Activate Exchanging pictures You can send pictures via picture messaging or email and receive...

Page 20: ...or lower the volume before placing the phone at your ear To turn the ringtone on or off Press and hold from standby and select Turn On Silent or Turn Off Silent All signals except the alarm and timer...

Page 21: ...ert an item in a text message EMS on page 45 Increasing ring You can choose a ringtone that rises in steps from the lowest volume to the highest To turn increasing ring On or Off Scroll to Settings YE...

Page 22: ...p after every minute during calls Menu language Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language to the language of the country where you bought your SIM card If this is not the case the preset lang...

Page 23: ...e and Date menu you can set time zone and daylight savings time Making these changes alters the time accordingly Auto Time Zone allows the network to update the time and date settings automatically if...

Page 24: ...keypad manually Press and hold in standby and select Lock Keypad YES The keypad remains locked until you answer an incoming call or until you unlock the keypad manually To unlock the keypad Press when...

Page 25: ...hone on a call You can use your phone as a speakerphone during a call for example when you want others to participate in a conversation or when you need to have your hands free during the call Your sp...

Page 26: ...ne supports the international emergency numbers 112 911 and 08 This means that these numbers can normally be used to make an emergency call in any country with or without a SIM card inserted if a GSM...

Page 27: ...wer side volume key To mute the microphone during a call see To mute the microphone during a call on page 23 Missed calls If you have missed a call Missed calls 1 appears in standby indicating the num...

Page 28: ...ok that can only be used for contacts stored in the phone s internal phonebook You have space for up to 250 contacts in your internal phonebook Note Contacts are stored in your phone s memory not on y...

Page 29: ...To call a contact from your contact list 1 From standby press and hold one of the number keys 2 9 to find a contact beginning with the first letter on that key or closest following For example press...

Page 30: ...he contact and press YES twice To delete all contacts scroll to Phonebook YES Advanced YES Delete all Note Entries that are saved on the SIM card are not deleted They can be overwritten or copied from...

Page 31: ...Add Group YES 4 Enter the first letters of the contact you want to add press YES 5 Press YES to select the contact 6 Select a phone number press YES 7 Repeat steps 3 6 to add more members Business car...

Page 32: ...Copy to SIM To copy names and phone numbers to the phone Scroll to Phonebook YES Advanced YES Copy from SIM Tip When you have selected a name in the Call from SIM menu you can copy name and phone num...

Page 33: ...s Before voice dialing You must first turn on the name dialing function and record your voice commands To turn voice dialing on and record number types 1 Scroll to Settings Voice Control Voice Dialing...

Page 34: ...ome The number type is played back to you and the call is connected From standby you can also initiate voice dialing voice profiles and voice control of sound recordings by Pressing and holding a volu...

Page 35: ...d To reject a call using voice commands When the phone rings say Busy The call is rejected The caller is forwarded to voicemail if turned on or hears a busy tone Editing your voice commands You can ke...

Page 36: ...call category and then a forward alternative YES 3 Select Activate YES 4 Enter the phone number to which you want your calls to be forwarded and press YES or retrieve it from the phonebook To turn of...

Page 37: ...two calls Press then select Join Calls to join the two calls into a conference call Press then select Transfer Call to connect the two calls You are disconnected from both calls Press NO to end the on...

Page 38: ...rd incoming calls you cannot activate some Restrict Calls options The following calls can be restricted All outgoing calls All Outgoing All outgoing international calls Outgoing Intl All outgoing inte...

Page 39: ...and enter the number Note You can view fixed numbers when fixed dialing is on but fixed dialing must be off to add new numbers to the list or to edit numbers already in the list Closed user groups The...

Page 40: ...number when making a call To show or hide your phone number 1 Enter the phone number you want to call 2 Scroll to Calls YES Next Call YES 3 Select Hide My Number or ShowMyNumber and press YES to make...

Page 41: ...justing any data settings included in your phone at the time of purchase Set up with the wizard If your phone is not set up for WAP you can ask your network operator or service provider to provide you...

Page 42: ...your WAP service provider if their site supports email Data account settings You can have several data accounts saved in your phone with different settings for different purposes The main setting for...

Page 43: ...ar to GPRS settings and some that are GSM specific as follows Phone Number the phone number of your Internet service provider Data Rate select the speed you want for the connection Dial Type select an...

Page 44: ...e settings See Web Services YES Options YES WAP Profiles YES Add Profile YES Enter a name YES Connect Using YES Add Account YES To enter WAP profile settings manually 1 Make sure you have a data accou...

Page 45: ...h this email account YES 7 Enter the rest of the settings in the list some of which are optional To enter the settings scroll to the setting press YES and enter the information Press YES to confirm Re...

Page 46: ...select the account See Email on page 50 for information about how to use email Messaging Your phone supports various messaging services text messages chat messages picture messages and email Please co...

Page 47: ...age 1 Scroll to Messages YES Text YES Write New YES 2 Write your message YES 3 Enter a recipient or more as follows Enter a recipient s phone number YES For more recipients scroll to Add Recipient YES...

Page 48: ...before you start writing the text message Receiving text messages When you receive a text message the phone will give you an audio alert if the phone is not in Silent mode and the message New Message...

Page 49: ...me time You can send a longer message where two or more messages are linked together Note You are charged for the number of linked messages To turn long messages off Scroll to Messages YES Text YES Op...

Page 50: ...MMS YES Options To compose and send a new picture message 1 Scroll to Messages YES MMS YES Write New YES 2 Select from the submenus press YES 3 Enter the information you want to send press YES Press...

Page 51: ...fore you can receive new ones Automatic download options From the Messages YES MMS YES Options YES Auto Download menu select one of the following On Messages are automatically downloaded to your phone...

Page 52: ...es saved in the Outbox and check for new email messages To write and send an email message 1 Scroll to Messages YES Email YES Write New YES 2 Select To Then add name enter an email address or retrieve...

Page 53: ...l server More messages on the server are indicated by Arrows in the top or bottom left corners Numbers in brackets for the previous and following messages in the list Note If you select a WAP address...

Page 54: ...r phone has a WAP Wireless Application Protocol browser and email messaging which are designed to bring a modified Internet to your mobile phone A wide range of services are available including news e...

Page 55: ...reach different browsing options by pressing Home Go to the homepage set for the current WAP profile Back Go back to the previous page Bookmarks Add the site you are currently browsing to your list o...

Page 56: ...nload for example pictures themes games and ringtones from WAP sites directly to your phone To download from wap sonyericsson com 1 Scroll to Web Services YES Bookmarks YES Mobile Internet YES 2 Selec...

Page 57: ...content Delete Deletes the push message Postpone Save the message to be loaded later To receive a call when browsing When you are browsing and a call is received a menu will prompt you with Answer or...

Page 58: ...also call a number included in a phone call task To add a new appointment 1 Scroll to Organizer YES Calendar YES Add appointm YES 2 Enter the appropriate information for example subject location icon...

Page 59: ...eck the status You can check how much space is left for new appointments and tasks To check the status scroll to Organizer YES Calendar YES Advanced YES Memory status Tip To delete all appointments an...

Page 60: ...rganizer YES Alarms YES One Time Alarm or RecurrentAlarm YES 2 Enter the time YES and day if recurrent by scrolling and pressing YES To change the alarm time scroll to Organizer YES Alarms YES One Tim...

Page 61: ...tones The recordings are saved in your mobile phone and can be accessed even if you change your SIM card Note You cannot record a phone conversation To start a sound recording Scroll to Pictures Soun...

Page 62: ...o erase or rename a sound recording 1 Scroll to Pictures Sounds YES My Sounds YES 2 Scroll to the recording you wish to erase or rename 3 Press when the recording is highlighted 4 Select Delete or Ren...

Page 63: ...iew the notes 1 Scroll to Organizer YES Notes YES 2 A list which shows the beginning of each note appears Select the note that you want to view YES Post note You can display a note in standby mode A n...

Page 64: ...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 To unblock your SIM card 1 PIN blocked app...

Page 65: ...al code The phone lock can be set to on automatic or off Phone lock on If the phone lock is on the message Phone locked appears each time you turn on the phone You have to enter your code followed by...

Page 66: ...ubscription or because a certain phone setting has not been turned on or is otherwise not selectable For example the Send menu may be displayed in gray if you selected a copyright protected theme pict...

Page 67: ...ur personal unblocking key code PUK incorrectly 10 times in a row Contact your network operator or service provider Phone locked The phone is locked To unlock the phone see Phone lock on page 63 Phone...

Page 68: ...deleted Additional information Sony Ericsson Consumer web site On www SonyEricsson com there is a support section where help and tips are only a few clicks away Here you find the latest software updat...

Page 69: ...op throw or try to bend your product Do not paint your product Do not use your product near medical equipment without requesting permission Do not use your product when in or around aircraft or areas...

Page 70: ...regardless of age and health and to account for any variations in measurements Specific Absorption Rate SAR is the unit of measurement for the amount of radio frequency energy absorbed by the body wh...

Page 71: ...n your breast pocket When using the mobile phone place it at the ear opposite the pacemaker If a minimum distance of 6 inches 15 cm is kept between the mobile phone and the pacemaker the risk of inter...

Page 72: ...liquid Do not let the metal contacts on the battery touch another metal object This could short circuit and damage the battery Do not disassemble or modify the battery Do not expose the battery to ex...

Page 73: ...ailure of the Product due to normal wear and tear or due to misuse including but not limited to use in other than the normal and customary manner in accordance with the Sony Ericsson instructions for...

Page 74: ...omplies 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 incl...

Page 75: ...ongoing calls Alternates with the Calls menu that is only available during calls Handling of pictures sounds and themes Personal settings including display language time and locks Gives you access to...

Page 76: ...ction is established You have received voicemail messages number indicates the number of received voicemail messages You have received a text message Icon Description You have received an email messag...

Page 77: ...contact Icon Description Messages A text message is saved on the SIM card A message has not been read A message has been read Only part of a read email or a multimedia message is saved in the phone On...

Page 78: ...ying A multimedia message has been stopped A multimedia message has been paused Picture could not be shown Icon Description A business card is attached to a multimedia message A calendar item is attac...

Page 79: ...g alert on and off Starts and stops a melody loop Increases and decreases the volume one step A volume between 0 and 15 has been selected Icon Description Whole note half note 1 4 note 1 8 note 1 16 n...

Page 80: ...ons A recurrent calendar appointment A task in your calendar The appointment is to travel The appointment is a vacation Voice Commands A voice command has been recorded for a contact name Icon Descrip...

Page 81: ...34 groups 29 international 24 make 5 23 missed 25 put on hold 34 receive 5 25 reject 25 restrict 36 speed dialing 30 Charging battery 4 Conference calls 35 Contacts 26 Contrast display 20 D Dialing vo...

Page 82: ...kmarks 53 downloading 54 email settings 39 43 options 53 settings 39 Multimedia messages 47 Multitap text input 12 Mute 6 7 8 23 My numbers 22 My own number 22 N Networks 5 P Pause 9 Personal ringtone...

Page 83: ...ed dialing 30 Stopwatch 58 Synchronization 58 T T9 Text input 14 Text messages 44 Email gateway 39 45 Themes 16 Time settings 20 Timer 58 TTY 66 phone number 66 Turning the phone on off 5 V Vibrating...

Page 84: ...tablished by the government adopted requirement for safe exposure The tests are performed in positions and locations i e at the ear and worn on the body as required by the FCC for each model The highe...

Page 85: ...ements sur le d bit d absorption sp cifique DAS et l exposition aux ondes radio Addenda au guide de l utilisateur Ce t l phone mobile mod le T290a a t con u conform ment aux exigences de s curit appli...

Page 86: ...p ndice de la Gu a del usuario Este modelo de tel fono m vil T290a ha sido dise ado para cumplir con los requisitos de seguridad applicables para la exposici n a ondas de radio Dichos requisitos se ba...

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