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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. Such changes will, however, be incorporated 
into new editions of this user guide.

All rights reserved.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2005

Publication number: AE/LZT 108 7808 R1A

Please note:

Some of the services in this user guide are not 
supported by all networks. 

This also applies 

to the GSM International Emergency Number 112

.

Please contact your network operator or service 
provider if you are in doubt 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.

Your mobile phone has the capability to download, 
store and forward additional content, e.g. ringtones. 
The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited 

by rights of third parties, including but not limited 
to restriction under applicable copyright laws. 
You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible 
for additional content that you download to or forward 
from your mobile phone. Prior to your use of any 
additional content, please verify that your intended 
use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized. 
Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy, 
integrity or quality of any additional content or any 
other third party content. Under no circumstances will 
Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper 
use of additional content or other third party content.

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.

QuickShare, PlayNow, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ and 
VideoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks 
of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

WALKMAN and the WALKMAN logo and symbol 
are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

Microsoft, Windows and PowerPoint are either 
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Corporation in the U.S and other countries.

Mac OS is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., 
registered in the U.S. and other countries.

T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered 
trademark of Tegic Communications.

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Summary of Contents for W550i

Page 1: ...res Entertainment 44 WALKMAN radio PlayNow ringtones MusicDJ VideoDJ games and more Connectivity 54 Internet and email settings synchronizing Bluetooth infrared USB cable update service More Features...

Page 2: ...s including but not limited to restriction under applicable copyright laws You and not Sony Ericsson are entirely responsible for additional content that you download to or forward from your mobile ph...

Page 3: ...d may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to e...

Page 4: ...your subscription and names and numbers in your contacts among other things Note Indicates that a service or function is network or subscription dependent Contact your service provider for details Re...

Page 5: ...e the battery cover into place To charge the battery 1 Connect the charger to the phone The symbol on the charger plug must face upwards 2 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears...

Page 6: ...ttery Some functions use more battery power than others and may cause a need for more frequent recharging If talk time or standby time becomes noticeably shorter you may have to replace the battery On...

Page 7: ...one Startup Menu When the startup menu is activated each time you turn on the phone you can select to listen to music only instead of using the phone with full functionality This means all transmitter...

Page 8: ...r with international prefix and area code if applicable Call to make the call End Call to end the call 2 When open or closed Contacts and select the contact to call Use or to select a number Call 3 Wh...

Page 9: ...4 Selection keys 5 Back key 6 Internet button 7 Ear speaker 8 Clear key 9 WALKMAN key 10 Navigation key 11 Silent key 12 Volume camera and picture zoom buttons 13 Infrared port 14 External speaker 15...

Page 10: ...level in the menus Press and hold to return to standby or to end a function Keys and Buttons Press to delete items such as pictures sounds and contacts During a call press and hold to mute the microp...

Page 11: ...f the ringtone when receiving a call 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 vo...

Page 12: ...mail Call Voicemail Drafts Outbox Sent Messages Saved Messages Templates Settings WALKMAN Now Playing Artists Tracks Playlists Videos File Manager Pictures Videos Sounds Themes Web Pages Games Applica...

Page 13: ...Sound Wallpaper Themes Startup Screen Screen Saver Brightness Sleep Mode Clock Edit Line Names Forward Calls Manage Calls Time Cost Show Hide My No Handsfree Switch to Line 2 Bluetooth Infrared Port U...

Page 14: ...r to go to a shortcuts menu or directly to a function To edit a navigation key shortcut Settings the General tab Shortcuts and select which shortcut you want to edit Edit Tells you the strength of the...

Page 15: ...case letters Press and hold to enter numbers Press to delete letters and numbers Press for the most common punctuation marks Press to add a space T9 Text Input The T9 Text Input method uses a built in...

Page 16: ...of options that offers different alternatives when writing a message File Manager Files such as Pictures Videos Sounds Themes Games and Applications are saved in the folders in the phone memory Creat...

Page 17: ...he file Calling Calls contacts voice control call options Making and Receiving Calls Before you can make or receive calls you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network 6 Turning on the P...

Page 18: ...ll or and Call to call a number To turn off the microphone 1 Press and hold to mute the microphone during a call 2 Press and hold again to resume a conversation To use the loudspeaker during a call Mo...

Page 19: ...ct default contacts 1 Contacts Options Advanced Default Contacts 2 Select Phone Contacts or SIM Contacts SIM Contacts Save contacts on your SIM card with name and number To add a SIM contact 1 Contact...

Page 20: ...y Contacts 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 contacts to another device copy contacts to the pho...

Page 21: ...t 2 Scroll to the relevant tab and select the field to edit and Edit 3 Edit the information and Save To edit a SIM contact 1 If SIM contacts is default Contacts and select the name and number to edit...

Page 22: ...From standby enter the position number Call To edit speed dialing numbers 1 Contacts Options Speed Dial 2 Scroll to the position Add or Replace Voicemail If your subscription includes an answering se...

Page 23: ...when you receive a call from that contact To turn the caller name on or off Settings the General tab Voice Control Play Caller Name Voice Dialing Start voice dialing from standby using the phone a por...

Page 24: ...cept or No for a new recording 4 Instructions appear Continue Wait for the tone and say Busy or another word 5 Yes to accept or No for a new recording 6 Instructions appear Continue and select the env...

Page 25: ...ll Handle more than one call simultaneously Call Waiting Service When activated you hear a beep if you receive a second call To activate or deactivate the call waiting service Settings the Calls tab b...

Page 26: ...add a new participant 1 More Hold to put the joined calls on hold 2 More Add Call and call the next person you want to include in the conference call 3 More Join Calls 4 Repeat steps 1 3 to include mo...

Page 27: ...o accept all calls Settings the Calls tab Manage Calls Accept Calls All Callers Restricted Dialing Restrict outgoing and incoming calls A password from your service provider is required The following...

Page 28: ...l 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 To check the call time Settings and use or to scroll to the Calls tab T...

Page 29: ...roup of numbers and email addresses to send messages to several recipients at the same time 30 Messaging You can also use groups with numbers when you create accepted callers lists 27 Accept Calls To...

Page 30: ...on about entering letters 15 Entering Letters and Characters To write and send a text message 1 Messaging Write New Text Message 2 Write your message Continue 3 Enter Phone No for a phone recipient or...

Page 31: ...hone memory When the phone memory is full delete messages or move them to the SIM card to be able to receive new messages Messages saved on the SIM card remain until they are deleted To save a message...

Page 32: ...g messages on Messaging Settings Text Message Max Msg Length Max Available Templates for Text Messages Add a new template or save a message as a template in your phone 31 To save a message To add or u...

Page 33: ...o add more text continue writing More to add more items to the message or to view options for the items you have already added 4 When you have finished composing your message Continue 5 Enter Email Ad...

Page 34: ...wnload To receive picture messages Yes to read or play the message Stop to stop playing or reading the message Reply to immediately reply or More to view a list of options Press to close the message T...

Page 35: ...ed recipients list below the send options Send Receiving Voice Messages Yes to play the message or No if you want to play the message later When you have listened to the voice message More to view a l...

Page 36: ...rd enter the password for the email account OK 9 Press and scroll to select Outgoing Server enter the server name or IP address OK To enter optional email account settings Press or to scroll and conti...

Page 37: ...open the message Reply 2 Include Message to include the original message in your reply or Write New to exclude the original message from your reply 3 Write your message in the text field OK To edit th...

Page 38: ...nd Rec or No Send Rec to delete messages My Friends Connect and log in to the My friends server to communicate online with your favorite friends If your subscription supports instant messaging and pre...

Page 39: ...re Add Chat Group New Chat Group 2 Select contacts to invite to the chat group from your list of contacts Continue 3 Enter a short invitation text Continue Send To add a chat group 1 Messaging My Frie...

Page 40: ...itch between camera and video recorder 2 Press to take a picture or start recording 3 To end video recording press again 4 To deactivate the camera press to go back one level in the menus Press and ho...

Page 41: ...ture Size Large 1280x1024 Medium 640x480 or Small 160x120 Video Size Large 176x144 or Small 128x96 Turn On Night Mode adapt to poor lighting conditions Turn On Light add light to poor lighting conditi...

Page 42: ...ferring 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 Your phone comes with a number of pictures...

Page 43: ...en again To use a picture 1 File Manager Pictures and select a picture 2 More Use As and select an option To edit pictures 52 PhotoDJ Exchanging Pictures You can exchange pictures using one of the ava...

Page 44: ...AN radio PlayNow ringtones MusicDJ VideoDJ games and more WALKMAN Player Play music and video clips The following file types are supported MP3 MP4 3GP AAC AMR MIDI IMY EMY and WAV 16 kHz maximum sampl...

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