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Summary of Contents for XPERIA

Page 1: ...X2 Extended User guide...

Page 2: ...ardware keyboard 17 Using the on screen keyboard 17 Text correction options 17 Using handwriting features 18 Using Letter Recognizer 18 Using Block Recognizer 18 Using Transcriber 19 Using Notes 19 Pa...

Page 3: ...ed 40 Using Windows Mobile Device Center 40 Personal Information Management 42 Contacts 42 Messaging 43 SMS 43 MMS 44 E mail 47 Company e mails and appointments 50 Synchronizing your phone with an Exc...

Page 4: ...Pictures 75 Music 75 Video 76 Streaming media 77 Radio 77 Synchronizing music and video 80 Transferring content 80 Games 80 PlayNow 81 GPS Location based services 82 Using the internal GPS receiver 8...

Page 5: ...y 6 SlideView key 7 Optical joystick Selection key 8 OK key 9 End call key 10 Touch screen 11 Video call camera 12 Ear speaker 13 Light sensor 14 3 5 mm headset TV out cable connector 15 Stylus 16 Cam...

Page 6: ...18 Volume key 19 Loudspeaker 20 Camera key 21 Strap holder 6 This is an Internet version of this publication Print only for private use...

Page 7: ...es not warrant or guaranty the availability or performance of any third party websites or offered services Additional help User guide in the phone An extended User guide and a help function are availa...

Page 8: ...he USB cable provided and the power adapter To charge the phone using a computer Connect the phone to a USB port on a computer using the included USB cable provided Memory card To insert a memory card...

Page 9: ...1 Tap Settings Communication Manager 2 Tap To turn on phone mode 1 Tap Settings Communication Manager 2 Tap Stereo portable handsfree To use the handsfree Connect the portable handsfree Music stops w...

Page 10: ...n a page touch and hold on the screen then drag your finger To pan continuously drag your finger towards the outer limits of a page and hold Release your finger to stop panning Using the arrow keys To...

Page 11: ...the screen To use a screen lock code 1 Tap Settings Lock 2 Checkmark the Prompt if phone unused for box select a time interval and enter a code for unlocking the screen 3 Tap OK Yes Closing an applic...

Page 12: ...bile Make notes and gather information all in one place Microsoft PowerPoint Mobile View PowerPoint slides and presentations Microsoft Word Mobile Create view and edit Word documents Today The Today p...

Page 13: ...mobile version of Windows Live Messenger Notes Create handwritten or typed notes drawings and voice recordings Pictures Videos View organize and sort pictures animated GIFs and video files in your pho...

Page 14: ...ogram error occurs technical data about the state of the program and your phone is logged in a text file and delivered to Microsoft technical support if you choose to send it External GPS Set the appr...

Page 15: ...a USB serial connection between your phone and a computer Wi Fi Scan for available wireless networks Mobile Data Settings for HSPA HSUPA GPRS CSD Line type and SMS service Communication Manager Enable...

Page 16: ...o open SlideView Press To navigate SlideView 1 To open a phone activity tap the activity 2 To go back to the previous view tap the bar on the left 3 To go back to the SlideView main view tap the bar o...

Page 17: ...y tapping the To select input languages 1 Tap Settings Personal Keyboard Languages 2 Mark the language check boxes that you want to add to the list Using the on screen keyboard You can use the on scre...

Page 18: ...g area To enter upper case letters write in the ABC left area of the box To enter lower case letters write in the abc middle area of the box To enter numbers write in the 123 right area of the box To...

Page 19: ...the changes you require To view Transcriber handwriting demos 1 Tap in the Transcriber toolbar 2 Tap a letter then tap on one of the shapes at the top of the screen for a demo 3 To close the Letter Sh...

Page 20: ...ons In a panel or an application double press to go to Favorites view From a panel view press to return to the most recently used panel In an application you started from the Start menu press to retur...

Page 21: ...h the list until the desired panel is highlighted 2 Tap Activate To add a panel to your Favorites 1 From the List view select a panel 2 Tap Favorite To filter panels 1 From the List view tap 2 Select...

Page 22: ...s you want to remove from the timeline to the available panel list Panel manager settings 1 Auto panel switching on off Turn Auto panel switching on or off 2 Release information Update Download the la...

Page 23: ...Time tab 2 Tap the Select city box 3 Enter the city name and tap Search 4 Select a city and tap OK To view RSS feeds Tap To change an RSS feed source 1 Tap and tap the RSS tab 2 Tap beside an empty ch...

Page 24: ...latest news and use filters to show specific news To change filters 1 Tap All topics 2 Select a filter and tap it Pixel City panel You can access a number of features through the Pixel City panel Many...

Page 25: ...nread e mail messages 3 Messages An open flower indicates you have unread messages 4 Battery level The ivy plant indicates the phone battery level 5 Wi Fi The numbers of daisies visible indicates the...

Page 26: ...ore space to add shortcuts or widgets See www spbsoftwarehouse com for more information Downloading new panels To download new panels From the Panel settings view tap Get more panels 26 This is an Int...

Page 27: ...ail 4 Tap and hold to get the sign the international call prefix 5 Tap to access Contacts 6 Speed dial Tap to access your speed dial entries 7 Keypad Tap to show or hide the keypad 8 Call History Tap...

Page 28: ...ou want to call Receiving calls To answer a call Press To reject a call and send a busy tone When you get an incoming call press To turn off the ringtone without answering a call Press the volume key...

Page 29: ...ate a Speed Dial entry the contact must already exist in Contacts To create a Speed Dial entry 1 Press 2 Tap 3 Tap and hold down on the contact you want to assign to the speed dial key 4 Tap Add to Fa...

Page 30: ...ervices Phone services may include Call Forwarding Call Waiting Voicemail and more You can contact your wireless service provider to find out more about the availability of services for your phone Sma...

Page 31: ...change the video call settings in two ways During a video call you can tap the control buttons on the video call screen to turn your microphone on or off to control the image presentation and to choos...

Page 32: ...4 Camera on off Tap to stop or resume the outgoing video feed When stopped a still image is shown 5 Keypad on off 6 Swap windows Tap repeatedly to cycle through the available image display options 7 S...

Page 33: ...ifferent location 1 Tap Settings Clock Alarms 2 Tap the Time tab 3 Select the correct time zone and change the time or date Regional settings The style in which numbers currency dates and times are di...

Page 34: ...4 Tap Options 5 Do any of the following Select Next appointment to show only the next appointment in your schedule or Upcoming appointments to show multiple appointments Unmark the Display all events...

Page 35: ...his lock only protects your subscription Your phone will work with a new SIM card If the lock is on you have to enter a PIN Personal Identity Number If you enter your PIN incorrectly three times in a...

Page 36: ...e step for you to take to read these files If Encrypt files placed on storage cards is or was enabled before then backup all files from the storage card before using Clear Storage hard reset or updati...

Page 37: ...alarm icon to specify the type of alarm you want To choose a sound tap the list next to the Play sound check box and select a sound Tap OK to confirm The alarm will not sound if the phone is turned o...

Page 38: ...ricsson com X2support to download the latest version of the Exchange ActiveSync application to your computer 2 Follow the on screen instructions to install the software Synchronization methods After y...

Page 39: ...ng the USB cable 2 Phone Tap ActiveSync 3 Tap Sync To start synchronization from Windows Mobile Device Center on a computer 1 Connect your phone to the computer using the USB cable 2 Computer Click St...

Page 40: ...ne or on the computer Before changing the synchronization settings on your phone it must be disconnected from the computer To change which information is synchronized 1 Tap ActiveSync 2 Tap Menu Optio...

Page 41: ...puter 3 Click Pictures Music and Video Add media to your device from Windows Media Player To view documents and files in your phone using Windows Vista 1 Connect your phone to your computer using the...

Page 42: ...s Live Messenger You can also add Windows Live contacts after you have set up Windows Live on your phone Managing contacts Use Contacts to create and save contacts on your phone memory or your SIM car...

Page 43: ...re messaging account settings from a message list Tap Menu Tools Options SMS You can send short text messages up to 160 characters long to other mobile phones using SMS Short Message Service Before yo...

Page 44: ...message sent using MMS Multimedia Messaging Service you can include pictures video and audio clips Please note that MMS is a charged service and has to be provisioned on your mobile account Contact yo...

Page 45: ...essage 1 Tap Insert Audio 2 Tap an audio clip 3 Tap Menu You can Prelisten Record Audio record a new clip or browse for audio clips in My Music or any other directory in your phone or on the memory ca...

Page 46: ...ur options 5 On the Sending Options tab select your options 6 On the MMS Profiles tab check if your device is preset with MMS server settings 7 If there are no settings tap New and enter the following...

Page 47: ...er Settings automatically check box then tap Next 7 If server settings are not detected enter them manually then tap Next 8 Enter your user name password and domain then tap Next 9 If prompted enter t...

Page 48: ...the e mail account and folder you want to open 3 Tap the e mail message you want to reply to 4 Tap Menu Reply Forward Reply 5 Enter text 6 Tap Send To forward an e mail message 1 Tap E mail 2 Tap the...

Page 49: ...Direct push 1 Tap Settings Communication Manager 2 Select an option for MS Direct Push Frequent updates can be costly and are operator dependent 49 This is an Internet version of this publication Prin...

Page 50: ...Server address box enter the Exchange Server name then tap Next 8 Enter your user name password and domain then tap Next 9 Mark the check boxes for the types of information items that you want to sync...

Page 51: ...nc To enable Direct Push using Exchange ActiveSync 1 Tap ActiveSync 2 Tap Menu Schedule 3 In the Peak times and Off peak times boxes select As items arrive Frequent updates may be costly To enable Dir...

Page 52: ...Message flagging Flags serve as a reminder to yourself to follow up on important issues or requests that are indicated in your messages Flagging messages which is a useful feature on desktop Outlook E...

Page 53: ...olders 1 Tap E mail Outlook E mail 2 Tap Menu Tools Manage Folders 3 Mark the check boxes for the folders that you want to synchronize 4 Tap ok You can quickly tap a folder twice to show its subfolder...

Page 54: ...new meeting request tap Attendees select Add Required Attendee or Add Optional Attendee then tap Company Directory 3 Enter part of or full contact name and tap Search 4 In the search results list tap...

Page 55: ...our outgoing e mail messages so that recipients can be certain that the messages were sent by you and have not been altered in any way Encrypt all outgoing e mail messages encrypt all your outgoing e...

Page 56: ...Access point name then tap Next 5 If required enter User name Password Domain and Advanced settings Tap Finish 6 Under My ISP tap Manage existing connections and select the connection you just created...

Page 57: ...on your phone that give you access to different services on a Web page Languages Select the preferred language to read Web sites Other enable playing sounds or show pictures Managing Internet Explorer...

Page 58: ...as your home page tap 2 Tap 3 Tap Tools Options Home page 4 Tap Use current 5 Tap ok To clear browsing history cache or cookies 1 When you are browsing the Web tap 2 Tap 3 Select Tools Options Browsi...

Page 59: ...on Bluetooth functionality and make your phone visible 1 Tap Settings Bluetooth 2 On the Mode tab mark the Turn on Bluetooth and Make this device visible to other devices check boxes 3 On the Timeout...

Page 60: ...o find out how to set the headset in visible mode 2 Tap Settings Bluetooth 3 On the Devices tab tap Add new device Your phone searches for other Bluetooth enabled devices and displays them in the box...

Page 61: ...ur computer and it is not automatically added to Outlook select File Import and Export in Outlook to import it The default folder on your computer where beamed items are stored may be C Documents and...

Page 62: ...at comes with your phone Before you can use your phone as a USB modem you need to set up Windows Mobile Device Center part of Windows Vista or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for Windows XP version 4 5...

Page 63: ...r 2 Click Manage network and then under Personal Area Network double click Bluetooth Network Connection 3 In the Bluetooth Personal Area Network Devices dialog box select your phone and click Connect...

Page 64: ...era closes automatically if you do not use it for two minutes Using the still camera To take a photo 1 Activate the camera and tap 2 Press halfway down to use auto focus 3 When the focus frame is gree...

Page 65: ...ironments with or without the light Due to long exposure time the camera must be held still or placed on a stable surface Sports Use for photos of fast moving objects Short exposure time minimises mot...

Page 66: ...environments and higher ISO speeds are more suited to poor lighting conditions If you use Auto the camera automatically determines the most suitable ISO speed for any given situation You get the best...

Page 67: ...idescreen displays 2MP wide 2 megapixel picture size with 16 9 aspect ratio 1920x1080 pixels Suitable for photos you want to view on widescreen displays 1MP wide 1 megapixel picture size with 16 9 asp...

Page 68: ...video just after you have taken it Off When Auto review is off you return to the viewfinder directly after you have taken a photo or recorded a video This speeds up the process of taking a new photo o...

Page 69: ...thin the flash range Photos taken beyond the maximum flash range will be too dark The maximum flash range is about four steps from the subject Consider variety Think about different angles and move to...

Page 70: ...ance Focus is set on subjects far away Subjects close to the camera may be blurred Light Select whether you want to use the light when you record a video On Turn on the light to improve close up video...

Page 71: ...the color balance for bright lighting such as under light bulbs or when lighting conditions change quickly Fluorescent Adjusts the color balance for fluorescent lighting Sunny Adjusts the color balanc...

Page 72: ...e taken a photo or recorded a video This speeds up the process of taking a new photo or recording a new video GPS location When GPS location is turned on the approximate geographical location is added...

Page 73: ...My Pictures Camera 100XPRIA or on the memory card Storage Card DCIM You can find videos in the phone memory in File Explorer My Device My Documents My Videos Camera 100XPRIA or on the memory card Sto...

Page 74: ...the phone 1 Activate the camera 2 Tap 3 To send a single item tap the item then tap 4 To send multiple items tap select the items you want to send then tap 74 This is an Internet version of this publi...

Page 75: ...he memory card in File Explorer Storage Card DCIM Pictures Picture files are stored in File Explorer My Device My Documents My Pictures To view a picture 1 Press to open SlideView 2 Tap Media Pictures...

Page 76: ...e the music mini player Tap the mini player bar to display the mini player controls in SlideView Use the controls in the same way as in the traditional music player Tap outside the mini player to hide...

Page 77: ...content To access streaming content via a browser 1 Tap Internet Explorer 2 In the address bar enter the URL address of the Web page that contains the streaming meda file or link 3 On the Web page tap...

Page 78: ...nnel 14 Preset channel key the white indicator denotes an active channel 15 Preset channel key the blank indicator denotes no channel saved 16 Volume marker drag or tap to increase decrease volume 17...

Page 79: ...imize the radio 1 When you are listening to the radio tap The mini radio view appears in SlideView 2 You can now use SlideView or other applications while you are listening to the radio To return to t...

Page 80: ...nt to synchronize between the computer and the phone then click Add 7 Click Finish Synchronizing starts The next time you connect your computer and the phone when Windows Media Player is running synch...

Page 81: ...e This service is not available in all countries For extended functionality you can also access the PlayNow Web shop on a computer from www sonyericsson com playnow For more information go to www sony...

Page 82: ...first time you use the GPS receiver it may take up to 10 minutes before your location is found Some location services use the Internet Data rates and charges may apply FastGPS FastGPS speeds up the t...

Page 83: ...own boxes in the top left and top right of the screen Searching information You can search for files and other items stored in your phone by file name or by words located in the item For example you c...

Page 84: ...t to show on the TV TV out view settings Your phone s TV out function supports two display modes on external TV devices Scale mode Output with an 800x480 pixel resolution is scaled to 640x384 pixels w...

Page 85: ...nstructions or documentation that comes with the program Many programs provide special installation instructions 4 Connect your phone to the computer preferably with the USB cable 5 Double click the p...

Page 86: ...the phone You can reset your phone to factory default settings You can also use Clear phone memory to simultaneously reset your phone to factory settings and delete all phone content for example if y...

Page 87: ...SIG Inc and any use of such mark by Sony Ericsson is under license Wi Fi is a trademark or a registered trademark of the Wi Fi Alliance The Liquid Identity logo Xperia and X2 are trademarks or registe...

Page 88: ...1 ii and FAR 52 227 19 c 2 as applicable Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved All illu...

Page 89: ...o 77 overview 78 G games 80 Google Maps 82 GPS 82 H handwriting 17 hot spot 61 I icons in still camera 65 in video camera 70 IMEI number 36 instant download 51 Internet 56 Internet Explorer 56 Interne...

Page 90: ...75 music mini player 76 navigating 16 overview 16 pictures 75 radio 77 video 76 viewing music by category 76 viewing photos and videos 73 Smart Dialing 30 SMS 43 SOS See emergency numbers Speed Dial...

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