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More features

Calendar

Add, save, edit and set reminders for 
appointments. Synchronize the calendar 
with a Web calendar or a computer 
calendar 

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46 Synchronizing

.

To add a new appointment

From standby, select 

Menu

 

}

 

Organizer

 

}

 

Calendar

 select a date 

}

 

New appointment

 

}

 

Add

. Enter 

details 

}

 

Continue

 to confirm each 

entry. 

}

 

Select

 to confirm the 

appointment.

To view an appointment

From standby, select 

Menu

 

}

 Organizer

 

}

 

Calendar

 and select a 

day. Select an appointment 

}

 

View

.

To view a calendar week

From standby, select 

Menu

 

}

 

Organizer

 

}

 

Calendar

 

}

 

More

 

}

 

View week

.

To set reminders options

1

From standby, select 

Menu

 

}

 

Organizer

 

}

 

Calendar

 

}

 

More

 

}

 

Advanced

 

}

 

Reminders

.

2

Select an option. 

}

 

Always

 for a 

reminder to sound even though the 
phone is turned off or set to silent. 

3

When the reminder sounds:

If 

New events

 is set to 

Activity menu

}

 

View

 to read the appointment.

If 

New events

 is set to 

Popup

 

}

 

Yes

 to 

read the appointment or 

}

 

No

 to turn 

off the reminder.

Navigating in your calendar

Use the navigation key to move 
between days or weeks.

Calendar settings

From standby, select 

Menu

 

}

 

Organizer

 

}

 

Calendar

 

}

 

More

 and 

select an option:

View week

 – view a week’

appointments.

New appointment

 – add a new 

appointment.

Change date

 – go to another date.

Advanced

 –find an appointment, set 

reminders or select a start day for the 
week.

Delete

 – delete appointments.

Help

 – For more information.

A reminder option set in the calendar 
affects a reminder option set in tasks.

 If Chinese is selected as the phone 
language, an additional option appears: 
Lunar calendar.

Summary of Contents for Z558

Page 1: ...Sony Ericsson Z558i In addition to the pre installed Z558i multimedia content you have more waiting for you at www sonyericsson com fun If you register at www sonyericsson com register you get an excl...

Page 2: ...Deep bass with light in ear design Desk Stand CDS 60 Your phone s best assistant connect a USB cable charger and portable handsfree Bluetooth Headset HPB PV705 A powerful Bluetooth headset with compac...

Page 3: ...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...

Page 4: ...ic Communications T9 Text Input is licensed under one or more of the following U S Pat Nos 5 818 437 5 953 541 5 187 480 5 945 928 and 6 011 554 Canadian Pat No 1 331 057 United Kingdom Pat No 2238414...

Page 5: ...s Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved Note Sony Ericsson advises users to backup their personal data information All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately dep...

Page 6: ...battery with the label side up and the connectors facing in 4 Slide the battery cover into place To charge the battery 1 Connect the charger plug to the phone with the symbol facing upwards 2 It may t...

Page 7: ...l 2 End call to end the call When the phone rings Answer to answer the call For more information 19 Making and receiving calls Memory Stick Micro M2 Use a memory card to save for example pictures If y...

Page 8: ...Number from your network operator to activate the services in your phone Each PIN digit appears as unless it starts with emergency number digits for example 112 or 911 This is so you can always make e...

Page 9: ...etting to know the phone Phone overview 13 2 3 4 5 7 6 1 8 9 10 11 12 14 1 Camera key 2 Selection key 3 Back key 4 Memory Stick Micro M2 slot 5 Activity menu key 6 Microphone 7 Ear speaker 8 Navigatio...

Page 10: ...nternet services Entertainment Online services Games VideoDJ PhotoDJ MusicDJ Remote control Record sound Camera Messaging Media player Write new Inbox My friends Email Call voicemail Drafts Outbox Sen...

Page 11: ...SIM contacts are set to default Use the navigation key right and left to move between tabs in submenus For more information 10 Navigating the menus Tells you the strength of the GSM network signal Te...

Page 12: ...dby you can use or to go directly to a function To create a standby shortcut 1 Press and follow the instructions 2 Scroll to a function Shortcut To edit a standby shortcut 3 From standby select Menu S...

Page 13: ...les all content in the phone and on the memory card On Memory Stick all content on the memory card In phone all content in the phone memory File information If a file is protected you may not be able...

Page 14: ...om standby select Menu Settings General Language Writing language 2 Mark to select languages Save Entering characters You can enter characters by handwriting recognition or by using the keypad Handwri...

Page 15: ...ion marks You have two ways of entering symbols and punctuation marks Tap to open the symbol table then select with your stylus or navigation keys and Use handwriting recognition to write commonly use...

Page 16: ...titap text input T9 Text Input To enter letters using multitap text input Press until the desired character appears Press to shift between capitals and lower case letters Press and hold to enter numbe...

Page 17: ...d To delete a character press To delete the entire word press and hold 3 When you have edited the word Insert The word is added to the T9 Text Input dictionary Next time you enter this word using T9 T...

Page 18: ...rnatively you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin letter and a new set of characters is displayed in the candidate row To go back to the previous row press To select a character in the candidate row p...

Page 19: ...ex characters Down Lift Right Slope Hook Down Over Hook Down Over Curved Hook Down Over Left Slope Down Over Down Hook Down Over Down Over Hook Over Down Over Down Hook Over Left Slope Over Down Over...

Page 20: ...yin letters and the phone will make various proposals on the screen according to the pronunciation rules of Mandarin Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters on the keypad For example to enter 1 Pre...

Page 21: ...To answer a call Open your phone or Answer if your phone is already open To reject a call Close your phone Busy or press the volume button twice To change the ear speaker volume During a call press o...

Page 22: ...ers Emergency nos Contacts Phone contacts contain detailed information saved in the phone memory SIM contacts contain names and numbers saved on the SIM card To select default contacts 1 From standby...

Page 23: ...ess card From standby select Menu Contacts Options My business card Send my card Calling contacts when English is the phone language To call contacts written in Chinese characters 1 From standby selec...

Page 24: ...list Call Managing contacts Copy contacts to and from the phone memory and the SIM card To copy names and numbers to the SIM card 1 From standby select Menu Contacts Options Advanced Copy to SIM 2 Co...

Page 25: ...ontacts To delete a selected contact press To delete all contacts from standby select Menu Contacts Options Advanced Delete all contacts Yes and Yes Names and numbers on the SIM card are not deleted T...

Page 26: ...ctivate voice control by saying a magic word Answer and reject calls when using a handsfree Before voice dialling Activate the voice dialling function and record your voice commands An icon appears ne...

Page 27: ...by press and hold the handsfree button or press the Bluetooth headset button The magic word Record and use a voice command as a magic word to activate voice control without pressing any keys The magic...

Page 28: ...nds When the phone rings say Answer to connect the call Busy to reject the call To edit your voice commands 1 Contacts and scroll to a contact 2 More Edit contact and scroll to the relevant tab To re...

Page 29: ...e number you want to call Call Receiving a second call When you receive a second call you can Answer and put the ongoing call on hold Busy to reject and continue the ongoing call Replace active call t...

Page 30: ...pants To release a participant More Release part and select the participant To have a private conversation 1 More Talk to and select the participant 2 More Join calls to resume the conference call Two...

Page 31: ...ce provider is required The following calls can be restricted All outgoing all outgoing calls Outgoing intl all outgoing international calls Outgoing intl roam all outgoing international calls except...

Page 32: ...reen for you to call or save in your contacts To call or save from the notepad Call to call the number or More Save number and create a new contact or select a contact to save the number to Groups Cre...

Page 33: ...rvice you can hide your phone number when making a call To always show or hide your phone number 1 From standby select Menu Settings Calls Show hide my no 2 Select Show number Hide number or Network d...

Page 34: ...t message 1 From standby select Menu Messaging Sent messages and select a message 2 View More Details Receiving messages When you receive a text message or an automatically downloaded picture message...

Page 35: ...rom standby select Menu Messaging Settings Text message Max msg length Max available Picture messaging MMS Picture messages can contain text pictures video clips camera pictures sound recordings and s...

Page 36: ...ur picture messages From standby select Menu Messaging Settings Picture message Auto download to select one of the following Always automatically download messages Ask in roaming ask to download other...

Page 37: ...Add to enter the To field Enter email addr or Contacts look up to enter a recipient 3 To add more recipients To Cc or Bcc 4 When you have selected recipients Done 5 Write the subject OK Write the text...

Page 38: ...next time you connect to your email server My friends Use My friends to communicate online with your friends For more information contact your service provider or see www sonyericsson com support Ima...

Page 39: ...osure time Effects select different effects for your picture Self timer the picture is taken a few seconds after you press the camera button Picture quality select Normal or Fine picture quality Shutt...

Page 40: ...w your pictures and video clips 1 File manager and Pictures or Videos 2 Select a picture or video clip View 3 For video clips Play to start the video clip To search camera pictures by time line 1 From...

Page 41: ...e is shown in standby mode The screen saver is automatically activated when the phone is idle for a few seconds After a few more seconds the screen saver changes to sleep mode to save power In sleep m...

Page 42: ...le Play Media player control Stop to pause a music track Pause to pause a video clip Press to go to the next music track or video clip Press to go to the previous music track or video clip Press and h...

Page 43: ...ns 1 to 10 To select radio channels Use the navigation key or press to select a saved channel Radio options More for the following options Turn off turn off the radio Minimize return to main menu to u...

Page 44: ...ringtone Open phone sounds select a sound that will be heard when you open your phone Vibrating alert turn the vibrating alert on and off Message alert select message notification Key sound select the...

Page 45: ...hemes games and applications A theme is the background colours and patterns on the screen You can download new content to your phone For more information see www sonyericsson com support To set a them...

Page 46: ...eady in your phone 44 Settings Connectivity Settings In order to use the Internet and send and receive picture and email messages you need the following A phone subscription that supports data transmi...

Page 47: ...To download from the Sony Ericsson Web site 1 From standby select Menu Internet services More Go to Bookmarks select the Sony Ericsson Web site Go to 2 Browse the Web page select a file to download a...

Page 48: ...or more information To enter remote synchronization settings 1 From standby select Menu Organizer Synchronization and Yes or New account Add Enter a name for the new account Continue 2 Enter the follo...

Page 49: ...evice to your phone To turn on the Bluetooth function in your phone From standby select Menu Settings Connectivity Bluetooth Turn on To show or hide your phone From standby select Menu Settings Connec...

Page 50: ...exchange information between your phone and a computer To start a USB connection Turn on your phone and connect the USB cable to your phone and computer File transfer to browse files on the memory car...

Page 51: ...e without affecting the user data in your phone Update your phone over the air or online via USB cable and an Internet connected computer To use Update service over the air 1 From standby select Menu...

Page 52: ...option Alarm set an alarm Recurrent alarm set a recurrent alarm Alarm signal select a sound To turn the alarm signal off when it rings press any key To cancel an alarm Alarm or Recurrent alarm Turn of...

Page 53: ...More Advanced Reminders 2 Select an option Always for a reminder to sound even though the phone is turned off or set to silent 3 When the reminder sounds If New events is set to Activity menu View to...

Page 54: ...ect a task More Reminders 2 Follow steps 2 and 3 51 To set reminders options To send a task 1 From standby select Menu Organizer Tasks and select a task 2 More Send and select a transfer method Notes...

Page 55: ...re supplied by your network operator You can edit your PIN and select a new four to eight digit PIN To unblock your SIM card 1 When PIN blocked is displayed enter your PUK OK 2 Enter a new PIN OK Re e...

Page 56: ...u Settings General Locks Phone lock Change code Code memo Save security codes such as for credit cards in the code memo Set a passcode to open the code memo Enter a checkword When you enter your passc...

Page 57: ...s The code memo is reset and all entries are cleared The next time you enter the code memo you must start at 54 To open code memo for the first time Troubleshooting Some problems require you to call y...

Page 58: ...gs or Reset all to delete your changes to settings all contacts messages personal data and content you have downloaded received or edited Continue Error messages Insert SIM Is the SIM card correctly i...

Page 59: ...out the warranty conditions in this User guide On www sonyericsson com under the support section in the language of your choice you will find the latest support tools and information such as software...

Page 60: ...rt sonyericsson com Germany 0180 534 2020 questions DE support sonyericsson com Greece 210 89 91 919 from mobile phone 801 11 810 810 questions GR support sonyericsson com Hong Kong 8203 8863 question...

Page 61: ...nyericsson com Switzerland 0848 824 040 questions CH support sonyericsson com Taiwan 02 25625511 questions TW support sonyericsson com Thailand 02 2483030 questions TH support sonyericsson com Turkey...

Page 62: ...ct with an object inserted between keypad and display this may damage your product Do not use your product near medical equipment without requesting permission from your treating physician or authoriz...

Page 63: ...mmediately turn off your mobile phone Contact your cardiologist for more information For other medical devices please consult your physician and the manufacturer of the device For other medical device...

Page 64: ...re variations in safety While there may be differences in SAR levels among mobile phones all Sony Ericsson mobile phone models are designed to meet radio frequency exposure guidelines For phones sold...

Page 65: ...this Device Sony Ericsson grants you a non exclusive non transferable non assignable license to use the Software solely in conjunction with the Device on which it is installed and or delivered with No...

Page 66: ...not to be under warranty according to the conditions below Please note that some of your personal settings downloads or other information may be lost when your Sony Ericsson Product is repaired or rep...

Page 67: ...te is provided by a carrier independent from Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson will not be responsible for the operation availability coverage services or range of that system 5 This warranty does not cover...

Page 68: ...ted If so this is clearly shown on the valid proof of purchase FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may n...

Page 69: ...4 Bluetooth headset 48 Bluetooth wireless technology 47 48 bookmarks Internet 45 C calculator 52 calendar 51 calibration 14 call waiting 27 calls answering 19 emergency 20 hold 27 making 5 19 missed...

Page 70: ...ng recognition English letters 13 numbers 14 symbols and punctuation 13 writing language 12 I input keypad 14 punctuation 13 Internet 45 bookmarks 45 K keypad input 14 L language phone 12 writing 12 l...

Page 71: ...contacts 21 PIN 53 PIN code changing 53 entering 5 Pinyin input 18 PlayNow 41 profiles 50 PUK 53 57 punctuation input 13 R radio 41 recording calls 43 sounds 43 video clips 36 redialling using call l...

Page 72: ...20 sound recorder 43 speaker volume 19 standby mode 6 Stroke input 16 synchronizing 46 T T9 Text Input 15 tasks 52 text messaging 31 33 themes 43 time 50 transfer method Bluetooth technology 47 USB 48...

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