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This is the Internet version of the user’s guide. ©Print only for private use.

Sending pictures and video clips

When you have taken a picture or 
recorded a video clip, you can send it 
as a picture message if the file size 
has not exceeded the limit. To 
exchange pictures and video clips 
using other transfer methods 

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Exchanging pictures.

To send a saved picture

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File Manager

 

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Pictures

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to the picture you want. 

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Send

 

and select a transfer method.

To use more video clip or picture 
options

Record a video clip or take a picture 

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 and select an option, for 

example, to take a new picture.

Transferring pictures to your 
computer

Using the USB cable, you can drag 
and drop camera pictures to a 
computer 

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the USB cable.

Entertainment

Handsfree, Music player, radio, 
PlayNow™, MusicDJ™, VideoDJ™, 
themes, games and more.

Stereo portable handsfree 

To use the handsfree

Connect the stereo portable handsfree 
to your phone to use it for calls, 
listening to music, or the radio. If you 
receive a call and are playing music, 
music stops for you to answer. Music 

Some phones do not support pictures 
sizes more than 160x120. On a compu-
ter, view size 2048x1536.

Please adjust the audio volume cautiously 
when using third-party audio accessories 
to avoid volume levels that may be harm-
ful to your hearing.  Sony Ericsson does 
not test use of third-party audio accesso-
ries with this mobile phone. Sony Erics-
son recommends using only Sony 
Ericsson original audio accessories.

Summary of Contents for Z712

Page 1: ...picture messaging voice messaging email My friends Imaging 46 Camera pictures PhotoDJ Entertainment 50 Handsfree Music player radio PlayNow MusicDJ VideoDJ themes games and more Connectivity 60 Settin...

Page 2: ...zed 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 you...

Page 3: ...time or any country to which the U S has embargoed goods or ii to anyone on the U S Treasury Department s list of Specially Designated Nations or the U S Commerce Department s Table of Denial Orders...

Page 4: ...contacts PIN You may need a PIN Personal Identity Number for your SIM card to start your phone and activate services When you enter your PIN each digit appears as unless it starts with the same digits...

Page 5: ...wn 3 Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other 4 Slide the battery cover into place To charge the battery 1 Connect the charger plug to the phone with the symbol f...

Page 6: ...o complete setup Help in your phone Help and information is available in your phone at any time To use the setup wizard Settings the General tab Setup Wizard and select an option Settings Download Bas...

Page 7: ...Bluetooth transceivers are turned off to prevent disturbance to sensitive equipment You can for example play music or write a text message to send later but not make calls in an airplane To view Flig...

Page 8: ...he user s guide Print only for private use Getting to know the phone Phone overview icons menus entering letters activity menu file manager Memory Stick Micro M2 Phone overview 1 2 3 4 Some icons on k...

Page 9: ...5 Antenna 6 Play stop button 7 Menu toggle button 8 Connector for charger handsfree and USB cable 9 Selection keys 10 Back Key 11 Internet Key 12 Messaging key 13 Navigation key 14 Clear key 15 Activi...

Page 10: ...VideoDJ PhotoDJ MusicDJ Remote Control Record Sound Demo Tour Camera Messaging Music Player Write New Inbox Email RSS Reader Drafts Outbox Sent Messages Saved Messages My Friends Call Voicemail Templ...

Page 11: ...Reset Sounds Alerts Ring Volume Ringtone Silent Mode Increasing Ring Vibrating Alert Message Alert Key Sound Display Wallpaper Themes Startup Screen Screen Saver Clock Size Brightness Edit Line Names...

Page 12: ...us 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...

Page 13: ...hange letter case when writing a message Press and hold to toggle T9 Text Input on and off when writing a message Info Find more information explanations or tips about selected features menus or funct...

Page 14: ...dialing Decrease the volume during a call or when using the Music player Adjust the camera brightness Press and hold to go forward one track Press and hold to voice dial alternatively say your magic w...

Page 15: ...menu or function by pressing or To edit a navigation key shortcut Settings General tab Shortcuts and select a shortcut Edit Phone language Select the language to use in the phone menus or when writin...

Page 16: ...re text input is possible for example Messaging Write New Text Message 2 For example to write the word Jane press 3 If the word shown is the one you want press to accept and add a space To accept a wo...

Page 17: ...New Events Popup Running Apps applications that are running in the background Select an application to return to it or press to end it My Shortcuts add delete and change the order of shortcuts When y...

Page 18: ...rom the phone memory to a memory card Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder When handling files you can select several or all files in a folder at the same time for all items except Games a...

Page 19: ...USB cable 60 Connectivity To create a subfolder 1 File Manager and open a folder 2 More New Folder and enter a name for the folder 3 OK to save the folder To select several files 1 File Manager and o...

Page 20: ...Calls contacts voice control call options 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 Netw...

Page 21: ...open the flip Busy or press volume key up or down To turn off the microphone 1 Press and hold 2 To resume the conversation press and hold again To turn the loudspeaker on or off during a voice call Mo...

Page 22: ...rs Emergency Nos Contacts You can save your contact information in the phone memory or on a SIM card The following is available You can choose which contact information Phone Contacts or SIM Contacts...

Page 23: ...ntact 1 If SIM Contacts is selected as default Contacts New Contact Add 2 Enter the name OK 3 Enter the number OK and select a number Add more information if available Save To automatically save names...

Page 24: ...To add a picture or ringtone sound to a phone contact 1 Contacts and select the contact More Edit Contact 2 Select the relevant tab and then select Picture or Ringtone Add 3 Select an option and an i...

Page 25: ...sting contact to add the number to To clear the call list Calls and select the All tab More Delete All Speed dial with pictures Save numbers in positions 1 9 in your phone to access them easily Speed...

Page 26: ...ommands An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command Tips when recording and using voice commands If your phone cannot detect your voice command one of the following might have happ...

Page 27: ...Name Voice dialing Start voice dialing from standby using the phone a portable handsfree a Bluetooth headset or by saying your magic word To voice dial from the phone 1 From standby press and hold one...

Page 28: ...Answer Activate 2 Instructions appear Continue Wait for the tone and say Answer 3 Yes to accept or No for a new recording 4 Instructions appear Continue Wait for the tone and say Busy 5 Yes to accept...

Page 29: ...n one call Handle more than one call simultaneously Call waiting service When this is activated you hear a beep if you receive a second call To activate or deactivate the call waiting service Settings...

Page 30: ...d calls on hold 2 More Add Call and call the next person to add to the conference call 3 More Join Calls 4 Repeat steps 1 3 to add more participants To release a participant More Release Party and sel...

Page 31: ...lls can be restricted All Outgoing all outgoing calls Outgoing Intl all outgoing international calls Outg Intl Roam all outgoing international calls except to your home country All Incoming all incomi...

Page 32: ...Timers Additional calling functions Tone signals Use telephone banking services or control an answering machine with tone signals during a call To use tone signals Press or to send tones More Disable...

Page 33: ...several recipients at the same time 34 Messaging You can also use groups with numbers when you create accepted callers lists 31 Accept calls To create a group of numbers and email addresses 1 Contacts...

Page 34: ...center number is saved on the SIM card it is shown 2 If there is no number shown Edit New ServiceCenter and enter the number including the international prefix and country region code Save Sending tex...

Page 35: ...mber displayed in the message Call Saving and deleting text messages Received text messages are saved in the phone memory When the phone memory is full delete messages or move them to the SIM card to...

Page 36: ...a long message at the same time To turn long 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...

Page 37: ...g a picture message you can check The address of your message server and an Internet profile are set Messaging Settings Picture Message MMS Profile and select a profile More Edit Message Server and Mo...

Page 38: ...ng ask to download when not in home network Not in Roaming do not download when not in home network Always Ask to download Off new messages appear in the Inbox Select the message and View to download...

Page 39: ...ord your message Stop to end 3 Send to send the message 4 Enter Email Addr for an email recipient or Enter Phone No for a recipient phone number or Contacts Lookup for a number or group in Contacts or...

Page 40: ...n Internet provider or you may have a document at home from your email provider with the settings information or you may find the information in your computer email program settings What information d...

Page 41: ...r name To enter advanced email account settings optional in most cases 1 Messaging Email Settings 2 Select an account to edit More Edit Account Advanced Settings 3 Press to select and enter settings i...

Page 42: ...Write your message in the text field OK To edit the message Edit 4 Continue Send To view or save an attachment in an email message View a message More Attachments View to view the item or Save to sav...

Page 43: ...ord server information and select an Internet profile to use This information is supplied by your service provider To log in to your My friends server Messaging My Friends Log In To log out More Log O...

Page 44: ...nue 3 Enter a short invitation text Continue Send To add a chat group 1 Messaging My Friends the Chat Groups tab More Add Chat Group 2 By Group ID to enter chat group ID directly or Search to search f...

Page 45: ...use Auto Login Allow Connection Area and cell information Information messages may be sent to network subscribers within a certain area or cell To turn information on or off Messaging Settings Area I...

Page 46: ...re or video clip using picture messaging make sure you have set the address of your message server for picture messaging 37 Picture messaging MMS and that Internet settings are entered in your phone 6...

Page 47: ...ne Frames add a frame to your picture Shoot Mode video For Picture Msg or High quality video Picture Size camera select from 2 MP 1600 x 1200 1 MP 1280 x 960 VGA 640 x 480 Night Mode adapt to poor lig...

Page 48: ...t time use for example approve terms and conditions 3 Add title and text OK Publish to send a picture to your blog A text message is sent to your phone with your Web address and log in information You...

Page 49: ...and save a picture 1 File Manager Pictures and scroll to the picture you want View 2 More Edit In PhotoDJ Some pictures you have taken with the camera can be edited 3 More Save Picture to save a pict...

Page 50: ...puter Using the USB cable you can drag and drop camera pictures to a computer 68 Transferring files using the USB cable Entertainment Handsfree Music player radio PlayNow MusicDJ VideoDJ themes games...

Page 51: ...se the playback Press Play to resume play Press to go to the next song Press to go to the previous song Press and hold or to fast forward or rewind when playing songs Press or to view and scroll files...

Page 52: ...playlist Open 2 Select the file and press To delete a playlist Music Player Playlists select a playlist and press Music Player options More for options Now Playing go to the Now Playing view Add Medi...

Page 53: ...sic files open in the Media player Transferring music Disc2Phone computer software and USB drivers are included on the CD that comes with the phone Use Disc2Phone to transfer music from CDs or your co...

Page 54: ...to the radio Connect the handsfree to your phone Radio Radio control Use the radio with the phone open or closed Radio Search to find a broadcasting frequency Press or to move 0 1MHz Press or to selec...

Page 55: ...ncy RDS set options for alternative frequency AF and station information Turn On Mono turn on mono sound Minimize return to standby to use other functions while listening PlayNow Listen to music befor...

Page 56: ...Settings and scroll to the Sounds Alerts tab Ring Volume and press or to decrease or increase the volume 2 Save To set the vibrating alert Settings the Sounds Alerts tab Vibrating Alert and select an...

Page 57: ...ideoDJ Compose and edit your own video clips by using video clips pictures and text You can also use trim away parts of a video clip to shorten it To create a video clip 1 Entertainment VideoDJ 2 Add...

Page 58: ...VideoDJ Edit Sending video clips You can send a video clip using one of the available transfer methods Short video clips can be sent using picture messaging If a video clip is too long you can use th...

Page 59: ...eb site for Java games or applications 2 Select a game or an application and download according the Web site instructions 3 To accept the download Yes 4 Minimize or Cancel during download if desired 5...

Page 60: ...via a computer 1 Browse to www sonyericsson com support 2 Select a region and a country 3 Select the Phone setup tab and select a phone model 4 Select which setting to download to your phone Using Int...

Page 61: ...the following Full Screen select normal or full screen Landscape select landscape or portrait screen Text Only select full content or text only Zoom zoom in or out on the Web page Zoom To Normal set z...

Page 62: ...ctures themes games and ringtones from Web pages To download from the Sony Ericsson Web page 1 Internet More Go to Sony Ericsson 2 Browse the Web page select a file to download and follow the instruct...

Page 63: ...curity and certificates Your phone supports secure browsing Certain Internet services such as banking require certificates in your phone Your phone may already contain certificates when you buy it or...

Page 64: ...via Internet Synchronize online via an Internet service Before you start If settings are not in your phone 60 Settings Register a synchronization account online Enter remote synchronization settings...

Page 65: ...e with To turn the Bluetooth function on Settings the Connectivity tab Bluetooth Turn On Adding devices to your phone Enter a passcode to set up a secure link between your phone and the device Enter t...

Page 66: ...ect mode Consult the device User guide for more information Power save Turn on to reduce power consumption by optimizing your phone for use with a single Bluetooth device Turn off to connect with seve...

Page 67: ...handsfree To transfer sound when using a Bluetooth handsfree During a call More Transfer Sound and select a device To change handsfree handling 1 Settings the Connectivity tab Bluetooth Handsfree Inco...

Page 68: ...for 10 minutes To connect two devices 1 Turn on infrared in both devices 2 Make sure the infrared port on your phone is facing the infrared port on the other device with a maximum distance of 8 inches...

Page 69: ...ransfer and organize your pictures on your computer To disconnect the USB cable safely 1 When using file transfer mode right click the removable disk icon in Windows Explorer and select Eject 2 Remove...

Page 70: ...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 Before you start If requ...

Page 71: ...ur on You can set the alarm signal as a sound or radio To use alarms 1 Organizer Alarms and select an alarm to set Edit 2 Time Edit and set a time OK Select more options if required Recurrent Edit and...

Page 72: ...anizer Calendar and select a day appointment days have bold numbers 2 Select an appointment View To view a calendar week Organizer Calendar More View Week To set when reminders should sound 1 Organize...

Page 73: ...Call 3 Enter details and confirm each entry To view a task Organizer Tasks and select a task View To set when reminders should sound 1 Organizer Tasks and select a task More Reminders 2 Always for a r...

Page 74: ...ganizer Timer and set the hours minutes and seconds for countdown Stopwatch Your phone has a stopwatch that can save several laps The stopwatch continues to run when you answer an incoming call To use...

Page 75: ...de Memo and enter your passcode More Change Passcode 2 Enter your new passcode Continue 3 Re enter the new passcode Continue 4 Enter a checkword Done Forgot your passcode If you forget your passcode y...

Page 76: ...IM card lock is on you have to enter a PIN Personal Identity Number every time you turn on your phone If you enter your PIN incorrectly three times in a row the SIM card is blocked This is indicated b...

Page 77: ...ferent SIM card is inserted in the phone To set the phone lock 1 Settings the General tab Security Locks Phone Protection Protection and select an alternative 2 Enter the phone lock code OK To unlock...

Page 78: ...or the memory contents are not properly organized Solution Restart your phone every day to free memory and increase the capacity of your phone You also have the option to do a Master Reset Some of th...

Page 79: ...oth or a cotton bud Make sure that the battery is completely dry before you put it back Check that the battery connectors in the phone are not damaged Possible cause The battery is worn out and needs...

Page 80: ...w phone 67 To receive an item I cannot synchronize or transfer data between my phone and my computer when using the USB cable provided Possible cause The cable has not been properly installed and dete...

Page 81: ...ne is set to only work with certain SIM cards Solution Check if you are using the correct operator SIM card for your phone Wrong PIN Wrong PIN2 Possible cause You have entered your PIN or PIN2 incorre...

Page 82: ...ny Ericsson service location Emerg Calls Only Possible cause You are within range of a network but you are not allowed to use it However in an emergency some network operators allow you to call the in...

Page 83: ...f exclusive service advantages such as Global and local Web sites providing support A global network of Call Centers An extensive network of Sony Ericsson service partners Limited Manufacturer s Warra...

Page 84: ...3 questions CF support sonyericsson com Chile 123 0020 0656 questions CL support sonyericsson com China 4008100000 questions CN support sonyericsson com Colombia 18009122135 questions CO support sonye...

Page 85: ...1515 questions UA support sonyericsson com United Arab Emirates 43 919880 questions AE support sonyericsson com United Kingdom 08705 23 7237 questions GB support sonyericsson com United States 1 866 7...

Page 86: ...into the outlet have a proper outlet installed by a qualified electrician Use only Sony Ericsson branded original chargers intended for use with your mobile phone Other chargers may not be designed to...

Page 87: ...t use Hold your mobile phone as you would any other phone Do not cover the top of the phone when it is in use as this affects call quality and may cause the phone to operate at a higher power level th...

Page 88: ...omply with the requirements set forth in Section 20 19 of the Federal Communication Commission s rules governing hearing aid compatibility HAC for the reduction of RF interference and magnetic couplin...

Page 89: ...not operate properly unless fully inserted We recommend that you make a backup copy of important data We are not responsible for any loss or damage to content you store on the memory card Recorded dat...

Page 90: ...rein Sony Ericsson and its service partners reserve the right to charge a handling fee if a returned Product is found not to be under warranty according to the conditions below Please note that some o...

Page 91: ...ntended for use with the Product 7 Tampering with any of the seals on the Product will void the warranty 8 THERE ARE NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL OTHER THAN THIS PRINTED LIMITED WARRA...

Page 92: ...ivate use FCC Statement This device complies 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...

Page 93: ...l list 25 call numbers in message 35 call time 32 call waiting 29 caller specific ringtones 24 calls accepting 31 answering and rejecting 21 emergency 22 handling two calls 29 international 21 making...

Page 94: ...s 14 infrared port 68 Internet blog 48 bookmarks 61 cookies and passwords 63 profiles 62 security and certificates 63 settings 60 K keys 8 12 L language 78 lock phone 77 SIM card 76 long messages 36 M...

Page 95: ...w 55 profiles 75 76 PUK 4 76 push email 42 R radio 54 55 recording video clips 46 remote control 67 ringtones 56 RSS reader 63 S screen saver 49 sending appointments and tasks 73 business cards 33 mel...

Page 96: ...76 timer 74 transfer method Bluetooth device 65 infrared 68 USB 68 transferring files 68 music 53 turning on off Bluetooth 65 infrared port 68 phone lock 77 SIM lock protection 77 U unblock SIM card 7...

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