Sony Ericsson W995 - Manuals

see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN. If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM card lock on page 66. Standby After you have turned on your phone and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator appears. This view is called standby. Yo...

To charge the battery 1 Connect the charger to the phone. It takes approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery. Press a key to view the screen. 2 Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards. You can use your phone while it is charging. You can charge the battery at any time and for more o...

Phone overview 1 Ear speaker 10 8 7 2 3 4 1 5 6 9 11 12 13 2 Screen light sensor 3 Screen 4 Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable 5 Selection keys 6 Navigation key 7 Call key 8 Activity menu key 9 Walkman™ key 10 Video call camera 11 End, On/off key 12 C key (Clear) 13 Silent key Getting st...

Navigation To access the main menu • When Menu appears on the screen, press the centre selection key to select Menu . • If Menu does not appear on the screen, press , and then press the centre selection key to select Menu . To navigate the phone menus • Press the navigation key , , or to move throug...

3 Scroll to a menu option and select Shortc. . Main menu shortcuts Menu numbering starts from the top left icon and moves across and then down row by row. To go directly to a main menu item • Select Menu and press – , , or . The Main menu layout must be set to Grid . See To change the main menu layo...

2 If is not displayed, press and hold down to change to T9 Text Input. 3 Press each key only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key. For example, to write the word “Jane”, press , , , . Write the whole word before looking at the suggestions. 4 Use or to view suggestions...

Video call You can share experiences with friends and family as they happen or save them to share later. You see the person you are talking to on your screen. The other person sees what is on your camera. Before making video calls 3G (UMTS) service is available when appears. To make a video call, bo...

2 Scroll to New contact and select Options > Advanced > Default contacts . 3 Select an option. Phone contacts Phone contacts can contain names, phone numbers and personal information. They are saved in the phone memory. To add a phone contact 1 Select Menu > Contacts . 2 Scroll to New conta...

3 Select an option. To copy names and numbers to the SIM card 1 Select Menu > Contacts . 2 Scroll to New contact and select Options > Advanced > Copy to SIM . 3 Select an option. When you copy all contacts from your phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM card information is replaced. To au...

2 Scroll to Myself and select Open . 3 Scroll to an option and edit the information. 4 Select Save . To add your own business card 1 Select Menu > Contacts . 2 Scroll to Myself and select Open . 3 Scroll to My contact info and select Add > Create new . 4 Scroll between the tabs and add informa...

To enter your voicemail number 1 Select Menu > Messaging > Messages > Settings > the Message settings tab > Voicemail number . 2 Enter the number and select OK . To call your voicemail service • Press and hold down . Voice control By creating voice commands you can: • Voice dial – cal...

5 Repeat this task to add more participants. To release a participant 1 Select Options > Release party . 2 Select the participant to release. To have a private conversation 1 During the call, select Options > Talk to and select the participant to talk to. 2 To resume the conference call, selec...

2 Select an option. 3 Select Activate . 4 Enter your password and select OK . Call time and cost During a call, the phone shows how long you have been talking. You can also check on the duration of your last call, your outgoing calls and the total time of all your calls. To check the call time • Sel...

To use headphones • Connect the headphones to the 3.5 mm (0.14 inch) audio jack. Music stops when you receive a call and resumes when the call has ended. If the headphones do not have a microphone, use the microphone in the phone during a phone call. Media player keys You can use the media player ke...

2 Scroll to SensMe™ and select Open . 3 Press , , or . 4 Make sure you are in Mood view. If you are not, select Mood . 5 To preview different tracks, press , , or . 6 To choose an area of tracks, select Add and press or . 7 To create the playlist and play it in the Walkman™ player, select Create . 8...

Media® Player, and a USB computer connection. You cannot see that a track is marked. You cannot unmark tracks you have already marked. To mark a track • When the track you want to mark is playing, press and hold down . PlayNow™ When you select PlayNow™ you enter PlayNow™ arena, where you can downloa...

To select a data account for streaming 1 Select Menu > Settings > Connectivity > Streaming settings > Connect using: . 2 Select the data account to use. 3 Select Save . To stream music and video clips 1 Select Menu > Internet . 2 Select Options > Go to > Bookmarks . 3 Select a l...

To search for channels manually • Press or . To change the volume • Press the volume key up or down. To minimise the radio • Select Options > Minimise . To return to the radio • Select Menu > Entertainment > Radio . Saving channels You can save up to 20 preset channels. To save channels aut...

3 Scroll to a recording and select Play . Imaging You can take photos and record video clips to view, save or send. You find saved photos and video clips in Media and in File manager . Using the camera To activate the camera • From standby press and hold down . Viewfinder and camera keys 2 1 1 Activ...

To take a photo 1 Activate the camera and press the navigation key to scroll to . 2 Press halfway down to use auto focus. 3 When the dot and focus frame are green, press fully down to take a photo. The photo is automatically saved. To record a video clip 1 Activate the camera and press the navigatio...

automatically detects up to three faces, indicated by white frames. A green frame shows which face has been selected when auto-focus is used. Focus is set to the face closest to the camera. To set face detection 1 Activate the camera and press the navigation key to scroll to . 2 Select > Focus &g...

2 Select > Settings > Add position . 3 Select an option. Photo tags You can tag photos to categorise them in Photo tags . For example, you can create a tag called vacation and add it to all your vacation photos. To create a new photo tag 1 Select Menu > Media > Photo > Camera album . ...

2 Select a month. 3 Scroll to a photo and select View . 4 Select Options > Edit in PhotoDJ™ . 5 Edit the photo. To edit and save a video clip 1 Select Menu > Organiser > File manager > Videos . 2 Scroll to a video clip and select Options > Edit in VideoDJ™ . 3 Edit the video clip. 4 S...

6 Select Save . 7 Select a Web site from the list. 8 Enter text. 9 Select Continue > Send . To send photos or video clips you have just taken to a Web site 1 When you have taken a photo or recorded a video clip, select Send > To Web site . 2 Select a Web site from the list or select New Web si...

Transferring and handling content You can transfer and handle content such as pictures and music. You are not allowed to exchange some copyright-protected material. identifies a protected item. Handling content in the phone You can use File manager to handle content saved in the phone memory or on a...

Using a USB cable You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable to synchronise, transfer and back up phone content and use your phone as a modem. For more information, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support to read Feature guides. You may have to purchase a USB cable separately. Before using...

Required operating systems You need one of these operating systems to use Sony Ericsson PC software: • Microsoft® Windows Vista™ • Microsoft® Windows XP, Service Pack 2 or higher To download Media Go™ 1 Computer: In your Internet browser, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support . 2 Select a region and co...

To turn on power save • Select Menu > Settings > Connectivity > Bluetooth > Power save > On . Transferring sound to and from a Bluetooth handsfree You can transfer the sound to and from a Bluetooth handsfree using a phone key or the handsfree key. To transfer sound 1 Select Menu > ...

1 Computer: Start the Sony Ericsson PC Suite from Start/Programs/ Sony Ericsson/Sony Ericsson PC Suite . 2 Follow the instructions in the Sony Ericsson PC Suite for how to connect. 3 Phone: Select Phone mode . 4 Computer: Go to the backup and restore section in the Sony Ericsson PC Suite and restore...

2 Enter text. To add items to the message, press , scroll and select an item. 3 Select Continue > Contacts look-up . 4 Select a recipient and select Send . If you send a message to a group, you will be charged for each member. To copy and paste text in a message 1 When you write the message, sele...

location, to apply to all messages. You can set other options, such as the Delivery priority and Delivery time, for each message you send. To set options for all messages 1 Select Menu > Messaging > Messages > Settings . 2 Select an option. To set options for a specific message 1 When the m...

To create an email account 1 To start the setup wizard, select Menu > Messaging > Email . 2 Follow the instructions to create the account. If you enter settings manually, you can contact your email provider for more information. An email provider could be the company that supplied your email a...

Push email You can receive notification in your phone from your email server that you have new email messages. To turn on push email notification • Select Menu > Messaging > Email > Settings > Push email . When using push email, the phone stays connected to the email server and normal tr...

To view my status 1 Select Menu > Messaging > IM . 2 You are the first contact listed. To update your status 1 Select Menu > Messaging > IM > the Contacts tab. 2 Scroll to your name and select Change . 3 Edit the information and select Save . Chat group A chat group can be started by ...

Internet If you cannot use the Internet, see I cannot use Internet-based services on page 68. To start browsing 1 Select Search . 2 Enter a Web address, a search phrase or the name of a bookmark. 3 Scroll to an item in the list and select Go to or Search . To exit the browser • Select Options > E...

2 Select a picture. To find text on a Web page 1 Select Options > Tools > Find on page . 2 Enter text and select Find . To send a link 1 When you browse the Internet, select Options > Tools > Send link . 2 Select a transfer method. Make sure the receiving device supports the transfer met...

2 Select New feed and enter a Web address. To download content via Web feeds 1 Select Menu > Media > Web feeds . 2 Scroll to an updated feed and select View or . 3 Select a heading to expand. 4 Select an icon depending on content, to open a Web page, to download an audio podcast, to download a...

Photo feeds You can subscribe to Photo feeds and download photos. To start using Photo feeds, see Web feeds on page 51. To access photo feeds • Select Menu > Media > Photo > Photo feeds . YouTube™ You can watch video clips on your phone by using the YouTube™ Java™ application. You can searc...

DLNA™ Your phone has a built-in DLNA™ (Digital Living Network Alliance) server that connects to the home network through Wi-Fi. Other DLNA devices connected to the same home network can access, view and play images and music saved in your phone. A compatible DLNA device can be a computer, TV or PLAY...

used to find your location when Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology is available. To set when to use Assisted start 1 Select Menu > Location services > Settings > Assisted start . 2 Select an option. Google Maps™ for mobile Google Maps™ lets you view your current location, find other locations ...

2 Select Route based . 3 Scroll to Route: , select Edit and select a route. 4 Scroll to Live compare and select Edit . 5 Scroll to the result you want to compare with and select Compare . 6 Select Done and then Start . A GPS location is required before results can be compared. For more information, ...

Synchronising You can synchronise in two different ways. You can synchronise your phone using a computer program or you can synchronise using an Internet service. Use only one of the synchronisation methods at a time with your phone. For more information, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support to read t...

your phone, you can start synchronising. For usage details, see the Sony Ericsson PC Suite Help section once the software has been installed on your computer. Synchronising using an Internet service You can synchronise with an Internet service using SyncML™ or a Microsoft® Exchange Server using Micr...

To view the current software in the phone 1 Select Menu > Settings > General > Update service . 2 Select Software version . Update Service using the phone You can update your phone over the air using your phone. You do not lose personal or phone information. Update Service using your phone ...

5 Find and select an alarm signal. Select Save . To silence the alarm • When the alarm sounds, press any key. • To repeat the alarm, select Snooze . To turn off the alarm • When the alarm sounds, press any key, then select Turn off . To cancel the alarm 1 Select Menu > Organiser > Alarms . 2 S...

5 Edit the appointment and confirm each entry. 6 Select Save . To set when reminders should sound 1 Select Menu > Organiser > Calendar . 2 Select a date. 3 Select Options > Advanced > Reminders . 4 Select an option. A reminders option set in calendar affects a reminders option set in tas...

2 Scroll to a profile and select Options > View and edit . You cannot rename the Normal profile. Time and date Time and date may be reset if the battery is removed. To set the time 1 Select Menu > Settings > General > Time & date > Time . 2 Enter the time and select Save . To set ...

2 Press or to change the volume. 3 Select Save . To turn off the ringtone • Press and then press and hold down . The alarm signal is not affected. To set the vibrating alert 1 Select Menu > Settings > Sounds & alerts > Vibrating alert . 2 Select an option. Screen orientation You can cha...

2 Scroll to an application and select Options > Permissions . 3 Set permissions. Java application screen size Some Java applications are designed for a specific screen size. For more information, contact the application vendor. To set the screen size for a Java application 1 Select Menu > Orga...

Locks SIM card lock This 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 row, the SIM card is blocked and you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unb...

To change the phone lock code 1 Select Menu > Settings > General > Security > Locks > Phone protection > Change code . 2 Enter the old code and select OK . 3 Enter the new code and select OK . 4 Repeat the code and select OK . Keypad lock You can set this lock to avoid accidental d...

To reset the phone 1 Select Menu > Settings > General > Master reset . 2 Select an option. 3 Follow the instructions that appear. I cannot charge the phone or battery capacity is low The charger is not properly connected or the battery connection is poor. Remove the battery and clean the co...

I have forgotten my code memo passcode If you forget your passcode, you must reset the code memo. This means that all entries in the code memo are deleted. The next time you enter the code memo, you must proceed as if you are opening it for the first time. To reset Code memo 1 Select Menu > Organ...

Index A activity menu ........................................14 alarms ...................................................60 answering service .................................21 applications ..........................................64 appointments .......................................61 assembl...