Sony CMD-Z100 - Manuals

6 Safety precautions IMPORTANT For safe and efficient operation of your phone,observe these guidelines. Your hand-held portable PCS telephone usesdigital Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)technology. CDMA is a newer radio frequency(RF) technology than the FM technology that hasbeen used for radio ...

9 Aircraft Turn your phone OFF before boarding anyaircraft.• Use it on the ground only with crew permission. • Do not use in the air. To prevent possible interference with aircraftsystems, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) regulations require you to have permissionfrom a crew member to use y...

11 Getting Started Unpacking your phone Carefully unpack your phone and check thecontents using this list.If there is something missing, please contactyour nearest Sony dealer. CM-Z100 QN-029BPL Portable PCS Li-Ion Battery Telephone (1) Pack (1) Hand Strap (1) QN-001ACAC Adapter (1) Attaching the ha...

12 NO 8 TUV 9 PWR CLR END WXY 0 + !º 12 3 4 6 7 8 9 5 2 ABC 4 GHI 8 TUV 7 PQRS 9 WXYZ 5 JKL 6 MNO 3 DEF 1 0 + SEND END CLR PWR !¡ !£ !¢ !™ !∞ Looking at your phone For further information, refer to the pagenumbers indicated in parentheses ( ). Telephone 1 Call alert indicator (20) Lights when there ...

14 Display The top row of the display contains icons thatinform you of the current status of yourphone. The bottom four rows of the displayare for text such as phone numbers, names,and operational prompts. Each row displays amaximum of 12 characters. 1 Short character display Shows settings such as ...

16 Charging the battery pack Charge the battery before using the phone. Anew battery is not fully charged. To charge thebattery, attach the battery pack to the phone,then connect the supplied AC adapter. Attaching the battery pack 1 Hook the battery packonto the top of thephone 1 , and ease the batt...

17 Getting Started display to the connector on thephone (the thumb indentshould face upwards) Charging the battery Connect the AC adapter to the phone and theother end to a standard 120V AC outlet asillustrated below. The charging time isapproximately 3.5 hours. You can charge thebattery pack with t...

19 Getting Started Checking the battery Battery life In standby mode, the battery lastsapproximately 24 hours. When usedcontinuously, it lasts approximately 2.5 hours,depending on network settings and signalconditions. Battery condition The battery icon indicates the battery level asfollows (when th...

20 Turning the phone on To use your phone, thepower must be turned on.It is preferable to extend theantenna, since thismaximizes signal strengthand minimizes interference. Extending the antenna Hold the end of the antenna andpull up until fully extended. To retract the antenna Push the antenna down ...

21 Getting Started If you are out of the service area The out-of-service icon ( ) appears, and thephone searches for a service signal. If a signalcannot be found, the phone enters power savemode. It will “wake up” automatically atintervals (based on carrier network settings) tosearch for a service s...

22 As shown below, if you enter digits on thestandby display, the word “Options” appearsat the bottom of the display, preceded by .Push to access the Options menu. To go back If you want to go back to the previous display,press CLR . If you want to return to the standby display, either press END or ...

23 Basic Oper ations Making calls You can call any numberup to 32 digits fromwithin a service area. Theout-of-service icon ( )indicates that you areoutside the service area. 1 Use the number buttons to enterthe number. If you enter the wrong digit, press CLR to back up. To clear all entered digits,p...

24 Tips • When dialing, you can insert a pause to attach a DTMF (Dual Tone Multiple Frequency) numberto the number you are calling (see page 30). • If Auto-Hyphen is turned on, the phone number is hyphenated automatically as youenter the digits (see page 80). • If Minute Alert is turned on, a beep s...

25 Basic Oper ations Receiving calls You can receive calls aslong as the out-of-serviceicon ( ) is not displayed.The icon indicates thatyou are outside theservice area. When you receive a call, the ringer sounds orthe phone vibrates. “Incoming Call” flashes onthe display, and the call alert indicato...

26 Tips • Using the Jog Dial™ navigator, you can adjust the earpiece volume or mute the microphoneduring a call (see pages 56 and 57). • Enhanced voice privacy is indicated by the message “–P–” displayed in the upper leftcorner of the LCD (see page 85). This feature iscarrier-dependent. If the calle...

27 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls Storing phone numbers in the Phone Book Your phone features abuilt-in Phone Bookmemory, in which you canstore up to 99 (01–99)phone numbers withnames. You can dialstored numbers quickly byrecalling them from thePhone Book (see page 35). Each phone number can contain up ...

28 4 Use the number buttons to enterthe name. If you press the same button in quicksuccession, you will scroll through thecharacters available on that button. (Seethe “Alphanumeric table” on page 29.)For the next entry, wait until the cursormoves one step to the right or use / or to move the cursor ...

29 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls 6 Push to store the new number in the first available memory location. If you want to store it in anotherlocation, turn to select the desired location or enter the location number,then push . A confirmation message appears, followed by the status of thePhone Book. Tip I...

30 To enter a hyphen, pause, or link In addition to digits, you can insert hyphens,pauses, and links into the phone number of aPhone Book entry. (See page 36 forinformation on releasing a pause or linkduring a call.) Hyphens: Turn off the autohyphenation feature (see page 80) when you want to enter ...

31 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls To enter Select The display shows a hard pause Hard Pause H a time pause Time Pause T a link Enter Link L a hyphen Enter Hyphen – If the Phone Book is full If there are no memory locations available, amessage indicates that the memory is full.After entering a name, a me...

32 4 Push . The Options menu appears. 5 Turn to select “Edit,” then push . The Edit menu appears. 6 Turn to select the item you want to edit, then push . The stored information that correspondsto the selected item appears. To change Select the name Name the phone number Phone # the memory location L...

33 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls Erasing a phone number You can erase stored Phone Book entries. Ifthe selected entry is restricted, you must enterthe four-digit lock code before you can erase it(see page 74). 1 On the standby display, turn down twice to select “Phone Book.” The first Phone Book entry ...

34 Restricting Phone Book entries You can restrict individual Phone Book entriesor the entire Phone Book so that access can begained only by entering a lock code (see page74). The phone numbers of restricted entrieswill not be displayed. 1 Select the Phone Book entry thatyou want to restrict, then p...

35 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls 4 Use the number buttons to enterthe lock code. Now the selected entry is unrestricted.After a few seconds, the standby displayreappears. Tip You can also use the Security menu to restrict/unrestrict Phone Book entries (see page 74). Calling from the Phone Book You can ...

36 4 Open the arm microphone if it isclosed. If the arm microphone isopen, push twice or press SEND . The phone dials the number stored inthe selected Phone Book entry. The icon appears. Tips • You can search for a phone number by name or memory location (see pages 38 and 39). • Whenever the phone n...

37 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls Speed dialing To dial quickly, you can enter the Phone Bookmemory location numbers. The phone callsthe number stored in the correspondinglocation. 1 Use the number buttons to enterthe memory location number. 2 To dial the number, open the armmicrophone. If the arm micro...

38 Searching the Phone Book To locate a desired PhoneBook entry, you can searchby name, phone number, ormemory location. You cansearch the Phone Book eitheralphabetically or for a stringof characters. Searching alphabetically When you enter only one character, the phonelists all entries that begin w...

39 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls 1 From the standby display, turn once. The Saved #s display appears. 2 Push . The Search display appears. 3 Enter at least two characters. 4 Push . The entries containing the selected stringare displayed starting from the lowestmemory location number. 5 Turn to view the...

40 3 Turn up to select “Recall Loc#,” then push . The Phone Book entry stored in theselected memory location is displayed.If the entered location is empty, this isindicated on the display. After a fewseconds, the standby display reappears. Tip You can also use the Directory menu to search thePhone B...

41 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls Calling from the Calls List Information on the tenmost recent outgoingcalls, incoming calls,scratch pad entries, andmissed calls are stored inthe phone’s Calls List. Ifyou call the same numbertwice in a row, only themost recent call is storedin the Calls List. 1 On the ...

42 Tips • In addition, you can dial by pressing SEND (when the arm microphone is open) afterselecting the entry in step 3 on page 41. • If the selected entry contains a pause or a link, only the digits up to the pause or link are dialed.To release pauses and links, see page 36. • In addition, you ca...

43 Quick W ays to Mak e Calls Sending DTMF signals from the Phone Book You can send DTMF (DualTone Multiple Frequency)signals to access electronicservices (such as telephonebanking) when dialingnumbers from the PhoneBook. Dual Tone Multiple Frequency is also knownas “touch-tone.” A tone is generated...

44 About the Features menu You can use the Features menu to activate thespecial features of your phone. For a list ofsubmenus and settings, see “List of menuitems” on page 90. Viewing and selecting menu options The Jog Dial™ navigator makes it easy tonavigate the phone’s menus. The procedure toview ...

Advanced F eatur es 45 4 Turn to select the setting. The available options scroll as you turn . 5 Push to enter the new setting. The standby display reappears. To exit from the Features menu Press END or hold down CLR to return to the standby display. To return to the previous display Press CLR . To...

46 Using the Short Messaging Service This section contains informationon the Short Messaging Service(SMS). This feature lets youreceive “text” messages, whichare stored in your phone as longas there are enough memorylocations available. Contact your service provider to see if thisservice is availabl...

Advanced F eatur es 47 WARNING When you receive a new message and yourphone does not have enough memory to store it,the phone automatically erases old messages thatare not locked. Note If the ringer volume is set to “vibration,” thephone emits a vibration instead of an audible ringwhen you receive a...

48 Reading voice mail notificationmessages [F11] 1 Push to select “Voice” from the Message menu. The Voice display appears, indicatingthe number of voice messages stored inyour voice mailbox. Press CLR to go back to the Message menu. 2 Turn to scroll through the message. A hollow box ( ) indicates t...

Advanced F eatur es 51 Reading old text messages [F13] The most recent messages are listed first. 1 Turn to select “Old Text” from the Message menu, then push . A list of old messages is displayed. A dot(•) indicates the beginning of eachmessage. A lock icon ( ) indicates thatthe message is locked (...

Advanced F eatur es 55 Adjusting the volume You can adjust the volume of the ringer,keybeep, and earpiece on the Sounds menu.In addition, you can select the type of soundsheard when the phone rings and when youpress buttons. (See page 21 for instructions onhow to reach the Sounds menu.) Adjusting th...

56 • If the telephone is used in conjunction with a hands-free car kit or a portable hands-free carkit, the “vibration” setting is not available. • If the telephone is connected to a wall outlet and the ringer volume is set to “vibration,” thetelephone emits an audible ring at the “high”setting inst...

Advanced F eatur es 57 Adjusting the keybeep volume [F23] You can adjust the volume of the beep thatsounds when you press a button. 1 Turn to select “Keybeep Vol” from the Sounds menu, then push . The Keybeep Vol menu appears. 2 Turn up to raise the keybeep volume, and down to lower it. You can sele...

Advanced F eatur es 59 Setting the keybeep length [F27] You can set the length of the beep that soundswhen you press a button. This setting affectsboth the keybeep feedback and DTMFtransmission tones. The phone sends a shortDTMF burst (default) or plays every tone ofthe DTMF signal as long as the ke...

60 Checking and setting the timers You can check call durations on the Timersmenu. In addition, you can set the phone toalert you every minute of a call, and make thephone turn itself off automatically. Checking the duration of all calls [F31] You can view the total duration of all calls.This inform...

62 Using the Directory You can use the Directory menu to check yourphone number, as well as store, erase, and editphone numbers and names in the Phone Book.Also, you can use this menu to view the CallsList. Checking your phone number [F41] 1 Push to select “My Number” from the Directory menu. The My...

Advanced F eatur es 63 4 Use the number buttons to enterthe name. Use / to move the cursor or to insert spaces between characters. If youenter the wrong character, press CLR to clear the character highlighted by thecursor. (See the “Alphanumeric table” onpage 29.) 5 When you are finished, push to st...

Advanced F eatur es 65 1 Turn to select “Edit” from the Directory menu, then push . A message appears, prompting you forthe Phone Book entry to be edited. 2 Turn to select the entry that contains the information you wantto edit. In addition, you can use the numberbuttons to select the entry to be ed...

68 Tips • You can also use the Options menu to find Phone Book memory locations (see page 39). • You can also turn to scroll through the entire Phone Book instead of entering thememory location number in step 2. Viewing the Calls List [F47] You can view Calls List entries easily. 1 Turn to select “C...

69 Advanced F eatur es Extra features On the Extras menu, you can set the phone toenable touch dialing, redial automatically, andanswer incoming calls automatically or at thepress of any button. Also, you can use thismenu to lock the keypad and to jot downphone numbers. Preventing accidental operati...

73 Advanced F eatur es You can restrict unauthorized access to yourphone and the information it holds. Also, onthe Security menu, you can reset menu settingsto default and store emergency numbers.Unlike other items on the Features menu,accessing the Security menu requires a lockcode when you select ...

74 Setting a new lock code [F62] The lock code must be entered every time youwant to unlock the phone, and also when youwant to access restricted numbers. 1 Turn to select “New Code” from the Security menu, then push . The Enter New Code display appears,prompting you to enter a new lock code. 2 Use ...

75 Advanced F eatur es To unrestrict an entry To select the entry you want to unrestrict,follow the procedure above for restricting anentry. Notes • The phone number of a restricted entry is not displayed when you view the Phone Book andmake a call. • Restricted entries are not listed or displayed a...

76 Reverting to default settings [F65] You can reset all menu settings to the defaults.This does not affect Phone Book or Calls Listentries. 1 Turn to select “Master Reset” from the Security menu, then push . The Master Reset display appears. 2 Press 1 to revert to the factory defaults, or push to k...

77 Advanced F eatur es Erasing all Calls List entries [F67] You can erase all Calls List entries at once. 1 Turn to select “Erase Calls” from the Security menu, then push . The Erase Calls display appears. 2 Press 1 to erase all Calls List entries, or push to quit without erasing. If you erase all e...

78 Setting display options You can use the features on the Display menuto change the appearance of the on-screendisplay. Setting the banner [F71] You can change what the banner reads. 1 Push to select “Banner” from the Display menu. The Banner display appears. The currentbanner text is displayed. 2 ...

79 Advanced F eatur es Setting the backlight [F72] You can adjust the duration of the backlighton the display and keypad. 1 Turn to select “Backlight” from the Display menu, then push . The Backlight menu appears. 2 Turn to select how long the backlight is on after the last pressof a button. You can...

81 Advanced F eatur es Sorting the Phone Book [F74] You can determine how the Phone Book willbe displayed, and also set the phone to sortthe entries either alphabetically or by memorylocation. 1 Turn to select “Sort Book” from the Display menu, then push . The Sort Book menu appears. 2 Turn to set t...

83 Advanced F eatur es Adjusting network settings On the Network menu, you can set the phoneto alert you when the roaming status changes,when a call is dropped, or when enhancedvoice privacy is lost. Setting the roaming alert [F81] Your phone is roaming when you use itoutside of the home area. Roami...

86 Activating phone services (OTASP) [F84] You can use the OTASP (Over-The-Air ServiceProvision) activation feature to self-activateyour phone with a new service. Contact yourservice provider to see if this service isavailable in your area. 1 Turn to select “Activation” from the Network menu, then p...

Additional Information 87 Specifications Frequency range Transmit: 1851.25 to 1908.75 MHz Receive: 1931.25 to 1988.75 MHz Dimensions 3.6 × 2.4 × 1.0 inches (h/w/d) (not including antenna)(91 × 62 × 26 mm) Mass (weight) Approx. 5.3 oz (150 g)(including battery) RF power output 0.01 µW to 300 mW Opera...

88 •The phone is off. Turn the phone on. •Battery is fully discharged. Recharge the battery. •The phone is outside the service area, or the signalis too weak. Extend theantenna fully. • The buttons may be locked.•The phone may be locked. Enter the lock code tounlock the phone. •Check the signal stre...

90 List of menu items This section lists the Features menu and itssubmenus. Use these to set the variousparameters that pertain to the operation of thephone. For details on how to navigate fromone menu to another, see “About the Menu”on page 44. Menu Item Settings Page F11 Voice — 48 F12 New Text — ...

92 A Automatic answer Feature that automatically answers calls. Automatic retry Feature that automatically redials a call when a“System Busy” indication is received. B Banner Message at the top of the standby display. C Calls List See “Phone Book.” Carrier A company that provides PCS telephone servi...

Additional Information 95 P Pause You can enter pause codes in the phone numbermemory data. Use this feature when accessing ananswering machine, voice mail system, electronicbanking system, etc. When a pause is insertedbetween two groups of digits, the phone willpause before dialing the next set of ...

Additional Information 97 A AC adapter 11, 17Antenna 20 Arm microphone 12Automatic Answer 71Hyphenation 80Retry 70Redial 70 B Backlight 79Banner 78Battery pack Charging 16Checking 19Attaching/removing 16 Battery charge contacts 17 Battery pack release tab 13 Battery icon 15, 17 C Calling Calls List ...

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