Sony Ericsson T68i - Manual

Getting started 5 Making and receiving calls To turn on the phone • Press and hold NO until you hear a tone. • Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if you have one for y our SIM card.Your PIN is provided by your network operator. If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete the wrong ...

6 Getting to know your phone Getting to know your phone Key functions Volume key Increase or decrease the volume of the earpiece during a call. Scroll through menus, lists and text. Enter the Status menu in standby. Slide up or down twice to reject an incoming call. Slide up or down once to turn off...

Getting to know your phone 7 Quick keys The table describes some of the most useful key combinations. To... When in standby : make an emergency call enter the international emergency number and press YES enter and move through the main menus press or enter Call contact press or enter the Call list p...

Getting to know your phone 9 Using shortcuts A quicker way to move through the menus is to use shortcuts. Enter the menus by pressing or and then simply enter the number of the menu to which you want to go. To get back to standby, press and hold NO . You can quickly and easily reach the settings you...

10 Getting to know your phone Delete, edit and rename If you add items, for example, a contact, a note, an appointment or a WAP bookmark, it can be deleted, edited or renamed. There are two way s to delete items: • Select an item and press . • Select an item, press , select Delete or Delete all . Th...

12 Getting to know your phone Entering letters You can enter letters, for example, when you add names to the phone book, write text messages or enter WAP addresses. Apart from the way you normally enter letters in your phone, using multitap text input, you can use T9™ Text Input for entering text me...

Getting to know your phone 13 Example: • To enter an ‘ A ’, press once. • To enter a ‘ B ’, quickly press twice. • To shift between capital and lower-case letters, press , then enter the letter. Tip: You can also use the volume key as a shortcut to certain letters:To enter a ‘ B ’, slide the volume ...

14 Getting to know your phone • Select Edit word , YES . • Delete the entire word by pressing , or delete one letter at a time by pressing and holding the joystick to the right , and then repeatedly. • Write the new word using multitap text input and press YES . The word is added to the dictionary. ...

Personalizing your phone 15 Personalizing your phone You can adjust the phone settings to suit your own requirements. Note: If you change a setting which is included in a profile, the active profile is also changed. See “Profiles” on page 23. Master reset You can reset all the settings in the phone ...

16 Personalizing y our phone To receive and save a theme 1. From standby, press and scroll to Receive item , YES . Both the infrared port and the Bluetooth function are activated for three minutes. 2. When you receive the theme, press YES to save it in Themes . Pictures Your phone comes with a numbe...

Personalizing your phone 17 To edit and save a picture 1. Scroll to Fun & Games , YES , My pictures , YES . 2. Select a picture, YES . 3. Press , select Edit . You can now start to edit the picture. You can only edit WBMP pictures. See the table below. 4. Press , select Save , YES . The picture ...

18 Personalizing y our phone For more information on sending pictures in messages, see “Messaging” on page 49. Tip: Save a web album’s e-mail address in your phone book and you can save pictures in that album if you send the pictures as attachments. To send a picture 1. Scroll to Fun & Games , Y...

Personalizing your phone 19 Ring signals and melodies Your phone comes with a number of ring signals and melodies. You can edit y our ring signals and melodies, and send them to a friend, in a text message. It is also possible to exchange melodies via WAP, Bluetooth wireless technology , IR or cable...

20 Personalizing y our phone To use the piano 1. In the Composer , slide the volume key up to activate the piano. 2. Use the joystick to move between the keys. 3. Press YES to select a note. To send a melody 1. Scroll to Fun & Games , YES , My sounds , YES . 2. Select a melody and press . 3. Sel...

Personalizing your phone 21 Sounds & alerts You can choose to be notified of an incoming call by the buzzing of the vibrating alert. You can set the phone’s vibrating alert to one of the following: • On – all the time. • On if silent – on when the ring volume is turned off or when you have set t...

22 Personalizing y our phone Date When the phone is in standby mode, you can slide the volume key up or down to see today’s date in the Status menu.You can set the date and date format in the Settings / Time & date menu. Advanced time settings Under Advanced in the Settings / Time & date men...

Personalizing your phone 23 Automatic keylock Automatic keylock means the key pad is locked 25 seconds after y ou last press a key. • To turn automatic keylock On or Off , scroll to Settings / Locks / Auto keylock . • To lock the keypad manually, press and hold in standby, and select Turn on keylock...

24 Calling Calling Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network. See “Making and receiving calls” on page 5. Making calls 1. Enter the area code and the phone number. 2. Press YES to make the call. 3. Press NO to end the call. Tip: You can cal...

Calling 25 Making emergency calls • Enter 112 (the international emergency number), YES . Your phone supports the international emergency numbers, 112, 911 and 08. This means that these numbers can normally be used to make an emergency call in any country, with or without a SIM card inserted, if a G...

26 Calling Call list The numbers of the last calls that you have made are saved in the call list. If your subscription includes the Calling Line Identification service and the caller ’s number is identified, you will also find the numbers of answered and missed calls in the call list. To call a numb...

Calling 27 Tip: To enter an unsaved number, press when you are in a number field, and select a number in the unsaved numbers list. Pictures, personal rings and voice commands You can add a picture, personal ring signal and voice command to a contact. To add a picture to a phone book contact 1. Scrol...

28 Calling • To delete a contact, scroll to Phone book / Manage contact / Delete contact . Then select the contact and press YES twice. • To delete all contacts, scroll to Phone book / Advanced / Delete all? . Note: Contacts that are saved on the SIM card are not deleted. Default (standard) number E...

Calling 29 To send your business card 1. Scroll to Phone book , YES , Manage contact , YES , My card , YES , Send , YES . 2. Select a transfer method, YES . If you use infrared make sure that the infrared ports are facing each other. When you receive a business card via a text message, you accept th...

30 Calling Tip: When you have selected a contact on the SIM card in the Call from SIM menu, you can copy it to the phone by pressing and then selecting Copy to phone. Speed dialing You can save the phone numbers that you want to reach easily in positions 1-9 on y our SIM card. To call any of these p...

Calling 31 To turn voice dialing on and record number types 1. Scroll to Settings , YES , Voice control , YES , Voice dialing , YES . 2. Select On , YES . Now you are going to record a voice command for each number type you use with your phone book contacts, for example, “home” or “mobile”. 3. Instr...

32 Calling Redialing You can use y our voice to redial the last dialed number, if y ou record a voice command for redialing. To turn on and record a redial command 1. Scroll to Settings , YES , Voice control , YES , Voice redial , YES . 2. Select On . 3. Instructions appear. Press YES . 4. L ift the...

Calling 33 To turn on and record profile commands 1. Scroll to Settings , YES , Voice control , YES , Voice profiles , YES . 2. Select On , YES . 3. Instructions appear. Press YES . 4. Select a profile, YES . 5. Lift the phone to y our ear, wait for the tone and say the profile name. Repeat steps 4 ...

34 Calling Tip: Choose a long, unusual word which can easily be distinguished from ordinary background speech. To turn on and record the magic word 1. Scroll to Settings , YES , Voice control , YES , Magic word , YES . 2. Select On , YES . 3. Select the accessories you want to be able to use with th...

Calling 35 • You did not record the voice command when the handsfree was attached – for voice control with a handsfree kit, record when the handsfree is attached. • You used another intonation – use the same intonation as you did when recording the voice command. Voice mail If your subscription incl...

36 Calling To enter the price per call unit 1. Scroll to Calls , YES , Time & cost , YES , Call costs , YES , Set tariff , YES . 2. Enter your PIN2, YES . 3. Select Change , YES . 4. Enter the code for the currency you want, (for example USD for US dollars), YES . 5. Enter the price per call uni...

Calling 37 To check status • Scroll to Calls , YES , Manage calls , YES , Forward calls , YES . Select a call type, YES . Scroll to the forward you want to check, YES . Select Get status , YES . • To check the status of all call forwards, select Check all in the Forward calls menu . More than one ca...

38 Calling • Press , then select Transfer call , to connect the two calls. You are disconnected from both calls. • Press NO to end the ongoing call, then press YES to retrieve the held call. • Press NO twice to end both calls. Note: You cannot answer a third call without ending one of the first two ...

Calling 39 Two voice lines Your phone may have two voice lines with different phone numbers. This may be useful if, for example, you want to keep business calls and private calls on separate lines. • To select a line, scroll to Calls / Next call . All outgoing calls are made on this line until you c...

40 Calling To select a card 1. Scroll to Calls , YES , Time & cost , YES , Calling cards , YES , My cards , YES . 2. Enter your phone lock code, YES . 3. Select a card, YES . 4. Select Activate card , YES . To make a calling card call 1. Enter the phone number of the person y ou want to call, or...

Calling 41 Note: Calls to the international emergency number 112 can still be made, even when the fixed dialing function is on. • Partial numbers can be saved. For example, saving 0123456 allows calls to be made to all numbers starting with 0123456. • Numbers with question marks can be saved. For ex...

42 Calling To add numbers to the accepted callers list 1. Scroll to Calls , YES , Manage calls , YES , Accept calls , YES , Accepted list , YES . 2. Scroll to Add new? , YES . This takes you to the phone book. 3. Select an entry, YES . • To select an accept option, scroll to Calls / Manage calls / A...

Setting up mobile Internet 43 To show or hide your phone number 1. Enter the phone number you want to call. 2. Scroll to Calls , YES , Next call , YES . 3. Select Hide my number or Show my numb. and press YES to make the call. Setting up mobile Internet In order to use the Internet, browse via WAP s...

44 Setting up mobile Internet 2. When the message arrives, New settings received . Install? appears. • Press YES to install the new settings Note: If settings already exist in your phone you can either keep or replace them. See “Advanced setting information” on page 44 for more information. • Press ...

Setting up mobile Internet 45 GPRS settings that are available:• APN ( Access point name address) – the address of the external data network you want to connect to, either an IP address or a text string. • User id – y our user id to log on to the external data network. • Password – your password to ...

46 Setting up mobile Internet To edit a data account 1. Scroll to Connect , YES , Data comm. , YES , Data accounts , YES . 2. Select a data account, YES . 3. Select Edit . 4. Select the setting you want to edit, YES . Edit the setting, YES . 5. Repeat step 4 for other settings you want to edit. Pref...

Setting up mobile Internet 47 • IP address – WAP gateway server address. • User id – Enter y our user id for the WAP gateway. • Password – Enter your password for the WAP gateway. • Data mode – Select a data connection mode. • Security – See WAP security settings. • Show pictures – View pictures whi...

48 Setting up mobile Internet E-mail account settings An e-mail account specifies, for example, the server that is used for your e-mail messages. To create an e-mail account 1. Scroll to Messages , YES , E-mail , YES , Options , YES . 2. Select Edit account , YES . 3. Select Add new? , YES . 4. Ente...

Messaging 49 If you have both an office and a home e-mail account, you can set one of them as default: • Select Set account from the Messages / E-mail / Options menu and select the account.See “E-mail” on page 55 for information about how to use e-mail. Messaging Your phone supports various messagin...

50 Messaging 2. If there is no number in the list, select Add new? , YES . 3. Enter the number, including the international “+” sign and country code, YES . Sending text messages For information about entering letters, see “Entering letters” on page 12. To write and send a text message 1. Scroll to ...

Messaging 51 To read the text message Press YES to read the text message, or NO if you want to read the message later. The message is saved in Inbox in the SMS menu. You may not receive all parts of a long message at the same time. While reading the text message you can, for example, start a chat se...

52 Messaging Message options You can set a default value for the message options below, or you can turn on the Set on send option which means that y ou choose the settings each time you send a message. • SMS type – The phone supports different types of messages. Your service provider may offer the f...

Messaging 53 • To read the chat message, press YES . • Write y our chat message reply and press YES . • To suspend a chat session, press NO . • To resume a chat session, scroll to Messages / Chat / Resume. • To end a chat session, press and hold NO . • To reject a chat message, press NO . The reject...

54 Messaging To compose and send a multimedia message 1. Scroll to Messages YES , MMS , YES , Write new , YES . 2. Select Blank, YES . 3. An icon appears, press YES to continue. 4. Select from the submenus, press YES . 5. Enter the information y ou want to send, press YES . Press YES again to contin...

Messaging 55 Automatic download options From the Messages / MMS / Options / Auto download menu select one of the following: • On – Your phone automatically downloads messages to y our phone as soon as they come to y our operator ’s server. This is default. • Confirm – Press YES to download or NO to ...

56 Messaging To write and send an e-mail message 1. Scroll to Messages , YES , E-mail , YES , Write new , YES . 2. Select:• To: – then add name, enter an e-mail address, or retrieve an e-mail address from the phone book. You can also retrieve a saved address from received messages in your inbox. • C...

Using mobile Internet 57 To save an e-mail address or a phone number 1. When the e-mail address or phone number is highlighted, press YES . 2. Select Save , YES . Archiving You can archive an e-mail message in order to read it later, or if you want to save important information. You can archive only...

58 Using mobile Internet Using the WAP browser To start browsing 1. First select the WAP profile you want to use. Scroll to WAP Services , YES , Select profile , YES . 2. Then select one of the following: • Open your homepage (Sony Ericsson Mobile Internet is default). • Go to one of y our bookmarks...

Using mobile Internet 59 Using bookmarks You use bookmarks in y our mobile phone just as y ou do with a PC Internet browser. You can have up to a maximum of 25 bookmarks. To work with bookmarks 1. Scroll to WAP Services , YES . 2. Select the bookmark you want to work with, and press . 3. Select one ...

60 Using mobile Internet To respond to a push message • Scroll to WAP Services , YES , Push inbox , YES and select one of the following:• Postpone – Saves the message for loading later. • Load – The browser starts and loads the WAP site so that y ou can see the push content. • Delete – Deletes the p...

Transferring and exchanging information 61 Transferring and exchanging information Bluetooth™ wireless technology Your phone has built-in Bluetooth wireless technology which makes it possible for you to connect y our phone wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices such as a headset, PC or other phones. ...

62 Transferring and exchanging information 2. The phone searches for Bluetooth devices. A list of available devices of the type you selected then appears in the display. Select a device, YES . 3. Enter a passkey (up to 16 digits) for the device, both in the phone and, for example, in the PC. (If a p...

Transferring and exchanging information 63 Note: In countries where the use of Bluetooth wireless technology is not allowed, you must ensure that the Bluetooth function is set to Off.The Receive and On modes reduce the standby time and talk time. • To change the operation mode, scroll to Connect / B...

64 Transferring and exchanging information Transferring the sound when using a headset When you have paired a Bluetooth headset with your phone, you can choose where the sound should be transferred when making a call. • Scroll to Connect / Bluetooth / Options/Headset sound . Then select an option. L...

Transferring and exchanging information 65 Synchronization with nearby devices After installing the synchronization program from the Sony Ericsson Web site, www.sonyericsson.com , you can synchronize your phone with your PC. A status bar shows the progress of the synchronization. If you use a cable,...

66 Transferring and exchanging information Fax and data calls Send fax and data calls To send fax messages and make data calls you need to connect y our phone to a computer, and then start the appropriate software program. Receive fax and data calls The procedure of receiving fax messages and data c...

More features 67 More features Alarm clock The alarm can be set to ring at a specific time within 24 hours, or recurrently at a specific time on several days. You can have both these alarms set at the same time. Even if you have set y our phone to silent, the alarm and timer signals ring. The alarm ...

68 More features Code memo Instead of having to remember all the different security codes for credit cards, for example, you can save them in the code memo in your phone. Then all y ou need to remember is the password to open the code memo. You can save a maximum of 10 codes in the code memo. Checkw...

More features 69 To change the password 1. Open code memo as described above. 2. Scroll to Options , YES , Chg password , YES . 3. Enter your new password, YES . 4. Re-enter the new password, YES . 5. Enter a checkword, YES . Forgot your password? If y ou forget your password, just enter any passwor...

70 More features • If the category is a phone call, enter the phone number, YES . 3. Enter a subject, YES . 4. If you want to set a reminder for your appointment, select a reminder, YES . Viewing your calendar To view your calendar content, scroll to Organizer , YES , Calendar , YES and then select ...

More features 71 Exchanging calendar entries You can send and receive appointments and tasks using Bluetooth wireless technology, the infrared port or MMS. To send an appointment or a task 1. In the list of appointments and tasks for a certain day, scroll to the item you want to send and press . 2. ...

72 More features To start a sound recording • Scroll to Fun & Games , YES , Sound recorder , YES , Record , YES . Wait until you hear a tone. When the recording starts, the display shows Recording together with the time of the current recording (increasing). To end the recording • Press NO . Tip...

More features 73 Settings You can choose to show the date/time or length of the recording, or both. To set the view of your recordings 1. Scroll to Fun & Games , YES , Sound recorder , YES . 2. Scroll to a recording. Press . 3. Select Set view , YES . 4. Select Date and time or Length , or both,...

74 More features Note: A note with an icon is a posted note, see “Post note” on page 74. Post note You can display a note in standby mode. To display a note in standby 1. Press and scroll to Post note , YES . 2. Select the note you want to display in standby or select Add note? to write a new note, ...

Security 75 Security SIM card lock The SIM card lock protects y our subscription, but not your phone itself, from unauthorized use. If y ou change SIM cards, the phone still works with the new SIM card. Most SIM cards are locked at the time of purchase. If the SIM card lock is on, you have to enter ...

76 Troubleshooting Automatic If the phone lock is set to automatic, you do not need to enter your phone lock code until a different SIM card is inserted in the phone. • To edit y our phone lock code, scroll to Settings / Locks / Phone lock / Change code . Note: It is important that you remember your...

Troubleshooting 77 Grey menu options Grey text indicates a function that is temporarily unavailable, for example due to your subscription or due to a certain setting which has not been turned on. Since y ou cannot send themes, pictures and sounds that are copy right-protected, the Send menu is somet...

78 Additional information Phone locked The phone is locked. To unlock the phone, see “Phone lock” on page 75. Phone lock code: Your phone comes with the phone lock code, 0000. You can change it to any four- to eight-digit code. See “Phone lock” on page 75. Number not permitted The Fixed dialing func...

Additional information 81 fields (up to 300 GHz)”, Health Physics, vol. 74, pp 494-522, April 1998. • 99/519/EC, “Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)”, Official Journal of the European Communities, 199...

82 Additional information Mobile phones may affect the operation of some implanted cardiac pacemakers and other medically implanted equipment. Pacemaker patients should be aware that the use of a mobile phone very close to a pacemaker might cause the device to malfunction. Avoid placing the mobile p...

Additional information 83 • Make sure the cord is positioned so that it will not be stepped on, tripped over or otherwise subjected to damage or stress. • To reduce risk of electric shock, unplug the unit from any power source before attempting to clean it. • The AC power adapter must not be used ou...

84 Additional information • The talk and standby times depend on the actual transmission conditions when using the mobile phone. If the mobile phone is used near a base station, less power is required and talk and standby times are prolonged. • Use only Ericsson or Sony Ericsson branded original bat...

Additional information 85 OUR WARRANTY Subject to the conditions of this Limited Warranty, Sony Ericsson warrants this Product to be free from defects in material and workmanship at the time of its original purchase by a consumer, and for a subsequent period of one (1) year. WHAT WE WILL DO If, duri...

86 Additional information 8. THERE ARE NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, OTHER THAN THIS PRINTED LIMITED WARRANTY. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THIS LIM...

Additional information 87 FCC Statement Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by the government-adopted requirement for safe exposure. The tests are performed in positions and locations (i.e....

88 Icons Icons The table below shows icons which may appear in standby or in the menus. Icon Description Your personal phone book. Handling of text and voice messages. Handling of call time, call cost information and ongoing calls.Handling of ongoing calls. Only available during calls.Handling of pi...

93 Index A Alarm clock 67Answering mode 22Area information 53 B Battery 4Bluetooth wireless technology 61Business cards 28 C Calculator 67Calendar 69Call costs 35 calling card 39credit limit 36minute minder 21 Call time 35Calls accept 41answer 5, 25automatic redialing 24call list 26emergency 25 fixe...