Sony Ericsson Z502a - Manual

7 Getting started First-time use Make sure that the phone is charged before you turn it on. To turn on the phone 1 Press and hold until the phone vibrates. This indicates that it is powering up. 2 Enter your PIN, if you have one for your SIM card. 3 At first start-up, select the language you want fo...

9 Getting started To replace the outer covers 1 Hold the phone as shown in Illustration 1. 2 Apply pressure with your thumbs while pushing away from the phone. Removing the cover may be difficult the first time. 3 Slide the cover away from the hinge. 4 Remove the cover. 5 Locate the notches along ea...

10 Getting to know your phone Getting to know your phone Phone overview, use the menus, enter letters, file manager. Flip open view 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Internal display. 2 Press and hold to activate the camera and video recorder. 3, 9 Selection key for menu items shown at the bottom of t...

11 Getting to know your phone Flip closed views Camera Externaldisplay lens Internal antenna * Left view Right Right view Upper side volume Lower side volume Camera/video recorder button Internal antenna* side key * Your phone is equipped with an internal antenna. For best reception, try to hold you...

13 Getting to know your phone Navigating the menus The main menus are shown as icons on the desktop. Some submenus include tabs that appear on the screen. Scroll to a tab with the navigation key and select an option. External display Your phone’s external display shows the service provider, time, da...

14 Getting to know your phone Phone language Most SIM cards automatically set the language used in the menu to the language of the country where you bought your SIM card. If this is not the case, the predefined language is English. If you use the setup wizard to help you get started with your phone,...

15 Getting to know your phone To edit a standby shortcut 1 } Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and select which shortcut you want to edit } Edit . 2 Scroll to a function that you want to create a new shortcut to } Shortcut . More options } More to enter a list of options. There are different al...

16 Getting to know your phone 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. • You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut to certain letters: To enter a ‘ B ’, press and hold and p...

19 Getting to know your phone Quick keys Useful key combinations are described below. Navigating menus Enter the main menu and select menu items. Navigate in the menu and lists. Delete an item press when in lists Enter a list of options } More Enter the status menu to see, for example, date, profile...

20 Getting to know your phone Speed dial press any of the number keys - and } Call Reject a call quickly press a volume button twice when receiving a call or } No Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call press a volume button once or press Put a call on hold } Hold Retrieve a call } Retrieve Turn...

21 Calling Calling Calls, phonebook, voice control, call options. Making calls Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on the phone and be within range of a network. % 7 First-time use . Networks When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects your home network if this is within...

22 Calling To make a call 1 Enter the area code (if outside your local area) and the phone number. 2 } Call to make the call. 3 } End Call to end the call. To change the speaker volume during a call Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone to increase or decrease the speaker volume during a c...

23 Calling To answer a call • Open your phone.• Press the portable handsfree button, if applicable. To reject a call • Close your phone.• } No or quickly press either the upper or lower side volume key twice. Missed calls If you have missed a call, Missed Calls: appears in standby indicating the num...

24 Calling Emergency calls Your phone supports the international emergency numbers, 112, 911, 060, 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 GSM network is within range. To make an emergency call Ent...

26 Calling To call a contact 1 } Phonebook . Scroll to, or enter the first letters of the contact you want to call. 2 When the contact you want to call is highlighted, press or to select a number } Call . To call a SIM number 1 } Phonebook . If SIM numbers is the default phonebook, select the name a...

27 Calling To delete all contacts 1 } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Delete All Contacts . 2 } Yes and enter the phone lock code } OK . The default phone lock code is 0000. Names and numbers that are saved on the SIM card are not deleted. Default items for contacts You can choose which item – a ph...

28 Calling To check the memory } Phonebook } Options } Advanced } Memory Status . Synchronizing contacts You can back up and synchronize your contacts with a phonebook on the Web. For more information about a phonebook on the web, please contact your service provider. 1 } Phonebook } Options } Advan...

29 Calling To speed dial From standby, enter the position number and } Call . To set the position number for speed dialing 1 } Phonebook } Options } Speed Dial and scroll to the position to which you want to add a phone number } Add . 2 Select a number. To replace a number in the speed dial list 1 }...

30 Calling Before voice dialing You must first activate the voice dialing function and record your voice commands. An icon appears next to a phone number that has a voice command. To activate voice dialing and record names 1 } Settings } the General tab } Voice Control } Voice Dialing } Activate } Y...

33 Calling Forwarding calls If you cannot answer incoming calls, you can forward them to another number, for example, your answering service. You can choose between the following forward options:• Always Forward – forward all calls. • When Busy – forward calls if you are already on the phone. • Not ...

34 Calling Receiving a second call When you receive a second call, you can do the following:• } Answer to answer the second call and put the ongoing call on hold. • } Busy to reject the second call and continue the ongoing call. • } Replace Active Call to answer the second call and to end the ongoin...

35 Calling To release a participant Press } Release Part . and select the participant that you want to release from the conference call. To have a private conversation 1 Press } Talk To and select the participant that you want to talk to. 2 } Join Calls to resume the conference call. Two voice lines...

36 Calling To add numbers to the accepted callers list 1 } Settings } the Calls tab } Manage Calls } Accept Calls } Only From List . 2 } New } Add . This takes you to phonebook look up. Select contacts from your phonebook. To accept all calls } Settings } the Calls tab } Manage Calls } Accept Calls ...

37 Calling Fixed dialing Partial numbers can be saved. For example, saving 0123456 allows calls to be made to all numbers starting with 0123456. To activate or deactivate fixed dialing 1 } Phonebook } Options } Special Numbers } Fixed Dialing and select Activate or Deactivate . 2 Enter your PIN2 } O...

38 Calling To check the call cost } Settings } the Calls tab } Time & Cost } Call Costs . To reset the call cost meter } Settings } the Calls tab } Time & Cost } Call Costs } More } Clear Total Cost . Setting the call cost You can use the tariff function to specify the price per call unit. I...

39 Calling To change the priority for one call 1 Enter the phone number you want to call. 2 } More } Call Priority and select a priority. The number is called. Closed user groups To add a group 1 } Settings } the Calls tab } Manage Calls } Closed Groups } Edit List } New Group } Add . 2 Enter the na...

40 Calling can do this per call, or select this as a default setting. } More in standby to quickly change this default setting. To show or hide your phone number 1 Enter the phone number you want to call. 2 } More and select Hide Number or Show Number . To always show or hide your phone number 1 } S...

41 Messages Messages Text messaging, picture messaging, email, My friends, messaging glossary. Text messaging Text messages are sent via SMS (Short Message Service). Text messages can contain pictures, animations, melodies and sound effects. Text messages can be sent to one person, several recipient...

44 Messages Message options You can set a default value for several message options or choose the settings each time you send a message. You can, for example, select to request a reply to a sent message, select what type of text message you want to send or set how long a message should be valid. For...

47 Messages To use a predefined template for a picture message 1 } Messages } Templates and select a template. 2 } Use } MMS . } Add to make changes or add new items. 3 } More } Send to send the message. Automatic download You can select how you want your picture messages to be downloaded. } Message...

51 Messages My Friends My Friends contacts You can add contacts from the phonebook to a list of contacts in My Friends, even if you do not have a My Friends account and are not connected to the My Friends server. You can then quickly access your favorite contacts and choose how you want to communica...

54 Messages To receive a chat invitation 1 When a message alert sounds and the message New chat invitation received. is displayed select View to view the invitation or Discard to discard the invitation. 2 If you have selected to view the invitation, and want to join the chat } Join Chat . If you wan...

55 Messages To turn area information on or off } Messages } Settings } Area Info } Reception . Cell information The cell information channel is used by some service providers to send messages about a certain network area to their subscribers within that area. To turn on the cell information channel ...

57 Imaging Imaging Camera, video recorder, pictures, screen saver. Camera and video recorder Your phone has a digital camera and a digital video recorder. You can easily switch between the camera and the video recorder by pressing or . You can also press More and select Switch to Video or Switch to ...

61 Imaging Pictures Your phone comes with a number of pictures. You can delete the pictures that come with your phone if you, for example, want to free memory. All pictures are saved in File Manager } Pictures . You can: • Have a picture as wallpaper and as screen saver.• Assign a picture to a conta...

62 Entertainment To send a picture 1 } File Manager } Pictures and scroll to the picture you want } More } Send . 2 Select a transfer method. To receive and save a picture 1 Open the message in which you received the picture. 2 } More } Save Picture . Screen saver and wallpaper The phone has a scree...

64 Entertainment Ringtones and melodies Your phone comes with a number of standard and polyphonic melodies which can be used as ringtones. You can exchange melodies via cable. Please note that you are not allowed to exchange copyright-protected material. To select a ringtone } Settings } the Sounds ...

65 Entertainment Composing You can compose and edit melodies to use as ringtones using the MusicDJ ™ . A melody consists of four tracks – Drums , Basses , Chords and Accents . A track contains a number of music blocks. The blocks consist of pre-arranged sounds with different characteristics. The blo...

66 Entertainment Recording options } More to view the following options: Record New , Send , Rename , Delete , Recorded Sounds . To start a sound recording 1 } Entertainment } Record Sound . 2 Wait until you hear a tone. When the recording starts, Recording is displayed together with the time of the...

67 Connectivity To download a theme } File Manager } Themes and scroll to a direct link } Go To . Games Your phone has several entertaining games. You can also download games and applications directly to the folders in your phone. Help texts are available for most games. To start and end a game 1 } ...

68 Connectivity • You can enter settings by using the setup wizard.• You can enter or edit settings manually. Receiving settings in a text message Your network operator or Internet service provider may be able to send the required data account, Internet and email settings direct to your phone in a t...

71 Connectivity to connect to. Your phone may already contain trusted certificates when you buy it. You can also download new certificates using the browser. To check the certificates in your phone } Connect } Internet Settings } Security } Trusted Cert. Synchronizing You can synchronize your mobile...

72 More features 4 Select Applications and select the applications that you want to synchronize, for example, Phonebook } OK . 5 Select Application Settings and select application. Enter the name of the database and, if required, your username and password } OK . 6 Press } Save to save your new acco...

73 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. The alarm signal rings even if the phone is set to silent or turned off. To set an alarm } Organizer }...

75 More features To search for appointments 1 } Organizer } Calendar } More } Advanced } Find . 2 Enter the text you want to search for } OK . Appointments that match your search are shown. } View to view your appointments or } More for options to reschedule, edit, send, copy or delete. Exchanging a...

76 More features To view a task } Organizer } Tasks and select a task } View . Exchanging tasks You can send and receive tasks using picture messaging. To send a task 1 In the list of tasks for a certain day, select the item you want to send } More } Send . 2 Select a transfer method. Receiving a ta...

77 More features you can simply choose the Meeting profile and a number of settings are changed, for example, the ringtone is turned off.You can reset all profile settings to the way they were set when you bought your phone. Automatic activation Some profiles, for example In Car , are automatically ...

78 More features Timer Your phone has a built-in timer. When the signal rings, press any key to turn it off. To set the timer } Organizer } Timer and enter the hours, minutes and seconds after which you want the timer to go off. Display light The display light can be set to On , Off , Automatic or P...

79 More features Some SIM cards are locked at the time of purchase. If the SIM 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 by the message PIN b...

80 More features Automatic phone lock 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 set the phone lock 1 } Settings } the General tab } Locks } Phonelock } Protection and select an alternative. 2 Enter the...

81 More features 4 Enter a checkword (maximum 15 characters) } Done . The checkword can consist of both letters and numbers. The next time you open the code memo, your checkword appears after you enter the passcode, and then your added codes are shown. To add a new code 1 } Organizer } Code Memo and...

82 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want? This chapter lists some problems that you might encounter while using your phone. Some problems require that you call your service provider, but most of the problems you can easily correct yourself.However, if you need to ...

83 Troubleshooting Grey menu options Grey text indicates a function that is temporarily unavailable, for example, if a service is not activated, or if your subscription does not support the function. Since you cannot send themes, pictures and sounds that are copyright-protected, the Send menu is som...

84 Additional Information Phone locked The phone is locked. To unlock the phone, % 79 Phone lock . Phone lock code Your phone comes with the phone lock code, 0000. You can change it to any four- to eight-digit code. % 79 Phone lock . Number not permitted The fixed dialing function is activated and t...

85 Additional Information Hearing Aid Compatibility Rating This model handset was designed to comply with the requirements set forth in Section 68.4 of the Federal Communication Commission's rules governing hearing aid compatibility (HAC), for the reduction of RF interference to hearing aids. The Mi...

86 Additional Information • Do not attempt to disassemble your product. Only Sony Ericsson authorized personnel should perform service. Antenna Only use an antenna that has been specifically designed by Sony Ericsson for your mobile phone. Use of unauthorized or modified antennas could damage your m...

87 Additional Information when the handset is positioned a minimum of 15 mm from the body without any metal parts in the vicinity of the phone or when used with the original Sony Ericsson body worn accessory intended for this phone. Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with FCC RF expo...

89 Additional Information • Do not expose the battery to liquid.• Do not let the metal contacts on the battery touch another metal object. This could short-circuit and damage the battery. • Do not disassemble or modify the battery. • Do not expose the battery to extreme temperatures, never above +14...

90 Additional Information 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 of your personal settings, downloads or other information may be lost when your ...

92 Additional Information 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 accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undes...

93 Icons Icons Icon descriptions. The table below describes the icons which appear on the desktop and in standby. Icon Description Desktop Your personal phonebook Handling of text, picture, email, instant and voice messages Camera and video recorder functions Handling of pictures, sounds, video and ...

96 Index Index A accept calls 35account settings, email 47adding personal ringtones 25pictures to contacts 25 alarm clock 73alerts 64animations 61answering calls 22using voice control 31 answering service 29antenna, internal 11appointments 73–75area information 54ask to save 26assembling, phone 5aut...

101 Important Information United States THIS PHONE MODEL HAS BEEN CERTIFIED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES.The Z502 Series mobile phones have been designed to comply with applicable safety requirements for exposure to radio waves. Your wireless phone is ...

102 Important Information - Canada Radio wave exposure and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) information The Z502 Series mobile phones have been designed to comply with applicable safety requirements for exposure to radio waves. These requirements are based on scientific guidelines that include safety ...

103 Important Information - Rest of the World Radio wave exposure and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) information The Z502 Series mobile phones have been designed to comply with applicable safety requirements for exposure to radio waves. These requirements are based on scientific guidelines that incl...