Contents
Getting started ................... 5
Assembly .......................................... 5
Turning on the phone ....................... 6
Help ................................................. 7
Charging the battery......................... 7
Phone overview ............................... 8
Menu overview ............................... 10
Navigation ...................................... 12
Phone language ............................. 14
Entering text ................................... 14
Internet .............................. 16
Internet security and certificates .... 18
Web feeds ...................................... 18
GPS ................................... 19
Using the GPS ................................ 19
More GPS features ......................... 20
Calling ............................... 20
Making and receiving calls ............. 20
Contacts ......................................... 22
Call list ............................................ 25
Speed dial....................................... 25
Voicemail ........................................ 25
Voice control .................................. 26
More than one call .......................... 27
Restricted dialing............................ 29
Call time and cost........................... 30
Showing or hiding your
phone number ................................ 30
Messaging ........................ 31
Text messages................................ 31
Picture messages ........................... 32
Message options ............................ 32
Templates ....................................... 32
Voice messages ............................. 33
Instant Messaging (IM) ................... 33
Area and cell information................ 34
Imaging ............................ 35
Camera and video recorder ........... 35
Using the camera............................ 35
Camera icons and settings............. 36
Transferring pictures....................... 36
Camera printing .............................. 37
Pictures........................................... 38
PhotoDJ™ and VideoDJ™ ............. 39
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Media player and music ..... 39
Transferring content to
and from a computer ...................... 39
Portable handsfree ......................... 40
Music player .................................. 40
Online music and video clips.......... 42
Entertainment ................... 42
Video player .................................... 42
Ringtones and melodies ................. 42
MusicDJ™ ...................................... 43
Sound recorder............................... 43
Games ............................................ 43
Applications .................................... 44
Connectivity ...................... 45
Settings .......................................... 45
Phone name.................................... 45
Bluetooth™ wireless technology ..... 45
Using the USB cable ...................... 47
Synchronizing ................................ 48
More features ................... 49
Flight mode .................................... 49
File manager .................................. 49
Alarms............................................. 50
Calendar ......................................... 51
Notes .............................................. 52
Tasks .............................................. 52
Profiles............................................ 53
Time and date................................. 53
Theme............................................. 53
Main menu layout ........................... 53
Locks .............................................. 54
Troubleshooting ............... 55
Common questions ........................ 55
Error messages............................... 57
Important information ...... 59
Guidelines for Safe and
Efficient Use.................................... 61
End User License Agreement ......... 64
Limited Warranty ............................ 65
FCC Statement ............................... 67
Industry Canada Statement............ 68
Declaration of Conformity............... 68
Index ................................. 69
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Sony Ericsson TM506
UMTS HSDPA 1700/2100 GSM EDGE 850/1800/1900
This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated
company, without any warranty. Improvements
and changes to this User guide necessitated by
typographical errors, inaccuracies of current
information, or improvements to programs and/or
equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB at any time and
without notice. Such changes will, however, be
incorporated into new editions of this User guide.
All rights reserved.
©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2007
Publication number: 1208-0969.1
Please note:
Some of the services in this User guide are not
supported by all networks. This also applies to the
GSM International Emergency Number 112.
Please contact your network operator or service
provider if you are in doubt whether you can use
a particular service or not.
Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient use
and the Limited warranty chapters before you use
your mobile phone.
Your mobile phone has the capability to download,
store and forward additional content, for example,
ringtones. The use of such content may be restricted
or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but
not limited to restriction under applicable copyright
laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely
responsible for additional content that you download
to or forward from your mobile phone. Prior to your
use of any additional content, please verify that
your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise
authorized. 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 your improper use of additional content or
other third party content.
Smart-Fit Rendering is a trademark or a registered
trademark of ACCESS Co., Ltd.
Bluetooth is a trademark or a registered trademark
of Bluetooth SIG Inc. and any use of such mark by
Sony Ericsson is under license.
The Liquid Identity logo, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ and
VideoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
Lotus Notes is a trademark or a registered trademark
of International Business Machines Corporation.
Sony, Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony
Corporation.
SyncML is a trademark or registered trademark
of Open Mobile Alliance LTD.
Ericsson is a trademark or registered trademark
of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition is a
trademark or registered trademark of Adobe
Systems Incorporated in the United States
and/or other countries.
Microsoft, ActiveSync, Windows, Outlook, and
Vista are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or
other countries.
T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered
trademark of Tegic Communications. T9™
Text Input is licensed under one or more of the
following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541,
5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian
Pat. No. 1,331,057, United Kingdom Pat. No.
2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No.
HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No. 51383;
Euro.Pat. No. 0 842 463(96927260.8) DE/DK, FI,
FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, GB; and additional patents
are pending worldwide.
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Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™
J2ME™.
Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted
information of Sun and title to all copies is retained
by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer shall not
modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract,
or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software
may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in
whole or in part.
Export Regulations: Software, including technical
data, is subject to U.S. export control laws,
including the U.S. Export Administration Act and
its associated regulations, and may be subject to
export or import regulations in other countries.
Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such
regulations and acknowledges that it has the
responsibility to obtain licenses to export, re-
export, or import Software. Software may not be
downloaded, or otherwise exported or re-exported
(i) into, or to a national or resident of, Cuba, Iraq,
Iran, North Korea, Libya, Sudan, Syria (as such
listing may be revised from time to 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.
Restricted Rights: Use, duplication or disclosure
by the United States government is subject to the
restrictions as set forth in the Rights in Technical
Data and Computer Software Clauses in DFARS
252.227-7013(c) (1) (ii) and FAR 52.227-19(c) (2) as
applicable.
Other product and company names mentioned
herein may be the trademarks of their respective
owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
All illustrations are for illustration only and may not
accurately depict the actual phone.
Instruction symbols
These symbols may appear in the
User guide.
Note
Tip
Warning
A service or function is network-
or subscription-dependent.
Contact your network operator
for details.
Use a selection or navigation
key to scroll and select.
See Navigation on page 12.
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Getting started
Assembly
Before you start using your phone,
you need to insert a SIM card and
the battery.
To insert the SIM card
To insert the battery
1 Insert the battery with the label side up
and the connectors facing each other.
2 Slide the battery cover into place.
1 Remove the battery cover by pressing
and sliding it as shown in the picture.
2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with
the gold-colored contacts facing down.
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Turning on the phone
To turn on the phone
1 Press and hold down
2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested
.
and select OK.
3 Select a language.
4 Select Yes to use the setup wizard
while settings are downloaded.
If you want to correct a mistake when
you enter your PIN, press
.
SIM card
The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)
card, which you get from your network
operator, contains information about
your subscription. Always turn off your
phone and detach the charger before
you insert or remove the SIM card.
You can save contacts on the SIM card
before you remove it from your phone.
See To copy names and numbers
to the SIM card on page 23.
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal
Identification Number) to activate the
services in your phone. Your PIN is
supplied by your network operator.
Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it
starts with emergency number digits,
for example, 112 or 911. You can 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 54.
Startup screen
The startup screen appears when
you turn your phone on. See Using
pictures on page 38.
Standby
After you have turned your phone on
and entered your PIN, the name of the
network operator appears. This view is
called standby.
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Help
In addition to this User guide,
Getting started guides and more
information are available at
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Help in your phone
Help and information are available
in your phone. See Navigation on
page 12.
To view tips and tricks
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Setup wizard.
2 Select Tips and tricks.
To view information about functions
• Scroll to a function and select Info, if
available. In some cases, Info appears
under Options.
To view the phone demonstration
• From standby select Menu
> Entertainment > Demo tour.
To view status information
• From standby press the volume key up.
Charging the battery
The phone battery is partly charged
when you buy it.
To charge the battery
2.5 h.
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 or less than
2.5 hours. You can interrupt the charging
without damaging the battery.
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Phone overview
Ear speaker
Screen
Selection keys
Call key
Memory card slot
Camera/Activity menu key
Microphone
End key
C key (Clear)
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6
7
8
9
10 Navigation key
11 Silent key
12 On/off key
13 Connector for charger,
handsfree and USB cable
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2
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