Contents
Sony Ericsson W900i
Getting started ................... 4
Calling ............................... 22
Messaging ........................ 26
Imaging ............................. 28
Entertainment ................... 30
Connectivity ...................... 33
Important information ...... 35
Index ................................. 43
Additional user information
You can find the Additional information user guide,
containing more information about your phone, at
www.SonyEricsson.com/support.
www.SonyEricsson.com/support
At Sony Ericsson Product Support you can find more
help getting the most out of your product, including
user documentation, troubleshooting, tips & tricks
and software, as well as phone settings for Internet/
WAP browsing and messaging.
Sony Ericsson
GSM 900/1800/1900
This user guide is published by Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty.
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2005
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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, e.g. ringtones.
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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,
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Getting started
SIM card and battery
To insert the SIM card and battery
1 Remove the battery cover.
3 Insert the battery with the label side up
and the connectors facing each other.
4 Slide the battery cover into place.
2 Slide the SIM card into its holder.
5 Connect the charger to the phone.
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6 It may take up to 30 minutes before the
battery icon appears on the screen.
To open and close the phone
7 Wait approximately 2.5 hours for the
battery to be fully charged.
1 Rotate the top section up until it clicks
into place.
8 Remove the charger.
2 Rotate the top section down in the
opposite direction.
Do not rotate the top section more than
180 degrees, in either direction, as the
phone will be damaged.
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To turn on the phone
1 Open the phone, press and hold
The first start-up may take a few
minutes.
.
2 Select Start phone to use the phone
with full functionality or Music only
to use the WALKMAN™ player only.
3 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested.
4 At first start-up, select the language for
your phone menus. } Yes if you want
the setup wizard to help you get started.
Follow the instructions to complete
the setup.
Music only
Select to listen to music only, with
phone network transmitters turned off.
This prevents disturbance of sensitive
equipment, for example, in an aeroplane
where calls and messages are
prohibited. Some limited phone
functions are also available such as
the alarm, calendar and task reminders.
Always follow regulations and any flight
crew instructions with respect to onboard
use of electronic devices.
To deactivate the start-up menu
1 } Settings and scroll to the General tab
} Start-up menu.
2 Select Don't show.
Memory Stick PRO Duo™
Your phone supports Memory Stick
PRO Duo™. To insert a Memory Stick,
slide it into the slot as shown.
A Memory Stick adds more storage
space to your phone to store, for
example, music, ringtones, video
clips and pictures.
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Instruction symbols
The following instruction symbols
appear in this user guide:
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}
Note
Indicates that a service
or function is network-
or subscription-dependent.
Contact your network
operator for details.
See also page ...
Use a selection or navigation
key to scroll and select,
% 18 Navigation.
Press the navigation key
centre.
Press the navigation key up.
Press the navigation key
down.
Press the navigation key
to the left.
Press the navigation key
to the right.
More information
To view more instructions in your
phone
} Settings } the General tab } Tips
and tricks and Setup wizard.
Make and receive calls
You can make and receive calls when
the phone is open or closed:
When open, enter the phone number
(with international prefix and area code
if applicable) } Call to make a voice
call or press
} End call to end the call.
to make a video call.
When open or closed, } Contacts and
select the contact to call. Use
or
to select a number } Call to make
a voice call or press
a video call.
to make
When the phone rings } Answer or
} Busy to reject the call. This can be
done in either open or closed mode.
WALKMAN™ player
The WALKMAN™ player is an all
in one music and video player.
The following file types are supported:
MP3, MP4, 3GP, AAC, AAC+, AMR,
MIDI, IMY, EMY and WAV (16 kHz
maximum sample rate) and Real®8.
You can also use streamed files that
are 3GPP compatible.
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To play music and videos
1 } WALKMAN. The WALKMAN™
player browser opens.
2 Browse for songs by artist or track,
or in playlists. You can also browse
for video clips. Select a list } Open.
3 Highlight a title } Play.
When in Now playing, press
to go to the WALKMAN™ player
browser.
to exit.
Press and hold
Browsing files
Browse music files and video clips
in lists:
WALKMAN™ player controls
Press and hold
to open or
minimize the WALKMAN™ player
during playback.
to pause the playback.
Press again to resume playing.
to go to the next music file
Press
Press
Press
or video clip.
to go to the previous music
file or video clip.
Press and hold
or
to fast forward
or rewind when playing music files
or video clips.
or
Press
to view and scroll files
in the current playlist during playback.
Press Play to select a highlighted file
in a list.
When a video clip is playing, press
to play the video in slow motion.
} Play to resume normal playback.
When a video clip is paused, press
to play the video one frame at a time.
Artists – lists music files you have
transferred using Disc2Phone.
Tracks – lists all music files (not
ringtones) in your phone and on the
Memory Stick.
Playlists – create or play your own lists
of music files.
Videos – lists all video clips in your
phone and on the Memory Stick.
Playlists
To organize the media files that are
stored in the File manager, you can
create playlists. Files in a playlist can
be sorted by artist, title or by the order
in which the files were added to the
playlist. You can add a file to more
than one playlist.
When you delete a playlist or a file from
the playlist, the actual music or video
file is not deleted from the memory,
just the playlist reference to it. You can
still add the file to another playlist.
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