Contents
Sony Ericsson G502
Getting started ................... 6
Assembly ........................................ 6
Turning on the phone ..................... 7
Help in your phone ......................... 8
Charging the battery ....................... 8
Phone overview .............................. 9
Menu overview .............................. 11
Navigation ..................................... 13
File manager ................................. 14
Phone language ............................ 16
Entering text ................................. 16
Chinese input ................................ 17
Stroke input .................................. 18
Pinyin input ................................... 20
Calling ............................... 21
Making and receiving calls ........... 21
Contacts ....................................... 22
Call list .......................................... 27
Speed dial ..................................... 27
Voicemail ...................................... 27
Voice control ................................. 28
Diverting calls ............................... 30
More than one call ........................ 30
My numbers .................................. 31
Accept calls .................................. 31
Restricted dialling ......................... 32
Fixed dialling ................................. 32
Call time and cost ......................... 33
Showing or hiding your
phone number .............................. 33
Messaging ........................ 33
Text messages .............................. 34
Picture messages ......................... 35
Message options .......................... 36
Templates ..................................... 36
Voice messages ............................ 37
Email ............................................. 37
My friends ..................................... 39
Imaging ............................ 40
Camera and video recorder .......... 40
Using the camera .......................... 41
Camera icons and settings ........... 41
Camera shortcuts ......................... 42
Transferring pictures ..................... 42
Camera printing ............................ 43
Pictures ......................................... 43
PhotoDJ™ and VideoDJ™ ........... 44
Themes ......................................... 45
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Entertainment ................... 45
Stereo portable handsfree ............ 45
Music player ................................. 45
Video player .................................. 46
Music and video controls ............. 46
Transferring music from
a computer ................................... 47
TrackID™ ...................................... 48
Radio ............................................ 48
PlayNow™ .................................... 49
Ringtones and melodies ............... 50
MusicDJ™ .................................... 50
Sound recorder ............................. 51
Games .......................................... 51
Applications .................................. 51
Connectivity ...................... 52
Settings ......................................... 52
Phone name .................................. 52
Using the Internet ......................... 52
Web feeds ..................................... 55
Bluetooth™ wireless
technology .................................... 55
Using a USB cable ........................ 57
Synchronizing ............................... 59
Update service .............................. 61
More features ................... 62
Flight mode ................................... 62
Location services .......................... 62
Alarms ........................................... 63
Calendar ....................................... 64
Notes ............................................ 65
Tasks ............................................ 65
Profiles .......................................... 66
Time and date ............................... 66
Locks ............................................ 67
Troubleshooting ............... 69
Common questions ...................... 69
Error messages ............................. 71
Important information ...... 73
Guidelines for Safe and
Efficient Use .................................. 75
End User License Agreement ....... 78
Limited Warranty .......................... 79
FCC Statement ............................. 81
Declaration of Conformity
for G502 ........................................ 82
Index ................................. 83
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Sony Ericsson G502
UMTS 2100 GSM 900/1800/1900
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: 1209-6687.2
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.
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.
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of Bluetooth SIG Inc. and any use of such mark by
Sony Ericsson is under license.
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U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480,
5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian Pat. No.
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Hong Kong Standard Pat. No. HK0940329;
Republic of Singapore Pat. No. 51383; Euro.Pat.
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Content owners use Windows Media digital rights
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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 13.
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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-coloured 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.
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 24.
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 67.
Startup screen
The startup screen appears when
you turn your phone on. See Using
pictures on page 43.
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 your phone
Help and information are available
in your phone. See Navigation on
page 13.
To use the setup wizard
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
> the General tab > Setup wizard.
2 Select an option.
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.
Charging the battery
The phone battery is partly charged
when you buy it.
To charge the battery
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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