K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 1 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Contents Getting started ................... 4 Getting to know the phone ............................ 8 Calling ............................... 17 Messaging ........................ 22 Imaging ............................. 26 Entertainment ................... 31 Connectivity ...................... 34 Important information ...... 37 Index ................................. 46 www.sonyericsson.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 2 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM 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.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 3 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM 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. Part of the software in this product is copyright © SyncML initiative Ltd. (1999-2002). All rights reserved.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 4 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Getting started SIM card and battery To insert SIM card and battery 4 Preflighted by Preflighted Getting started ( ) 1 Remove the battery cover. 2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with the contacts facing down. 3 Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other. 4 Slide the battery cover into place.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 5 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM To charge the battery 1 Connect the charger plug to the phone with the symbol facing upwards. 2 It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery icon appears. 3 Wait approximately 2.5 hours or until the battery icon indicates a full charge. Press a key to activate the screen. 4 Pull out the charger plug.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 6 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Turning on your phone Make sure the phone is charged and a SIM card inserted before turning it on. After turning on, use the setup wizard to quickly and easily prepare for use. To turn on the phone 1 Press and hold . The first start-up may take a few minutes. 2 Select to use the phone in: • Normal mode – full functionality or • Flight mode – limited functionality with network, FM radio, Bluetooth™ transceivers off.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 7 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Help in your phone Making and receiving calls Help and information is available in your phone at any time. The phone must be in normal mode. To use the setup wizard } Settings } the General tab } Setup wizard and select an option: • Settings download • Basic setup • Tips and tricks. To view information about functions Scroll to a function } More } Info, if available.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 8 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Getting to know the phone Phone overview 1 10 2 3 11 12 3 4 4 20 5 13 14 15 16 6 7 8 9 17 18 19 Some icons on keys may differ.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 9 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM 1 Ear speaker 2 Photo key: (left) from standby, view camera album pictures in full view or (lower) with the camera for shoot modes.
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K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 11 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Calls** Organizer All Answered Dialled Missed Sounds & alerts Ring volume Ringtone Silent mode Increasing ring Vibrating alert Message alert Key sound Display Wallpaper Themes Start-up screen Screen saver Clock size Brightness Sleep mode clock Edit line names* Calls Divert calls Manage calls Time & cost* Show/hide my no.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 12 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Navigation Navigation keys The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs. Scroll to a tab by pressing the navigation key left or right and selecting an option. Key Go to the main menus or to select highlighted items. Move through the menus and tabs. Select options shown immediately above these keys on the screen. Go back one level in the menus. Press and hold to return to standby or to end a function.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 13 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Press a number key and } Call to speed dial. Press for shortcuts when browsing % 34 To use Internet keypad shortcuts or access keys. - Turn off the ringtone when receiving a call. Press and hold to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if the phone is set to silent. View status information in standby. Increase the volume during a call, or when using the Music player. Zoom out when using the camera or viewing pictures.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 14 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM To enter letters using multitap input • Press repeatedly until the desired character appears. • Press to shift between capital and lower-case letters. • Press and hold to enter numbers. • Press to delete letters or numbers. • Press for the most common punctuation marks. • Press to add a space. T9™ Text Input The T9 Text Input method uses a builtin dictionary to recognize the most commonly used word for each sequence of key presses.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 15 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM To use next word prediction When entering letters, press to accept or continue. Activity menu You can open the activity menu almost anywhere in the phone to view and handle new events, and access bookmarks and shortcuts. To open and close the activity menu Press . Activity menu tabs • New events – such as missed calls and messages. When a new event occurs, the tab appears. Press to dismiss an event from the event tab.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 16 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM File manager menu tabs The file manager is divided into three tabs, and icons are included to indicate where the files are saved. • All files – all content in the phone memory and on a memory card. • On Memory Stick – all content on a memory card. • In phone – all content in the phone memory. File information View file information by highlighting it } More } Information. To use a file from the file manager 1 } File manager and open a folder.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 17 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Calling Making and receiving calls Before you can make or receive any calls, you must turn on your phone and be within range of a network. % 6 Turning on your phone. Networks When you turn on the phone, it automatically selects your home network if this is within range. If it is not within range, you may use another network, provided your network operator has an agreement that allows you to do so. This is called roaming.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 18 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM To turn the loudspeaker on or off during a voice call } More } Turn on speaker or Turn off speaker. Do not hold the phone to your ear when using the loudspeaker. This could damage your hearing. To change the ear speaker volume Press to increase or to decrease the ear speaker volume during a call. Missed calls When the activity menu is set to default missed calls appear in the New events tab in standby.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 19 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Default contact If Phone contacts is selected as default, your contacts show all the information saved in Contacts. If you select SIM contacts as default, your contacts show information depending on the SIM card. To select default contacts 1 } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Default contacts. 2 } Phone contacts or SIM contacts. Phone contacts Save contacts in the phone with names, phone numbers and personal information.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 20 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM To view memory status } Contacts } More } Options } Advanced } Memory status. Using contacts Contacts can be used in many ways. Below you can see how to: • call phone and SIM contacts. • send phone contacts to another device. • copy contacts to phone and SIM card. • add a picture or a ringtone to a phone contact. • edit contacts. • synchronize your contacts. To call a phone contact 1 } Contacts.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 21 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM If your subscription supports Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign personal ringtones to contacts. To edit a phone contact 1 } Contacts and select a contact } More } Edit contact. 2 Scroll to the relevant tab and select the field to edit } Edit. 3 Edit the information } Save. To edit a SIM contact 1 If SIM contacts is default } Contacts and select the name and number to edit.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 22 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Messaging Your phone supports various messaging services. Please contact your service provider about the services you can use, or for more information, visit www.sonyericsson.com/support. Text messaging (SMS) Text messages can contain simple pictures, sound effects, animations, and melodies. You can also create and use templates for your messages. If you send a text message to a group, you will be charged for each member.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 23 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM To copy and paste text in a message 1 When writing your message } More } Copy & paste. 2 } Copy all or } Mark & copy and use the navigation key to scroll and mark text in your message. 3 } More } Copy & paste } Paste. Picture messaging (MMS) To insert an item in a text message 1 When writing your message } More } Add item. 2 Select an option and then an item, for example, a picture.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 24 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM 1 2 3 4 To create and send a picture message } Messaging } Write new } Picture msg } More to view a list of items to add to your message. Select an item. } More to add more items to the message. For specific item options, select the item } More and select the option type to edit. When ready to send } Continue. } Enter email addr. or } Enter phone no.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 25 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM What information do I need? The minimum you need is the following: Setting types Examples Connection type POP3 or IMAP4 Email address joe.smith@example. com Incoming server mail.example.com Username jsmith Password zX123 Outgoing server mail.example.com There are many different email providers. Their terminology and required information may differ. Not all service providers allow email access.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 26 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Imaging To take a picture or record video Camera and video recorder Take pictures and record video clips to save, view and send in messages.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 27 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Camera settings When you are in the viewfinder } Settings for options to adjust and enhance your pictures and video clips before taking or recording them. If you try to record with a strong light source such as direct sunlight or a lamp in the background, the screen may black out or the picture may be distorted. Do not look directly at the camera Xe flash in the phone using a magnification device.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 28 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM • Scenes (camera) – select from: • Auto – automatic settings. • Twilight landscape – a scenic picture at night. • Twilight portrait – for example, for a subject picture at night. • Landscape – a scenic picture. • Portrait – for example, a subject picture. • Beach/Snow – use in bright environments, for example, at the beach or when skiing. • Sports – use for fast-moving objects. • Document – use for pictures of text or drawings.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 29 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM • Shutter sound (camera) – select different shutter sounds. • Turn on time and date (camera) – add time and date to a picture to appear as red text in the lower right corner. View in 1:1 size or use zoom when viewing a picture to see the text. • Reset file no. – reset the file number counter. • Save to – select to save to Memory Stick or Phone memory.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 30 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM A text message is sent to your phone with your Web address and log-in information. You can forward the text message for others to access your Web page photos. To send pictures to a blog 1 Press (right photo key) to go directly to Camera album or } File manager to select a picture in a folder. 2 } More } Send } To blog. 3 Add title and text } OK } Publish. To visit a blog address in a contact } Contacts and select a contact Web address } Go to.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 31 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Entertainment Stereo portable handsfree To use the handsfree Connect the stereo portable handsfree to your phone to use it for calls, listening to music, videos or the radio. If you receive a call and are playing music, music stops for you to answer. Music resumes when the call is ended or rejected.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 32 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Radio Listen to the FM radio. Connect the handsfree to the phone as it works as the antenna. Do not use the phone as a radio in places where this is prohibited. To listen to the radio Connect the handsfree to your phone } Radio. • • • • Radio controls Search for a broadcasting frequency. Press or to move 0.1 MHz. Press or for preset channels. More for options. Saving radio channels Save up to 20 preset channels.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 33 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM PlayNow™ Ringtones and melodies Listen to music before you purchase and download it to your phone. You can exchange music, sounds and tracks, for example, using one of the available transfer methods. This function is network- or operatordependent. Contact your network operator for information about your subscription and PlayNow™. In some countries you may be able to purchase music tones from some of the world’s top musical artists.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 34 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Connectivity Using Internet Refresh page Use Internet to access online services for example, news and banking, search and browse the Web. Forward To start browsing } Internet and select a service such as } More } Go to } Search Internet or Enter address to any Web page. Page down - one at the time To view options } Internet } More. Shortcuts To stop browsing } More } Exit browser.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 35 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM To set and use RSS reader options } Messaging } RSS reader } More and select an option. To use file transfer mode 1 Connect the USB cable to the phone and the computer. Transferring files using the USB cable Connect your phone to a computer, via the USB cable, to use your phone in one of the following: File transfer or Phone mode. File transfer Drag and drop files between phone and computer in Microsoft Windows Explorer.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 36 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM To disconnect the USB cable safely 1 When using file transfer mode, rightclick the removable disk icon in Windows Explorer and select Eject. 2 Remove the USB cable from your phone. Phone mode Synchronize contacts and calendar, transfer files, use the phone as modem and more from your computer. Applications supported in phone mode include: Synchronization, File manager and Mobile Networking Wizard.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 37 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM There are two ways to update your phone: Important information • over the air via your phone • via the provided USB cable and an Internet-connected computer. Sony Ericsson Consumer Web site On www.sonyericsson.com/support is a support section where help and tips are only a few clicks away. Here you will find the latest computer software updates and tips on how to use your product more efficiently.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 38 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM In the unlikely event that your product needs service please contact the dealer from whom it was purchased or one of our service partners. Save your original proof of purchase, you will need it if you need to claim warranty. For a call to one of our Call Centers you will be charged according to national rates, including local taxes, unless the phone number is a toll-free number.
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K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 40 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM • Do not use your product in an area where a potentially explosive atmosphere exists. • Do not place your product or install wireless equipment in the area above your car’s air bag. CHILDREN KEEP OUT OF CHILDRENS REACH. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE OR ITS ACCESSORIES. THEY COULD HURT THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, OR COULD ACCIDENTALLY DAMAGE THE MOBILE PHONE OR ACCESSORY.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 41 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Please note that because of possible interference to electronic equipment, some vehicle manufacturers forbid the use of mobile phones in their vehicles unless a handsfree kit with an external antenna supports the installation. Always give full attention to driving and pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving conditions so require.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 42 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM worn accessory intended for this phone. Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines. A separate leaflet with SAR information for this mobile phone model is included with the material that comes with this mobile phone. This information can also be found, together with more information on radio frequency exposure and SAR, on: www.sonyericsson.com/health.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 43 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM the Software. Sony Ericsson, and, to the extent that the Software contains material or code of a third party, such third party, shall be entitled third party beneficiaries of these terms. The validity, construction and performance of this license shall be governed by the laws of Sweden. The foregoing shall apply to the full extent permitted by, when applicable, statutory consumer rights.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 44 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM 4 5 6 7 8 for use and maintenance of the Product. Nor does this warranty cover any failure of the Product due to accident, software or hardware modification or adjustment, acts of God or damage resulting from liquid. A rechargeable battery can be charged and discharged hundreds of times. However, it will eventually wear out – this is not a defect. When the talk-time or standby time is noticeably shorter, it is time to replace your battery.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 45 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM FCC Statement Declaration of Conformity 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 undesired operation.
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 46 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM Index A D activity menu ........................................ 15 automatic redialling .............................. 17 declaration of conformity ......................45 E B battery inserting and charging ................... 5 use and care ................................ 40 blog ...................................................... 29 buttons ............................................. 8, 12 call list ..............................
K790i-UG-R1A-EN.book Page 47 Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:26 PM messages email ............................................. 24 picture .......................................... 23 text ............................................... 22 microphone .......................................... 17 MMS See picture messages ................ 23 music video files ..................................... 31 My friends ............................................ 25 N navigating menus .................................
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