Sony Ericsson W550i Cell Phone User Manual


 
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15
Getting to Know Your Phone
Phone Language
Select the language for phone menus
or the languages that you may use when writing.
To change the phone language
} Settings } the General tab } Language
} Phone Language. Select a language.
From standby, you can also press:
8888 for automatic language (SIM)
0000 for English.
To select writing language
1 } Settings } the General tab } Language
} Writing Language.
2 Scroll to the language that you want to use
and
mark it. } Save to exit the menu.
Entering Letters
and
Characters
When writing messages and notes there
are two ways to enter letters and characters:
Multitap text input
T9™ Text Input.
To enter letters using multitap input
Press repeatedly until the desired
character appears on the screen.
Press to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
Press and hold to enter numbers.
Press to delete letters and numbers.
Press for the most common punctuation
marks.
Press to add a space.
T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary
to recognize the most commonly used word for
each sequence of key presses. This way, you press
each key only once, even if the letter you want
is not the first letter on the key.
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1 For example, if you want to write the word
“Jane”, press
, , , .
2 If the word shown is the one you want,
press
to accept and add a space.
To accept a word without adding a space,
press
. If the word shown is not the one
you want, press or repeatedly to view
alternative words. Accept a word and add
a
space by pressing .
Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language
to the country where you bought your SIM card. If not,
the predefined language is English.