Sony Ericsson UMTS-GSM 1900 Cell Phone User Manual


 
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17Getting 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.
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
There are two ways of entering
letters when writing messages,
notes or a name in contacts:
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 To enter text, you have to be in a
function where text input is possible,
for example, } Messaging } Write new
} Text message.
2 For example, to write the word “Jane”,
press , , , .
Most SIM cards automatically set the
menu language to the country where
you bought your SIM card. If not, the
predefined language is English.