Sony K800i - Manual (Page 15)

15 Getting to know the phone
Phone language
Select the language to use in the
phone menus or when writing text.
To change the phone language
} Settings } General
tab
} Language
} Phone language
. Select a language.
In 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 to use and mark
it.
} Save
to exit the menu.
Entering letters
Enter letters in one of the following
ways (text input methods), for
example, when writing messages:
•
Multitap text input
•
T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold
to change the method.
Options when entering letters
} More
for options when writing
a message.
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 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.
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