Sony Ericsson V800 User Guide

There are two ways of entering letters, for example, when writing a message or writing 
a name in the phonebook:

• Multitap text input

You press each key as many times as needed to show the letter you want.

• 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.

Before you start entering letters, you need to select the languages that you want to use 
when writing.

1.

} Settings } the General tab } Language } Writing language.

2. Scroll to each language that you want to use and mark it. 

} Save to exit the menu.

1. To enter text, you have to be in a function where text input is possible, for example 

} Messaging } Create message } SMS.

2. Press the appropriate key, 

 – 

, 

 or 

, repeatedly until the character 

you want appears on the screen. You can see which characters you can choose from 
for a specific key in the box in the top right corner of the screen.

Switching writing language

When writing, you can switch 
to one of your selected languages 
by pressing and holding 

.