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User Guide
Samsung Telecommunications America, L.P.
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1-800-SAMSUNG
www.samsungusa.com/wireless
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Electronics America, Inc. and its related entities. Specifications subject to change without
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Contents Important Safety Precautions ...................... 7 Unpacking.................................................... 9 Your Phone ................................................ 10 Phone Layout...................................................... 10 Display .............................................................. 13 Service Light ...................................................... 16 Getting Started .......................................... 17 Installing the SIM
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Contents Contents Options During a Call ................................. 47 Phone Settings........................................... 81 Putting a Call on Hold .......................................... 47 Infrared Activate (Menu 4.1) ................................ 81 Switching the Microphone Off (Mute)...................... 48 My Settings (Menu 4.2) .................
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Contents Health and Safety Information................. 124 Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals ............ 124 For Body Operation............................................ 126 Precautions When Using Batteries........................ 127 Road Safety...................................................... 128 Operating Environment ...................................... 130 Electronic Devices ............................................. 131 Potentially Explosive Environments .........
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Important Safety Precautions Read these guidelines before using your wireless phone. Failure to comply with them may be dangerous or illegal. Road Safety at All Times Do not use a hand-held phone while driving; park the vehicle first. Switching Off When Refueling Do not use the phone at a refueling point (service station) or near fuels or chemicals. Switching Off in an Aircraft Wireless phones can cause interference. Using them in an aircraft is both illegal and dangero
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Important Safety Precautions Unpacking Emergency Call Your package contains the following items: Ensure the phone is switched on and in service. Key in the emergency number for your present location, then press the key. If certain feature are in use, deactivate those features before you can make an emergency call. Give all the necessary information as accurately as possible. Do not cut off the call until given permission to do so. Handset Travel Adapter Water Resistance Y
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Your Phone Your Phone Key(s) Description Phone Layout In Menu Mode, scroll through the menu The following illustrations show the main elements options and Phonebook memory. of your phone: In Idle Mode, allow you to access your favorite menu options directly. For more information about shortcuts, see Earpiece page 90. In Menu Mode, returns to the previous Folder Display menu level and selects the current menu respectively. When entering text, moves the cursor left and ri
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Your Phone Your Phone Display Key(s) Description (continued) Makes or answers a call. Display Layout When held down in Idle Mode, recalls the last number dialed or received. The display has three areas: In Menu Mode, selects a menu function or stores information that you have Icons area entered, such as a name in the phone or SIM memory. Text and Ends a call. Also switches the phone on graphic area and off when held down. In Menu Mode, cancels your input and returns to Idle Mode. Men
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Your Phone Your Phone Icons Icon Description Icon Description Shows the level of your battery. the more bars you see, the more power you have Shows the received signal strength. The left. greater the number of bars, the better the signal. Backlight Appears when you are connected to the GPRS network. A backlight illuminates the display and the keypad. When you press any key or open the folder, the Appears when a call is in progress. backlight turns on. It turns off if no key is pressed wi
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Your Phone Getting Started Service Light The service light is above the external display on Installing the SIM Card the folder. It flashes when services are available on the phone. When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided with a plug-in SIM card loaded with your To activate or deactivate the use of the service subscription details, such as your PIN, any optional light, set the Service Light menu option (Menu services available and many others. 4.7.4); see page 88 for furt
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Getting Started Getting Started 3. Slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket so 5. Press the battery until it clicks into place. Make that it locks the card into place. sure that the battery is properly installed before Make sure that the notched corner is bottom left switching the phone on. and the gold contacts of the card face into the phone. Charging a Battery Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. A travel adapter comes with your phone. Use only approved batteries an
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Getting Started Getting Started 2. Plug the adapter into a standard AC wall outlet. Switching the Phone On/Off 3. When charging is finished, unplug the adapter 1. Open the folder. from the power outlet and from the phone by pressing the gray tabs on both sides of the 2. Hold down the key until the phone connector and pulling the connector out. switches on. 3. If the phone asks you to enter the phone password, enter the password and press the OK ➀ soft key. The phone password is factory s
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Call Functions Call Functions Ending a Call When you want to finish your call, briefly press the Making a Call key. When the idle screen displays, enter the area code Redialing the Last Number and phone number, and press the key. The phone stores the numbers you dialed, received Note: If you have checked the Auto Redial option or missed if the caller is identified. See “Call in the Extra Settings menu (Menu 4.8), Records” on page 73 for further details. the phone automatically redials u
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Call Functions Call Functions Making a Call from Phonebook Answering a Call You can store frequently phone numbers that you When somebody calls you, the phone rings and use regularly in the SIM card or the phone’s shows the incoming call animation. memory, which are collectively called Phonebook. Simply select the required name to recall the When the caller can be identified, the caller’s phone associated number. For further details about the number, or name if stored in your Phonebook,
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Call Functions Call Functions 3. Press the Select soft key. Viewing Missed Calls 4. Change the number, as required. When you are unable to answer a call for any reason, you can find out who is calling you, if this service is available, so that you can call the person 5. To Press the back. call the number key. The number of missed calls displays on the idle store the number Save soft key and enter screen immediately after a call is missed. the name and location To view the missed call imme
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Call Functions Selecting Functions Quickly Switching to the Silent Mode and Options Silent mode is convenient when discretion is Your phone offers a set of functions that allow you required and you wish to stop the phone from to customise your phone. These functions are making noise, in a theater for example. arranged in menus and sub-menus, accessed via the two soft keys marked and . Each menu In Idle Mode, press and hold the key until the and sub-menu allows you to view and alter the
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Selecting Functions and Options Phonebook To view various functions/options available and select the one required: You can store phone numbers and their corresponding names in the memory of your SIM 1. Press the appropriate soft key. card. In addition, you can store up to 500 numbers in the phone memory. The SIM card and phone’s memories, although physically separate, are used 2. To Press the as a single entity, called Phonebook. select the: Select soft key or • function displayed the ke
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Phonebook Phonebook 4. Enter a name and press the OK soft key. Storing a Number Using the Phonebook Menu The maximum length of a name depends on your SIM card. For information about how to 1. When the idle screen displays, press the Name enter characters, see page 41. soft key. 5. Press the right soft key, labeled To Card or To 2. Scroll to New Entry by pressing the or Phone to switch between the phone’s and key and press the Select soft key. card’s memories. 3. Select an icon to iden
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Phonebook Phonebook Using Phonebook Entry Options Caller Group: allows you to organize your Phonebook entry in up to 10 caller groups so that the phone alerts you in a specific way when a While accessing any Phonebook entry, press the person from one of your groups calls you. Select Options soft key to use the options for the entry. one of the ten groups available. To Press the To remove an entry from a group, select the No Group option. select the Select soft key or the highlighted opt
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Phonebook Phonebook 4. To Press the 5. To Press the view the highlighted View soft key. view the View soft key. entry highlighted entry select a different entry or key until the select a different or key until the entry you want entry entry you want highlights. highlights. 6. Once you have found the entry, press the look for a name key labeled with the key to dial the number, or press the Options starting with a letter you want to enter. soft key to access the Phonebook entry options;
