Page 1 * Depending on the software installed or your service provider or country, some of the descriptions in this guide may not match your phone exactly. * Depending on your country, your phone and accessories may appear different from the illustrations in this guide. Printed in Korea World Wide Web Code No.: GH68-XXXXXA...
Page 2 * Depending on the software installed or your service provider or country, some of the descriptions in this guide may not match your phone exactly. * Depending on your country, your phone and accessories may appear different from the illustrations in this guide. Printed in Korea World Wide Web Code No.: GH68-XXXXXA...
Page 3 SGH-E780 User’s Guide...
Page 4: Safety Precautions
Drive safely at all times Do not use a hand-held phone while driving. Park the vehicle first. Important Switch off the phone when refuelling Do not use the phone at a refuelling point (service safety station) or near fuels or chemicals. Switch off in an aircraft precautions Wireless phones can cause interference.
Page 5 Be aware of special regulations Accessories and batteries Meet any special regulations in force in any area and Use only Samsung-approved accessories and always switch off your phone whenever it is forbidden batteries. Use of any unauthorised accessories could to use it, or when it may cause interference or danger.
Page 6: Features
About this Guide • Camera and camcorder Use the camera module on your phone to take a photo or record a This User’s Guide provides you with condensed video. information about how to use your phone. To quickly learn the basics for your phone, please refer to “Get Special started”...
Page 7 • Bluetooth • Java Transfer media files and personal Enjoy Java -based embedded ™ data and connect to other devices games and download new games. using free, wireless Bluetooth technology. You can also use a • Voice clarity Bluetooth stereo headset to let you Use the voice clarity feature to increase the enjoy music with high quality volume and clarity of an incoming call, even in the...
Page 8: Table Of Contents
Browse the web............17 Contents Use Phonebook ............17 Send messages ............18 View messages............20 Unpack Use Bluetooth ............21 Make sure you have each item Use voice recognition ..........22 Your phone Enter text Buttons, features, and locations ABC, T9, Number, and Symbol modes Get started Call functions...
Page 9 Overview of menu functions To access Menu mode, press <Menu> in Idle mode. 5 Messages p.49 1 Call log p.29 3 Applications p.36 8 Camera p.76 (continued) 4 Delete all p.58 1 Recent contacts p.29 1 Take a photo p.76 1 Music player p.36 5 Settings...
Page 10: Unpack
Power on/off/ Volume keys You can obtain various accessories External Menu exit key Dial key speaker from your local Samsung dealer. Delete key Alphanumeric The items supplied with your phone keys and the accessories available at your Microphone Special...
Page 11: Get Started
Get started Install the battery. Replace the cover. First steps to operating your phone SIM card information When you subscribe to a cellular network, you receive a plug-in SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card loaded with your subscription details, such as your PIN, and available optional services.
Page 12: Power On Or Off
Get started Power on or off When the phone is completely charged (the battery icon becomes still), unplug the adapter Power on 1. Open the phone. from the power outlet. Remove the adapter from the phone. 2. Press and hold to turn on the phone.
Page 13: Keys And Display
Keys and display Enter numbers, letters, and some special characters. Keys In Idle mode, press and hold [1] to access Perform the function indicated on the bottom your voicemail. Press and hold [0] to enter line of the display. an international call prefix. In Idle mode, access your favourite menus Enter special characters.
Page 14 Get started Display One of the message Inboxes is full Layout Call diverting feature active p. 86 Icons display various icons. Bluetooth active p. 40 Text and graphics Synchronised with a PC display messages, GPRS network instructions, and information you enter. EDGE network Home Zone, if registered for the Soft key function...
Page 15: Access Menu Functions
Access menu functions Select an 1. Press the appropriate soft key. Use the soft The roles of the soft keys vary option 2. Press the Navigation keys to depending on the function you are keys move to the next or previous using.
Page 16: Customise Your Phone
Get started Customise your phone You can set wallpaper for the idle Idle mode screen on each display. wallpaper 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Display For the main display: and select Settings → Phone language settings → Language. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> and select Settings →...
Page 17 3. For Clock, scroll to a clock type You can set the Navigation keys to Menu and press <Save>. function as shortcuts to access shortcuts your favourite menus. For Cover title, enter a greeting and press [OK]. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> and select Settings →...
Page 18: Make/Answer Calls
Get started Make/Answer calls You can protect the phone against Phone lock unauthorised use with a phone 1. Enter an area code and phone Make a call password. The phone will require number. the password on power-up. 2. Press [ 1.
Page 19: Step Outside The Phone
Step outside the phone 1. In Idle mode, press [ ] and Record a video select Record video. Begin with your camera, the music player, and other special features 2. Press [ ] to start recording. Use the camera 3. Press [ ] or <...
Page 20: Play Music Files
46 • OK: pauses or resumes • Download from a computer playback. using the optional Samsung PC • Up: accesses the current Studio Samsung PC Studio play list. User’s Guide • Left: moves back to the •...
Page 21: Browse The Web
Browse the web Use Phonebook Using a built-in web browser, you can easily access the To the phone’s memory: wireless web to get a variety of up-to-date services Add a contact and information and to download web content. 1. In Idle mode, enter a phone number and press [OK].
Page 22: Send Messages
Step outside the phone Send messages 1. In Idle mode, press Find a contact <Contacts>. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Send a text 2. Enter the first few letters of the and select Messages → Create message (SMS) name you want. new message →...
Page 23 4. Select Picture & Video or 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Send an e-mail Sound. and select Messages → Create new message → Email. 5. For Picture & Video, select Add image or Add video and 2. Select Subject. add an image or video clip.
Page 24: View Messages
Step outside the phone View messages From the Inbox: 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> When a notification appears: View a text and select Messages → My message 1. Press <View>. messages → Inbox. 2. Select the message from the 2.
Page 25: Use Bluetooth
Use Bluetooth 1. Access an application, Send data Your phone is equipped with Bluetooth technology, Phonebook, My files, enabling you to connect the phone wirelessly to other Calendar, or Memo. Bluetooth devices and exchange data with them, talk 2. Select the item you want to hands-free, or control the phone remotely.
Page 26: Use Voice Recognition
Step outside the phone Use voice recognition 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Access Your phone can recognise specific voice commands in and select Applications → features order to dial a number or search for a name stored in Voice commands. Phonebook, or access menus.
Page 27: Enter Text
Using ABC mode Enter text Press the appropriate key until the character you want ABC, T9, Number, and Symbol modes appears on the screen. You can enter text in some features such as Messages, Characters in order displayed Phonebook, or Calendar, using ABC mode, T9 mode, Upper case Lower case Number mode, and Symbol mode.
Page 28: Using T9 Mode
Enter text Other ABC mode operations 2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting characters. • To enter the same letter twice or to enter a different letter on the same key, wait for the cursor 3. When the word displays correctly, go to step 4. to move to the right automatically or press [Right].
Page 29: Call Functions
3. Press <Spell>. Call functions 4. Enter the word you want using ABC mode and press <Add>. Advanced calling features Using Number mode Making a call 1. In Idle mode, enter the area code and phone Number mode enables you to enter numbers. number.
Page 30: Answering A Call
Call functions Answering a call Making a call from Phonebook Once you have stored a number in Phonebook, you When you receive an incoming call, the phone rings can dial the number by selecting it from and displays the incoming call image. Phonebook.
Page 31: Using The Headset
3. Press [ ] to dial the number you want. Press [ ] to increase the volume level and [ ] to decrease the volume level. Using the headset Placing a call on hold/Retrieving Use the headset to make or answer calls without Press <Hold>...
Page 32 Call functions 1. Press [ ] to answer the call. The first call is • Mute keys/Send keys: switch the key tones on automatically put on hold. or off. To communicate with answering machines or 2. Press <Swap> to switch between the calls. computerised telephone systems, Send keys Using the speakerphone feature must be selected.
Page 33: Menu Functions
• Split: have a private conversation with one multi- Menu functions party call participant. The other participants can converse with each other. After the private All menu options listed conversation, select Join to return both all private participants to the multi-party call. Call log (Menu 1) •...
Page 34: Missed Calls
Menu functions 3. Press [ ] to dial a number, or [OK] to view the Missed calls (Menu 1.2) details of a call. This menu displays the most recent received calls that Using call record options you did not answer. From the call list, press <Options>...
Page 35: Call Time
Call time • Total cost: check the total cost of all your calls. If (Menu 1.6) the total cost exceeds the maximum cost set in This menu displays the time log for calls made and Set max cost, you must reset the counter before received.
Page 36: Contact List
Menu functions Contact list • Copy to phone: copy the e-mail address with the (Menu 2.1) name to a new contact. Use this menu to search for numbers in Phonebook. • Send via: send the contact via SMS, MMS, e-mail, You can quickly access this menu by pressing or Bluetooth.
Page 37: Add New Contact
Adding a contact • Mobile/Home/Office/Fax/Other: add a number in any category. 1. From the FDN list, press <Options> and select • Email: assign an e-mail address. Add. • Graphic ID: assign a caller ID image to alert 2. Enter your PIN2 and press <OK>. you to a call from the person.
Page 38: Group
Menu functions 4. Press <Save> to save the contact. • Delete: delete the selected group. Group members, however, will not be deleted from Group (Menu 2.4) Phonebook. Use this menu to organise your contacts in caller Speed dial (Menu 2.5) groups.
Page 39: My Name Card
• Change: assign a different number to a key. • Remove: delete the name card. • Remove: clear the speed dial setting for a key. • Print via Bluetooth: print the contact by connecting the phone to a printer via Bluetooth. Dialling speed dial entries Some printers may not be compatible with the In Idle mode, press and hold the appropriate key.
Page 40: Service Number
1. Scroll to the number you want. • Download from the wireless web p. 46 2. Press <Dial> or [ • Download from a computer using the optional Samsung PC Studio programme Samsung PC Studio User’s Guide Applications (Menu 3) • Receive via Bluetooth p.
Page 41 2. Press [OK] to select the files you want and press Function <Add>. Adjusts the volume. Playing music files Changes the playback animation. 1. From the music player screen, press <Options> and select Play via. Changes the repeat mode. 2. Select Phone to use the phone speaker. Changes the skin image.
Page 42: Voice Recorder
Menu functions • Settings: change the default settings for playing • Add music: add files to the play list. music files. • Go to Album list: access the album list. Repeat: select a repeat mode. • Move to: move the selected file to another play Shuffle: set the music player to play tracks in list.
Page 43: Image Editor
4. Press [OK] to review the voice memo, or [Up] to • Go to voice list: access the voice memo list. record additional memos. • Settings: customise the default settings for the voice recorder: Playing a voice memo Recording time: select a recording time. 1.
Page 44: Decision Maker
Menu functions 2. Select a photo or take a new photo. • Clip art: add an image. 3. Press <Load>, or press <Options> and select 4. Select an item. Load. 5. Adjust the position of the inserted item and press 4.
Page 45: Bluetooth
2. Press <Options> and select Try to make a Bluetooth technology allows free wireless connections decision for the category. between all Bluetooth-compliant devices within a range of 10 metres. Since the devices communicate The phone displays the decision result. using radio waves, they do not need to be in line of 3.
Page 46 Menu functions • My phone’s name: assign a Bluetooth device The colour of the icon indicates the status of the name to your phone, which is then displayed on device: other devices. • Grey for unpaired devices • Secure mode: determine if the phone asks for •...
Page 47: Java World
• Disconnect: end the connection with the 5. Select a device. connected device. 6. If necessary, enter the Bluetooth PIN needed for • Browse files: search for data from the device and pairing and press <OK>. import data directly to your phone. Receiving data via Bluetooth •...
Page 48: Voice Commands
Menu functions • Start: launch the selected application. Password: enter the password. • Delete: delete the selected application. Proxy: select whether or not the phone uses a proxy server to launch the web browser. • Details: access the application properties. Proxy settings: customise the following proxy •...
Page 49 1. Access the Voice commands menu to activate Automatic: the phone asks for confirmation when voice recognition. results are not clear. 2. Say a command. Always on: the phone asks for confirmation at all times. • Call: dial a number by saying a name or phone number in Phonebook.
Page 50: Sim-At
Menu functions Browser Names: turn on or off audio playback for name (Menu 4) dialling. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) on your Name settings: adjust settings for the speed and phone allows you to access the wireless web. Using volume for name dialling. the web browser, you can access up-to-date •...
Page 51: Bookmarks
Using browser menu options Exiting the browser 1. Select or press [ ] . Press [ ] to end the network connection and exit the browser. 2. Select one of the following browser options: • Back: go back to the previous page. Bookmarks (Menu 4.2) •...
Page 52: Enter Url
Menu functions • Edit: edit the address and name of the bookmark. • Proxy: select whether or not the phone uses a proxy server to launch the web browser. • Delete: delete the selected bookmark or all bookmarks. • GPRS settings: customise the GPRS network settings: Enter URL (Menu 4.3)
Page 53: Current Profile
Messages When the proxy is set to Enable: (Menu 5) Proxy IP: enter the web gateway address. Use the Messages menu to send and receive short Proxy port: enter the port number. messages, multimedia messages, and e-mails. You Dial number: enter the PPP server phone number. can also use push message, voicemail, and cell broadcast message features.
Page 54 Menu functions 2. Press <Options> to access the following options: To send the message to more than one recipient, fill in the destination fields. • Send only: just send the message. 5. Press [OK] to send the message. • Save and send: save the message in Outbox and then send it.
Page 55 6. Press <Options> to access the following options: • Delete page: delete the added page. • Edit page: set the page duration or move the • Save: save the message in the Draft box. current page to the next or previous page. •...
Page 56 Menu functions 1. Select the Subject line. • Send: send the e-mail. • Save to: save the e-mail in another folder. 2. Enter the subject of your e-mail and press [OK]. • Attach: attach name cards or calender data as 3.
Page 57: My Messages
My messages SMS messages (Menu 5.2) • Reply: reply to the sender via SMS or MMS. Use this menu to access messages you have received, • Forward: forward the message to other people. sent, or which have failed in sending. •...
Page 58 Menu functions MMS notifications/MMS messages • Cut address: extract URLs, e-mail addresses, or phone numbers from the message. • Retrieve: retrieve the MMS message from the server. Configuration messages • Reply via SMS: send a reply message via SMS. • Install: apply the configuration value in the message to the phone.
Page 59 Outbox Sentbox (Menu 5.2.3) (Menu 5.2.4) This folder stores messages that the phone is This folder stores messages that you have sent attempting to send or has failed to send. successfully. While viewing a message, press <Options> to access While viewing a message, press <Options> to access the following options: the following options: •...
Page 60 Menu functions Email box 4. Press [ ] or [ ] to view the next or previous (Menu 5.2.5) e-mail. This folder stores e-mails that you have received. Using e-mail options Viewing an e-mail While viewing the e-mail or header, press <Options> 1.
Page 61: Templates
• Cut address: extract URLs, e-mail addresses, and Text template (Menu 5.3.1) phone numbers. You can create SMS templates with the sentences you • Cut attachment: save the selected attachment or use frequently so that you can retrieve and insert all attachments from the e-mail to your phone’s them when composing an SMS message.
Page 62: Settings
Menu functions Creating a template Delete all (Menu 5.4) 1. Press <Options> and select Add new. Use this menu to delete all messages in each message 2. Create a template as you would when creating an type at once. MMS message. 1.
Page 63 Character support: select a character encoding Multimedia message (Menu 5.5.2) type. If you select Auto, the phone switches the You can configure MMS settings. encoding type from GSM-alphabet to Unicode if • Send settings: set up the options for sending you enter an unicode character.
Page 64 Menu functions Report allowed: set the network to inform the - Profile name: assign a name to the MMS profile. sender when a message has been delivered to you. - Server URL: enter the address of your MMS Home reception: determine if your phone server.
Page 65 Password: enter the password. - Video rich: you can add any type of items of up to 300 KB. - Version: select an available OMA version and maximum size limit for sending or receiving - Text: you can add only text of up to 30 KB. messages.
Page 66 Menu functions Send copy to self: send a copy of your e-mail to Read reply: determine whether or not the phone your e-mail account. sends a read-reply for incoming e-mails. If you select Announce, the phone asks you to send a Delivery confirm: set the network to inform you read-reply.
Page 67 - In use: select this option to use the account and - Retrieve server type: select the protocol for to display the account in Email box. the incoming e-mail server. The remaining options depend on the protocol type setting. - Account name: enter a name for the currently selected account.
Page 68: Broadcast Messages
Menu functions - IMAP password: enter the IMAP password. Push message (Menu 5.5.4) - Include attachments: select this option to You can change the settings for receiving push receive attachments with e-mails. messages from the wireless web server. - Max. emails retrieved: set the number of •...
Page 69: Memory Status
• Receiving channels: indicate the channels from Images (Menu 6.1) which you wish to receive CB messages. Please This menu displays photos you have taken and images contact your service provider for further details. you have downloaded, received in messages, or •...
Page 70: Videos
Menu functions • List: return to the image list. Videos (Menu 6.2) • Send via: send the file via MMS, e-mail, or This menu displays video clips you have recorded, Bluetooth. downloaded, received in messages, or imported from • Set as: set the file as your wallpaper for the a computer.
Page 71: Music
Music (Menu 6.3) Function This menu displays MP3 music files you have Down Stops playback. downloaded, or imported from a computer. Adjusts the volume. 1. Select Music. From a file list, press <Options> to access the 2. Select a file. The music player opens. p.
Page 72: Other Files
Menu functions • Set as: set the file as your ringtone, alarm tone, • Rename: change the file name. or as a ringtone for a Phonebook entry. • Sort by: change the sort order of the file list. • Move to favourite sounds/Move to: move the •...
Page 73: Alarm
Alarm Press any key, except <OK> and [OK], to cause it (Menu 7.1) to sound again after 5 minutes. You can do this a Use this menu to set alarms. The alert type for a maximum of 5 times. normal alarm corresponds to the call alert type Deactivating an alarm settings.
Page 74 Menu functions Selecting a day • Memory status: access memory information for the items stored on the calendar. • Press [Left] or [Right] to move by day. • Press [Up] or [Down] to move by week. Creating an item • Press [ / ] to move by month.
Page 75 • AM/PM: select AM or PM in 12-hour time • Alarm: set an alarm for the anniversary. format. • before: set how long before the anniversary • Location: (for Appointments) enter the alarm is to alert you. information about the item location. •...
Page 76 Menu functions • before: set how long before the task the alarm 3. Press [Left] or [Right] to access the other items is to alert you. scheduled for the selected day. • Alarm time: enter the time for the alarm to Using options ring.
Page 77: Memo
Day view 2. Enter the memo contents and press <Options> and select Save. You can view items for the selected date. Select an item to view its details. Viewing a memo The following icons may display to indicate the item Select a memo from the list.
Page 78: Calculator
Menu functions Setting the local time zone Calculator (Menu 7.5) 1. From the world map, press [Left] or [Right] to Use this menu to perform basic arithmetic functions, scroll to the city you want on the upper line ( such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and As the time line moves, the time and date of the division.
Page 79: Timer
Performing a conversion Timer (Menu 7.7) 1. Select a converter. Use this menu to set a period of time for the phone to 2. Press [Left] or [Right] to select the original unit count down. The phone will sound an alarm when the and press [Down].
Page 80: Camera
Menu functions Camera • Press < > to access camera options. (Menu 8) next section You can use the camera module embedded in your • Use the keypad to change the camera settings phone to take photos and record videos. or switch to other modes.
Page 81 Multi shot: take a series of action stills. You can - White balance: adjust the colour balance of the select the number of photos the camera will take. photo. You can make your photo appear warmer or cooler. Mosaic shot: take several stills and save them in one frame.
Page 82 Menu functions Using the keypad in Capture mode Function You can use the keypad to customise your camera Goes to the Photos folder. p. 65 settings in Capture mode. Changes the preview screen. Function Using photo options Left/Right Adjusts the brightness. After saving a photo, press <Options>...
Page 83: Record Video
• Go to photos: access the Photos folder. 4. Press [ ] or < > to stop recording. The video is automatically saved in the Videos folder. • Bluetooth visibility: share the selected file with other Bluetooth devices. 5. To Press •...
Page 84 Menu functions • Settings: change the following settings for • Camcorder short cuts: view the functions of the recording a video: keys you can use in Record mode. Recording mode: select a video recording mode. Using the keypad in Record mode Select Normal to record a video within the limit of You can use the keypad to customise your camera the currently available memory.
Page 85: Go To Photos
Go to photos (Menu 8.3) Function Use this menu to access a list of photos you have Mutes or unmutes the audio. taken. p. 65 Sets the timer. Go to videos (Menu 8.4) Goes to the Videos folder. p. 66 Use this menu to access a list of videos you have Using video options recorded.
Page 86: Phone Settings
Menu functions • Time: enter the current time. Greeting message (Menu 9.2.2) • Home zone: set the home time zone. Select the Use this menu to enter the greeting that is displayed city that corresponds to your home zone. To set briefly when the phone is switched on.
Page 87: Display Settings
Volume key Offline mode (Menu 9.2.4) (Menu 9.2.6) Use this menu to set whether the phone mutes the call Use this menu to turn on or off the network features ringer or rejects a call if you press and hold [ / ] such as call functions, so that you can use the phone when a call comes in.
Page 88: Sound Settings
Menu functions • Text position: select a position. If you do not • Show cover indicators: set whether or not the want text to display in Idle mode, select Off. icons are shown on the external display after the display turns off. •...
Page 89 Incoming call Power on/off (Menu 9.4.1) (Menu 9.4.4) Use this menu to select a volume level and alert type Use this menu to select the melody that the phone for incoming calls. sounds when it is switched on or off. •...
Page 90: Network Services
Menu functions • Indicative tones: set the phone to beep when a 2. Select the type of calls to be diverted. pop-up window displays. 3. Press <Activate>. To deactivate call diverting, Press <Deactivate>. Network services (Menu 9.5) 4. Move to the Divert to line. Use this menu to access network services.
Page 91 • Incoming while abroad: prohibit incoming Network selection (Menu 9.5.4) calls when you use your phone outside of your This network service allows you to manually select the home service area. network to be used while roaming outside of your •...
Page 92: Security
Menu functions • Connect to voice mail: connect to the voicemail If you enter an incorrect PIN/PIN2 three times in server to allow you to listen to your messages. succession, the SIM card is blocked. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK/PUK2 (Personal •...
Page 93: Memory Status
Change password Change PIN2 (Menu 9.6.4) (Menu 9.6.8) Use this menu to change your phone password. If supported by your SIM card, the Change PIN2 feature changes your current PIN2. Privacy (Menu 9.6.5) Use this menu to lock access to messages, files, or all Memory status (Menu 9.7) menu functions on the phone, except for call...
Page 94: Solve Problems
“Enter PUK” Solve problems • The PIN code has been entered incorrectly three times in succession, and the SIM card is now Help and personal needs blocked. Enter the PUK supplied by your service To save the time and expense of an unnecessary provider.
Page 95 Your battery is insufficiently charged. Recharge the • A clear description of the problem battery. Then contact your local dealer or Samsung after-sales The audio quality of the call is poor service. • Check the signal strength indicator on the display ).
Page 96: Health And Safety Information
Health and safety information Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals Certification Information (SAR) Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the exposure limits for radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the U.S.
Page 97 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). The operations are restricted to Samsung-supplied, FCC exposure limit incorporates a substantial margin approved, or non- Samsung designated accessories of safety to give additional protection to the public and that have no metal and must provide at least 1.5 cm to account for any variations in measurements.
Page 98: Consumer Information On Wireless Phones
Consumer Information on Wireless Phones The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has SAR information on this and other model phones can published a series of Questions and Answers for be viewed on-line at www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid. To find consumers relating to radio frequency (RF) exposure information that pertains to a particular model phone, from wireless phones.
Page 99 Health and safety information phones,” which have a base unit connected to the Do wireless phones pose a health hazard? telephone wiring in a house, typically operate at far The available scientific evidence does not show that lower power levels, and thus produce RF exposures any health problems are associated with using well within the FCC's compliance limits.
Page 100 What is FDA's role concerning the safety of • “Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes wireless phones? any RF exposure to the user that is not necessary for device function; and Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of •...
Page 101: Index
Health and safety information FDA shares regulatory responsibilities for wireless repeated in other laboratories. A few animal studies, phones with the Federal Communications Commission however, have suggested that low levels of RF could (FCC). All phones that are sold in the United States accelerate the development of cancer in laboratory must comply with FCC safety guidelines that limit RF animals.
Page 102 about long-term exposures, since the average period Many factors affect this measurement, such as the of phone use in these studies was around three years. angle at which the phone is held, or which model of phone is used. What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from wireless phones poses a health What is FDA doing to find out more about the risk?
Page 103 Health and safety information research on wireless phone safety. FDA provides the • “If you must conduct extended conversations by scientific oversight, obtaining input from experts in wireless phone every day, you could place more government, industry, and academic organizations. distance between your body and the source of the CTIA-funded research is conducted through contracts RF, since the exposure level drops off dramatically...
Page 104 between the user and the RF source will reduce RF the head. On the other hand, if the phone is mounted exposure. against the waist or other part of the body during use, then that part of the body will absorb more RF energy. Some groups sponsored by other national Wireless phones marketed in the U.S.
Page 105 Health and safety information absorption. In February 2002, the Federal trade and helped develop a voluntary standard sponsored by Commission (FTC) charged two companies that sold the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers devices that claimed to protect wireless phone users (IEEE).
Page 106 • Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Road Safety (OSHA): Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/ communicate by voice, almost anywhere, anytime. radiofrequencyradiation/index.html But an important responsibility accompanies the • National institute for Occupational Safety and benefits of wireless phones, one that every user must Health (NIOSH): uphold.
Page 107 Health and safety information 3. Position your wireless phone within easy reach. Be 7. Do not engage in stressful or emotional able to access your wireless phone without conversations that may be distracting. Make removing your eyes from the road. If you get an people you are talking with aware you are driving incoming call at an inconvenient time, let your and suspend conversations that have the potential...
Page 108: Operating Environment
“The wireless industry reminds you to use your Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices phone safely when driving.” For more information, please call 1-888-901-SAFE, or Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from visit our web-site www.wow-com.com radio frequency (RF) signals. However, certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the Provided by the Cellular Telecommunications &...
Page 109: Potentially Explosive Environments
Health and safety information • should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to Vehicles minimize potential interference. RF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded electronic systems in motor If you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place, switch your phone off immediately.
Page 110: Emergency Calls
areas), chemical plants or where blasting operations adequate signal strength. Emergency calls may not be are in progress. possible on all wireless phone networks or when certain network services and/or phone features are in Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are use.
Page 111: Other Important Safety Information
Health and safety information communication at the scene of an accident; do not cut Cautions off the call until given permission to do so. Any changes or modifications to your phone not expressly approved in this document could void your Restricting Children's access to your Phone warranty for this equipment, and void your authority Your phone is not a toy.
Page 112: Product Performance
Product Performance Getting the Most Out of Your Signal Reception • Do not store or carry flammable liquids, gases or explosive materials in the same compartment as The quality of each call you make or receive depends the phone, its parts or accessories. on the signal strength in your area.
Page 113: Battery Standby And Talk Time
Health and safety information Understanding How Your Phone Operates • Avoid exposing your phone and accessories to rain or liquid spills. If your phone does get wet, Your phone is basically a radio transmitter and immediately turn the power off and remove the receiver.
Page 114: Battery Precautions
• Use only Samsung-approved batteries and battery in a pocket or bag. Short-circuiting the recharge your battery only with Samsung- terminals may damage the battery or the object approved chargers. When a charger is not in use, causing the short-circuiting.
Page 115: Care And Maintenance
For safe disposal options for Li-Ion • Do not use or store the phone in dusty, dirty areas, batteries, contact your nearest Samsung as its moving parts may be damaged. authorized service center. Always recycle. Do not •...
Page 116 • Do not paint the phone. Paint can clog the device's moving parts and prevent proper operation. • Do not put the phone in or on heating devices, such as a microwave oven, a stove or a radiator. The phone may explode when overheated. •...

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