Samsung SCH-1900 User Manual
Samsung SCH-1900 User Manual

Samsung SCH-1900 User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    Sprint Personal Communication Services User Guide Samsung SCH-1900...
  • Page 2 Sprint PCS. It’s not just a better phone. It’s a better connection. LIT062 SEP97 GH68-60613A...
  • Page 3: First Things First: Call Us To Get Activated

    This phone will work only with service from Sprint PCS, which must be purchased separately. See Terms and Conditions of Services. Use only approved accessories with your SCH-1900 phone. ©1997 Sprint Spectrum L.P. All rights reserved. Sprint and the diamond logo are registered trademarks of Sprint Communications Company L.P., used under...
  • Page 4: How To Unlock Your Phone

    Your driver’s license number Pen and paper to write down your new Sprint PCS Phone Number During this call, a Sprint PCS Customer Advocate your information as well as help you select your Sprint PCS Service Features and a calling plan. Once you’ve made all your selections, they’ll guide you through the activation process.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents First things first: Call us to get activated. What you should know before you call. What you should have handy. How to unlock your phone. How to get help. Getting to know your phone. Display icons: What they tell you. Function keys: What they do.
  • Page 6 Dialing Sprint PCS Directory Assistance. Dialing Sprint PCS Operator Services. Setting up your voicemail. Finding out you have a message. Retrieving messages. Internal phone book and call logs. Understanding your phone’s memory. Saving and storing a phone number. Entering a pause. Finding numbers in your phone book.
  • Page 7 To start connecting, just press Welcome to Sprint PCS. We’ve built our new network from the ground up to give you what we believe you really want from a wireless phone company: clear sound, private conversations and time-saving features. But, Sprint PCS also has the potential to do something even more far-reaching –...
  • Page 8: Getting To Know Your Phone

    Getting to know your phone. Illuminates when is pressed and when you have 1. Red Light: incoming calls and messages. Lets you scroll through menu options and adjust the earpiece 2. Volume Key: and ringer volumes. To adjust the earpiece volume, press the volume key while you are on a call.
  • Page 9: Display Icons: What They Tell You

    Display icons: What they tell you. Display icons are all the symbols or text that show up on your display screen. In short, they tell you what’s going on. Signal Measures your current signal strength. The more bars there are, the stronger the signal. Messages Indicates when you have messages waiting in voicemail.
  • Page 10: Battery: Putting In The Power

    Press this key to store or recall a number in the phone’s internal phone book and to save menu settings. Press this key to display and scroll through the phone’s main menu. Press and hold this key to access your voicemail box. (For more information on Voicemail, see page 27.) Battery: Putting in the power.
  • Page 11: Charging Your Battery

    To charge the battery, use the Sprint PCS Rapid Desktop Charger, travel charger or rapid cigarette lighter adapter from Samsung. (The rapid desktop charger is described in the next section. For more information on the travel charger and rapid cigarette lighter adapter, see the product user guide for each.)
  • Page 12: Turning On Your Phone

    Turning on your phone. Of course, before you can use your Sprint PCS Phone you’ll need to turn it on. Start by checking to see that the charged battery is installed or that you have an external power source (the rapid cigarette lighter adapter or the hands-free car kit).
  • Page 13: Correcting A Mistake

    Correcting a mistake. If you make a mistake while entering a phone number, press to erase the number one digit at a time. To delete the entire number at once, press and hold it down for at least one second. Remembering your phone number.
  • Page 14: Responding To Call Waiting

    Responding to Call Waiting. When you’re in the middle of a call, you will be alerted to other incoming calls with a short beep and a “CALL WAIT” message. With Caller ID, the phone number and name (if stored in your phone book) of the caller are also displayed.
  • Page 15: Saving Or Editing Your Own Emergency Numbers

    Saving or editing your own emergency numbers. You can save up to three emergency phone numbers on your Sprint PCS Phone, in addition to 911. To save those numbers, follow the steps below. 1. Press 2. Press to select “Security.” 3.
  • Page 16: Dialing Sprint Pcs Directory Assistance

    Dialing Sprint PCS Directory Assistance. Press to obtain residential, business and government listings; to get help completing local or long-distance calls; or to obtain movie listings, hotel, restaurant and shopping information, and major local event information. You can obtain more than one number at a time from directory assistance.
  • Page 17: Finding Out You Have A Message

    Finding out you have a message. Your Sprint PCS Phone alerts you in several ways when you have new voicemail messages: By displaying a message on the screen By sounding five short beeps (if the message ringer is turned on) By flashing the red light at the top of the phone By displaying at the bottom of your screen...
  • Page 18 1. Enter the number you want to save. We suggest that you save numbers using ten digits (area code + number) so you can dial from your phone book while traveling outside your Sprint PCS Home Service Area . Press 2.
  • Page 19: Entering A Pause

    6. When the name is entered correctly, press The phone displays a confirmation message containing the name and number. Your phone will also give you the option of saving a number when you end a call or miss a call. Just press number is still displayed.
  • Page 20: Erasing A Phone Number

    3. Press to dial the modified number. Erasing a phone number. 1. Press 2. Press to select “Phone Book.” 3. Press to select “Erase.” 4. Indicate whether you want to access the number by name or memory location by pressing 5.
  • Page 21: Main Menu

    display. (For more detailed instructions on creating your phone book, turn to page 38.) Main menu: Tailoring your phone’s features to your needs. Your phone’s features and settings can all be accessed using the main menu, even during a call. Here’s how to go about it. Navigating through the menu.
  • Page 22: Maintaining Your Internal Phone Book

    1: Last Call. Displays the phone number of your last call, the date and time the call was made, and the duration of the call. 2: Total. Displays the total number of calls made and received, along with the total amount of airtime used.
  • Page 23: Calling For Help

    . (See page 30 for more information on entering names.) 3: Erase by Lets you delete numbers from your internal phone book. 1: Name. Enter the name or the first letter or letters of the name then press If more than one match is found, scroll the entries by pressing When the number you want to delete is displayed, press...
  • Page 24: Adjusting Your Phone's Volume

    Adjusting your phone’s volume. 4: Sounds. This allows you to adjust the volume of the ringer and key beep. In addition, you can select the type of sounds you hear when the phone rings. 1: Ring Vol To adjust the ringer, press either , or the volume key.
  • Page 25: Maintaining Phone Security

    2: My Phone# Displays your Sprint PCS Phone Number. 3: Greeting Use this to customize the display you see when your phone is in standby. You can input any message, such as your name, up to 12 characters long. Enter the characters just as you would for the phone book.
  • Page 26 calls cannot be received on your phone, but callers can leave a voicemail message. The phone will display “Incoming Call Restricted.” 3: Outgoing. Determines whether outgoing calls can be made from your Sprint PCS Phone. Possible settings are “UNRESTRICT” and “RESTRICT.” The default setting is “UNRESTRICT.”...
  • Page 27: Choosing The Right Alerts

    Choosing the right alerts. 7: Alert. Your Sprint PCS Phone comes with options that keep you aware of what’s going on. 1: Minute Beep This option is like a minute minder that beeps ten seconds before the end of each minute during a call.
  • Page 28: Usage Guidelines: All About Performance And Safety

    Usage guidelines: All about performance and safety. Keeping tabs on signal strength. The voice quality of your Sprint PCS Phone will always be at its best when the antenna is fully raised. If you’re inside a building, reception may be better near a window. The quality of each call you make or receive depends on the signal strength in your area.
  • Page 29: Maintaining Your Phone's Peak Performance

    Faulty service may invalidate the warranty. Protecting your battery. For best battery performance, you should follow these guidelines: Only use Samsung-approved batteries (model numbers CSB-1900 and CEB-1900) and cigarette lighter adapter, desk- top and travel chargers (model numbers CCL-1900, CDT-1900 and CTC-1900).
  • Page 30: Using Your Phone While Driving

    FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY AND POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE. Disposal of batteries. You can return your unwanted Samsung batteries to your nearest Samsung Service Center. For the Samsung Service Center nearest you, call 1-888-987-HELP (U.S. only).
  • Page 31: Turn Off Your Phone Before Flying

    Consult the manufacturer of any personal medical devices (such as pacemakers and hearing aids) to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF signals. Turn off the phone in health care facilities and request permission before using the phone near medical equipment. Turn off your phone before flying.
  • Page 32: Cautions

    Cautions. Any changes or modifications to your Sprint PCS Phone not expressly approved in this document could void your warranty for this equipment and void your authority to operate this equipment. Only use approved batteries, antennas and chargers. The use of any other type will invalidate the warranty.
  • Page 33: Index

    Index restricting 45 speed dialing 19,29,45,54 activation 1 cautions 55,56,57,58 airtime 37,38 charge indicator 12,16 alert menu 48 cigarette lighter adapter 16 American National Standards CLR key 10,13 Institute (ANSI) 51 Customer Care 3,21,22,25,41,44, antenna 10,50,52,58 47,52 any key answer 20,48,54 customizing your phone 43 area codes 30,33 auto retry 48...
  • Page 34 pauses 32 TALK key 10,13 phone book (see internal phone Three-Way Calling 13,23 book) tone length 49 phone numbers travel charger 16,53 erasing 34,40 saving 29,39 unlocking your phone 2,12,44 searching by digits 39 searching by memory location voicemail searching by name 33,38 setting up 27 your own 20,44 notification of new messages...

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