Your Phone's Modes - Samsung SCH-N213 User Manual

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Your Phone's Modes

Standby Mode
Standby is the most basic state of your phone. The
phone goes into standby mode after you turn it on, or
whenever you briefly press
standby mode, you will typically see the banner
message and current date and time. If you enter a phone
number, you can press
soft key to save it in the internal Phonebook.
Press at any time to return to standby mode. Be
careful; if you are on a call when you press
will disconnect the call and return to standby mode.
Press several times or hold it down to return to
standby mode without ending the call.
The Main Menu can be accessed when you are in
standby mode.
Talk Mode
You can place and answer calls only when your phone is
turned on. During a call, the phone is in Talk mode.
While you are in talk mode, pressing the Menu soft key
gives you a list of options. See page 28 for details on
the options.
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to dial it or press the Save
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Power Save Mode
Your phone comes with a Power Save feature that will
automatically be activated if your phone is unable to find
a signal after 15 minutes of searching. While this feature
is active, the phone's battery charge is conserved. The
phone will automatically recheck for a signal periodically.
To manually force the phone to recheck for a signal,
press any key. A message on the display lets you know
when your phone is operating in power save mode.
Key Guard Mode
You can lock the keypad by pressing and holding
standby mode. You can prevent accidental key pressing
with this key guard mode.
To unlock your keypad, press
When you have incoming calls in key guard mode, the
key guard is automatically deactivated and the phone
goes to standby mode. The key guard will be
automatically activated after the predetermined amount
of time.
Lock Mode
When you lock your phone using the Lock Mode menu
option (Menu 7-1) in the Security menu, you cannot use
the phone's features. In lock mode, you can receive
messages and calls, but you cannot place an outgoing
call until you unlock the phone.
For details about locking and unlocking your phone, see
page 73.
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