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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS 
World Wide Web
http://www.samsungmobile.com
Printed in Korea
Code No.:GH68-0xxxxA
English. 06/2005. Rev 1.0

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  • Page 1 * Some of the descriptions in this manual may differ from your phone, depending on the software installed or your service provider. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS  Printed in Korea World Wide Web Code No.:GH68-0xxxxA http://www.samsungmobile.com English. 06/2005. Rev 1.0...
  • Page 2 SGH-C216 User’s Guide...
  • Page 3 Use road safety at all times Do not use a hand-held phone while driving. Park the vehicle first. Switch off the phone when refuelling Important Do not use the phone at a refuelling point (service station) or near fuels or chemicals safety Switch off in an aircraft precautions...
  • Page 4 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 5 Indicates that you need to pay careful attention to the subsequent information • Simple, bar-typed design with Intenna regarding safety or phone features. Samsung’s powerful intenna technology allows Indicates that you can get more information the best call quality without an annoying on the referenced page.
  • Page 6 • Phonebook • Calculator Store up to 1000 home, office, Perform basic calculations and or cellular phone numbers for do currency conversions. your contacts. • Voice recorder • Multimedia Message Service (MMS) Record memos or sounds. Send and receive MMS messages with a combination of text, images, and sounds.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Use Phonebook ............16 Contents Send messages ............17 View messages............18 Unpack Enter text Make sure you have each item ABC, T9, Number, and Symbol mode Your phone Call functions Buttons, features, and locations Advanced calling features Get started Menu functions First steps to operating your phone All menu options listed...
  • Page 8 Overview of menu functions To access Menu mode, press <Menu> in Idle mode. 1 SIM AT p.26 6 Funbox p.41 8 Phonebook p.49 4 Sound settings p.31 1 WAP browser p.41 1 Search p.49 1 Ring tone p.31 2 Ring volume p.31 2 Games p.43...

  • Page 9: Unpack

    Menu exit key You can obtain various accessories from your local Cancel/Correct Alphanumeric Samsung dealer. keys Special The items supplied with your phone and the accessories function keys Microphone at your Samsung dealer may vary, depending on your country or service provider.

  • Page 10: Get Started

    Get started Install the battery. Plug the travel adapter into the First steps to operating your phone 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 11: Power On Or Off

    Get started Power on or off Remove the adapter from the phone. Power on 1. Press and hold [ ] to turn on the phone. Do not turn on 2. If necessary, enter the PIN and the phone when mobile phone press <OK>.

  • Page 12: Keys And Display

    Keys and display Key(s) Description Key(s) Description Deletes characters from the display. In Menu mode, returns to the previous menu Performs the function indicated on the level. bottom line of the display. Ends a call. In Idle mode, access your favourite menu Hold down to switch the phone on and off.
  • Page 13 Get started Display Icons Out of your service area; you cannot send or receive calls (continued) Layout The display has the three areas. New text message Icons displays various icons. New voicemail message New multimedia message Text and graphics displays messages, Active Silent mode or call ringer set instructions, and information you enter.

  • Page 14: Access Menu Functions

    Access menu functions Select an 1. Press the appropriate soft key. option Use the soft The roles of the soft keys vary 2. Press the Navigation keys to keys depending on the function you are move to the next or previous using.

  • Page 15: Customise Your Phone

    Get started Customise your phone You can set a wallpaper for the idle Idle mode screen. wallpaper 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Display 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> and select Phone settings language and select Phone settings Language. Display settings 2.
  • Page 16 You can protect the phone against You can lock the keypad so that Key lock Phone lock unauthorised use with a phone accidental key presses does not password. affect the phone functions. To lock the keypad: 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> and select Phone settings 1.

  • Page 17: Make/Answer Calls

    Make/answer calls Step outside the phone Begin with your games, WAP, messages, and other special 1. Enter an area code and phone Make a call features number. Play games 2. Press [ 3. To end the call, press [ 1. Press <Menu> and select Fun Select a game Games the game you...
  • Page 18 4. When the red bar falls down to 1. Press the Navigation keys to Play Fun2link the line on the scale, press [ ]. move the selection to the This selects the direction. position you want to connect the pipe. The nearer the bar to the line, the more exact the storke.

  • Page 19: Browse Wap

    Step outside the phone Browse WAP Use Phonebook Using a built-in WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) browser, you can get easy access to the wireless web To the phone’s memory: Add an entry to receive a variety of updated services and 1.

  • Page 20: Send Messages

    1. In Idle mode, press 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Find an entry Send a <Phonebook> and select and select Messages multimedia Search. Multimedia messages message (MMS) Write new. 2. Select an entry. 2. Enter the message subject 3. Select a number. press <OK>.

  • Page 21: View Messages

    Step outside the phone 8. To add other destinations, When a notification appears: Send a View a select Add destination and 1. Press <View>. multimedia multimedia repeat from step 6. message (MMS) message 2. Press <Options> and select 9. To add destinations of other (continued) Retrieve.

  • Page 22: Enter Text

    • : Number mode Enter text • No indicator: Symbol mode ABC, T9, Number, and Symbol mode Using ABC mode You can enter text for some features such as messaging, Phonebook, or Organiser, using ABC Press the appropriate key until the character you want mode, T9 mode, Number mode, and Symbol mode.
  • Page 23 Enter text Tips for using ABC mode For example, press [4], [3], [5], [5], and [6] to enter Hello in T9 mode. • To enter the same letter twice or to enter a different letter on the same key, wait for the cursor T9 predicts the word that you are typing, and it to move to the right automatically or press [Right].
  • Page 24 Using Symbol mode Adding a new word to the T9 dictionary This feature may not be available for some languages. Symbol mode enables you to insert symbols. 1. Enter the word that you want to add. Press 2. Press [0] to display alternative words for your key presses.

  • Page 25: Call Functions

    Making a call from Phonebook Call functions Once you have stored a number in Phonebook, you can dial the number by selecting it from Advanced calling features Phonebook. p. 49 Making a call You can also use the speed dial feature to assign your most frequently called numbers to specific number 1.
  • Page 26 Ending a call Viewing missed calls Press [ If you have missed calls, the screen displays how many calls you have missed. Answering a call 1. Press <View>. 2. If necessary, scroll through the missed calls. When you receive an incoming call, the phone rings and displays the incoming call image.
  • Page 27 Call functions Options during a call Muting or sending key tones You can turn the key tones off or on. You can access a number of functions during a call. Press <Options> and select Mute keys or Send Adjusting the volume during a call keys.
  • Page 28 Using Phonebook Setting up a multi-party call 1. Call the first participant. You can access the Phonebook menu to locate or store entries. p. 49 2. Call the second participant. The first call is automatically put on hold. Press <Options> and select Phonebook. 3.

  • Page 29: Menu Functions

    Dropping one participant Menu functions 1. Press <Options> and select Select one. All menu options listed 2. Select a name or number from the participant list. 3. Press [Down] and select Remove. SIM AT (Menu 1) The participant is dropped from the call, but the call continues with the other parties.

  • Page 30: Missed Calls

    Missed calls Dialled calls (Menu 2.1) (Menu 2.3) This menu displays the most recently received calls This menu displays the most recent calls you have that you did not answer. dialled. Accessing a call record Delete all (Menu 2.4) 1. Select a call record. Use this menu to delete all of the records in each call 2.

  • Page 31: Call Cost

    Menu functions • Reset timers: reset the call timers. You need to • Price/Unit: set the price per unit that is applied enter the phone password. when the cost of your calls is calculated. You need to enter your PIN2. The password is preset to 00000000.

  • Page 32: Call Barring

    • Unreachable: divert calls when you are not in • International except to home: only allow an area covered by your service provider or calls to numbers within the current country when your phone is switched off. when you are abroad, and to your home country, defined as where your home network •...

  • Page 33: Call Waiting

    Menu functions Call waiting Caller ID (Menu 3.3) (Menu 3.5) This network service informs you when someone is This network service allows you to prevent your phone trying to reach you while you are on another call. number from being displayed on the phone of the person being called.

  • Page 34: Band Selection

    • Outside access: enable calls to numbers other When you select a new band, your phone than those in the Closed user group. This feature automatically searches for all available networks. Your depends on the nature of your CUG subscription. phone registers with a preferred network within the band.

  • Page 35: Keypad Tone

    Menu functions Alert on call • Vibration: the phone vibrates but not rings. (Menu 4.7) • Vibra+melody: the phone vibrates three times Use this menu to select whether or not the phone and then starts ringing. informs you when you receive a new message or when the time for an alarm comes during a call.

  • Page 36: Messages

    Messages • Delete: delete the message. (Menu 5) • Send: forward the message. Use the Messages menu to send and receive short • Text reply: reply to the sender. messages, and multimedia messages. You can also use WAP push message, Voice mail, and Cell broadcast •...
  • Page 37 Menu functions • Move to phone: move the message from the SIM 3. Press <Options> and select Send only, Save card to the phone’s memory. and send or Save only. • Move to SIM: move the message from the 4. If you select Save and send or Save only, select phone’s memory to the SIM card.
  • Page 38 While viewing the emoticon list, press <Options> to Setting name: change the name of the setting access the following options: group. • Add: add a new emoticon. • Common setting: The following options are available. • Edit: edit the selected emoticon. Reply path: allow the recipient to reply to you •...
  • Page 39 Menu functions Broadcast 1. Press [ ] to check the message box(es) to be (Menu 5.1.0) cleared. The Cell Broadcast service delivers short messages on 2. Press <Delete>. various topics such as the weather or traffic. 3. Press <Yes> twice to confirm the deletion. Use this menu to change the settings for the service and access broadcast messages.

  • Page 40: Multimedia Messages

    Multimedia messages • Cut address: extract URLs, e-mail addresses, or (Menu 5.2) phone numbers from the message. Multimedia Message Service (MMS) delivers messages • Forward: forward the message to another person. containing a combination of text, picture, and sound, • Save picture: save an image from the message from phone to phone or from phone to e-mail.
  • Page 41 Menu functions While viewing a message, press <Options> to access • Add sound: add a sound clip to the message. the following options: • Send: send the message. • Delete: delete the message. • Save: save the message in the Draft or Templates box.
  • Page 42 Delete all 5. Select a destination type (To, Cc, Bcc). (Menu 5.2.6) 6. Select one of Phone number, E-mail address, or Use this menu to delete all of the messages in each Phone book. message box. 7. Enter a destination number or an e-mail address, 1.

  • Page 43: Push Messages

    Menu functions • Message acceptance: select the category of • Profile name: assign a name to the MMS profile. messages you want to receive. • Connection URL: enter the address of your MMS • Hide ID: hide your phone number on the server.

  • Page 44: Funbox

    Funbox Navigating with the WAP browser (Menu 6) Press The Funbox menu allows you to use the WAP browser, play Java games, and access images and sounds scroll through browser items [Up] or [Down]. stored in the phone’s memory. select a browser item [ ].
  • Page 45 Menu functions http:// • Inbox: read messages received from a web (Menu 6.1.3) server. Use this menu to manually enter the URL address of a • Show image: view the image on the current web website and access the website. page in order.

  • Page 46: Games

    Launching a game When the bearer is set to Data: 1. Select the game you want on the Games list. • IP address: enter the WAP gateway address. • Login name: enter the User ID. 2. On the startup screen of the game, you can access the following options: •...

  • Page 47: Sounds

    Menu functions Delete all 2. Enter the primary address and press <OK>. (Menu 6.5) 3. Enter the secondary address and press <OK>. You can delete all of the downloaded items in the Games, Sounds, and Images folders. Sounds (Menu 6.3) 1.

  • Page 48: Alarm

    Alarm Setting the alarm to ring even if the phone is (Menu 7.1) Use this menu to set alarms to ring at a specific time. From the Alarm screen, select Autopower Enable. Setting an alarm If the phone is off when it is time for the alarm to ring, 1.

  • Page 49: Time & Date

    Menu functions The colour of the date on the calendar changes to • Copy to: copy the memo to another date. green to indicate that a memo exists for that date. • Move to: change the date of the memo. Viewing a memo Time &...

  • Page 50: To Do List

    While viewing a task or the task list, press <Options> Press [ ] or [ ] to move the cursor. to access the following options: 2. Press the Navigation keys to access the math • New: add a new task. function you want.

  • Page 51: Currency Exchange

    Menu functions Delete all 3. When you press <Stop>, or if the recording time (Menu 7.6.3) expires, the following options display: Use this menu to delete all of the voice memos you • Replay: play back your memo. have recorded at one time. •...

  • Page 52: Phonebook

    Phonebook • Paste: paste the number into the normal dialling (Menu 8) mode. You can store phone numbers on your SIM card and in • Edit: edit the entry information. your phone’s memory. The SIM card and phone’s • Delete: delete the number from Phonebook. memory are physically separate, but they are used as a single entity called Phonebook.

  • Page 53: Group Search

    Menu functions Storing an entry on the SIM card Edit group (Menu 8.4) 1. Select a number type. Use this menu to edit your caller groups’ properties. 2. Select SIM. From the group list, press <Options> to access the 3. Enter a name and press <OK>. following options: 4.

  • Page 54: Delete All

    Managing speed dial entries Memory status (Menu 8.7) While viewing the Speed dial screen, press Use this menu to check the total number of entries <Options> to access the following options: you can store and the number of the entries you have •...

  • Page 55: Phone Settings

    Menu functions Phone settings Use this menu to set whether the phone locks the (Menu 9) keypad automatically if no key has been pressed Use this menu to customise your phone settings. You within a given period of time, or you lock the keypad can also reset the settings to their default values.

  • Page 56: Greeting Message

    Dialling font colour Security (Menu 9.1.6) (Menu 9.5) Use this menu to select the colour type of the font for Use this menu to protect the phone against digits to be displayed when you enter a phone number unauthorised use by managing the several access for dialling.

  • Page 57: Extra Settings

    Menu functions FDN mode When this feature is enabled, you must enter a 4- to (Menu 9.5.7) 8-digit phone password each time the phone is If supported by your SIM card, Fixed Dialling Number switched on. (FDN) mode restricts your outgoing calls to a limited The password is preset to 00000000.

  • Page 58: Solve Problems

    Short cut (Menu 9.7) Solve problems You can use the Navigation keys as shortcut keys to To save the time and expense of an unnecessary service access specific menus directly from Idle mode. Use call, perform the simple checks in this section before this menu to change the shortcut assignments for the contacting a service professional.
  • Page 59 Solve problems Your correspondent cannot reach you “Enter PUK” • The PIN code has been entered incorrectly three • Be sure your phone is switched on. ([ ] pressed times in succession, and the phone is now blocked. for more than one second.) Enter the PUK supplied by your service provider.

  • Page 60: Health And Safety Information

    • A clear description of the problem • Then contact your local dealer or Samsung after- The exposure standard for wireless phones employs a sales servic unit of measurement known as Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR limit recommended by the FCC is...
  • Page 61 FCC RF exposure guidelines government adopted requirement for safe exposure. when used with a Samsung-supplied or approved The tests are performed in positions and locations accessory designated for this product or when used (e.g., at the ear and worn on the body) as required by...
  • Page 62 • Use only Samsung-approved batteries and World Health Organization (WHO) recharge your battery only with Samsung- http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en approved chargers. When a charger is not in use, disconnect it from the power source. Do not leave Precautions when using batteries the battery connected to a charger for more than a week, since overcharging may shorten its life.
  • Page 63 Health and safety information may temporarily not work, even when the battery car, practice good common sense and remember the is fully charged. Li-ion batteries are particularly following tips: affected by temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F). • Get to know your wireless phone and its features, •...
  • Page 64 away from your primary responsibility, driving • If you see a broken-down vehicle posing no serious safely. hazard, a broken traffic signal, a minor traffic accident where no one appears injured, or a • Dial sensibly and assess the traffic; if possible, vehicle you know to be stolen, call roadside place calls when you are not moving or before assistance or any other special non-emergency...
  • Page 65 Health and safety information Electronic devices If you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place, switch off your phone immediately. Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from Hearing aids radio frequency (RF) signals. However, certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some RF signals from your wireless phone.
  • Page 66 consult the manufacturer of any equipment that has areas below deck on boats, chemical transfer or been added to your vehicle. You should also consult storage facilities, vehicles using liquefied petroleum the manufacturer of any equipment that has been gas (such as propane or butane), areas where the air added to your vehicle.
  • Page 67 Health and safety information 1. Key in the emergency number for your present • Check regularly that all wireless phone equipment location (for example, 911 or other official in your vehicle is mounted and operating properly. emergency number). Emergency numbers vary by •...
  • Page 68 suggestions below will help you fulfill any warranty • Do not drop, knock or shake the phone. Rough obligations and allow you to enjoy this product for handling can break internal circuit boards. many years: • Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents or strong detergents to clean the phone.
  • Page 69 Health and safety information Acknowledging special precautions This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in and the FCC and industry canada accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful notice interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a Cautions particular installation.
  • Page 70 Body-worn operations are restricted to Samsung-supplied, Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 approved or none Samsung designated accessories that W/kg. SAR Tests are conducted using standard operating have no metal and must provide at least 1.5cm separation...
  • Page 71 Health and safety information compliance to the above restrictions may violate FCC RF incorporates a substantial ma gin of safety to give additional protection for the public and to account for any exposure guidelines. variations in measurements. The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in Appendix B: Guide to safe and compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines.
  • Page 72 wireless phone can be an invaluable tool, but good 1. Get to know your wireless phone and its features such as speed dial and redial. Carefully read your judgment must be exercised at all times while driving a instruction manual and learn to take advantage of motor vehicle whether on the phone or not.
  • Page 73 Health and safety information 5. Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while protect yourself and your family in dangerous driving. If you are reading an address book or situations-with your phone at your side, help is only business card, or writing a “to do”...
  • Page 74 Careless, distracted individuals and people driving PCS phones. These types of wireless phones can expose irresponsibly represent a hazard to everyone on the road. the user to measurable radio frequency energy (RF) Since 1984, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry because of the short distance between the phone and the Association and the wireless industry have conducted user s head.
  • Page 75 Health and safety information adverse health effects. Many studies of low level RF • Support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of the type emitted by wireless phones; exposures have not found any biological effects. Some studies have suggested that some biological effects may •...
  • Page 76 with FCC safety guidelines that limit RF exposure. FCC new research programs around the world. The Project has relies on FDA and other health agencies for safety also helped develop a series of public information questions about wireless phones. documents on EMF issues. FCC also regulates the base stations that the wireless FDA and the Cellular Telecommunications &...
  • Page 77 Health and safety information reducing the amount of time spent using a wireless phone Some groups sponsored by other national governments will reduce RF exposure. have advised that children be discouraged from using wireless phones at all. For example, the government in the If you must conduct extended conversations by wireless United Kingdom distributed leaflets containing such a phone every day, you could place more distance between...
  • Page 78 the head or against the body. Either configuration should Radio frequency energy (RF) from wireless phones can result in compliance with the safety limit. interact with some electronic devices. For this reason, FDA helped develop a detailed test method to measure 8.
  • Page 79 Health and safety information testing to assess the interference and work to resolve the wireless phones and primary brain cancer, gioma, problem. meningioma, or acoustic neuroma, tumors of the brain or salivary gland, leukemia, or other cancers. None of the 10.
  • Page 80 measuring actual RF exposure during day-to-day use of International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation wireless phones. Many factors affect this measurement, Protection: such as the angle at which the phone is held, or which http://www.icnirp.de model of phone is used. Health Protection Agency(UK): 12.

  • Page 81: Index

    Index dialled • 27 Delivery reports, message • 39 Images, downloaded • 44 missed • 27 Dialled calls • 27 Inbox, messages ABC mode, text input • 19 received • 27 Display MMS • 37 Alarm • 45 Call time • 27 layout •...
  • Page 82 messages • 39 Number SMS • 33 phonebook • 51 dialling/searching • 22 changing • 53 SIM card Message tone • 32 storing • 49 locking • 53 inserting • 7 Messages PIN2, change • 54 locking • 54 cell broadcast • 36 Power on/off tone •...
  • Page 83 Index Voice mail • 36 Voice memos recording • 47 Voicemail server • 36 Waiting call • 30 WAP browser access • 41 bookmarks • 42 cache, clear • 43 World time • 45...

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