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  • Page 1 9 . User Manual...
  • 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.
  • Page 3 SGH-F250 User’s Guide...
  • Page 4 Drive safely at all times Do not use a hand-held phone while driving. Park your vehicle first. Switch off the phone when refuelling Important safety Do not use the phone at a refuelling point (service station) or near fuels or chemicals. precautions Switch off in an aircraft Wireless phones can cause interference.
  • Page 5 Be aware of special regulations Accessories and batteries Meet any special regulations in force in any area Use only Samsung-approved batteries and and always switch off your phone whenever it is accessories, such as headsets and PC data cables. forbidden to use it, or when it may cause Use of any unauthorised accessories could damage interference or danger.
  • Page 6 About this Guide • Camera and camcorder Use the camera module on your phone to take a photo or record This User’s Guide provides you with condensed a video. information about how to use your phone. In this guide, the following instruction icons Special appear: features of your phone...
  • Page 7 • Digital data printing • Multimedia Message Service Print images, messages, and (MMS) other personal data directly Send and receive MMS from your phone. messages with a combination of text, images, video, and audio. • Bluetooth Transfer media files and •...
  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Browse the web ........... 20 Contents Use Phonebook ..........20 Send messages ..........21 Unpack View messages ..........23 Use Bluetooth ..........24 Make sure you have each item Get started Menu functions First steps to operating your phone All menu options listed Power on or off..........
  • Page 9 Overview of menu functions To access Menu mode, press <Menu> in Idle mode. 1 Call log 3 Applications (continued) 6 My files 9 Settings 1 Recent contacts 4 FM radio 1 Images 1 Time and date 2 Missed calls 5 Bluetooth 2 Videos 2 Phone settings 3 Dialled calls...
  • Page 10: Unpack

    3. If necessary, enter the local Samsung dealer. PIN and press <OK>. The items supplied with your phone and the accessories available at your Samsung dealer Switch off 1. Open the phone. may vary, depending on your country or service 2.
  • Page 11: Keys And Display

    Keys and display Make or answer a call. In Idle mode, retrieve numbers Keys recently dialled, missed, or received. Perform the function indicated on the Delete characters from the display or bottom line of the display. items in an application. In Idle mode, access the following Press and hold to switch the phone menus directly:...
  • Page 12 Get started Icons Enter special characters or perform The following icons may appear on the top line special functions. of the screen to indicate your phone’s status. Depending on your country or service provider, the icons shown on the display may vary. Adjust the phone volume.
  • Page 13 New message: EDGE network status • : Text message • Blue: EDGE network • : Voicemail • Red: Transferring data in EDGE network • : Multimedia message • : Email Home Zone Call diverting feature active Office Zone Bluetooth active Browsing Internet Bluetooth headset or hands-free car kit connected...
  • Page 14: Access Menu Functions

    Get started Access menu functions FM radio on Select an 1. Press a desired soft key. Silent mode (Vibration) option 2. Press the Navigation keys to move to the next or previous Silent mode (Mute) option. 3. Press <Select> or [Centre] to Ringer type confirm the function displayed •...
  • Page 15: Enter Text

    Enter text T9 mode To enter a word: 1. Press [2] to [9] to start Change the • Press and hold [ ] to switch entering a word. between T9 mode ( text input and ABC mode ( 2. Enter the whole word before mode editing or deleting •...
  • Page 16: Customise Your Phone

    Get started Customise your phone Other • Press [1] to enter punctuation marks or operations special characters. 1. In Idle mode, press Display <Menu> and select • Press [ ] to insert a space. language Settings → Phone • Press the Navigation keys to settings →...
  • Page 17 1. In Idle mode, press In Idle mode, press [ / ] to Menu Key tone <Menu> and select adjust the key tone volume. shortcuts volume Settings → Phone settings → Shortcuts. 2. Select a key. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Idle mode and select Settings →...
  • Page 18: Step Outside The Phone

    Step outside the phone Step outside the phone 1. In Idle mode, press Phone lock Begin with call functions, camera, music player, <Menu> and select web browser, and other special features Settings → Security → Phone lock. Make or answer calls 2.
  • Page 19 4. During a multi-party call: During a call, press [Centre] Use the and then <Yes> to activate • Press <Options> and speakerphone the speaker. select Select one → feature Private to have a Press [Centre] again to switch private conversation with back to the earpiece.
  • Page 20: Use The Camera

    Use the camera 1. In Idle mode, press and Record a hold [ ] to turn on the 1. In Idle mode, press and video Take a camera. hold [ ] to turn on the photo 2. Press [1] to switch to camera.
  • Page 21: Play Music

    3. During playback, use the phone • Download from a computer following keys: using the optional Samsung • Centre: pause or resume PC Studio. See Samsung PC playback. Studio User’s Guide. • Left: return to the • Receive via Bluetooth. previous file.
  • Page 22 Step outside the phone You can create a playlist of Create your your favourite music on a playlist memory card. 1. From the music player screen, select Playlists. 2. Press <Options> and select Create playlist. 3. Enter the title of the playlist and press <Save>.
  • Page 23: Listen To The Fm Radio

    Listen to the FM radio By automatic tuning: Store radio 1. From the radio screen, stations 1. Plug the connecter of the Listen to the press <Options> and supplied headset into the radio select Self-tuning. multifunction jack on the phone. 2.
  • Page 24: Browse The Web

    Step outside the phone Browse the web Use Phonebook In Idle mode, press [Centre]. 1. In Idle mode, enter a phone Launch the Add a The homepage of your service number. web browser contact provider opens. 2. Press <Options> and select Save →...
  • Page 25: Send Messages

    1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> 3. Select a contact. Send a and select Messages → 4. Scroll to a number and press multimedia Create new message → ] to dial, or press message Multimedia message. [Centre] to edit contact 2.
  • Page 26 Step outside the phone 7. Enter the message text and 1. In Idle mode, press Send a voice press [Centre]. <Menu> and select message Messages → Create new 8. Press <Options> and message → Voice select Send. message. 9. Enter destination numbers 2.
  • Page 27: View Messages

    1. In Idle mode, press 8. Press <Options> and select Send an <Menu> and select Send.Enter email email Messages → Create new addresses. message → Email. 9. Press [Centre] to send the 2. Select Subject. email. 3. Enter the email subject and press [Centre].
  • Page 28: Use Bluetooth

    Step outside the phone Use Bluetooth 1. In Idle mode, press Your phone is equipped with Bluetooth View a <Menu> and select technology, enabling you to connect the phone multimedia Messages → My wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices and message messages →...
  • Page 29 1. In Idle mode, press 1. Access an application, Search for Send data <Menu> and select Phonebook, My files, and pair with Applications → Bluetooth Calendar, or Memo. a Bluetooth → My devices → Search 2. Select the item you want to device new device.
  • Page 30 Step outside the phone 1. When a device attempts to Receive data access your phone, press <Yes> to permit the connection. 2. If necessary, press <Yes> to confirm that you are willing to receive.
  • Page 31: Menu Functions

    Menu functions Menu Description Call costs Check the cost of your All menu options listed calls, if supported by your This section provides brief explanations of SIM card. menu functions on your phone. Phonebook Call log Menu Description Menu Description Contact list Search for contact Recent contacts,...
  • Page 32 Menu functions Menu Description Menu Description Create contact Add a new contact to Service number View the SDN (Service Phonebook. Dialling Number) list assigned by your service Group Organise your contacts in provider, if supported by caller groups. your SIM card. Speed dial Assign a speed dial number for your most frequently...
  • Page 33 Browser Menu Description Bluetooth Connect the phone Menu Description wirelessly to other Home Connect your phone to the Bluetooth devices. network and load the Java world Access Java games and homepage of the wireless applications. web service provider. SIM application Use a variety of additional Bookmarks Save URL addresses in...
  • Page 34 Menu functions Menu Description Menu Description Profile settings Templates Make and use templates of Set up connection profiles frequently used messages for the web browser. or passages. Current profile Select a connection profile to be used for accessing Delete all Delete messages in each the wireless web.
  • Page 35 Menu Description Menu Description Broadcast Change the settings for Memory card Access the files stored on a messages receiving broadcast memory card. This menu is messages. only available when you insert a memory card into Memory status Check the amount of the phone.
  • Page 36 Menu functions Camera Menu Description Memo Make memos for things Menu Description that are important and Take photo Take photos in various manage them. modes. The camera World clock Set your local time zone produces jpeg photos. and find out the current Record video Record a video of what is time in another part of the...
  • Page 37 Settings Menu Description Phone settings Use [Down], [Left], and Menu Description → Shortcuts [Right] as shortcuts to Time and date Change the time and date access specific menus displayed on your phone. directly from Idle mode. Phone settings Select a language for the Phone settings Set up a menu of your own →...
  • Page 38 Menu functions Menu Description Menu Description Phone settings Select a USB mode that will Display settings Change the display settings → USB settings be used when you connect → Text display for the text displayed on your phone to another the idle screen.
  • Page 39 Menu Description Menu Description Display settings Set the phone to display Sound settings Set how the phone acts to → Show caller ID missed call notifications → Silent mode alert you to a specific event with the most recently while in Silent mode. missed caller’s information.
  • Page 40 Menu functions Menu Description Menu Description Network Set the phone to restrict Network Store the number of the services → calls. services → voicemail server and Call barring Voice mail access your voicemails. server Network Set the phone to inform services →...
  • Page 41 Menu Description Menu Description Security → Change the phone Security → Change your current PIN2, Change password. Change PIN2 if supported by your SIM password card. Security → Lock access to call logs, Security → Set the phone to send the Privacy contacts, messages, or Mobile tracker...
  • Page 42 Menu functions Menu Description Manage the licence keys management you have acquired to activate media files locked by DRM systems. VOD settings Select a connection profile to be used for accessing a video streaming server.
  • Page 43: Health And Safety Information

    The FCC requires wireless phones to comply with a Health and safety information safety limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). The FCC exposure limit incorporates a substantial margin of Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals safety to give additional protection to the public and to account for any variations in measurements.SAR tests Certification Information (SAR)Your wireless phone is a are conducted using standard operating positions...
  • Page 44: Consumer Information On Wireless Phones

    What kinds of phones are the subject of tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines this update? whenused with a Samsung accessory designated for The term wireless phone refers here to hand-held this product or when used with an accessory that...
  • Page 45: Wireless Phones

    Do wireless phones pose a health hazard? Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting consumer products such as wireless The available scientific evidence does not show that any phones before they can be sold, as it does with new health problems are associated with using wireless drugs or medical devices.
  • Page 46 Health and safety information FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the networks rely upon. While these base stations operate federal agencies that have responsibility for different at higher power than do the wireless phones aspects of RF safety to ensure coordinated efforts at the themselves, the RF exposures that people get from federal level.
  • Page 47 animals to RF for up to 22 hours per day. These provide some of the data that are needed. Lifetime conditions are not similar to the conditions under which animal exposure studies could be completed in a few people use wireless phones, so we don't know with years.
  • Page 48 Health and safety information FDA is working with the U.S. National Toxicology additional research needs in the context of the latest Program and with groups of investigators around the research developments around the world. world to ensure that high priority animal studies are conducted to address important questions about the What steps can I take to reduce my effects of exposure to radio frequency energy (RF).FDA...
  • Page 49 Again, the scientific data do not demonstrate that precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence wireless phones are harmful. But if you are concerned that any health hazard exists. about the RF exposure from these products, you can use measures like those described above to reduce your Do hands-free kits for wireless phones RF exposure from wireless phone use.
  • Page 50 Health and safety information Do wireless phone accessories that claim reason, FDA helped develop a detailed test method to shield the head from RF radiation work? to measure electromagnetic interference (EMI) of implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF from wireless telephones.
  • Page 51: Road Safety

    Road safety work to resolve the problem.Additional information on the safety of RF exposures from various sources can be Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to obtained from the following organizations: communicate by voice, almost anywhere, anytime. But an important responsibility accompanies the benefits of •...
  • Page 52: Electronic Devices

    Health and safety information As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, interference is taking place, switch off your phone users are advised that for the satisfactory operation of immediately. the equipment and for the safety of personnel, it is Hearing aids recommended that the equipment should only be used Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some in the normal operating position (held to your ear with...
  • Page 53: Posted Facilities

    vehicles. Check with the manufacturer or its Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often representative regarding your vehicle. but not always clearly marked. They include the areas below decks on boats, chemical transfer or storage You should also consult the manufacturer of any facilities, vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas, such equipment that has been added to your vehicle.
  • Page 54 Health and safety information To make an emergency call: 1. Switch on the phone. . This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC 2. Key in the emergency number for your present Rules. Operation is subject to the following two location.
  • Page 55 If this equipment does Changes or modifications made in the radio phone, not cause harmful interference to radio or television expressly approved by Samsung, will void the user°Øs reception, which can be determined by turning authority to operate the equipment.Only use approved the equipment off and on, the user is batteries, antennas and chargers.
  • Page 56: Other Important Safety Information

    Health and safety information Other important safety information Failure to observe these instructions may lead to the suspension or denial of telephone services to the • Only qualified personnel should service the phone or offender, or legal action, or both. install the phone in a vehicle.
  • Page 57 • Do not use or store the phone in dusty, dirty areas, • When the phone or battery gets wet, the label as its moving parts may be damaged. indicating water damage inside the phone changes colour. In this case, phone repairs are no longer •...
  • Page 58 Health and safety information...

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