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DIGITAL CELLULAR TELEPHONE SPH-A840 User’s Manual ELECTRONICS Printed in Korea World Wide Web Code No. : GH68-00000A http://www.samsungmobile.com English. 4/05. Rev.1.0...
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Important Safety Precautions Read these guidelines before using your wireless phone. Failure to comply with them may be dangerous or illegal. Road Safety at All Times Do not use a hand-held phone while driving; park the vehicle first. Switching Off When Refueling Do not use the phone at a refueling point (service station) or near fuels or chemicals.
Your phone is not water-resistance. Keep it dry. Three-Way Calling ................21 Call Waiting ..................22 Accessories and Batteries Call Forwarding ..................22 Use only Samsung-approved accessories and batteries. Adjusting the Volume ................23 Qualified Service ENTERING TEXT Only qualified service personnel may install or repair Changing Text Input Mode ..............
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DOWNLOADS USING THE MENUS Games ..............46 (MENU 5-1) Accessing a Menu Functions by Scrolling ..........29 Ringers ..............46 (MENU 5-2) Accessing a Menu Functions by Using its Shortcut........30 Screen Savers ............46 (MENU 5-3) Your Phone’s Main Menu ..............31 Applications ...............
Y Y o o u u r r P P h h o o n n e e Your Phone Key Descriptions Unpacking Functions MENU : Enters the menu facility. Handset • OK : In the menu facility, selects a menu function or Battery stores information that you have entered (such •...
Y Y o o u u r r P P h h o o n n e e Y Y o o u u r r P P h h o o n n e e Icons Key Descriptions (continued...) Signal strength : Shows the received signal strength.
A travel adapter is provided with your phone. Use only Built-in Antenna approved batteries and chargers. Ask your local SAMSUNG dealer for further details. The phone can be used while the battery is charging. Your phone has a built-in antenna. As with other mobile...
C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s Call Functions Using Call Log Press TALK to access call log in Standby mode. Making a Call To recall any number of these log, proceed as follows.
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C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s Two-Touch Dial Pause Dialing Memory locations 10 through 99 are special two-touch...
C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s In-Call Options Using Caller ID Your phone provides a number of functions that you can...
C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s Viewing Missed Calls Three-Way Calling Your phone keeps a list of calls that you do not answer...
C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s C C a a l l l l F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s Call Waiting Adjusting the Volume Call Waiting lets you receive a second call during...
E E n n t t e e r r i i n n g g T T e e x x t t Entering Text T9 Mode The T9 predictive text input mode allows you to enter Changing Text Input Mode words easily with a minimum of key presses.
E E n n t t e e r r i i n n g g T T e e x x t t E E n n t t e e r r i i n n g g T T e e x x t t Alpha Mode To shift the case of the next letter(s) that you type, press * one or more times.
E E n n t t e e r r i i n n g g T T e e x x t t Using the Menus Symbol Mode The phone offers a range of functions that allows you to Symbol mode enables you enter symbols into a text tailor the phone to your needs.
U U s s i i n n g g T T h h e e M M e e n n u u s s U U s s i i n n g g T T h h e e M M e e n n u u s s Accessing a Menu Functions by Using its Your Phone’s Main Menu Shortcut...
U U s s i i n n g g T T h h e e M M e e n n u u s s Call History Main menu Main menu 1 Main menu 2 9. Settings 1. Display 1.
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C C a a l l l l H H i i s s t t o o r r y y C C a a l l l l H H i i s s t t o o r r y y Incoming Calls Outgoing Calls Menu 1-3...
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C C a a l l l l H H i i s s t t o o r r y y Contacts Erase History Menu 1-4 You can erase the numbers stored in the Call Log The Phone book allows you to store frequently used memory.
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P P h h o o n n e e B B o o o o k k C C o o n n t t a a c c t t s s P P h h o o n n e e B B o o o o k k C C o o n n t t a a c c t t s s Add New Entry 2.
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P P h h o o n n e e B B o o o o k k C C o o n n t t a a c c t t s s P P h h o o n n e e B B o o o o k k C C o o n n t t a a c c t t s s •...
P P h h o o n n e e B B o o o o k k C C o o n n t t a a c c t t s s Messages Services Menu 2-6 Send Message Menu 3-1 Account Info: allows you to call for account 1.
C C a a l l l l H H i i s s t t o o r r y y M M e e s s s s a a g g e e s s Send Message Pictures You can send message from Inbox.
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Downloads Games Your phone comes equipped with a web browser which Menu 5-1 makes it possible for you to access the wireless web. You can download game. Launch Menu 6-1 Ringers Menu 5-2 In standby mode, press the right navigation key. If this You can download melody.
Tools Voice Memo Today Record Menu 8-1 Menu 7-1 You can schedule up to 9 events for the current day You can record up to 30 voice memos in 4 minutes. indicating each event’s start and end time. You can even When recording, a 60-second timer displays and an alert have your phone's calendar alert you before an event is souds to indicate when recording time expires.
V V o o i i c c e e T T o o o o l l s s V V o o i i c c e e T T o o o o l l s s World Time Memo Pad Menu 8-3...
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T T o o o o l l s s T T o o o o l l s s If there are more than one items defined in the menu, 5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 as many times as required. scroll to the desired item by pressing left or right soft Each time you change the operator, the previous key.
S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s S S e e t t u u p p Settings Backlight Many different features of your phone can be customized to suit your preferences. You have several options for setting how the LCD, keypad backlight operates.
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S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s S S e e t t u u p p S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s S S e e t t u u p p Ringer Type LCD Contrast...
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S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s S S e e t t u u p p S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s S S e e t t u u p p Key tone PCS Vision...
S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s Choice List Lock Pictures Allows you to enable or disable the Digit Dial, Name When the picture is locked, you cannot enter the camera Dial, or Name Lookup.
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S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s Airplane Mode Erase Contacts Menu 9-6 This menu allows you to erase all the numbers in your When your phone is in Airplane Mode, it cannot send or Contacts and the voice dial.
S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s Health and Safety Restriction: Allows you to limit the phone from making Information outgoing calls to only those listed in the phonebook or programmed in special #’s. Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals Call Answer: Allows you to determine what action Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver.
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SAR tests are conducted using standard operating For Body Operation positions specified by the FCC with the phone To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure require- transmitting at its highest certified power level in all ments, use only belt-clips, holsters or similar accessories tested frequency bands.
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• If left unused, a fully charged battery will discharge itself over time. • Use only Samsung-approved batteries and recharge your battery only with Samsung-approved chargers. When a charger is not in use, disconnect it from the power source.
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Road Safety 6. Dial sensibly and assess the traffic; if possible, Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to place calls when you are not moving or before communicate by voice - almost anywhere, anytime. pulling into traffic. Try to plan calls when your car But an important responsibility accompanies the benefits of wireless phones, on that every user must will be stationary.
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with the independent research by and recommen- Operating Environment dations of Wireless Technology Research. Persons with pacemakers: Remember to follow any special regulations in force • Should always keep the phone more than 6 in any area and always switch off your phone inches (15cm) from their pacemaker when the whenever it is forbidden to use it, or when it may phone is switched on;...
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Emergency Calls You should also consult the manufacturer of any equipment that has been added to your vehicle. This phone, like any wireless phone, operates using Posted Facilities radio signals, wireless and landline networks as well Switch off your phone in any facility where posted as user-programmed functions which cannot guarantee notices so require.
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Other Important Safety Information Care and Maintenance • Only qualified personnel should service the Your phone is a product of superior design and phone, or install the phone in a vehicle. Faulty craftsmanship and should be treated with care. The installation or service may be dangerous and suggestions below will help you to fulfill any may invalidate any warranty which may apply to...
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Acknowledging Special Precautions and the • Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents, or strong detergents to clean it. Wipe it with a soft FCC and Industry Canada Notice cloth slightly dampened in a mild soap-and-water solution. Cautions • Do not paint it. Paint can clog the device’s moving Modifications not expressly approved by the party parts and prevent proper operation.
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• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Appendix A: CERTIFICATION INFORMATION • Increase the separation between the equipment (SAR) and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S different from that to which the receiver is REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES.
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Appendix B: Guide to Safe and Responsible Before a new model phone is available for sale to Wireless Phone Use the public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by the Cellular Telecommunications &...
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• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit •...
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But with wireless phone use, driving safely means a 4. Suspend conversations during hazardous driving little more. This brochure is a call to wireless phone conditions or situations. Let the person you are users everywhere to make safety their first priority speaking with know you are driving;...
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8. Use your wireless phone to call for help. Your Since 1984, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry wireless phone is one of the greatest tools you can Association and the wireless industry have own to protect yourself and your family in dangerous conducted educational outreach to inform wireless situationswith your phone at your side, help is only phone users of their responsibilities as safe drivers...
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Appendix C: Consumer Update on Wireless RF that does not produce heating effects causes no Phones known adverse health effects. Many studies of low level RF exposures have not found any biological U.S. Food and Drug Administration effects. Some studies have suggested that some 1.
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FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the FDA is working with the U.S. National Toxicology federal agencies that have responsibility for different Program and with groups of investigators around the aspects of RF safety to ensure coordinated efforts at world to ensure that high priority animal studies are the federal level.
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If there is a risk from these products—and at this Some groups sponsored by other national point we do not know that there is—it is probably governments have advised that children be very small. But if you are concerned about avoiding discouraged from using wireless phones at all.
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Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF FDA has tested hearing aids for interference from emissions from wireless phones, there is no reason handheld wireless phones and helped develop a to believe that accessories that claim to shield the voluntary standard sponsored by the Institute of head from those emissions reduce risks.
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Many factors affect this measurement, such as the so we don t know with certainty what the results of angle at which the phone is held, or which such studies mean for human health. model of phone is used. Three large epidemiology studies have been published since December 2000.
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