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Samsung SCH-A725 User Manual

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ELECTRONICS
World Wide Web
http://www.samsungmobile.com
Printed in China
Code No.: GH68-XXXXX
English. 05/2004. Rev.1.0
PORTABLE CELLULAR
TELEPHONE
User's Manual
Please read this manual before operating your
phone, and keep it for future reference.
SCH-A725

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  • Page 1 PORTABLE CELLULAR * Some of the contents of this manual may differ from your phone, TELEPHONE depending on the software installed or your service provider. SCH-A725 User’s Manual ELECTRONICS Printed in China Please read this manual before operating your Code No.: GH68-XXXXX World Wide Web phone, and keep it for future reference.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Important Safety Precautions......... 6 Unpacking .............. 8 Your phone ............. 9 Phone layout ............. 9 Display..............12 Backlight ..............15 Service light............15 Getting started ............. 16 Using the battery............. 16 Switching on or off the phone........21 Using the soft keys ..........
  • Page 3 Table of contents Table of contents Using the T9 (English) mode ........43 Get in WAP (Menu 5-1) ..........102 Using the alphabet mode .......... 44 Prompt (Menu 5-2) ..........106 Using the symbol mode ..........47 Downloads............107 Using the number mode ........... 47 Voice mail............

  • Page 4: Important Safety Precautions

    Wireless phones can cause interference. Using them in an aircraft is both illegal and dangerous. Accessories and Batteries Use only Samsung-approved accessories and Switching Off in Hospitals batteries. Use of any unauthorized accessories Switch off your phone near medical equipment.

  • Page 5: Unpacking

    Send key Alphanumeric In addition, you can obtain the following keys Cancel/ accessories for your phone from your local Clear key Samsung dealer: • Ear-microphone • Travel adapter Special Microphone function keys • Standard and Extended • Cigarette lighter...
  • Page 6 Your phone Your phone With the phone closed Key(s) Description (continued) Antenna Makes or answers a call. In Standby mode, retrieves the most Service light recent numbers dialed, received or missed. Redials the last number when pressed twice. External display Ends a call.

  • Page 7: Display

    Your phone Your phone Icons Key(s) Description (continued) Icon Description (on the left side of the phone) During a call, adjust the voice volume. Signal strength: Shows the received In Standby mode, adjusts the key tone signal strength. The greater the number volume.

  • Page 8: Backlight

    Your phone Your phone Backlight Icon Description (continued) Vibration mode: Appears when the The backlight illuminates the display and keypad. ringer volume for calls is set to Vibrate or When you press any key or open the phone, the High+vib or when your phone is in Silent backlight illuminates.

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. Use only approved batteries and chargers. Ask your local Samsung dealer for further details. Note: You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first time. A discharged battery is fully recharged in approximately 180 minutes for a standard battery.
  • Page 10 Getting started Getting started 1. With the battery in position on the phone, plug Using the battery charger the connector of the travel adapter into the Using the battery charger, you can charge the jack at the bottom of the phone. battery alone.

  • Page 11: Switching On Or Off The Phone

    Getting started Getting started 3. Plug the adapter into a standard AC wall outlet. Low battery indicator The LED on the charger indicates the charging You can easily tell if your battery needs to be progress by the following colors: recharged by checking the Battery Status icon ) at the upper-right corner of your phone’s •...

  • Page 12: Using The Soft Keys

    Getting started Getting started Using the soft keys If the phone is out of service, the No Service icon ( ) appears on the display. In this case, you cannot make and receive calls. You can try Your phone offers a set of functions that allows again later when service is available.

  • Page 13: Your Phone's Modes

    Getting started Getting started Your phone’s modes Lock mode When you lock your phone using the Lock phone menu (Menu 4-5-*-1) in the Security menu, Standby mode you cannot use the phone. In the lock mode, you can receive messages and calls, but you cannot Standby is the most basic state of your phone.

  • Page 14: Call Functions

    Call functions Call functions Ending a call When you want to finish your call, press the Making a call key. To make a call: The call time, the length of the call, displays along with the phone number of the called person. If the 1.

  • Page 15: Using The Recent Call Logs

    Call functions Call functions Using the recent call logs Making a call from contacts The phone stores up to 30 of the calls dialed, You can store the phone numbers you called received, or missed chronologically. The last call is regularly in the phone’s memory, which is called saved in the first position.

  • Page 16: Speed Dialing

    Call functions Call functions Speed dialing For example: Location no. 023 Press briefly and hold down Once you have stored phone numbers in the Contacts memory, you can dial them easily with The number (and name) stored displays, and then the few presses of the keys.

  • Page 17: Pause Dialing

    Call functions Call functions Pause dialing • Press for 2sec pause. The letter “T” displays, meaning that a “Timed” pause will occur at that point in the dialing sequence. When you call an automated system, like a banking service, you are often required to enter a 4.

  • Page 18: Adjusting The Volume

    Call functions Call functions Adjusting the volume Manual pause dialing You can enter pauses manually during the dialing During a call, if you want to adjust the voice process. volume, use the Volume keys on the left side of the phone. 1.

  • Page 19: Silencing An Incoming Call

    Call functions Call functions Viewing missed calls There are two ways to answer a call depending on your setting in the Call answer menu (Menu 4- 5-4): If you fail to answer a call for any reason, the phone indicates the missed call by displaying a text notification on the screen.

  • Page 20: Using Caller Id

    Call functions Call functions Call waiting Send tel #: send your telephone number to the other party. Call waiting lets you receive a second call during a Calls: allows you to access the Calls menu. For conversation. Your phone notifies you of a waiting details, see page xx.

  • Page 21: Entering Text

    Call functions Entering text Note: Contact your service provider to activate Three-way calling. At many times when using your phone, you will need to enter text, such as when storing a name To place a Three-way call: in Contacts, creating your personal greeting or scheduling events on your calendar.

  • Page 22: Changing The Text Input Mode

    Entering text Entering text Changing the text input mode Using the T9 (English) mode When you are in a field that allows characters To type a word, press keys corresponding to the entry, you should notice the text input mode letters you need.

  • Page 23: Using The Alphabet Mode

    Entering text Entering text Changing the letter case - once for the first letter - twice for the second letter To shift the case of the next letter(s) that you - and so on type, press . There are three cases: This method is called multi-tap typing.

  • Page 24: Using The Symbol Mode

    Entering text Entering text Using the symbol mode Changing the letter case To shift the case of the next letter(s) that you Symbol mode enables you to enter symbols into type, press . There are three cases: your text. • Capitals Lock (ABC). Press to display more symbol sets.

  • Page 25: Using The Menus

    Using the menus Using the menus Using shortcuts This phone offers a range of functions that allow you to tailor the phone to your needs. These The menu items, such as menus, submenus and functions are arranged in menus and submenus. setting options, are numbered and can be accessed quickly by using their shortcut numbers.
  • Page 26 Using the menus Using the menus 2. Calls 4.2 Display 4.2.1 Menu style 4.2.2 Wall paper 2.1 Outgoing 4.2.3 Incoming call 2.2 Incoming 4.2.4 Backlight 2.3 Missed 4.2.5 Banner 2.4 Erase history 4.2.6 Lunch pad 1.4.1 Outgoing 4.2.7 Dual clock 1.4.2 Incoming 4.2.8 External LCD 1.4.3 Missed...

  • Page 27: Contacts

    Using the menus Contacts 8. Tones & images Contacts allows you to store frequently used 8.1 Display phone numbers and the associated names in your 8.2 Sounds personal directory to make it easy for you to make a call without having to remember or enter the 9.

  • Page 28: Add New Entry (Menu 1-2)

    Contacts Contacts 3. When the entry you want highlights, press Creating a new entry using a number to access the entry. The phone shows the 1. Enter a phone number and press details about the name. 2. Press to confirm to add a new entry. When Press the Add new entry highlights, press .

  • Page 29: Group Setting (Menu 1-3)

    Contacts Contacts • Name ringer: allows you to select the Adding a number into an existing entry unique ringer to be used for alerting you to 1. Enter a number and press or the Save soft an incoming call from the person. key.

  • Page 30: My Phone

    Contacts Calls My phone # (Menu 1-4) You can use the Calls menu to: This menu shows you your phone number. • view and dial the last calls you outgoing, incoming, or missed. After viewing, press to return to the previous screen.

  • Page 31: Incoming (Menu 2-2)

    Calls Calls Erase history Show entry: (shown when the number is stored (Menu 2-4) in your Contacts) displays the phone number and memory location number. You can erase the entries stored in each of the three call logs or all three logs at once. Prepend: allows you to add an area code or feature code to the number before dialing the When a confirming message displays, select Yes...

  • Page 32: Torpedo Sms

    Torpedo SMS Torpedo SMS 2. To send your message to multiple destination, enter another number. Repeat this step, as Your phone can receive voice mail notification, needed. You can enter up to 10 destinations. text messages and pages. It also can send text messages and pages if you system supplier 3.

  • Page 33: Inbox (Menu 3-2)

    Torpedo SMS Torpedo SMS -Delivery ack: Turn the delivery To view details of a message, press the Navigation acknowledgement feature on or off. When keys to scroll to the message on the list and press this is activated, the network informs you .

  • Page 34: Draft (Menu 3-4)

    Torpedo SMS Torpedo SMS To view details of a message, press the Navigation While reviewing a message, press the Menu soft keys to scroll to the message on the list and press key to use the following options: . If necessary, press to scan through Call: allows you to extract a number of more than the contents.

  • Page 35: Erase Messages (Menu 3-7)

    Torpedo SMS Torpedo SMS To select an option, scroll to it and press . If If you select Off, you need to scroll to the next you select Clear, the message is stored in the screen manually using the Navigation keys. Web alert menu.

  • Page 36: Other Functions

    Torpedo SMS Other functions Entry method: allows you to select the text input mode between T9 Word (T9 English) and Alphabet. Planner (Menu 4-1) Delivery ack: allows you to activate or deactivate the delivery acknowledgement. The Planner feature enables you to: •...
  • Page 37 Other functions Other functions Note: You can move through the input fields Scheduler (Menu 4-1-2) using the Navigation keys. This menu allows you to view the current month, as well as a past or future months, in calendar 3. Enter the end time and date using the number format.
  • Page 38 Other functions Other functions 2. Enter your event contents and press Add new: allows you to add a new event on the day. For further details about entering letters, see page xx. Task list (Menu 4-1-3) 3. Enter the start time and date using the This feature allows you to enter up a list of tasks numeric keys.
  • Page 39 Other functions Other functions While viewing the task, press the Menu soft key While viewing the memo, press the Menu soft to use the following options: key to use the following options: Edit: allows you to edit the task. Edit: allows you to edit the memo. Erase: allows you to erase the task.
  • Page 40 Other functions Other functions To stop the alarm when it rings, press any key. Select the city corresponding to your time zone by pressing the Navigation keys one or more times. To deactivate an alarm setting, access the The local date and time display. Alarm set menu and select Off on the top line.

  • Page 41: Display (Menu 4-2)

    Other functions Other functions Notes: Set time (Menu 4-1-9) • You can move through the input fields using To display the correct date and time on the idle the Navigation keys. screen or to use the Planner features, such as Today, Scheduler, Task list, Count down, •...
  • Page 42 Other functions Other functions Wall paper The following options are available: (Menu 4-2-2) Flip open: The backlight switches on when you You can change the background image (wall open the phone and then dims. The display turns paper) to be displayed in Standby mode. off after 60 seconds.

  • Page 43: Sounds (Menu 4-3)

    Other functions Other functions Launch pad To apply the daylight saving time: (Menu 4-2-6) The Navigation keys can be used as shortcut keys. 1. When Location highlights, press In Standby mode, they allow you to access display DST. Press specific menu directly. 2.
  • Page 44 Other functions Other functions Ringer volume Ringer type (Menu 4-3-1) (Menu 4-3-2) This menu allows you to adjust the ringer volume. This menu allows you to set the unique ringer melodies for the following items: Calls: allows you to adjust the ringer volume for incoming voice calls.

  • Page 45: Games (Menu 4-4)

    Other functions Other functions Volume: allows you to adjust the volume of the Roam ringer (Menu 4-3-5) keypad tone using the Navigation keys or the You can set the phone to use a distinctive ring for Volume keys on the left side of the phone. incoming roaming calls.

  • Page 46: Setup (Menu 4-5)

    Other functions Other functions The phone displays the following options: On/off (Menu 4-5-1-1) • New game: allows you to start a new game. This menu allows you to enable or disable the Auto CSP feature. • High score: shows you the high score table. Select Enable to activate this feature or Disable •...
  • Page 47 Other functions Other functions Auto answer Language (Menu 4-5-3) (Menu 4-5-6) With this menu activated, the phone automatically This menu allows you to change the language of answers calls after a specified time. This feature voice prompts, menus and key input. works only when the phone is connected to an You can choose either English, Spanish, or optional hand-free car kit and is useful while...
  • Page 48 Other functions Other functions Pref B only: Your phone always tries your calls The following options are available: using the Preferred Roaming List loaded into your Voice call only: Your phone receives voice calls phone first, but if your phone cannot find any only.
  • Page 49 Other functions Other functions Security Restriction (Menu 4-5-*-3) (Menu 4-5-*) This feature allows you to restrict all of the Your phone provides you with many security outgoing calls. options, including a user-programmable lock code and call restriction features. Select On to restrict the calls, or Off to deactivate the restriction.
  • Page 50 Other functions Other functions 3. Enter the number you want. Reset phone (Menu 4-5-*-7) Each emergency number can be up to 32 digits Resetting the phone cancels all of your selection in long. the user-selectable setting options and returns them to the factory default settings. 4.
  • Page 51 Other functions Digital only: your phone will search for service available only in CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mode. Cellular only: your phone will search for service available only in PCS mode. PCS only : your phone will search for service available only in PCS mode.

  • Page 52: Wap

    About the WAP browser Your phone comes equipped with a WAP browser which makes it possible for you to access the WAP. The WAP browser allows you to access up-to-the minute information through your phone. Browsing the WAP through your phone is unlike using your computer;...

  • Page 53: Get In Wap (Menu 5-1)

    Get in WAP Using the WAP browser soft keys (Menu 5-1) At the bottom of the WAP browser display is a Note: The first time you use the WAP browser, you solid bar which contains browser commands. The will go through a security setup process that are used to execute the commands.
  • Page 54 About openwave: provides you with information Clear/Back key: performs two about Openwave and your version of the WAP important functions: browser. • Sends you back in the browser. Pressing it once sends you back Advanced: gives you access the following one page.

  • Page 55: Prompt (Menu 5-2)

    Downloads Entering text in the WAP browser This menu allows you to download various When prompted, you can enter letters, numbers multimedia files from the wireless web. or symbols same way as in the phone mode. See page xx for further details about how to enter To download a multimedia files: characters.

  • Page 56: Voice Mail

    Downloads Voice mail • Move apps: allows you to move an application to the other folder. This menu allows you to access your voice mailbox, if your network supports this service. • Manage apps: shows the amount of the memory used for downloaded applications. •...

  • Page 57: Tones & Images

    Tones & images Voice portal In this menu, you can use the Display and Sounds Voice portal is a service that enables you to get features. Voice contents over your mobile phone. The Voice portal menu allows you to access your service provider’s voice-activated service.

  • Page 58: Messaging

    Messaging Messaging Chat (Menu 0-3) Torpedo SMS (Menu 0-1) Your phone can receive voice mail notification, text messages and pages. It also can send text E-mail (Menu 0-4) messages and pages if you system supplier provides this service. When the phone receives a message, an alert sounds, a text notification displays along with the name and phone number of the caller if available.

  • Page 59: Voice Command

    Voice command Health and safety information This menu enables you to: • dial a number by saying an associate name or Exposure to radio frequency (RF) number. signals • record a voice memo. Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and •...
  • Page 60 Health and safety information Health and safety information 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 ments, use only belt-clips, holsters or similar accessories all tested frequency bands.

  • Page 61: Road Safety

    • If left unused, a fully charged battery will Road safety discharge itself over time. • Use only Samsung-approved batteries and Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability recharge your battery only with Samsung- to communicate by voice, almost anywhere, approved chargers.

  • Page 62: Electronic Devices

    Health and safety information Health and safety information When connecting the phone or any accessory to • Should not carry the phone in a breast pocket another device, read its user’s guide for detailed • Should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to safety instructions.

  • Page 63: Potentially Explosive Environment

    Health and safety information Health and safety information Posted facilities Therefore, you should never rely solely on any wireless phone for essential communications Switch your phone off in any facility where posted (medical emergencies, for example). notices require you to do so. Remember, to make or receive any calls the phone must be switched on and in a service area with adequate signal strength.

  • Page 64: Other Important Safety Information

    Health and safety information Health and safety information 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.

  • Page 65: Acknowledging Special Precautions And The Fcc And Industry Canada Notice

    Health and safety information Health and safety information • Do not paint the phone. Paint can clog the (2) This device must accept any interference device’s moving parts and prevent proper received. Including interference that may operation. cause undesired operation. •...

  • Page 66: Appendix A:certification Information (Sar)

    Communications Commission of the U.S. worn: 1.04W/Kg. Body-worn operations are Government. These limits are part of restricted to Samsung-supplied, approved or none comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted Samsung designated accessories that have no levels of RF energy for the general population. The metal and must provide at least 1.5cm separation...

  • Page 67: Glossary

    Glossary Glossary decompressing voice signals. EVRC uses a lower bit rate (the number of bits sent per second) than Airtime - Actual time spent talking on the existing CDMA vocoders, while providing wireless phone. Most carriers bill customers based significant improvements in voice quality. This on how many minutes of airtime they use each technology enables your phone to provide superb month.
  • Page 68 Glossary Roaming - The ability to use a wireless phone to make and receive calls in places outside of the home service area. Service charge - The amount paid each month to receive wireless service. Standby time - The amount of time a fully charged wireless portable or transportable phone can be on and idle without being in use.

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