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  • Page 1 SGH-U908E User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 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 3 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 4 About this Guide • 3G Your phone is capable of operating in a 3G environment, This User’s Guide provides you with condensed allowing much greater data information about how to use your phone. transfer speed, video streaming, and video conferencing. In this guide, the following instruction icons appear: Special...
  • Page 5 • Camera and camcorder • Image editor Use the camera module on your Edit or decorate your photos. phone to take a photo or record a video. • Digital data printing • Synchronisation with Print images, messages, and Windows Media Player personal data directly from your phone.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Use the camera..........18 Contents Upload photos and videos to the web ....20 Play music........... 21 Unpack Listen to the FM radio ........25 Browse the web ........... 26 Make sure you have each item Use Phonebook ..........27 Get started Send messages ..........

  • Page 7: Unpack

    • User’s Guide You can obtain various accessories from your local Samsung dealer. The items supplied with your phone and the accessories available at your Samsung dealer may vary, depending on your country or service provider. To AC power outlet...

  • Page 8: Power On Or Off

    Phone layout Removing the battery cover Front view Earpiece Front camera lens Display Power on or off Touch panel Right soft key Left soft key Switch on 1. Open the phone. Power/ Menu exit key 2. Press and hold [ Dial key Application 3.

  • Page 9: Keys And Icons

    Get started Keys and icons Rear view Keys Camera flash Rear camera lens Perform the function indicated on the Mirror bottom line of the display. In Idle mode, press and hold to access the following menus directly: • Centre: Menu mode or a service supported by your service provider •...
  • Page 10 Press and hold to switch the phone Enter numbers, letters, and some on or off. special characters. End a call. In Idle mode, press and hold [1] to access your voicemail server. Press In Menu mode, cancel input and and hold [0] to enter an international return the phone to Idle mode.
  • Page 11 Get started Icons Connecting to HSDPA (3G+) The following icons may appear on the top line network or transferring data in of the screen to indicate your phone’s status. HSDPA (3G+) network Depending on your country or service provider, the icons shown on the display may vary. Voice call in progress Signal strength Out of your service area...
  • Page 12 FM radio status: Memory card inserted • : On Profile setting: • : Off • : Normal • : Silent Bluetooth active • : Driving Bluetooth headset or hands-free • : Meeting car kit connected • : Outdoor • : Offline Alarm set Battery power level New message:...

  • Page 13: Access Menu Functions

    Get started Access menu functions Enter text Select an 1. Press a desired soft key. Change the • Press and hold [ ] to switch option text input between T9 mode and ABC 2. Press the touch panel to mode mode.
  • Page 14 T9 mode To enter a word: Symbol Press the keys corresponding to mode the symbols you want. 1. Press [2] to [9] to start entering a word. Other • Press [1] to enter 2. Enter the whole word before punctuation marks or special operations editing or deleting characters.

  • Page 15: Customise Your Phone

    Get started Customise your phone 3. Press <Options> and select Edit. 1. In Idle mode, press Display 4. Select Voice call ringtone <Menu> and select language → a category → a ringtone. Settings → Phone settings → Language → 5. Select Video call ringtone Screen text.
  • Page 16 In Idle mode, press [Volume] 1. In Idle mode, press Key tone Menu mode to adjust the key tone volume. <Menu> and select volume skin colour Settings → Display & light settings → Display settings → My theme → 1. In Idle mode, press Idle mode Main display →...

  • Page 17: Step Outside The Phone

    Step outside the phone You can activate the Silent Silent profile Begin with call functions, camera, music player, profile to avoid disturbing web browser, and other special features other people. In Idle mode, press and hold [ ]. Make or answer calls 1.
  • Page 18 To make a video call: During a voice call, press [OK] Use the and then <Yes> to activate 1. In Idle mode, enter an area speakerphone the speaker. code and phone number. feature Press [OK] again to switch 2. Press [ ]. back to the earpiece.

  • Page 19: Use The Camera

    Step outside the phone Use the camera 4. During a multi-party call: • Press <Options> and 1. In Idle mode, press and Take a photo select Private call to hold [Camera]. have a private 2. Rotate the phone to the left conversation with one for landscape view.
  • Page 20 1. In Idle mode, press 5. Press < > or [Camera] to View a photo <Menu> and select My stop recording. The video is files → Camera album. saved automatically. 2. Select the photo you want. 6. Press < > to record another video.

  • Page 21: Upload Photos And Videos To The Web

    Step outside the phone Upload photos and videos to the 1. In Idle mode, press Set a <Menu> and select destination Settings → Application site 1. In Idle mode, press settings → MobileBlog Activate the <Menu> and select settings → Destinations. ShoZu Settings →...

  • Page 22: Play Music

    • Download from the wireless music files video. web. • Download from a PC using 3. Press <Options> and the optional Samsung PC select Upload to web. Studio. See Samsung PC 4. Select a destination. Studio User’s Guide. 5. Enter the title and •...
  • Page 23 Step outside the phone • Your phone accepts microSD™ memory cards 3. Press [ ] to return to up to 8 GB (depending on memory card Idle mode. manufacturer and type). • When inserting a memory card with a large 4.
  • Page 24 You can copy music files to 5. Enter the name of your Synchronise your phone by synchronising phone and click Finish. with Windows with Windows Media Player 11. 6. Select and drag the music Media Player 1. In Idle mode, press files you want to the sync <Menu>...
  • Page 25 Step outside the phone 3. During playback, use the 1. From the music player Create a following keys: screen, press <Options> playlist and select Open playlist → • / : pause or resume All → Playlists. playback. • : return to the 2.

  • Page 26: Listen To The Fm Radio

    Listen to the FM radio 4. Press [ ] or [ ] to find available radio stations. 1. Plug the connecter of the Listen to Alternatively, press [ ] or supplied headset into the the radio ] to select a stored radio multi-function jack on the station.

  • Page 27: Browse The Web

    Step outside the phone By manual setup: • To scroll through browser Navigate items, press [ ] or [ 1. From the radio screen, the web • To select an item, press press [ ] or [ ] to select [OK].

  • Page 28: Use Phonebook

    Use Phonebook 1. In Idle mode, press Find a contact <Contacts>. 1. In Idle mode, enter a Add a contact 2. Enter the first few letters phone number and press of the name you want. <Options>. 3. Select a contact. 2.

  • Page 29: Send Messages

    Step outside the phone Send messages 1. In Idle mode, press Send a <Menu> and select multimedia 1. In Idle mode, press Messages → Create Send a text message <Menu> and select message → Message. message Messages → Create 2. Enter the message text. message →...

  • Page 30: View Messages

    8. Enter destination numbers 5. Press [ ] to move to the or email addresses. subject field. 9. Press <Options> and select 6. Enter the email subject. Send to send the message. 7. Press [ ] to move to the recipient field.

  • Page 31: 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 → Inbox. wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices and message exchange data with them, talk hands-free, or 2.
  • Page 32 1. In Idle mode, press 1. Access an application, such Search for Send data <Menu> and select as Phonebook, My files, and pair with Applications → Bluetooth Calendar, Memo, or Task. a Bluetooth → My devices → Search 2. Select an item. device new device.

  • Page 33: Switch Applications

    Step outside the phone • Call: open the dialling 1. If necessary, enter the Available Receive data Bluetooth PIN and press screen. applications <OK>. • Messages: access the Messages menu. 2. Press <Yes> to confirm • Internet: launch the web that you are willing to receive.

  • Page 34: Menu Functions

    Multimedia Menu functions Menu Description All menu options listed Music player Access and listen to all This section provides brief explanations of music files sorted by menu functions on your phone. criteria. You can also make your own music playlists. Call log FM radio Listen to music or news via...
  • Page 35 Menu functions Browser Menu Description History Access the list of pages Menu Description you have accessed Go to homepage Connect your phone to the recently. network and load the homepage of the wireless Advanced Clear the cache. Delete web service provider. cookies or set whether or not they are stored.
  • Page 36 Messages Menu Description Sentbox Access messages that you Menu Description have sent. Create message Create and send text, multimedia, or email My folders Create new folders and messages. organise your messages. Inbox Access messages that you Templates Make and use templates of have received.
  • Page 37 Menu functions My files Calendar Keep track of your schedule. Menu Description Camera album Access the list of photos Camera and videos you have taken and recorded. Use the camera embedded in your phone to take photos and record videos. Images, Videos, Access media files and Sounds, Other...
  • Page 38 • Google: Launch the Google search engine to Menu Description find information, news, images, or local Video editor Edit your videos by services from around the web. You can also combining photos or use the email service. videos. • Bluetooth: Connect the phone wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices.
  • Page 39 Menu functions Menu Description Menu Description Memo Make memos for things Stopwatch Measure elapsed time. that are important and ‡ Entertainment Access and download Java manage them. → Games and contents. Task Make a list of tasks you more need to complete. ‡...
  • Page 40 Settings Menu Description SIM application Use a variety of additional Menu Description toolkit services offered by your Phone profiles Change the sound settings service provider. of the phone for different Depending on your USIM events or situations. or SIM card, this menu may be available but Time &...
  • Page 41 Menu functions Menu Description Menu Description Display & light Change the background Display & light Customise the settings for settings → image that is displayed in settings → the display while dialling. Display settings Idle mode. Display settings → Wallpaper →...
  • Page 42 Menu Description Menu Description Display & light Set how the phone Phone settings → Set how the phone reacts settings → Light controls the use of the Volume key if you press and hold settings → keypad light. function [Volume] when a call Keypad light comes in.
  • Page 43 Menu functions Menu Description Menu Description Phone settings → Select a USB mode that Security → PIN Activate your PIN to PC connections will be used when you lock protect your USIM or SIM connect your phone to a card against unauthorised PC via USB interface.
  • Page 44 Menu Description Menu Description Security → Change the PIN. Application Customise the settings for Change PIN code settings using applications available on the phone. Security → Change the PIN2. Change PIN2 Network settings Select the network to be code → Network used while roaming selection outside of your home area,...

  • Page 45: Health And Safety Information

    Menu Description Health and safety information Network settings Create and customise the Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals → Connections profiles containing the settings for connecting Certification Information (SAR) your phone to the network. Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the Memory settings Check information about...
  • Page 46 FCC RF exposure guidelines actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be whenused with a Samsung accessory designated for well below the maximum value. This is because the this product or when used with an accessory that...
  • Page 47 UL Certified Travel Adapter SAR information on this and other model phones can The Travel Adaptor for this phone has met applicable be viewed on-line at www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid. This site UL safety requirements. Please adhere to the following uses the phone FCC ID number, A3LSGHU908E. safety instructions per UL guidelines.FAILURE TO Sometimes it may be necessary to remove the battery FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OUTLINED MAY LEAD TO...
  • Page 48 Consumer Information on Wireless Phones distance from the source. The so-called “cordless phones,” which have a base unit connected to the The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has telephone wiring in a house, typically operate at far published a series of Questions and Answers for lower power levels, and thus produce RF exposures consumers relating to radio frequency (RF) exposure well within the FCC's compliance limits.
  • Page 49 Do wireless phones pose a health hazard? What is FDA's role concerning the safety of wireless phones? The available scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are associated with using Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of wireless phones.
  • Page 50 • “Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones exposure. FCC relies on FDA and other health agencies with the best possible information on possible for safety questions about wireless phones. effects of wireless phone use on human health. FCC also regulates the base stations that the wireless FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the phone networks rely upon.
  • Page 51 What are the results of the research done Three large epidemiology studies have been published already? since December 2000. Between them, the studies investigated any possible association between the use The research done thus far has produced conflicting of wireless phones and primary brain cancer, glioma, results, and many studies have suffered from flaws in meningioma, or acoustic neuroma, tumors of the brain their research methods.
  • Page 52 directly applicable to human populations, but ten or FDA has been a leading participant in the World Health more years' follow-up may be needed to provide Organization international Electromagnetic Fields answers about some health effects, such as cancer. (EMF) Project since its inception in 1996. An influential This is because the interval between the time of result of this work has been the development of a exposure to a cancer-causing agent and the time...
  • Page 53 What steps can I take to reduce my exposure Again, the scientific data do not demonstrate that to radio frequency energy from my wireless wireless phones are harmful. But if you are concerned phone? about the RF exposure from these products, you can use measures like those described above to reduce If there is a risk from these products - and at this your RF exposure from wireless phone use.
  • Page 54 Health and safety information other ill effects. Their recommendation to limit Do wireless phone accessories that claim to shield the head from RF radiation work? wireless phone use by children was strictly precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF that any health hazard exists.
  • Page 55 What about wireless phone interference with hearing aid at the same time. This standard was medical equipment? approved by the IEEE in 2000. Radio frequency energy (RF) from wireless phones can FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones interact with some electronic devices.
  • Page 56 Health and safety information http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/emfpg.html car, practice good common sense and remember the following tips: • World health Organization (WHO): 1. Get to know your wireless phone and its features, http://www.who.int/peh-emf/ such as speed dial and redial. If available, these •...
  • Page 57 through your address book takes attention away 10. Call roadside assistance or a special non- from your primary responsibility, driving safely. emergency wireless assistance number when necessary. If you see a broken-down vehicle 6. Dial sensibly and assess the traffic; if possible, posing no serious hazard, a broken traffic signal, a place calls when you are not moving or before minor traffic accident where no one appears...
  • Page 58 Health and safety information Operating Environment Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices Remember to follow any special regulations in force in any area and always switch your phone off whenever it Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from radio frequency (RF) signals. However, certain is forbidden to use it, or when it may cause electronic equipment may not be shielded against the interference or danger.
  • Page 59 Persons with pacemakers: Hearing Aid Compatibility with Mobile Phones • should always keep the phone more than 15 cm When some mobile phones are used near some (6 inches) from their pacemaker when the phone is hearing devices (hearing aids and switched on.
  • Page 60 Health and safety information interference, you may not be able to use a rated your hearing aid is, the less likely you are to phone successfully. Trying out the experience interference noise from mobile phones. phone with your hearing device is the best way to Other Medical Devices evaluate it for your personal If you use any other personal medical devices, consult...
  • Page 61 Posted Facilities chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust or metal powders, and any other area where you would Switch your phone off in any facility where posted normally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine. notices require you to do so. Emergency Calls Potentially Explosive Environments This phone, like any wireless phone, operates using...
  • Page 62 Health and safety information emergency number). Emergency numbers vary by FCC Notice and Cautions location. FCC Notice 3. Press • This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC If certain features are in use (call barring, for example), you may first need to deactivate those Rules.
  • Page 63 Changes or modifications made in the radio phone, not -Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. expressly approved by Samsung, will void the user’s authority -Increase the separation between the equipment to operate the equipment.
  • Page 64 Health and safety information Other Important Safety Information Product Performance • Only qualified personnel should service the phone Getting the Most Out of Your Signal Reception or install the phone in a vehicle. Faulty installation The quality of each call you make or receive depends or service may be dangerous and may invalidate on the signal strength in your area.
  • Page 65 Battery Standby and Talk Time There are several simple guidelines to operating your phone properly and maintaining safe, satisfactory Standby and talk times will vary depending on phone service. usage patterns and conditions. Battery power • Hold the phone with the antenna raised, fully- consumption depends on factors such as network extended and over your shoulder.
  • Page 66 • Use only Samsung-approved batteries and terminals may damage the battery or the object recharge your battery only with Samsung- causing the short-circuiting. approved chargers. When a charger is not in use, disconnect it from the power source. Do not leave •...
  • Page 67 • Keep the phone dry. Precipitation, humidity and • Do not paint the phone. Paint can clog the device's liquids contain minerals that will corrode electronic moving parts and prevent proper operation. circuits. • Do not put the phone in or on heating devices, •...
  • Page 68 * 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. Printed in Korea World Wide Web Code No.:GH68-xxxxxA...

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