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Samsung SCH-S299 User Manual

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Printed in Korea
Code No.:GH68-XXXXXA
English. 03/2007. Rev 1.0

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  • Page 1 * 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...
  • Page 2 SCH-S299 User’s Guide...
  • Page 3 Drive safely at all times Do not use a hand-held phone while driving. Park the vehicle first. Important Switch off the phone when refuelling Do not use the phone at a refuelling point (service safety station) or near fuels or chemicals. Switch off in an aircraft precautions Wireless phones can cause interference.
  • 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 About this Guide • Simple, sleek design with Intenna Samsung’s powerful intenna technology allows This User’s Guide provides you with condensed the best call quality without an annoying external information about how to use your phone. To quickly antenna. learn the basics for your phone, please refer to “Get started”...
  • Page 6 • Game • Calculator Enjoy embedded games on your Perform basic calculations and do phone. currency conversions. • Calendar Keep track of your daily and • Countdown monthly schedule. Set your special events and count down to the events. • Alarm Use your phone as an alarm clock to wake you up in the morning or notify you of an impending event.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Use the alarm clock ..........16 Contents Manage schedule ............ 17 Enter text Unpack Pinyin, Stroke, ABC, T9 Word, 123, and Symbol mode Make sure you have each item Call functions Your phone Advanced calling features Buttons, features, and locations Menu functions Get started All menu options listed...
  • Page 8 Overview of menu functions To access Menu mode, press <Menu> in Idle mode. 3 Message 5 Entertainment 1 Calls 1 New message 1 Missed 2 Inbox 2 Incoming 6 Settings 3 Outbox 3 Outgoing 4 Drafts 4 Air time 1 Sounds 5 Settings 5 Call forward 2 Display...

  • Page 9: Unpack

    • The items supplied with your phone and the accessories available at your Samsung dealer may vary, depending on your country or service provider. • Use the purchased accessories with only Samsung- authorised devices. • The use of these accessories with other devices could cause problems and any repair costs would not be covered by the warranty.

  • Page 10: Get Started

    Get started When the phone is completely charged (the battery icon becomes still), unplug the adapter First steps to operating your phone from the power outlet. UIM card information When you subscribe to a cellular network, you receive Remove the adapter from the phone. a plug-in UIM (User Identification 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 Keys and display Keys Power on 1. Press and hold [ ] to turn on the phone. Soft keys Perform the functions indicated on the bottom line of the display. Do not turn on the 2.
  • Page 12 Display C(Clear) Delete characters from the display. In Menu mode, return to the previous menu Layout Icons level. display various icon. Numeric Enter numbers, letters, and some special Text and graphics keys characters. display messages, instructions, and In Idle mode, press and hold [0] to enter an information you enter.

  • Page 13: Access Menu Functions

    Get started Access menu functions Icons Alarm set (continued) Lock mode Use the soft The roles of the soft keys vary Ringer type setting p. 39 depending on the function you keys have selected. The bottom line of • : Ringer only the display indicates their current •...

  • Page 14: Customise Your Phone

    Customise your phone Select an 1. Press the appropriate soft key. option 2. Press the Navigation keys to 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Display move to the next or previous and select Setup → Display → language option. /Language. 2.
  • Page 15 Get started You can set wallpaper for the idle You can switch the phone to Silent Idle mode Silent mode screen on the display. mode to avoid disturbing other wallpaper people. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Press and hold [ ] in Idle mode. and select Setup →...

  • Page 16: Make/Answer Calls

    Make/Answer calls You can protect the phone against Phone lock unauthorised use with a phone 1. Enter an area code and phone Make a call password. number. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> 2. Press [ and select Setup → Security. 3.

  • Page 17: Step Outside The Phone

    Step outside the phone To the UIM card: Begin with Phonebook, messages, and other features 1. In Idle mode, enter a phone number and press <Save>. Use Phonebook 2. Enter a name and press <OK>. 3. Press <Save> to save the To the phone’s memory: Add an entry entry.

  • Page 18: Send/View Messages

    Send/View messages From the Inbox: View a text message 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Send a text and select Message → Inbox (continued) and select Message → New message → Phone or Card. message.

  • Page 19: Use The Alarm Clock

    Step outside the phone Send SOS messages In Idle mode, with the phone Send SOS closed, press [ / ] 4 times. messages 1. In Idle mode, press [Left] and Setting the SOS select SOS message. The phone will send SOS message messages.

  • Page 20: Manage Schedule

    Manage schedule 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> View today’s and select Scheduler → schedule 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Enter an event Today. and select Scheduler → View 2. Press [Left] or [Right] to view month. today’s events. 2.

  • Page 21: Enter Text

    Using 123 mode Enter text 123 mode enables you to enter numbers. Press the Pinyin, Stroke, ABC, T9 Word, 123, and Symbol mode keys corresponding to the digits you want. You can enter text for some features such as Using Symbol mode messaging, Phonebook, or Calendar, using Pinyin and Stroke modes for Chinese, and T9 Word and ABC Symbol mode enables you to enter symbols.
  • Page 22 Using ABC mode Tips for using ABC mode • To enter the same letter twice or to enter a Press the appropriate key until the character you want different letter on the same key, wait for the cursor appears on the screen. to move to the right automatically, or press Characters in order displayed [Right].

  • Page 23: Call Functions

    Call functions T9 predicts the word that you are typing, and it Call functions may change with each key that you press. 2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting the Advanced calling features characters. Making a call 3. When the word displays correctly, go to step 4. Otherwise, press [0] to display alternative word 1.
  • Page 24 Answering a call 2. Enter the area code and phone number and press When you receive an incoming call, the phone rings Making a call from Phonebook and displays the incoming call image. Once you have stored a number in Phonebook, you Press [ ] to answer the call.
  • Page 25 Using the headset Answering a second call If you have subscribed to call waiting, you can answer Use the headset to make or answer calls without another call during a call. holding the phone. 1. Press [ ] to answer a second call. The first caller Connect the headset to the jack on the left side of the is placed on hold and you are connected with the phone.

  • Page 26: Menu Functions

    Using In-call options Menu functions Press <Menu> during a call to access the following options: All menu options listed • Mute/Quit: switch off your phone’s microphone, so that the other person cannot hear you. Calls (Menu 1) • Calls: access the Calls menu. p.
  • Page 27 Menu functions Air time Call reject (Menu 1.4) (Menu 1.7) This menu displays the time log for calls you have Use this menu to make a list of phone numbers from made or received. Actual time invoiced by your service which you do not want to accept calls.
  • Page 28 Contacts Pager, and Fax. You can save only a single number (Menu 2) with a name in the card’s memory. You can store phone numbers and their corresponding names in your card and the phone’s memory. The card Group settings (Menu 2.3) and phone’s memory, although physically separate, Use this menu to edit group names.
  • Page 29 Menu functions Scheduler Inbox (Menu 3.2) (Menu 4) Use this menu to access messages you have received. The Scheduler menu enables you to keep track of monthly or daily schedule and tasks, set an alarm, Outbox (Menu 3.3) make a memo, or use the convenient features, such as a calculator, world time clock, and countdown.
  • Page 30 Calculator Countdown (Menu 4.4) (Menu 4.8) Use this menu to use the phone as a calculator. The In this menu, you can set a time and date for a future calculator provides basic arithmetic functions: event and then check to see how many days, hours, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
  • Page 31 Menu functions Entertainment Display (Menu 6.2) (Menu 5) Use this menu to change various settings for the Using the Entertainment menu, you can enjoy the display and the backlight. basic games. To access this menu, press <Menu> in Idle mode and Auto key lock (Menu 6.3) select Entertainment.
  • Page 32 Answer mode Contents status (Menu 6.4) (Menu 6.9) Use this menu to select how to answer an incoming call. Airplane mode (Menu 6.5) Security (Menu 6.6) Use this menu to protect your phone against unauthorised use by managing the several access codes of your phone and the card.

  • Page 33: Solve Problems

    Solve problems “No service,” “Network failure,” or “Not Solve problems done” displays • The network connection has been lost. You may be Help and personal needs in a weak signal area. Move and try again. To save the time and expense of an unnecessary •...
  • Page 34 • A clear description of the problem The audio quality of the call is poor Then contact your local dealer or Samsung after-sales • Check the signal strength indicator on the display service. ). The number of bars indicates the signal strength from strong ( ) to weak ( ).

  • Page 35: Health And Safety Information

    Health and safety information The exposure limit set by the FCC for wireless mobile Health and safety information phones employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR is a measure Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals of the rate of absorption of RF energy by the human Certification Information (SAR) body expressed in units of watts per kilogram (W/kg).
  • Page 36 When approval test is done, no Samsung supplied SAR information on this and other model phones can accessories are avialable but maybe available later be viewed on-line at www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid. This site after approval. uses the phone FCC ID number, A3LSCHS299.
  • Page 37 Health and safety information Consumer Information on Wireless Phones phones,” which have a base unit connected to the telephone wiring in a house, typically operate at far The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lower power levels, and thus produce RF exposures published a series of Questions and Answers for well within the FCC's compliance limits.
  • Page 38 What is FDA's role concerning the safety of • “Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones wireless phones? with the best possible information on possible effects of wireless phone use on human health. Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting consumer products such as wireless FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the phones before they can be sold, as it does with new...
  • Page 39 Health and safety information exposure. FCC relies on FDA and other health agencies been genetically engineered or treated with cancer- for safety questions about wireless phones. causing chemicals so as to be pre-disposed to develop cancer in absence of RF exposure. Other studies FCC also regulates the base stations that the wireless exposed the animals to RF for up to 22 hours per day.
  • Page 40 A combination of laboratory studies and FDA is working with the U.S. National Toxicology epidemiological studies of people actually using Program and with groups of investigators around the wireless phones would provide some of the data that world to ensure that high priority animal studies are are needed.
  • Page 41 Health and safety information assessment of additional research needs in the Again, the scientific data do not demonstrate that context of the latest research developments around wireless phones are harmful. But if you are concerned the world. about the RF exposure from these products, you can use measures like those described above to reduce What steps can I take to reduce my exposure your RF exposure from wireless phone use.
  • Page 42 other ill effects. Their recommendation to limit Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF wireless phone use by children was strictly emissions from wireless phones, there is no reason to precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence believe that accessories that claim to shield the head that any health hazard exists.
  • Page 43 Health and safety information electromagnetic interference (EMI) of implanted Additional information on the safety of RF exposures cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators from wireless from various sources can be obtained from the telephones. This test method is now part of a standard following organizations: sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of •...
  • Page 44 http://www.nrpb.org.uk Road Safety • Updated 4/3/2002: US food and Drug Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to Administration communicate by voice, almost anywhere, anytime. http://www.fda.gov/cellphones But an important responsibility accompanies the benefits of wireless phones, one that every user must uphold.
  • Page 45 Health and safety information 3. Position your wireless phone within easy reach. Be 7. Do not engage in stressful or emotional able to access your wireless phone without conversations that may be distracting. Make removing your eyes from the road. If you get an people you are talking with aware you are driving incoming call at an inconvenient time, let your and suspend conversations that have the potential...
  • Page 46 “The wireless industry reminds you to use your Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices phone safely when driving.” For more information, please call 1-888-901-SAFE, or Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from visit our web-site www.wow-com.com radio frequency (RF) signals. However, certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the Provided by the Cellular Telecommunications &...
  • Page 47 Health and safety information • should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to Vehicles minimize potential interference. RF signals may affect improperly installed or If you have any reason to suspect that interference is inadequately shielded electronic systems in motor taking place, switch your phone off immediately.
  • Page 48 areas), chemical plants or where blasting operations possible on all wireless phone networks or when are in progress. certain network services and/or phone features are in use. Check with local service providers. Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often but not always clearly marked. They include To make an emergency call: below deck on boats, chemical transfer or storage 1.
  • Page 49 Health and safety information Restricting Children's access to your Phone if not installed and used in accordance with the Your phone is not a toy. Children should not be allowed instructions, may cause harmful interference to to play with it because they could hurt themselves and radio communications.
  • Page 50 Changes or modifications made in the radio phone, not • For vehicles equipped with an air bag, remember expressly approved by Samsung, will void the user’s that an air bag inflates with great force. Do not authority to operate the equipment.
  • Page 51 Health and safety information • Failure to observe these instructions may lead to Product Performance the suspension or denial of telephone services to Getting the Most Out of Your Signal Reception the offender, or legal action, or both. The quality of each call you make or receive depends on the signal strength in your area.
  • Page 52 Maintaining Your Phone's Peak Performance • Avoid exposing your phone and accessories to rain or liquid spills. If your phone does get wet, For the best care of your phone, only authorized immediately turn the power off and remove the personnel should service your phone and accessories.
  • Page 53 • Use only Samsung-approved batteries and and other application usage patterns. recharge your battery only with Samsung- approved chargers. When a charger is not in use, Battery Precautions disconnect it from the power source. Do not leave the battery connected to a charger for more than a •...
  • Page 54 For safe disposal options for Li-Ion • Keep the phone and all its parts and accessories batteries, contact your nearest Samsung out of the reach of small children. authorized service center. Always recycle. Do not • Keep the phone dry. Precipitation, humidity and dispose of batteries in a fire.
  • Page 55 Health and safety information • Do not store the phone in cold areas. When the • If your phone has a flash or light, do not use it too phone warms up to its normal operating close to the eyes of people or animals. This may temperature, moisture can form inside the phone, cause damage to their eyes.

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