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  • Page 1 SCH-L160 User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 Use road safety at all times Do not use a hand-held phone while driving. Park the vehicle first. Switch off the phone when refuelling Important Do not use the phone at a refuelling point (service station) or near fuels or chemicals. Switch off in an aircraft safety Wireless phones can cause interference.
  • Page 3 Be aware of special regulations Accessories and batteries Meet any special regulations in force in any area and Use only Samsung-approved batteries and always switch off your phone whenever it is forbidden accessories, such as headsets and PC data cables. Use to use it, or when it may cause interference or danger.
  • Page 4 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 5 • Calendar • Calculator Keep track of your daily, weekly, Perform basic calculations and do and monthly schedule. currency conversions. • Contacts • SOS message Store up home, office, or cellular Send SOS messages to your family or friends for phone numbers for your contacts.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Step outside the phone Contents Begin with your Contacts, Messages, Calendar, and Alarm Unpack Use Contacts............11 Send messages ............12 Make sure you have each item View messages............12 Your phone Manage schedule ............ 13 Keys, features, and locations Use the alarm clock ..........
  • Page 7 Overview of menu functions To access Menu mode, press <Menu> in Idle mode. 1 Calls p. 24 4 Tones/Images p. 32 8 Planner p. 36 1 Outgoing p. 24 1 Display p. 32 1 Today p. 36 2 Incoming p. 25 2 Sounds p.

  • Page 8: Unpack

    You can obtain various accessories from Volume keys Cancel/Correct key your local Samsung dealer. Alphanumeric keys The items supplied with your phone and the Microphone accessories available at your Samsung Special function keys dealer may vary, depending on your country or service provider.

  • Page 9: Get Started

    Get started Install the battery. Reattach the battery cover. First steps to operate your phone UIM card information UIM card informationWhen you subscribe to a cellular network, you receive a plug-in UIM (User Identification Module) card loaded with your subscription details, such as your PIN, and available optional services.

  • Page 10: Power On Or Off

    Get started Power on or off When the phone is completely charged (the battery icon becomes still), unplug the adapter Switch on 1. Open the phone. from the wall outlet. 2. Press and hold [ Remove the adapter from the phone. Do not turn on 3.

  • Page 11: Keys And Display

    Keys and display Make or answer a call. In Idle mode, retrieve numbers recently Keys dialled, missed, or received. Perform the function indicated on the bottom line of the display. Press and hold to switch the phone on and off. In Idle mode, access your favorite End a call.
  • Page 12 Get started Display New voice mail Layout Alarm set p.39 Icons Ringer on/High+Vib/1 Beep mode display various icons. Ringer off Text and graphics Silent / Vibration mode display messages, instructions, and Roaming network information you enter. Digital mode Soft key function indicators Menu Contacts show the current functions...

  • Page 13: Access Menu Functions

    Access menu functions Select an 1. Press a desired soft key. option 2. Press the Navigation keys to Use the soft The roles of the soft keys vary move to the next or previous depending on the function you are keys option.

  • Page 14: Customize Your Phone

    Get started Customize your phone You can set a wallpaper for the display. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Display and select Settings → 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> language and select Tones/Images → Idioma/Language. Display → Wallpaper. 2. Select a language. 2.
  • Page 15 You can set the Navigation keys to You can protect the phone against Phone lock Menu function as shortcuts to access unauthorized use with a phone shortcuts your favourite menus. password. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> and select Settings →...

  • Page 16: Make/Answer Calls

    Make/answer calls Step outside the phone Begin with your Contacts, Messages, Calendar, and Alarm 1. Enter an area code and a phone Make a call number. Use Contacts 2. Press [ 3. To end the call, press [ 1. In Idle mode, enter a phone Add an entry number and press <Save>.

  • Page 17: Send Messages

    View messages 1. In Idle mode, press Find an entry <Contacts>. View a text When a notification appears: 2. Select an entry. message Press [OK]. The message displays. 3. Select a number and press [ From the Inbox: to dial, or press [OK] to access 1.

  • Page 18: Manage Schedule

    Step outside the phone Send SOS messages In Idle mode, with the phone Send the SOS You can send an SOS message to your family or closed, press [ / ] 4 times. message friends for help in an emergency. The phone sends the SOS message.

  • Page 19: Use The Alarm Clock

    When the alarm sounds, press any 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Check your Stop an alarm key. and select Planner → schedule Calendar. 2. Select a date. 3. Select an appointment from the list. Use the alarm clock 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Set an alarm and select Planner →...

  • Page 20: Enter Text

    2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting Enter text characters. 3. When the word displays correctly, go to step 4. T9 English, Alphabet, Symbol, and Number modes Otherwise, press [0] to display alternative word You can enter text in some features such as Torpedo choices for the keys that you have pressed.
  • Page 21 Using Alphabet mode • Press [ ] to insert a space. • Press [ ] to change case. Lower case (abc), Press the appropriate key until the character you want Initial capital (Abc), and Capital lock (ABC) are appears on the screen. available.

  • Page 22: Call Functions

    • Talk: place a call to the number. Call functions • Save: save the number to Contacts. Advanced calling features • Find: find the number from Contacts. • Hard Pause: insert a hard pause. Numbers after Making a call the pause will be sent when you press [ 1.
  • Page 23 Speed dialing • When Folder open in the Call Answer menu is selected, you can simply open the phone. p. 42 When you store a number in Contact, a location • Press [ ] to silence a call. number is assigned to the number so that you can dial it by entering its location number.
  • Page 24 Call functions Options during a call • Silent/Quit: mute the DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi- Frequency) tones of the keys. You can access a number of functions during a call. To communicate with answering machines or computerized telephone systems, key tones Answering a second call must be turned on.

  • Page 25: Menu Functions

    3. Select the name you want. Menu functions 4. Press [ ] to dial the number, or <Menu> to access Contacts options. All menu options listed Using Contacts options Contacts While viewing a contact, press <Menu> to access the following options: You can store phone numbers with associated names •...
  • Page 26 Menu functions 5. Change the settings or enter information about the 6. When you have finished, press [OK]. contact. 7. Select Yes to save the contact. Name: assign a name, if one has not already been Group Edit entered. Entry: enter the location number, if necessary. Use this menu to change the settings for the caller groups.

  • Page 27: Calls

    Calls My Phone# (Menu 1) Use this menu to check your phone number. Use this menu to view the calls you have missed, received, or dialled, and the length of your calls. Memory Info To access this menu, press <Menu> in Idle mode and Use this menu to display the number of contacts you select Calls.

  • Page 28: Incoming

    Menu functions Air Time • Show Entry: display the phone number and (Menu 1.5) memory location number. Use this menu to display the time log for calls made • Prepend: add an additional number, such as area and received. The actual time invoiced by your service code or feature code, to the phone number.

  • Page 29: Downloads

    Downloads 2. Select Catalog. You are connected to the (Menu 2) associated website preset by your service provider Use this menu to download a variety of Brew and you can browse the available applications. applications from the preset Brew server and change When Airtime Warnings is set to All Enabled, the browser settings.

  • Page 30: Torpedo Sms

    Menu functions Torpedo SMS • Screen Savers: activate the screen saver (Menu 3) application, if downloaded. Use this menu to store all of the SMS messages you • Airtime Warnings: set the phone to alert you have received, sent, or failed to send, or saved. each time you access the Brew server.

  • Page 31: Voice Mail

    Priority: select a priority level. Voice Mail (Menu 3.2) Delivery Ack: set the network to inform you When you access this menu, the display shows the when your message is delivered. latest voice mail notification. Scroll to the notification Message Save: set how the phone acts for you want by pressing the Navigation keys.

  • Page 32: Outbox

    Menu functions Outbox From the message list, select the message you want (Menu 3.4) to view. This folder stores messages that the phone is While viewing a message, press <Options> to access attempting to send, or has failed to send. the following options: The following icons are available to show the message •...

  • Page 33: Saved

    Saved Setting (Menu 3.6) (Menu 3.8) This folder stores messages you have sent from the Use this menu to set up options for using SMS Inbox to this folder. messages. • Scroll Timer: select the scrolling time. When you While viewing a message, press <Options> to access select Off, you need to manually scroll the screen.
  • Page 34 Menu functions - Prompt Save: the phone prompts you to save On: activate or deactivate the SOS message the message. feature. To send an SOS message, press [ / ] 4 times in Idle mode, with the phone closed. - Auto Save: the phone immediately saves a copy of the message.

  • Page 35: Tones/Images

    Tones/Images Brightness: adjust the brightness of the display (Menu 4) for varying lighting conditions. Use this menu to change settings for the display and • Keypad: specify the length of time the keypad the sounds. backlight stays on. To access this menu, press <Menu> in Idle mode and •...

  • Page 36: Sounds

    Menu functions Dual Clock Sounds (Menu 4.1.6) (Menu 4.2) Use this menu to select two time zones to be displayed Use this menu to customize various sound settings. when you select Dual Clock for the wallpaper image. Ringer Volume (Menu 4.2.1) p.
  • Page 37 Keytone • Roaming Alerts: set the phone to beep when (Menu 4.2.3) your phone starts roaming. Use this menu to set up the key tone that the phone sounds when you press a key. Roam Ringer (Menu 4.2.5) • Type: select a tone that the phone sounds when Use this menu to set the phone to sound a distinctive you press a key.

  • Page 38: Meu Vivo

    Menu functions Meu Vivo Banner (Menu 5.4) (Menu 5) Use this menu to set a banner message to be Vivo Menu mode, provided by your service provider, displayed at the bottom of the display in Idle mode. contains the customizing menus to allow you to change your phone's settings, such as display and Wallpaper (Menu 5.5)

  • Page 39: Voice Mail

    Voice Mail Planner (Menu 6) (Menu 8) Use this menu to connect to the voice mail server to The Planner feature enables you to keep track of your access your voice mails. schedule and tasks. You can also use convenient features, such as a calculator, memo pad, and count To access this menu, press <Menu>...
  • Page 40 Menu functions Selecting a day on the calendar Viewing an item • Press [Left] or [Right] to move by day. Square brackets on a calendar date indicate items scheduled for that day: • Press [Up] or [Down] to move by week. 1.

  • Page 41: Task List

    Task List Memo Pad (Menu 8.3) (Menu 8.4) Use this menu to create a list of tasks that need to be Use this menu to make memos of important things done. you need to remember. Creating a new task Creating a new memo 1.

  • Page 42: Alarm

    Menu functions Alarm Calculator (Menu 8.5) (Menu 8.6) Use this menu to set alarms to sound at specific times. Use this menu to perform basic arithmetic functions, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and Setting an alarm division. 1. Select the type of alarm. 1.

  • Page 43: World Time

    World Time While viewing a timer, press <Menu> to access the (Menu 8.7) following options: Use this menu to find out the current time in another • Edit: edit the selected timer. part of the world. • Erase: erase the selected timer. Scroll through the map by pressing the Navigation •...

  • Page 44: Settings

    Menu functions Setup Auto Answer (Menu 9.2) (Menu 9) Use this menu to set the phone to automatically Many different features of your phone’s system can be answer calls after a specified time when you use the customized to suit your preferences. headset.

  • Page 45: Idioma/Language

    Idioma/Language Set System (Menu 9.6.2) (Menu 9.5) Roaming allows you to register your phone on other Use this menu to select a language for the display networks and use the facilities, if your own network is text. not available. Roaming is only relevant in areas where System (Menu 9.6) there are at least two cellular service providers having...

  • Page 46: Help

    Menu functions • Yes: the phone searches and lists all of the Security (Menu 9.8) network providers' networks available for your Use this menu to protect the phone against area. unauthorized use. • No: the phone searches for the default channel to To access the Security menu, you must enter the locate your own network.
  • Page 47 Call Restriction DO NOT depend on this phone as a primary method of (Menu 9.8.3) dialing 190, 192, 193 or for any other essential or Use this menu to restrict all outgoing call functions on emergency communications. the phone and access to your Contacts. Remember to always turn your phone on and check for When this feature is enabled, you must enter the adequate signal strength before placing a call.

  • Page 48: Health And Safety Information

    bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest Health and safety information certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the maximum value. Exposure to radio frequency (RF) signals This is because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to use only the power required Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver.
  • Page 49 Precautions when using batteries tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with a Samsung-supplied or approved accessory Never use any charger or battery that is damaged in any designated for this product or when used with and way.
  • Page 50 Dispose of used batteries in accordance with local regulations. Always recycle. Do not dispose of batteries in Use only Samsung-approved batteries and recharge your a fire. battery only with Samsung-approved chargers. When a charger is not in use, disconnect it from the power source.
  • Page 51 phone with one of the many hands-free accessories conversations that have the potential to divert your available today. attention from the road. Position your wireless phone within easy reach. Be able to Use your wireless phone to call for help. Dial the access your wireless phone without removing your eyes emergency number in the case of fire, traffic accident or from the road.
  • Page 52 Health and safety information When connecting the phone or any accessory to another are consistent with the independent research and device, read its user’s guide for detailed safety recommendations of Wireless Technology Research. instructions. Do not connect incompatible products. Persons with pacemakers: As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, users should always keep the phone more than 15 cm (6 inches) are advised that for the satisfactory operation of the...
  • Page 53 information. Switch off your phone in health care facilities Users are advised to switch off the phone while at a when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to refueling point (service station). Users are reminded of the do so. Hospitals or health care facilities may be using need to observe restrictions on the use of radio equipment equipment that could be sensitive to external RF energy.
  • Page 54 Health and safety information FCC Notice and Cautions Remember, to make or receive any calls the phone must be switched on and in a service area with adequate signal FCC Notice strength. Emergency calls may not be possible on all •...
  • Page 55 Changes or modifications made in the radio phone, not determined by turning the equipment off and on, expressly approved by Samsung, will void the user’s the user is encouraged to try to correct the authority to operate the equipment.
  • Page 56 Health and safety information For vehicles equipped with an air bag, remember that an Keep the phone dry. Precipitation, humidity and liquids air bag inflates with great force. Do not place objects, contain minerals that will corrode electronic circuits. including both installed or portable wireless equipment in Do not use the phone with a wet hand.
  • Page 57 Acknowledging special precautions Do not put the phone in or on heating devices, such as a microwave oven, a stove or a radiator. The phone may and the FCC and industry canada explode when overheated. notice Use only the supplied or an approved replacement antenna.
  • Page 58 Health and safety information Appendix A: CERTIFICATION This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio INFORMATION (SAR) frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S interference to radio communications. However, there is REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES.
  • Page 59 For body worn operation, this model phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines whenused with a Samsung accessory designated for this In the United States and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used by the public is 1.6 watts/kilogram (W/kg) product or when used with an accessory that contains no averaged over one gram of tissue.
  • Page 60 Health and safety information Appendix B: Guide to safe and judgment must be exercised at all times while driving a responsible wireless phone use motor vehicle whether on the phone or not. Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association The basic lessons are ones we all learned as teenagers. “Safety is the most important call you will ever make.”...
  • Page 61 Wireless phone “Safety Tips” with know you are driving; if necessary, suspend the call in heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions. Rain, Below are safety tips to follow while driving and using a sleet, snow and ice can be hazardous, but so is heavy wireless phone which should be easy to remember: traffic.
  • Page 62 Health and safety information people you are talking with aware you are driving and if traffic accident where no one appears injured or a vehicle necessary, suspend conversations which have the you know to be stolen, call roadside assistance or other potential to divert your attention from the road.
  • Page 63 Appendix C: consumer update phones. There is no proof, however, that wireless phones on wireless phones are absolutely safe. Wireless phones emit low levels of radio frequency energy (RF) in the microwave range while U.S. Food and Drug Administration being used. They also emit very low levels of RF when in What kinds of phones are the subject of this update? the stand-by mode.
  • Page 64 Health and safety information to repair, replace or recall the phones so that the hazard Occupational Safety and Health Administration no longer exists. National Telecommunications and Information Although the existing scientific data do not justify FDA Administration regulatory actions, FDA has urged the wireless phone The National Institutes of Health participates in some industry to take a number of steps, including the interagency working group activities, as well.
  • Page 65 FDA is working with the U.S. National Toxicology Program additional research needs in the context of the latest and with groups of investigators around the world to research developments around the world. ensure that high priority animal studies are conducted to What steps can I take to reduce my exposure to radio address important questions about the effects of exposure frequency energy from my wireless phone?
  • Page 66 Health and safety information those described above to reduce your RF exposure from Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF wireless phone use. emissions from wireless phones, there is no reason to believe that hands-free kits reduce risks. Hands-free kits What about children using wireless phones? can be used with wireless phones for convenience and The scientific evidence does not show a danger to users of...
  • Page 67 “hand-free” kits, these so-called “shields” may interfere FDA has tested hearing aids for interference from with proper operation of the phone. The phone may be handheld wireless phones and helped develop a voluntary forced to boost its power to compensate, leading to an standard sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and increase in RF absorption.
  • Page 68 Health and safety information showed increased tumor development used animals that A combination of laboratory studies and epidemiological had been genetically engineered or treated with cancer studies of people actually using wireless phones would causing chemicals so as to be pre-disposed to develop provide some of the data that are needed.
  • Page 69 STANDARD LIMITED WARRANTY FCC RF Safety Program: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/ What is Covered and For How Long? SAMSUNG Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, L.P. (SAMSUNG) http://www.epa.gov/radiation/ warrants to the original purchaser ("Purchaser") that Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA): SAMSUNG’s Phones and accessories ("Products") are http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/...
  • Page 70 SAMSUNG for charging the battery, (ii) any of the for a period of ninety (90) days. All other repaired/ seals on the battery are broken or show evidence of...
  • Page 71 THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCT OR ITS LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE; TO YOU. IN ADDITION, SAMSUNG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT;...
  • Page 72 Limited Warranty. The agents, employees, distributors, and THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURCHASER dealers of SAMSUNG are not authorized to make MAY USE THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE OR EQUIPMENT IN modifications to this Limited Warranty, or make...
  • Page 73 SAMSUNG. Accordingly, additional statements such as dealer advertising or presentation, whether oral or written, do not constitute warranties by SAMSUNG and should not be relied upon. Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), Inc. 1301 East Lookout Drive Richardson, TX 75082...

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