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Samsung Serene User Manual

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Printed in Korea
Code No.:GH68-xxxxxA
English. 10/2005. 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 Serene Guide...
  • Page 4 Important safety Interference Accessories and batteries All wireless phones may be subject Use only Samsung-approved precautions to interference, which could affect accessories and batteries. Use of their performance. any unauthorised accessories could Note: Failure to comply with the damage your phone and may be...
  • Page 5 About this Guide Special features of your phone Name card This Guide provides you with Create name cards condensed information about how Bluetooth with your number to use your phone. To quickly learn and profile. Transfer media files the basics for your phone, please and personal data refer to “Get started”...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Contents Your phone, 5 Organiser, 36 Get started, 6 Library, 39 Install SIM and phone 6 Phonebook, 41 Charge the phone 7 Power on or off 8 Call log, 44 Keys 8 Display 9 Applications, 45 Access menu functions 10 Customise your phone 10 Settings, 48 Make/Answer calls 11...
  • Page 7 Menu functions To access Menu mode, press OK in Idle mode. 1 Messages p. 21 5 Library p. 39 9 Settings p. 48 1 Create p. 21 1 Images p. 39 1 Time & Date p. 48 2 Inbox p. 23 2 Sounds p.

  • Page 8: Your Phone

    Unpack You can obtain various accessories from your local Samsung dealer. Note: The items supplied with your phone and the accessories available at your Samsung dealer may vary, depending on your User’s Guide Battery Phone country or service provider. Travel Adapter...

  • Page 9: Get Started

    Get started Install SIM and phone 4. Insert the SIM card. SIM card information 1. If the phone is already on, first When you subscribe to a cellular turn it off by pressing and holding network, you receive a plug-in SIM END.

  • Page 10: Charge The Phone

    >> Get started Charge the phone Using the desktop charger Place the desktop charger on a flat Using the travel adapter place and plug the phone into the 1. Plug the travel adapter into the charger, as shown. phone. While charging, •...

  • Page 11: Power On Or Off

    Power on or off Keys To switch the phone on SEND (Left green) 1. Open the phone. - Make or answer a call. 2. Press and hold END to turn on the - In Idle mode, retrieve the phone. recent numbers dialled, missed, or received.

  • Page 12: Display

    >> Get started Display wheel Layout - In Idle mode, move the wheel clockwise or Icons counterclockwise to search for a Phonebook Text and entry. graphics - In Menu mode, scroll through the menu options. Enter numbers, letters, and special characters. Icons Displays various icons.

  • Page 13: Access Menu Functions

    Access menu functions City zone, if you have subscribed to this service To select an option 1. Press OK to access Menu mode. Call diverting feature active 2. Move the wheel clockwise or Bluetooth feature activated counterclockwise to scroll through menus.

  • Page 14: Make/Answer Calls

    >> Get started Display item Make/Answer calls You can select your display item for Make a call the idle screen. 1. In Idle mode, enter an area code 1. In Idle mode, press OK and select and phone number. → →...

  • Page 15: Step Outside The Phone

    Step outside the phone Use camera Browse the web Using a built-in web browser, you can Take a photo get easy access to the wireless web to 1. In Idle mode, press OK and select receive up-to-date information, use Camera. services, and download web content.

  • Page 16: Use Phonebook

    >> Step outside the phone Use Phonebook Create and send your name card 1. In Idle mode, press OK and select Add an entry → Phonebook My business card. From the Idle mode: 2. Specify your contact information. 1. Enter a phone number. 3.

  • Page 17: View Messages

    8. Press OK and select Done. View messages 9. Press OK and select Send. View a text message 10.Enter destination numbers or When a notification appears: addresses. 1. Press OK. 11.Press SEND to send the message. 2. Select the message from the Send an e-mail Inbox.

  • Page 18: Use Bluetooth Wireless

    >> Step outside the phone Use Bluetooth wireless Send data 1. Access an application, such as Your phone is equipped with Phonebook, Library, or Bluetooth technology which enables Organiser. you to connect the phone wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices and 2.

  • Page 19: Enter Text

    Enter text You can enter text for some features 3. When the word displays correctly, such as Messages, Phonebook, or go to step 4. Otherwise, press 0 to Calendar, using ABC mode, T9 display alternative word choices mode, Number mode, and Symbol for the keys that you have pressed.
  • Page 20 >> Enter text Using ABC mode Tips for using ABC mode • To enter the same letter twice or to Press the appropriate key until the enter a different letter on the same character you want appears on the key, wait for the cursor to move to screen.

  • Page 21: Call Functions

    Call functions Making a call You can also use the speed dial feature to assign your most frequently 1. In Idle mode, enter the area code called numbers to specific number and phone number. keys. p. 42 2. Press SEND. You can quickly dial a number from Notes: the SIM card using its location...
  • Page 22 >> Call functions Viewing missed calls Making a second call You can make another call if your If you have missed calls, the screen network supports it. displays how many calls you have missed. 1. Press OK and select Hold to put the call on hold.
  • Page 23 Using In-call options • Phonebook: access the Phonebook list. Press OK to access the following options during a call: • SIM service: access special services, such as news, weather, • Switch to headset/Switch to entertainment, and location phone: switch the call to a services, provided by your SIM Bluetooth headset or hands-free card.

  • Page 24: Messages

    Messages You can send and receive text messages, 4. Enter a destination phone number. multimedia messages, and e-mails. You 5. Press SEND to send the message. can also use Push Message and Cell Broadcast Message features. Multimedia message (Menu 1.1.2) Multimedia Message Service (MMS) To access this menu, press OK in Idle delivers messages containing a...
  • Page 25 8. Press OK to access the following Email (Menu 1.1.3) options for editing the message: You can send e-mails that include • Edit/Edit message: edit the text, images, and audio. To use this subject or text. feature, you need to subscribe to an e-mail service and set up your e-mail •...

  • Page 26: Inbox

    >> Messages • Appointment/Anniversary/ The following icons may appear on Memo/To do: add calendar the message list to show the message data as a data format type: attachment. • • Other files: add files in a • format which your phone does •...
  • Page 27 Using message options Configuration messages • Install: apply the configuration While viewing a message, press OK to access the following options: specified in the message to your phone. SMS messages • Delete: delete the message. • Reply: send a reply message to •...

  • Page 28: Outbox

    >> Messages Outbox • Move to my folder: move the (Menu 1.3) message to one of the folders you This folder stores messages that the have created in My folders. phone is attempting to send or has • Details: view the message failed to send.

  • Page 29: My Folders

    Using e-mail options • Add to filtering list: add the sender’s e-mail address or e-mail While viewing the e-mail or header, subject to the Block list to reject e- press OK to access the following mails from that address or options: containing that subject.

  • Page 30: Text Template

    >> Messages Text template Character support: select a (Menu 1.8) character encoding type. If you Use this menu to make and use select Automatic, the phone templates of frequently used switches the encoding type from messages. GSM-alphabet to Uni-code if you enter a Unicode character.
  • Page 31 You can change the default MMS Report allowed: send a delivery settings. report from the network to the sender. • Send settings: set up the following options for sending a Home reception: determine if multimedia message: your phone retrieves new messages automatically when you Delivery report: set the network are in your home service area.
  • Page 32 >> Messages Email When this option is set to (Menu 1.9.3) Announce, the phone asks you to You can configure the default send a read-reply to the sender. network settings. Reject if larger than: determine Note: You cannot change e-mail profile the maximum size for incoming settings while an e-mail is being sent or e-mails.

  • Page 33: Memory Status

    options depend on the protocol Push message (Menu 1.9.4) type setting. You can change the settings for When the protocol type is POP3: receiving push messages from the wireless web server. POP3 server: enter the IP address or domain name of the server that •...

  • Page 34: Camera

    Camera You can use the built-in camera module Notes: to take photos in various modes. The • Be careful not to cover the camera camera produces JPEG photos. lens with your hand. To access this menu, press OK in Idle •...

  • Page 35: Multi Shot

    Multi shot Night shot (Menu 2.2) (Menu 2.3) You can take a series of action stills You can take a photo in Night shot in Multi shot mode. mode. This mode allows you to take photos in dim light. Note: When you take a photo in direct sunlight or in bright conditions, Taking a night shot shadows may appear on the photo.

  • Page 36: Go To Photos

    >> Camera Go to photos (Menu 2.4) You can view photos you have taken. p. 39 Effects (Menu 2.5) You can change the colour tone of photos the camera will take. When you select the colour tone you want, the image to be captured appears on the display.

  • Page 37: Wap Browser

    WAP browser The WAP (Wireless Application • Home: go back to the homepage. Protocol) browser on your phone • Bookmarks: display the allows you to access the wireless Bookmarks list. web. Using the web browser, you can • Reload: reload the current page. download and access up-to-date •...

  • Page 38: Bookmarks

    >> WAP browser Bookmarks Enter URL (Menu 3.2) (Menu 3.3) Use this menu to save URL addresses Use this menu to manually enter the in order to quickly access websites. URL address of a website and access the website. Adding a bookmark WAP profile (Menu 3.4) 1.

  • Page 39: Organiser

    Organiser The Organiser feature enables you to • End date and End time: enter keep track of your schedule and tasks, the ending date and time. to view missed events, and to make a • Location: enter information memo. about the event location. •...
  • Page 40 >> Organiser Entering a memo Accessing an event 1. Select a date on the calendar. 1. Select a date on the calendar to display the events for that day. 2. Press OK and select Memo. The following icons indicate the Note: If there are any memos type of events.

  • Page 41: Week View

    Week view A check mark appears in the status (Menu 4.2) check box if the task has been Use this menu to view events for the completed ( ). To change the task selected week. The highlighted cells status, on the task list, press OK and on the timetable indicate select Done or Undone.

  • Page 42: Library

    >> Library Library Using image options While viewing an image, press OK to access the following options: The Library menu allows you to access images, sounds, and other files • List: display the file list. in the phone’s memory. • Send: send the file via MMS, To access this menu, press OK and e-mail, or Bluetooth.

  • Page 43: Other Files

    Using sound options While playing a sound, press OK to Memory status (Menu 5.4) access the following options: You can check the total amount of • List: display the file list. memory for media items and the • Send: send the file via MMS, amount of memory currently in use in e-mail, or Bluetooth.

  • Page 44: Phonebook

    >> Phonebook Phonebook • Send number: send the number via SMS, MMS, or e-mail. You can store phone numbers in your • Send address: send the e-mail phone’s memory and copy them to address via SMS, MMS, or the SIM card. The SIM card and e-mail.

  • Page 45: Group

    • : assign an e-mail address. • Delete: delete the selected group. Group members, however, will • : assign an image as a caller not be deleted from Phonebook. ID image to alert you to a call from the person. •...

  • Page 46: My Business Card

    >> Phonebook My business card Copy to SIM (Menu 6.5) (Menu 6.8) Use this menu to create a name card Use this menu to copy the selected and send it to other people. contact in the phone’s memory to the SIM card.

  • Page 47: Call Log

    Call log Use this menu to view the calls you This menu displays the most recent have dialled, received, or missed, the calls you have dialled. length of your calls, and the cost of Received calls (Menu 7.4) your calls, if supported by your SIM card.

  • Page 48: Applications

    Applications Use this menu to record a voice memo, • Record another: return to Record to set alarms, or to use the phone as a mode for a new voice memo. world clock, calculator, and converter. • Go to voice memos: access voice You can also synchronise the memos you have recorded.

  • Page 49: World Clock

    Changing voice memo settings 3. Select Save to save the alarm settings. You can select a recording time before starting recording. Stopping an alarm From the Voice memo screen, press When the alarm sounds, choose either OK and select Setting. of the following options to stop the •...

  • Page 50: Currency Converter

    >> Applications Currency converter 3. Select Save to save the profile. (Menu 8.5) Note: You can add up to five profiles. Use this menu to convert currency values. Starting synchronisation 1. Select Unit in the upper line and 1. Make sure that your PC has the select the original unit.

  • Page 51: Settings

    Settings Use this menu to customise your Auto folder (Menu 9.2.3) phone settings. You can also reset the Use this menu to open or close the settings to their default values. phone semi-automatically. To access this menu, press OK in Idle Auto Redial (Menu 9.2.4) mode and select Settings.

  • Page 52: Sound Settings

    >> Settings • Message alert type: specify how Backlight (Menu 9.3.3) you are to be informed of Use this menu to select the length of incoming messages. time the backlight of the display stays • Alerts on call: set the phone to beep when you receive a new message or when the time for an (Menu 9.3.4)
  • Page 53 3. Select Activate. To deactivate call • Change barring password: diverting, select Deactivate. change the call barring password obtained from your 4. Move to the Divert to line. service provider. 5. Enter the number to which calls 2. Select the type of calls to be are to be diverted and press OK.

  • Page 54: Bluetooth

    >> Settings Caller ID • Outside access: enable calls to (Menu 9.5.5) numbers other than those in the This network service allows you to Closed user group. This feature prevent your phone number from depends on the nature of your being displayed on the phone of the CUG subscription.
  • Page 55 Bluetooth technology allows free • Secure mode: determine if the wireless connections between all phone asks for your confirmation Bluetooth-compliant devices within a when other devices access your range of 10 meters. Since the devices data. communicate using radio waves, they •...
  • Page 56 >> Settings 4. Enter a Bluetooth PIN code and • Authorise device/Unauthorised press OK. This code is used just device: determine whether or not once and you don’t need to the phone asks you to permit memorise it. connection when other devices try to connect to your phone.

  • Page 57: Security

    Receiving data via Bluetooth Phone lock (Menu 9.7.3) 1. Activate the Bluetooth feature. This feature locks the phone from unauthorised use. 2. Set other Bluetooth devices to search for your phone in the My When this feature is enabled, you phone’s visibility option.

  • Page 58: Connection Settings

    >> Settings Connection settings When the bearer is set to (Menu 9.8) GPRS: Use this menu to create and APN: enter the access point customise the profiles containing the name. settings for connecting your phone to Login ID: enter the login ID. the network.

  • Page 59: Docking Station

    Docking station (Menu 9.9) When your phone is connected to the docking station, you can use your phone as a DECT phone, which will be operated via the associated base station (house or office phone). Note: For further information, see the User’s Guide for the Docking station.

  • Page 60: Sim Services

    SIM services This menu is available if you use a SIM AT card that provides additional services, such as news, weather, sports, entertainment, and location services. Available services may vary, depending on your service provider’s plans. For details, see your SIM card instructions or contact your service provider.

  • Page 61: Solve Problems

    Solve problems To save the time and expense of an “No service,” “Network failure,” or unnecessary service call, perform the “Not done” displays simple checks in this section before • The network connection has been contacting a service professional. lost. You may be in a weak signal area.
  • Page 62 • Check the signal strength indicator on the display ( Then contact your local dealer or The number of bars indicates the Samsung after-sales service. signal strength from strong ( to weak ( ). • Try moving the phone slightly or moving closer to a window if you are in a building.

  • Page 63: Health And Safety Information

    Health and safety information Exposure to Radio The exposure limit set by the Frequency (RF) Signals FCC for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement Certification Information known as the Specific (SAR) Absorption Rate (SAR). The Your wireless phone is a radio SAR is a measure of the rate of transmitter and receiver.
  • Page 64 Sometimes it may be Samsung-supplied, approved, necessary to remove the or non- Samsung designated battery pack to find the accessories that have no metal number. Once you have the FCC and must provide at least 1.5...
  • Page 65 Consumer Information levels, and thus produce RF on Wireless Phones exposures well within the FCC's compliance limits. The U.S. Food and Drug Do wireless phones pose a Administration (FDA) has health hazard? published a series of Questions and Answers for consumers The available scientific evidence relating to radio frequency (RF) does not show that any health...
  • Page 66 >> Health and safety information What is FDA's role information on possible concerning the safety of effects of wireless phone wireless phones? use on human health. Under the law, FDA does not FDA belongs to an interagency review the safety of radiation- working group of the federal emitting consumer products agencies that have...
  • Page 67 safety questions about wireless cancer-causing chemicals so as phones. to be pre-disposed to develop cancer in absence of RF FCC also regulates the base exposure. Other studies stations that the wireless phone exposed the animals to RF for networks rely upon. While these up to 22 hours per day.
  • Page 68 >> Health and safety information wireless phones would provide conducted to address important some of the data that are questions about the effects of needed. Lifetime animal exposure to radio frequency exposure studies could be energy (RF). completed in a few years. FDA has been a leading However, very large numbers of participant in the World Health...
  • Page 69 the latest research exposure from these products, developments around the you can use measures like world. those described above to reduce your RF exposure from What steps can I take to wireless phone use. reduce my exposure to radio frequency energy What about children using from my wireless phone? wireless phones?
  • Page 70 >> Health and safety information Do hands-free kits for the head from those emissions wireless phones reduce reduce risks. Some products risks from exposure to RF that claim to shield the user emissions? from RF absorption use special phone cases, while others Since there are no known risks involve nothing more than a from exposure to RF emissions...
  • Page 71 from wireless telephones. This various sources can be obtained test method is now part of a from the following standard sponsored by the organizations: Association for the • FCC RF Safety Program: Advancement of Medical http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ instrumentation (AAMI). The rfsafety/ final draft, a joint effort by FDA, •...
  • Page 72 >> Health and safety information Road Safety 3. Position your wireless phone within easy reach. Be able Your wireless phone gives you to access your wireless the powerful ability to phone without removing communicate by voice, almost your eyes from the road. If anywhere, anytime.
  • Page 73 7. Do not engage in stressful “The wireless industry or emotional conversations reminds you to use your that may be distracting. phone safely when driving.” Make people you are talking For more information, please with aware you are driving call 1-888-901-SAFE, or visit and suspend conversations our web-site www.wow- that have the potential to...
  • Page 74 >> Health and safety information radio frequency (RF) signals. Some digital wireless phones However, certain electronic may interfere with some equipment may not be shielded hearing aids. In the event of against the RF signals from such interference, you may your wireless phone.
  • Page 75 Vehicles They include below deck on boats, chemical transfer or RF signals may affect storage facilities, vehicles using improperly installed or liquefied petroleum gas (such inadequately shielded electronic as propane or butane), areas systems in motor vehicles. where the air contains Check with the manufacturer or chemicals or particles, such as its representative regarding...
  • Page 76 >> Health and safety information FCC Notice and Cautions location (for example, 911 or other official emergency FCC Notice number). Emergency numbers vary by location. This device complies with 3. Press Part 15 of the FCC Rules. If certain features are in use Operation is subject to the (call barring, for example), you following two conditions:...
  • Page 77 Changes or modifications made in your vehicle is mounted and the radio phone, not expressly operating properly. approved by Samsung, will void the user’s authority to operate • Do not store or carry the equipment. flammable liquids, gases or...
  • Page 78 >> Health and safety information Product Performance • Failure to observe these instructions may lead to the Getting the Most Out of suspension or denial of Your Signal Reception telephone services to the The quality of each call you offender, or legal action, or make or receive depends on the both.
  • Page 79 Understanding How Your • Avoid exposing your phone Phone Operates and accessories to rain or liquid spills. If your phone Your phone is basically a radio does get wet, immediately transmitter and receiver. When turn the power off and it's turned on, it receives and remove the battery.
  • Page 80 + discharge itself over time. and - terminals of the • Use only Samsung- battery (metal strips on the approved batteries and battery), for example when recharge your battery only you carry a spare battery in with Samsung-approved a pocket or bag.
  • Page 81 Li-Ion • Do not store the phone in batteries, contact your cold areas. When the phone nearest Samsung warms up to its normal authorized service center. operating temperature, Always recycle. Do not moisture can form inside the dispose of batteries in a fire.
  • Page 82 >> Health and safety information guaranteed by the manufacturer's warranty, even if the warranty for your phone has not expired. • If your phone has a flash or light, do not use it too close to the eyes of people or animals.

  • Page 84: Index

    Index Camera • 31 CB (Cell Broadcast) messages • 24 ABC mode, text input • 17 CB messages Alarm • 46 setting • 30 Answering viewing • 24 call • 18 CGU (Closed user group) • 51 second call • 19 Characters, enter •...
  • Page 85 SMS • 24 Name card • 43 Names Health and safety • 60 entering • 16 Holding, call • 19 searching • 41 Network band, select • 51 Network selection • 50 Icons, description • 9 Network services • 49 Inbox, messages e-mail •...
  • Page 86 >> Index connecting • 51 editing • 51 Received calls • 44 Received messages e-mail • 25 Waiting call • 50 MMS • 24 Web browser, access • 34 SMS • 24 World clock • 46 Redialling automatically • 48 manually •...

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