Your Phone's Modes - Samsung SCH-a870 Series User Manual

Backlights
Backlights illuminate the internal and external displays and the keypad. When you
press any key or open the phone, the backlights come on. They go off when no keys
are pressed within a period of time set in the Backlight menu.
Note: During a phone call, the display backlights dim and turn off after 10 seconds to conserve battery
power, regardless of the Backlight setting.
See "Backlight" on page 127 for more information.
External Display
Your phone has an external display on the outside of the folder. When you close the
phone, the external display shows a digital clock.
Icons that appear in the external display indicate the following:
Incoming calls and messages
•
Alarms and alerts
•
Battery charge level
•
Signal strength
•

Your Phone's Modes

Call Answer Mode
You can select how you wish to answer a call.
In standby mode, press the
1.
(for Call Settings), and
ghi
answer options appear in the display:
• Any Key — Pressing any key except the
• Send Only — Only pressing
• Flip Open — Opening the phone's flip or pressing
Use the navigation keys to highlight an option.
2.
Press the
3.
Input mode
Input mode determines how you enter text, numbers and symbols. While at any text
entry screen, press the Abc (left) soft key (
the pop-up menu using the navigation keys. Optional input modes are T9 Word,
Abc, ABC, Symbols, and 123. (See "Entering Text" on page 44 for more
information.
MENU
(
abc
answers a call.
key to select the method for answering calls.
Understanding Your Phone
Your Phone's Modes
), then press
wxyz
for Call Answer. The following call
key or key answers a call.
answers a call.
), then choose the input mode from
(for Settings),
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