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Intellectual Property Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), Inc. All Intellectual Property, as defined below, owned by or which is otherwise the property of Samsung Headquarters: or its respective suppliers relating to the SAMSUNG 1301 East Lookout Drive Suite 150 Richardson, TX 75082 Phone, including but not limited to, accessories, parts, or software relating there to (the “Phone...
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EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE EXPRESS WARRANTY CONTAINED ON THE WARRANTY PAGE ENCLOSED WITH THE PRODUCT, THE PURCHASER TAKES THE PRODUCT "AS IS", AND SAMSUNG MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE...
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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.
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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.
Contents Unpack Make sure you have every item Your phone Buttons, features, and locations Get started First steps to operate your phone Install and charge the phone ........5 Power on or off............6 Keys and display ............. 7 Menu functions All menu options listed Solve problems Help and personal needs...
User’s Guide Headset jack Right soft key Left soft key You can obtain the following accessories for Power on/off/ Volume keys your phone from your local Samsung dealer. Menu exit key Dial key • Standard Battery • Extended Battery Speaker key Back key •...
Get started Replace the cover. Plug the travel adapter into the phone. First steps to operate your phone Install and charge the phone Remove the battery Install the battery. cover Plug the adapter into a standard AC wall outlet. When the phone is completely charged (the battery icon becomes still), unplug the adapter If the phone is already from the power outlet.
Get started Remove the adapter from the phone. Power on or off Power on 1. Open the phone. Do not turn on the phone when 2. Press and hold to turn on mobile phone the phone. use is prohibited. Power off 1.
Keys and display Key(s) Description Key(s) Description End a call. Hold down to switch the phone on and off. Perform the function indicated on the In Menu mode, cancel input and return the bottom line of the display. phone to Idle mode. In Idle mode, access menu options directly.
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Overview of menu functions To access Menu mode, press <Menu> in Idle mode. 1 Voice kit 4 Settings 1 Voice dial 1 Display 2 Voice memo 2 Sounds 3 Security 2 Messaging 4 Roaming 1 Send message 5 Launch pad 2 Inbox 6 Others 3 Outbox...
Voice memo (Menu 1.2) Menu functions The voice memo feature allows you to record your All menu options listed important memos. In this menu, you can: Voice kit • record voice memos. (Menu 1) • review the voice memos you have recorded. Use the Voice kit menu to use the voice dial feature •...
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Menu functions Send message Voicemail (Menu 2.1) (Menu 2.5) You can create new text messages including simple Use this menu to dial to the voicemail server and emoticons and then send them to multiple destination. access your voicemails. You can also delete voicemails you have received.
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• set the phone to erase the oldest message in order Scheduler (Menu 3.2) to free up memory space to receive a new This menu allows you to view the current month, as message when the memory for storing incoming well as past or future months in calendar format.
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Menu functions World time Countdown (Menu 3.5) (Menu 3.8) You can use this menu to find out what time it is in This menu helps you know how many time it takes for another part of the world. you to do something or how many days until a specific event occurs Select the city corresponding to your time zone by pressing the Navigation keys once or repeatedly.
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• set a greeting message to be displayed. Security (Menu 4.3) • specify the length of time the backlight of the Your phone provides you with various security options, display or keypad turns on. You can also activate including a user-programmable lock code and special Power saving mode for backlight use.
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Menu functions In this menu, you can: • activate or deactivate Airplane mode, the location feature, and TTY mode. • select a roaming mode. • set the phone to remind you when you are making Phone info (Menu 4.7) or receiving a roaming call. In this menu, you can: Launch pad (Menu 4.5)
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Contacts Outgoing calls (Menu 5.1) (Menu 6) If Caller Line Identification is available, your phone The Contacts menu allows you to store frequently keeps a list of the most recent outgoing calls that you used phone numbers and the associated names in have made.
My phone # (Menu 6.3) Solve problems Use this feature to check your phone number. Help and personal needs Speed dial #s (Menu 6.4) To save the time and expense of an unnecessary service call, perform the simple checks in this section Once you have stored phone numbers in Contacts, you before contacting a service professional.
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Your correspondent cannot reach you “Enter PUK” • The PIN code was entered incorrectly three times • Be sure your phone is switched on. ( pressed in succession, and the phone is now blocked. Enter for more than one second.) the PUK supplied by your service provider.
• A clear description of the problem The exposure standard for wireless phones employs a Then contact your local dealer or Samsung after-sales unit of measurement known as Specific Absorption service. Rate (SAR). The SAR limit recommended by the FCC is...
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For body worn operation, this model phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with a Samsung-supplied or approved * In the U.S. and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used by the public is 1.6 watts/kg (W/kg) averaged accessory designated for this product or when used over one gram of tissue.
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• If left unused, a fully charged battery will discharge itself over time. • Use only Samsung-approved batteries and recharge your battery only with Samsung- approved chargers. When a charger is not in use,...
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disconnect it from the power source. Do not leave • Dispose of used batteries in accordance with local the battery connected to a charger for more than a regulations. Always recycle. Do not dispose of week, since overcharging may shorten its life. batteries in a fire.
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Health and safety information • Position your wireless phone within easy reach. Be • Do not engage in stressful or emotional able to access your wireless phone without conversations that may be distracting. Make the removing your eyes from the road. If you get an people with whom you are talking aware that you incoming call at an inconvenient time, let your are driving and suspend conversations that have...
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Operating environment Electronic devices Remember to follow any special regulations in force in Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from any area and always switch off your phone whenever it 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.
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Health and safety information Vehicles • should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to 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 off your phone immediately.
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Potentially explosive environments Emergency calls Switch off your phone when in any area with a This phone, like any wireless phone, operates using potentially explosive atmosphere and obey all signs radio signals, wireless and landline networks as well as and instructions. Sparks in such areas could cause an user-programmed functions, which cannot guarantee explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even connection in all conditions.
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Health and safety information If certain features are in use (call barring, for • For vehicles equipped with an air bag, remember example), you may first need to deactivate those that an air bag inflates with great force. Do not features before you can make an emergency call.
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Care and maintenance • Do not store the phone in cold areas. When the phone warms up to its normal operating Your phone is a product of superior design and temperature, moisture can form inside the phone, craftsmanship and should be treated with care. The which may damage the phone’s electronic circuit suggestions below will help you fulfill any warranty boards.
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Health and safety information Acknowledging Special Precautions • If your phone has a flash or light, do not use it too close to the eyes of people or animals. This may and the FCC and Industry Canada cause damage to their eyes. Notice •...
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Appendix A: CERTIFICATION This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in INFORMATION (SAR) accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S interference to radio communications. However, there REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES.
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The standard incorpo- tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines rates a substantial ma gin of safety togive additional pro- tection for the public and to account for any variations in when used with a Samsung accessory designated for measurements.
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Appendix B: Guide to Safe and But an important responsibility accompanies those benefits, one that every wireless phone user must Responsible Wireless Phone Use uphold. When driving a car, driving is your first Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association responsibility. A wireless phone can be an invaluable “Safety is the most important call you will ever make.”...
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Health and safety information But with wireless phone use, driving safely means a 2. When available, use a hands free device. A number little more. This brochure is a call to wireless phone of hands free wireless phone accessories are users everywhere to make safety their first priority readily available today.
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5. Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while 7. Do not engage in stressful or emotional driving. If you are reading an address book or conversations that may be distracting. Stressful or business card, or writing a “to do” list while driving emotional conversations and driving do not mix- a car, you are not watching where you are going.
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Health and safety information 9. Use your wireless phone to help others in Careless, distracted individuals and people driving emergencies. Your wireless phone provides you a irresponsibly represent a hazard to everyone on the perfect opportunity to be a “Good Samaritan” in road.
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Appendix C: Consumer Update on thus produce RF exposures well within the FCC’s compliance limits. Wireless Phones 2. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard? U.S. Food and Drug Administration The available scientific evidence does not show that 1. What kinds of phones are the subject of this any health problems are associated with using update? wireless phones.
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Health and safety information 3. What is FDA’s role concerning the safety of wireless • Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones 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...
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FDA shares regulatory responsibilities for wireless FDA has been a leading participant in the World Health phones with the Federal Communications Commission Organization International Electromagnetic Fields (FCC). All phones that are sold in the United States (EMF) Project since its inception in 1996. An influential must comply with FCC safety guidelines that limit RF result of this work has been the development of a exposure.
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Health and safety information 5. What steps can I take to reduce my exposure to 6. What about children using wireless phones? radio frequency energy from my wireless phone? The scientific evidence does not show a danger to If there is a risk from these products—and at this point users of wireless phones, including children and we do not know that there is—it is probably very teenagers.
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7. Do hands-free kits for wireless phones reduce risks Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF from exposure to RF emissions? emissions from wireless phones, there is no reason to believe that accessories that claim to shield the head Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF from those emissions reduce risks.
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Health and safety information 9. What about wireless phone interference with FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones medical equipment? for possible interactions with other medical devices. Should harmful interference be found to occur, FDA Radio frequency energy (RF) from wireless phones can will conduct testing to assess the interference and interact with some electronic devices.
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Three large epidemiology studies have been published directly applicable to human populations, but 10 or since December 2000. Between them, the studies more years follow-up may be needed to provide investigated any possible association between the use answers about some health effects, such as cancer. of wireless phones and primary brain cancer, gioma, This is because the interval between the time of meningioma, or acoustic neuroma, tumors of the brain...
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Health and safety information STANDARD LIMITED WARRANTY Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA): What is Covered and For How Long? SAMSUNG http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/ TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, L.P. (SAMSUNG) radiofrequencyradiation/index.html warrants to the original purchaser ("Purchaser") that National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health SAMSUNG’s Phones and accessories ("Products") are...
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Product. Repaired/ SAMSUNG for charging the battery, (ii) any of the replaced leather cases and pouches will be warranted seals on the battery are broken or show evidence of for a period of ninety (90) days.
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COMPONENTS CONTAINED THEREIN; OR equipment shall become the property of SAMSUNG. COMPLIANCE OF THE PRODUCT WITH THE If SAMSUNG determines that any Product is not REQUIREMENTS OF ANY LAW, RULE, SPECIFICATION covered by this Limited Warranty, Purchaser must pay OR CONTRACT PERTAINING THERETO.
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PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES IS AND WILL ALWAYS NEGLIGENCE OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE) OR FAULT BE CONSTRUED TO BE LIMITED BY ITS TERMS OR AS COMMITTED BY SAMSUNG, ITS AGENTS OR LIMITED AS THE LAW PERMITS. EMPLOYEES, OR FOR ANY BREACH OF CONTRACT OR...
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Limited Specifications and availability subject to change Warranty. The agents, employees, distributors, and dealers of SAMSUNG are not authorized to make without notice. [080802] modifications to this Limited Warranty, or make additional warranties binding on SAMSUNG.
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* 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. World Wide Web http://www.samsungmobile.com...
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