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  • Page 1 * Some of the contents of this manual may differ from your phone, depending on the software installed or your service provider. World Wide Web http://www.samsungmobile.com...
  • Page 2 Draft (2006. 1. 20) SPH-A640 User’s Guide...
  • Page 3 Intellectual Property Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), Inc. All Intellectual Property, as defined below, owned by or which is otherwise the property of Samsung or its Headquarters: respective suppliers relating to the SAMSUNG Phone, 1301 East Lookout Drive Suite 150 Richardson,...
  • Page 4 CONTAINED ON THE WARRANTY PAGE ENCLOSED ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR BENEFITS. 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 PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCT OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE;...
  • Page 5 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. safety Switch off in an aircraft Wireless phones can cause interference.
  • Page 6 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 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents Unpack Make sure you have each item Your phone Buttons, features, and locations Get started First steps to operate your phone Menu functions All menu options listed Solve problems Help and personal needs Health and safety information...
  • Page 8: Unpack

    Make sure you have each item Phone Travel Adapter Battery User’s Manual You can obtain the following accessories for your phone from your local Samsung dealer. • Standard battery • Extended battery • Battery charger • Leather case • Headset •...
  • Page 9: Get Started

    • a warning tone sounds, Get started • the battery low message displays, and First steps to operate your phone • the empty battery icon blinks. Install and charge the phone If the battery level becomes too low, the phone automatically turns off.
  • Page 10 Keys and display Key(s) Description Key(s) Description End key Ends a call. Hold down to switch the phone on and off. Soft keys Perform the function indicated on the bottom In Menu mode, cancels input and returns the line of the display. phone to Idle mode.
  • Page 11 Get started Adjusts the phone volume. Volume keys (on the In Idle mode, with the phone open, adjusts left) the keypad tone volume. With the phone closed, hold down to turn on the backlight. In Menu mode, scrolls through the menu options.
  • Page 12 Overview of menu functions To access Menu mode, press [ ] in Idle mode. 4 Pictures 7 Settings 1 Voice Kit 1 Camera 1 Display 1 Voice Service 2 My Pictures 2 Sounds 2 Voice Memo 3 Online Albums 3 Bluetooth 2 Messaging 4 Order Prints 4 Power Vision...
  • Page 13: Menu Functions

    Messaging Menu functions Use the Messaging menu to send and receive short All menu options listed text messages to and from other mobile phones. In addition, your phone supports the Enhanced Voice Kit Messaging Service (EMS), which enables you to include simple pictures, melodies, and animated To access this menu, press[ ] in Idle mode and...
  • Page 14 Picture Mail Settings You can send or receive picture mail in this menu. You can change the various settings for using the message feature. Voice SMS In this menu, you can: Use this menu to view the voice SMS messages you •...
  • Page 15 Menu functions Tools an event commences. Events scheduled for future dates automatically appear on your Today events The Tools menu provides you various convenient schedule on that day. features like a calendar, task list, memo pad, D-day Scheduler counter, alarm, and calculator. To access this menu, press [ ] in Idle mode and This menu allows you to view the current month, as...
  • Page 16 Pictures Memo pad This feature allows you to make and view memos of Use the Pictures menu to use camera feature. important things you need to remember. To access this menu, press [ ] in Idle mode and select Pictures. World time Camera You can use this menu to find out what time it is in...
  • Page 17 Menu functions Account Info Incoming Calls Using this menu option, you can change information This menu lets you view up to 20 of the most recent about your web page account. Accessing the Online calls you have received if you are a subscribe to the Albums menu option connects your phone to the Caller Line Identification service.
  • Page 18 Your phone comes equipped with a WAP browser • set a greeting message to be displayed. which makes it possible for you to access the wireless • specify the length of time the backlight of the web. Using the WAP browser, you can access updated display or keypad turns on.
  • Page 19 Menu functions Bluetooth Ready Link Enable/Disable Use this menu to customize settings for the Ready link feature. This feature allows you to activate the Bluetooth feature. When this option is set to Enable, the Wireless Backup Bluetooth icon appears. Visibility Voice Service This feature allows you to set whether or not your Your Sprint PCS Vision Phone’s Voice Services let you...
  • Page 20 • lock your phone and serivces so that other people You can set the Navigation keys as shortcut keys to cannot use your phone and the additional services. access specific menus directly in Idle mode. • change your current lock code to a new one. Others •...
  • Page 21 Menu functions Add New Entry • view information of the icons to be displayed on the screen. This menu allows you to add a new entry to your • view the software and hardware versions of your Contacts. A name can contain up to 6 numbers in phone.
  • Page 22: Solve Problems

    Wireless Backup Solve problems Services Help and personal needs To save the time and expense of an unnecessary In this menu, you can dial the service centers preset service call, perform the simple checks in this section by your service provider to get more information. For before contacting a service professional.
  • Page 23 Solve problems “Enter PUK” Your correspondent cannot reach you • The PIN code has been entered incorrectly three • Be sure your phone is switched on. ([ ] pressed times in succession, and the phone is now blocked. for more than one second.) Enter the PUK supplied by your service provider.
  • Page 24: Health And Safety Information

    • A clear description of the problem evaluation of scientific studies. Then contact your local dealer or Samsung after-sales The standards include a substantial safety margin service. designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.
  • Page 25 Health and safety information SAR tests are conducted using standard operating Before a new model phone is available for sale to the positions specified by the FCC with the phone public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that transmitting at its highest certified power level in all it does not exceed the limit established by the tested frequency bands.
  • Page 26 For body worn operation, this model phone has been in any way. tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with a Samsung-supplied or approved • Use the battery only for its intended purpose. accessory designated for this product or when used •...
  • Page 27 Health and safety information • Use only Samsung-approved batteries and terminals may damage the battery or the object recharge your battery only with Samsung- causing the short-circuiting. approved chargers. When a charger is not in use, • Dispose of used batteries in accordance with local disconnect it from the power source.
  • Page 28 safety to your wireless phone with one of the many • Do not engage in stressful or emotional hands-free accessories available today. conversations that may be distracting. Make the people with whom you are talking aware that you • Position your wireless phone within easy reach. Be are driving and suspend conversations that have able to access your wireless phone without the potential to divert your attention from the...
  • Page 29 Health and safety information Remember to follow any special regulations in force in RF signals from your wireless phone. Consult the any area and always switch off your phone whenever it manufacturer to discuss alternatives. is forbidden to use it, or when it may cause Pacemakers interference or danger.
  • Page 30 Hearing aids been added to your vehicle. You should also consult the manufacturer of any equipment that has been Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some added to your vehicle. hearing aids. In the event of such interference, you may wish to consult your hearing aid manufacturer to Posted facilities discuss alternatives.
  • Page 31 Health and safety information 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.
  • Page 32 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. place objects, including both installed or portable Consult this document and your local cellular service wireless equipment in the area over the air bag or...
  • Page 33 Health and safety information • Keep the phone and all its parts and accessories a soft cloth slightly dampened in a mild soap-and- out of the reach of small children’s. water solution. • Keep the phone dry. Precipitation, humidity and •...
  • Page 34 (1) this device may not cause harmful Changes or modifications made in the radio phone, not interference, and (2) this device must accept any expressly approved by Samsung, will void the user’s interference received, including interference that authority to operate the equipment.
  • Page 35 Health and safety information Appendix A: CERTIFICATION phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is INFORMATION (SAR) determined at the highest certified power level, the THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES.
  • Page 36 Appendix B: Guide to Safe and when used with a Samsung accessory designated for this product or when used with an accessory that Responsible Wireless Phone Use contains no metal and that positions the handset a Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association minimum 1.5 cm from the body.
  • Page 37 Health and safety information responsibility. A wireless phone can be an invaluable Wireless Phone “Safety Tips” tool, but good judgment must be exercised at all times Below are safety tips to follow while driving and using while driving a motor vehicle whether on the phone or a wireless phone which should be easy to remember: not.
  • Page 38 4. Suspend conversations during hazardous driving numbers, check the road and your mirrors, then conditions or situations. Let the person you are continue. speaking with know you are driving; if necessary, 7. Do not engage in stressful or emotional suspend the call in heavy traffic or hazardous conversations that may be distracting.
  • Page 39 Health and safety information crime in progress or other serious emergency telephones. where lives are in danger, call 9-1-1 or other local And, as we take to the roads, we all have a emergency number, as you would want others to responsibility to drive safely.
  • Page 40 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.
  • Page 41 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...
  • Page 42 FCC also regulates the base stations that the wireless world. The Project has also helped develop a series of phone networks rely upon. While these base stations public information documents on EMF issues. operate at higher power than do the wireless phones FDA and the Cellular Telecommunications &...
  • Page 43 Health and safety information 5. What steps can I take to reduce my exposure to The scientific evidence does not show a danger to radio frequency energy from my wireless phone? users of wireless phones, including children and teenagers. If you want to take steps to lower exposure If there is a risk from these products—and at this point to radio frequency energy (RF), the measures we do not know that there is—it is probably very...
  • Page 44 Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF more than a metallic accessory attached to the phone. emissions from wireless phones, there is no reason to Studies have shown that these products generally do believe that hands-free kits reduce risks. Hands-free not work as advertised.
  • Page 45 Health and safety information Radio frequency energy (RF) from wireless phones can FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones interact with some electronic devices. For this reason, for possible interactions with other medical devices. FDA helped develop a detailed test method to measure Should harmful interference be found to occur, FDA electromagnetic interference (EMI) of implanted will conduct testing to assess the interference and...
  • Page 46 under which people use wireless phones, so we don’t numbers of animals would be needed to provide know with certainty what the results of such studies reliable proof of a cancer promoting effect if one mean for human health. exists. Epidemiological studies can provide data that is directly applicable to human populations, but 10 or Three large epidemiology studies have been published more years follow-up may be needed to provide...
  • Page 47 Health and safety information STANDARD LIMITED WARRANTY Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov/radiation/ What is Covered and For How Long? SAMSUNG Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, L.P. (SAMSUNG) (OSHA): warrants to the original purchaser ("Purchaser") that http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/ SAMSUNG’s Phones and accessories ("Products") are radiofrequencyradiation/index.html...
  • Page 48 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 49 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 WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT; LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING...
  • Page 50 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 THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURCHASER...
  • Page 51 Richardson, TX 75082 limitations of liability contained in this Limited Warranty. The agents, employees, distributors, and Phone: 1-800-SAMSUNG dealers of SAMSUNG are not authorized to make Phone: 1-888-987-HELP (4357) modifications to this Limited Warranty, or make additional warranties binding on SAMSUNG.
  • Page 52 Hearing Aid Compatibility with Mobile Phones When some mobile phones are used near some hearing devices (hearing aids and cochlear implants), users may detect a buzzing, humming, or whining noise. Some hearing devices are more immune than others to this interference noise, and phones also vary in the amount of interference they generate.
  • Page 53 Compatibilidad de Aparatos Dispositivos Con Teléfonos Móviles Cuando algunos teléfonos móviles se utilizan cerca de algunos aparatos auditivos (audífonos e implantes cocleares), es posible que los usuarios detecten un ruido como zumbido, murmullo o quejido. Algunos aparatos auditivos son más inmunes que otros a este ruido de interferencia y los teléfonos también varían en la cantidad de interferencia que generan.

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