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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
World Wide Web
http://www.samsungmobile.com
Printed in Korea
Code No.:GH68-0xxxxA
English. 03/2006. Draft03

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  • Page 1 * Depending on the software installed or your service provider, some of the description in this manual may differ from your phone. * Depending on your country, your phone and accessories may appear different from the illustrations in this manual. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Printed in Korea World Wide Web Code No.:GH68-0xxxxA http://www.samsungmobile.com...
  • Page 2 SGH-T209 User’s Manual...
  • Page 3 Use road safety 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.
  • Page 4 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 5 About this Guide This User’s Guide provides you with condensed information about how to use your phone. To quickly learn the basics for your phone, please refer to “Get started”. In this guide, the following instruction icons appear: Indicates that you need to pay careful attention to the subsequent information regarding safety or phone features.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Enter text Contents ABC, T9, Number, and Symbolic mode Unpack Call functions Make sure you have each item Advanced calling features Your phone Menu functions Buttons, features, and locations All menu options listed Get started Slove problems First steps to operating your phone Help and personal needs Install and charge the phone ........
  • Page 8 Overview of menu functions To access Menu mode, press <Menu> in Idle mode. 1 Voice notes p.23 4 IM p.25 7 Get More Help p.27 9 Settings p.29 1 Time & Date p.29 2 Phone Settings p.29 2 Call records p.23 5 Messages p.25...

  • Page 9: Unpack

    Cancel/Correct key Alphanumeric • Headset keys • Data Link KIT Special function keys Microphone • Stylish Handfree Car Kit The items supplied with your phone and the accessories at your Samsung dealer may vary, depending on your country or service provider.

  • Page 10: Get Started

    Get started Plug the travel adapter Install the battery. into the phone. First steps to operating your phone SIM card information When you subscribe to a cellular network, you receive a plug-in SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card loaded with your subscription details, such as your PIN, and available optional services.

  • Page 11: Power On Or Off

    Get started Power on or off Remove the adapter from the phone. Switch on 1. Open the phone. 2. Press and hold [ ] to turn on the phone. Do not turn on the phone when 3. If necessary, enter the PIN and mobile phone press <OK>.

  • Page 12: Keys And Display

    Keys and display Send or answer a call. In Idle mode, retrieve the recent numbers Key(s) Description dialled, missed, or received. Perform the function indicated on the bottom End a call. line of the display. Hold down to switch the phone on and off. In Menu mode, cancel input and return the In Idle mode, access your favourite menus, phone to Idle mode.
  • Page 13 Get started Display Icons New e-mail received or being sent (continued) Layout One of the message Inboxes is full Icons display various icons. Call diverting feature is active Text and graphics GPRS network display messages, instructions, and Home Zone, if you have registered information you enter.

  • Page 14: Access Menu Functions

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

  • Page 15: Customise Your Phone

    Get started Customise your phone You can set your wallpaper for the Idle mode main or external display. wallpaper 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> Display 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> and select Settings → Phone language and select Settings → Display settings →...
  • Page 16 You can change the colour for the Menu mode You can use the Navigation keys as Menu display components, such as title skin colour shortcut keys to access specific shortcuts bars and highlight bars. menus directly from Idle mode. 1. In Idle mode, press <Menu> To assign a menu to a key: and select Settings →...

  • Page 17: Make/Answer Calls

    Make/Answer calls You can protect the phone against Phone lock unauthorised use with a phone 1. In Idle mode, enter an area code Make a call password. The phone will require and phone number. the password on powerup. 2. Press [ 1.

  • Page 18: Enter Text

    Using ABC mode Enter text Press the appropriate key until the character you want ABC, T9, Number, and Symbolic mode appears on the screen. You can enter text for some features such as Characters in order displayed messaging, Phonebook, or Calendar, using ABC mode, Upper case Lower case T9 mode, Number mode, and Symbolic mode.
  • Page 19 Enter text Tips for using ABC mode Entering a word in T9 mode • To enter the same letter twice or to enter a 1. Press [2] to [9] to start entering a word. Press different letter on the same key, wait for the cursor each key once for each letter.
  • Page 20 Using Symbolic mode • Press [ ] to insert a space. • Press the Navigation keys to move the cursor. Symbolic mode enables you to insert symbols. • Press [C] to delete characters one by one. Press Press and hold [C] to clear the display. display more symbols [Up] or [Down].

  • Page 21: Call Functions

    Making a call from Phonebook Call functions Once you have stored a number in Phonebook, you can dial the number by selecting it from Phonebook. Advanced calling features Making a call You can also use the speed dial feature to assign your 1.
  • Page 22 Answering a call 3. Press [ ] to dial the number you want. When you receive an incoming call, the phone rings Using the headset and displays the incoming call image. Use the headset to make or answer calls without Press <Accept>...
  • Page 23 Call functions Press [ ] to increase the volume level and [ ] to 4. Press <Options> and select End held call to end decrease the volume level. the call on hold. 5. To end the current call, press [ Using the external speaker Answering a second call Use the optional external speaker to talk and listen...
  • Page 24 Using a Bluetooth headset Muting or sending key tones Use an optional Bluetooth headset to talk on the You can turn the key tones off or on. phone without holding the phone to your ear. To use Press <Options> and select Mute keys or Send this feature, you first need to register your headset keys.
  • Page 25 Call functions Using Phonebook 3. Press <Options> and select Join. The first participant is added to the multi-party call. You can access the Phonebook menu to locate or 4. If desired, call another person or answer an store entries. incoming call. Press <Options>...

  • Page 26: Menu Functions

    Missed calls Menu functions This menu displays the most recent calls that you did All menu options listed not answer. Voice notes Incoming calls (Menu 1) Use this menu to record a voice memo and then This menu displays the most recent calls you have immediately send it by a MMS (Multimedia Message received.

  • Page 27: Call Time

    Menu functions Call Time Home This menu displays the time log for calls made and Use this menu to connect your phone to the network received. The actual time invoiced by your service and load the homepage of t-zones, WAP services provider will vary.

  • Page 28: Messages

    Text messages (Menu 4) Instant Messenger (IM) is a way of sending short, Short message service (SMS) allows you to send and simple messages that are delivered immediately to receive text messages that include simple pictures, users online at that moment. animated images, and sounds.

  • Page 29: Browser Messages

    Menu functions Browser messages Broadcast Your phone can receive WAP push messages from WAP Your phone can receive broadcast messages of various servers. topic, such as sports, traffic, news, or weather forecast, sent by service provider. In this menu, you can: In this menu, you can: •...

  • Page 30: Fun & Apps

    Fun & Apps Games (Menu 6) This menu displays Java -based games that are The Fun & Apps menu allows you to access media preinstalled in your phone or downloaded from the contents, such as photos, sounds, and games, stored wireless web.

  • Page 31: Phonebook

    Menu functions Phonebook Copy all to phone (Menu 8) Use this menu to copy all of the contacts in the You can store phone numbers on your SIM card and in phone’s memory to the SIM card. your phone’s memory. The SIM card and phone’s memory are physically separate, but they are used as Delete all a single entity called Phonebook.

  • Page 32: Memory Status

    Settings Memory status (Menu 9) Use this menu to check how many contacts you have Use this menu to customize your phone settings. You stored in the phone’s memory and the SIM card, can also reset the settings to their default values. respectively.

  • Page 33: Sound Settings

    Menu functions • change the background image that is displayed in • set how the phone acts to alert you to a specific Idle mode. event in Quiet mode, instead of making sounds. • select a skin color pattern for Menu mode. •...

  • Page 34: Security

    Security Memory status Use this menu to protect the phone against Use this menu to check the amount of memory being unauthorized use by managing the several access used for storing data in Messages, File manager, codes of your phone and SIM card. Calendar, Phonebook, and Java world.

  • Page 35: Slove Problems

    Slove problems “Enter PUK” Slove problems • The PIN code has been entered incorrectly three times in succession, and the phone is now blocked. Enter the Help and personal needs PUK supplied by your service provider. To save the time and expense of an unnecessary service “No service,”...
  • Page 36 A clear description of the problem • Your battery is insufficiently charged. Recharge the battery. Then contact your local dealer or Samsung after-sales service. The audio quality of the call is poor • Check the signal strength indicator on the display ).

  • Page 37: Health And Safety Information

    Health and safety information SAR tests are conducted using standard operating Health and safety information positions specified by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all Exposure to radio frequency (RF) signals tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver.
  • Page 38 For body worn operation, this model phone has been Precautions when using batteries tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with a Samsung-supplied or approved • Never use any charger or battery that is damaged accessory designated for this product or when used in any way.
  • Page 39 Short-circuiting the • 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, •...
  • Page 40 benefits of wireless phones, one that every user must sleet, snow, ice, and even heavy traffic can be uphold. hazardous. • Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while When driving a car, driving is your first responsibility. driving.
  • Page 41 Health and safety information • Use your wireless phone to help others in As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, emergencies. If you see a car accident, crime in users are advised that for the satisfactory operation of progress or other serious emergency where lives the equipment and for the safety of personnel, it is are in danger, call the emergency number, as you recommended that the equipment should only be used...
  • Page 42 Persons with pacemakers: facilities when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so. Hospitals or health care facilities • should always keep the phone more than 15 cm (6 may be using equipment that could be sensitive to inches) from their pacemaker when the phone is external RF energy.
  • Page 43 Health and safety information explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even never rely solely on any wireless phone for essential death. communications (medical emergencies, for example). Users are advised to switch off the phone while at a Remember, to make or receive any calls the phone refueling point (service station).
  • Page 44 When making an emergency call, remember to give all warranty for this equipment, and void your authority the necessary information as accurately as possible. to operate this equipment. Only use approved Remember that your phone may be the only means of batteries, antennas and chargers.
  • Page 45 Health and safety information place objects, including both installed or portable • Keep the phone dry. Precipitation, humidity and wireless equipment in the area over the air bag or liquids contain minerals that will corrode electronic in the air bag deployment area. If wireless circuits.
  • Page 46 Acknowledging special precautions a soft cloth slightly dampened in a mild soap-and- water solution. and the FCC and industry canada • Do not paint the phone. Paint can clog the device’s notice moving parts and prevent proper operation. Cautions • Do not put the phone in or on heating devices, such as a microwave oven, a stove or a radiator.
  • Page 47 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 48 The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this output. model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in When approval test is done, no Samsung supplied compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines. SAR accessories are avialable but maybe available later after information on this model phone is on file with the FCC approval.
  • Page 49 Health and safety information Appendix B: Guide to safe and The basic lessons are ones we all learned as teenagers. responsible wireless phone use Driving requires alertness, caution and courtesy. It requires a heavy dose of basic common sense-keep your Cellular Telecommunications &...
  • Page 50 the phone keypad so you can use the speed dial common sense. Don’t get caught in a dangerous function without taking your attention off the road. situation because you are reading or writing and not paying attention to the road or nearby vehicles. 2.
  • Page 51 Health and safety information road hazard or medical emergency. Remember, it is a educational outreach to inform wireless phone users of free call on your wireless phone! their responsibilities as safe drivers and good citizens. As 9. Use your wireless phone to help others in we approach a new century, more and more of us will take emergencies.
  • Page 52 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 1.
  • Page 53 Health and safety information to repair, replace or recall the phones so that the hazard • National Telecommunications and Information Administration no longer exists. • The National Institutes of Health participates in some Although the existing scientific data do not justify FDA interagency working group activities, as well.
  • Page 54 address important questions about the effects of exposure If there is a risk from these products—and at this point we to radio frequency energy (RF). do not know that there is—it is probably very small. But if you are concerned about avoiding even potential risks, FDA has been a leading participant in the World Health you can take a few simple steps to minimize your Organization International Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)
  • Page 55 Health and safety information energy (RF), the measures described above would apply On the other hand, if the phone is mounted against the to children and teenagers using wireless phones. Reducing waist or other part of the body during use, then that part the time of wireless phone use and increasing the distance of the body will absorb more RF energy.
  • Page 56 According to FTC, these defendants lacked a reasonable aid at the same time. This standard was approved by the basis to substantiate their claim. IEEE in 2000. 9. What about wireless phone interference with medical FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones for equipment? possible interactions with other medical devices.
  • Page 57 Health and safety information which people use wireless phones, so we don t know with more years follow-up may be needed to provide answers certainty what the results of such studies mean for human about some health effects, such as cancer. This is because health.
  • Page 58 STANDARD LIMITED WARRANTY National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): What is Covered and For How Long? SAMSUNG http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/emfpg.html TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, L.P. (SAMSUNG) World health Organization (WHO): warrants to the original purchaser ("Purchaser") that http://www.who.int/peh-emf/ SAMSUNG’s Phones and accessories ("Products") are free...
  • Page 59 Product and the sellers’ name and address. To obtain SAMSUNG; (e) defects or damage from improper testing, assistance on where to deliver the Product, call Samsung operation, maintenance, installation, or adjustment; (f) Customer Care at 1-888-987-4357. Upon receipt,...
  • Page 60 LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LIMITED TO: LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN ADDITION, SAMSUNG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCT OR ITS ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE;...
  • Page 61 USE THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE OR EQUIPMENT IN The agents, employees, distributors, and dealers of CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRODUCT. SAMSUNG MAKES NO SAMSUNG are not authorized to make modifications to WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AND THERE ARE NO this Limited Warranty, or make additional warranties CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR binding on SAMSUNG.
  • Page 62 Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), Inc. 1301 East Lookout Drive Richardson, TX 75082 Phone: 1-800-SAMSUNG Phone: 1-888-987-HELP (4357) ©2005 Samsung Telecommunications America. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part allowed without prior written approval. Specifications and availability subject to change without...
  • Page 63 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.

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