Samsung R225M User Manual

Using AIM Service on the Samsung R225M

Table of Contents

! Getting Started......................................................................................... 4

!Navigate to the AIM service........................................................................ 4

! Signing On to the AIM Service.................................................................. 5

!Sign on manually...................................................................................... 5

!Sign on automatically................................................................................ 6

! Using the Buddy List Feature.................................................................... 7

!Buddy status icons.................................................................................... 7

!Buddy List options .................................................................................... 8

!Add screen names to your Buddy List feature ............................................... 8

!Remove screen names from the Buddy List feature ....................................... 9

!Update the Buddy List feature .................................................................... 9

!View information about a screen name ........................................................ 9

!Set an online alert .................................................................................... 9

! Sending and Receiving Messages ........................................................... 10

!Send instant messages............................................................................ 10

!Send an instant message to a screen name in the Buddy List........................ 10

!Send instant messages to a screen name not in your Buddy List feature ........ 11

!Receive new instant messages.................................................................. 11

!Reply to instant messages ....................................................................... 11

! Managing Conversations ........................................................................ 13

!Display a conversation............................................................................. 13

!End a conversation ................................................................................. 13

! Declining Messages ................................................................................ 14

!Decline messages from the Buddy List screen............................................. 14

!Decline an incoming message................................................................... 14

!Accept messages from a declined screen name........................................... 15

!Send messages to a declined screen name................................................. 15

!Setting alerts ......................................................................................... 15

! Making Phone Calls ................................................................................ 16

!Receive phone calls while using the AIM service .......................................... 16

!Receive instant messages while talking on the phone................................... 16

!Make phone calls while using the AIM service ............................................. 16

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! Customizing Settings ............................................................................. 17

!Availability............................................................................................. 17

!Automatic Sign On.................................................................................. 17

!Automatic Buddy List updates................................................................... 17

!Change password ................................................................................... 17

!AIM sounds............................................................................................ 18

! Using the Buddy List Feature on Your Computer .................................... 19

!What is the Mobile Device group?.............................................................. 19

! Using T9 Text Input to Type Messages ................................................... 21

!How T9 works ........................................................................................ 21

!Adding words to the T9 dictionary............................................................. 21

!Use multi-tap text input........................................................................... 22

AOL, AIM, Buddy List, T9 and the AOL triangle design are registered trademarks of America Online, Inc. Instant Messenger is a trademark of America Online, Inc.

T-MOBILE is a registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.

"Samsung" is a trademark of Samsung in the United States and other countries.

T9 Text Input is licensed under one or more of the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554, and 6,307,548; Australian Pat. No. 727539; Canadian Pat. No. 1,331,057; United Kingdom Pat. No. 2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No. HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No. 51383; Euro.Pat. No. 0 842 463 (96927260.8) DE/DK, FI, FR, IT,NL,PT.ES,SE,GB; Republic of Korea Pat. Nos. KR201211B1 and KR226206B1; and additional patents are pending worldwide.

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Getting Started

To use AIM on your phone you need an AIM screen name. This can be an AOL, AIM®, Netscape®, or CompuServe 2000® screen name. If you do not have an AIM-compatible screen name, get one free at www.aol.com/aim/wireless

In addition to an AIM screen name, you need a Samsung R225M phone with service from TMobile. To get a phone or find additional information, visit the T-Mobile web site

Navigate to the AIM service

To start the AOL Instant Messenger, scroll to AIM on the main menu (or press the Menu softkey and then 7), then press the Select softkey:

Press the Menu softkey, then press 7 to navigate to the main AIM screen. Then press the Select softkey to access the AIM menus.

Getting Started

Use the AIM menus to sign on to the AIM service, send, receive, and respond to instant messages, access your Buddy List feature, and change AIM settings to fit your needs.

AIM Offline Menus AIM Online Menus

Sign On Settings

Auto-Sign On Buddy Updates

Conversations

View Conv. End Conv. Send IM to ... Add Buddy Buddy Info

Buddy List Settings

Set Status Auto-Sign On Buddy Updates Change Pwd AIM Sounds

My Status Sign Off

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Signing On to the AIM Service

You can choose to sign on to the AIM service in two ways: manually or automatically. The first time you sign on to AIM, you sign on manually—that is, by using the keypad to type your screen name and password. You can continue to sign on manually each time you sign on to AIM on your phone or you can set your phone to use your screen name and password to sign on automatically.

Sign on manually

To sign on to the AIM service by typing your screen name and password manually, complete the following steps:

1. On the phone handset, press the Menu softkey, and then press 7. The AIM Offline menu appears.

2. Select Sign On and press the Select softkey.

Signing On to the AIM Service

Type your screen name by pressing the key associated with each letter until desired letter appears. For instance, to type the letter "c," press the 2 key three times.

3. When your screen name is entered, press the OK softkey.

4. Type your password and press the OK softkey.

Type your password the same way you typed your screen name, but remember to press the Case softkey when changing from lower to uppercase. As you type, each character appears briefly, and then, for privacy, the characters are replaced with asterisks (*). After you sign on, the AIM service retrieves your Buddy List®, indicating online and offline screen names.

Note: Remember, your password is case-sensitive—if you created your

password with both upper- and lowercase letters, you must type it this way during Sign On.

Sign on to AIM using multiple devices

Signing on to the AIM service affects any other AIM session that you may have started using the same screen name. When using the AIM and AOL services, you can sign on to both services with the same screen name; however, any messages you receive will be displayed by the AOL service.

When using the AIM service or the AIM Express service, signing on to one device will sign you off a session on another device. For example, if you use the AIM service on your PC, and then sign on with the same screen name on your phone, the AIM session on your PC will be signed off.

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Sign on automatically

To set your phone to use your screen name and password to sign on automatically, complete the following steps:

1. Scroll to Settings and press the Select softkey.

2. Scroll to Automatic Sign On and press the Select softkey.

3. Press the scroll button to select the correct functionality. Choose On to set the phone to sign on automatically whenever you return to the AIM service. Choose Off to sign on manually each time you sign on to the AIM service.

4. Press the Select softkey to complete this setting.

AIM status icons

While you are signed on to the AIM service, an icon at the bottom of your phone’s main screen is displayed. When a new instant message is received, the icon changes to indicate that a message has arrived. Stay logged in to send and receive messages while your phone is on.

Icon Description

You are signed on to the AIM service.

Signing On to the AIM Service

You have a new instant message.

Exit the AIM screen, but stay connected to the service

Press the Clear key repeatedly to return to the start screen. Now you can access any of the phone's other features. You still receive instant messages, and can return to the the AIM service at any time to read them.

Sign Off the AIM service and disconnect from the service

If you do not sign off, you remain signed on to the AIM service even when you turn off your phone.

1. From the AIM Online menu, scroll to Sign Off.

2. Press the Select softkey. A message, "Signing off from AOL Instant Messenger" appears briefly, then the phone returns to the AIM menu. Press the Clear key to return to the main menu.

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Using the Buddy List Feature

If you use the AIM service on your PC, the entire Buddy List feature is not downloaded to your phone. Instead, the first time you sign on to the AIM service from your phone, a Mobile Device group is created and 30 screen names from your Buddy List feature are moved into this group. Think of the Mobile Device group as your Buddy List feature that you use from your phone.

When you use the AIM service with your phone, you can communicate with the contacts you keep in your Buddy List feature in much the same way that you would from your computer. If you are already an AOL, Netscape, or CompuServe 2000® member, or if you use the AIM service on your personal computer, up to 30 screen names from your Buddy List feature are accessible to you from your mobile phone.

In addition, when you sign on to the AIM service from a mobile phone, anyone who is using AIM version 4.8.2646 or higher, or AOL version 7.0 or later, will see a Mobile Device icon next to your screen name both in their Buddy List window and in the Instant Messaging window. This icon lets others know that you are using the AIM service from a mobile phone, and that it may take longer to type messages, or that your messages may be shorter in length.

Buddy status icons

The buddy status icons give you information at a glance about a screen name.

Icon Description

Using the Buddy List Feature

appear

An online screen name appears with no icon next to it.

This screen name is offline and can't exchange IMs.

Open conversation is in progress with this screen name.

You are declining messages from this screen name during the current AIM session.

This screen name has set an Away message: the AIM user is online but currently unavailable for instant messaging.

You have set an alert to be notified when this screen name comes online.

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