Samsung SCH-6100 User Manual

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Portable Cellular

Telephone
SCH-6100

Owner’s Manual

World Wide Web

http://www.samsungmobile.com

Printed in Korea
Code No.: GH68-01163A
2000/08. Rev.1.2

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Table of Contents

Getting to know your phone 7
Turning your Samsung PCS Phone on and of f

To turn it on 1 8
To turn it off 1 8

18

The top line of the display 19
Using the battery 21

Installing the battery 2 1
R e m oving the battery 2 1
C h a rging the battery 2 1
C h a rging with the dual-slot desktop ch a rger 2 2
Things to remember about the dual-slot desktop ch a rge r 2 2
The empty battery icon 2 3

Your phone’s modes 24

S t a n d by mode 2 4
Talk mode 2 4
Power Save mode 2 4

Basic voice call functions 25

Making a voice call 2 5
Redialing calls 2 5
C o rrecting dialing mistakes 2 6
Ending a call 2 6
Incoming call notification 2 6
A n swe ring a call 2 7
Adjusting voice volume 2 8
Adjusting ring volume 2 8
Silencing (or muting) the ri n ger during an incoming call 2 8
To mute the microphone during a call 2 9
W h e re you can use your phone 2 9
Setting your phone’s roaming ability 3 0
Roaming call guard 3 1
What yo u ’ll see 3 1
Using Caller ID 3 2
Call Waiting 3 2
A n swe ring a Call Waiting call 3 2
Using T h re e - Way Calling 3 4
Using Call Fo r wa rding 3 5
D i s p l aying your phone number 3 5

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Missed calls 3 6
D ropped calls 3 6
Failed calls 3 7
Key beep volume setting 3 7

Advanced voice calling features 38

Tone length setting 3 8
Automatic hyphenation 3 8
P repend dialing 3 9
Fo u r - d i git dialing 4 0

Pause dialing 41

S t o ring pauses in an Internal Phone Book entry 4 1
Pause dialing from a stored Internal Phone Book entry 4 2
M a nual pause dialing 4 3

Audible alerts 44

S e rvice alert 4 4
M i nute beep 4 5

Display options 46

B a cklight control 4 6
Pe rsonal greeting 4 7
B a cklight contrast control 4 7

Setting the language of your phone 4 8

D i s p l aying your phone’s softwa re and hardwa re ve rs i o n s 4 8

Ringer options 49

R i n ger type setting for voice calls 4 9
R i n ger volume setting for voice and fax calls 5 0
R i n ger type setting for message calls 5 1
R i n ger volume setting for message calls 5 1
R i n ger type setting for your alarm 5 2
R i n ger volume setting for your alarm 5 2
R i n ger type setting for fax calls 5 3
R i n ger type setting for roaming calls 5 3

Voice memo 54

R e c o rding a Voice memo 5 4

R ev i ewing a Voice memo 5 5

Voice-activated dialing 56

Tips on re c o rding names 5 6
P ro gramming the phone for Vo i c e - a c t i vated dialing 5 7
Vo i c e - a c t i vated dialing setup 5 8

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Placing a call using voice dialing 5 9
R ev i ewing voice dialing entries 5 9
E rasing voice dialing entries 6 0

Emergency dialing 61
The Internal Phone Book 62

Vi ewing stored entries 6 2
Vi ewing stored entries in one step 6 2
Finding stored entries by name 6 3
Finding stored entries by location 6 3
S t o ring phone nu m b e rs and names 6 4
To add a new phone number to an existing entry 6 5
S h o rtcuts to storing phone nu m b e rs 6 6
S t o ring phone nu m b e rs at the end of a call 6 6
P repend a phone number 6 7
Adding a Name Ringer 6 8

Changing Your Internal Phone Book 69

Editing Internal Phone Book nu m b e rs 6 9
S e c ret Internal Phone Book nu m b e rs 6 9
E rasing Internal Phone Book entries 7 0
E rasing the Internal Phone Book 7 0
Set Speed Dial 7 0

Dialing numbers from your Internal Phone Book

S h o rtcuts to Memory Dialing 7 1

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Calendar 72

To d ay 7 2
Month Vi ew 7 4
Jump To Date 7 5
To Do List 7 6
Count Down 7 7
A l a rm Clock 7 9
World Clock 8 1
Calculator 8 2

Voicemail 83

Setting up your Voicemail box 8 3
R ev i ewing Voicemail messages 8 3
O n e - To u ch Access to your Voicemail box 8 3

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Messaging 84

Incoming messages 8 4
R ev i ewing Numeric Pages and Wi reless Web Messages 8 5
M e s s age options 8 6
E rasing individual messages 8 7
E rasing all Page / Text or Wi reless Web messages 8 7
M e s s age ri n ging 8 7
M e s s age memory capacity 8 8
M e s s ages and Lock mode 8 8

Your phone’s security features 89

L o ck mode 8 9
L o ck code setting 9 0
L o cking the phone 9 0
Dialing in Lock mode 9 1
Special nu m b e rs 9 1
S t o ring special nu m b e rs 9 2
Dialing special nu m b e rs in Lock mode 9 2
Resetting your phone 9 2
E rasing Your Internal Phone Book 9 3

Keeping track of your calls 94

R ev i ewing Outgo i n g ,Incoming or Missed Calls 9 4
E rasing Call Logs 9 5
R ev i ewing airtime 9 6

The Wireless Web Browser 97

The MiniBrowser Start and End Prompts 9 8
L a u n ching the Wi reless Web Browser 9 8
To end the Wi reless Web Browser Session 9 9
N avigating the Wi reless Web Browser 1 0 0
The MiniBrowser soft keys 1 0 0
E n t e ring tex t ,nu m b e rs or symbols 1 0 2
Using Links 1 0 3
Initiating a phone call while using the Wi reless Web Brow s e r
Receiving a phone call while using the Wi reless Web Browser
Using Bookmarks 1 0 4
C reating a Bookmark 1 0 4
Finding a Bookmark 1 0 5

1 0 3
1 0 4

Placing a call 1 0 7
Reading the Display 1 0 8
D u ring the call 1 0 8
Receiving a call 1 0 9
Receiving a fax call 1 0 9
C h a n ging your phone back to voice calling 1 1 0
Ending a call 1 1 0

Menus 111

Main menu 1 1 1
In Use menu 1 1 1
M e nu navigation 1 1 1

Your Phone’s Main menu 1 1 2

Usage guidelines:
All about performance and safety 113

Keeping tabs on signal strength 1 1 3
U n d e rstanding Power Save mode 1 1 3
U n d e rstanding how your phone operates 1 1 4
Radio frequency safety 1 1 4
Maintaining your phone’s peak perfo rmance 1 1 5
P rotecting your battery 1 1 6
B a t t e ry disposal and re c y cling 1 1 7
Samsung PCS Phone and battery specifications 1 1 8
Using your phone while driving 1 1 9
Fo l l owing safety guidelines 1 1 9
Tu rn off your phone befo re flying 1 1 9
R e s t ricting ch i l d re n ’s access to your phone 1 1 9
Using your phone near other electronic devices 1 2 0
Tu rn off your phone in dange rous areas 1 2 0
Cautions 1 2 1
FCC notice 1 2 1
L i q u e fied Pe t roleum Gas 1 2 1
S p e c i fications Subject to Change 1 2 1
FCC Compliance Info rmation 1 2 2
I n fo rmation To User 1 2 2

Samsung PCS Wireless Web Connection 106

Getting Started 1 0 6
A t t a ching the data cable 1 0 7
Installing the softwa re 1 0 7

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Getting to know your phone

A c c e s s o ries connector

(hidden in this view )

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Getting to know your phone (continued)

1 . LED Indicator: Flashes to indicate

an incoming call or message .W h e n
you have the phone closed and the
ri n ger set to off,the LED indicator
will notify you that you have an
incoming call or message .

Lights up (flashes) for a few sec­onds when you turn on the
p h o n e .

2 . Headset Connector:This is where

you connect the optional headset.
The headset includes an earpiece
and microphone in a conve n i e n t ,
l i g h t weight unit so you can con­ve rse without using your hands.

What you see in the illustration to

the left is re a l ly the cover for the
headset connector.G e n t ly pry

open the top of the cover to

expose the headset connector.

3 . Voice Memo Key: From Standby

m o d e :

P ress and hold it to re c o rd up to
60 seconds of audio.

A total of four minutes of audio
can be re c o rded in four separa t e
Voice Memos.E a ch Voice Memo
can be stored indefi n i t e ly or
e ra s e d .

From Standby mode,p ress bri e fly
to view the Voice Memo menu .

4 . Backlit Display Screen:The display

s c reen contains two are a s :

The top line display indicators
appear based on your phone’s
o p e rating mode (see “The top line
of the display ”on page 19).

The lower area display s :

In-use info rmation such as the
other part y ’s nu m b e r,the call
t i m e r, the name and number of
the other party (if ava i l abl e ) ,
Call Wa i t i n g ,M u t e ,e t c .

M e nus and sub-menu s .

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5 . Volume/Scroll Keys:T h e re are

t wo keys (one up and one dow n )
that are used to set the ri n ger vo l­u m e ,set audio volume levels and to
n avigate through the menu s .
P ress the vo l u m e / s c roll key to:

Adjust voice volume during con­ve rs a t i o n .

Adjust ri n ger volume in Standby
m o d e .

Mute the ri n ger during an incom-

ing call.

S c roll through menu options.

6 . OK / Messages Key:This key per-

fo rms seve ral useful functions:

From Standby or Talk mode,p re s s

it bri e fly to access the Message s

m e nu .
From Standby mode,p ress and

hold it to access the Vo i c e m a i l .
When entering a phone nu m b e r,

p ress it once to save the nu m b e r
to the Internal Phone Book (then
fo l l ow the pro m p t s ) .

When navigating a menu ,p ress it
to select the highlighted item.

7 . SEND Key:This key perfo rms seve r-

al useful functions.

P ress it to answer calls.
Dial a number and press it to con-

n e c t .
D u ring conve rs a t i o n ,p ress it to initi-

ate T h re e - Way Calling.

D u ring conve rs a t i o n ,p ress it to

a n swer a Call Waiting call.
P ress it once in Standby mode to

q u i ck ly access your last fi ve incom­i n g ,o u t go i n g ,and missed Call Logs.

P ress it twice in Standby mode to

redial the last outgoing nu m b e r.

P ress and hold to use vo i c e - a c t i va t­ed dialing (depending on your Main
m e nu setting).

8 . Backlit Keypad: Keys are lighted

f rom the back for maximum visibility.

B a cklight for keys and display are
can be set to one of four settings:
Flip Open,30 Seconds,8 Seconds,
or Off.

When the alarm goes off,p ress it
to silence the alarm .

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9 . * / Scroll / Shift Key:

P ress for special star calling
fe a t u re s .

A l l ows scrolling when view i n g
m e nu s ,the Internal Phone Book,
Wi reless Web Brow s e r,e t c . and to

m ove the cursor when editing any

o p t i o n .

1 0 . Accessories Connector: This is

w h e re you connect your ch a rgi n g
d ev i c e .It can also be used to con­nect the Samsung Data Connection
kit or hands-free car kit (both sold
s e p a ra t e ly ) .

R e m ove the ru bber plug befo re

fi rst use.

1 1 . Active Flip: Closing your flip ends

a call and turns off the back l i g h t .
T h e re are seve ral options you can
set when you open the fl i p :

A n swer an incoming call.To set

this option,see “A n swe ring a call”

on page 27.
Voice dial someone.To set this

o p t i o n ,see “ Vo i c e - a c t i vated dialing

s e t u p ”on page 57.

C o n t rol the back l i g h t .To set this

o p t i o n ,see “ B a cklight contro l ”o n

p age 46.

1 2 . M i c r o p h o n e :Your typical vo i c e

m i c rophone for conve rs a t i o n ,b u t
a l s o :

accepts your voice commands fo r

Vo i c e - A c t i vated Dialing

re c o rds your speech for vo i c e

m e m o s

you can mute the micro p h o n e

d u ring a call by simply pre s s i n g

or .

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1 3 . # / Scroll / Space Key:This key

has seve ral useful functions:

This is the pound key.I t ’s used at

va rious times when you dial,e s p e­c i a l ly when using telephone
access serv i c e s .

When entering tex t ,p ress it to cre-

ate a space.

A l l ows scrolling when view i n g

m e nu s ,the Internal Phone Book,
Wi reless Web Brow s e r,e t c .and to
m ove the cursor when editing any
o p t i o n .

1 4 . 0 / Next Key:

This key is used to display the

n ext matching wo rd when enter­ing text in T9 Text Entry mode.

1 5 . CLR Key:This key is used to era s e

nu m b e rs or ch a ra c t e rs you may
h ave entered incorre c t ly,or to
re t u rn to a previous scre e n .

To erase one ch a racter from the

d i s p l ay scre e n ,b ri e fly press it

o n c e .
To erase all ch a ra c t e rs ,hold it

d own for one second.
To back up one menu leve l ,p re s s

it once.
To re t u rn to Standby mode fro m

a ny menu ,hold it down for one

s e c o n d .

1 6 . END/ Power Key: This key per-

fo rms seve ral important functions:

P ress to turn on your phone.

P ress and hold to turn off yo u r

p h o n e .

P ress this key to disconnect a call

or to re t u rn to Standby mode fro m

a ny menu .

If the phone is alre a dy open,a n d

you re c e i ve an incoming call,yo u

can mute the ri n ger by pre s s i n g

o n c e .

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1 7 . MENU Key:When in Standby or

Talk mode,p ress this key to access
m e nu items,and continue pre s s i n g
it to scroll through menu items.
When you re a ch the menu item
you wa n t ,p ress . S eve ra l
other menus can be accessed by
p ressing this key (see “ M e nu s ”o n
p age 111).

1 8 . Navigation Key:This key allow

you to scroll when viewing menu s ,
the Wi reless Web Brow s e r,I n t e rn a l
Phone Book,e t c .and to move the
c u rsor when editing any option.
A l s o ,this key has a one-touch spe­cial function that it perfo rm s :

In Standby or Talk mode,p ress this
key to view your Internal Phone
Book (in alphabetical ord e r ) .

When entering tex t ,this key

selects capital letters ,l ower case
l e t t e rs or initial capital letters .

1 9 . S p e a k e r : S p e a ker for listening to

c o nve rs a t i o n s .Also fo r :

Voice messages and pro m p t s .

2 0 . A n t e n n a : Fi xed length for conve-

nience and maximum cl a ri t y.

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Turning your Samsung PCS
Phone on and off

To turn it on

S i m p ly press and three things happen:

The LED indicator fl a s h e s ,
the phone beeps and
the start-up graphics begin to play.

The phone will then begin searching for a netwo rk signal.
When a signal is fo u n d ,the icon appears and yo u r
phone enters Standby mode.The Standby mode screen is
s h own below and always contains the fo l l owing fo u r
t h i n g s :

Signal strength indicator .
B a t t e ry strength indicator .
Banner (here the banner is

“Samsung PCS”but you can per­sonalize it).

Time and date.

You can make and re c e i ve calls now.

To turn it off

To turn your phone off,p ress and hold until the
p ower off graphics begin to play.The power off sounds will
then play and the display goes bl a n k . Notice that when the
phone is off,nothing is displayed on the scre e n ,and the
b a cklight is off.

N o t e : If your phone is on and is pressed for less
than one second,the phone will not turn off.This fe a t u re
helps keep your phone from being accidentally turned off.

The top line of the display

D i s p l ay indicators (or icons) appear across the top of yo u r
p h o n e ’s display scre e n .The signal strength and battery
s t rength icons will always appear,but other icons appear
based your phone’s operating mode.

Signal stre n g t h : This icon always appears when
your phone is on,and shows your current signal
s t re n g t h .M o re lines indicate more signal stre n g t h .
Four lines indicate maximum stre n g t h ,and one line
indicates least stre n g t h .

S e rvice indicator: This icon indicates a call is in
p ro gre s s .If there is tro u ble with signal stre n g t h ,
this indicator will have a diagonal line through it.

No service indicator: This icon indicates yo u r
phone cannot find a signal because yo u ’re outside
a service are a .When this is displaye d ,you cannot
m a ke or re c e i ve calls.Wait a little while for a signal
or move into an open are a .

N o t e :The no service indicator will always appear
when you turn on your phone.As soon as service is
fo u n d ,the indicator disappears .

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R o a m i n g : This icon indicates you are “ ro a m i n g ”
o ff the Netwo rk of your service prov i d e r.

Message indicator: This icon indicates you have
Voicemail message(s) wa i t i n g .P ress to see
the Message menu ,or press and hold to be
connected to Vo i c e m a i l .

Message indicator: This icon indicates you have
m e s s age(s) wa i t i n g .The message(s) can be page ,
t ex t ,or Wi reless Web message ( s ) .P ress t o
see the Message menu .

Vibrating Ringer: This icon indicates that an
incoming call will vibrate the phone rather than
ring it.This fe a t u re can be used for quiet situations
w h e re you don’t want your ri n ger to disturb others
or for loud situations where the ri n ger cannot be
h e a rd .

B a t t e ry stre n g t h : This icon is always displaye d
when your phone is on,and shows the level of
your battery ch a rge .The more bl a ck bars you see,
the greater the ch a rge .When the battery becomes
ve ry low,an empty box appears and the phone
flashes an alert ;this indicates your phone is ab o u t
to turn itself off.

Using the battery

Your Samsung PCS Phone comes pack aged with a part i a l ly
ch a rge d ,re ch a rge able Lithium Ion (LiIon) battery so that
you can use your phone immediately after it is activa t e d .

Installing the battery

To attach the battery to your Samsung PCS Phone:

1 . Hold the battery so that the

metal contacts on the base
of the battery line up with
the metal contacts on the
base of the phone.

2 . Place the battery on the back of the phone with the top

of the battery about 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch from the latch .

3 . G e n t ly push the battery towa rd the top of the phone

until it snaps into place.

Removing the battery

To re m ove the battery from your Samsung PCS Phone:

1 . Tu rn the phone off.
2 . P ress the battery release latch (see

i l l u s t ration) and slide the battery
away from the latch .

Charging the battery

You can tell whether or not your bat­t e ry needs to be re ch a rged by ch e ck­ing the indicator in the upper­right corner of your phone’s display.

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Charging with the dual-slot desktop charger

Use only Samsung-approved ch a rge rs and adapters with
your Samsung PCS Phone.Use of any unauthorized acces­s o ries may be dange rous and will invalidate the phone wa r­ranty if the accessories cause damage or a defect to the
p h o n e .

To ch a rge the battery using the dual-slot desktop ch a rge r :
1 . Plug the power cord of the ch a rger into a wall outlet.
2 . Select one of the fo l l owing three ch a rging confi g u ra t i o n s :

I n s e rt the entire phone with battery attached into the
f ront compartment of the ch a rge r.

I n s e rt a single battery (alone,not attached to the
phone) into the rear compartment of the ch a rge r.

I n s e rt a single battery into the rear compartment and a
phone (with battery attached) into the front compart­m e n t .

Things to remember about the dual-slot desk­top charger

To get the quickest ch a rge for any battery :
1 . Tu rn the phone off.
2 . Put the phone,with battery attach e d ,into the front slot.
3 . Do not put a battery in the rear slot.

The LEDs on the front of the ch a rger indicate the fo l­l ow i n g :

Red indicates that the battery is ch a rgi n g .
G reen indicates that the battery is fully ch a rge d .
Ye l l ow indicates that the battery is operating at a

t e m p e ra t u re that is too high or too low,or that
something is not plugged in corre c t ly.C h e ck the
ch a rger and battery for proper connections.

Using the dual-slot desktop ch a rge r,a completely dis­ch a rged standard battery re ch a rges fully in approx i m a t e ly
tbd hours .The extended battery re ch a rges in approx i m a t e­ly tbd hours .

The empty battery icon

Two to three minutes befo re the battery ch a rge level ge t s
too low to operate the phone,the battery sensor will let
you know by blinking an empty battery icon ( ) ,
sounding a tone and displaying a wa rning message . If yo u
c o n t i nue to operate the phone without ch a rgi n g ,t h e
phone will turn off automatically (after the two to thre e
m i nute delay ) .If this happens your wireless call will be
e n d e d .But if you plug into a ch a rging dev i c e ,you can con­t i nue your call.Be sure to monitor the battery strength icon
and make sure your battery is adequately ch a rge d .

When two batteries are in the ch a rge r,the batteri e s
ch a rge simu l t a n e o u s ly,but ch a rging time increases fo r
both batteri e s .

L e aving the battery in the ch a rger once it is fully
ch a rged does not harm the battery.

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Your phone’s modes

Standby mode

S t a n d by is the most basic state of your Samsung PCS Phone.
The phone goes into Standby mode soon after you turn it
o n ,or if your phone is on,w h e n ever you bri e fly press .
When your phone is in Standby mode,you will see the ban­ner (the message displayed when you turn on your phone),
the time/date and the active top line icons.While in Standby
m o d e ,you can enter a phone nu m b e r,p ress to dial it,
or press to save it in the Internal Phone Book.

P ress at any time to re t u rn to Standby mode,but be care f u l ;
if yo u ’re on a call when you press ,yo u ’ll re t u rn to
S t a n d by mode but yo u ’ll also disconnect the call.P re s s
s eve ral times or hold it down to re t u rn to Standby mode
without ending a call.

The Main menu is accessed when you are in Standby mode
by pressing .See “ Your Phone’s Main menu ”on page
112 for a listing of the Main menu items.

Talk mode

You can place and answer calls only when your Samsung
PCS Phone is powe red on.D u ring a call,the phone is in Ta l k
m o d e .While you are in Talk mode,p ressing gi ves yo u
a list of options re fe rred to as “In-Use options.See “In Use
m e nu ”on page 111.

Power Save mode

Your Samsung PCS Phone comes with a Power Save fe a t u re
that will automatically be activated if your phone is unabl e
to find a signal after 15 minutes of search i n g .While this fe a­t u re is active ,the phone’s battery ch a rge is conserve d .T h e
phone will automatically re ch e ck for a signal peri o d i c a l ly.A
m e s s age on the display will let you know when your phone
is operating in Power Save mode.

Basic voice call functions

N o t e : Your phone makes seve ral kinds of calls (vo i c e ,fa x
and Wi reless We b ) .This section explains voice calling only.

Making a voice call

To place a voice call:
1 . P ress to power on your Samsung PCS Phone.I f

you see indicators on the display,this indicates yo u r
phone is on.Note that you will not hear a dial tone.

2 . Enter the phone number (up to 32 digits) by pre s s i n g

the digit key s .The phone number displays from left to
ri g h t .

3 . P ress .The phone places the call to the entere d

phone nu m b e r.

You can also make voice calls:

From your Internal Phone Book (see “ S h o rtcuts to
M e m o ry Dialing”on page 76).

From your Call Logs list (see “ R ev i ewing Outgo i n g ,
Incoming or Missed Calls”on page 100).

By using One-,Two- or T h re e - To u ch Dialing (see
“ S h o rtcuts to Memory Dialing”on page 76).

By using Voice A c t i vated Dialing (see “ Vo i c e - a c t i va t e d
dialing setup”on page 63).

Redialing calls

To redial the last call you made,p ress t w i c e .
You can also easily redial any of your last ten incoming,o u t-

going or missed calls by accessing the Call Logs listings
(see “ R ev i ewing Outgo i n g ,Incoming or Missed Calls”o n
p age 94).

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Correcting dialing mistakes

To correct a misdialed digi t :

P ress to erase one digit at a time.

You can erase all the digits at once by pressing

and holding it down for one second.

Ending a call

To end a call,close the phone or press .If you end a
call by pressing ,the call time (length of the call) dis­p l ay s ,along with the name and number of the called part y
(if ava i l abl e ) .A l s o ,if the number is not stored in yo u r
I n t e rnal Phone Book,your phone prompts you to save the
number by pressing .If you do nothing,the phone
a u t o m a t i c a l ly re t u rns to Standby mode after approx i m a t e ly
fi ve seconds.

Incoming call notification

Your Samsung PCS Phone signals an incoming call or mes­s age in the fo l l owing way s :

The backlight illuminates.
The red LED on the top of the handset fl a s h e s .
The ri n ger sounds (unless you have set the ri n ger to

Vi b rate or Off ) .

Incoming call notification continues until one of the fo l­l owing events occurs :

You answer the call.
You press or to silence the ri n ger befo re

a n swe ring the call.
The calling party ends the call.
The call is sent to the Vo i c e m a i l .

Your Samsung PCS Phone provides the fo l l owing voice call
n o t i fication fe a t u re s .

Six ring volume settings including Vi b ra t e ,O ff and 1­B e e p .

Nine unique ring types and four melody tones (see
“ R i n ger type setting for voice calls”on page 49).

Name display with Caller ID (if the name is pro­grammed into your Internal Phone Book).

Automatic storage of an incoming call’s info rmation in
the Call Logs (the last 10 calls you answe red are store d
in the Incoming Call logs and the last 10 calls yo u
missed are stored in the Missed Call Logs).See “ M i s s e d
c a l l s ”on page 36.

Answering a call

T h e re are three ways to answer an incoming call.

P ress if the phone is alre a dy open.
Open the phone (when the Flip Open option is set in

the Main menu ) .
P ress any key except , (when the A ny Key

A n swer option is selected in the Main menu ) .

Your phone is preset to answer when you press .Yo u
can easily ch a n ge how your phone answe rs by setting the
Call A n swer fe a t u re as explained here :

1 . P ress to display the Main menu .
2 . P ress for Setup / To o l .
3 . P ress for Call A n swe r.
4 . Use the scroll keys to toggle between “Flip Open”,

“A ny Key ” ,or “SEND key ” .

5 . P ress to save the setting.

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Adjusting voice volume

You can adjust the earpiece volume during a call
using the volume keys on the side of your phone.
B ri e fly press the appro p riate volume key to incre a s e
or decrease the vo l u m e .

Adjusting ring volume

From Standby mode you can quick ly adjust the volume of
the ri n ger by pressing the volume keys on the side of the
p h o n e .You can also ch a n ge the settings for your phone’s
ring volume from the Main menu (see “ R i n ger options”o n
p age 49).

Silencing (or muting) the ringer during an
incoming call

When the phone is open and ri n gi n g ,p ress t o
silence the ri n ge r.When the phone is closed and
ri n gi n g ,p ress the volume keys to quick ly silence the
ri n ge r.

You can also set the ri n ger to remain off.From Standby
m o d e ,p ress the down volume key until “Ring Volume Off”
is displaye d ,or use the Main menu (see “ R i n ger type setting
for voice calls”on page 49).

To mute the microphone during a call

You can mute the microphone during conve rsation by
selecting the Mute option from the In-Use menu .W h e n
Mute is active ,“ M U T E ”d i s p l ay s .The phone resets this con­dition to the default (Un)Mute setting at the end of yo u r
c a l l .

To mute the microphone during a call:
1 . D u ring a conve rs a t i o n ,p ress to display the In-Use

m e nu .

2 . P ress (or ) to mute the micro p h o n e .Yo u

will hear the other part y ’s conve rs a t i o n ,but they will
not hear your conve rs a t i o n .“ M U T E ”d i s p l ays on the
s c re e n .

3 . To “ u n mu t e ”the microphone during the same conve rs a-

t i o n ,repeat steps 1 and 2.Selecting the (Un)Mute option
toggles Mute on and off.

Where you can use your phone

Your Samsung PCS Phone is single-band,and can used it to
m a ke and re c e i ve calls in many places.

In any city where your service provider provides PCS
s e rv i c e .

On other CDMA netwo rks where your serv i c e
p rovider has implemented roaming agre e m e n t s .

When you use your phone outside your service prov i d e r ’s
PCS Netwo rk ,i t ’s called ro a m i n g .

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Setting your phone’s roaming ability

Your Samsung PCS Phone allows you to control your ab i l i t y
to ro a m .The roaming ability is determined by the “ m o d e ”
that you select in the Main menu .

The three service modes are :

Au t o m a t i c : The phone will search for your serv i c e
p rov i d e r ’s service fi rs t . When this service is not ava i l­abl e ,it will search for an alternate system automatically.

O n ly PCS or No Roaming: This setting allows you to
select only your service prov i d e r ’s Netwo rk to preve n t

ro a m i n g .
To select the service mode:
1 . P ress to display the Main menu .
2 . P ress for Roaming.
3 . P ress for Set Mode.
4 . P ress the scroll keys to scan options.
5 . When the desired service mode display s ,p ress t o

s ave the setting or to exit without sav­i n g .

Roaming call guard

Your phone can be set to display a confi rmation message
when a roaming call is about to be placed or re c e i ve d .T h i s
is helpful if you want to avoid roaming ch a rge s .To ch a n ge
your roaming call guard setting:

1 . P ress to display the Main menu .
2 . P ress for Roaming.
3 . P ress for Call Guard .
4 . Select Yes or No using the scroll key s .
5 . When the desired setting display s ,p ress to save the

setting or to exit without sav i n g .

What you’ll see

You should always ch e ck your phone’s display because it
will let you know when yo u ’re outside your serv i c e
p rov i d e r ’s Netwo rk .

your service prov i d e r ’s Netwo rk - is not displaye d
Other CDMA Netwo rks - d i s p l ay s

Note: This can be diffe rent depending on your serv i c e
p rov i d e r ’s setting.

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Using Caller ID

This fe a t u re tells you who is calling you by displaying the
c a l l e r ’s number when the phone ri n g s .If a caller’s name
and number are stored in your Internal Phone Book,t h e
c o rresponding name is also displaye d .If you call someone
who has this fe a t u re ,your phone number is displayed on
their phone.

To bl o ck your phone number from being displayed for a
p a rticular outgoing call,ask your service prov i d e r.

Call Waiting

Call Waiting lets you re c e i ve a second call during conve rs a­t i o n .When a Call Waiting call comes in,the incoming call
a l e rt sounds (this sound is audible to you but not your fi rs t
c a l l e r ) ,and a text notification display s .

Your Samsung PCS Phone provides the option of turning the
Call Waiting fe a t u re on or off.Call Waiting is on by defa u l t .I f
you choose to have an undisturbed conve rs a t i o n ,s i m p ly
t u rn off the fe a t u re for the current call.

Answering a Call Waiting call

To answer a Call Waiting call:
1 . P ress .The phone connects the calling party and

places the current party on hold.
2 . P ress again to sw i t ch between the two part i e s .
N o t e : If you do not respond to a Call Waiting notifi c a t i o n ,

the phone logs the call in the Missed Calls Log and then
sends the call to the Vo i c e m a i l .

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Using Three-Way Calling

T h re e - Way Calling lets you talk with two diffe rent people
at the same time.When you use this fe a t u re ,you will be
ch a rged normal airtime rates for each of the two calls yo u
m a ke .The phone re c o rds each called party in the Outgo i n g
Calls Log.

D u ring a thre e - way call,if one of the callers hangs up,yo u
and the remaining caller will stay connected.If you initiat­ed the call and you hang up fi rs t ,all three parties are dis­c o n n e c t e d .

T h e re are two methods for making a thre e - way call;t h e
SEND key method and by using the In-Use menu .

To place a thre e - way call using the SEND key method:
1 . D u ring a conve rs a t i o n ,s i m p ly press .The phone

places the current call on hold.

2 . N ex t ,enter the number for the third part y,and pre s s

.

3 . When yo u ’re connected to the third part y,p ress

again to begin your thre e - way call.
To place a thre e - way call using the In-Use menu :
1 . D u ring a conve rs a t i o n ,s i m p ly press and

for T h re e - Way Calling.
2 . N ex t ,enter the number for the third part y,and pre s s

.The phone places the current call on hold.

Using Call Forwarding

With Call Fo r wa rd i n g ,you can have all of your incoming
calls fo r wa rded to another phone number — even if yo u r
phone is turned off.When Call Fo r wa rding is used,you can
still make calls from your phone.

To use Call Fo r wa rding ask your service prov i d e r.

Displaying your phone number

The phone number of your Samsung PCS Phone display s
eve ry time you turn on your phone.You can easily display
your phone number by two methods.

To view your phone number from Standby mode:
1 . P ress to display the Main menu .
2 . P ress for Phone Book.
3 . P ress for My Phone #.
4 . P ress to re t u rn to the previous scre e n .
To view your phone number while in a conve rs a t i o n :
1 . P ress to display the In-Use menu .
2 . P ress for Phone Book menu .
3 . P ress for My Phone #.

3 . When yo u ’re connected to the third part y,p ress

again to begin your thre e - way call.

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Missed calls

Your phone keeps a list of calls that you do not answe r
when the phone is on and service is ava i l abl e .The phone
indicates a missed call by displaying a text notification on
the scre e n .A d d i t i o n a l ly,if caller info rmation is ava i l abl e ,a
Missed Call Log entry is cre a t e d ,and the screen display s
the phone number of the most recent missed call.

Your phone gi ves you two ve ry convenient options when
you have missed a call:

P ress to call the displayed nu m b e r.
P ress to save the number in the Internal Phone

B o o k .

To view a list of your missed calls,see “ R ev i ew i n g
O u t go i n g ,Incoming or Missed Calls”on page 100.

P ress to clear the “Missed Call”m e s s age fro m
the display and re t u rn to Standby mode.

Dropped calls

A dropped call can occur during a conve rsation in
response to a signal fade or leaving a service are a .In this
c a s e ,the call ends and “Signal Fa d e d ”d i s p l ay s .

P ress to clear the message and re t u rn to Standby
m o d e .

Failed calls

A failed call can occur if your Samsung PCS Phone is out of
calling ra n ge or the netwo rk is tempora ri ly busy.Yo u r
phone responds to a failed call by displaying an appro p ri­ate text message : “Call not completed out of ra n ge ” .

Cancel the call attempt and re t u rn to Standby mode by
p ressing or and try the call again later.

Key beep volume setting

The keys on your phone beep when they are pre s s e d .T h e
volume of the beeps can be easily set to one of three lev­e l s .If you don’t want the keys to beep at all,you can turn
them off.

To set the key beep vo l u m e :
1 . P ress to display the Main menu .
2 . P ress for Setup / To o l .
3 . P ress for Sounds.
4 . P ress for Key Beep.
5 . P ress the scroll keys to view and listen to the key beep

volume options:H i g h ,M e d ,L ow or Off.

6 . When the desired volume level display s ,p ress t o

s ave the setting.

If the dropped call was an outgoing call from your phone,
you can redial the number automatically by pressing
t w i c e .

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