Samsung SCH8500, SCH8600 Users Manual

Table of Contents

Getting to know your phone.

Display icons: What they tell you.

Battery: Putting in the power.

Installing your battery.
Turning your phone on and off.
Removing your battery.
Charging your battery.
Using the Rapid Desktop Charger.

Function keys:What they make happen.

Phone calls:How to make and receive them.

Correction a misdial.
Remembering your phone number.
Answering calls.
Using Caller ID.
Responding to Call Waiting.
Redialing calls.
Setting up Three-Way Calling.
Saving or editing your own emergency numbers.
Dialing when your phone is locked.

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Voicemail:The ins and outs.

Setting up your voicemail.
Finding out you have a message.
Retrieving messages.
Using special Samsung SPRINT Phone Features.

Internal phone book.

Understanding your phone's memory.
Saving and storing a phone number.
Entering a hard pause.
Dialing from your phone book to a different area code.

Checking all your stored numbers.
Finding a number using a person's name.
Erasing a phone number.

Keeping track of your calls.

Main menu:
Tailoring your phone's features to your needs.

Navigating your the menu.

Taking a menu shortcut.

Understanding menu items:
Managing your phone's settings.

Keeping track of calls.
Maintaining your internal phone book.
Selecting language
Adjusting your phone's volume.
Determining what is displayed.
Maintaining phone security.

Choosing the right alerts.
Customizing the way your phone works.
Selecting the service mode.

Preventing accidental key press.

Understanding message menu items:
Listening to the voicemail or reading the messages you've received.
Reviewing Voice Mail Messages.
Reviewing Page and Text Messages.
Erasing Messages.
Displaying the time stamp.

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Using guidelines:
All about performance and safety.

Keeping tabs on signal strength.

Understanding Power Save mode.

Understanding how your phone operates.

Radio frequency safety.

Maintaining your phone's peak performance.

Protecting your battery.

Using your phone while driving.

Disposal of batteries.

Following Safety Guidelines.

Using your phone near other electronic devices.
Turn off your phone before flying.
Restricting children's access to your phone.
Turn off your phone in dangerous areas.
Cautions.
FCC notice.

To start connecting just press and hold <END>

Thanks for choosing Samsung SPRINT.

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As we said-to start connecting, just press and hold <END>.

Getting to know your phone.

1. Red Light: Illuminates when <END> is pressed and held and when you have incoming calls and
messages.

2. Volume: Lets you adjust the sound level.

3. SEND: Lets you place a call, answer Call Waiting and place a three way call.

4. Scroll Keys: Allow you to scroll through the menu options and displays.

5. CLR: Allows you to clear your last entry.

6. OK/*: Allows you to save phone numbers, as well as any settings you select in the menu.

7. END: Lets you disconnect a call and return to standby mode.
Press and hold the key to turn the phone on and off.

8. Message Key: Lets you access your voicemail and listen to your messages.

9. MENU: Lets you access the phone's menus.

10. Antenna: Makes the voice on the other end sound clearest.

Display icons: What they tell you.

Display icons are all the symbols or text that show up on your display screen. In short, tell you
what's going on. They're shown below.

Signal : Measures your current signal strength. The more bars there are, the stronger the
signal.
In Use : Tells you a call is in progress.
No Svc : Shows that you are outside a SPRINT Service Area and cannot use your phone.
Roaming : If the icon is not displayed, you are in the ??? SPRINT Network. If the icon is
displayed (not flashing), you are in a SPRINT network with which ??? SPRINT has a
roaming agreement. If the icon is flashing, you are in an unknown service area.
Message : Indicates when you have messages waiting in voicemail.
Text : Indicates when you have text messages or pages.
Digital : Indicates when you are in SPRINT service area.
Battery : Shows the level of your battery charge. The more bars you see, the more power you
have left. When the charge is low, the icon blinks and an alert tone is sounded.

Battery: Putting in the power.

Your new Samsung SPRINT Phone comes with a rechargeable battery that is partially charged so

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you can use it immediately after you activate, without any hassle. Use the battery until it is
completely drained. Recharging the battery without first completely draining or discharging it may
shorten the life of the battery.

Installing your battery.

To install your battery, just follow these simple steps:

1. Hold the battery with the label racing down, making sure the metal contacts at the base of the

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

2. Place it on the back of the phone with the top of the battery about a quarter of an inch from

the latch.

3. Gently slide the battery toward the top of the phone until it clicks into place.

Turning your phone on and off

When you're ready to turn on your Samsung SPRINT Phone, check to see that the charged battery
has been installed in the back of the phone or that you have an external power source(the Rapid
Cigarette Lighter Adapter or the Hands-Free Car Kit).Then, Simply press and hold <END>.
The red light flashes briefly and the banner is displayed, which means you're ready to make a call.
Turning off the phone is just as simple. Press and hold <END> for two seconds. The display will be
blank when the power is off.

Removing your battery.

1. First, turn the power off to avoid losing stored numbers and messages.

2. Press the battery release latch on the back of the phone while sliding the battery down toward

the base of the phone.

Charging your battery.

You can tell whether or not your battery needs to be recharged just by checking the lower-right
corner of your phone's display, where the battery charge indicator is located. When the battery
charge level is low, the battery icon will blink and the phone will sound a tone.
If you continue to use your phone without recharging and the battery level becomes too low it will
turn off automatically. An alert tone will sound just before the phone turns itself off. If this happens,
unfortunately you'll lose whatever you were just doing. So, watch the indicator and make sure your
level is okay.
To charge your battery, you should use the Samsung SPRINT Rapid Desktop Charger, Travel
Charger or Rapid Cigarette Lighter Adapter from Samsung.

Using the rapid desktop charger.

Should only use the Samsung-approved rapid desktop charger and AC adapter with this Samsung
SPRINT Phone. Using the wrong one could cause damage.

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1. Plug one end of the AC adapter into the charger and the other end into a wall outlet.

2. Insert either the battery pack alone or the phone with the battery pack installed into the charger

slot.

A red light on the charger will let you know the battery is being charged. A green light tells you
when the battery is at least 90 percent charged.
If your battery's charge is completely run down, it will take about two hours to fully recharge it.
You must completely discharge the NIMH(nickel metal hydride)battery before recharging it.
Recharging the battery without first completely discharging it may shorten the life of the battery. If
you leave your phone turned on while it's in the charger, your battery will take longer to charge.

Function keys: What they make happen.

<SEND> Press this key to place a call, to access a second incoming call or to initiate Three-Way
Calling.
<CLR> This key lets you do lots of things:

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To erase one character from the display screen, briefly press it once.

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To erase all the characters on the screen, hold it down.

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To go back one step when you're accessing a menu, briefly press it once.

<END> Press this key to disconnect a call. You can also press it to exit out of a menu and return
to the phone's standby display. Pressing this key when the phone is ringing will make the ringer
silent for that call. The ringer will resume its selected setting after the call is finished.

<MENU> Press this key to display the phone's main menu.

<OK/*> Press this key to store a number in the phone's internal phone book and to save menu
settings.

Press and hold this key to check your voicemail messages.

Phone calls: How to make and receive them.

Whenever you make a call, follow these simple steps:

1. First, check to see that your Samsung SPRINT Phone is turned on. If you see the display icons

on the screen, that means the power is on.

2. Enter the number you're calling.

3. Press <SEND>.

4. When you're finished with your call, just press <END> to disconnect.

Correcting a misdial.

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If you make a mistake while dialing a phone number, press <CLR> to erase the number one digit at
a time. You can delete the entire number at once by pressing <CLR> and holding it down for at
least one second.

Remembering your phone number.

You probably don't call your own Samsung SPRINT Phone Number very often, so you may forget it.
If you do, here's and easy way to get it Turn your phone on and your number will be displayed
briefly.
If you miss it, press<MENU>, press<5> to select "Display" and then press <2> to display your
number.

Answering calls.

When your phone rings, simply press <SEND> to answer. To disconnect when you're through,
press<END>. You can customize your options for answering calls using the Any Key Answer feature
on the Setup menu (press<6>after accessing the menu to select Setup). This allows you to press any
key (except <END>)to answer a call.

Using Caller ID.

This feature tells you who is calling you on your Samsung SPRINT Phone by displaying the caller's
number when the phone rings.(If the caller's name and number are stored in your internal phone
book, the caller's name will be displayed, too.) If you call someone who has this feature, your
Samsung SPRINT Phone Number will be displayed on their phone.

To block your Samsung SPRINT Phone Number from being displayed on all of your outgoing calls,
just call SPRINT Customer Card. Once you have permanently blocked your number, you can
release the block for a particular call.

Responding to Call Waiting.

If you're in the middle of a call and you hear a beep, that means you have another call coming in. if
you don't answer the call within ten seconds, you will be reminded of the incoming call with second
call, press <SEND>.Press <SEND> again to switch back to the first call.

Redialing calls.

To redial the number of the last outgoing call made from your phone, press <SEND> <SEND>.To
redial any of your last nine outgoing calls, display the outgoing call log by pressing <SEND> use
the arrow keys to select the number and then press<SEND> again. The most recent call is displayed
first.
Another option for redialing calls is to select a number from your incoming or outgoing call logs.

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Setting Three-Way Calling

Three-Way Calling lets you SEND with two different people at the same time-Simply dial the first
number and press <SEND>. When you have connected, press <SEND> to put the first caller on
hold. Next, press <CLR>, dial the second number and press <SEND>. When you are connected, press
<SEND> again to begin your three-way call. Then you use this feature, you will be charged normal
airtime rais for both calls that you place.

Saving or editing your own emergency numbers.

You can save up to three emergency phone numbers on your Samsung SPRINT Phone, in addition to

911. To save those numbers, follow the steps below.

1. Press <MENU>.

2. Press <0> to select "Security."

3. The phone prompts. "Lock Code." Enter your four-digit lock code (unless you've changed it, this
code is the last four digits of your Samsung SPRINT Phone Number). Once you've successfully
entered your lock code, the phone displays the security menu.

4. Press <4> to select "Special#." The phone displays your security numbers. (If no security numbers
have been saved, "Empty" is displayed in each slot.)

5. Select an emergency number slot by pressing the appropriate number.

6. Enter the ten-digit emergency number (area code+phone number) to be saved in that slot and
press < OK/*>.

7. The phone displays the number and "Saved" to confirm that the number was stored correctly.
The phone then redisplays the list of emergency numbers so you can make additional changes.

8. When you have finished storing numbers, press and hold <CLR> to exit and return to the standby
display.

Dialing when your phone is locked.

When your phone is locked, you can still call 911, your stored emergency numbers or SPRINT
Customer Card.
To made a call when your phone is locked, follow these simple steps:

1. Dial 911, one of the three emergency numbers stored in your phone. You must dial your
emergency numbers exactly as you have stored them.

2. Press <SEND>

Note: You cannot dial your three emergency numbers when your SPRINT Account has been
restricted for credit purposes. You still can call 911, however.

Voicemail: The ins and outs.