Samsung SCH-M369 User Manual

SCH-M369

user manual

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Thank you for purchasing this Samsung mobile phone. This phone will provide you with high quality mobile communication and entertainment based on Samsung’s exceptional technology and high standards.

This user manual has been specially designed to guide you through the functions and features of your phone.

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Please read all safety precautions and this manual • carefully before using your phone to ensure safe and proper use.

The descriptions in this manual are based on the default

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or from software provided by service providers or carriers, and is subject to change without prior notice. Refer to www.samsungmobile.com for the latest version of the user manual.

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message (represents Messages, followed by Create new message)

[ ] Square brackets—phone keys; for example:

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Assembling ............................................. 8

Unpack .................................................................. 8

Install the UIM card and battery ..................... 8

Charge the battery ........................................... 10

Insert a memory card (optional) ................... 12

Getting started ..................................... 14

Turn your phone on and o ........................... 14

Get to know your phone ................................. 14

Access menus .................................................... 18

Customise your phone .................................... 18

Enter text ............................................................ 25

Communication ................................... 26

Calling .................................................................. 26

Logs ...................................................................... 31

Messages ............................................................ 32

Email .................................................................... 35

Instant messenger ............................................ 38

Entertainment ...................................... 39

Camera ................................................................ 39

Music player ....................................................... 44

FM radio .............................................................. 47

Games and more ............................................... 49

Contents

Personal information .......................... 50

Contacts .............................................................. 50

Calendar .............................................................. 52

Memo ................................................................... 53

Voice recorder .................................................... 53

Exchange active sync ....................................... 54

Web ........................................................ 56

Browser ............................................................... 56

Samsung Apps .................................................. 58

Community websites ....................................... 59

BREW .................................................................... 59

UTK ....................................................................... 59

Mobile TV ............................................................ 60

Contents

Connectivity ......................................... 61

Bluetooth ............................................................ 61

PC connections .................................................. 63

Tools ....................................................... 65

Alarms .................................................................. 65

Calculator ............................................................ 66

Converter ............................................................ 66

Dictionary ........................................................... 67

Image editor ...................................................... 67

Mobile prayer .................................................... 69

My les ................................................................ 70

Stopwatch .......................................................... 72

Timer .................................................................... 72

World clock ......................................................... 73

Settings .................................................. 74

Access the Settings menu ............................... 74

Sound proles ................................................... 74

Display ................................................................. 74

Time and date .................................................... 74

Phone ................................................................... 75

Call ........................................................................ 75

Applications ....................................................... 75

Security ............................................................... 76

PC connections .................................................. 76

Setup wizard ...................................................... 76

Memory ............................................................... 76

Reset .................................................................... 77

Troubleshooting .................................. 78

Safety precautions ............................... 82

Contents

Assembling

Unpack

Check your product box for the following items:

Mobile phone

•

Battery• Travel adapter (charger)• User manual•

Use only Samsung-approved software. Pirated or illegal software may cause damage or malfunctions that are not covered by your manufacturer's warranty.

Assembling

The items supplied with your phone may vary • depending on the software and accessories available in your region or oered by your service provider.

You can obtain additional accessories from your

•

local Samsung dealer. The supplied accessories perform best for your

•

phone. Accessories other than the supplied ones may not

•

be compatible with your phone.

Install the UIM card and battery

When you subscribe to a cellular service, you will receive a User Identity Module (UIM) card, with subscription details, such as your personal identication number (PIN) and optional services.

To install the UIM card and battery,

If the phone is on, press and hold [

Remove the back cover.

Be careful not to damage your ngernails when you remove the back cover.

] to turn it o.

Insert the UIM card.

Place the UIM card into the phone with the gold-• coloured contacts facing down.

If you do not insert a UIM card, you can only use

•

your phone’s non-network services and some menus.

You can only use voice call and text message

•

functions with the regular UIM card. To use full network services, insert an OMH card (OMH marked OMH RUIM card).

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Insert the battery.

Replace the back cover.

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Charge the battery

Before using the phone for the rst time, you must charge the battery.

You can charge the phone with the provided travel adapter or by connecting the phone to a PC with a PC data cable.

Use only Samsung-approved chargers and cables. Unauthorised chargers or cables can cause batteries to explode or damage your phone.

When your battery is low, the phone will emit a warning tone and display a low battery message. The battery icon blinking. If the battery level becomes too low, the phone will automatically power o. Recharge your battery to continue using your phone.

will also be empty and

Charge with the travel adapter

›

Open the cover to the multifunction jack on the side

of the phone.

Plug the small side of the travel adapter into the

multifunction jack.

Improperly connecting the travel adapter can cause serious damage to the phone. Any damage caused by misuse is not covered by the warranty.

Plug the large end of the travel adapter into a power

outlet.

You can use the phone while it is charging, but it • may take longer to fully charge the battery.

While charging, the phone may heat up. This

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is normal and should not aect your phone’s lifespan or performance.

If your phone is not charging properly, bring your

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phone and the charger to a Samsung Service Centre.

When the battery is fully charged (the battery icon is

no longer moving), unplug the travel adapter from the phone and then from the power outlet.

Do not remove the battery before removing the travel adapter. Doing this may cause damage to the phone.

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Charge with the PC data cable

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Before charging, ensure that your PC is turned on.

Open the cover to the multifunction jack on the side

of the phone.

Plug one end (micro-USB) of the PC data cable into the

multifunction jack.

Plug the other end of the PC data cable into a USB port

on a PC.

Depending on the type of PC data cable you are using, it may take some time before charging begins.

When the battery is fully charged (the battery icon is

no longer moving), unplug the PC data cable from the phone and then from the PC.

Assembling

Insert a memory card (optional)

To store additional multimedia les, you must insert a memory card. Your phone accepts microSD microSDHC of 16 GB (depending on memory card manufacturer and type).

memory cards with maximum capacities

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Samsung uses approved industry standards for memory cards, but some brands may not be fully compatible with your phone. Using an incompatible memory card may damage your phone or the memory card and can corrupt data stored on the card.

Your phone supports only the FAT le structure for • memory cards. If you insert a card formatted with a dierent le structure, your phone will ask you to reformat the memory card.

Frequent writing and erasing of data will shorten

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the lifespan of memory cards.

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Remove the back cover.

Insert a memory card with the gold-coloured contacts

facing down.

Push the memory card in the memory card slot until it

locks in place.

Replace the back cover.

Remove the memory card

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Ensure that the phone is not currently using the

memory card.

Remove the back cover.

Push the memory card gently until it disengages from

the phone.

Pull the memory card out of the memory card slot.

Replace the back cover.

Do not remove a memory card while the phone is transferring or accessing information, as this could result in loss of data or damage to the memory card or phone.

Format the memory card

›

Formatting your memory card on a PC may cause incompatibilities with your phone. Format the memory card only on the phone.

In Menu mode, select Settings card and press <Format>.

Before formatting the memory card, remember to make backup copies of all important data stored on your phone. The manufacturer’s warranty does not cover loss of data resulting from user actions.

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Memory → Memory

Assembling

Getting started

Turn your phone on and o

To turn on your phone,

Press and hold [

Enter your PIN and press <

When the setup wizard opens, customise your phone

as desired by following the screen.

To turn your phone o, repeat step 1 above.

Follow all posted warnings and directions from • ocial personnel when in areas where the use of wireless devices is restricted, such as aeroplanes and hospitals.

To use your phone's non-network services only,

•

switch to the oine prole. ► p. 19

Getting started

OK> (if necessary).

Get to know your phone

Front view

›

Volume key

Conrm key

Left softkey

Dial key

Messaging key

Mouthpiece

Earpiece

Display

4-way navigation key

Right softkey

Power/End key

Communities key

QWERTY keyboard

Headset (3.5 mm)

Multifunction jack

Internal antenna

jack

Camera key

Speaker

Rear camera lens

Back cover

Keys

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Key Function

Softkeys

4-way navigation

Conrm

Dial

Perform actions indicated at the bottom of the display.

Scroll through lists or menus; Move the cursor up, down, left, or right; In Idle mode, access user-dened menus (left/right/ up/down).

In Idle mode, access Music player or launch the web browser (press and hold); In Menu mode, select the highlighted menu option.

Make or answer a call; In Idle mode, retrieve recently dialled, missed, or received numbers.

Getting started

Key Function

Messaging

Communities

Power/End

Volume Adjust the phone's volume.

Camera

Getting started

Open a message composer screen.

Access the Communities menus.

Turn the phone on or o (press and hold); End a call; In Menu mode, return to the Idle mode.

Turn on the camera (press and hold); In Camera mode, take a photo or record a video.

QWERTY keyboard

The composition of the QWERTY keyboard may dier depending on your region.

Key Function

Alphanumeric

Alt

Symbol

Space

Enter numbers, letters and special characters.

Use characters on the upper half of the keys in a text input eld.

Enter symbols in a text input eld.

Insert a space in a text input eld; Switch to the silent mode (press and hold).

Key Function

Calendar Launch the calendar.

Enter

Backspace

Idle screen

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When the phone is in Idle mode, you will see the idle screen. From the idle screen, you can view your phone’s status and access applications.

Start a new line in a text input eld.

Delete characters in a text input eld.

Indicator icons

›

Icons shown on the display may vary depending on your region or service provider.

Icon Denition

1X network connected

EVDO network connected

Call in progress

SOS message feature activated

Roaming (outside of normal service area)

Alarm activated

Memory card inserted

New text message (SMS)

New multimedia message (MMS)

Getting started

Icon Denition

New email message

Urgent text message

Unread email memory full

Connected to the web page

Connected to secured web page

Bluetooth activated

Normal prole activated

Silent prole activated

Battery power level

Current time

Getting started

Access menus

To access your phone’s menus,

In Idle mode, press <

Press the Navigation key to select a menu or

application.

Press <

Back> to move up one level; Press [ ] to close

the menu or application and return to Idle mode.

Menu> to access Menu mode.

Customise your phone

Get more from your phone by customising it to match your preferences.

Change the language of the display

›

In Menu mode, select 1 Settings → Phone → Language.

Select a language you want.

Set the current time and date

›

In Menu mode, select 1 Settings →Time and date.

Set the time and date format.

Adjust the volume of the key tones

›

In Idle mode, press the Volume key.

Adjust the key tone volume by pressing the Volume

key.

Switch to the silent prole

›

In Idle mode, press and hold [ ] to mute or unmute your phone.

Set up a sound prole

›

You can change your phone's sounds by customising the current sound prole or switching to another sound prole.

To set up a prole,

In Menu mode, select

Scroll to the prole you are using.

Press3 <Edit>.

Customise the sound options for incoming calls,

incoming messages, and other phone sounds. ► p. 74

Available sound options vary depending on the selected prole.

Press

<Save>.

To switch to another prole, select it from the list.

Select a wallpaper for the idle screen

›

In Menu mode, select 1 Settings → Display → Wallpaper.

Settings → Sound proles.

Getting started

Select a memory location.

Select an image and select an option.

Select a theme for menu screens

›

In Menu mode, select1 Settings → Display →Theme.

Select a theme.

Press <3 Set> to apply the theme.

Adjust the brightness of the display

›

In Menu mode, select 1 Settings → Display → Brightness.

Scroll left or right to adjust the level of brightness.

Press <3 Save>.

The brightness level of the display will aect how quickly the phone consumes battery power.

Getting started

Set menu shortcuts

›

In Menu mode, select 1 Settings → Phone

Select a key to use as a shortcut.

Select a menu to assign to the shortcut key.

Use the smart home screen

›

The smart home screen allows you to access your favourite applications and contacts and view upcoming events or tasks. You can customise the smart home screen to t your preferences and needs.

To customise the smart home screen,

In Menu mode, select

home.

Scroll to

2 3

Smart idle.

Press the Conrm key.

Settings → Display → Smart

→

Shortcuts.

Select the items to display on the smart home screen.

Available items may vary depending on your region or service provider.

Press <

To access the smart home items, press the Navigation key to scroll through the items on the smart home screen and press the Conrm key to select an item.

To customise the shortcuts toolbar,

2 3

Options> → Save or press <Save>.

You can change the idle screen to another style. In Menu mode, select Settings home and select a style you want.

Press <

Save>.

In Menu mode, select home.

Scroll to

Smart idle.

Press <

Edit>.

→

Display → Smart

Settings → Display → Smart

Scroll to 4 Shortcuts toolbar and press <Options> → Edit.

Select a menu to change or an empty location.

Select the menus you want.

Press <7 Save>.

Lock your phone

›

You can lock your phone by activating the phone password.

In Menu mode, select

Select

2 3 4

Phone lock.

Enter a new 4-digit password and press <

Enter the new password again and press <

The rst time you access a menu that requires a password, you will be prompted to create and conrm a password.

Settings → Security.

OK>.

Getting started

Once the phone lock is enabled, you must enter the password each time you turn on the phone.

If you forget your password, bring your phone to a • Samsung Service Centre to unlock it.

Samsung is not responsible for any loss of

•

passwords or private information or other damages caused by illegal software.

Lock your UIM card

›

You can lock your phone by activating the PIN supplied with your UIM card.

In Menu mode, select

Select

2 3

Once the PIN lock is enabled, you must enter the UIM password each time you turn on the phone.

PIN lock.

Enter the password of your UIM card and press <

Getting started

Settings → Security.

OK>.

Activate the mobile tracker

›

When someone inserts a new UIM card in your phone, the mobile tracker feature will automatically send the contact number to specied recipients to help you locate and recover your phone.

Activate the mobile tracker

→

Settings.

Security.

OK>.

In Menu mode, select 1 Settings

Select

2 3 4 5

6 7

Mobile tracker

Enter your password and press <

Press <

Change> to activate the mobile tracker feature.

Scroll down to When you enter a phone number, you can add a

country code (if necessary).

Scroll down to

Press <

Recipients and enter a phone number.

Sender and enter a sender’s name.

Save> →Accept.

Access a remote phone

If a remote phone has the mobile tracker 2.0 feature and it is activated, you can hide or delete data, and get contact or location information of the remote phone. You can also lock the remote phone or important user data (messages, contacts, and les) and set the remote phone to divert all the incoming calls and messages to a specied phone.

To lock the remote phone,

In Menu mode, select

→

tracker

Access remote phone.

Enter the phone number of the remote phone and scroll down.

Enter the mobile tracker password of the remote phone and press <OK>.

Select

Phone lock.

Settings → Security → Mobile

Press <5 Change> to select On to lock the remote phone.

Press <

To lock user data on the remote phone,

To hide data on the remote phone,

2 3

OK>.

From the Access remote phone screen, select lock.

Press <

Change> to select On to lock important user

data.

Press <

OK>.

From the Access remote phone screen, select user data.

Press <

Change> to select On to hide user data.

Press <

OK>.

Privacy

Hide

Getting started

To delete data on the remote phone,

From the Access remote phone screen, select

user data.

Press <

To get contact information of the remote phone,

Ye s >.

A call log list, contacts, all messages, and data in My les of the remote phone will be deleted.

From the Access remote phone screen, select contact.

Select

Get group contacts or Get contact.

To get all contact information, select Get all contacts.

Enter the group or contact name on the remote phone and press <OK>.

Getting started

Delete

Get

To forward calls to another phone,

From the Access remote phone screen, select

diverting.

Enter the phone number to which incoming calls of

the remote phone will be forwarded.

Press <

To forward messages to another phone,

2 3

OK>.

All incoming calls of the remote phone will be forwarded to the new phone number.

From the Access remote phone screen, select forwarding.

Press <

Change> to select On to forward messages.

Scroll down and enter the phone number to which incoming messages of the remote phone will be forwarded.

Press <

OK>.

Call

Message

To get location information,

From the Access remote phone screen, select Get location information.

An SMS message that contains the location information

•

will come in.

To change the password for the mobile tracker, select Change mobile tracker password.

Enter text

Your phone is equipped with a QWERTY keyboard to support easy and quick text input. You can enter text as you would when using a computer’s keyboard.

Press appropriate alphanumeric keys to enter characters, numbers, and symbols.

You can also use the following keys:

Key Function

Change case.

Alt Enter characters on the upper half of the keys.

sym Open the symbols list.

Insert a space.

Clear your input.

Start a new line.

Getting started

Communication

Calling

Learn to use calling functions, such as making and answering calls, using options available during a call or customising and using call-related features.

Make and answer a call

›

Make a call

In Idle mode, enter an area code and a phone number.

Press [2 ] to dial the number.

To end the call, press [

Use the phonebook to save numbers you dial • frequently. ► p. 50

To quickly access the call log to redial the numbers

•

you dialled recently, press [ ].

Communication

Answer a call

When a call comes in, press [1 ].

When the phone is ringing, press the Volume key to adjust the volume, or press and hold the Volume key to mute the ringtone.

To end the call, press [

Reject a call

When a call comes in, press [ ]. The caller will hear a busy tone.

You can set up a list of numbers to reject incoming • calls automatically. ► p. 28

You can send a message when you reject

•

incoming calls. In Menu mode, select Settings →

→

Call

All calls →Reject call with message.

Call an international number

In Idle mode, press and hold [1 0] or [W] to insert the international prex.

Enter the complete number you want to dial (country

code, area code and phone number), and then press [

] to dial the number.

You can change to another prex. In Menu mode, select Settings

Use the headset

›

By plugging the supplied headset into the multifunction jack, you can make and answer calls:

To redial the last call, press and hold the headset button.

•

To answer a call, press and hold the headset button.• To end a call, press the headset button.•

Use options during a voice call

›

You can use the following options while a voice call is in progress:

To adjust the voice volume, press the Volume key.

•

To activate the speakerphone feature, press the Conrm • key → Ye s .

→

Call → All calls → Int'l call prex.

In noisy environments, you may have diculty hearing some calls while using the speakerphone feature. For better audio performance, use the normal phone mode.

To turn on Whisper mode so that the other party can

•

hear you well even if you speak quietly, press <Options>

→

Whisper mode on.

To turn o the microphone so that the other party

•

cannot hear you, press <Options> → Mute. To use some applications, press <

• Options>

Applications. To use a variety of additional services oered by your

•

service provider, if this service is supported by your UIM card, press <Options>

To send DTMF (Dual tone multifrequency) tones as a

•

group, press <Options> →Send DTMF. DTMF tones are the tones used in phones for tone dialling, sounding when you press the number keys.

To set the DTMF tone length, press <

• Options>

length.

→

UTK.

→

Communication

DTMF

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