Samsung SGH-A801 User Manual

SGH-A801 User’s Guide

Important safety

precautions

Failure to comply with the following precautions may be dangerous or illegal.

•Bluetooth® is a registered trademark of the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. worldwide. Bluetooth QD ID: B012590

is a trademark or registered

•Java trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

• Picsel and Picsel Viewer of Picsel Technologies, Inc.

are trademarks

Drive safely at all times

Do not use a hand-held phone while driving. Park your vehicle first.

Switch off the phone when refuelling

Do not use the phone at a refuelling point (service station) or near fuels or chemicals.

Switch off in an aircraft

Wireless phones can cause interference. Using them in an aircraft is both illegal and dangerous.

Switch off the phone near all medical equipment

Hospitals or health care facilities may be using equipment that could be sensitive to external radio frequency energy. Follow any regulations or rules in force.

Interference

All wireless phones may be subject to interference, which could affect their performance.

Be aware of special regulations

Meet any special regulations in force in any area and always switch off your phone whenever it is forbidden to use it, or when it may cause interference or danger.

Water resistance

Your phone is not water-resistant. Keep it dry.

Sensible use

Use only in the normal position (held to your ear). Avoid unnecessary contact with the antenna when the phone is switched on.

Emergency calls

Key in the emergency number for your present location, then press .

Keep your phone away from small children

Keep the phone and all its parts, including accessories, out of the reach of small children.

Accessories and batteries

Use only Samsung-approved batteries and accessories, such as headsets and PC data cables. Use of any unauthorised accessories could damage you or your phone and may be dangerous.

• The phone could explode if the battery is replaced with an incorrect type.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

At very high volumes, prolonged listening to a headset can damage your hearing.

Qualified service

Only qualified service personnel may repair your phone.

For more detailed safety information, see "Health and safety information" on page 31.

About this Guide

This User’s Guide provides you with condensed information about how to use your phone.

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.

→

Indicates that you need to press the Navigation keys to scroll to the specified option and then select it.

[ ] Indicates a key on the phone.

< > Indicates a soft key, whose function

For example, [ ]

is displayed on the phone screen. For example, <

Select

•3G

Special

• Camera and camcorder

•Media player

Your phone is capable of operating in a 3G environment, allowing much greater data transfer speed, video streaming, and video conferencing.

features of your phone

Use the camera module on your phone to take a photo or record a video.

Play media files on your phone. You can enjoy high quality videos and music.

•Java

Enjoy Java™-based embedded games and download new games.

• Photo printing

Print your photos to preserve your best moments forever.

•Bluetooth

Transfer media files and personal data, and connect to other devices using wireless Bluetooth technology.

• File viewer

Open documents in various formats on the phone without corruption.

•Web browser

Access the wireless web to get up-to-the-minute information and a wide variety of media content.

•Email

Send and receive emails with image, video, and audio attachments.

•Calendar

Keep track of your daily, weekly, and monthly schedule.

•Alarm

Use your phone as an alarm clock to wake you up in the morning or notify you of an impending event.

Unpack 6

Make sure you have each item

Get started 6

First steps to operating your phone

Assemble and charge the phone ................ 6

Power on or off......................................... 7

Phone layout ............................................ 7

Keys and icons ......................................... 8

Access menu functions ............................ 11

Enter text .............................................. 12

Customise your phone............................. 13

Step outside the phone 14

Begin with call functions, camera, media player, web browser, and other special features

Make or answer calls ............................... 14

Use the camera ...................................... 15

Play music ............................................. 16

Browse the web ...................................... 18

Use Phonebook ....................................... 18

Send messages....................................... 19

View messages ....................................... 20

Use Bluetooth ......................................... 21

Switch applications .................................. 22

Menu functions 23

All menu options listed

Health and safety information 31

Overview of menu functions

To access Menu mode, press [OK] in Idle mode.

1 Call log

2 Phonebook

3 Media player

4 Browser

1 BigPond Home 2 Enter URL 3 Bookmarks 4 Saved pages 5 History 6 Advanced 7 Browser settings

5 My Place

1 BigPond 2 FOXTEL 3 Yellow search 4 BigPond Music 5 My Email 6 Call 1234 info 7 Whereis Maps 8 BigBlog & Photos 9 Downloads 10 My Account

6 Messages

1 Create message 2 Inbox 3 Email inbox 4 Drafts 5 Outbox 6 Sentbox 7 My folders 8 Templates 9 Delete all 10 Messages settings 11 Memory status

7 Calendar

8 Camera

9 My files

1 Images 2 Videos 3 Sounds 4 Games and more 5 Other files 6 Memory status

0 Applications

1 Voice recorder 2 Memo 3 Task 4 Calculator 5 Converter 6 Timer 7 Stopwatch 8 World clock 9 PocketNews

* Alarms

# Settings

1 Phone profiles 2 Time & date 3 Display & light settings 4 Phone settings 5 Call settings 6 Security 7 Application settings 8 Connectivity 9 Memory settings 10 Master reset

1. Available only if supported by your USIM or SIM card.

Unpack

Make sure you have each item

• Phone

• Travel adapter

• Battery

•User’s Guide

You can obtain various accessories from your local Samsung dealer.

The items supplied with your phone and the accessories available at your Samsung dealer may vary, depending on your country or service provider.

Get started

First steps to operating your phone

Assemble and charge the phone

To A C p o w e r o utl e t

Removing the battery cover

Phone layout

Front view

Power on or off

Switch on

Switch off

1. Open the phone.

2. Press and hold [ ].

3. If necessary, enter

1. Open the phone.

2. Press and hold [ ].

the PIN and press <

Confirm

Front camera

Display

Menu access/

Confirm key Left soft key Volume keys

Dial key

Application

switch key

Memory card slot

Special

function keys

Earpiece

Navigation keys (Up/Down/Left/ Right)

Right soft key Power/Menu

exit key

Delete key Alphanumeric

keys Mouthpiece

Get started

Rear view

Mirror

Rear c amer a

lens

Camera/

Video call key

Multi-function

jack

When you close the phone, it locks the exposed keys to prevent any unwanted phone operations, from accidentally pressing any of the keys. To unlock the keypad, press <

Unlock

> and then <OK>.

Keys and icons

Keys

Perform the function indicated on the bottom line of the display.

In Idle mode, access your favourite menus directly.

In Menu mode, scroll through menu options.

In Idle mode, access Menu mode.

In Menu mode, select the highlighted menu option or confirm input.

Make or answer a call. In Idle mode, retrieve the

numbers recently dialled, missed, or received.

Delete characters from the display or items in an application.

Press and hold to switch the phone on or off.

End a call. In Menu mode, cancel input and

return the phone to Idle mode.

Enter numbers, letters, and some special characters.

In Idle mode, press and hold [1] to access your voicemail server. Press and hold [0] to enter an international call prefix.

Enter special characters or perform special functions.

In Idle mode, press and hold [ ] to activate or deactivate the Silent profile. Press and hold [ ] to enter a pause between numbers.

Adjust the phone volume.

Open the application switch window to access other applications without exiting the current application.

In Idle mode, press and hold to access the

My Place

menu.

In Idle mode, press and hold to turn on the camera.

In Camera mode, take a photo or record a video.

In the dialling screen, make a video call.

Icons

The following icons may appear on the top line of the screen to indicate your phone’s status. Depending on your country or service provider, the icons shown on the display may vary.

Signal strength

GPRS (2.5G) network

Get started

Connecting to GPRS (2.5G) network or transferring data in GPRS (2.5G) network

EDGE network

Connecting to EDGE network or transferring data in EDGE network

UMTS (3G) network

Connecting to UMTS (3G) network or transferring data in UMTS (3G) network

HSDPA (3G+) network

Connecting to HSDPA (3G+) network or transferring data in HSDPA (3G+) network

Voice call in progress

Out of your service area

Video call in progress

Out of your service area

Roaming network

Bluetooth active

Connected with PC via a USB port

Browsing Internet

Connected to secured web page

Memory card inserted

New message:

•: Text message

• : Multimedia message

•: Email

•: Voicemail

•: Push

• : Configuration message

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Samsung SGH-A801 User Manual

Contents

Overview of menu functions

Unpack

Get started

Assemble and charge the phone

Phone layout

Power on or off

Keys and icons