Samsung SGH-d357 User Manual

SGH-d357 Series
PORTABLE TRI-BAND
MOBILE PHONE
User Guide
Please read this manual before operating your
phone, and keep it for future reference.
UCEJ4_WB_D357_101805_F9
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Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting Started ................................. 5
Activating Your Phone ......................................................6
Powering On or Off the Phone ........................................10
Setting Up Your Voice Mail .............................................11
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ............ 13
Features of Your Phone .................................................. 14
Open View of Your Phone ............................................... 15
Front View of Your Phone ...............................................17
Side View of Your Phone ................................................19
Display Layout ...............................................................20
Selecting Functions and Options ....................................22
Command Keys ..............................................................23
Section 3: Call Functions ................................. 27
Making a Call .................................................................28
Adjusting the Call Volume ...............................................30
Answering a Call ............................................................ 30
Recent Calls ................................................................... 31
Quiet Mode ....................................................................32
Options During a Call .....................................................33
Section 4: Menu Navigation ............................ 37
Menu Navigation ............................................................ 38
In Use Menu Outline .......................................................39
Menu Outline .................................................................40
Section 5: Entering Text .................................. 47
Changing the Text Input Mode ........................................ 48
Starting VoiceSignal ....................................................... 50
VoiceSignal Settings .......................................................54
Using T9 Mode ............................................................... 56
Using Alphabet Mode .....................................................58
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Entering Symbols ...........................................................59
Using Numbers ...............................................................59
Section 6: Understanding Your Address Book 61
Using Contacts List .........................................................62
Adding a New Contact ....................................................63
Group .............................................................................67
Tab l e of Co n t ents
Speed Dial ......................................................................69
My Name Card ...............................................................71
Finding My Own Phone Number .....................................72
Management ..................................................................72
Section 7: Messaging ...................................... 77
Types of Messages .........................................................78
Using Instant Messenger (IM) .........................................78
Creating and Sending New Messages .............................79
Retrieving New Messages ..............................................87
Viewing Messages ..........................................................89
Managing Your Own Message Folders ............................91
Using Message Options ..................................................93
Using Message Templates ..............................................95
Chat ...............................................................................96
Deleting Messages .........................................................96
Settings ..........................................................................97
Memory Status .............................................................101
Section 8: Changing Your Settings ...............103
Time & Date .................................................................104
Phone Settings .............................................................105
Display Settings ...........................................................108
Sound Settings .............................................................110
Network Services Settings ............................................113
Bluetooth Settings ........................................................118
Security Settings ..........................................................121
Connection Settings .....................................................124
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Voice Command Settings .............................................125
Reset Settings .............................................................. 125
Section 9: Personal Assistant ....................... 127
Alarm ...........................................................................128
Calendar ......................................................................130
Calculator ....................................................................139
Using Record Audio ......................................................139
Converter .....................................................................141
Timer ...........................................................................141
Stopwatch ....................................................................142
World Time ..................................................................142
Section 10: WAP ............................................ 143
Launching the WAP Browser ........................................144
Access a WAP Site .......................................................144
Navigating the WAP Browser ........................................144
Using Favorites ............................................................146
Downloading Multimedia Files ...................................... 148
Clearing the Cache ....................................................... 149
Section 11: Push to Talk ............................... 151
Initializing Push to Talk Service .................................... 152
PTT Icons .....................................................................152
Add Contact .................................................................155
Add Group .................................................................... 159
Making a PTT Call ........................................................ 163
PTT Settings .................................................................165
Voice Message .............................................................166
Call Waiting .................................................................. 167
Help .............................................................................167
Section 12: Health and Safety Information ... 169
Health and Safety Information ......................................170
Consumer Information on Wireless Phones ................... 172
Road Safety .................................................................182
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Operating Environment .................................................184
Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices ..........184
Potentially Explosive Environments ...............................186
Emergency Calls ...........................................................187
FCC Notice and Cautions ..............................................188
Other Important Safety Information ...............................189
Tab l e of Co n t ents
Product Performance ....................................................189
Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones ...................191
Battery Standby and Talk Time .....................................191
Battery Precautions ......................................................191
Care and Maintenance ..................................................193
Section 13: Warranty Information .................195
Standard Limited Warranty ...........................................196
Index ..............................................................203
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Section 1: Getting Started
Topics Covered
• Activating Your Phone
• Powering On or Off the Phone
• Setting Up Your Voice Mail
This section describe how to start using your phone by activating your service and setting up your voice mail.
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Activating Your Phone
When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided with a plug-in SIM card loaded with your subscription details, such as your PIN, and other optional services available.
Removing the Battery
1. If necessary, power-off the phone by holding down the
key until the power-off image displays.
2. Remove the battery by sliding the battery lock up and holding it in position, then lift the battery away, as shown.
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Activating Your Phone
Installing the SIM Card
Important! The plug-in SIM card and its contacts can be easily damaged
by scratches or bending. Use caution when inserting or removing the card and keep all SIM cards out of reach from children.
Make sure the gold contacts of the card face into the phone, then slide the SIM card into the socket.
Removing the SIM Card
To rem ove the SIM card, s lid e it awa y from t he c ross-ba r. See the following illustration.
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Installing the Battery
1. Align the battery tabs with the slots at the bottom of the
phone.
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2. Press the battery down until it clicks into place. Make
sure that the battery is properly installed before switching on the phone.
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Activating Your Phone
Charging a Battery
Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. Use the travel adapter to charge the battery, and use only Samsung approved batteries and chargers.
Note: You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first time. A discharged battery recharges fully in approximately 200 minutes. You can use the phone while the battery is charging, but this causes the phone to charge more slowly.
1. With the battery in position on the phone, plug the connector of the travel adapter into the jack at the bottom of the phone.
2. Plug the adapter into a standard AC wall outlet. When charging is finished, unplug the adapter from the power outlet.
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3. Press the buttons on both sides of the connector (1) and
(2) pull the connector out.
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Note: You must unplug the adapter before removing the battery from the
phone during charging to avoid damage.
Low Battery Indicator
When the battery is weak and only a few minutes of talk time remain, a warning tone sounds and the “Warning Low Battery” message repeats at regular intervals on the display. The backlight turns off to conserve the remaining battery power.
When the battery level becomes too low, the phone automatically turns off.
Powering On or Off the Phone
1. Open the phone.
2. Press and hold the key until the phone power-on
screen displays.
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Setting Up Your Voice Mail
3. If the phone is locked, enter the phone password and
press the OK soft key or the key. The password is preset to “00000000” at the factory. For further details, see “Change Password” on page 122.
4. If the phone asks for a PIN, enter the PIN and press the OK soft key or the key. For further details, see “PIN
Check” on page 121.
The phone searches for your network and after finding it, the Idle screen appears. Now, you can make or receive calls.
Note: The display language is preset to Automatic at the factory. To change the language, use the Language menu. For further details, see “Language” on page 105.
5. When you wish to switch off the phone, press and hold the key until the power-off image displays.
Setting Up Your Voice Mail
To access you voice mail from your keypad, use the following steps:
1. Open the phone to access your keypad.
2. From an Idle screen, press and hold the key.
3. Follow the voice mail prompts to access messages.
Accessing Your Voice Mail
1. In Idle mode, press the Menu soft key to access Menu
mode.
2. Highlight Recent Calls and press the key.
3. Highlight Voice Mail and press the key.
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4. Highlight Connect to Voice Mail and press the OK soft
key or the key.
5. Voicemail appears in the display.
6. Press the OK soft key or the key to dial your phone
specified voice mail number.
7. When connected, follow the voice prompts from the voice mail center.
Changing the Voice Mail Number
Your SIM card gives you default service number of the voice mail center. However, you may need to change the number. Use the following procedures to change your voice mail number.
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1. In Idle mode, press the Menu soft key to access Menu
mode.
2. Highlight Recent Calls and press Select soft key or the
key.
3. Highlight Voice Mail and press the Select soft key or the
key.
4. Highlight Voice Server Number and press the OK soft key or the key.
5. Highlight Voicemail and press the OK soft key or the key.
6. Press the Edit soft key to modify the number.
Note: Pressing the key takes you directly into Edit mode.
7. Enter your new Voice Server number and press the OK
soft key to save.
8. Press the key to return to Idle mode.
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Section 2: Understanding Your Phone
Topics Covered
• Features of Your Phone
• Open View of Your Phone
• Front View of Your Phone
• Side View of Your Phone
• Display Layout
• Selecting Functions and Options
• Command Keys
This section outlines some key features of your phone. It also displays the screen and the icons that are displayed when the phone is in use.
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Features of Your Phone
Your phone is lightweight, easy-to-use and offers many significant features. The following list outlines a few of the features included in your phone.
User friendly, menu driven access to features and options.
Pu s h To Talk
Instant Messaging capability
Multimedia capability
Bluetooth wireless technology
Voice Command feature
Speakerphone capability
Personal Assistant feature provides calendar, alarms, calculator,
record audio, timer, stopwatch, world time, and converter.
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Open View of Your Phone
Open View of Your Phone
The following illustrations show the main elements of your phone:
Keys
The following list correlates to the open and front view illustrations.
1. Display: This screen displays all the information needed to operate your phone.
2. Soft key: Performs the functions indicated by the screen text on the bottom of the display.
3. Send key: Allows you to place or receive a call. In standby mode, press the key once to access the Recent Call log. If you press and hold the key down, you will initiate the most recent call from the Recent Call log.
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4. Clear key: Deletes characters from the display when you
are in text entry mode. When in a main menu, press to return to the previous menu.
5. Voicemail key: Press and hold to automatically dial your voicemail.
] character for calling
6. Asterisk/Shift key: Enters the features. In text mode, press to change the character input type.
7. Power Interface Connector: The power interface connector is used to plug in the charging accessories.
8. Microphone: The Microphone allows the other callers to hear you clearly when you are speaking to them.
9. Pound/Space/Quiet Mode key: Enters the pound character for calling features. In text entry mode, press to enter a space between characters.
10. Alphanumeric keypad: Use these keys to enter numbers, letters and characters.
11. WAP Browser/Menu confirm key: When navigating through a menu accepts the highlighted choice in the menu. If you press once in Idle mode, the WAP browser will launch.
12. End key: Ends a call. Press and hold this key for a few seconds to power your phone On or Off. While in the main menu, it returns the phone to standby mode and cancels you input. When you receive an incoming call, press to reject call.
13. Navigation key: This key allows you to scroll through phone menu options and provides a shortcut to phone functions from standby mode.
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14. Earpiece: The earpiece allows you to hear the other
caller.
Front View of Your Phone
Front View of Your Phone
Keys
The following list correlates to the open and front view illustrations.
1. Headset Connector: Allows you to plug in a headset for safe, convenient, hands-free conversations.
2. Volume/Menu Navigation key: Allows you to adjust the ringer volume in standby mode or adjust the voice volume during a call. The volume key can also be used to scroll up or down to navigate through the different menu options. To mute the ringer during an incoming call, press the volume key up or down.
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3. External Speaker: The external speaker allows you to
hear the other caller when using the speaker phone option.
4. Front LCD: The external LCD view incoming call phone number or indicates when you have a message.
5. Service LED: The Service LED has the following functions.
Flashes blue to indicate an incoming call or to indicate there is
a voice mail message.
Momentarily lights when you power up the phone.
6. Antenna: Used to obtain maximum reception.
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Side View of Your Phone
Side View of Your Phone
Keys
The following list correlates to the open and front view illustrations.
1. Voice Command/Speakerphone key: Press to switch from earpiece to external speaker. Press and hold to launch Voice Command.
2. PTT key: Press to display Recent call log for PTT calls. If you press and hold the key down, you will initiate the most recent call from the Recent Call log for PTT.
Back Light
A back light illuminates the display and the keypad when you press any key or open the phone. It turns off when no keys are pressed within a given period of time, and/or dims the light, depending on the settings in the Back Light menu.
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External Display
Your phone has an external display on the front of the phone. It indicates when you have an incoming call or message. It also displays date, time, reception, battery power, and any icons associated with alerts, such as messages, or a set alarm.
Display Layout
The display has 3 areas:
Icons
Shows the received signal strength. The greater the
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number of bars, the stronger the signal.
Appears when a new text message has been received.
Appears when a new voice mail has been received.
Appears when a new multimedia message has been received.
Appears when a new e-mail has been received.
Appears when you set an alarm to ring at a specified time. For details, see page “Alarm” on page 128.
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Appears when you are out of your service area.
Appears when a call is in progress.
Appears when you are connected to a WAP service.
Appears when the Call Forwarding feature is active. For details, see page “Call Forwarding” on page 113.
Appears when incoming call Alert Type is set to Vibration.
Appears when an incoming call Alert Type is set to Vibration then Melody. Appears when Quiet Mode, Silent All is active.
Appears when Quiet Mode, Vibration All is active.
Shows the level of your battery. The more bars you see, the more power you have remaining.
Indicates that a Bluetooth device is connected.
Indicates that a Push to Talk device is connected.
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Selecting Functions and Options
Your phone offers a set of functions that can be customized for your ease and specific needs. These functions are arranged in menus and sub-menus, accessed using the two soft keys. Each menu and sub­menu allows you to view and alter the settings of a particular function.
In some functions, you may be asked for a password or
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PIN. Enter the code and press the OK soft key or the key.
When you access a list of options, your phone highlights the currently active option. If, however, there are only two options, such as On/Off or Enable/Disable, your phone highlights the option that is not currently active, so that you can select it directly.
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Command Keys
Selecting Options
To view the various functions and options available and to select the one you want:
Press the appropriate soft key.
To select the function displayed or the option highlighted, press
the Select soft key or the key.
To view the next function or highlight the next option on a list,
press the Down key or the key on the left side of the phone.
To move back to the previous function or option on a list, press
the Up key or the key on the left side of the phone.
To move back up one level in the menu structure, press the Left
navigation key or the Back soft key.
To exit the menu structure without changing the settings, press
the key.
Command Keys
Functions for the soft keys are defined by what appears above each in the display. There are two soft keys, the left soft key and the right soft key .
Soft Keys
The roles of the soft keys vary depending on the function you are currently using; the labels on the bottom line of the display just above each key indicate their current role.
Left Soft Key
Some functions of the left soft key are as follows.
In the Idle screen, press the Menu (left) soft key to open
the Menu screen.
When in a menu mode the left soft key function is Select.
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Right Soft Key
Some functions of the right soft key are as follows.
In the Idle screen, press the IM (right) soft key to open the
Instant Message Menu screen.
When in a menu mode the right soft key function is Back.
Clear Key
The CLR key is used to erase or clear numbers, text, or symbols from the display. You can also use to return to a previous menu or to return to standby mode from any menu.
If you enter an incorrect character, briefly press to
backspace (and delete) the character.
To erase the entire sentence, press and hold .
To back up one menu level, briefly press .
End Key
The End key is used to turn on/off your phone, disconnect calls, and return to the standby mode.
Press and hold the End key to turn on your phone.
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Briefly press once to disconnect a call.
Press to return to standby mode from any menu, or to
cancel the last input.
Send Key
The Send k ey i s us e d t o an s w er c al l s , d i al c al l s , a n d t o recall the last number(s) dialed, received, or missed.
Press once to answer calls.
Enter a number and briefly press to make a call.
Briefly press in standby mode to display a list of recent
calls to and from your phone.
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Command Keys
Press twice in standby mode to call the most recent
number.
Press to pick up a waiting call. Press again to switch
back to the other call.
Navigation Key
Use the directional keys on the navigation key to browse menus, sub menus, and lists. Press the up or down navigation when jumping to highlighted links on the web.
Each key also acts as a shortcut to launch applications. The Down key is set as the shortcut to the Contact List. The Left, Up, and Right navigation keys are setup as *User- Defined Shortcut Keys. To set the shortcut key functions see “Using Shortcuts” on page 39.
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Speakerphone Key
Use the speakerphone key (located on the right side of your phone) to switch from using the earpiece to the speakerphone during a call. Use the volume keys (located on the left side of your phone) to adjust the volume.
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