Samsung SGH-X475LSATMB User Manual
SGH-x475 Series
PORTABLE Dual-Mode
TELEPHONE
User Guide
Please read this manual before operating your
phone, and keep it for future reference.
UVEA2.04_WBx475_020305_F7
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Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Activating Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Switching On or Off the Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting Up Your Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone . . . . . . . 13
Features of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Display Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 3: Call Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adjusting the Call Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Silent Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 4: Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Menu Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 5: Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing the Text Entry Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using T9 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Entering Upper and Lower Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Entering Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Entering Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 6: Understanding Your Phone book . . . 51
Finding a Phone Book Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using Phone Book Entry Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dialing a Number from Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Dialing a Number from the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Dialing a Number from the Phone’s Memory . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Storing a Number Using the Phone Book Menu . . . . . . . . . .55
Speed Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Deleting all of the Phone book Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Checking the Memory Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Finding My Own Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
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Section 7: Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Voice messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Picture Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Browser Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Broadcast Messages (SIM Dependent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
IM (Instant Message) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Section 8: Changing Your Settings . . . . . . . . . .87
Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Section 9: Personal Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
To Do List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Voice Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Currency Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Section 10: Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Call Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Network Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Section 11: Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
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t-zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Funbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Section 12: Health and Safety Information . . . 129
Health and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Consumer Information on Wireless Phones . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Road Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices . . . . . . . 144
Potentially Explosive Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Product Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Battery Standby and Talk Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Battery Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Section 13: Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . 157
Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Intellectual Property Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), L.P. . . . . . 165
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Section 1: Getting Started
Topics Covered
• Activating Your Phone
• Setting Up Voicemail
This section allows you 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, any optional
services available, and many others.
Installing the SIM Card
Important! The plug-in SIM card and its contacts can be easily damaged
by scratches or bending, so be careful when handling, inserting, or
removing the card.
Keep all SIM cards out of reach of small children.
If necessary, switch off the phone by holding down the
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key until the power-off image displays.
Remove the battery. To do so:
1. Slide the battery lock toward the top of the phone and
hold it in that position.
2. Lift the battery away, as shown.
3. Slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket so that the
card locks into place. Make sure the gold contacts of the
card face into the phone.
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Activating Your Phone
Note: When you need to remove the SIM card, slide it, as shown, and
take it out of the socket.
4. Place the battery so that the tabs on the end align with
the slots at the bottom of the phone.
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5. 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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Charging a Battery
Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. A
travel adapter comes with your phone for charging the
battery. Use only approved batteries and chargers. Ask
your local Samsung dealer for further details.
You can use the phone while the battery is charging, but
this causes the phone to charge more slowly.
Note: You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the
first time. A discharged battery recharges fully in approximately
200 minutes.
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Activating Your Phone
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.
3. When charging is finished, unplug the adapter from the
power outlet and disconnect it from the phone by
pressing the buttons on both sides of the connector and
pulling the connector out.
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Note: You must unplug the adapter before you remove the battery from the
phone during charging; otherwise, the phone could be damaged.
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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. When this happens, your phone turns off the
backlight to conserve the remaining battery power.
When the battery level becomes too low, the phone
automatically turns off.
Switching On or Off the Phone
1. Open the phone.
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2. Press and hold the key until the phone switches on.
3. If the phone asks you to enter the phone password, enter
the 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 98.
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 97.
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 English at the factory. To change
the language, use the Language menu. For further details, see
"Language" on page 96.
5. When you wish to switch off the phone, press and hold
the key until the power-off image displays.
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Setting Up Your Voice Mail
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 Messages and press the key.
3. Highlight Voice mail and press the key.
4. Highlight Call voice mail and press the key. Your
phone dials the specified voice mail number.
5. 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.
1. In Idle mode, press the Menu soft key to access the
Menu mode.
2. Highlight Messages and press the key.
3. Highlight Voice mail and press the key.
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4. Highlight Voice server number and press the key.
Select the Voice server 1 or 2 options and press the
key.
5. Press the Edit soft key to change the number.
6. Press the OK soft key to save the update.
7. Press the key to return to Idle mode.
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Section 2: Understanding Your Phone
Topics Covered
• Features of Your Phone
• Front View of Your Phone
• Command Keys
• Understanding the Display Screen
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.
• Instant Messaging capability
• Multimedia capability
• Personal Assistant feature provides calendar, to-do list, alarms,
calculator, and currency exchange.
Front View of Your Phone
The following illustrations show the main elements of
your phone:
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Keys
The following list correlates to the from and rear
illustrations.
1.
The headset jack is used for the hands-free headset.
2.
Performs the functions indicated by the screen text on
the bottom line of the display.
3. During a call, adjusts the earpiece volume.
In Idle mode with the phone open, adjusts the keypad
tone volume. With the phone closed, turns on the
external display when held down.
In Menu mode, scrolls through menus and Phone book.
4. Makes or answers a call.
In Idle mode, recalls the last number dialed or received
when held down.
In Menu mode, selects a menu function or stores
information that you have entered, such as a name in the
phone or SIM memory.
5. In Idle mode, when held down accesses voice mail.
6. Enters special characters. Performs various functions.
Keys
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7. The microphone used during phone calls and voice
memo recordings.
8. Enters numbers, letters, and some special characters.
9. Deletes characters from the display.
In Menu mode, returns you to the previous menu level.
10. Ends a call. Also switches the phone on and off when
held down.
In Menu mode, cancels your input and returns the phone
to Idle mode.
11. In Idle mode, launches the WAP (Wireless Application
Protocol) browser.
In Menu mode, selects the highlighted menu options.
12. In Menu mode, scrolls through the menus and Phone
book.
In Idle mode, the Down key allows you to access the
Phone book menu directly. For more information about
shortcuts, see "Shortcut" on page 100.
When entering text, moves the cursor to the left or right,
depending on which side you push.
13. Display area where text and graphics are displayed.
14. The earpiece is used to listen to audio from your phone.
15. The external display shows the received signal strength,
the phone battery level, the date and time.
16. The service light displays the phone is turned on and
operational.
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Display Layout
The display has 3 areas:
Icons
Shows the received signal strength. The greater the
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 108.
Appears when you are out of your service area.
Appears when a call is in progress.
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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 114.
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Appears when Silent mode is active or you set the phone
to vibrate when you receive a call.
Appears when Mute mode is active.
Shows the level of your battery. The more bars you see,
the more power you have remaining.
Backlight
A backlight illuminates the display and the keypad.
When you press any key or open the phone, the backlight
comes on. It goes off when no keys are pressed within a
given period of time, depending on the setting in the Back
light menu. The display turns off after one minute to
conserve battery power.
To specify the lengt h of time the backlight is active, set the
Back light menu. See "Back Light" on page 95 for further
details.
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 alerts you at a specified time when you
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have set an alarm. The backlight turns on and the
corresponding icon appears on the external display.
When you close the phone, the display shows the current
time on a digital clock.
Service Light
The service light is on the front of the phone. It flashes
when services are available on the phone.
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Display Layout
To activate or deactivate the use of the service light, use the
Service light menu. See "Service Light" on page 96 for
further details.
Service light
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Section 3: Call Functions
Topics Covered
• Making a Call
• Adjusting the Call Volume
• Answering a Call
•Call Log
• Silent Mode
This section allows you to make or answer a call. It also
includes the features and functionality associated with
making or answering a call.
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Making a Call
When the idle screen displays, enter the area code and
phone number, and press the key.
Note: When you activate the Auto redial option in the Extra settings menu,
the phone will automatically redial up to 10 times when the person does
not answer the call or is already on the phone. See page "Extra Settings"
on page 100 for further details.
Making an International Call
1. Press and hold the 0 key. The + character appears.
2. Enter the country code, area code, and phone number
and press the key.
Correcting the Number
1. To clear the last digit displayed, press the C key.
2. To clear any other digit in the number, press the Left or
Right key until the cursor is immediately to the right of
the digit to be cleared. Press the C key. You can also
enter a missing digit.
3. To clear the whole display, press and hold the C key.
Ending a Call
When you want to finish your call, briefly press the
key.
Redialing the Last Number
The phone stores the numbers of the calls you’ve dialed,
received, or missed if the call recipient or caller is
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identified. See "Caller ID" on page 116 for further details.
To recall any of these numbers:
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Adjusting the Call Volume
1. If you have typed characters on the display, press the
key to return to Idle mode.
2. Press the key to display a list of the most recent
numbers used in the order you dialed or received them.
3. Use the Up and Down keys to scroll through the
numbers until the number you want highlights.
4. To dial the number, press the key or the key.
5. To edit the number, press the Options soft key and select
Edit. Press the Select soft key or the key.
6. To delete the number, press the Options soft key and
select Delete. Press the Select soft key or the key.
7. To delete all of the numbers, press the Options soft key
and select Delete all. Press the Select soft key or the
key.
Making a Call from the Phone Book
You can store phone numbers that you use regularly on
the SIM card or in the phone’s memory. These entries are
collectively called Phone book.
Once you have stored a number in the Phone book, you
can dial it by pressing a few keys. You can also assign your
most frequently-used numbers to number keys using the
Speed Dial feature.
For further details about the Phone book feature, see
"Using Phone Book Entry Options" on page 52.
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Adjusting the Call Volume
During a call, if you want to adjust the earpiece volume,
use the Volume keys on the left side of the phone.
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Press the key to increase the volume level and the key
to decrease the level.
In Idle mode, you can also adjust the keypad tone volume
using these keys.
Answering a Call
When somebody calls you, the phone rings and displays
the incoming call image.
The caller’s phone number, or name if stored in Phone
book, displays.
1. If necessary, open the phone. Press the key or the
Accept soft key to answer the incoming call.
If the Anykey answer option in the Extra settings menu
is activated, you can press any key to answer a call
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except for the key and the Reject soft key.
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Call Log
If the Active flip option in the Extra settings menu is
activated, you can answer the call simply by opening the
phone.
Note: To reject an incoming call, press and hold the Volume keys on the left
side of the phone before opening the phone, or press the Reject soft key or
key.
2. End the call by closing the phone or pressing the
key.
Note: You can answer a call while using the Phone book or menu features.
After ending the call, the phone returns to the function screen you were
using.
Call Log
All incoming, outgoing and missed calls are listed in the
Call Log.
1. To access the Call Log option, press the key. A list of
calls displays.
2. Press the Options soft key Edit or Delete the calls.
3. To place a call press the key.
Viewing Missed Calls
When you are unable to answer a call for any reason, you
can find out who is calling you, if this service is available,
so that you can call the person back.
The number of calls you have missed displays on the idle
screen immediately after a call is missed.
To view a missed call immediately:
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1. If the phone is closed, open the phone.
2. Press the View soft key or the key.
The number corresponding to the most recent missed call
displays, if available.
3. To scroll through the missed calls, press the Up or Down
key.
4. To call the number displayed, press the key.
5. To edit or delete a missed call number, press the Select
soft key or the key. See below.
Editing a Missed Call Number
When the number corresponding to the missed call is not
available, the Edit number option does not display.
1. Press the Options soft key or the key.
2. Press the Up or Down key to highlight the Edit option.
3. Press the Select soft key or the key.
4. Change the number.
5. To call the number, press the key.
6. To store the number, press the Save soft key or the
key. Select a new entry, location, and enter a name.
Deleting a Missed Call
1. Press the Options soft key or the key.
2. If necessary, press the Up or Down key to highlight the
Delete option.
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3. Press the Select soft key or the key.
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