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Samsung SGH X506 User Manual

SGH-x506 Series

PORTABLE Quad-BAND
MOBILE PHONE
User Guide
Please read this manual before operating your
phone, and keep it for future reference.
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Disclaimer of Warranties; Exclusion of Liability

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE EXPRESS WARRANTY CONTAINED ON THE WARRANTY PAGE ENCLOSED WITH THE PRODUCT, THE PURCHASER TAKES THE PRODUCT "AS IS", AND SAMSUNG MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCT OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE; THE DESIGN, CONDITION OR QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT; THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT; THE WORKMANSHIP OF THE PRODUCT OR THE COMPONENTS CONTAINED THEREIN; OR COMPLIANCE OF THE PRODUCT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY LAW, RULE, SPECIFICATION OR CONTRACT PERTAINING THERETO. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL SHALL BE CONSTRUED T O CREA TE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT. IN ADDITION, SAMSUNG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESUL TING FROM THE PURCHASE OR USE OF THE PRODUCT OR ARISING FROM THE BREACH OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF ANTICIPA TED PROFITS OR BENEFITS.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started .................................5
Activating Your Phone ......................................................6
Powering On or Off the Phone ........................................10
Setting Up Your Voice Mail .............................................10
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ............13
Features of Your Phone ..................................................14
Front Views of Your Phone ..............................................14
Internal Display Layout ...................................................18
Selecting Functions and Options ....................................20
Command Keys ..............................................................21
Section 3: Call Functions .................................25
Making a Call .................................................................26
Adjusting the Call Volume ...............................................28
Answering a Call ............................................................28
Recent Calls ...................................................................29
Quiet Mode ....................................................................32
Options During a Call .....................................................32
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
Using T9 Mode ...............................................................49
Using ABC Mode ............................................................51
Using Symbols ...............................................................52
Using Numbers ..............................................................52
Section 6: Understanding Your Contacts List .53
Using Contacts List ........................................................54
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Adding a New Contact ....................................................55
Group .............................................................................59
Speed Dial ......................................................................61
My Name Card ...............................................................63
Finding My Own Phone Number .....................................64
Management ..................................................................64
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Section 7: Messaging ......................................69
Types of Messages .........................................................70
Creating and Sending New Messages .............................70
Retrieving New Messages ..............................................77
Viewing Messages ..........................................................78
Managing Your Own Message Folders ............................80
Using Message Options ..................................................82
Using Message Templates ..............................................84
Deleting Messages .........................................................85
Settings ..........................................................................86
Memory Status ...............................................................89
Section 8: Changing Your Settings .................91
Time & Date ...................................................................92
Phone Settings ...............................................................93
Display Settings .............................................................97
Sound Settings ...............................................................99
Network Services .........................................................102
Security ........................................................................107
Connection Settings .....................................................111
Reset Settings ..............................................................112
Section 9: Games ...........................................113
Games Menu ................................................................114
Getting Games ..............................................................114
My Games ....................................................................115
Section 10: Applications ................................117
Alarm ...........................................................................118
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Calculator ....................................................................120
Record Audio ...............................................................121
Converter .....................................................................123
Timer ...........................................................................123
Stopwatch ....................................................................123
World Time ..................................................................124
Section 11: Calendar ..................................... 125
Calendar Options ..........................................................126
View Mode ...................................................................126
Create ..........................................................................127
Go to ............................................................................134
Sort by .........................................................................134
Delete ..........................................................................134
Missed Alarm Events ....................................................135
Memory Status .............................................................135
Section 12: File Manager ...............................137
File Manager Menu ......................................................138
Audio ...........................................................................138
Graphics ......................................................................142
Video ...........................................................................143
Other Files ...................................................................144
Memory Status .............................................................145
Section 13: Internet .......................................147
Internet Options ...........................................................148
Favorites ......................................................................148
Go to URL .....................................................................150
Browser Profiles ...........................................................150
Clear Cache .................................................................152
Section 14: Health and Safety Information ...153
Health and Safety Information ......................................154
UL Certified Travel Adaptor ...........................................156
Consumer Information on Wireless Phones ...................157
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Road Safety ..................................................................166
Operating Environment .................................................168
Potentially Explosive Environments ...............................170
Emergency Calls ...........................................................171
FCC Notice and Cautions ..............................................172
Other Important Safety Information ...............................173
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Product Performance ....................................................174
Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones ...................175
Battery Standby and Talk Time .....................................176
Battery Precautions ......................................................176
Care and Maintenance ..................................................178
Section 15: Warranty Information .................181
Standard Limited Warranty ...........................................182
Index ..............................................................189
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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 describes 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, a plug-in SIM card is provided loaded with your su bscription 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 1) sliding the battery lock up and holding it in position, then 2) lift the battery away, as shown.
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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.
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Removing the SIM Card

To remove the SIM card, slide it away from the cross­bar. See the following illustration.

Installing the Battery

1. Align the battery tabs with the slots at the bottom of the
phone.
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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Charging a Battery

Y our phone is po wered by a r echargeable Li-ion ba ttery. Use the travel adapter to charge the battery, and use only Samsung approved batteries and chargers.
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Note: You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the
first time. A discharged battery recharges fully in approximately 2–3 hours. You can use the phone while the battery is charging, but this causes the phone to charge more slowly.
Note: For connection to an electrical supply not located in the U.S., you must use an adapter of the proper configuration for the power outlet. Use of the wrong adapter could damage your phone and void your warranty.
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.
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2. Plug the adapter into a standard AC wall outlet. When
charging is finished, unplug the adapter from the power outlet.
3. Press the buttons on both sides of the connector (1) and (2) pull the connector out.
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.
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Powering On or Off the Phone

1. Open the phone.
2. Press and hold the key until the phone power-on
screen displays.
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 109.
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 108.
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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 94.
The phone searches for your network and after finding it, the Idle screen displays. Now, you can make or receive calls.
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.
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Setting Up Your Voice Mail

Accessing Your Voice Mail

1. In Idle mode, press the Menu soft key to access Menu
mode.
2. Highlight Recent Calls and press the Select soft key or the key.
3. Highlight V oice Mail and press the Select soft key or the
key.
4. Highlight Connect to Voice Mail and press the OK soft key or the key.
5. Voice Server 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 the 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 Menu mode.
2. Highlight Recent Calls and press Select soft key or the
key.
3. Highlight V oice Mail and press the Select soft key or the
key.
4. Highlight Voice Server Number and press the OK soft key or the key.
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5. Highlight Voice Server 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
• Front Views of Your Phone
• Internal 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.
• Multimedia capability
• Speakerphone capability
• Featured applications provide alarms, calendar, calculator,
record audio, converter, timer, stopwatch, and world time.

Front Views of Your Phone

The following illustrations show the main elements of your phone.

Front Closed View

4. Antenna
1. Headset Connector
2. Volume/Menu
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Navigation Key
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.
3. Front LCD
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Front Views of Your Phone
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.
3. Front LCD — 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.
4. Antenna — Used to obtain maximum reception.
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Front Open View

y
14. Earpiece
1. Display
13. Navigation Key
12. WAP Browser
2. Soft Key (Left)
3. Send Key
4. Clear Key
5. Voice Mail Key
6. Asterisk/Shift Key
7. Power Interface Connector
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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.
Menu Confirm Ke
2. Soft Key (Right)
11. End Key
10. Alphanumeric Keypad
9. Pound/Space/ Quiet Mode Key
8. Microphone
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Front Views of Your Phone
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.
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. Voice Mail key — Press and hold to automatically dial your Voice Mail.
6. Asterisk/Shift key —
Enters the [*] character for calling 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. Press and hold to place handset in Quiet mode.
10.Alphanumeric keypad — Use these keys to enter numbers, letters and characters.
11.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 your input. When you receive an incoming call, press to reject call.
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12.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.
13.Navigation key — This key allows you to scroll through phone menu options and provides a shortcut to phone functions from standby mode.
14.Earpiece — The earpiece allows you to hear the other caller.
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.

Internal Display Layout

The display has 3 areas:
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Icons

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Menu
Contacts
Shows the received signal strength. The greater the number of bars, the stronger the signal.
Icons
Text and graphics area
Soft key function indicators
Internal Display Layout
Appears when a new text message has been re cei v ed.
Appears when a new voice mail has been rece ive d.
Appears when a new multimedia message has been received. Appears when you set an alarm to ring at a specified time. For details, see page “Alarm” on page 118.
Appears when you there is no network co verage available.
Appears when a call is in progress.
Appears when you are connected to a WAP service.
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Appears when the Call Forw ar di ng f eature i s a cti ve. For details, see page “Call Forwarding” on page 103.
Appears when incoming call Alert Type is set to Vibration.
Appears when an incoming call Al er t Type is set to Vibration then Melody. Appears when Quiet Mode, Silent All is active.
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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.
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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 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 , ther e 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.

Selecting Options

To view the various functions and options available and to select the one you want:
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• Press the appropriate soft key.
• T o select the function displayed or the opt ion 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.
• T o 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.
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Command Keys

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
Left Soft Key
Some functions of the left soft key are as follows.
Right soft key
• 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.
Right Soft Key
Some functions of the right so f t ke y are as fo llows.
• In the Idle screen, press the Contacts (right) soft key to
open your Contacts List.
• When in a menu mode the right soft key function is Back.
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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.
• 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 key is used to answer calls, dial calls, and to recall the last number(s) dialed, received, or missed.
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• 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.
• 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.
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Command Keys

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. All navigation keys are setup as *User-Defined Shortcut Keys. To set the shortcut key functions see “Short Cut” on page 94.
Create Text Message*
File Manager*
Contact List*
Games*

Speakerphone Key

During a call, use the speakerphone key in conjunction with the left soft key to activate the speakerphone operation. Use the volume keys (located on the left side of your phone) to adjust the volume.
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Section 3: Call Functions

Topics Covered
• Making a Call
• Adjusting the Call Volume
• Answering a Call
• Recent Calls
• Quiet Mode
• Options During a Call
This section describes how 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

䡵 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 95 for further details.

Making an International Call

1. Press and hold the key. The + character appears.
2. Enter the country code, area code, and phone number.
Press the key.

Correcting a Dialed Number

Use the following steps to correct a mis-typed entry when dialing.
1. After dialing a number
䢇 To clear the last digit displayed, press the key. 䢇 To clear another digit in the number, press the Left or Right
navigation key until the cursor is immediately to the right of the digit to be cleared. Press the key .
䢇 T o ente r a missing digit press the Left or Right navigation key
until the cursor is in position and enter the digit.
䢇 To clear the whole display, press and hold the key. The
Idle screen displays.
2. Press the key to return to the Idle screen.

Ending a Call

When you want to finish your call, briefly press the
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