Samsung SCH-S380C User manual

GH68_37084A Printed in Korea
SCH-S380C
PORTABLE QUAD-
BAND
MOBILE PHONE
User Manual
Please read this manual before operating your
phone and keep it for future reference.

S380C_English_FD04_PS_060512_F2
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Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting Started ....................................................5
Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Activating Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ...............................13
Features of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Back View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Side View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Command Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Understanding the Display Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 3: Call Functions ...................................................22
Number Entry Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contact Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Speed Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick Search Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Voice Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 4: Menu Navigation ...............................................30
Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Navigation Key Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Navigate Using a Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 5: Voice Service .....................................................32
Voice-Activating Your Contacts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Voice Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Section 6: Understanding Your Contacts ...........................35
Your Contacts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Adding a New Contacts Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Finding a Contacts Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Editing an Existing Contact Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Speed Dial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Renaming a Contacts Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Deleting a Contacts Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sending a Contacts Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Memory Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 7: Messages ..........................................................45
Creating and Sending New Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Message Send Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Receiving New Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Erasing Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Message Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 8: Camera ..............................................................54
Taking Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Camera Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 9: Games & Apps ...................................................59
Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 10: My Folder .........................................................63
My Ringtones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
My Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Memory Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 11: Browser ...........................................................66
Launching the Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Using the Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Browser Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 12: Tools ................................................................68
Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Voice SVC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Memo Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Stop Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Tip Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 13: Changing Your Settings ..................................79
Accessing Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Call Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Phone Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Section 14: Health and Safety Information ........................84
Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Certification Information . . . . . . . . 90
FCC Part 15 Information to User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Smart Practices While Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Battery Use and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
UL Certified Travel Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Display / Touch-Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

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GPS & AGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for
Wireless Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Restricting Children's Access to Your Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . 109
FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
End User License Agreement for Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Index ..................................................................................118

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Section 1: Getting Started
This section explains how to start using your phone by charging your
battery, setting up your voicemail and installing a memory card.
Setting Up Your Phone
Text Conventions
This manual provides condensed information about how to use your
phone.
To make this possible, the following terms and icon appear in place of
repeatedly-used procedural steps:
Removing the Battery Cover
1. If the phone is turned on, press and hold until the phone turns
off.
2. Remove the battery cover by firmly placing both hands along each
side of the device.
3. In a single motion, use your thumbs to press the back cover down
(1) and away from the camera lens (2).
highlight Use the Navigation key ( ) to move a highlighting
effectontoamenuitemorscreenitemofinterest.Press
the outer ring up, down, left, or right.
select Afterhighlightingamenuitemorscreenitem,pressthe
middle of the Navigation key ( ) to launch, access,
or save a highlighted menu item or screen field of
interest.
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steps. Ex: Settings ➔ Call Settings ➔ Call Answer .

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4. Carefuly complete the removal of the cover.
Installing the Battery
Your phone comes packaged with a partially charged rechargeable
standard Li-Ion battery and travel adapter.
Note: Make sure the battery is properly installed before switching on the
phone.
1. Slide the battery into the open compartment and align the
matching gold contacts of the battery to those inside the phone
battery compartment.
2. Lightly press the end of the battery down into the phone until it
slips into place.

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Replacing the Battery Cover
1. Place the battery cover on the back of the phone and press down
(1).
2. Use your thumbs to firmly slide the cover back onto the back of the
phone until it clicks into place (2).

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Charging the Battery
Your phone is powered by a rechargeable standard Li-Ion battery. Only
use Samsung-approved charging devices and batteries. Samsung
accessories are designed to maximize battery life. Use of other
accessories may invalidate your warranty and may cause damage.
Important! You must fully charge the battery the first time you use your
phone. Otherwise you could damage the battery.
Using the Travel Adapter
The travel adapter included with your phone is a convenient, light-weight
charger that rapidly charges your phone from any 120/220 VAC outlet.
1. With the battery installed, plug the large end of the Travel Adapter
into a standard 120 VAC or 220 VAC wall outlet.
Important! For connection to an electrical supply not located in North
America, you must use an adaptor of the proper configuration
for the power outlet. Use of the wrong adapter could damage
your phone and void your warranty.
2. Insert the smaller end of the Travel Adapter into the charger/
accessory connector on the right side of your phone.

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Important! You must unplug the adapter before removing the battery from
the phone during charging to avoid damage.
Low Battery Indicator
The battery indicator ( ) in the upper-right corner of the display
indicates power level. Monitor the battery strength and ensure your
battery is adequately charged.
• Five bars ( ) indicate a full charge.
• An empty battery icon ( ) indicates a near empty battery.
• A blinking empty battery icon ( ) and a tone sounding indicate you have
two to three minutes before the battery is too low to operate the phone.
If you continue to use your phone without charging its battery, the phone
will shut down.
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Activating Your Phone
Contact your Wireless Carrier and follow their instructions for obtaining
service, if necessary. We suggest that you read this guide to fully
understand the services your phone supports.
Turning Your Phone On
1. Press and hold .
2. The phone begins searching for a network signal.
3. Once the phone finds a signal, the time, date, and day appear at
the top of the display.
4. You’re now ready to place and receive calls.
Note: If you are outside of your carrier’s coverage or roaming area ( ), the
No Service icon ( ) appears at the top of the display. If you
cannot place or receive calls, try later when service is available, or at
another location.
Turning Your Phone Off
 Press and hold for two or more seconds. Your phone powers
off.
Note: If your phone is on and you press for less than one second, the
phone will not power off. This prevents your phone from being
turned off accidentally.

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Setting Up Your Voicemail
Voicemail allows callers to leave voice messages that can be retrieved
any time.
Note: Once your Voicemail account has been set up, you can use the
Voicemail folder (under the Messages menu) to view details of voice
messages in your Voicemail box.
1. In standby mode, press and hold or dial your own mobile
number to dial Voicemail.
2. Follow the prompts in the new user tutorial to setup your mail box.
Listen to Voicemail
 In standby mode, press and hold or dial your own mobile
number to dial Voicemail. After connecting, you will hear your voice
greeting. You are prompted to enter your password.
Tip: In standby mode, you can also dial to connect to your
Voicemail.

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Memory Card
Your phone has a Memory Card slot located under the back cover. You
can install a microSD™card to provide additional memory for storing
files. A Memory Card is required to operate your Music Player.
Install a Memory Card
1. Open the back cover of your phone.
2. Insert the memory card — contact side facing down and smaller
end pointing toward the phone — into the memory card slot.
3. Press the memory card into the slot until the card locks into place.
4. Replace the back cover.
Remove a Memory Card
1. Open the back cover of your phone.
2. Press the memory card inward until the card lock releases.
3. Remove the memory card from the memory card slot.
4. Replace the back cover.
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Understanding Your Phone 13
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone
This section outlines features of your phone. It describes the screen
format and the icons displayed when the phone is in use.
Features of Your Phone
• Domestic and international voice and text messaging service (available on
participating networks).
• High speed data (CDMA 2000 1x Technology)
• Bluetooth
®
Wireless Technology (see Note)
• Digital Assistant Tools
• QWERTY Keypad
• Picture (MMS) Messaging
• Text (SMS) Messaging
• Built-in 1.3 Megapixel Digital Camera
• Voice Dial
• Music Player (MP3 — requires an optional Memory Card)
• Memory Card Slot (microSD™ — up to 16 GB)
Note: Your phone supports the wireless headset, hands-free, A2DP,
Phonebook Access, serial port, file transfer profiles for Bluetooth®
wireless technology. Your phone does not support all Bluetooth OBEX
profiles.

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Front View of Your Phone
Features
1. Display Screen — Provides information about calls, messages,
features, functions and the status of your phone.
2. OK Key — When navigating through a menu, accepts the
highlighted choice.
3. Left Soft Key — Used to access the Main menu from the Idle
screen and to navigate through menus and applications. Press the
Left soft key to select the function indicated at the lower left corner
of the display.
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4. SEND Key — Press to send your call or to answer an incoming call.
In standby mode, press to access the recent calls log.
5. Speakerphone Key — Press and hold to turn Speakerphone mode
On and Off.
6. QWERTY Keypad — Use these keys to enter numbers, characters
and symbols.
7. Shift Key — Toggles capitalization for text input between mixed
case (Abc), uppercase (ABC), and lowercase (abc). Capitalization
remains as selected until you press the Shift key again.
8. Fn Key — Toggles the text input mode to let you use the QWERTY
keypad to enter numbers and symbols as well as letters.
9. Sym /Lock Key — In text entry mode, press to display the first of
three pages of symbols. Select a symbol by pressing the
associated number key. In standby mode, press and hold to lock
the keypad. Press Unlock ➔ Space key to unlock the keypad.
10. Voice Command Key — Press and hold this key to activate Voice
Commands.
11. Space Key — In text entry mode, allows you to enter a space
between characters. In standby mode, press and hold to toggle
between Vibrate Mode and Normal Mode.
12. Calendar Key — Press to display the Calendar with the current day
highlighted.
13. Microphone — Allows your voice to be heard over the phone when
you are speaking.
14. Message Key — In standby mode, press to access the Messages
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15. Enter Key — Press to accept a text entry or, in text entry mode,
press to enter a return and start a new line of text.
16. Backspace Key — In text entry mode, deletes characters from the
display.
17. BACK Key — In text entry mode, deletes characters from the
display. In menu mode, returns you to the previous menu or
screen.
18. END Key — Ends a call. If you press and hold the END key, the
power goes On or Off.
19. Right Soft Key — In Standby mode, allows you to access the
Browser. In Menu mode, allows you to navigate through menus
and applications. Press the Right soft key to select the function
indicated at the lower right corner of the display.
20. Navigation Key — In Menu mode, allows you to scroll through
menu options. In Standby mode, allows you to access preset
functions and one user-defined function.
21. Earpiece — Allows you to hear ringing, alert tones, alarm tones
and other parties in your calls.
Back View of Your Phone
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