Samsung SGH-x475 Series User manual

UVDL4.04_WBx475_012005_F4
SGH-x475 Series
PORTABLE Dual-Mode
TELEPHONE
User Guide
Please read this manual before operating your
phone, and keep it for future reference.

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Table of Contents 1
Table of Contents
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
IM (Instant Message) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Currency Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Section 10: Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Call Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Network Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Section 11: Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
t-zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Funbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Section 12: Health and Safety Information . . 127
Health and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Consumer Information on Wireless Phones . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Road Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices . . . . . . . 142
Potentially Explosive Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Product Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Getting the Most Out of Your Signal Reception . . . . . . . . 149
Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Battery Standby and Talk Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Battery Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Section 13: Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . 155
Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Intellectual Property Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), L.P. . . . . . 163
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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Section 1
Section 1: Getting Started 5
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
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
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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.
Charging a Battery
Yourphoneispoweredbyarechargeable Li-ionbattery.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
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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.
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.
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
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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 13
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
significantfeatures.Thefollowinglistoutlinesafewofthe
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
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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.

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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 "Short Cut" on page 99.
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.