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.

Section 1
Section 1: Getting Started 6
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.