Samsung SPH-N255, User Manual

Page 1: ...SPH N255 User s Manual Printed in Korea Code No GH68 00000A English 2002 04 Rev 1 0 World Wide Web http www samsungmobile com ...

Page 2: ...uelling Do not use the phone at a refuelling point service station or near fuels or chemicals Switch off on aircraft Wireless phones can cause interference Using them on aircraft is both illegal and dangerous Switch off in hospital Switch off your phone near medical equipment Follow any regulations or rules in force Interference All wireless phones may get interference which could affect performan...

Page 3: ...ulated transmitters The design of this phone complies with the FCC guidelines and those standards To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines use only belt clips holsters or similar accessories that maintain a 1 0 cm separation distance between the user s body and the back of the phone including the antenna whether extended or retracted The use of belt clips holsters and similar accesso...

Page 4: ...day MENU 3 1 42 Month View MENU 3 2 43 Jump To Date MENU 3 3 44 To Do List MENU 3 4 45 Countdown MENU 3 5 46 Alarm Clock MENU 3 6 48 Set Time MENU 3 7 48 MESSAGES Voicemail MENU 4 1 49 Page Text MENU 4 2 49 Erase Msg MENU 4 3 49 VOICE DIAL Record MENU 5 1 50 Review MENU 5 2 51 Erase All MENU 5 3 52 SOUNDS Ringer Volume MENU 6 1 53 Ringer Type MENU 6 2 54 Key Beep MENU 6 3 54 Tone Length MENU 6 4 5...

Page 5: ...call In standby mode press the key once to enter the outgoing call log If you press and hold the key down you will initiate Voice Dial END RED Ends a call Also switches the phone on and off when pressed and held In the menu facility returns to Standby mode and cancels your input Volume During a call adjusts the voice volume In Standby mode with the phone open adjusts the ringer volume In the menu ...

Page 6: ...ork when travelling in other countries for example Your Phone Display Layout The display comprises two areas an upper line of fixed icons and the lower text and graphic area The following icons display at power on Icons Text and graphic area Signal strength Shows the received signal strength The greater the number of bars the better the signal strength Icons Service Appears when a call is in progr...

Page 7: ...y key the backlight illuminates It turns off if no key is pressed within a given period of time Service Light The service light is at the top right of the phone It flashes to indicate incoming call or message Also the service light flashes for a few seconds when you turn on the phone ...

Page 8: ...st time 1 Connect the lead from the travel adapter to the bottom of the phone Check that the arrow on the lead connector is facing towards the front of the phone 2 Connect the adapter to a standard AC wall outlet The LEDs on the front of the charger indicate the following Red indicates that the battery is charging Green indicates that the battery is fully charged Yellow indicates that the battery ...

Page 9: ...onnect the adapter from the phone by pressing the grey tabs on either side of the connector and pulling the connector out Low Battery Indicator You can easily tell if your battery needs to be recharged by checking the battery strength indicator in the upper right corner of your phone s display The presence of all three bars indicates a full charge two bars indicates a smaller charge and one bar in...

Page 10: ...e navigation key to scroll through the list until you select the required name or number 4 Press TALK to dial the number displayed Call Functions Call Functions Making a Call In Standby mode key in the area code and phone number and press the TALK key Correcting the Number To clear Then The last digit displayed Press the CLR key The whole display Hold down theCLR key for more than one second Endin...

Page 11: ...l two touch locations Press the second digit briefly then hold down the third digit of the memory cell For example Location no 023 Press 2 briefly and hold down 3 The number and name stored is displayed then dialed Three Touch Dial Memory locations 100 through 179 are special three touch locations Press the first and the second digit briefly then hold down the third digit of the memory cell For ex...

Page 12: ...he OK key and following the screen prompts 17 Call Functions 16 Call Functions Pause Dialing from a Stored Phone Book Entry 1 Dial the number from the Phone Book 2 Wait for the appropriate prompt for the number credit card number bank account number etc 3 When prompted press the TALK key to send the DTMF number that follows your hard pause SENDING DTMF flashed on the display and the transmitted to...

Page 13: ...ys without hearing annoying key tones during a call Note To communicate with answering machines or computerized telephony systems the Silent keys option must be disabled Send Tel sends DTMF tones of your number My Phone shows your phone number Version allows you to view the software and hardware version of your phone Answering a Call When somebody calls you the phone rings and the phone icon is di...

Page 14: ...alling range or the network is temporarily busy Your phone responds to a failed call by displaying an appropriate message Call Failed Out of Range or Call Failed Network Busy Send DTMF sends DTMF tones of the currently displayed number DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency tones can be used to control electronic phone services such as bank by phone or voicemail During a call key in the digits you want to...

Page 15: ...your service provider for more information Call Forwarding This feature provides the option of forwarding incoming calls to another phone number even while your phone is off Activating Call Forwarding does not affect outgoing calls made from this phone Contact your service provider to activate Call Forwarding Three Way Calling This feature enables you to conduct conference calls with two separate ...

Page 16: ...rs into your phone by using your phone s keypad When you are prompted to enter text the current text entry method will appear in the bottom of the display as T9 Abc 123 or SYM To change the input mode press MENU and then press the navigation key to scroll to the mode you want and press OK Adjusting the Volume During a call if you want to adjust the voice volume use the volume keys on the left side...

Page 17: ...rds easily with a minimum of key presses As you press each key the phone selects a letter that makes up the word that it thinks you are typing based on a built in dictionary As a new letter is added the word changes based on the key that you have pressed 1 When you are in the T9 predictive text input mode start entering a word by pressing keys 2 to 9 Press each key only once for one letter The wor...

Page 18: ...press one or more times There are three shift states Lower Case is indicated by abc in the right corner of the display Initial Capital is Abc and Capitals Lock is ABC The cursor moves to the right when you press a different key When entering the same letter twice or a different letter on the same key just wait for a few seconds for the cursor to move right automatically and then select the next le...

Page 19: ...llows you to tailor the phone to your needs These functions are arranged in menus and submenus The menus and submenus can be accessed by scrolling or by using the shortcuts Accessing a Menu Functions by Scrolling 1 In Standby mode press the MENU key to access the menu facility Scroll with the navigation key to reach the desired main menu Press the OK key 2 If the menu contains any submenus find th...

Page 20: ...he Menus Mainmenu Main menu 1 Main menu 2 1 Calls 1 Outgoing 2 Incoming 3 Missed 4 Erase History 1 Outgoing 2 Incoming 3 Missed 4 All Calls 5 Air Time 1 Last Call 2 Total Airtime 2 Phone Book 1 Find Name 2 Add New Entry 3 My Phone 4 Find Entry 5 Services 3 Calendar 1 Today 2 Month View 3 Jump To Date 4 To Do List 5 Countdown 6 Alarm Clock 7 Set Time 4 Messages 1 Voicemail 2 Page Text 3 Erase Msgs ...

Page 21: ...n key Dial the selected entry TALK View the details OK When you press the OK key you can view the date time stamp for the selected entry If there is a Phone Book match the name and the label display Press the MENU key to access Options The following options are available Talk dials the selected number Show Entry or Store if the phone number is not currently stored in the Phone Book shows the phone...

Page 22: ...ls OK When you press the OK key you can view the date time stamp for the selected entry If there is a Phone Book match the name and the label display Press MENU to access Options The following options are available Talk dials the selected number Show Entry or Store if the phone number is not currently stored in the Phone Book shows the phone book entry or stores the number in the Phone Book Prepen...

Page 23: ...sed Missed Menu 1 3 This option lets you view the last 10 calls missed if you are subscribed to the caller ID service When you access this menu the last missed calls are displayed To Press Select entry up or down navigation key Dial the selected entry TALK View the details OK When you press the OK key you can view the date time stamp for the selected entry If there is a Phone Book match the name a...

Page 24: ... is highlighted press the OK key to enter information of the number in the phone book If not skip to step 7 Phone Book The Phone book allows you to store frequently used phone numbers and the associated names in your personal directory to make it easy for you to make a call without having to remember or enter the phone number You can store up to 169 numbers Find Name Menu 2 1 This option displays ...

Page 25: ... that service Phone Book 4 You can have seven items To edit each items proceed as follows To Then press the scroll through the items navigation key edit or enter each item MENU key save each item OK key go to the previous screen CLR key Phone Number enter your new telephone number Name enter a name up to 12 characters Location enter a desired memory location or press the navigation key to assign t...

Page 26: ...onth View Menu 3 2 This option allows you to view in calendar format the current month or a past of future month In this option the current date is highlighted on the calendar Days with the scheduled events are underlined Calendar The Scheduler feature enables you to Keep track of important dates and events Create a list of things to do Check the time in another part of the world Use the phone as ...

Page 27: ...d the associated priority for High or for Low Scroll to the desired item by pressing the navigation key If necessary press OK to display more contents in the selected to do item Creating a New Event Scroll to the desired date in the calendar using the navigation keys and volume keys and then press to confirm the selected date And schedule a new event referring Today Adding Editing or Erasing a Eve...

Page 28: ...following options available when you press OK New Event allows you to add a new task Edit Event allows you to edit a saved task Erase Event allows you to erase the selected task Exit exits the Options menu After you select an option press OK Then follow the screen prompt Countdown Menu 3 5 This menu help you know how much time it takes you to do something or how many months days hours and minutes ...

Page 29: ...or in analog mode when powered up When the time set menu displays enter the time using the 12 hours format and date Use 2 for A M and 7 for P M Messages Voicemail Menu 4 1 All unanswered calls to your phone are automatically transferred to voicemail even if you rphone is off or in use To avoid missing any important messages you should set up your voicemail box and personal greeting as soon as your...

Page 30: ...ith the notification Recorded Tips on Recording Name Avoid recording similar names phonetically If you record a similar name to the one already in memory the phone requests another name Speak clearly and naturally The person who will use the phone should record the name The phone does not recognize the name if the voice sounds differently Avoid too long or too short name Names with two to five syl...

Page 31: ...an mute the ringer by pressing the volume key on the left side of the phone You can choose one of the ringer type among Calls Messages or Alarm When you select the ringer type you can adjust the volume with the volume or navigation key then press OK to save the setting Erase All Menu 5 3 This option allows you to check or erase an individual voice dial entry A list of entries displays Press the nu...

Page 32: ... voice calls messages and alarm Select a unique ring tone for each status As you change it it sounds for a few seconds Note You can download 5 melodys using PC Link Voice Calls allows you to set a unique ring for an incoming voice call Messages allows you to have a distinctive ring for a voice mail page text message or browser message Alarm allows you to have a distinctive ring for an alarm Key Be...

Page 33: ...all Paper You can select an image to be displayed in idle mode Incoming You can select an image to be displayed when you get an incoming call Power On You can select an image to be displayed when you switch the phone on Power Off You can select an image to be displayed when you switch the phone off Roam Ringer Menu 6 6 When the roam ringer option is set to on the phone sounds an alert when The pho...

Page 34: ...he phone locks automatically at the next time your phone turned on Backlight You have several options for setting how the LCD backlight operates Remember that backlight use drains your battery faster Always On The backlight used always 7 SECONDS The backlight comes on when you press a key or receive a call and switches off 7 seconds after the last key is pressed 15 SECONDS The backlight comes on w...

Page 35: ... them special All three special nubmers can be manually dialed at any time even when your phone is locked Erase Phonebook This menu allows you to erase all the numbers in your Phonebook When a confirmation message displays press OK to clear the memory Reset Phone Resetting the phone erases all of your saved options and returns them to the factory default settings and erases your Phone Book Call Lo...

Page 36: ...er on off Wait Time the wait time can be set to No Ring After 3 sec 5 sec or 10 sec Inbox the message list is displayed To Then press the play the message OK key to back CLR access the options MENU The following options are available Info to display detail infomation about the call Erase to erase the message Erase All to erase all messages Talk to call the number Save to save the number in the pho...

Page 37: ...iplication and division can be performed Performing a simple calculations 1 Using the keypad enter the first number of the calculation and press the Up arrow 2 Press the Up or Down arrow to cycle through the different mathematical signs 3 When the desired sign is displayed enter the second number of the calculation 4 Press OK to view the results ...

Page 38: ...he key guard feauter helps avoid accedental key presses withoug blocking incoming calls or messages Key guard is disabled when you receive an incoming call and is automatically reactivated when the call is completed ...

Page 39: ...tions e g at the ear and worn on the body as required by the FCC for each model Body worn measurements may differ among phone models depending upon available accessories and FCC requirements While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various phones and at various positions they all meet the government requirement for safe exposure For additional information concerning exposure to rad...

Page 40: ... dispose of batteries in a fire Health and Safety Information Health and Safety Information Precautions When Using Batteries Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li ion standard battery Never use any charger or battery that is damaged in any way Use the battery only for its intended purpose If you use the phone near the network s base station it uses less power talk and standby time are greatly...

Page 41: ...ergency wireless number Road Safety Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to communicate by voice almost anywhere anytime But an important responsibility accompanies the benefits of wireless phones on that every user must uphold When driving a car driving is your first responsibility When using your wireless phone behind the wheel of a car practice good common sense and remember the f...

Page 42: ...perly installed or inadequately shielded electronic systems in motor vehicles Check with the manufacturer or its representative regarding your vehicle Operating Environment Remember to follow any special regulations in force in any area and always switch off your phone whenever it is forbidden to use it or when it may cause interference of danger When connecting the phone or any accessory to anoth...

Page 43: ...ately as possible Remember that your phone may be the only means of communication at the scene of an accident do not cut off the call until given permission to do so Health and Safety Information 75 You should also consult the manufacturer of any equipment that has been added to your vehicle Posted Facilities Switch off your phone in any facility where posted notices so require Potentially Explosi...

Page 44: ...f the aircraft and may be illegal Failure to observe these instructions may lead to the suspension or denial of telephone services to the offender or legal action or both 78 Care and Maintenance Your phone is a product of superior design and craftsmanship and should be treated with care The suggestions below will help you to fulfill any warranty obligations and allow you to enjoy this product for ...

Page 45: ...nt proper operation Use only the supplied or an approved replacement antenna Unauthorized antennas modifications of attachments could damage the phone and may violate regulations governing radio devices If the phone battery charger or any accessory is not working properly take it to your nearest qualified service facility The personnel there will assist you and if neccessary arrange for service He...

Page 46: ...ver that maintains communications with mobile radio telephones within a given area Typically called a cell or cell site CDMA Code Division Multiple Access A spread spectrum approach to digital transmission With CDMA each conversion is digitized and then tagged with a code The mobile phone deciphers only a particular code to pick the right conversation off the air The transmitted signal is just abo...

Page 47: ... or data signals through the air without a physical connection such as a metal wire copper or fiber optic cable DTMF Dual tone Modulated Frequency You send DTMF signals when you enter numbers by pressing the digit keys EVRC Enhanced Variable Rate Codec EVRC is a new global standard for compressing and decompressing voice signals EVRCuses a lower bit rate the number of bits sent per second than exi...

Page 48: ...SI IEEE C95 1 1992 National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement NCRP Report 86 1986 International Commission on Non Ionizing Radiation Protection ICNIRP 1996 Ministry of Health Canada Safety Code 6 The standards include a substantial safety margind designed to assure the safety of all persons regardless of age and health The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit o...

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