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DIGITAL CELLULAR

TELEPHONE

SCH-A970

User’s Manual

Printed in Korea
Code No. : GH68-00000A
English. 2005/01. Rev.1.0

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http://www.samsungmobile.com

ELECTRONICS

Summary of Contents for SCH-A970 Series

Page 1: ...DIGITAL CELLULAR TELEPHONE SCH A970 User s Manual Printed in Korea Code No GH68 00000A English 2005 01 Rev 1 0 World Wide Web http www samsungmobile com ELECTRONICS ...

Page 2: ...ur phone For more detailed safety information see Health and Safety Information on page 51 2 Important Safety Precautions Read these guidelines before using your wireless phone Failure to comply with them may be dangerous or illegal Road Safety at All Times Do not use a hand held phone while driving park the vehicle first Switching Off When Refueling Do not use the phone at a refueling point servi...

Page 3: ...On Off 11 CALL FUNCTIONS Making a Call 12 Answering a Call 18 In Use Options 19 Using Caller ID 20 Viewing Missed Calls 21 Three Way Calling 22 Call Waiting 23 Call Forwarding 23 Adjusting the Volume 24 Quick Switching to Vibration Mode 24 ENTERING TEXT Changing Text Input Mode 25 T9 Mode 26 Alpha Mode 27 Symbol Mode 29 Number Mode 29 Table of Contents ...

Page 4: ...9 Groups MENU 3 3 39 Speed Dials MENU 3 4 40 My Name Card MENU 3 5 40 RECENT CALLS Missed MENU 4 1 41 Received MENU 4 2 41 Dialed MENU 4 3 41 All MENU 4 4 42 View Timers MENU 4 5 42 SETTINGS TOOLS Tools MENU 5 1 43 Sounds MENU 5 2 44 Display MENU 5 3 44 Systems MENU 5 4 45 Call Settings MENU 5 5 45 Time Date MENU 5 6 46 Ringer ID MENU 5 7 46 Picture ID MENU 5 8 46 Bluetooth MENU 5 9 47 HEALTH AND ...

Page 5: ... the phone memory In Standby mode enters the Mail Kit Menu Your Phone Key Descriptions CLR Deletes characters from the display In the menu facility returns to the previous menu level Makes or answers a call In Standby mode redials the last outgoing number when pressed twice Ends a call Also switches the phone on and off when pressed and held In the menu facility returns to Standby mode and cancels...

Page 6: ...log mode Y Yo ou ur r P Ph ho on ne e 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 progress No service indicator...

Page 7: ...ght 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 Unpacking Handset Battery DTC QRG User Manual CD ...

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: ...om 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 indicates an even small...

Page 10: ... the navigation key to scroll through the list until you select the required name or number 4 Press to dial the number displayed Call Functions Making a Call In Standby mode key in the area code and phone number and press the 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 Ending a Call When you have...

Page 11: ...ons 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 169 are special three touch locations Press the first and the second digit briefly then hold down the third digit of the memory cell For example Location no ...

Page 12: ...lly would by pressing the OK key and following the screen prompts 17 16 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 key to send the DTMF number that follows your hard pause SENDING DTMF flashed on the display and the transmitted tone sounds Ma...

Page 13: ...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 displayed in ...

Page 14: ...he 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 send as DTMF ton...

Page 15: ...ovider 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 parties at the ...

Page 16: ...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 of the phone In Standby mode you can adjust the ring volume using the same keys Quick Switching to Slient Mode You can quickly switch your phone to the silent m...

Page 17: ...s 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 word that you are typing appears in the di...

Page 18: ...s 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 letter If you enter a sp...

Page 19: ... 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 the one...

Page 20: ...k 2 External Clock 3 Set Time 4 Set Date 7 Ringer ID 8 Picture ID 9 Bluetooth 1 Activation 2 Search 3 Disconnect 4 Registered List 5 Bluetooth Settings Main menu Main menu 1 Main menu 2 1 Get It Now 1 Get Tunes Tones 1 Get New 2 Recore New 3 DRM Sound 4 NON DRM sound 5 15 Pre loaded sound 2 Get Fun Games 1 Get New 2 5 Game 3 Get Pix Flix 1 Take Pix 2 Take Flix 3 Pix Gallery 4 Flix Gallery 5 Pix Fl...

Page 21: ...ert sound a text notification display and the name and phone number of the caller if available The New Message icon remains on the screen until you read the new text numeric page or WebBrowser message or until you listen to the new voicemail messages Incoming messages are received even when your phone is in Lock mode However the screen will not display information about the message To access a mes...

Page 22: ...navigation key to scan through the contents 36 Sent Menu 2 5 Your phone stores messages in the Outbox regardless of whether the message was successfully transmitted Verify if and when a message or e mail was successfully transmitted by enabling the Delivery Ack feature Note Delivery Ack may not be available on all GSM networks and when roaming off the Verizon Wireless Network Drafts Menu 2 6 Saved...

Page 23: ...pon the SIM card type Each entry in the Phonebook can have up to five associated numbers and two e mail addresses Each phone number can be up to 32 digits long including hard pauses while associated names and e mail addresses can be up to sixteen characters long The memory speed dial location of your choice for each entry can also be specified Memory locations can be marked secret to prevent unaut...

Page 24: ...ecent Calls to erase your call history and view Call Timers Note Functionality of Recent Calls is dependent upon availability with the service provider s network and whether or not Caller ID is enabled Missed Menu 4 1 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 Received Menu 4 2 This...

Page 25: ...ght events for any day by indicating each event s start and end time Set alarms for events so that you can be alerted before an event takes place Events scheduled for future dates automatically appear on your Today events schedule for the present day Alarm Clock Menu 5 1 2 Your phone has an alarm clock that can be set to go off once or recur daily at a specific time Once set the alarm clock is eas...

Page 26: ...t Choose settings for the LCD Keypad and Power Save Wallpaper allows you to set the background image wallpaper to be displayed in Standby mode Animation Choose the media that appears in the display when you turn the phone on off or when the phone is in standby mode System Menu 5 4 This menu provides you with the options for selecting a network and changing a phone number Call Settings Menu 5 5 Cal...

Page 27: ...images videos phonebook scheduled items and to connect wirelessly to devices using Bluetooth technology such as computers Since Bluetooth devices communicate using radio waves your phone and the other Bluetooth device do not need to be in line of sight to each other The 2 devices only need to be within a maximum of 10 meters of each other although the connection can be subjected to interference fr...

Page 28: ...ou to view the information of the selected device Disconnect allows you to disconnect to the selected device only BT device connecting now Erase allows you to erase the device Erase all allows you to erase all of the devices Bluetooth Settings Menu 5 9 5 This feature allows you to disconnect to the selected device My Device Name This feature allows you to change your phone s Bluetooth device name ...

Page 29: ...that were developed by independent scientific organizations through periodic and through evaluation of scientific studies The standards include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons regardless of age and health The exposure standard for wireless phones employs a unit of measurement known as Specific Absorption Rate SAR The SAR limit recommended by the FCC is 1 6W...

Page 30: ...ed an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be found under the Display Grant section of http www fcc gov oet fccid after searching on FCC ID printed in the label on the phone For Body Operation To maintain compliance with FCC RF expo...

Page 31: ...source Do not leave the battery connected to a charger for more than a week since overcharging may shorten its life Extreme temperatures will affect the charging capacity of your battery it may require cooling or warming first 55 Do not leave the battery in hot or cold places such as in a car in summer or winter conditions as you will reduce the capacity and lifetime of the battery Always try to k...

Page 32: ...bers while driving Jotting down a to do list or flipping through your address book takes attention away from your primary responsibility driving safely 57 6 Dial sensibly and assess the traffic if possible place calls when you are not moving or before pulling into traffic Try to plan calls when your car will be stationary If you need to make a call while moving dial only a few numbers check the ro...

Page 33: ...endations are consistent 59 with the independent research by and recommen dations of Wireless Technology Research Persons with pacemakers Should always keep the phone more than 6 inches 15cm from their pacemaker when the phone is switched on Should not carry the phone in a breast pocket Should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for interference If you have any reason to s...

Page 34: ...ngine 61 Emergency Calls This phone like any wireless phone operates using radio signals wireless and landline networks as well as user programmed functions which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions Therefore you should never rely solely upon any wireless phone for essential communications for example medical emergencies Remember to make or receive any calls the phone must be switched on...

Page 35: ...on of 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 63 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 ...

Page 36: ...mation This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received Including interference that may cause undesired operation Information to User This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to pa...

Page 37: ...n safety standards that were developed by independent scientific organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies The standards include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons regardless of age and health The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate SAR The SAR limit...

Page 38: ...antial margin of safety to give additional protection for the public and to account for any variations in measurements Appendix B Guide to Safe and Responsible Wireless Phone Use Cellular Telecommunications Internet Association Safety is the most important call you will ever make A Guide to Safe and Responsible Wireless Phone Use TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE U S TODAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UN...

Page 39: ...at to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help ...

Page 40: ...ncoming call at an inconvenient time if possible let your voice mail answer it for you 4 Suspend conversations during hazardous driving conditions or situations Let the person you are speaking with know you are driving if necessary suspend the call in heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions Rain sleet snow and ice can be hazardous but so is heavy traffic As a driver your first responsibility...

Page 41: ... urgent enough to merit a call for emergency services But you still can use your wireless phone to lend a hand If you see a broken down vehicle posing no serious hazard a broken traffic signal a minor traffic accident where no one appears injured or a vehicle you know to be stolen call roadside assistance or other special non emergency wireless number Careless distracted individuals and people dri...

Page 42: ...s of RF can produce health effects by heating tissue exposure to low level RF that does not produce heating effects causes no known adverse health effects Many studies of low level RF exposures have not found any biological effects Some studies have suggested that some biological effects may occur but such findings have not been confirmed by additional research In some cases other researchers have...

Page 43: ...ocument 4 What is FDA doing to find out more about the possible health effects of wireless phone RF FDA is working with the U S National Toxicology Program and with groups of investigators around the world to ensure that high priority animal studies are conducted to address important questions about the effects of exposure to radiofrequency energy RF FDA has been a leading participant in the World...

Page 44: ... wireless phone use and increasing the distance between the user and the RF source will reduce RF exposure Some groups sponsored by other national governments have advised that children be discouraged from using wireless phones at all For example the government in the United Kingdom distributed leaflets containing such a recommendation in December 2000 They noted that no evidence exists that using...

Page 45: ...will allow manufacturers to ensure that cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are safe from wireless phone EMI FDA has tested hearing aids for interference from handheld wireless phones and helped develop a voluntary standard sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE This standard specifies test methods and performance requirements for hearing aids and wireless phones ...

Page 46: ...man populations but 10 or more years follow up may be needed to provide answers about some health effects such as cancer This is because the interval between the time of exposure to a cancer causing agent and the time tumors develop if they do may be many many years The interpretation of epidemiological studies is hampered by difficulties in measuring actual RF exposure during day to day use of wi...

Page 47: ...er motorized vehicles LCD Liquid Crystal Display Commonly used to refer to the screen display on the wireless phone Glossary Airtime Actual time spent talking on the wireless phone Most carriers bill customers based on how many minutes of airtime they use each month Antenna A device for transmitting or receiving signals The size and shape of antennas is determined in part by the frequency of the s...

Page 48: ...Roaming The ability to use a wireless phone to make and receive calls in places outside of the home service area Service Charge The amount paid each month to receive wireless service Standby Time The amount of time a fully charged wireless portable or transportable phone can be on and idle without being in use See Talk Time Talk Time The length of time a person can talk on a portable or transporta...

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