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First steps to operating your phone

Assemble and charge the phone ...................... 6

Power on or off.............................................. 7

Phone layout ................................................. 8

Keys and icons .............................................. 9

Access menu functions .................................. 12

Enter text .................................................... 12

Customise your phone................................... 15

Use an optional memory card ......................... 17

Step outside the phone

Begin with call functions, camera, music player, web

browser and other special features

Make or answer calls ..................................... 18

Use the camera ............................................ 19

Play music................................................... 21

Listen to the FM radio ................................... 24

Browse the web ........................................... 25

Use Phonebook ............................................ 26

Send messages ............................................ 26

View messages ............................................ 28

Use Bluetooth .............................................. 29

Menu functions

All menu options listed

Health and safety information

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Page 1: ... this guide The maximum of SAR is 0 240 W kg and accord with the requirement of standard GB 21288 2007 World Wide Web http www samsungmobile com Printed in China Code No GH68 19067A English 10 2008 Rev 1 1 CMII ID 2008CP1251 进网许可证号 02 5827 800718 执行标准 Q 12KF4266 Tianjin Samsung Telecom Technology Co Ltd Address No 9 Weiwu Rd Micro Electronic Industrial Park Xiqing Dist Tianjin Post code 300385 F26...

Page 2: ...SGH F268 User s Guide F268 book Page 2 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM ...

Page 3: ...ealth care facilities may be using equipment that could be sensitive to external radio frequency energy Follow any regulations or rules in force Interference All wireless phones may be subject to interference which could affect their performance Failure to comply with the following precautions may be dangerous or illegal Copyright information Bluetooth is a registered trademark of the Bluetooth SI...

Page 4: ...he reach of small children Accessories and batteries Use only Samsung approved batteries and accessories such as headsets and PC data cables Use of any unauthorised accessories could damage you or your phone and may be dangerous Use of authorised software Use only Samsung authorised software The use of any unauthorised software could damage your phone Qualified service Only qualified service perso...

Page 5: ...n and then select it Indicates a key on the phone For example Indicates a soft key whose function is displayed on the phone screen For example Menu Camera and camcorder Use the camera module on your phone to take a photo or record a video Special features of your phone Synchronisation with Windows Media Player Transfer music files to your phone directly from the Windows Media Player Music player P...

Page 6: ...onal data and connect to other devices using wireless Bluetooth technology Web browser Access the wireless web to get up to the minute information and a wide variety of media content SOS message Send SOS messages to your family or friends for help in an emergency Voice recorder Record memos or sounds F268 book Page 3 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM ...

Page 7: ...ne 15 Use an optional memory card 17 Step outside the phone 18 Begin with call functions camera music player web browser and other special features Make or answer calls 18 Use the camera 19 Play music 21 Listen to the FM radio 24 Browse the web 25 Use Phonebook 26 Send messages 26 View messages 28 Use Bluetooth 29 Menu functions 32 All menu options listed Health and safety information 44 F268 book...

Page 8: ... Camera 9 FM radio 10 Applications 1 Voice recorder 2 Java world 3 Image editor 4 Bluetooth 5 Memo 6 World clock 7 Calculator 8 Converter 9 Timer 10 Stopwatch 11 SIM application toolkit2 11 Alarm 12 Settings 1 Phone settings 2 Light settings 3 Display settings 4 Message settings 5 Call settings 6 Phonebook settings 7 Calendar settings 8 Browser settings 9 Music player settings 10 Network settings ...

Page 9: ...items supplied with your phone and the accessories available at your Samsung dealer may vary depending on your country or service provider Use the purchased accessories with only Samsung authorised devices The use of these accessories with other devices could cause problems and any repair costs would not be covered by the warranty With the triangle facing the front of your phone F268 book Page 6 M...

Page 10: ...overed by the warranty Push down and slide off the cover with the phone open FRONT FRONT Switch on 1 Open the phone 2 Press and hold 3 If necessary enter the PIN and press OK 4 When the setup wizard opens customise your phone according to your preferences Switch off 1 Open the phone 2 Press and hold F268 book Page 7 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM ...

Page 11: ...keys Up Down Left Right Right soft key Power Menu exit key Delete key Display Special function keys Memory card Music player key When you close the phone it locks the exposed keys to avoid accidental key presses To unlock the keypad press Unlock and then OK Camera lens Mirror Camera key Multi function Jack F268 book Page 8 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM ...

Page 12: ...ption or confirm input Make or answer a call In Idle mode retrieve the numbers recently dialled missed or received Delete characters from the display or items in an application Press and hold to switch the phone on or off End a call In Menu mode cancel input and return the phone to Idle mode Enter numbers letters and some special characters In Idle mode press and hold 1 to access your voice mail s...

Page 13: ...ld to activate or deactivate the Silent profile Press and hold to enter a pause between numbers Adjust the phone volume In Idle mode launch the music player In Idle mode press and hold to turn on the camera In Camera mode take a photo or record a video Signal strength Call in progress Out of your service area SOS message feature active Alarm set GPRS 2 5G network status EDGE network status Call di...

Page 14: ...d New message Text message or voice mail Multimedia message Email Memory card inserted Music playback in progress Music playback paused FM radio on Profile setting Normal Silent Driving Meeting Outdoor Offline User created Battery power level F268 book Page 11 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM ...

Page 15: ...d 4 Press Back to move up one level Press to return to Idle mode Change the text input mode 1 In the text entry screen press the right soft key 2 Select the mode you want Pinyin mode To enter a word 1 Press the keys corresponding to the chinese phonetic spelling pinyin 2 Scroll left or right to select alternative pinyins 3 If necessary scroll up or down to find the character you want F268 book Pag...

Page 16: ...d the character you want 3 Press the number key corresponding to the character you want Predictive text When you enter a character your phone displays additional characters that are commonly used to make words and phrases This helps you enter phrases or words with minimal key presses ABC mode To enter a word Press the appropriate key until the character you want appears on the display F268 book Pa...

Page 17: ...y alternative word choices Number mode Press the keys corresponding to the digits you want Symbol mode Press the keys corresponding to the symbols you want Other operations Press 1 to enter punctuation marks or special characters Press to insert a space Press the Navigation keys to move the cursor Press C to delete characters one by one Press and hold C to clear the entire display F268 book Page 1...

Page 18: ... you are using 3 Press Options and select Edit Display language Call ringer melody 4 Select Voice call ringtone 5 Select a ringtone category 6 Select a ringtone 7 Press Options and select Save profile To change the sound profile 1 In Idle mode press Menu and select Settings Phone settings Phone profiles 2 Select the profile you want In Idle mode press Volume to adjust the key tone volume Key tone ...

Page 19: ... 2 Select a key 3 Select a menu to be assigned to the key Idle mode wallpaper Menu shortcuts You can activate the Silent profile to avoid disturbing other people In Idle mode press and hold 1 In Idle mode press Menu and select Settings Security settings Phone lock 2 Select On 3 Enter a new 4 to 8 digit password and press OK 4 Enter the new password again and press OK Silent profile Phone lock F268...

Page 20: ...ct cards to strong shocks Do not touch card terminals with your fingers or metal objects If dirty wipe the card with a soft cloth Important memory card information Keep cards away from small children or pets Do not expose cards in a place subject to electrostatic discharge and or electrical noise 1 Insert the card into the card slot with the label side face up 2 Press the card until it locks into ...

Page 21: ...ess 2 Press to end the call Make a call Answer a call During a call press and then Yes to activate the speaker Press again to switch back to the earpiece 1 During a call call the second participant The first call is put on hold 2 Press Options and select Join 3 Repeat step 1 and 2 to add more participants 4 During a multi party call Press Options and select Split to have a private conversation wit...

Page 22: ...d the call This function is avalilable only if supported by your network Make an IP call 1 In Idle mode press and hold Camera to turn on the camera 2 Rotate the phone to the left for landscape view Make sure that the lens is not blocked by your fingers 3 Aim the lens at the subject and make any desired adjustments 4 Press or Camera to take a photo The photo is saved automatically 5 Press or Camera...

Page 23: ... Recording mode 3 Rotate the phone to the left for landscape view 4 Press or Camera to start recording View a photo Record a video 5 Press or Camera to stop recording The video is saved automatically 6 Press or Camera to record another video 1 In Idle mode press Menu and select My files Videos My video clips 2 Select the video you want View a video F268 book Page 20 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM...

Page 24: ... See page 22 Prepare music files 1 Insert a memory card into the phone 2 In Idle mode press Menu and select Settings Phone settings PC connections Mass storage 3 Connect your phone and PC with an optional PC data cable 4 Select Open folder to view files when a pop up window appears on your PC 5 Copy files from the PC to the memory card 6 When you have finished disconnect the phone from the PC Copy...

Page 25: ...al media files to this device when a pop up window appears on your PC 4 Enter the name of your phone and click Finish Synchronise with Windows Media Player 5 Select and drag the music files you want to the sync list 6 Click Start Sync 7 When synchronisation is finished disconnect the phone from the PC 1 In Idle mode press 2 Press to play music files 3 During playback use the following keys pause o...

Page 26: ...wn to stop playback You can create a playlist of your favourite music on a memory card 1 From the music player screen press Options and select Open playlist All Playlists 2 Press Options and select Create playlist 3 Enter the title of the playlist and press 4 Select the added playlist 5 Press Options and select Add a source 6 Select a playlist or select the files you want and press Add 7 Press to ...

Page 27: ...nd select FM radio 3 Press to turn on the radio Listen to the radio 4 When you turn on the FM radio for the first time press Yes to start automatic tuning Available radio stations are automatically saved 5 Press Up or Down to select a stored radio station Alternatively press Left or Right to find the radio station you want 6 Press to turn off the radio F268 book Page 24 Monday October 20 2008 11 3...

Page 28: ...ation you want 2 Press Options and select Add to Favourites Store radio stations In Idle mode press and select Home The homepage of your service provider opens To scroll through browser items press Up or Down To select an item press To return to the previous page press Back or C To return to the homepage press and hold C To access browser options press Options Launch the web browser Navigate the w...

Page 29: ...ontact 1 In Idle mode press Contacts 2 Enter the first few letters of the name you want Add a contact Find a contact 3 Select a contact 4 Scroll to a number and press to dial or press to edit contact information 1 In Idle mode press Menu and select Messages Create new message Text message 2 Enter the message text 3 Press Options and select Send only or Save and send Send a text message F268 book P...

Page 30: ... video clip 5 Select Music or sound and add a music or a sound clip Send a multimedia message 6 Select Text 7 Enter the message text and press 8 Press Options and select Send 9 Press 10 Enter destination numbers or email addresses and press 11 Press Options and select Send to send the message 1 In Idle mode press Menu and select Messages Create new message Email 2 Select Subject Send an email F268...

Page 31: ...ress Options and select Send 9 Press 10 Enter email addresses and press 11 Press Options and select Send to send the email 1 In Idle mode press Menu and select Messages My messages Inbox 2 Select a text message 1 In Idle mode press Menu and select Messages My messages Inbox 2 Select a multimedia message View a text message View a multimedia message F268 book Page 28 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM...

Page 32: ...ess Menu and select Messages My messages Email inbox 2 Select Check new mail 3 Select an email or a header 4 If you selected a header press Options and select Retrieve to view the body of the email View an email 1 In Idle mode press Menu and select Applications Bluetooth Activation On 2 Select My phone s visibility On to allow other devices to locate your phone Turn on Bluetooth F268 book Page 29 ...

Page 33: ... of the other device enters the same code pairing is complete Search for and pair with a Bluetooth device 1 Access an application such as Phonebook My files Calendar or Memo 2 Select an item 3 Press Options and select Send via Bluetooth 4 For sending a contact select which data you want to send 5 Search for and select a device 6 If necessary enter a Bluetooth PIN and press OK Send data F268 book P...

Page 34: ...31 1 If necessary enter the Bluetooth PIN and press OK 2 Press Yes to confirm that you are willing to receive Receive data F268 book Page 31 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM ...

Page 35: ... a default IP call prefix number You can also add new prefix numbers This function is avalilable only if supported by your network Area code Find and retrieve area and country codes to quickly and easily dial phone numbers Call manager Call time Check the time record for calls made and received Call manager Call costs Check the cost of your calls if supported by your SIM card Call manager Reject l...

Page 36: ...book Group Organise your contacts in caller groups Speed dial Assign a speed dial number for your most frequently dialled numbers My namecard Create a name card and send it to other people Own number Check your phone numbers or assign a name to each of the numbers Management Manage contacts in Phonebook or change the default settings for Phonebook Service number View the SDN Service Dialling Numbe...

Page 37: ...nd keytone settings do not affect this application Fun club1 Access Samsung Fun Club the preset website providing Samsung mobile phone users with attractive download services of up to date tones and wallpapers Bookmarks Save URL addresses in order to quickly access web pages Enter URL Enter a URL address and access the associated web page Clear cache Clear the cache which is a temporary memory sit...

Page 38: ... or email messages My messages Access messages that you have received sent or that have failed during sending Menu Description Templates Make and use templates of frequently used messages or passages Delete all Delete messages in each message folder all at once Settings Set up various options for using the messaging services SOS messages Specify options for sending and receiving an SOS message You...

Page 39: ... also delete records for each message type Memory status Check information about the memory currently in use Menu Description Menu Description Images Videos Music Sounds Other files Access media files and other files in the phone s memory Memory card Access the files stored on a memory card This menu is only available when you insert a memory card into the phone Memory status Check information abo...

Page 40: ...ns Depending on your service provider this service may be unavailable To check its availablility contact your service provider Image editor Edit your photos using various editing tools Bluetooth Connect the phone wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices Memo Make memos for things that are important and manage them World clock Set your local time zone and find out the current time in another part of t...

Page 41: ... temperature Timer Set a period of time for the phone to count down Stopwatch Measure elapsed time SIM application toolkit Use a variety of additional services offered by your service provider Depending on your SIM card this menu may be available but labelled differently Menu Description Menu Description Phone settings Phone profiles Change the sound settings of the phone for different events or s...

Page 42: ...information on all missed calls and incoming messages Menu Description Phone settings My menu Set up a menu of your own using your favourite menu items which can be easily accessed by pressing Up in Idle mode Phone settings Slide settings Set how the phone reacts when you open it for an incoming call and when you close it while using a function Phone settings PC connections Select a USB mode that ...

Page 43: ...en on the main display Display settings My theme Select a display style for the main menu screen Menu Description Display settings Text display Change the display settings for the text displayed on the idle screen Display settings Pop up list menu Display the pop up list that shows the menu options Display settings Dialling display Customise the settings for the display while dialling Display sett...

Page 44: ...emory location for saving contacts Menu Description Phonebook settings Search by initials Activate the last name and first name input fields on the contact list You can search for a contact with the initial letters of the first name and last name more quickly Phonebook settings Own number Check your phone numbers or assign a name to each of the numbers Calendar settings Starting day Select which d...

Page 45: ...ork be chosen automatically Network settings Network mode Change to an appropriate band when you travel abroad Menu Description Security settings Phone lock Activate your phone password to protect your phone against unauthorised use Security settings SIM lock Set the phone to work only with the current SIM card by assigning a SIM lock password Security settings PIN lock Activate your PIN to protec...

Page 46: ...ange your current PIN2 if supported by your SIM card Menu Description Setup wizard Quickly customise basic settings of your phone Select the option you want for each setting by following the onscreen instructions Memory settings Change the settings related with the memory and check information about the memory currently in use You can also clear the memory Reset settings Reset the phone s settings...

Page 47: ...conducted by Samsung All toxic and hazardous substances or elements are used at the minimum level allowed by current technology Samsung continues to make every effort to reduce the need for these substances or elements through improved technology Part Toxic and hazardous substances or elements Pb Hg Cd Cr6 PBB PBDE PBA X O O O O O Plastic O O O O O O Metal X O O O O O Battery X O O O O O Accessory...

Page 48: ...using batteries Never use a 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 affected by the signal strength on the cellular network and the parameters set by the service provider Battery charging time depends on the remaining battery charge the type ...

Page 49: ...rt circuit the battery Accidental short circuiting can occur when a metallic object like a coin clip or pen causes a direct connection between the and terminals of the battery metal strips on the battery For example do not carry a spare battery in a pocket or bag where the battery may contact metal objects Short circuiting the terminals may damage the battery or the object causing the short circui...

Page 50: ...s phone Consult the manufacturer to discuss alternatives Pacemakers Pacemaker manufacturers recommend that a minimum distance of 15 cm 6 inches be maintained between a wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker These recommendations are consistent with the independent research and recommendations of Wireless Technology Research If you have any reason to suspe...

Page 51: ... or where blasting operations are in progress Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often but not always clearly marked They include the areas below decks on boats chemical transfer or storage facilities vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas such as propane or butane areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain dust or metal powders and any other area where you wo...

Page 52: ... its parts or accessories For vehicles equipped with an air bag remember that an air bag inflates with great force Do not place objects including installed or portable wireless equipment in the area over the air bag or in the air bag deployment area Improperly installed wireless equipment could result in serious injury if the air bag inflates Switch off your phone before boarding an aircraft It is...

Page 53: ...rature moisture can form inside the phone which may damage the phone s electronic circuit boards Do not drop knock or shake the phone Rough handling can break internal circuit boards Do not use harsh chemicals cleaning solvents or strong detergents to clean the phone Wipe it with a soft cloth Do not paint the phone Paint can clog the device s moving parts and prevent proper operation Do not put th...

Page 54: ...y damage the phone and 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 necessary arrange for service F268 book Page 51 Monday October 20 2008 11 32 AM ...

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