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Printed in Korea

Code No.:GH68-01771A.

HK. 2001/05. Rev.1.1

World Wide Web
www.samsungmobile.com

DUAL GSM TELEPHONE 

SGH-N288

OWNER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for SGH-N288AA

Page 1: ...Printed in Korea Code No GH68 01771A HK 2001 05 Rev 1 1 World Wide Web www samsungmobile com DUAL GSM TELEPHONE SGH N288 OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...ll Functions 20 Making a Call 20 Adjusting the Volume 22 Answering a Call 23 Viewing Missed Calls 24 In Call Options 26 Entering Text 33 Changing Text Input Mode 34 Pinin Mode 36 Chinese Stroke Mode 4...

Page 3: ...Menu 3 1 83 Voice Command Menu 3 2 86 Voice Memo Menu 3 3 86 AnswerPhone Menu 3 4 88 Tones 89 Ring Tone Menu 4 1 89 Melody Composer Menu 4 2 90 Ring Volume Menu 4 3 92 Alert Type Menu 4 4 92 Keypad T...

Page 4: ...es can cause interference Using them on aircraft is both illegal and dangerous Switch off in hospital Follow any regulations or rules Switch phone off near medical equipment Respect special regulation...

Page 5: ...ed accessories and batteries should be used with this product The use of any other power accessory will invalidate any approval or warranty applying to the phone and may be dangerous CAUTION Replace o...

Page 6: ...l Also switches the phone on and off when pressed and held In the menu facility returns to the idle mode and cancels your input Enters numbers letters and some special characters Used for various purp...

Page 7: ...nctions currently assigned to the two soft keys When flip cover is closed it is blank or shows text to indicate when divert or AnswerPhone is set Menu PhoneBook Icons Text and graphic area Soft key in...

Page 8: ...flashes when services are available on the phone To activate or deactivate use of the service light set the Service Light menu option 5 1 6 see page 98 for further details Getting Started Installing t...

Page 9: ...efully slide the SIM card lock back and then lift the SIM card out of the SIM card slot 5 Hold the SIM card in position and release the card lock back to lock the SIM card into place 6 Place the batte...

Page 10: ...splay fills repeatedly 3 When charging is finished disconnect the adapter from the power outlet Disconnect the adapter from the phone by pressing the grey tabs on either side of the connector and pull...

Page 11: ...witch the phone off hold down for more than two seconds WARNING Do not switch on the phone when wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger Note Your phone has a built...

Page 12: ...one second Ending a Call When you have finished your call briefly press Making a Call using the Phonebook You can store the names and phone numbers called regularly in the SIM card and phone memory ca...

Page 13: ...phone number or name if stored in your phonebook is displayed If the caller cannot be identified only the phone icon flashes Note If your service provider supports CPHS and the caller withheld his her...

Page 14: ...ssed Calls menu option 1 1 for further details see page 73 Viewing Missed Calls If you are unable to answer a call for any reason you can find out who was calling you if this service is available In t...

Page 15: ...ear you To switch the microphone back on proceed as follows 1 Press the Options soft key 2 Press or to highlight the Unmute option 3 Press the Ok soft key Your correspondent can hear you again Searchi...

Page 16: ...y followed by the Hold option 2 Make the second call in the normal way To swap between the two calls simply press the Swap soft key The current call is placed on hold and the call on hold is reactivat...

Page 17: ...the call and pressing Options followed by Join Repeat as required Having a Private Conversation With One Participant 1 Press the Options soft key and choose the Select one option The list of call par...

Page 18: ...ntering Text The phone allows you to enter characters for messages and names in Chinese and English To enter Chinese text the phone provides several widely used pronunciation based Pinyin and characte...

Page 19: ...text input mode 1 Press the Right soft key 2 Scroll to the desired mode with the left or Note If you want to exit the menu without changing to a new mode press 3 To select the displayed mode press the...

Page 20: ...text above this key Pinyin Keys Press keys corresponding to the phonetic spelling referring to the Roman characters printed on the keys The Pinyin spelling generates Chinese characters in the Characte...

Page 21: ...g or entering the tone for the character Notes To insert a space when entering a text press when the cursor blinks in the Text Area To scroll through the Character Selection Map press or on the left s...

Page 22: ...ap as described on page 38 Notes You may delete a previously entered tone by pressing To exit the Tone menu without making a selection press Scrolling To move the cursor left or right through your tex...

Page 23: ...ompose the current character selections Character Selection Map Displays possible characters based on keystrokes you have entered Mode Indicator Displays the current text input mode The two modes work...

Page 24: ...racters in Stroke Mode 1 To type a character press keys corresponding to its component strokes Press keys on the handset in the order that you would write the strokes using one press per desired strok...

Page 25: ...character Clearing Strokes and Characters Press one or more times to remove strokes to the left Once the Stroke Area is empty pressing removes characters from the Text Area Rapid Character Entry Rapi...

Page 26: ...apital Lock No indication means Lower Case Case Shift Key Press this key repeatedly to switch between Initial Caps Caps Lock and Lower Case letters Smart Period Key Press this key to enter a period qu...

Page 27: ...desire press one or more times to display alternate word choices for the keys you have typed For example of and me both shares the sequence The phone displays the most commonly used word first Upper C...

Page 28: ...ect the next character English Mode When typing in English mode you should press key labelled with the required character Once for the first character Twice for the second character and so on For exam...

Page 29: ...are used as if they were a single entity called the Phonebook Storing a Phone Number with a Name As soon as you start to enter a number Save appears above the left soft key to allow you to store the...

Page 30: ...bove the left soft key to allow you to access the phonebook options described in the following paragraphs Accessing the Options To access the various phonebook options proceed as follows 1 Press the O...

Page 31: ...ored in the phonebook Erase Allows you to erase a number and name stored in the phonebook You are asked to confirm that you wish to erase the name and number from the phonebook by pressing the Yes sof...

Page 32: ...rst entry matching your input This entry is also highlighted 4 To Then press the View the View soft key highlighted entry Select a or key one or different entry more times until the required entry is...

Page 33: ...left soft key to access the Menu functions Press the right soft key to access the Phonebook feature SERVICEPROVIDER Sat 14 Mar 12 57 M e n u P h o n e b o o k To view the various functions options av...

Page 34: ...press the Select soft key or The current setting is highlighted within square brackets 5 Scroll through the list of tones until the appropriate one is highlighted by pressing or You hear the correspon...

Page 35: ...oice Press the Ok soft key to confirm the chosen setting Notes You can return to the previous menu level by pressing the soft key You can exit the menu without changing the menu settings by pressing A...

Page 36: ...5 2 Total Cost 1 5 3 Max Cost 1 5 4 Reset Counters 1 5 5 Set Max Cost 1 5 6 Price Unit 1 Shown only if supported by your SIM card Page 73 2 Messages 2 1 Voice Mail 2 1 1 Connect to Voice Mail 2 1 2 V...

Page 37: ...ork Services 5 2 1 Call Diverting 2 5 2 2 Call Barring 2 5 2 3 Call Waiting 2 5 2 4 Network Selection 5 2 5 Line Identification 2 5 2 6 Closed User Group Page 89 Page 95 5 Settings continued 5 3 Secur...

Page 38: ...e if available are displayed together with the date and time at which the call was made You can also view call times and costs Missed Calls Menu 1 1 Lets you view the last 10 unanswered calls You can...

Page 39: ...er may vary depending on network features rounding off for billing purposes and so forth Call Cost Menu 1 5 This network feature lets you view the cost of calls The following options are available Las...

Page 40: ...from your service provider see the following page You can then select this option and simply press the Ok soft key to listen to your messages Note If you press and hold when the phone is in idle mode...

Page 41: ...sages menu you can write and edit text messages of up to 160 characters 1 In the Messages menu scroll to the Write Messages and press the Select soft key 2 Key in a message For details on how to enter...

Page 42: ...u to store or change the number of your SMS centre required when sending text messages You must obtain this number from your service provider 80 Messages Default Type allows you to set the default mes...

Page 43: ...he channel Language allows you to select your preferred language for the cell broadcast message display Voice Functions You can use the Voice feature to customize various settings such as the Voice Di...

Page 44: ...Say the voice tag clearly If no match for the voice tag is found or recognized the phone may ask you to try again The phone automatically dials the number of the recognized voice tag Note This option...

Page 45: ...ions 87 Voice Functions Voice Memo Record Allows you to record a memo The screen displays the Memo location Date and time when the memo was recorded Recording time counter The maximum recording time i...

Page 46: ...p press the Stop soft key To change the message use the Delete option and record a new one Message Select The phone offers two default messages and one message of your own You can select User Message...

Page 47: ...ve a note to the next semitone higher position or lower position in the musical scale For example the note A moves A B C C in the scale each time you press to adjust a length of a note Enter a note th...

Page 48: ...he phone vibrates but does not ring Vibra Melody the phone both rings and vibrates Note Pressing and holding down toggles between Melody and Vibration Keypad Tone Menu 4 5 Allows you to select the ton...

Page 49: ...beep when the phone connects to the network The following options are available OFF the phone does not beep ON the phone beeps when your call is accepted Settings Many different features of your phon...

Page 50: ...sed You can also set the default text input mode For details on the text input mode refer to page 33 Any key Answer Depending on the setting of the Any key Answer option you can answer an incoming cal...

Page 51: ...only available when the phone is connected to a car kit optional 99 Settings 98 Settings Caller ID You can prevent your phone number from being displayed on the phone of the person being called Note S...

Page 52: ...ll diverting options are cancelled Note These options may be different depending on the SIM card You can specify individual diverting options for each of the following call types Voice calls only Fax...

Page 53: ...l diverting option to be deactivated 2 Select the type of call to which this option applies 3 Press the Remove soft key The phone sends your settings to the network and the network s acknowledgement i...

Page 54: ...gs to the network and the network s acknowledgement is displayed You can also deactivate all call waiting settings by selecting the Cancel All option 105 Settings 104 Settings To set your call barring...

Page 55: ...in the preferred list when roaming If you select Manual the phone scans for the available networks Go to Step 3 3 Press or until the preferred network is highlighted and press Ok You are connected to...

Page 56: ...the same team Activating a Closed User Group If you select the Closed User Group menu you are asked if you want to activate the CUG function Press the Yes soft key You can now access the following op...

Page 57: ...change your current phone password to a new one You must enter the current password before you can specify a new one The password is factory set to 0000 Once you have entered a new password you are a...

Page 58: ...e your current PIN2 to a new one You must enter the current PIN2 before you can specify a new one Once you have entered a new PIN2 you are asked to confirm it by entering it again Note Not all SIM car...

Page 59: ...rver You can ignore it if it s not necessary Network Type You can select one of network type among V 32 Transparent V 32 Non Transparent V 110 Transparent and V 110 Non Transparent Organizer The Organ...

Page 60: ...then deactivated Weekly Alarm the alarm rings every week on the same day and at the same time Alarm Tone allows you to select a specific tone for the alarm ringer To create a new schedule proceed as...

Page 61: ...llows 1 Select an alarm type by pressing the Select soft key 2 Set Alarm option allows you to set the alarm time or days of the week If you choose Weekly Alarm select the required day of the week and...

Page 62: ...the list in the display with a mark box priority level and job details To see the detailed contents of an item press the View soft key In this view if you press a mark box created date and time will...

Page 63: ...y time zone is no longer only available when a using the daylight bullet is shown next saving time to the time difference You can choose the following options by pressing the Options soft key New allo...

Page 64: ...ound settings using the On Off soft key Instructions shows you a help text for the game You can scroll up or down with or High Score shows you the game s high score list While playing a game to exit a...

Page 65: ...content Exiting the Browser Press to exit the browser at any time then the idle screen will be displayed 127 WWW Services 126 Navigating the Browser You can navigate the Internet with phone keys and t...

Page 66: ...128 WWW Services Entering Text Numbers or Symbols When you are prompted to enter text the current text entry method will appear on the left soft key as abc Abc ABC Num or SYM 1 4 To change the input...

Page 67: ...service provider to check the availability and how to subscribe to ALS The ALS feature enables two lines to be associated with one SIM card Consequently you can make and receive calls on either line a...

Page 68: ...uccession and the phone is now blocked Enter the PUK supplied by your network operator No service is displayed The network connection was lost You may be in a weak reception area in a tunnel or surrou...

Page 69: ...rs of your phone Your warranty details A clear description of the problem Then contact your local dealer or SAMSUNG after sales service Reference Information Access Codes There are several access code...

Page 70: ...ess Ok Key in the new code again and press Ok PUK code The PUK Personal Unblocking Key code is required to change a blocked PIN code The PUK code may be supplied with the SIM card If not contact your...

Page 71: ...atteries and recharge your battery only with Samsung approved chargers When a charger is not in use disconnect it from the power source Do not leave the battery connected to a charger for more than a...

Page 72: ...switch off your phone whenever it is forbidden to use it or when it may cause interference or danger in a hospital for example Operation of any radio transmitting equipment including cellular phones...

Page 73: ...s When the phone warms up to its normal temperature moisture can form inside the phone which may damage the electronic circuits Do not attempt to open the phone Non expert handling of the phone may da...

Page 74: ...der with the SIM card It may be a four to eight digit number and can be changed as required Glossary To help you understand the main technical terms and abbreviations used in this booklet and take ful...

Page 75: ...e SIM card fits into a small slot on the back of the phone and is protected by the battery SMS Short Message Service Network service sending and receiving messages to and from another subscriber witho...

Page 76: ...phone 26 149 Index 148 Index A Access codes 135 Accessories 7 Active Flip 99 Active Line 100 Alarm 6 2 117 Alert Type 4 4 92 ALS 130 AnswerPhone 3 4 88 Any key Answer 97 Auto Answer 98 Auto Redial 98...

Page 77: ...eference information 135 Replaying memos 87 Reset Settings 100 Ring Tone 4 1 89 Ring Volume 4 3 92 Roaming 106 S Safety batteries 138 information 140 precautions 5 Scheduler 6 1 115 Screen Mode 113 Se...

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