Samsung SCH-R451C Series - Manuals

4 Section 1: Getting Started This section explains how to start using your SCH-R451C phone. Understanding this User Manual The chapters of this guide generally follow the same order as the menus and sub-menus in your phone. Notes and Tips Throughout this guide there is text that is set apart from th...

Getting Started 5 Install the Battery Note: Your phone comes packaged with a partially charged rechargeable standard Li-Ion battery and travel adapter. Important!: You must fully charge the battery the first time you use your phone, otherwise you could damage the battery. Battery Cover Remove the ba...

Getting Started 7 Charging the Battery Your phone is powered by a rechargeable standard Li-Ion battery. Only use Samsung-approved charging devices and batteries. Samsung accessories are designed to maximize battery life. Use of other accessories may invalidate your warranty and may cause damage. Low...

8 Activating Your Phone Contact your Wireless Carrier and follow their instructions for obtaining service, if necessary. We suggest that you read this guide to fully understand the services your phone supports. Turning Your Phone On 䊳 Press and hold the key until the display lights. the phone search...

Getting Started 9 Listen to Voicemail 䊳 In standby mode, press and hold the key or dial your mobile number to dial Voicemail. After connecting, you will hear your voice greeting, and the prompt to enter your password. Memory Card (Optional) Your phone has a Memory Card slot on its side, behind the b...

Call Functions 11 Section 2: Call Functions This section provides procedures for making and answering calls. This section also describes features, such as call logs and call timers, that help you make calls and manage your call time. Note: The procedures in this section can be performed using the ph...

12 Three-way Calling Call two other numbers and connect them to your call using three-way calling. 1. In standby mode, enter the number for the first party in your call, then press . 2. When connected, ask the first party to remain on the line. Press to place them on hold. 3. Enter the second party’...

Call Functions 13 Speed Dialing Speed Dialing lets you place a call to any Contact stored in your Contacts list by dialing the Contact’s Location number. For more information, refer to “Speed Dial” on page 35. Example: To speed dial the Contacts entry assigned to speed dial 325, press or , press or ...

14 Answering a Call Incoming When you receive a call, the phone displays one of the following: • If the caller can be identified, the caller’s number (or name if it’s in your Contacts) appears in the display. • If the caller cannot be identified, Call from unavailable # , Call from restricted # , or...

Call Functions 15 Call Waiting If you’re on a call, your phone beeps when you receive a second call. Call Waiting lets you answer the second call and alternate between both calls. Note: Contact your Wireless Carrier for availability. 1. Press to place the first call on hold, answer the second call, ...

16 Recent Calls Your phone has Call Logs that retain information about Outgoing, Incoming, and Missed Calls. The Calls menu lets you access this information for future reference, to return calls, and to add new Contacts. You can also view times for your last call and the total of all calls. Tip: To ...

Call Functions 17 Erase All Calls 1. In standby mode, press Menu ➔ Recent Calls ➔ All Calls . The All Calls list appears in the display with the first call in the list highlighted. 2. Press the Options soft key, then select Erase all . “ Erase all entries? ” prompts you to confirm erasure of all Cal...

18 Section 3: Voice Service Your SCH-R451C includes Nuance, state-of-the-art voice recognition software that lets you use your voice to dial numbers, access your Contacts list, and open Tools. Voice Commands To access the Voice Commands menu from standby mode: 䊳 Press and hold or . “ Say a Command ”...

Voice Service 19 Voice Settings Voice Settings allow you to customize the way Nuance interprets your voice commands. To access the Voice Settings menu: 䊳 In standby mode, press Menu ➔ Voice Service ➔ Voice Settings . Choice Lists When Nuance cannot recognize a name or number, it displays a choice li...

20 Adapt Digits To adapt digit dialing, do the following: 䊳 In standby mode, press Menu ➔ Voice Service ➔ Voice Settings ➔ Digit Dialing ➔ Adapt Digits . Reset Digits You can choose to reset digit dialing to factory default settings. 䊳 In standby mode, press Menu ➔ Voice Service ➔ Voice Settings ➔ D...

Understanding Your Phone 21 Section 4: Understanding Your Phone This section outlines some key features of your phone. It also describes the screen format and the icons that will be displayed when the phone is in use. Features of Your Phone • Domestic and international voice and text messaging servi...

22 Closed View of Your Phone Features 1. Volume Key — Adjusts the ring volume in standby mode, adjusts the voice volume during a call, or mutes the ringer during an incoming call. 2. Left Soft Key — Navigates through menus and applications. 3. Speakerphone Key — Enables/disables speakerphone mode. 4...

Understanding Your Phone 23 7. Display — Indicates the status of your phone, including numbers dialed, feature and function screens, status icons, message indicators, and signal strength. 8. OK Key — In standby mode, launches the Prepaid Menu. Pressing when navigating through a menu accepts the high...

24 Open View (Front) of Your Phone Features 1. soft1 Key — Left soft key — Selects the choice at the bottom left corner of the display. 2. shift Key — Shifts ABC text entry mode capitalization between ABC , Abc , and abc . 3. Messages Key — Launches the Messages menu. 4. Fn Key — Text Function Key —...

Understanding Your Phone 25 7. soft2 Key — Right soft key — Selects the choice at the bottom right corner of the display. 8. OK Key — In standby mode, launches the Prepaid Menu. When navigating through a menu, accepts the highlighted choice in a menu. 9. Clear / Back Key — Deletes characters from th...

Understanding Your Phone 27 OK Key • In standby mode, press the OK key or to launch the Prepaid menu. • In some menus, press the OK key or to accept the highlighted selection. • In Camera mode, press the OK key or to TAKE a photo. • When the OK key function is Edit , press the OK key or to edit a fi...

28 • Briefly press in standby mode to display a list of recent calls to and from your phone. • Press twice in standby mode to call the most recent number. • Press to pick up a waiting call. Press again to switch back to the other call. Navigation Key Use the directional keys on the Navigation key to...

Understanding Your Phone 29 Your Phone’s Modes Call Answer Mode You can choose to answer a call by pressing any key except the key or key, by pressing only the key, or by opening the phone’s slide. (For more information, refer to “Call Settings” on page 45. .) Input mode Input mode determines how yo...

30 Place Calls in Standby Mode 1. While in standby mode, enter a phone number, and press to place a call. 2. Press to return to standby mode. Receive Messages in Standby Mode You can receive messages in standby mode. An alert tone sounds and a notification message appears in the display when a new m...

Understanding Your Phone 31 Speakerphone Mode Speakerphone lets you use your phone handsfree or to share a call with other people nearby. To turn Speakerphone Mode on and off: 䊳 In standby mode, press and hold the Speakerphone key until “ Speakerphone On ” or “ Speakerphone Off ” appears in the disp...

32 Music Player Mode Music Player mode lets you activate your phone’s Music Player to play music files from an optional microSD™ Memory Card. Note: For more information, refer to “Memory Card (Optional)” on page 9. and to “Music Player” on page 48. • Enter Music Player Mode — In standby mode, press ...

Understanding Your Contacts 33 Section 5: Understanding Your Contacts Up to 500 entries can be stored in Contacts. Each entry can have up to five associated phone numbers and one e-mail address. Each phone number can be up to 32 digits in length, including pauses, and associated names can be up to 3...

Understanding Your Contacts 35 1. Find the Contacts entry you want to edit, and press Edit . 2. Highlight the Ringtone field, press the Set soft key, and choose a tone from: • My Ringtones • My Sounds Saving a Number After a Call Once you finish a call, you can store the caller’s number to your Cont...

Understanding Your Contacts 37 Erase a Group 1. From the Contacts menu, select Group . The Group List screen appears in the display. 2. Highlight the Group you wish to delete, then press the Options ➔ Erase . Note: When you delete a Group, any assigned Contacts entries return to No Group . Memory In...

38 Section 6: Menu Navigation This section explains the menu navigation for your phone. Menu Navigation Access the menus and sub-menus in your phone using the navigation key , the arrow keys , , , , and soft keys or , or use a shortcut. 1. In standby mode press the Menu soft key or . The first of se...

Menu Navigation 39 Navigation Key Shortcuts QWERTY Keypad Closed In standby mode with the QWERTY keypad closed, press a navigation key to launch the key’s corresponding application in the pattern shown here. QWERTY Keypad Open In standby mode with the QWERTY keypad open, the navigation key applicati...

40 Navigate Using a Shortcut You can also access menus and sub-menus using menu numbers. Before you can navigate using a shortcut, you’ll need to know the menu or sub-menu number that you wish to access. 1. In standby mode, press the Menu soft key or . 2. Press the number of the menu, sub-menu, and ...

Tools 41 Section 7: Tools This section explains how you can use your phone’s Tools functions to view today’s calendar, schedule appointments, set an alarm, perform simple math calculations, and more. Bluetooth Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology capable of exchanging inform...

Tools 43 World Time World Time lets you view the time of day or night in any of the 24 different time zones around the world. Note: World Time requires your Wireless Provider’s digital service. 䊳 From standby mode, press Menu ➔ Tools ➔ World Time . A world map appears in the display. Use the navigat...

44 Section 8: Settings This section explains how to configure your phone’s language, network preferences, security options, and other settings. Location Use the Location setting to specify whether your phone passes your Global Positioning System (GPS) location to the network continually, or only whe...

Settings 45 Sound Settings Sound Settings let you customize your phone’s audio properties, such as ring tones, keypad tones, alerts, start up melody, and more. 䊳 From standby mode, press Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Sound Settings . – Volume — Set the default volume for Voice Calls, Messages, and Alarms. – Rin...

Multimedia 47 Section 9: Multimedia This section describes the Multimedia features of your phone, including the Camera and Music Player, and My Images, My Ringtones, and My Sounds. Camera Use your SCH-R451C phone to take full color digital pictures, display them on your phone’s vivid color display, ...

48 – Memory — Choose the default location for saving photos, the Phone’s memory or to an installed Memory Card. – Shutter Sounds — Select a sound to be played when you press Take . – Reset Settings — Choose On to reset all Camera Settings to the defaults. – Night Shot — Choose On for photos taken in...

Multimedia 49 Playing Music 䊳 In Music Player mode, use the Navigation keys to select music files, then press the Left soft key to Play the file(s). Music Player Controls • Volume key : – To play a music file louder, press the Volume key Up. – To play a music file softer, press the Volume key Down. ...

Browser 51 Section 10: Browser With Browser, you can conveniently surf the web and download ringtones and wallpapers using your phone. This section outlines how to launch Browser, how to navigate to pages on the web, and how the keys on the QWERTY keypad are used with the web application. Additional...

Browser 53 Browser Keys The following table lists QWERTY keyboard keys used in Browser, and their functions. Arrow keys — Use to browse lists and options. Back Key — Press once to back up one page. Press and hold to go back to home page. When entering text, press once to clear the last number, lette...

54 Section 11: Messages This section explains how to send or receive different types of messages. This section also describes the features and functionality associated with messaging. Note: Although the procedures in this section are written for the phone keypad, you can also perform these procedure...

Messages 55 Receive Messages When you receive a message in standby mode, the ringer sounds (unless turned off) and New Message appears in the display along with the closed envelope icon . The date and time of the message also appear in the display along with the following options: • View Now — Opens...

56 Drafts Messages in the Draft Box are those that have been composed but never sent. You can return to the Draft Box at any time to view, edit, or send a draft message. 䊳 From standby mode, press Menu ➔ Messages ➔ Drafts. Voicemail Voicemail messages are logged in the Voicemail box of the Messages ...

Entering Text 57 Section 12: Entering Text This section outlines how to enter text using the phone keypad or the QWERTY keyboard-style keypad. This section also describes how to use the T9 predictive text entry feature to reduce the number of key strokes needed to enter text. Built-in QWERTY Keypad ...

58 Text Entry Modes Changing the Text Entry Mode In any text entry screen or field, the current text entry mode ( T9 Word , Abc , ABC , 123 , or Symbols ) is shown in the lower left of the display. To change the text entry mode: 䊳 Press the Left soft key to scroll through available text entry modes....

Entering Text 59 For example, to enter the word “Samsung”, press each of the following keys only once : If more than one word shares the same numeric sequence, T9 Word inserts the most commonly used word, and displays any additional words in a pop-up menu where you can select the desired word. 䊳 To ...

60 soft key , then select Abc or ABC . 2. Enter characters while in Abc or ABC mode by using one of the keypads: • Using the QWERTY keypad, press the key labeled with the desired character (for example, press for “G” and for “H”). • Using the phone keypad: – Press the key repeatedly until the desire...

Prepaid 61 Section 13: Prepaid This section outlines the Prepaid features of your phone. For more information, contact your Wireless Carrier. 䊳 From standby mode, press Menu ➔ Prepaid . Add Airtime Add Airtime allows you to add airtime to your phone. 䊳 From standby mode, press Menu ➔ Prepaid ➔ Add A...