Samsung SGH-T401G - Manuals

1 Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started .....................................................4 Activating Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Installing the microSD™ Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

4 Section 1: Getting Started This section explains how to start using your phone by first configuring your hardware, activating your service, and then setting up your voice mail. Activating Your Phone When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided with a plug-in SIM card loaded with your...

Getting Started 5 3. Lift up and remove the battery. 4. Carefully slide the SIM card under the metal bracket and into the SIM card socket until the card locks into place. Make sure that the card’s gold contacts face into the phone and that the angled corner of the card is positioned as shown below. ...

Getting Started 7 Note: You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first time. A discharged battery recharges fully in approximately 4 hours. 1. With the battery installed, temporarily remove the plastic cover on the right side of the phone and plug in the travel adapter’s con...

Getting Started 9 Removing the microSD™ Card Firmly press the microSD™ card until you hear a click and then gently pull the card from the slot. Setting Up Your Voice Mail For new users, follow the instructions below to set up voice mail: 1. In Idle mode, press and hold the key on the keypad. You may...

10 Section 2: Understanding Your Phone This section outlines some key features of your phone. It also displays the screen and the icons that display when the phone is in use. Features of Your Phone Your phone is lightweight, easy-to-use and offers many significant features. The following list outlin...

Understanding Your Phone 11 Open View of Your Phone The following illustrations show the main elements of your phone: Keys The following list correlates to the illustrations. 1. Earpiece allows you to hear the other caller and the different ring tones or sounds offered by your phone. 2. Volume keys ...

Understanding Your Phone 13 12. Right Soft key allows you to select soft key actions or menu items corresponding to the bottom right line on the display screen. It also provides quick access to your Phonebook. 13. OK (Select) key allows you to accept the choices offered when navigating through a men...

14 This phone also offers the convenience of a slideout QWERTY keyboard. To open the phone to access the keyboard, rotate the phone 90 degrees to the left. Slide the top section of the phone up to open, as shown. When you slide the phone open, the display rotates from a vertical viewing mode to a ho...

Understanding Your Phone 15 Closed View of Your Phone The following illustrations show the external elements of your phone 1. Earpiece allows you to hear the other caller and the different ring tones or sounds offered by your phone. 2. Volume keys allow you to adjust the Ring volume in standby mode ...

16 5. Power/Accessory Interface connector allows you to connect a power cable or optional accessories, such as a USB/data cable or a hands-free headset for convenient, hands-free conversations. 6. Camera key allows you to take pictures when you are in camera mode. Launches the camera with a press. I...

Understanding Your Phone 17 Backlight A backlight illuminates the internal display and the keypad. When you press any key, the backlight comes on. It goes off when no keys are pressed within a given period of time, depending on the setting within the Backlight menu. The display turns off after one m...

18 3. Press the Down key to set the Dim option. Use the Left or Right Navigation key to select the time the Dim mode is on. You may choose: Off , 5 sec , 15 sec or 30 sec . 4. Press the Save soft key to retain your settings. Display Your phone has a display on the front of the phone. The display ind...

Call Functions 19 Section 3: Call Functions This section describes how to make or answer a call. It also explains the features and functionality associated with making or answering a call. Making a Call When the idle screen displays, enter the number you wish to dial and press the key. Note: When yo...

20 Adjusting the Call Volume During a call, use the Volume keys on the left side of the phone, to adjust the speaker volume. 䊳 Press the Up volume key to increase the volume level and the Down volume key to decrease the level. In Idle mode, you can also adjust the ring volume using these keys. Answe...

Call Functions 21 Note: While in Idle mode, press the key to access the Recent Calls . At any time while you are in Recent Calls, you can use the Left or Right Navigation keys to scroll through All Calls , Missed Calls , Incoming Calls and Outgoing Calls call records. The following call record optio...

22 4. Press to call the displayed number. – or – Press View to display call details. 5. Press the Options soft key for the following options: • Send Message : Allows you to send a Text message or a Picture Message to the missed number. • Save To Phonebook : Stores the number in your Phone memory (di...

Call Functions 23 a check mark. Note: Selecting the All Calls check box automatically selects all the entries in the Delete All menu. 2. Press the Delete soft key to delete the calls. 3. When a confirmation message displays, press the Yes soft key or key to confirm. Call Time This menu lets you view...

24 Soft Keys The roles of the soft keys vary depending on the function you are currently using. The labels on the bottom line of the display just above each key indicate their current role. Selecting Options To view the various functions and options available, you must select the one you want by: 1....

Call Functions 25 5. Moving back up one level in the menu structure, by pressing the Back soft key. 6. Pressing the key to exit the menu structure without changing the settings. In some functions, you are asked for a password or PIN. Enter the correct code and press the OK soft key or the key. When ...

26 To place a call on hold: 1. Press the Options soft key, highlight the Hold option, then press the Select soft key or the key. 2. Press the Resume soft key to reactivate the call. To make a new call while a call is in progress: 1. Enter the new phone number that you wish to dial or look it up in t...

Call Functions 27 2. To turn the Speakerphone off, press the Spkr off soft key. Muting or Sending Key Tones These options allow you to turn the key tones off or on. If the Keypad tone option is Off, your phone does not transmit the DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency) tones of the keys, which then allow...

28 Tip: For further details about the Contact List feature, see “Finding a Contact List Entry” on page 50. Call Waiting The Call Waiting option must be set to Activate before you can answer an incoming call while another call is in progress. You are then notified of an incoming call with a call wait...

Call Functions 29 Note: These first two calls are then grouped together on screen and displayed with an adjacent number corresponding to the order in which the calls were made. Note: There are a maximum of two callers that can be joined to a single multi-party line. You cannot create two multi-party...

30 Section 4: Menu Navigation This section explains the menu navigation for your phone. It also includes an outline of all the available menus associated with your phone. Menu Navigation You can tailor the phone’s range of functions to your needs using menus and sub-menus. Menus and sub-menus can be...

Entering Text 31 Section 5: Entering Text This section outlines how to select the desired text input mode when entering characters into your phone. This section also describes how to use the T9 predictive text system to reduce the number of key strokes associated with entering text. Using the QWERTY...

32 1. OK (Select) key allows you to accept the choices offered when navigating through a menu. 2. Left Soft Key - allows you to select soft key actions or menu items corresponding to the bottom left line on the display screen. 3. Sym - displays the Symbols page. Choose from an extensive list of symb...

Entering Text 33 • T9 mode : this mode allows you to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad has more than one letter; for example, you press to enter J, or K. However, the T9 mode automatically compares the series of keystrokes you make with an internal linguistic dic...

34 To shift case in T9 mode: 䊳 Press the key. There are 3 cases: Capital lock, Initial capital, and Lower case. Tip: You can move the cursor by using the Navigation keys. To delete characters: 䊳 Press the key. Press and hold the key to clear the display. Using ABC Mode To use ABC mode, use the lette...

Entering Text 35 䊳 Press the keys corresponding to the digits you want to enter. Using Symbol Mode Symbol mode enables you to insert symbols and punctuation marks into text. To display a list of symbols press the key until the symbols display on the screen, or press the Right soft key and select Sym...

Messages 37 You can search through missed calls or unviewed messages by using the Right and Left navigation keys to select the associated message tab, then pressing the View or Call soft key. Text Messages Short Message Service (SMS) allows you to send and receive short text messages to and from oth...

38 • Insert From : allows you to insert from the Text Templates, Phonebook, or Favorites. The Text templates allow you to apply one of the preset message templates to the text. Select one of the 10 items stored in the Text Templates menu. Phonebook allows you to add names and phone numbers from your...

Messages 39 In addition to the familiar text content available via traditional text messages, picture messages can contain images, graphics, voice, and audio clips. A Picture Messaging message is a multimedia presentation contained in a single file. It is not a text file with attachments. Create new...

40 6. If you selected Take picture , press Add to attach the photo to the message. – or – Select an image and press the Add soft key to add the photo to the message. 7. Highlight the Sound option and press the key. 8. Highlight one of the following options and press the Select soft key or the key. •...

Messages 41 When you enter the Inbox, the list of messages displays with the sender’s phone numbers, or names, if available in your Contact List. After you read the message, the open envelope icon displays. Tip: Press the Left or Right Navigation keys to scroll between Inbox , Sentbox , and Drafts ....

42 • Call Back : Places a call back to the number. • Forward : allows you to forward the message to another number. • Save Address : allows you to extract the sender’s number and URL, e-mail addresses or phone numbers from the message text, so that you can save them in your phone’s memory. • Delete ...

Messages 43 • Properties : displays information about the message, such as time and date the message was received, the sender’s e-mail address or phone number, recipient’s e-mail address or phone number, Cc, message size, priority, and class. 3. Press View to read the message contents. 4. To scroll ...

44 Note: The message actually displays as a missed Picture message. 2. Press the Exit soft key if you want to view the message later in the Inbox. 3. Press the Options soft key or the key to access the various options described above. 4. Press the key when you are finished. Drafts This message box s...

Messages 45 3. Highlight Edit and press the Select soft key or the key to edit the message contents. – or – 4. Press the Send to key (while viewing the message) to send the message. 5. Press to return to the Idle screen. Tip: Press the Options soft key while reading a message to select alternate opt...

46 Creating and sending a Voice note When you access this menu, a timer displays on the screen. 1. In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Games & Apps ➔ Voice Recorder and press . 2. Press the Record soft key to begin recording. 3. Record a memo by speaking into the phone’s microphone. The display simultane...

Messages 47 8. After entering your phone number or selecting a number from the Phonebook, press Send to send the message. Your phone sends the message. The message saves to the Sentbox after it successfully sends. Voice mail This menu provides you with a way of accessing your voice mailbox, if provi...

Managing Your Contacts 49 Section 7: Managing Your Contacts This section explains how to use and manage your Contacts. Using Your Contact List Use the following procedures to store a new contact to your Phone. Storing a Number in the Phone’s Memory The default storage location for saving phone numbe...

50 • Fax : assigns the number entered to the Fax entry. • Other : allows you to enter an additional phone number for this entry. • Group : allows you to assign this contact to a group. • Notes : allows you to enter additional information about the contact. Up to 50 characters are allowed. 5. Press t...

Managing Your Contacts 51 • New Contact : takes you to the Add new contact menu. • Call : places the call to the selected phone number. • Assign Speed Dial : allows you to assign a speed dial key number to the selected Contact List entry. • Send Business Card : allows you to select the option of sen...

52 • Print via Bluetooth : sends the contents of the selected text message to a Bluetooth enabled printer. 6. Press Call to dial the selected number. Dialing a Number from the Contact List Once you store phone numbers in the Contact List, you can dial them easily and quickly. Note: Select Contact Li...

Managing Your Contacts 53 • Sounds : displays a list of sounds from which to select as a ringtone. • Music : displays a list of music from which to select as a ringtone. 6. Press the Save soft key when you are finished. 7. Press the key to return to Idle mode. Editing a Caller Group 8. In Idle mode,...

Managing Your Contacts 55 Reject List The Reject List option allows you to create a list of numbers to reject incoming calls from the specified numbers. 䊳 In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Contacts ➔ Reject List and press the Select soft key or the key. Contacts Settings 䊳 In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Contac...

56 Section 8: Browser This section outlines the Browser features available on your phone. For more information, contact your service provider. Browser Your phone is equipped with a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser which provides you wireless access and navigation to the Web using your pho...

Browser 57 2. To select browser items, press the key. 3. To return to the previous page, press the Back soft key or the key. 4. Press the Back soft key until the startup Home page displays. Favorites This menu stores preset URL addresses: My Account, Chat Group, News, Sports, Weather and MEdia Net, ...

Games & Apps 59 䊳 In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Games & Apps ➔ Image Editor and press the Select soft key or the key.

60 Section 10: My Folder The My Folder menu provides access to stored files on your phone and on your memory card. You can access these storage locations: Sounds, Images, Videos, Music, Other Files, Memory Card and Memory Status, and you can create your own folders. Sounds In the Sounds menu, you ca...

My Folder 61 Other Files The Other Files menu provides access to other files you have stored on your phone and to the files stored on your Memory Card. 䊳 In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ My Folder ➔ Other Files. Then press Select or . Memory card In this menu you can view and manage the memory card and th...

Tools 63 Tip Calculator The Calculator helps you compute the percentage amount for tip. Use the following procedures to calculate a tip amount. 䊳 In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Tools ➔ Tip Calculator. Then press Select or . Converter The Converter menu converts measurements and amounts in these categori...

64 Section 12: Changing Your Settings This section explains the sound and phone settings for your phone. It includes settings for sound options, display, phone, call settings, Bluetooth, browser and reset settings. Sound Settings You can customize various sound settings. 䊳 In Idle mode, press Menu ➔...

Changing Your Settings 65 Power-on/off Tone This menu allows you to select the melody that the phone sounds when it is switched on and off. 䊳 In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Sound Settings ➔ Power-on/off Tone. Then press Select or . Slide Tone This menu allows you to choose from four tones, or...

Changing Your Settings 67 1. In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Phone Settings ➔ Security ➔ Change Phone Password. Then press Select or . 2. Enter a password in the Enter new password field and press OK . 3. Enter the new password again. Note: If you change your password, be sure to record it and...

68 Bluetooth Setting Up Your Bluetooth Devices To pair your phone with a Bluetooth headset, make sure that both your headset and your phone are fully charged. To ensure a successful pairing, pair your devices in a private environment away from other devices with Bluetooth. Have your headset within a...

Changing Your Settings 69 Reset Settings Reset Phone The Reset Phone option resets all settings to factory defaults. When you select this option, the prompt displays: “All settings reset to factory defaults. Continue?” Press the OK soft key or . Restore Phone The Restore Phone option resets all sett...

70 Section 13: Camera This section explains how to use the camera on your phone. You can take photographs by using the built-in camera functionality. Using the Camera Using the camera module in your phone, you can take photos of people or events while on the move. Additionally, you can send these ph...

Camera 71 4. Press the Left soft key to access the camera options. Tip: You can use the keypad to quickly change the camera options. 5. Press the Camera key or key to take the photo. Photos 1. In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Games & Apps ➔ Camera ➔ Photos . Then press Select or . When you access this...

72 1. In Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Games & Apps ➔ Camera . Then press Select or . 2. Select Record video . Then press Select or . 3. Before filming the video, press Menu to access camcorder options (see below). 4. Adjust the image by aiming the camera at the subject. 5. Press the key to begin shoo...