Samsung SGH-P400 - Manual

Your Phone 12 Makes or answers a call. In Idle Mode, recalls the last number dialled or received when held down. In Menu Mode, selects a menu function or stores information that you have entered, such as a name in the phone or SIM memory. Ends a call. Also switches the phone on and off when held dow...

Your Phone 14 Icons Icon Description Shows the received signal strength. The greater the number of bars, the stronger the signal. Appears when a call is in progress. Appears when you are connected to the GPRS network. Appears when you are out of your home area and have logged onto a different networ...

Your Phone 16 Camera The camera module on the top left of your phone allows you to take a picture while on the move. For further details about the Camera feature, see page 92. 17 Getting Started Installing the SIM Card When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided with a plug-in SIM car...

Getting Started 18 3. Slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket, as shown, so that it locks the card into position. Make sure the gold contacts of the card face into the phone. Note : When you need to remove the SIM card, slide it, as shown, and take it out of the socket. 4. Replace the battery, t...

Getting Started 20 2. Plug the adapter into a standard AC wall outlet. 3. When charging is finished, unplug the adapter from the power outlet and from the phone by pressing the gray tabs on both sides of the connector and pulling the connector out. Note : You must unplug the adapter before removing ...

22 Call Functions Making a Call When the idle screen displays, enter the area code and phone number, and press the key. Note : When you check the Auto Redial option in the Extra Settings menu ( Menu 6.7 ), the phone automatically redials up to ten times when the person does not answer the call or is...

Call Functions 24 Making a Call from Phonebook You can store the phone numbers that you use regularly in the SIM card or the phone’s memory, which are collectively called Phonebook. Simply select a name to recall the associated number. For further details about the Phonebook features, see page 31. A...

Call Functions 26 Viewing Missed Calls When you are unable to answer a call for any reason, you can find out who is calling you, if this service is available, so that you can call the person back. The number of missed calls displays on the idle screen immediately after a call is missed. To view the ...

Call Functions 28 Quickly Switching to Silent Mode Silent Mode is convenient when you wish to stop the phone from making noise, in a theatre for example. In Idle Mode, press and hold the key until the “Silent Mode” message and the Vibration icon ( ) display. In Silent Mode, your phone changes the so...

Selecting Functions and Options 30 To view various functions/options available and select the one you want: 1. Press the appropriate soft key. In some functions, you may be asked for a password or PIN. Enter the code and press the OK soft key. Note : When you access a list of options, your phone hig...

Phonebook 34 Using Phonebook Entry Options While accessing any Phonebook entry, press the Options soft key to access the options for the entry. The following options are available: Paste : allows you to paste the number into the normal dialling mode. Use this option to dial a number similar to one i...

Phonebook 36 5. Once you have found the entry, press the key to dial the number, or press the Options soft key to access the Phonebook entry options; for further details, see page 34. Searching for a Number by Caller Group 1. When the idle screen displays, press the Name soft key. 2. Scroll to Group...

Phonebook 38 • Graphic : allows you to set a graphic icon to be displayed when you receive a voice call from a person in the group. • Group Name : allows you to assign a name to the group. For further details about how to enter characters, see page 42. 6. When you finish changing the settings, press...

Phonebook 40 Deleting All of the Phonebook Entries You can delete all of entries in the selected memory or both memories. 1. When the idle screen displays, press the Name soft key. 2. Scroll to Delete All by pressing the or key and press the Select soft key. 3. To place a check mark by the memory yo...

42 Entering Text When using your phone, you will often need to enter text, such as when storing a name in Phonebook, creating your personal greeting or scheduling events on your calendar. You can enter alphanumeric characters by using your phone’s keypad. Your phone has the following text input mode...

Entering Text 44 Using the T9 Mode The T9 predictive text input mode allows you to key in any character using single keystrokes. This text input mode is based on a built-in dictionary. To enter a word in the T9 mode: 1. When you are in the T9 mode, start entering a word by pressing keys 2 to 9 . Pre...

Entering Text 46 Using the Alphabet Mode Use the 1 to 0 keys to enter your text. 1. Press the keys labelled with the required letter: - Once for the first letter - Twice for the second letter - And so on 2. Select the other letters in the same way. Note : The cursor moves to the right when you press...

Entering Text 48 Using the Symbol Mode The symbol mode enables you to insert symbols into a text message. To Press the select a symbol corresponding number key. display more symbols or key. insert the symbol(s) into your message OK soft key. cancel your input and return to the previous mode Back sof...

49 Options During a Call Your phone provides a number of control functions that you can use during a call. Putting a Call on Hold You can place the current call on hold whenever you want. You can make another call while you have a call in progress if your network supports this service. When you have...

Options During a Call 50 To switch between the two calls, simply press the Swap soft key. The current call is placed on hold and the call on hold is reactivated so that you can continue conversing with the other person. When you want to finish, end each call normally by pressing the key. Using the M...

Options During a Call 52 Muting/Sending Key Tones These options allow you to turn the key tones off or on. If the Mute Keys option is selected, your phone does not transmit the key tones, which allows you to press keys without hearing annoying key tones during a call. Note : To communicate with answ...

Options During a Call 54 2. To switch between the two calls, press the Swap soft key. 3. To end the call on hold, press the Options soft key and select the End Held Call option. To end the current call, press the key. Making a Multi-party Call A multi-party call is a network service that allows up t...

Options During a Call 56 3. Press the key to select the Remove option and press the OK soft key. The call ends with that participant, but you can continue to talk with the others. 4. When you want to end the multi-party call, close the folder or press the key. 57 Using the Menus The phone offers a r...

Using the Menus 58 Accessing a Menu Function by Using Its Shortcut The menu items, such as menu, sub-menus and options, are numbered and can be accessed quickly by using their shortcut numbers. The shortcut number is shown on the bottom right next to the soft key on the display. Simply press the Men...

Using the Menus 62 6. Phone settings (continued) 6.8 Short Cut 6.8.1 Key Up6.8.2 Key Down6.8.3 Key Right6.8.4 Key Left 6.9 Reset Settings 7. Organiser (see page 111) 7.1 Alarm 7.1.1 Once Alarm7.1.2 Daily Alarm7.1.3 Morning Call7.1.4 Remove Alarm7.1.5 Autopower 7.2 Calendar7.3 Time & Date 7.3.1 S...

64 Text Messages Short Message Service (SMS) allows you to send and receive short text messages to and from other GSM mobile phones. In addition, your phone supports the Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS), which enables you to make messages including simple pictures, melodies, and animation. To use th...

Text Messages 66 Outbox (Menu 1.2) This message box is used to store the messages that you have already sent or will send. When you enter this menu, the list of messages in the box displays with the recipients’ phone numbers or names, if available in your Phonebook. 1. Select a message from the list...

Text Messages 68 3. Select Send Only or Save and Send , and press the Select soft key. If you want to just save the message, select Save Only . After saving the message, the phone returns to the Text Messages menu. 4. If you select a save option, choose the memory where the message is saved and pres...

Text Messages 70 Templates (Menu 1.4) Using this menu, you can preset up to five messages that you use most frequently. Select an empty location or the message template you want and press the Options soft key. The following options are available: Edit : allows you to write a new message or edit the ...

Text Messages 72 Delete All (Menu 1.6) This menu allows you to delete all of the text messages in each message box. You can also delete all of your messages at one time. When a confirming message displays, press the Yes soft key to confirm. Memory Status (Menu 1.7) This menu shows how many messages ...

Text Messages 74 Broadcast (Menu 1.9) This network service allows you to receive text messages on various topics, such as the weather or traffic. Cell Broadcast (CB) messages display as soon as they are received, provided that: • the phone is in Idle Mode. • the Receive option is set to Enable . • t...

76 Picture Messages Multimedia Message Service (MMS) is a messaging service very similar to Short Message Service (SMS). It provides automatic and immediate delivery of personal multimedia messages from phone to phone or from phone to e-mail. In addition to the familiar text content of text messages...

Picture Messages 80 Send : allows you to resend the message. Edit Message : allows you to change the message contents, sound, picture or text. Information : shows you information about the message, such as subject, sender’s address, message size, status and priority. Draft (Menu 2.3) After creating ...

Picture Messages 86 Setup (Menu 2.8) You can change the default settings for sending or receiving picture messages. The following options are available: Delivery Report : when this option is enabled, the network informs you whether or not your message has been delivered. Read Reply : when this optio...

88 Call Records In this menu, you can view the: • calls you missed, received or dialled. • length of your calls. • cost of your calls. Notes : • You can access the numbers in the three types of call records by pressing the key in Idle Mode. • The number of call records the phone can store may be dif...

Call Records 90 Delete All (Menu 3.4) This menu allows you to delete all of the records in each call type. You can also delete all of your call records at one time. When a confirming message displays, press the Yes soft key to confirm. Call Time (Menu 3.5) This menu lets you view the timers for call...

92 Camera Using the camera module embedded in your phone, you can take pictures of people or events while on the move. Additionally, you can send photos to other people in a multimedia message. The camera produces JPEG pictures. Taking a Picture Note : When you take a picture in direct sunlight or u...

Camera 94 2. To turn the camera on, press and hold the Camera key on the right side of the phone. The image to be captured appears on the display. 3. Adjust the image by rotating the camera module and aiming it to the subject. To use the options, press the key. You can change the settings by pressin...

96 Sound Settings You can use the Sound Settings feature to customise various settings, such as the: • ring melody, volume and type. • sounds made when you press a key, receive a message, open/close the folder or switch your phone on/off. • alert tone made every minute during a call, when you make a...

Sound Settings 98 Message Tone (Menu 5.5) This menu allows you to select how the phone informs you that a new message has been received. SMS Tone (Menu 5.5.1) This menu allows you to select how the phone informs you that a new SMS message has been received. The following options are available: Off :...

Sound Settings 100 Minute Minder : sets whether or not the phone beeps every minute during an outgoing call to keep you informed of the length of your call. Connect Tone : sets your phone to beep when your call is connected to the system. 101 Phone Settings Many different features of your phone can ...

Phone Settings 102 Display Settings (Menu 6.2) In this menu, you can change various settings for the display or backlight. Wallpaper (Menu 6.2.1) This menu allows you to change the background image or the colour of the text to be displayed in Idle Mode. The following options are available: Wallpaper...

Phone Settings 104 Auto Light (Menu 6.2.5) This feature helps you to conserve your battery power by allowing you to set the backlight to be used at certain times. The following options are available: Disable : the backlight is used according to your setting in the Back Light menu ( Menu 6.2.4 ); see...

Phone Settings 106 Language (Menu 6.5) You can select a display language. When the language option is set to Automatic , the language is automatically selected according to the language of the SIM card used. Security (Menu 6.6) The Security feature enables you to restrict the use of your phone to th...

Phone Settings 108 SIM Lock (Menu 6.6.5) When the SIM Lock feature is enabled, your phone only works with the current SIM. You must enter the SIM lock code. Once you have entered the lock code, you are asked to confirm it by entering it again. To unlock the SIM, you must enter the SIM lock code. FDN...

Phone Settings 110 Short Cut (Menu 6.8) The navigation keys can be used as shortcut keys. In Idle Mode, they allow you to access specific menus directly. To assign a shortcut to a key: 1. Select the key to be used as a shortcut key by pressing the or key, and press the Select soft key. • Key Up ( ) ...

Organiser 112 2. Enter the time for the alarm to sound. Note : Your phone is preset to use 24-hour format. To change the format, see page 115. If you want to use the alarm options, press the Options soft key. The following options are available: • Remove Alarm : deactivates the current alarm. • Alar...

Organiser 114 4. If you want an alarm to ring on the chosen day, press the Yes soft key. Otherwise, press the No soft key. The memo is saved. 5. If you pressed the Yes soft key, enter the time for the alarm and press the OK soft key. You can also select the melody for the alarm by pressing the Melod...

Organiser 116 Calculator (Menu 7.4) With this feature, you can use the phone as a calculator. The calculator provides the basic arithmetic functions; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 1. Enter the first number using the numeric keys. Notes : • To delete mistakes or clear the displa...

Organiser 118 To create a new task ➀ press the Options soft key. ➁ select the New option. ➂ enter the text, priority and/ or deadline for the task. To edit an existing task ➀ highlight the task. ➁ press the Options soft key. ➂ select the Edit option. ➃ change the text, priority and/ or deadline for ...

Organiser 120 4. To save the memo, choose Save from the options and press the Select soft key. 5. Press the C key to clear the default name, if necessary, and enter a name for the memo. For further details about how to enter characters, see page 42. 6. Press the OK soft key. The memo is saved and th...

122 Network Services These menu functions are network services. Please contact your service provider to check their availability and subscribe to them, if you wish. Call Diverting (Menu 8.1) This network service enables incoming calls to be rerouted to the number that you specify. Example: You may w...

Network Services 124 Call Barring (Menu 8.2) The call barring network service allows you to restrict your calls. Call barring can be set up in the following ways: All Outgoing : calls cannot be made. International : international calls cannot be made. International Except to Home : when abroad, call...

Network Services 126 Call Waiting (Menu 8.3) This network service informs you when someone is trying to reach you during another call. You can specify individual call waiting options for each of the following call types: • Voice calls only • Data calls only To set your call waiting options: 1. Selec...

Network Services 128 Caller ID (Menu 8.5) You can prevent your phone number from being displayed on the phone of the person being called. Note : Some networks do not allow the user to change this setting. The following options are available: Default : the default setting provided by the network is u...

Network Services 130 Band Selection (Menu 8.7) For the phone to make and receive phone calls, it must register with one of the available networks. Your phone can handle either of the following types of networks: • GSM 900 • GSM 1800 • Combined GSM 900/1800 • GSM 1900 The country where you purchased ...

Funbox 134 The following options are available: Reload : reloads the current page. Home : takes you back at any time to the home page of the Wireless Web service provider. Goto URL : allows you to manually enter the URL address of a Web page. After entering an address, press the OK soft key to go th...

Funbox 136 Settings (Menu 9.1.4) This menu allows you to set up five proxy servers for the WAP browser. Contact your service provider for details about your Settings options. For each server, the following options are available: Profile Name : enter a name that you wish to assign to the HTTP proxy s...

Funbox 138 Games (Menu 9.2) You can download MIDlets (Java applications running on mobile phones) from various sources using the WAP Browser and store them in your phone. When you access the Games menu, the list of the default games appears. Once you have downloaded games, they are added to the list...

Funbox 140 To change the text input mode, press the key until the appropriate indicator appears on the soft key area of the display. Sounds (Menu 9.3) In this menu, you can view the list of sounds downloaded from the web server or received in multimedia messages. You can set the downloaded sounds as...

142 Solving Problems Before contacting the after-sales service, perform the following simple checks. They may save you the time and expense of an unnecessary service call. When you switch your phone on, the following messages may appear: Insert SIM Card • Check that the SIM card is correctly install...

Solving Problems 144 The phone starts beeping and “**Warning** Low Battery” flashes on the display • Your battery is insufficiently charged. Recharge the battery. The audio quality of the call is poor • Check the signal strength indicator on the display ( ); the number of bars indicates the signal s...

Access Codes 146 PIN The P ersonal I dentification N umber or PIN (4 to 8 digits) protects your SIM card against unauthorised use. It is usually supplied with the SIM card. If you enter an incorrect PIN three times in succession, the code is disabled and cannot be used until you re-enable it by ente...

Access Codes 148 Barring Password A 4-digit barring password is required when you use the Call Barring function. You can obtain the password from your service provider when you subscribe to this function. You can change this password in the Call Barring menu ( Menu 8.2 ). See page 125 for further de...

Health and Safety Information 150 SAR tests are conducted using standard operating positions with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while op...

Health and Safety Information 152 Road Safety Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to communicate by voice, almost anywhere, anytime. But an important responsibility accompanies the benefits of wireless phones, one that every user must uphold. When driving a car, driving is your first ...

Health and Safety Information 154 Other Medical Devices If you use any other personal medical devices, consult the manufacturer of your device to determine if it is adequately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this information. Switch your phone ...

Health and Safety Information 156 If certain features are in use (call barring, for example), you may first need to deactivate those features before you can make an emergency call. Consult this document and your local cellular service provider. When making an emergency call, remember to give all the...

Health and Safety Information 158 • Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents or strong detergents to clean the phone. Wipe it with a soft cloth slightly dampened in a mild soap-and-water solution. • Do not paint the phone. Paint can clog the device’s moving parts and prevent proper operation. •...

Glossary 162 PIN (Personal Identification Number) Security code that protects the phone against unauthorised use. The PIN is supplied by the service provider with the SIM card. It may be a four to eight-digit number and can be changed, as required. PUK (PIN Unblocking Key) Security code used to unlo...