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Samsung M8800 user manual M8800.book Page ii Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:54 AM.
ii using this manual This user manual has been spec ially designed to guide you through the functi ons and features of your mobile phone. T o get started quickly , refer to “introducing your mobile phone,” “assembling and preparing your mobile p hone,” and “using basic functions.
iii using this m anual Copyright information Rights to all tech nologi es and pr oducts t hat compri se this device are the prop erty of their respectiv e owners: •B l u e t o o t h ® is a reg istered tr ademark of the Blueto oth SIG, Inc. worl dwide—Bl uetooth QD ID: B014450.
iv using this m anual ABOUT DIVX VIDEO DivX ® is a digital vi deo format cre ated by Di vX, Inc. This is an official DivX Ce rtified device that plays D ivX vi deo.
v contents safety an d usage information 1 Safety warnings .......................................... 1 Safety precautions ....... ............................... 3 Important usage information ....................... 6 introd ucing your mo bile phone 9 Unpack .
vi contents Use basic call functions ............................ 22 Send and view messages .................. ....... 23 Add and find contacts .............................. 26 Use basic camera functions ............... ....... 27 Listen to music ...
1 safety and usage information Comply with the following precaution s to avoid dangerous or illegal situations and ensu re peak performance of your mobile phone. Keep your phone away fro m small children and pets Keep your phone and all accessori es out of the reac h of small ch ildren or animals.
2 safety and us age information Install mobile phones and equipment with caution Ensure th at any mobile phones or rel a ted equipm ent instal led in y our vehi cle are sec urely mounted. A void placing yo ur phone and accessor ies near or in an air bag deployment area.
3 safety and us age information Turn off t he phone in potentia lly explosive environments Do not use your phone at ref uelli ng points (ser vice stati ons) or nea r fuels o r chem icals. T urn o ff your phone whe never direct ed by warning sig ns or instruct ions.
4 safety and us age information Turn off the phone near medical equipment Y our pho ne can interf ere with m edical equipm ent in hospitals o r health care fa cilitie s. Follow al l regulations, posted warni ngs, and directi o ns from medical perso n nel.
5 safety and us age information • Avoid using or storing your phon e in dusty , dirty are as to prev ent dama ge to mov ing parts. • Y ou r phon e is a com plex electron ic devi ce— prote ct it from impac ts and ro ugh handling to avoid serious damage.
6 safety and us age information Use your phone in the normal position Avoid contact with yo ur phone ’ s i nternal antenna. Allow only qualified personnel to service your phone Allowin g unqu alified p ersonne l to ser vic e yo ur phone m a y resul t in damage to yo ur phon e and will void your warranty .
7 safety and us age information Ensure access to emerg ency services Emerge ncy call s from your ph one ma y not be possible in some area s or ci rcumstan ces. Befo re tr avelling i n remote or undev eloped areas, pla n an alt ernate meth od of co ntacting emerg ency ser v ices pe rsonnel .
8 safety and us age information not be disposed with othe r househ old wastes at the end of its working li fe. T o prevent possible harm to the en vironm ent or human health fro m uncontrol led waste .
9 introducing your mobile phone In this section, learn abou t your mobile phone’ s layout, keys, display , and icons. Unpack Check your product box for the following items: •M o b i l e p h o n e .
10 introducing y our mobile phone Phone layout The front of yo ur phone inc ludes the followi ng keys and features: The rear of you r phon e in cludes the follo wing keys and features: Front c amera l.
11 introducing y our mobile phone Keys Key Function Dial Make or answer a call; In Idle mode, retrie ve recently dialled, missed, or received numbers Back In Menu mode, retur n to the previous leve l .
12 introducing y our mobile phone Display Y o ur phone’ s display consists of the followi n g areas: Icons Learn about the ic ons that appear on your disp lay .
13 introducing y our mobile phone V oice call in progress Video call in progress Memory card inse rted Alarm activated Browsing the web Connected to secur ed web page Roaming (outside of normal ser vi.
14 introducing y our mobile phone Configurati on message full Normal profile activated Silent profile activated Driving profile activated Meeting profile activate d Outdoor pr ofile activat ed Offline profile activated Battery power level Current ti me Icon Definition M8800.
15 assembling and preparing your mobile phone Get started by assembling and setting up your mobile phone for its first use. Install the SIM or USIM card and battery When yo u subscr ibe to a cellul ar.
16 assembling an d preparing your mobile p hone T o in stall the SIM or US IM card a nd batter y , 1. Remove the battery cover . 2. In sert the SIM or USIM card . If the phone is on, press and hold [ ] to turn it off. Place the SIM or USIM card in the phone with the gold-coloured contacts facing down.
17 assembling an d preparing your mobile p hone 3. Insert the batter y . 4. Replace the battery cover . Charge the battery Before u sing the phone for the first tim e, yo u must cha rge the batter y . 1. Open the cover to the multi function ja ck and plug t he small end of th e travel adap ter into the multifunct ion jack.
18 assembling an d preparing your mobile p hone 3. Wh en the batter y i s fully charged (the icon is no lo nger m oving), u nplug the travel adapter fr om the power out let. 4. Un plug the travel adapter from th e phon e. 5. Close t he cover to the multif unctio n jack.
19 using basic functions Learn how to perform ba sic operation s and use the main features of your mobi le phone. Turn your phone on and off T o turn your phon e on, 1. Press and hold [ ]. 2. Ente r your PIN an d tap Confirm (if necessar y). T o turn your phone off, repeat step 1 above.
20 usin g bas ic f unct ions Access menus T o access your phone’ s me nus, 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → a men u. 2. Se lect a m enu or option. 3. Press the Back key to move up one level; Press [ ] twice to return to Idle mode.
21 usin g bas ic f unct ions Add the widgets to the idle screen 1. Open the too lbar . 2. Drag a widget from the toolbar to the idle screen. Y o u can p osition th e widget anyw here on the scr een. Change the widgets 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Setting s → Display and light → Widget .
22 usin g bas ic f unct ions Lock your phone 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Se ttings → Security . 2. T ap On under Phone lock . 3. Enter a new 4- to 8-d igit password and tap Confirm . 4. Enter the new password agai n and tap Confirm . Use basic call functions Lear n to make o r answe r calls and use basi c call fu nctions.
23 usin g bas ic f unct ions Use the speakerphone feature 1. D uring a call, tap Speaker → Ye s to activat e the speake r . 2. T o switch back to the earpiece , tap Speaker .
24 usin g bas ic f unct ions Send an email 1. In Idle m ode, tap Messa ges → Crea te message → Email . 2. T ap Ta p to add re cipient → Enter manually . 3. Enter an emai l address and tap Done . 4. T ap Ta p to add s ubject . 5. Enter a subject and tap Done .
25 usin g bas ic f unct ions Enter text using the keypad 1. Change t he text input me thod to Keypad . 2. T ap the appropriate virtu al key to enter text. • T o change case or use nu mbers or symbols, tap Abc . • T o enter text in T9 mode, tap T9 .
26 usin g bas ic f unct ions Enter text using th e handwriting bo x2 1. Change t he text input me thod to Handwriting box 2 . 2. Write each charact er in the writ ing area at the bottom of the scree n. T o chang e case or use numbe rs or symbols, tap Abc .
27 usin g bas ic f unct ions Use basic camera functions Learn th e basic s to c apture a nd view ph otos and vide os. Capture photos 1. Rotate the pho ne anti-clockwise to landsca pe view . 2. In Idle mode, pr ess and hol d the Camera key to tu rn on the camer a .
28 usin g bas ic f unct ions Capture videos 1. Rotate the pho ne anti-clockwise to landsca pe view . 2. In Idle mode, pr ess and hol d the Camera key to tu rn on the camer a . 3. T ap to switch to Recording mode . 4. Aim the le ns at the subjec t and ma ke any adjustments.
29 usin g bas ic f unct ions T o make calls or send messages from ph otos, 1. Select a photo with a face tag by pressin g and holding [ ]. 2. T ap . The face tag appears with the name . 3. T ap Opt ions → Call or Message . Listen to music Lear n how to li sten to musi c via the mus ic player or FM radio.
30 usin g bas ic f unct ions • Copy to your memory card. X p. 36 • Synchroni se with W ind ows Media Player 11 . X p. 37 After transferring music files to your phone or memory card, 1. In Idle mode, tap Menu → Music → Music player . 2. Sele ct a mu sic ca tegor y → a mu sic file.
31 usin g bas ic f unct ions Bookmark your favourite web pages 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Applications → Browser → Bookmarks . 2. T ap Add . 3. Enter a page title and a web address (URL). 4. T ap Sav e . Zoom on a web page Add a bookmark Open a list of saved bookmarks Change the view mode Icon Function M8800.
32 using advanced functions Learn how to perform advanced operations and use additional fea t ures of your mobile phone. Use advanced call functions Learn abou t your phone’ s additio nal calling capabilities. View and dial missed ca lls Y our phone wi ll displ a y ca lls you have missed on the displ ay .
33 using advan ced functions Dial a second call If your ne twork supports this function, you can dial an other number duri ng a call: 1. T ap Hold to place the first call on hold. 2. T ap Keypa d , enter th e secon d numbe r to dial, an d press [ ]. 3.
34 using advan ced functions Call a contact from Phonebo ok Y ou can call nu mbers di rectl y from Phoneboo k using st ored con tacts. X p. 26 1. In Idle m ode, tap Phonebook . 2. Scro ll to t he numb er yo u want to dial and tap or press [ ] to dial.
35 using advan ced functions Create a gr oup of contacts By crea ting groups of contacts, you can assign group names, ringtones, caller ID pho tos, and vibrati o n type to e ach group or sen d messages and ema ils to an entire g roup. Start by c reating a group: 1.
36 using advan ced functions Insert tex t templates in new messages 1. T o start a new message, tap Messa ges → Create mes sage → a message type. 2. T ap Mo re → Insert → Text templat e → a template. Create a message fr om a multim edia t emplate 1.
37 using advan ced functions 4. Using an optional PC data cab le, conn ect the mu ltifuncti on jack on your phone to a PC. When co nnected, a pop- up window wil l appear on the PC. 5. Select Open fo lder to view files in the pop-up wi ndow on the PC. 6.
38 using advan ced functions 7. Selec t the new playli st. 8. T ap Add → Tracks . 9. Sele ct the fi les you wa nt to include and tap Add . Customise your music play er settin gs Learn to adjust the playback a nd sound setti n gs fo r your musi c player .
39 using tools and applications Learn how to work with your mo bile phone’ s tools and additional app lications. Use the Bluetooth wireless feature Learn abou t your phone’ s ability to c onnect to othe r wireless device s for exchang ing data and using hand s-free feat ures.
40 using tool s and applications Find an d pair w ith ot her Bluet ooth- enabled devices 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Applications → Bluetooth → Se arch . 2. Sele ct and drag a device icon into the centre. 3. Enter a PIN for the Bl uetooth wirele ss feature or the other de vice’ s Bluetoot h PIN, if it has one, and tap Done .
41 using tool s and applications T o use Remote SIM mode, start t he Bluetoo th connec tion fro m a Bluet ooth han ds-free c ar kit. Activate and send an SOS message When y ou hav e an em ergenc y , you can send an SOS m essage a sking for he lp. 1. In Idle m ode, tap Mess ages → SOS messages → Sending options .
42 using tool s and applications 3. T ap On to turn on the mobile tracker . 4. T ap Recipients to open the recipien t list. 5. T ap the recipie nt field. 6. En ter a ph one nu mber a nd tap Done . 7. T ap OK to save the recipients. 8. T ap Sende r . 9.
43 using tool s and applications 3. Contr ol the pl ayback using the fo llowing icons: Edit images Lear n to edit image s and apply fu n effects. Apply effects to images 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → My files → Images → My photo s → a photo f ile.
44 using tool s and applications 5. When you are fi nished with a djustme nt, tap Files → Save as . 6. Select a memor y locatio n (if necessar y). 7. Enter a new file na me for the image an d tap Done . Transform an image 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → My files → Images → My photo s → a photo f ile.
45 using tool s and applications 5. T ap Done . 6. When you a re finish ed addi ng visual features, tap Files → Save as . 7. Select a memor y locatio n (if necessar y). 8. Enter a new file na me for the image an d tap Done . Add a me mo 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → My files → Images → My photo s → a photo f ile.
46 using tool s and applications Edit videos Learn to edit vi deo files and apply visual effe cts. Trim any segment 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Applications → Video editor . 2. T ap Files → Import image or Import video . 3. Select an image or video category → an image o r video → Add .
47 using tool s and applications 6. T ap to play the video and tap Split point → Split to divide the file into two clips. 7. Insert an image or video as desired betwee n the clips. 8. When you ar e finished , tap More → Export → Video → Yes . T o save the proje ct for futur e use, tap More → Files → Sa ve projec t .
48 using tool s and applications Add sound track 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Applications → Video editor . 2. T ap Files → Import image or Import video . 3. Select an image or video category → an image o r video → Add . For an i mage, s elect th e duratio n that the image displays.
49 using tool s and applications Use RSS reader Learn to use RSS reader to get the late st news and inf ormat ion fr om your fa vouri te websites. Create feeds 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Applications → RSS reader . 2. T ap Add . 3. T ap the URL input fi eld.
50 using tool s and applications 3. T ap Accept to conf irm that you ag ree to the general disc laimer . 4. Selec t the desti nations you want to add and tap Save . If you select Update blog lists , new destination sites a re added to the list automatically .
51 using tool s and applications Launch applications 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Applications → Games and m ore → an application. 2. T ap More to access a list of various options and setti n gs fo r your appli cation. Create and view world clocks Learn to view the time in a nother city and set world clocks to appe ar on your display .
52 using tool s and applications Stop an alarm When th e alarm sounds , • Drag the slider to Stop to sto p an alarm without sn ooze. • Dr ag the slider to Stop to stop an alarm with snooze or drag t he slid er to Snooze to sile nce the alar m for th e snooze peri od.
53 using tool s and applications 3. T ap Start to begi n the coun tdown. 4. T ap Stop to p ause the coun tdown. 5. Wh en the timer e xpires, d rag the slide r to Stop to stop the al erts. Use the stopwatch 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Applications → Stopwatch .
54 using tool s and applications 3. Using the tools, make a sketch. 4. T o delete text, stamps, or im ages that you added, tap an item → More → De lete . 5. T o add motion to the sk etch, use one of t he follo wing methods: •T a p More → Motion → Preset → an object → a motion type → OK .
55 using tool s and applications Create an event 1. In Idle m ode, tap Menu → Organiser → Calendar . 2. T ap Create schedule . 3. Enter th e details of the event as r equired.
a troubleshooting If you are having troub le with your mobil e phone, try these tro ubleshooting pr ocedures befor e contacti ng a se rv ice pr ofessiona l.
b troubleshooti ng Y our phone displa ys “Service unavailable” or “Network error.” • Wh en you are in areas with weak signals o r poor re ception, you may lose re ception. Move to an other ar ea and try a gain. • Y ou c annot ac cess some options withou t a subsc riptio n .
c troubleshooti ng The audio quality of the call is poor . • Ensure t hat you are not bl ocking the phon e’ s internal a ntenna. • Wh en you are in areas with weak signals o r poor re ception, you may lose re ception. Move to an other ar ea and try a gain.
d index alarms creating, 51 deactivating, 52 stopping, 52 batter y charging, 17 installing, 15 low battery indicator, 18 Blueto oth activating, 39 receiving data, 40 remote SIM mode, 40 sending data, .
e index count down ti mer see tools, countdown timer display - viewing o n TV, 42 editor see tools, video editor headset 23 intern et see web browser Java accessing applications, 51 launching games, 5.
f index SIM card 15 SOS message 41 stopwatch see tools, stopwatch synchroni sation creating a profile, 48 starting, 48 temp lates inserting, 36 multimedia, 35 text, 35 text creating memos, 53 entering.
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Declaration of Conformity (R&TTE) We, Samsung Ele ctronics declare under our sole responsibilit y that the product GSM WCDMA Mobile Phone : M8800 to which th is declaration relates, is in confo rmity with the fo llowing standards and/ or other normative do cuments.
Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depen ding on the softwar e of the phone or your service p rovider . World Wide Web http://www .samsungmobile.com Printed in Korea Code No.:GH68-20596A English (EU). 12/2010. Rev . 1.6 M8800-co ver.
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