Contents
To install Kies PC Sync
GT-S8500
Instructional icons
Using this manual
Copyright information
About Divx Video About Divx VIDEO-ON-DEMAND
Contents
Entertainment
Personal information
Web
Settings
Connectivity
Tools
Troubleshooting
Safety and usage information
Index
Install the SIM or Usim card and battery
Assembling
Unpack
Gold-coloured contacts facing down
To turn it off Remove the back cover
Insert the battery Replace the back cover
Charge the battery
Multifunction jack
By misuse is not covered by the warranty
›› Charge with the travel adapter
Device
On a PC
Insert a memory card optional
›› Charge with the PC data cable
Before charging, ensure that your PC is turned on
Lift the memory card cover and insert a memory card
Memory card
When inserting the memory card
›› Remove the memory card
›› Format the memory card
Getting started
Turn your device on and off
To turn on your device Press and hold
›› Device layout
Get to know your device
›› Idle screen
›› Keys
Icon Definition
››Indicator icons
Bluetooth hands-free car kit or headset
Your region or service provider Connected
›› Shortcuts panel
Use the touch screen
Your device turns off the touch screen when you
Access menus
To access your device’s menus
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
Bottom line
›› Organise applications in Menu mode
Mode
Select Edit at the top left of the screen
›› Use the task manager
Launch and manage applications
›› Add new main menu screens
›› Launch multiple applications
›› Open the widget toolbar
Use widgets
›› Add new panels to the idle screen
Menu mode, select Settings → Menu and widgets → Widget
Customise your device
›› Manage web-based widgets
›› Set up a sound profile
›› Adjust the volume of the key tones
›› Adjust the vibration intensity Touch screen
›› Switch to the silent profile
›› Adjust the brightness of the display
›› Change the order of tabs
→ Wallpaper
Done
›› Lock your device
›› Lock your SIM or Usim card
Select Phone lock
Select Mobile tracker
Enter text
›› Activate the mobile tracker
Change the text input method
Enter text using input methods
Copy and paste text
Select Predictive text
Adding words to the T9 dictionary
Text field
Starting point
Text onto the clipboard
Field
Make a call
Communication
Calling
›› Make and answer a call
Call an international number
›› Use the headset
›› Use options during a voice call
Reject a call
Reduction on
Switch to video call
›› View and dial missed calls
Select → Switch to headset
To customise the video call settings, select → Settings
›› Use options during a video call
›› Use additional features
Set auto rejection
Make a fake call
Set call diverting
Use Fixed Dialling Number FDN mode
Set call waiting
Logs
›› View call and message logs
Set call barring
››View the log manager
→ Log
Manager
Network → Connections → Yes
›› Set up an MMS profile
Messages
›› Send a text message
›› Send a multimedia message
Profiles Select a connection profile → Set
Add
›› View a text or multimedia message
→ Folder view
→ Conversation view
Create a multimedia template
›› Listen to voice mail messages
›› Use message templates
Create a text template
Select OK. Skip to step
›› Send an SOS message
Select Save
Sending options
Set up an email account
›› Set up an email account and profile
Compose
→ Settings →
›› Send an email message
Select an email profile
›› View an email message
Server
→ Download
Select a messenger
Social Hub
Next to data types to synchronise
Account Select
Entertainment
Camera
›› Capture a photo
Number Function Change the focus mode You can take
To view the photo details, select
To set the photo as your favourites, select
→ Smile shot
›› Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
›› Capture a beauty photo
→ Beauty
›› Capture a series of photos
›› Capture a panoramic photo
→ Continuous
›› Customise camera settings
›› Capture a vintage photo
→ Vintage
Setting Function Guidelines
Automatically adjust contrast
Adjust
→ to access
›› Capture a video
Setting Function Storage
Reset settings
Select To switch to the camcorder
To delete a video, select Delete → Yes
View the photo or video you captured last
To set the video as your favourites, select
To view video details, select
›› Customise camcorder settings
›› Capture a video in slow motion
→ Slow motion
›› Play a video
Video player
Smi files
›› Customise video player settings
Control playback with the following keys Number Function
Subtitles on
›› View a photo
Media browser
›› Add music files to your device
Music player
One file, or repeating all files
›› Play music
View the details of the music file
Bar
›› Access the album list
›› Create a playlist
Select Playlists → → Create
›› Find information of music
›› Customise music player settings
→ Settings
›› Add a song to the quick list
→ Wish list
FM radio
›› Add a song to the wish list
›› Listen to the FM radio
›› Record a song from the FM radio
›› Save a radio station automatically
Number Function Set the FM radio to automatically retune
›› Customise FM radio settings
Games
Games and more
›› Download games and applications
›› Play games or launch applications
Contacts
›› Create a contact
›› Find a contact
›› Set a favourite number
›› Create your namecard
Profile
Accounts
›› Create a group of contacts
›› Copy contacts
›› View events
→ Print via Bluetooth
Calendar
›› Create an event
›› View tasks
›› Stop an event alarm
Task
›› Create a task
›› View memos
Memo
Voice recorder
›› Create a memo
›› Play a voice memo
›› Browse web pages
›› Set up an internet profile
Web
Internet
Number
Navigate web pages with the following keys
›› Bookmark your favourite web pages
›› Customise browser settings
Option Function Set the web browser to
RSS update Activating the auto update
Accessed web pages
ID/password
Add an RSS feed address
Update and read RSS feeds
Samsung Apps
›› Use the RSS reader
Enter a name for the profile
›› Set up a synchronisation profile
Synchronise
Synchronise
Daily briefing
Community websites
›› Start synchronisation
Connectivity
Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth wireless feature
Select a paired device and use the following options
›› Find and pair with other Bluetooth- enabled devices
→ Settings → My phones visibility → Always on → Save
Bluetooth → Search
Files
›› Send data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
›› Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
›› Print data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Options and print the data
Wi-Fi
›› Use Remote SIM mode
›› Activate the Wlan feature
Forget
Wi-Fi
›› Find and connect to a Wlan
›› Customise the connection profile
AllShare
Device type
Minutes
AllShare
›› Customise Dlna settings for sharing Media files
›› Play your files on another DLNA- enabled device
AllShare → Settings
›› Play others files on your device
›› Play files of one device on the other device
Player via my phone
Option Function Hide my
Mobile AP
Option Function Name
View or edit the network key to
Location
›› View your location
TV connections TV out mode
›› Update the GPS functionality
TV out
USB → Samsung Kies → Set
PC connections
›› Connect with Samsung Kies
›› Synchronise with Windows Media Player
USB → Mass storage → Set
›› Connect as a mass storage device
Create a modem connection on your PC
›› Use your device as a wireless modem
Tools
›› Set a new alarm
›› Stop an alarm
›› Delete an alarm
View
›› Use the count-down timer
›› Create a world clock
›› Use the stopwatch
›› View a Mini diary
Calculator
Mini diary
›› Create a Mini diary
›› Change the auto sync schedule
My accounts
›› Create a web account
›› Delete or edit my accounts
Select the dot next to Push sync
My files
›› Supported file formats
Select Push sync
›› View a file
›› Set an image as your wallpaper
Print an image using a USB connection
Print an image using the Bluetooth wireless feature
›› Print an image
Transform an image
Adjust an image
›› Edit an image
Apply effects to images
Insert a visual feature
›› Edit a video
Make a new video
Add text
Trim a segment of a video
Import a video Select a video → Effects
Split a video
Apply an effect to a video
Add caption to a video
›› Search on the Samsung Mobile Site
Content
Smart search
›› Search for files or data in the device
Menu mode, select Settings
Settings
Access the Settings menu
Flight mode
Sound profiles
Call
Message and email
Display and light
General
Wallpaper Select a background image for the idle screen
Date and time
Vibration
Time zone Set your home time zone
Menu and widgets
Applications
›› Call
Video call
General settings
›› Messages
Voice call
Receiving options
Text messages
›› Email
Push messages
Broadcast messages
Customise other account settings
›› Media player
›› Contacts
›› Calendar
›› Internet
›› Social network profiles
›› Photo upload settings
›› Installation settings
Security
Reset
Change PIN Change the PIN used to access SIM or Usim data
Memory
SIM applications
About phone
Your device displays Service unavailable or Network error
Troubleshooting
Incoming calls are not connected
Touch screen responds slowly or improperly
Calls are being dropped
Outgoing calls are not connected
Audio quality is poor
When dialling from contacts, the call is not connected
Battery does not charge properly or the device turns off
Others cannot hear you speaking on a call
Error messages appear when launching the camera
Error messages appear when launching the FM radio
Your device is hot to the touch
Error messages appear when opening music files
Another Bluetooth device is not located
Your device freezes or has fatal errors
Handle and dispose of batteries and chargers with care
Install mobile devices and equipment with caution
Keep your device away from small children and pets
Protect your hearing
Avoid interference with pacemakers
Turn off the device in potentially explosive environments
Reduce the risk of repetitive motion injuries
Drive safely at all times
Follow all safety warnings and regulations
Use only Samsung-approved accessories
Do not use the device if the screen is cracked or broken
Avoid interference with other electronic devices
Handle your device carefully and sensibly
Use your device in the normal position
Allow only qualified personnel to service your device
Ensure maximum battery and charger life
Ensure access to emergency services
Correct disposal of this product
Specific Absorption Rate SAR certification information
Correct disposal of batteries in this product
Disclaimer
Safety and usage information
Index
Access codes 125 alarms
Bluetooth DLNA GPS PC TV WLAN
112
107
Sending 43 setting profiles 42 viewing
See web browser
Downloading 71 playing
Menu and widgets 116 motion
106
Images via USB
123
Videos capturing 58 capturing videos in slow motion
Video editor
Wlan
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GSM Mobile Phone GT-S8500
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