GT-S8530
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Contents
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Assembling
Unpack
Install the SIM or Usim card and battery
Charge the battery
Insert the battery Replace the back cover
››Charge with a travel adapter
Assembling
››Charge with a USB cable
Insert a memory card optional
GB depending on memory card manufacturer and type
››Remove the memory card
››Format the memory card
Getting started
Turn your device on and off
Get to know your device
››Device layout
Speaker
Keys
››Indicator icons
››Idle screen
Getting started
››Notifications panel
Battery power level
Current time
Use the touch screen
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
Access menus
››Organise applications
Launch and manage applications
››Add new screens
››Launch multiple applications
››Use the task manager
››Open the widget panel
Use widgets
Applications → Yes
Menu mode, select Settings → General → Date and time
Customise your device
››Organise the widget panel
››Add new panels to the idle screen
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Switch to Silent mode
››Change your ringtone
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
››Adjust the brightness of the display
You can lock your device by activating the device password
Menu mode, select Settings → General → Security
››Lock your device
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
Enter text
››Change the text input method
Keyboard
››Enter text using input methods
Symbol
Mode Function Select 123 to switch to Number mode
You want
Release the finger on the last character
››Copy and paste text
Repeat steps 2-5 to complete your text
Calling
Communication
››Make or answer a call
→ Call → Reject call with message
Or select to dial the number
››Use a headset
››Use options during a voice call
››Use options during a video call
››View and dial missed calls
››Use additional features
Menu mode, select Settings → Call → Auto reject
Menu mode, select Settings → Call → Call waiting
Set call diverting
Logs
Messages
››View call logs
You can view logs of your calls filtered by their types
››Set up an MMS profile
Menu mode, select Settings → Network →
››Send a text message
Connections → Yes
››Send a multimedia message
Settings Traffic class When you are finished, select Save
Select a connection profile
››View a text or multimedia message
››Listen to voice mail messages
››Create a folder to manage messages
Select Advanced → Add folder
››Send an SOS message
When you are finished setting the recipients, select Save
→ Yes
››Set up an email account and profile
››Send an email message
Option Function Incoming
››View an email message
Select an email message
Enter your email address for
Exchange server
ChatON
Option Function Domain
Server URL
Use SSL
Social Hub
Camera
Entertainment
››Capture a photo
Number of photos you can take according to available memory
››Capture a photo by using preset options for various scenes
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
››Capture a beauty photo
››Capture a panoramic photo
Select → Smile shot
Select a direction Make any necessary adjustments
››Customise camera settings
››Capture a vintage photo
Adjust the sensitivity of the camera
Option Function Auto contrast
Subject and background
Imaging sensor
››Record a video
Default storage location Switch to the camera
To play a video, select
››Customise camcorder settings
Reset menus and recording options
Videos
››Play a video
Number Function
Play the video on other devices
Supported file formats
Gallery
Skip forward Scan forward in a file tap and hold
Page
Music
Play a video
››Play a slideshow
››Add music files to your device
››Play music
Open the playlist
››Access the album view
Music Hub
››Create a playlist
Select Playlists →
FM radio
››Listen to the FM radio
››Record a song from the FM radio
››Save a radio station automatically
››Customise FM radio settings
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
››Download games and applications
Java
››Play games or launch applications
Personal information
Contacts
››Create a contact
››Find a contact
››Set a favourite number
››Create your namecard
Menu mode, select Settings → Contacts → Accounts
››Retrieve contacts from your community accounts
››Create a group of contacts
Accounts list you added will appear
Calendar
››Import or export contacts
››Create an event
→ Memory card
››Stop an event alarm
››View events
››Create a task
Task
››View tasks
Memo
Voice recorder
››Create a memo
››View memos
Speak into the microphone
››Play a voice memo
To record more voice memos, select and repeat steps
››Customise voice recorder settings
Web
››Set up an internet profile
Internet
››Browse web pages
Web
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
Navigation
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
Select History or Most visited
Samsung Apps
››Set up a synchronisation profile
Synchronise
››Start synchronisation
Be synchronised
YouTube
Google
Bluetooth
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Connectivity
→ Always on
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
››Send data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Wi-Fi
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
››Customise the connection profile
Setup WPS
››Customise Dlna settings for sharing media files
Enabled devices
AllShare
Select My device
››Play your files on another DLNA-enabled device
Select Remote device
Mobile network sharing
Unauthorised access to the network
Device Activate the tethering function to use
››Activate the GPS feature
When you are finished, select
››Enable sensor aiding
Menu mode, select Settings → Location → Sensor aiding
Menu mode, select Settings → Location → My position
››Enhance the GPS functionality
TV connections TV out mode
Australia, Austria, Belgium, China
Denmark, England, Finland, Germany
Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands
PC connections
››Connect with Samsung Kies
››Use your device as a wireless modem
››Connect as a mass storage device
››Set up VPN connections
Menu mode, select Settings → Connectivity → VPN → New
User name Enter your user name Password Enter your password
VPN connections
Menu mode, select Settings → Connectivity → VPN
››Connect to a private network
Option Function Select a certificate authority CA Auth type
Identify you
Tools
Calculator
Caster
››Send data to your device
››Set a new alarm
Clock
››View transferred data
To delete the data, select
››Stop an alarm
››Delete an alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the stopwatch
››Use the count-down timer
Menu mode, select Clock → Timer
My files
››Supported file formats
››View a file
››Set an image as your wallpaper
››Set a sound clip as your ringtone
To sort files or folders, select List by
Select More → Set as → Wallpaper → Set
Select the item’s name you want to access
Voice commands
Listening
Settings
Access the Settings menu
Flight mode
Network
Location
Customise the settings related with GPS connections
Connectivity
Sound
Display
Incoming call
Notification
General
››Date and time
››Language
››Voice input and output
››Accessibility
››Installation location
››Motions
››Memory
››Usage
Change PIN Change the PIN used to access SIM or Usim data
››Security
››About phone
››Software update
Certificates View the details of certificates
››Reset
View, set up, or delete email or SNS accounts
Accounts
Notification
Customise the settings for messaging features
Call
››Alert repetition
Set how often the phone will alert you to new messages
››Text messages
››Multimedia messages
Customise the settings for email features
View, set up, or delete email accounts
››Email accounts
››Sending options
Change the view mode
››Receiving options
››Block emails
››Threaded list
Import from memory card Import memos from the memory card
Export to memory card Export memos to the memory card
Music player
Delete saved ID/password Delete all saved IDs and passwords
Delete database Delete all saved web database
Search
Communities’upload
Select the types of items to include in your search
Troubleshooting
Calls are being dropped
Ensure that your device is turned on
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Phone number
Battery does not charge properly or the device turns off
Error messages appear when opening music files
Another Bluetooth device is not located
Safety precautions
Handle and dispose of batteries and chargers with care
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Proper care and use of your mobile device
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Specific Absorption Rate SAR certification information
Correct disposal of this product
Correct disposal of batteries in this product
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Index
Call diverting 46 calls
GPS
PC connections
Video player 67, 70 videos
GSM Wcdma Wi-Fi Mobile Phone GT-S8530
Declaration of Conformity R&TTE
To install Kies PC Sync
Using a USB cable, connect your device to your PC