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