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
››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
Turn your device on and off
Getting started
››Device layout
Get to know your device
Speaker
Keys
››Idle screen
››Indicator icons
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
››Add new screens
Launch and manage applications
››Launch multiple applications
››Use the task manager
››Open the widget panel
Use widgets
Applications → Yes
Customise your device
Menu mode, select Settings → General → Date and time
››Organise the widget panel
››Add new panels to the idle screen
››Switch to Silent mode
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Change your ringtone
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
You can lock your device by activating the device password
››Adjust the brightness of the display
Menu mode, select Settings → General → Security
››Lock your device
››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
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
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
Messages
Logs
››View call logs
You can view logs of your calls filtered by their types
Menu mode, select Settings → Network →
››Set up an MMS profile
››Send a text message
Connections → Yes
››Send a multimedia message
Settings Traffic class When you are finished, select Save
Select a connection profile
››Listen to voice mail messages
››View a text or multimedia message
››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
Option Function Incoming
››Send an email message
Select an email message
››View an email message
Enter your email address for
Exchange server
Option Function Domain
ChatON
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 beauty photo
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
››Capture a panoramic photo
Select → Smile shot
Select a direction Make any necessary adjustments
››Customise camera settings
››Capture a vintage photo
Option Function Auto contrast
Adjust the sensitivity of the camera
Subject and background
Imaging sensor
››Record a video
Default storage location Switch to the camera
To play a video, select
Reset menus and recording options
››Customise camcorder settings
››Play a video
Videos
Number Function
Play the video on other devices
Supported file formats
Gallery
Skip forward Scan forward in a file tap and hold
Page
Play a video
Music
››Play a slideshow
››Add music files to your device
››Play music
Open the playlist
Music Hub
››Access the album view
››Create a playlist
Select Playlists →
››Listen to the FM radio
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
Contacts
Personal information
››Create a contact
››Find a contact
››Create your namecard
››Set a favourite number
››Retrieve contacts from your community accounts
Menu mode, select Settings → Contacts → Accounts
››Create a group of contacts
Accounts list you added will appear
››Import or export contacts
Calendar
››Create an event
→ Memory card
››View events
››Stop an event alarm
››Create a task
Task
››View tasks
Voice recorder
Memo
››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
Navigation
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
Select History or Most visited
Samsung Apps
Synchronise
››Set up a synchronisation profile
››Start synchronisation
Be synchronised
Google
YouTube
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Bluetooth
Connectivity
→ Always on
››Send data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Wi-Fi
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Customise the connection profile
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
››Customise Dlna settings for sharing media files
Setup WPS
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
When you are finished, select
››Activate the GPS feature
Menu mode, select Settings → Location → Sensor aiding
››Enable sensor aiding
Menu mode, select Settings → Location → My position
››Enhance the GPS functionality
Australia, Austria, Belgium, China
TV connections TV out mode
Denmark, England, Finland, Germany
Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands
››Connect with Samsung Kies
PC connections
››Connect as a mass storage device
››Use your device as a wireless modem
Menu mode, select Settings → Connectivity → VPN → New
››Set up VPN connections
User name Enter your user name Password Enter your password
VPN connections
››Connect to a private network
Menu mode, select Settings → Connectivity → VPN
Option Function Select a certificate authority CA Auth type
Identify you
Calculator
Tools
Caster
››Send data to your device
Clock
››Set a new alarm
››View transferred data
To delete the data, select
››Delete an alarm
››Stop an alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the stopwatch
Menu mode, select Clock → Timer
››Use the count-down timer
My files
››Supported file formats
››View a file
››Set a sound clip as your ringtone
››Set an image as your wallpaper
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
Access the Settings menu
Settings
Flight mode
Network
Location
Customise the settings related with GPS connections
Connectivity
Display
Sound
Incoming call
Notification
››Date and time
General
››Voice input and output
››Language
››Installation location
››Accessibility
››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
View, set up, or delete email or SNS accounts
››Reset
Accounts
Notification
Call
Customise the settings for messaging features
››Alert repetition
Set how often the phone will alert you to new messages
››Multimedia messages
››Text messages
View, set up, or delete email accounts
Customise the settings for email features
››Email accounts
››Sending options
››Receiving options
Change the view mode
››Block emails
››Threaded list
Export to memory card Export memos to the memory card
Import from memory card Import memos from 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
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