SCH-a610 Series
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Contents
Voice Mail
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Call timer
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SCH-a610 closed view
SCH-a610 open view
Navigation Key shortcuts
Menu quick reference
Quick Reference
Introduction
Key features of the SCH-a610
How to use this guide
Antenna
Backlight features
Lcd Keypad Power save
Understand your phone
Left soft key
Power save mode
End key
Right soft key
Clear key
Turn the Service LED on or off
Headset connector
Service LED
Send key
Microphone
Alpha-Numeric keypad
Speaker
@metro
Camera key
Camera shutter key
Camera wheel
Display screen icons
Your phone’s display
Understand your phone
Swivel flip
Install the battery
Remove the battery
Use the desktop charger
Charge the battery
Battery indicator
Low battery warning
Your phone’s modes
Call Answer mode
Input mode
Lock mode
Talk mode
Standby mode
Receive messages in standby mode
Adjust the ringer setting
Enter silent mode
Exit silent mode
Vibrate mode
Turn your phone off
Obtaining service for your phone
Get Started
Turn your phone on
Incoming
Call notification features
Make and answer calls
Outgoing
Off After 5 sec After 3 sec After 1 sec
Call answer
Auto Answer
Ignore an incoming call
LCD backlight setting
Step ringer
Silence an incoming ringer
Voice Mail
Voice mail setup
Access voice mail
Checking your voice mail is simple. In standby mode
Message
Menus and sub menus
Menus and sub menus
Volume
Return to the previous menu
Menu navigation
In-Use Menu Function
Navigate using a shortcut
In-Use menu
Press the left soft key Mute again. Your call will be muted
Mute a call
Standby mode, press the left soft key Menu, then Press
MyMetro
Monthly Bill
MetroConnect
Request Bal Pay Monthly Bill
MetroPCS Card
Menu Function
Phone Book
Opening your Phone Book
Find Function
Find
Find by Name
Option Description
Find by entry
Find by group
Number Mail
Add entries to your Phone Book
T9 word
Symbol 123
Rename groups
Editing Phone Book numbers
Adding pauses
Pause
Pause dialing using the Phone Book
Storing pauses in Phone Book entries
Press to dial the number
Use the navigation key to highlight Erase
Manual pause calling
Erasing Phone Book entries
Appears in the display
Editing an e-mail address
Assigning speed dial types
Assigning speed dial locations to Phone Book entries
Assigning pictures to Phone Book entries
Add a New Entry
Storing numbers after a call
For Outgoing, for Incoming, for Missed
Storing call log numbers
Add to an existing entry
Two-touch dialing
Shortcuts for storing numbers
Speed dialing methods
One-touch dialing
Memory
My phone #
Option Function
Calls
Outgoing calls
Missed calls
Incoming calls
Outgoing, Incoming or Missed
Erasing call logs
Erasing individual logs
Erase All Calls
Talk
Review calls
Press to exit the Option menu
Call timer
Calling services
Call waiting
Three-way calling
Caller ID
Call Block
Text entry modes
Text Entry Function Mode
Abc, Symbol, 123, and T9 Word
Messages
Text Format Canned Msg
ABC mode
Change text entry modes
T9 Word text entry
M S U N G
Mode
Sending text messages
Symbol mode
To send your message, press the left soft key Send
Appear in the display
Delivery Set Time Sage to be sent
Message Send options
Menu Send Options Function
Save Text, Save Msg, Save Address, or Block Address
Receiving text messages
Receive messages while on a call
Sending picture messages in camera mode
Delete
Record New
My Melody
Preloaded
Indicates the send status
Sending picture messages in standby mode
Bar indicates the send status
Press the down navigation key to highlight the Sound field
My Melody
Create a slide show
Option Function
Messages67
View a picture message later
Receiving picture messages
Rejecting picture messages
Retrieving picture messages
Voice folder
Message folders
Save Addr
Inbox folder
Forward
Save Msg
Outbox folder
Text Pix Msg
Draft folder
Use the navigation key to highlight Pix Msg, then press
Take a Pix
Insert a melody that you’ve downloaded using
123, T9 Word
ABC, Symbol
General
Message settings
Text message settings
Web alerts
Option Sub Function Menu
Picture message settings
Erasing individual message folders
General message settings
Erasing folder messages
Voice Inbox Outbox Draft Saved All Messages
Erase All Messages
@metro Options
@metro
View Log
Disable or Remove an application
Information
Application
Launch Mobile Web
Stored web content
To enable security before proceeding
Mobile Web
Press to exit Mobile Web
Exit Mobile Web
Navigate the web
Mobile Web soft keys
Key Name Function
How Mobile Web keys work
Following table lists Mobile Web keys and their functions
Links
Place a call while using Mobile Web
Camera Help
Camera
Rotate the camera
Taking pictures
Icon Name Function
Take a picture with the flip open
Take a picture with the flip closed
Represent various camera functions
Brightness
Saving pictures
Zoom
Flash
View the Gallery in thumbnails
Other Camera features
Delay pictures with the Self Timer
View the Gallery
Off Sec 10 sec
Resolution Setting Number of pictures taken
Flash Brightness Self Timer Fun Frame Multi Shot
Use Multi Shot
When Flash, Resolution, Fun Frames, and Color Tones
Camera Settings
Using the flash
Fun Frames
Change picture resolution
Border pictures with Fun Frames
Color Tone Description
Be creative with Color Tones
Is highlighted
Use Shutter Sound
Set Brightness
Quality setting
Zoom in on a subject
Use the navigation key to highlight Brightness, then press
Point, click, and send a picture
Voice kit
Voice kit commands
Command Function
Tools
Say Digit Dial
Tips for adapting Digit Dial
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Adapt Digit Dial to your Voice
Say Name Dial
Press , , for Voice Setup Press , for Reset Digits
Name Dial
Phone prompts, Use the keypad to enter the name
Quick Dial
Enter the name via the keypad and press
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Say Quick Dial Phone prompts, Who would you like to call?
Review your Quick Dial list
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Voice Memos
Recording
Options listed in the following table
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Phonebook
New Event
Enter details of the event using the keypad. Press the left
Today
Add a new event
View
Scheduler
View an event
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To Do List
Enter details of the task using the keypad. Press the left
Jump to date
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Add, Edit, and Erase To-Do List tasks
Review, add, edit, and erase memos
Memo pad
112
Enter details for the Count Down event using the keypad
Count Down
Review, add, edit, and erase Count Down events
Once Daily Off
Alarm clock
114
Turn off the alarm
When an alarm sounds
116
Enable Daylight Savings Time DST
World Time
Calculator
118
Setup
Location setting Function
Location
Sub Menu Function
Display
Menu Style
120
Animation
Banner
Press to the new banner
Lcd
Backlight
Auto hyphen
122
Volume/Vibrate
Sounds
Ringer type
Use the navigation key to highlight Preloaded, then press
Key Beep
124
Power on/off
Alerts
Set NAM
Whisper mode
Network
Roam ringer
Home only, Automatic-A, or Automatic-B, then press
Security
Lock Phone
126
Now
Change Lock
128
Emergency #
Voice Privacy
130
Restriction
Erase memory
Shortcut
Reset Phone
Gallery Alarm Calculator Memo Pad
Others
English Spanish
Language
132
Off Every 10 sec Every 30 sec Every 60 sec
Auto Retry
Baud Rate
Data
134
Auto Detect
Version
Display Press to return to the Setup menu
Getting the Most Out of Your Reception
Usage guidelines All about performance and safety
Understanding the Power Save Feature
Knowing Radio Frequency Safety
Maintaining Your Phone’s Peak Performance
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Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone
Using Your Phone While Driving
Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices
Following Safety Guidelines
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Turning Off Your Phone Before Flying
Turning Off Your Phone in Dangerous Areas
Restricting Children’s Access to your Phone
Caring for the Battery
Disposal of Lithium Ion Li-Ion Batteries
Acknowledging Special Precautions
FCC Notice
More than one month 32º F to 104º F 0º C to 40º C
Body-Worn Operation
FDA Consumer Update
Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
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What is FDA’s role concerning the safety of wireless phones?
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What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?
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What are the results of the research done already?
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What about children using wireless phones?
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Where can I find additional information?
Ctia Safety Information Exposure to radio frequency signals
Phone operation
Antenna care
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Driving
Electronic devices
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For vehicles equipped with an air bag
Aircraft
Blasting areas
Potentially explosive atmospheres
User Guide Proprietary Notice
Owners record
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Limited Warranty
What is Covered and For How Long?
What is Not Covered?
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What are SAMSUNG’s Obligations?
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What Are the Limits On SAMSUNG’s Liability?
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Talk mode
Self timer
Setup menu 118
Standby mode
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