SPH-A540 Series
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Table of Contents
Travel adapter
List of main and sub menus Using your phone’s menus
Your phone’s modes
Getting Started
Phone Book
Calls
Messages
Mobile web
Setup
Calendar
Sounds
Voice
Roaming
Games
In-use menu
All about performance and safety
Limited Warranty
Your Phone as a Network Device
Industry Canada Notice
Your consumer package
Front view of the SPH-A540
Getting to know your phone
Backlight features
Antenna
Clear key
LED indicator
Headset connector
Menu key
Microphone
Navigation
Send key
Display screen
Display screen icons
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To attach the battery to your phone
Installing the battery
Charging the battery
Removing the battery
To remove the battery from your phone
Warranty and may cause damage
Low battery indicator
Using the travel adaptor
Travel adapter
Follow these steps to use you travel adapter
Your phone’s modes
Silent mode
Power save mode
Standby mode
Your phone goes into standby mode
Vibrate mode
Talk mode
Standby mode
To change the setting
Getting Started
Getting service
Turning your phone on
To turn your phone on
Turning your phone off
When you receive a call
Several ways to answer a call
To turn your phone off
List of main and sub menus
1General 1Scroll Timer 2Msg. Remind
1Minute Beep 2Service 3Connect 4Disconnect
Accessing menus using the navigation key
Using your phone’s menus
Accessing menus using shortcut numbers
Returning to the previous menu
Calls
Following steps are a sample exercise to access games
Outgoing
Incoming
Missed
Reviewing calls
Erase history
To view Air Time from standby mode
Keeping track of call activity
Air time
Last call
Total
Last Call Total Erase All LifeTime
Erase All
LifeTime
To erase your total air time
Caller I.D
Call waiting
To answer this call
To activate call block
Phone Book
To access your Phone Book
Three way calling
To place a three way call
Find name
Add new entry
My phone #
Setting secret
Find entry
Group search
To change a Phone Book entry
Editing phone book numbers
Adding pauses
Storing pauses in a phone book entry
To store a number in your Phone Book that contains pauses
Manual pause calling
Pause dialing from a stored entry
Erasing individual phone book entries
To pause dial from the Phone Book
Send Add Phone# Edit Prepend Erase Send MSG
Erasing your phone book
Setting speed dial
Editing an existing e-mail address
To edit an existing e-mail address
Storing phone numbers from call logs
Storing incoming phone numbers at the end of a call
Shortcuts to storing phone numbers
To store a phone number after ending a call
Two-touch dialing
One-touch dialing
Three-touch dialing
Shortcuts to memory dialing
Memory
Messages
Mobile originating SMS text messaging
Creating SMS text messages
Urgent Normal
To continue, select from the following two menus
Always 30 min Hour Hours Day Days
Save Outbox No Save
Entering text, numbers, and/or symbols
T9English Alpha Symbol Number
Exit
To change the input mode again
Symbol entry
Alphabetical text entry
Entering numbers
New messages
To view your messages
Inbox
Reviewing outbox
Outbox
Callback Reply Forward Save addr Erase Detail Save cb#
To review outgoing messages
You can access Web Alert from the Message menu
Messages and lock mode
Web
Message memory capacity
Scroll timer
Message setup
Erase message
Msg. Remind
Receiving a message while on a call
Receiving a message in standby mode
Reviewing voice mails and text messages
Canned Msg
Message options
Reviewing stored voicemail and text messages in standby mode
Ringer type Message
To activate, view or change the ringer type for messages
Press Ringer Type Press Messages
Mobile web
To launch the MiniBrowser
Launching the minibrowser
WEB Home
Exiting the web/minibrowser
To change the settings
Minibrowser start and end prompts
Minibrowser soft keys
How the minibrowser keys work
Navigating the web
Using links
To set up Data/Fax calls
Making a phone call while using the minibrowser
Data/fax
Data Only
Ending a fax or data call
Receiving a fax
Changing your phone back to voice calling
Sending a fax or data file
To change your phone back to voice calling
Fax calls can be received
Calendar
How to schedule an event
Today
Month view
Alarm, On time, 10Min before, 30Min before, 1Hour before
How to add, edit, or erase an event
Using jump to date
How to view an event
Scheduler
Jump to date
Task list
How to view, edit, add, or erase a task list item
Count down
Creating a task list item
How to view, edit, add or erase a count down timer
Alarm clock
To set the Alarm Clock
Calculator
To perform a calculation
+ Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division
Display
Setup
Backlight
Idle Screen Backlight Banner Auto Hyphen Contrast Version
To set the Backlight
Banner
Folder open Seconds Off
To create a banner
Auto hyphen
Contrast
To set the LCD contrast
To set the Auto Hyphen option
Adjusting voice volume during a call
Adjusting ringer volume rapidly
Sounds
Version
Voice volume
Ringer volume
Ringer type
Ringer type alarm
Ringer type calls
Ringer type data/fax incoming
To activate, view or change the ringer type for your planner
Ringer type planner
Alerts
Key beep
Tone Length
Alerts Minute beep
Alerts service
Alerts connect
Alerts disconnect
Press for Power On/Off
Power on/off
Voice
Roam ringer
Tips on recording names
Voice dial
Record
To program the phone for voice calling
Review
To review voice calling entries
To erase all voice calling entries
Key commands
Games
Set active
Fly Ribbon
Push Push
Object
To open Push Push
Security
Spider Hunter
Lock phone
Calling in lock mode
Locking the phone
Unlocking the phone
To place an outgoing call in lock mode
Lock code
To enter a new lock code
Storing Special #s
Special #s
For any other essential or emergency communications
To store emergency numbers
To call special numbers in lock mode
Calling Special #s in lock mode
Erase PBook
To clear your phone’s memory
To reset the phone
Resetting your phone
Call answer
Auto answer
Language
Roaming
Roaming on other digital networks
Yes
Setting your phone’s roam mode
Roaming on analog networks
You will experience a few differences including
Setting an alert when roam charges apply call guard
Set mode
To turn the Call Guard feature on or off
Setting ringer for roaming calls
To place roaming calls with Call Guard on
To Answer incoming roaming calls with Call Guard on
In-use menu
In-Use menu options are
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Understanding Signal Strength
Usage guidelines All about performance and safety
Understanding the Power Save Mode
Specifications are Subject to Change
Exposure To Radio Frequency Signals
Body-worn Operation
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Phone Operation
Antenna Care
Tips on Efficient Operation
Operating a Motor Vehicle
Vehicles
Other Medical Devices
Posted Facilities
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Blasting Areas
Aircraft
Potentially Explosive Atmospheres
For Vehicles Equipped with an Air bag
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Your Phone as a Network Device
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Information to User
Owners Record
Samsung Phone and Battery Specifications
User Guide Proprietary Notice
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What is covered and for how long?
Limited Warranty
What is not covered?
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What are Samsung’s Obligations?
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What are the limits of SAMSUNG’s liability?
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