Samsung Knack User Manual

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Getting Started 6Battery IndicatorThe battery indicator in the upper-right corner of the display indicates battery power level. Four bars indi

Tools 96•Go To Date: Go to any date that you specify.•Go to Today: View today’s events.•Erase Past: Select a past event to delete.•Erase All: De

97• Reminder: Set a reminder before the event. Select: Off, Once, Every 2 Minutes, Every 15 Minutes.•Alert Time: Set the Alert Time to sound before th

Tools 986.In the pop-up menu that appears in the display, press the Navigation key up or down to highlight Go To Date, then press . 7.Enter the

99specific time. Once set, the alarm clock is easy to change or turn off.Set An Alarm1.From the home screen, press the left soft key Menu.2.Press T

Tools 100(occurrence) of the alarm. Below lists and defines the options for this field.•Once: The alarm sounds only once, at the time specified.

101SnoozeNote: When an alarm sounds, a menu screen displays that allows you to either turn the alarm off or to have the alarm ring again after 5 minut

Tools 1025. Press to clear one entry at a time or press the right soft key Clear to clear all data entered.6.Use the Navigation key to set

103Note: Press the key to enter a decimal point.5.In the area below, the calculator will automatically display the Tip, total bill including the tip

Tools 104Note: Press the key to enter a decimal point. Press to change the sign for a number to a negative.Press the Navigation key left or

1055.You can scroll through other cities by pressing the Navigation keys left or right. To return to the home screen, press .Stop Watch1.From the ho

7Important!: Using a non-supported battery may cause damage to your phone. Use a Samsung supported battery only.Installing the Battery1.Press down, an

Health and Safety Information 106Section 10: Health and Safety InformationThis section outlines the safety precautions associated with using you

107tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can

Health and Safety Information 108Samsung Mobile Products and RecyclingSamsung cares for the environment and encourages its customers to recycle

109distance between the phone and the user's head. These RF exposures are limited by Federal Communications Commission safety guidelines that wer

Health and Safety Information 110level that is hazardous to the user. In such a case, FDA could require the manufacturers of wireless phones to

111these base stations are typically thousands of times lower than those they can get from wireless phones. Base stations are thus not the primary sub

Health and Safety Information 112What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from wireless phones poses a health risk?A combination of

113Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to do research on wireless phone safety. FDA provides the scientific oversight, obtaining input from exp

Health and Safety Information 114teenagers. If you want to take steps to lower exposure to radio frequency energy (RF), the measures described a

115Do wireless phone accessories that claim to shield the head from RF radiation work?Since there are no known risks from exposure to RF emissions fro

Getting Started 83.Slide the battery cover up until it snaps into place.Removing the Battery1. Press down, and slide the battery cover back and

Health and Safety Information 116Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This standard specifies test methods and performance requirements f

117When driving a car, driving is your first responsibility. When using your wireless phone behind the wheel of a car, practice good common sense and

Health and Safety Information 1187. Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may be distracting. Make people you are talking w

119increases as sound is played louder and for longer durations. Prolonged exposure to loud sounds (including music) is the most common cause of preve

Health and Safety Information 120hearing loss. Temporary hearing loss might cause unsafe volumes to sound normal.• Do not listen at any volume t

121Operating EnvironmentRemember to follow any special regulations in force in any area and always switch your phone off whenever it is forbidden to u

Health and Safety Information 122have any questions about using your wireless phone with such a device, consult your health care provider.For mo

123T-Ratings: Phones rated T3 or T4 meet FCC requirements and are likely to generate less interference to hearing devices than phones that are not lab

Health and Safety Information 124adequately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this informa

125powders, and any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine.Emergency CallsThis phone, like any wireless phone,

9Charging the BatteryYour phone is powered by a rechargeable standard Li-ion battery. Only use Samsung-approved charging devices and batteries. Samsun

Health and Safety Information 126others, damage the phone or make calls that increase your phone bill.FCC Notice and CautionsFCC NoticeThe phone

127including both installed or portable wireless equipment in the area over the air bag or in the air bag deployment area. If wireless equipment is im

Health and Safety Information 128power level. This power can range from 0.006 watts to 0.2 watts in digital mode.Maintaining Your Phone's P

129consumption depends on factors such as network configuration, signal strength, operating temperature, features selected, frequency of calls, and vo

Health and Safety Information 130and a possible risk of fire, explosion, leakage, or other serious hazard.• Extreme temperatures will affect the

131• Keep the phone and all its parts and accessories out of the reach of small children.• Keep the phone dry. Precipitation, humidity and liquids con

Warranty Information 132Section 11: Warranty InformationStandard Limited WarrantyWhat is Covered and For How Long? SAMSUNGTELECOMMUNICATIONS AME

133This Limited Warranty covers batteries only if battery capacity falls below 80% of rated capacity or the battery leaks, and this Limited Warranty d

Warranty Information 134OTHERWISE, OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:• THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE

135PROVINCE. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL NOT EXTEND TO ANYONE OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER OF THIS PRODUCT AND STATES PURCHASER'S EXCLUSIVE

Getting Started 102.Plug the wall charger into a standard AC wall outlet.When the phone is completely charged (the battery icon becomes still),

Warranty Information 136Precautions for Transfer and DisposalIf data stored on this device is deleted or reformatted using the standard methods,

137IndexNumerics911 Key 22AAlarm clockicon 25snooze 101turn off the alarm 100Auto Retry 92BBatterycharging 9indicator 6installing 7removing 8CCall Fun

138Creating and Sending Mes-sages 69DDialingone touch 63Displaybacklight 87Drafts folder 76DTMF Tones 91EEmergency Contacts 65Adding Emergency

139speakerphone 25TTY 24voice call 23Installing the Battery 7LLeft soft key 19MMaking a call 27Menu Navigation 44menu outline 46Menu Number Accelera-t

140Return to the previous menu 44Reviewing sent 74Right soft key 19SSAR values 106Send key 21Sent, reviewing messages 74Settings 82signal stren

141features of your phone 14Using the Battery 5VView a Text Message Later 72Voice Commandsalarm clock 41calendar 42contact list 40contact name 38descr

113.Insert the phone into the cradle charger until it seats at the bottom contacts.4.When the phone is completely charged (the battery icon becomes st

Getting Started 12the bottom on the back side of your phone.2.Once the phone finds a signal, the time, day, and date appear in the display. 3.Yo

132.When the recorded announcement begins, press to interrupt (if applicable). An easy-to-follow setup tutorial will begin. Follow the instructions

Understanding Your Phone 14Section 2: Understanding Your PhoneThis section outlines key features of your phone as well as screens and icons that

15Features (Closed view)1. Speaker: (located at back of phone). Ringtones and sounds are played through the speaker.2. Hand Strap Holder: Allows you t

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Understanding Your Phone 167. Voice Commands Key: Press and hold to activate Voice Commands. When flip is closed, press and hold to activate bac

17Open View of Your PhoneFeatures1. Internal LCD: Displays all the information needed to operate your phone.2. 911 Key: Press this key to quickly call

Understanding Your Phone 185. Send Key: Allows you to place or receive a call. From the home screen, press the key once to access the recent cal

1913. End/Power Key: Ends a call. Press and hold the END key, to power On or Off. When you receive an incoming call, press to send the call directly t

Understanding Your Phone 20• Press the Contacts (right) soft key to open your Contacts list.• When the right soft key function is Options, pre

21Send KeyThe Send key is used to answer calls, dial calls, and to recall the last number(s) dialed, received, or missed.• Press to answer calls.•

Understanding Your Phone 22• After answering a call, press the Speakerphone key . • After the call has ended the speakerphone function turns o

23The following list contains icons that may appear in your display.Top Display iconsSignal strength: Appears when your phone is on and indicates the

Understanding Your Phone 24Mid-Level Display IconsBattery Level: More bars indicate a greater charge. When the battery is low, an empty battery

25Bottom Display IconsAll Sounds Off: The ringer is silenced for all alerts, incoming calls, and incoming messages. Alarm Only: Your phone will only r

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Understanding Your Phone 26Dialogue boxesDialogue boxes prompt for action, inform you of status, or warn of situations such as low memory and ar

27Section 3: Call FunctionsThis section describes how to make or answer a call. It also includes the features and functionality associated with making

Call Functions 28Answering Call-Waiting CallsWhen you receive a call while on a call: • Press to answer the new call.• When you press and an

293.Press the left soft key Mute/Unmute to mute the call. Press again to unmute the call.Recent CallsWhen you place, miss, or receive a call, a reco

Call Functions 301.From the home screen, press the key. 2.Press the Navigation key down to highlight the desired number.3.Once the desired num

316.Press the right soft key Message to send a text message to the viewed number.Call History IconsWhen you view Recent Calls, an icon to the left o

Call Functions 32highlighted. Press . 2.Press the Navigation key up or down to highlight New Contact or Update Existing. Press .3.If you sele

338.Highlight an unassigned location and press the left soft key Set. A confirmation message appears in the display, press the left soft key Yes to

Call Functions 34Deleting Call History Entries1.From the home screen, press then press the Navigation key up or down until the desired number

35interest. If you’ve already entered information into your Contacts list, you can recall and dial the contact easily. For more information, refer to

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Call Functions 36voice commands to access certain phone features such as Contacts, New Text Message, Alarm Clock, or Calendar.You may launch Voi

37choice lists appear by changing the Choice Lists setting to the following:–Automatic: Voice Commands displays a choice list when it is not confident

Call Functions 38• New Message: Opens the Send Message menu allowing you to send a new text message.• Contact List: Opens the Contact List to di

395.If the contact has more than one phone number listed, Voice Commands will say “Which number?” and will display the listed entries: Home, Work, Mob

Call Functions 40phone’s microphone. For more information about creating new messages, see "Creating and Sending Messages" on page 69.

41to “Understanding Your Contacts” on page 53.1.From the home screen, press the Voice Commands key located on the right side of the phone.2.After a

Call Functions 42located on the right side of the phone.2.After a brief pause, the list of Voice Commands functions appears in the display and t

432.After a brief pause, the list of Voice Commands functions appears in the display and the audio prompt “Say a name or shortcut” plays through the s

Menu Navigation 44Section 4: Menu NavigationMenu NavigationAccess menus using the Navigation key, soft keys , or you may use a shortcut.1.F

45Example using standard menu navigation:1.From the home screen, press the left soft key MENU. Several menus are shown in the display.2.Press the N

1Table of ContentsSection 1: Getting Started ...4Understanding this User Manual . . . . . . . . .4Notes and Tips . . . . .

Menu Navigation 46Menu OutlineThe following list shows the menu structure and indicates the accelerator number assigned to each option. Contacts

471: Alert Tone2: Reminder4: Entry Mode5: Auto Erase Inbox Tools1: Calendar2: Alarm Clock3: Calculator1: Calculator2: Tip Calculator3: Converter1: Tem

Menu Navigation 483: Alert Readout4: Flip Open & Talk6: Voicemail Alert Tone7: Message Alert Tone8: Advanced1: Attach Accessory Tone2: Power

49Section 5: Entering TextThis section outlines how to select the desired text input mode when entering characters.Changing the Text Mode1.While compo

Entering Text 503.Enter the phone number or Email address of the recipient, then press the left soft key Next key to enter the Message field.4

513.Press the Navigation key to highlight Abc and press .4.Enter the first letter for sentence case letter. After entering the letter, the entry mod

Entering Text 524.Enter the key that corresponds with the number that you wish to enter. For example, press for the number 4.Entering SymbolsU

53Section 6: Understanding Your ContactsThis section allows you to manage your daily contacts by storing their name and number in your Contact List.Op

Understanding Your Contacts 542.Press the Navigation key up or down to highlight the Contacts menu item of your choice, then press to select

55Method 1Creating a new Contact from the home screen 1.From the home screen, press the left soft key Menu. 2.Press Contacts then press New Contac

2Editing an Existing Contacts Entry . . . . . . 61Deleting a Contact Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Speed Dialing . . . . . . . . . .

Understanding Your Contacts 56Note: Voicemail is assigned to Speed Dial location 1.Note: You can assign a speed dial location to each number ass

572.Press to enter the number as a New Contact or press to add the number to Update Existing.3.If you selected New Contact, the following types ar

Understanding Your Contacts 589.Press the left soft key Yes, to add the Contact to the speed dial location.Note: Voicemail is assigned to Spee

59Method 3Storing Numbers After a CallOnce you’ve finished a call, you can store the number of the caller to your Contact List.1.After you press to

Understanding Your Contacts 602.To add a wait, press the right soft key Options and press the Navigation key down to highlight Add Wait and pr

61Finding a Contacts EntryFrom the home screen, you can quickly open the Contact List. Contacts is a quick way of viewing entries you’ve stored in the

Understanding Your Contacts 62Deleting a Contact Entry1.From the home screen, press the right soft key Contacts. 2.Press the Navigation key u

63One touch dialingCall phone numbers assigned to memory locations 2 - 9 by pressing and holding any of the 2 - 9 keys. For example, to speed dial the

Understanding Your Contacts 64䊳From Contacts, press the Navigation key up or down to highlight a contact and press . Press the Navigation key

65Emergency ContactsAdding Emergency Contacts1.From the home screen, press the ICE key.2.The screen will display: “Emergency Contacts can be set by s

3FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . .126Other Important Safety Information . . . . .126Product Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Understanding Your Contacts 662.Press the Navigation key to highlight Health Info and press .3.The health information screen displays. Press .

67Making an Emergency CallYour Samsung Knack™ has a dedicated E911 key enabling you to make an emergency call to the E911 service.1.From the home scre

Messaging 68Section 7: MessagingThis section allows you to send or receive different types of messages. It also includes the features and funct

69Creating and Sending MessagesYou can send text messages to another mobile phone or to an Email address. For more information about entering text in

Messaging 70䊳To send a message using Recent Calls, press . Press the Navigation key up or down to highlight a recent call list(s) and press th

71Note: While composing your message, press the key to toggle between Abc, ABC, and abc entry modes. Press the key to add spaces.6. At any point w

Messaging 727.Press the Navigation key to highlight an option. Press to perform the function for the option, or to enter its sub-menu.8.To se

73Message FoldersYour phone provides default message folders for your text messages.InboxReceived messages of all types are stored in the Inbox folder

Messaging 74• Add To Contacts: Saves the number of the sender to your Contacts as a new entry or add to an existing entry.•Lock/Unlock: Locks or

754.While viewing the message, press the right soft key Options to display options listed. Options are dependent on the type of message:• Send Again

Getting Started 4Section 1: Getting StartedUnderstanding this User ManualThe chapters of this manual generally follow the same order as the menu

Messaging 767.From the Sent menu, press the Navigation key to highlight a message and press the right soft key Options.8. Press Erase to era

776.Press Save As Draft. A confirmation message appears in the display and your message is saved to the Drafts folder.View and Edit Draft Messages1.F

Messaging 78–Add Recipient: Allows you to add a recipient to the message.–Add Phrase: Allows you to add a preloaded phrase.–Add Graphic: Allows

793.Highlight the message to erase and press the right soft key Options. The following erase options are available according to their respective fol

Messaging 80Note: If the default voicemail number is changed to a new voicemail number, the new number will apply in Messaging and Contacts.• Me

81are in your voice mailbox. Open the free text message to view the number of new and urgent voice messages in your voice mailbox. If a caller leaves

Changing Your Settings 82Section 8: Changing Your SettingsThis section explains the sound and phone settings for your phone. Instructions for ac

834.Press the Navigation key up or down to highlight the desired ringtone volume and press .Keypad Volume1.From the home screen, press the left soft

Changing Your Settings 844.The following options display:–Menu Readout: Select On or Off. When set to On, will read back the menu item that is h

854.Press the Navigation key up or down to highlight the desired message alert tone and press . Advanced1.From the home screen, press the left soft

5• Important: Points out important information about the current feature that could affect performance, or even damage your phone.This section allows

Changing Your Settings 864.Press the Navigation key right or left to highlight the desired wallpaper image.5.Press the right soft key View, t

875.Enter a word or short phrase (12 characters or less) to appear in the home screen.6.Press the Navigation key down to enter the Select Color field

Changing Your Settings 882.Press Settings.3.Press Phone Settings then press Backlight. The following list will appear in the display:–30 Seco

893.Press Phone Settings then press Language.4.Select a language and press .Advanced1.From the home screen, press the left soft key Menu.2.Press

Changing Your Settings 904. Answer Options is highlighted, press . The following options appear in the display:•Flip Open: Calls are answered wh

91headset jack. Before you can use your phone with a TTY device, you’ll need to enable TTY functions in the phone.1.From the home screen, press the le

Changing Your Settings 924.Press DTMF Tones. The following options appear in the display: •Normal: Select for a normal tone.•Long: Select for a

931.From the home screen, press the left soft key Menu.2.Press Settings.3.Press Phone Settings then press Advanced.4.Press Reset Phone. The scr

Changing Your Settings 945.Press Icon List to view the list of icons with a brief description.6.Press Software Version to view the version of

95Section 9: ToolsThe topics covered in this section allow you to schedule appointments, view the calendar, set an alarm, view time zones and perform