safety and usage information
Safety precautions
Driv e sa fely at all time s
Av oid u sing you r ph one w hile dri ving and obey all
regu lati ons t hat rest rict the use of m obile pho nes whil e
driv ing. Use hand s-fr ee ac cess orie s to incr ease you r
safe ty w hen p ossi ble.
Foll ow a ll s afet y wa rnin gs a nd r egul atio ns
Comp ly w ith a ny r egul ation s th at r estr ict t he u se o f a
mobi le p hone in a cer tain area .
Use only Sam sung -app rove d ac cess orie s
Usin g in compa tibl e ac cesso ries may dam age y our
phon e or caus e in jury .
T u rn off the pho ne n ear medi cal equi pmen t
Y o u r pho ne c an i nterf ere with med ical equi pmen t in
hosp ital s or heal th c are f acil itie s. F ollow all reg ulat ions,
post ed w arnin gs, and direc tion s fr om m edica l
pers onne l.
T u rn off the pho ne o r di sabl e th e wi rele ss
func tion s wh en i n an air craf t
Y o u r pho ne c an c ause inte rfer ence with air craf t
equi pmen t. Fo llow all airl ine regu lati ons a nd t urn off
your pho ne or swi tch to a mode tha t di sable s th e
wire less func tion s wh en di rect ed b y ai rline per sonn el.
Prot ect batt erie s an d ch arge rs f rom dama ge
Av oid e xpos ing batt eries to very cold or very hot
temp erat ures (bel ow 0 ° C/3 2° F or abov e 45° C/
1 1 3° F). E xtre me t empe ratur es c an r educe the
char ging capa city and life of your bat terie s.
Prev ent batte ries fro m con tact ing meta l obj ects , as thi s
can crea te a conn ecti on be twee n th e + and – ter mina ls
of y our batte ries and lead to temp orar y or perm anen t
batt ery damag e.
Neve r us e a d amag ed c harge r or bat tery .
Hand le y our phon e ca refu lly and sens ibly
Do n ot d isass embl e yo ur ph one due to a risk of elec tric
shoc k.
Do n ot a llow your pho ne to get wet —liq uids can caus e
seri ous damag e an d wi ll ch ange the col our o f th e la bel
that ind icate s wa ter damag e in side the phon e. D o no t
hand le y our p hone wit h wet han ds. W ater dam age t o
your pho ne ca n vo id y our m anuf actu rer' s war rant y .
Av oid u sing or stor ing y our phon e in dust y , di rty a reas
to p reve nt da mage to movin g pa rts.
Y o u r pho ne i s a compl ex e lect roni c dev ice— prot ect
it f rom impac ts a nd r ough hand ling to avoid ser ious
dama ge.
Do n ot p aint your pho ne, a s pa int can clog movi ng
part s an d pre vent pro per o pera tion .
If y our phone has a c amera a sh o r li ght, avoi d us ing it
clos e to the eyes of child ren or a nima ls.
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Y o u r pho ne m ay b e dam aged by expo sure to m agne tic
el ds. Do no t us e ca rryi ng ca ses or a ccess orie s wi th
magn etic clos ures or allow you r ph one to co me i n
cont act with magn etic e lds f or e xten ded p erio ds o f
time .
A voi d in terf eren ce w ith othe r el ectr onic dev ices
Y o u r pho ne e mits radi o fr eque ncy (RF) sign als that
may inte rfere wit h un shiel ded or i mpro perly shi elde d
elec tron ic eq uipm ent, such as pace make rs, h eari ng
aids , me dical dev ices , and oth er e lect ronic dev ices in
home s or vehi cles . Co nsult the man ufac turer s of you r
elec tron ic de vice s to solv e an y in terf erenc e pr oble ms
you expe rienc e.
Important usage information
Use your pho ne i n th e no rmal pos itio n
Av oid c onta ct w ith your phon e's inter nal ante nna.
Inter nal a ntenn a
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Allo w on ly q uali ed p erso nnel to serv ice your
phon e
Allo wing unqu ali ed pers onnel to serv ice y our phon e
may resu lt in dam age to yo ur p hone and will voi d yo ur
warr anty .
Ensu re m axim um b atte ry a nd c harg er l ife
Av oid c harg ing batt eries for mor e tha n a week , as
over char ging may shor ten b atte ry l ife.
Over tim e, un used bat terie s wi ll d isch arge and must
be r echa rged befo re u se.
Disc onne ct ch arge rs f rom p ower sou rces when not
in u se.
Use batt eries onl y fo r the ir i nten ded purpo se.
Hand le S IM c ards wit h ca re
Do n ot r emove a c ard while the pho ne i s tra nsfe rrin g
or a cces sing info rmat ion, as t his coul d res ult in l oss of
data and /or d amag e to the card or phon e.
Prot ect cards fro m st rong shoc ks, stat ic el ectr icit y ,
and elec trica l no ise from othe r de vice s.
Do n ot t ouch gold -col oured con tact s or term inal s wi th
your n gers or m etal obj ects. If dirt y , wip e th e ca rd
with a s oft c loth .
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T u rn off the pho ne i n po tent iall y ex plos ive
envi ronm ents
Do n ot u se yo ur p hone at r efue llin g po ints (ser vice
stat ions ) or near fue ls or che mica ls. T ur n of f y our phone
when ever dire cted by warni ng s igns or instr ucti ons.
Y o u r pho ne c ould caus e ex plos ions or re in a nd
arou nd f uel o r ch emic al st orag e an d tr ansfe r ar eas or
blas ting area s. D o no t sto re o r ca rry amm able liq uids ,
gase s, o r exp losi ve m ateri als in t he s ame c ompa rtme nt
as t he p hone, its par ts, o r ac cess orie s.
Redu ce t he r isk of r epet itiv e mo tion inj urie s
Whil e us ing y our phon e, ho ld t he p hone with a r elax ed
grip , pr ess t he k eys light ly , u se s pecia l fe atur es t hat
redu ce t he nu mber of keys you have to press (su ch
as t empl ates and pred ictiv e te xt), and take fre quen t
brea ks.
Do n ot u se t he p hone if the scre en i s cr acke d
or b roke n
Brok en g lass or a cryl ic co uld caus e in jury to y our hand
and face . Bri ng t he p hone to a Sam sung serv ice cent re
to r epla ce th e sc reen . Dam age caus ed b y car eles s
hand ling will voi d yo ur ma nufa ctur er’s w arran ty .
Ensu re a cces s to eme rgen cy s ervi ces
Emer genc y cal ls f rom your phon e ma y no t be poss ible
in s ome areas or circ umsta nces . Be fore trav elli ng i n
remo te o r und evel oped area s, p lan an a ltern ate meth od
of c onta cting eme rgen cy se rvic es p erso nnel.
Spec i c Abso rpti on R ate (SAR ) ce rti catio n
info rmat ion
Y o u r pho ne c onfo rms t o Eu rope an U nion (EU)
stan dard s tha t li mit human exp osur e to radi o fr eque ncy
(RF) ene rgy e mitt ed b y rad io a nd t elec ommun icat ions
equi pmen t. Thes e st andar ds p reve nt th e sa le o f mo bile
phon es t hat e xcee d a maxim um e xpos ure level (kn own
as t he S peci c A bso rpti on Ra te, or S AR) of 2. 0 W/ kg.
Duri ng t estin g, t he m aximu m SA R re cord ed fo r th is
mode l wa s 0.5 71 W /kg. In n orma l us e, t he ac tual
SAR is l ikely to be m uch l ower , a s th e ph one h as
been des igned to emit only the RF ener gy ne cess ary
to t rans mit a sig nal to th e ne ares t ba se st atio n. B y
auto mati cally emi ttin g low er l evel s wh en po ssib le, your
phon e re duces you r ov erall exp osur e to RF e nerg y .
The Decl arati on o f Co nform ity of t his manua l
demo nstr ates your pho nes c ompl ianc e wi th th e
Euro pean Radi o & T ermi nal T elec ommun icat ions
Equi pmen t (R& TTE) dir ectiv e. F or m ore infor mati on
abou t th e SAR and rel ated EU s tand ards , vis it t he
Sams ung mobil e ph one websi te.
Corr ect disp osal of this pro duct
(W ast e El ectr ical & El ectr onic Equi pmen t)
(App lica ble i n th e Eu ropea n Un ion and other
Euro pean coun trie s wi th se para te c olle ction
syst ems)
This mar king on t he p roduc t, a cces sori es
or l iter ature ind icat es th at t he p rodu ct an d
its elec troni c ac cess ories (e. g. c harg er , head set, USB
cabl e) s hould not be dispo sed of w ith other hou seho ld
wast e at the end of t heir work ing life .
T o prev ent poss ible harm to the envir onme nt o r hum an
heal th f rom u ncon trol led w aste dis posa l, pl ease sep arat e
thes e it ems f rom othe r typ es o f wa ste and r ecyc le t hem
resp onsi bly t o pr omot e the sus tain able reus e of mat eria l
reso urce s.
Hous ehol d use rs s houl d con tact eit her the r etai ler wher e
they pur chase d th is p roduc t, o r th eir local gov ernm ent
of ce, for d etai ls o f wh ere a nd h ow t hey c an t ake thes e
item s fo r env iron ment ally safe rec ycli ng.
Busi ness user s sh ould cont act thei r su pplie r an d ch eck
the term s and con diti ons o f th e pu rcha se co ntra ct. Thi s
prod uct and i ts e lect ronic acc esso ries shou ld n ot b e
mixe d wi th ot her comm ercia l wa stes for disp osal .
This EEE is c ompl iant with RoH S.
Corr ect disp osal of batt erie s in thi s pr oduc t
(App lica ble i n th e Eu ropea n Un ion and other
Euro pean coun trie s wi th se para te b atte ry
retu rn s ystem s)
This mar king on t he b atter y , ma nual or
pack agin g ind icat es t hat t he b atte ries in t his prod uct
shou ld n ot be dis pose d of with oth er h ouseh old wast e at
the end of th eir work ing l ife. Whe re m arked , th e ch emic al
symb ols Hg, C d or Pb indic ate that the batt ery cont ains
merc ury , c admi um o r le ad ab ove the refer ence lev els
in E C Di recti ve 2 006/ 66. I f ba tter ies are n ot p rope rly
disp osed of, thes e su bstan ces can caus e har m to
huma n he alth or t he e nviro nmen t.
T o prot ect natu ral r esou rces and to p romo te m ateri al
reus e, p lease sep arat e bat teri es f rom other typ es o f
wast e an d rec ycle the m thr ough you r lo cal, free bat tery
retu rn s ystem .
Safety warnings
Keep you r ph one away fro m sm all chil dren and
pets
Keep you r pho ne a nd a ll ac cess orie s ou t of the reac h
of s mall chil dren or anima ls. Smal l pa rts m ay c ause
chok ing or se riou s in jury if s wall owed .
Prot ect your hea ring
Exce ssiv e exp osur e to soun d at hig h vo lumes
can caus e hea ring dam age. A lw ays turn the
volu me d own b efor e pl uggin g th e ea rpho nes
into an audio sou rce and u se o nly the
mini mum volum e se ttin g nec essa ry t o he ar
your con versa tion or music .
Inst all mobi le p hone s an d eq uipm ent with
caut ion
Ensu re t hat a ny m obil e pho nes or r elat ed eq uipm ent
inst alle d in your veh icle are secu rely moun ted. A voi d
plac ing your phon e an d acc esso ries nea r or in a n ai r
bag depl oymen t ar ea. Impro perl y in stal led w irel ess
equi pmen t can cau se s eriou s in jury whe n air bag s in at e
rapi dly .
Hand le a nd d ispo se o f ba tter ies and char gers
with car e
Use only Sams ung- appr oved batt erie s an d cha rger s
spec i c ally desi gned for your pho ne.
Inco mpat ible batt erie s and cha rger s ca n cau se s erio us
inju ries or d amag e to your pho ne.
Neve r di spose of batt eries or phon es i n a re. Fol low
all loca l reg ulat ions when dis posi ng o f use d ba tter ies
or p hone s.
Neve r pl ace b atte ries or p hone s on or in he atin g
devi ces, such as micr owave ove ns, stov es, o r
radi ator s. Ba tter ies may e xplo de w hen overh eate d.
Neve r cr ush o r pu nctu re th e ba tter y . A voi d ex posi ng
the batt ery t o hi gh e xtern al p ress ure, whic h ca n le ad t o
an i nter nal s hort cir cuit and over heat ing.
A voi d in terf eren ce w ith pace make rs
Main tain a mi nimu m of 15 c m (6 inc hes) betw een mobi le
phon es a nd pa cema kers to a void pot enti al in terf eren ce,
as r ecom mende d by man ufact urer s an d th e ind epen dent
rese arch grou p, W irel ess T echno logy Res earc h. If you
have any reas on t o su spect tha t yo ur p hone is i nter feri ng
with a p acema ker or o ther medi cal devi ce, t urn of f the
phon e im media tely and cont act the manu factu rer of t he
pace make r or medi cal devic e fo r gu idan ce.
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Comply with the following precautions to avoid dangerous or illegal situations and ensure peak performance
of your mobile phone.
Printed in Korea
Code No.:GH68-27591A
English (EU). 02/2010. Rev . 1.1
GT -E1 170
Mobile Phone
user manual
Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your
phone depending on the software of the phone or your
service provider .
Visit the Samsung website to view the Samsung Mobile
function guide in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. The function
guide contains common topics about applications and
features that appear in many different models of Samsung
mobile phones.
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www .samsungmobile.com
Declaration of Conformity (R&TTE)
We,
Samsung Electronics
declare unde r our sole res ponsibility th at the product
GSM Mobile Phone : GT -E1 170
to which thi s declaration relates, is in conformity wi th the followi ng standards a nd/or
other normat ive documents.
SAFETY EN 60950- 1 : 2001 +A1 1:2 004
EMC EN 301 489- 01 V1.8.1 (04- 2008)
EN 301 489- 07 V1.3.1 (1 1 -2005)
SAR EN 50360 : 2 001
EN 62209-1 : 2006
RADIO EN 301 51 1 V9.0.2 (03-200 3)
We hereby declare that [all essentia l radio test s uites have bee n carried out and that]
the above na med product is in conformity to all the es sential requir ements of Dire ctive
1999/5/EC.
The conformi ty assessment procedure refe rred to in Articl e 10 and detai led in Annex[IV]
of Directive 1999/5/EC has been followed with the invo lvement of the following Not i e d
Body(ies):
BABT , Forsyth Hous e,
Church eld Road ,
Walto n-on-Thames,
Surrey , KT1 2 2TD, UK*
Identi cation m ark: 0168
The technica l documentatio n kept at :
Samsung El ectronics Q A Lab.
which will b e made availab le upon reques t.
(Representative in the EU)
Samsung Elec tronics Euro Q A L ab.
Blackbushe B usiness Park, Saxony W ay ,
Y ateley , H ampshire, GU46 6GG, UK*
2010.01.23 Y on g-Sang Park / S. Manag er
(place and d ate of issue) (name and si gnature of aut horised person )
* I t is not the address of Sa msung Service Centre. For th e address or t he phone
number of Sa msung Service Centre, see th e warranty car d or contact t he retailer
where you pu rchased your p hone.