Samsung SCH-N415 User Manual

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Health and safety information120• Do not put the phone in or on heating devices,such as a microwave oven, a stove or a radiator.The phone may explode when overheated.• Use only the supplied or an approvedreplacement antenna. Unauthorized antennas ormodified accessories may damage the phoneand violate regulations governing radio devices.• If the phone, battery, charger or any accessoryis not working properly, take it to your nearestqualified service facility. The personnel there willassist you, and if necessary, arrange for service.121GlossaryTo help you understand the main technical termsand abbreviations used in this booklet, and to takefull advantage of the features of your mobilephone, here are a few definitions:AirtimeActual time spent talking on the wireless phone.Most carriers bill customers based on how manyminutes of airtime they use each month.AntennaA device for transmitting or receiving signals. Thesize and shape of antennas is determined, in part,by the frequency of the signal they receive.Wireless phones and the base station must haveantennas.Base StationThe fixed radio transmitter/receiver that maintainscommunications with mobile radio telephoneswithin a given area. (Typically called a cell or cellsite)CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)A spread-spectrum approach to digitaltransmission. With CDMA, each conversation isdigitized and then tagged with a code. The mobilephone deciphers only a particular code to pick theright conversation off the air. The transmittedsignal is just above noise level across the availablebandwidth.