1. General Introduction The SCH-A310 DBDM(Dual Band Dual Mode) phone functions as both analog phone working in AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service) mode and digital phone working in PCS (Personal Communication Service) and GPS modes. The following standards and minimum performance standards shall be met or exceeded by each subscriber unit.
- 80 MHz) ± 150 Hz (F - 45 MHz) ± 300Hz ± 2.5ppm Operating Temperature C ~ +60 C ~ +60 C ~ +60 Supply Voltage 3.80V Size and Weight STD : 113 * 47 * 22mm, 900mAh SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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: 183.6MHz Local Frequency . Transmitter : 1st(FTX +263.6MHz), 2nd(527.2MHz) . Receiver : 1st(FRX +183.6MHz), 2nd(367.2MHz) TCXO Frequency : 19.2MHz Frequency Stability : (FRX-80MHz) +/- 150Hz Operation Temperature : -30deg ±60deg Supply Voltage : +3.8V SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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. Rx power = -101dBm . Tone 1 power = -43dBm . Tone 1 power = -43dBm . Tone 1 offset from carrier = +/-1.25 MHz . Tone 2 offset from carrier = +/-2.05 MHz SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Supply Voltage : +3.8V TRANSMITTER Waveform Quality : 0.944 or more Open Loop Power Control Range . -25dBm : -57.5dBm ~ -38.5dBm . -65dBm : -17.5dBm ~ +1.5dBm . -104dBm : +18.0dBm ~ +30dBm SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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- Test 3, 4 Rx power = -90dBm Tone 1 power = -32dBm Tone 2 power = -32dBm - Test 5, 6 Rx power = -79dBm Tone 1 power = -21dBm Tone 2 power = -21dBm SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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: 3ms . Recovery Time : 13.5ms . Reference Input : input power level for producing a nominal +/-2.9kHz : peak frequency deviation of transmitted carrier Preamphasis : 6dB/OCT within 0.3 °≠ 3 kHz SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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: output power level to a 1000Hz tone from a carrier within +/-2.9 kHz peak frequency deviation Sensitivity : 12 dB SINAD/-116dBm Intermodulation Spurious Response Attenuation : above 65dB RSSI Range : above 60dB Protection Against Spurious Response Interference : above 60dB SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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: -41 ~ -32dBm 174 ~ 260 MHz : -32 dBm 260 ~ 470 MHz : -32 ~ -26 dBm 470 ~ 1G MHz : -21 dBm 2-5 1500MHz GPS GENERAL Frequency Range : 1574~1576 MHz SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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9 TV : Tx vocoder rate (8 is full rate, 1 is 1/8th rate) 10 RV : Rx vocoder rate (8 is full rate, 1 is 1/8th rate) 11 xx : Walsh code used in traffic channel 12 System acquisition state SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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5 RSSIxxx : RSSI value 6 CHxxx : Channel number 7 Handset Status : 1 - Initialization state 2 - Idle state 3 - System Access state 4 - Voice channel state 8 System acquisition state SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 2-10...
2. Slide the top end of the battery up (The top end of 2. On the back side of the phone, hold the button the battery displays the word Samsung in raised down and push the battery toward the bottom letters.) until you hear it click into place.
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Drill holes and mount the lower half of the clamshell by using the screws. SCH-A310 MAIN PHONE CRADLE CLAM SHELL MOUNT UPPER HANDS FREE BOX FIXED SCREW CLAM SHELL MOUNT LOWER Figure 3-2 Cradle Installation SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Once the microphone has been correctly 3-3-3 Speaker positioned, connect the microphone wire to the MIC jack on the hands-free box. Install the speaker into the appropriate position. MOUNTING BRACKET Figure 3-3 Hands-Free Box Installation SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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(+) terminal. •Make sure the cables do not pass over any sharp metal edge that may damage it. Connect the other end of the power cable to the PWR jack of the hands-free box. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
1) Press “Menu 6, ∗” Enter SPC Code “000000” Menu (Soft key) - then you will see “Press[AKEY] to continue AKEY: “ Menu ([AKEY] ) Enter the 20-digit AKEY. Press “OK” Key to save value. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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2) To toggle up and down the MRU entry numbers from 00 to 11, press Up or Down navigation key. 3) To reset entire MRU table (00 to 11), enter “000000” at “MRU00:” setting, then press OK or “∗ Shift” key. 4) When “Saved” displays briefly, press 002 to exit test mode programming SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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1) Press “Menu, 0, ∗” in idle mode Enter SPC Code “000000” Press “5” Port Map. 2) Select “U1:DM&DL, U2:NULL” for Samsung DM, or “U1:QC_DM, U2:NULL” for Qualcomm DM. 3) If “U1:QC_DM, U2:NULL” is selected, the Qualcomm DM COM port must be set to COM1 and Baud rate to 38400.
“enhanced” using the Up/Down navigation key down then press OK key to save value. 2) In conversation mode, press “Menu, 8” Select from “standard” or “enhanced” using the Up/Down navigation key down then press OK key to save value. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
2) Toggle using the navigation keys between, Off, after 1 ring, after 3 rings, and after 5 rings. 3)Press [OK/Message] to save setting. The mobile will automatically answer the incoming call after the preset number of ring tones. (Useful feature for automatic equipment testing) SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
IMPORTANT INFORMATION Purpose The Product Support Tool (PST) offers you the ability to interface with the SAMSUNG DBDM telephone using a PC. With this tool you can program the phones network system requirements and functionality, swap phone data, and download software upgrades. This document supports UniPST version x.xx.
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The Main Menu Screen shows the basic tasks that are available. CAUTION: DO NOT attempt to program phone with a low battery. PST SETUP UniPst supports SAMSUNG DBDM portable telephone. You can select serial port COM1 or COM2. 5-2-2 Operation Procedure Service Programming The Service Programming screens enable you to set and change the service activation parameters of the phones.
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3. Click Mode Select box, then Select SERVICE MODE?to return to the Service Mode Screen. NOTE: DO NOT POWER OFF WHILE THE PHONE IS BEING DOWNLOADED! SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
PMIC will be reset to the shutdown Revision 1.1. condition. The USB interface of SCH-A310 and can be used to transfer over-the-air data, or voice PCM samples The V_PD output voltage of Regulator(U201) is between the mobile phone and the USB host.
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CDMA cellular phone. The interface circuitry consists of reset circuit, address bus (A0-A21), data bus(D0-D15), and memory controls. The TCXO clock of 19.68Mhz is used as the clock of SCH-A310 model. FLASH ROM AND STATIC RAM (U120) One 32MBIT Flash ROMs and 8MBIT Flash...
FM frequency deviation is not over ±12 kHz/dev. The function is used to avoid confusion over phone line. LPF is used to reduce a specific high frequency of limited signal. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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3 mS, and release time is 13.5 mS. the MSM will generate PWM signal which will drive transistors(Q251) to generate the tones. The volume of the alert tone is controlled by the width of PWM and the different periods. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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RF BPF accepts only a specific frequency A dual-band VCO generates 1391.82MHz LO and (1850~1910MHz)from the signal received from the PLL circuit whose other narrowband tunning range RFT3100. supports both PCS and Cellialr operation. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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(1880±30MHz) and to receive through the antenna only the signals within acceptable RX frequency range (1960±30MHz). It also matches LNA input in receiving part and Power Amplifier output in transmitter part with the antenna. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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The Bandpass Filter(BPF) accepts only a specific frequency(836±12.5MHz) to send it to next RF stage. The band width is 25MHz. POWER AMP MODULE (U444) Power amp module amplifies RF signal and send it to base station through the antenna. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Duplexer allows Rx frequency range(881.49± 12.5 MHz) and Tx frequency range(836.03± 12.5 MHz) from the antenna to pass through LNA. It also matches LNA input in receiving part and Power Amplifier output in transmitter part with the antenna. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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The filter also climinates the image product generated at the mixer. VOLTAGE CONTROLED OSCILATOR(U382) A dual-band VCO generates 1391.82MHz LO and PLL circuit whose other narrowband tunning range supports both PCS and Cellialr operation. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
Write LNA gain for IMD test 021 (94,5,0) T_TEST_SYS_I Set TEST_SYS 022 (91,96,96) T_SNDNAM_I Send NAM Information 023 (95,32,32) T_SNDVERSION_I Send Software Version 024 (9F,7,8) T_SNDESN_I Send ESN 025 (99,0,0) T_BACKLIGHT_ON_I Backlight on 026 (1A,0,0) T_BACKLIGHT_OFF_I Backlight off SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 6-10...
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Tune on the all audio path 060 (BF,4,0) T_FM_CHAN_FLAT_I Fm channel flatness 063 (C2,5,0) T_TX_LIMITER_I AMPS Tx Limiter Gain Control 064 (C3,5,0) T_FM_SAT_LEVEL_I AMPS Tx SAT Level Control 065 (C4,2,0) T_FM_FREQ_SGAIN_I AMPS Tx Master Gain Control SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 6-11...
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*OP: Operation Command Number AB: Input Argument Byte Number RB: Return Byte Number *SAT 32, 33 are not operating in MSM2 CHIP test *46 command is required in Rx, and Tx path test at AMPS mode. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 6-13...
• CAUTION : The test jig and data cable has a voltage drop of 0.18V at FM Max power output, you'd better set the DC power supply to 3.93V for normal test condition. (Nominal voltage of battery is 3.75V at cellular phone) SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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H. "0 0 9 7 ∗ ∗ ∗ " : Output RF power level is set as power level 2 "∗ ∗ ∗" means AGC level and AGC level range is from 0 to 255. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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G. "0 0 9 2 ∗ ∗ ∗ " : Adjust RF power level. "∗ ∗ ∗" means AGC level and AGC level range is from 000 to 511. H. To finish the Test Mode, You should enter the command "0 0 2". SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Note 2 : To prevent phones from being damaged, they must be measured only by calibrated test equipments. Warning ! Adjustments without calibrated equipments can cause phones to be heated excessively and would void the warranty. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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"0 0 9 0 3 6 3 #" : Set channel to 363. "0 1 6" : ST on. Measure the Tx ST deviation by using the HPF of 50Hz (spec : 8kHz±10%). "0 1 7" : ST off. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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"0 0 9 0 3 6 3 #" : Set channel to 363. "0 1 2" : RX Audio unmute. Set the equipment as following. RF frequency : 880.89MHz Input RF level : -80dBm Modulation frequency : 1kHz Frequency deviation : ±8kHz Measure audio AC level. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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BANDWIDTH "0 0 7" : Carrier On. "0 3 4" : Spread spectrum. "0 7 1 X X X #" : Enter AGC Code(XXX) to adjust RF Output Power. Measure the bandwidth (spec: 1.23MHz). SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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: HP8924C -> HHP. Measure the Gated Power & Time. spec : Gated Power - at least 20dB Gated Time - Rising Time : below 6µs Falling Time : below 6µs Burst Time : below 1.25ms SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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"0 9 0 6 0 0 #" : Set channel to 600. BANDWIDTH "0 0 7" : Carrier On. "0 3 4" : Spread spectrum. "7 1 X X X #" : Enter AGC Code(XXX) to adjust RF Output Power. Measure the bandwidth (spec: 1.23MHz). SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Gated Time - Rising Time : below 6µs Falling Time : below 6µs Burst Time : below 1.247ms Note 1 : In case of using the antenna cable, compensation for the cable loss should be added (about 2.3dB for PCS). SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 7-10...
8-1-1 No Power Press PWR button U201 Pin1>=3.3V? Check Battery and its neighboring circuits U201 Pin5=2.8V? Check U201, U203 and its neighboring circuits . Check U100, U120 U200 pin 4=2.8V? and its neighboring circuits. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Check MSM board U100 U100pin A14? Check the LED and its neighboring LED on? circuits. Replace if required. Normal initial Check the LCD pins and its neighboring display on LCD? circuits. Replace if required. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Trouble Shooting 8-1-3 Abnormal Backlight Operation Press any button on the phone 'L' level outputted Check U500. Replace if required. from U500 pin 15? 'L' level fro m Check R588,R559. Replace if required. R558,R559 SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Trouble Shooting 8-1-4 Abnormal Key Data Input Check initial status. Scanning signals outputted from U100 Check MSM board U100 scan 0~5 Keysense Replace the Keyboard. Normal Key data input? SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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8-1-5 Abnormal Key tone Abnormal keytone CLK waveform Check U705. outputted U705 pin L16,M17 CLK waveform Replace U710 applied from U710 pin CLK waveform Check R729,R742 applied to R729,R742 Normal key tone? Replace the Keypad . SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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L16,M17? Signal waveform Check U708 applied to U708 pin 8,5? Signal waveform Check R729,R742 applied to R729,R742? Is the speaker Connect the Speaker correctly. connection correct? Check the speaker and replace if required. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
(Local:0d Bm (Local:0d (Local:0d Check IF Check IF Filter Filter soldering in/output (Loss:6d (Loss:6d B) B) B) B) (Loss:6d (Loss:6d Check 2nd Check 2nd Local RSSI OK? local OK? & IFR3300. RF RX AMPS OK. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Trouble Shooting 8-2-2 PCS mode Start PCS mode Normal PCS SVC Check PCS Rx path. &ROAM OK? Check Transmitter. Setup PCS call. OK? Measure PCS FER. Normal PCS RF? SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
Check Power Circuit. P>=-5dBm of OSC112 V=2.7V Check V. on pin3 Check PLL. of OSC112 0<V 2.7 Check GPS RF path Check respective part, neighbor matchig circuit or replace the part, if required. SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 8-10...
Exploded View and Parts List 9-3 Travel Adapter 9-4 Travel Adapter Parts List TYPE SEC CODE REMARK GH44-00171A CHINA GH44-00171A TAIWAN GH44-00171A EUROPE GH44-00171A UNITED KINGDOM GH44-00171A AUSTALIA SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
Exploded View and Parts List 9-5 Cigarette Lighter Adaptor 9-6 Cigarette Lighter Adapter Parts List DESCRIPTION SEC CODE REMARK Cigarette Lighter Adapter code GH44-00171A CHINA SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
Exploded View and Parts List 9-7 Test Jig TEST JIG GH80-10508A TEST JIG CABLE GH80-10508A RF JIG CABLE GH80-10508A SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
Exploded View and Parts List 9-8 The connection of Test Jig POWER SUPPLY 8922 or 8960 WIRELESS COMMVNCATIONS TEST SET RF JIG CABLE 232 CABLE TEST JIG CABLE 9-7 Data Kit DATA KIT GH80-10508A SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice...
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Electrical Parts List Level SEC CODE Design LOC DESCRIPTIONS GH69-01056A SCH-A310,PS,132X134XT0.5,-,-,-,-,WHT,- GH69-11279A CHINA,SGH-600,SW-3,530X510X187 SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 11-21...
5.6K 10NF DP_RX_DATA DP_RX_DATA H_RX_AUDIO CMX_SPK- DOC CTRL CHK DP_TX_DATA DP_TX_DATA MF_Rev02 C177 100NF CMX_SPK+ R159 MFG CTRL CHK Changed by Date Changed Time QA CHK Drawing Number Sheet1 EXCDMA 2002.07.23 09:00:00 am SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 13-1...
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C243 33PF SAMSUNG 39PF 33PF 33PF Drawn by R&D CHK Size TITLE DOC CTRL CHK MF_Rev02 MFG CTRL CHK Changed by Date Changed Time QA CHK Drawing Number Sheet2 EXCDMA 2002.07.23 9:14:49 am SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 13-2...
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C402 100PF 100PF 100PF 10NF R&D CHK Size TITLE C403 DOC CTRL CHK 10NF MF_Rev02 TCXO_IN MFG CTRL CHK Changed by Date Changed Time QA CHK Drawing Number Sheet3 2002.07.23 EXCDMA 9:41:21 am SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 13-3...
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C473 C474 C475 68K,1% 100PF 100PF 100PF V_REF R425 DOC CTRL CHK MF_Rev02 C476 100K,1% 100PF MFG CTRL CHK Changed by Date Changed Time QA CHK Drawing Number Sheet4 EXCDMA 2002.06.08 10:26:47 am SAMSUNG Proprietary-Contents may change without notice 13-4...