LG A310 User manual

LG-A310 User Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and
compact LG-A310 phone by LG, designed to operate with
the latest digital mobile communication technology.
Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your
phone depending on the software of the phone or your
service provider.
Disposal of your old appliance
1
When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to
a product it means the product is covered by the European
Directive 2002/96/EC.
2 All electrical and electronic products should be disposed of
separately from the municipal waste stream via designated
collection facilities appointed by the government or the local
authorities.
3 The correct disposal of your old appliance will help prevent
potential negative consequences for the environment and
human health.
4 For more detailed information about disposal of your old
appliance, please contact your city office, waste disposal service
or the shop where you purchased the product.

Part 15.21 statement
" Change or Modifications that are not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void
the user's authority to operate the equipment. “
Part 15.105 statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in
a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will
not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user
is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This device is not intended for sale in the USA.

Part 15 Class B Compliance
This device and its accessories comply with part15 of FCC rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device & its accessories may not cause harmful interference.
(2) This device & its accessories must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Body-worn Operation
This device has been tested for typical body-worn operations
with the distance of 0.79inches (2.0cm) from the user’s body.
To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance
of 0.79inches(2.0cm) must be maintained from the user's body.
Additionally, Belt clips, holsters & other body-worn accessories may not contain
metallic components.

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Making a call or a video
call
1 Touch to open the keypad.
2 Key in the number using the
keypad.
3 Touch to initiate the call.
4 To end the call, touch the end
key.
TIP! To enter + for making an
international call, touch and hold
.
TIP! Press the power key to lock the
touchscreen to prevent calls being
made by mistake.
Making a call from your
contacts
1 From the home screen touch
to open the
Contacts .
2 Tap the Name field box on the
top of the screen and enter the
first few letters of the contact
you would like to call using the
keypad.
3 From the filtered list, touch the
call icon next to the contact you
want to call. The call will use the
default number if there is more
than one for that contact.
4 Or, you can touch the contact
name and select the number to
use if there is more than one for
that contact to use. You can also
touch to initiate the call to
the default number.
Answering and rejecting
a call
When your phone rings, touch the
send key to answer the call.
To mute the ringing, touch . This
is useful if you forgot to change your
profile to
Silent for a meeting. Touch
Reject to reject an incoming call.
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In-call options
Touch this icon to put a call
on hold.
Touch this icon to turn off the
microphone so the person you
are talking to cannot hear you.
Touch this icon to turn on the
speaker phone.
Choose from a list of further
in-call options, including go to
messages, so you can check
your messages, go to contacts
to add or search contacts
during a call. You can also end
the call from here by touching
end call.
Choose to open a numerical
keypad for navigating menus
with numbered options. For
example, when dialling call
centres or other automated
telephone services.
Choose to add another person
to the call.
Choose to search your
contacts during a call.
TIP! To scroll through a list of options
or your list of contacts, touch the
last item visible and slide your finger
up the screen. The list will move up
so more items become visible.
Speed dialling
You can assign a frequently-called
contact to a speed dial number.
1 From the home screen, touch
and select Contacts on the
COMMUNICATION tab, then
select
Speed dials .
2 Your voicemail is already set to
speed dial 1. You cannot change
this. Touch any other number to
assign it a speed dial contact.
3 Your contacts will open. Select
the contact you want to assign
to that number by touching their
phone number once. To find a
contact, tap the
Name field box
and enter the first letter of the
name of the contact required.

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Calls
Making a second call
1 During your initial call, touch
and type the number you want
to call.
2 Touch to connect the call.
3 Both calls will be displayed on the
call screen. Your initial call will be
locked and the caller put on hold.
4 To change between the calls,
touch or touch the number of
the held call.
5 To end one or both calls press
and select End followed by
All , Held or Active .
TIP! Touch any single call log entry
to view the date, time and duration
of the call.
NOTE: You will be charged for each
call you make.
Viewing your call logs
From the home screen, touch
and select Call history on the
COMMUNICATION tab.
TIP! Touch any single call log entry
to view the date, time and duration
of the call.
Changing the call settings
You can set the menu relevant to a
call. From the home screen, touch
and select Call settings on the
SETTINGS tab.
Call divert - Choose whether to
divert your calls.
Call waiting - Be alerted when you
have a call waiting. (Depends on
your network provider.)
Call barring - Select when you
would like calls to be barred.
Fixed dial numbers - Choose a
list of numbers that can be called
from your phone. You’ll need your
PIN2 code from your operator. Only
numbers included in the fixed dial
list can be called from your phone.
Reject call with SMS - When
you reject a call, you can send
a message quickly by using this
function. This is useful if you need to
reply the message during a meeting.
Call costs - View the charges
applied to your last call or all calls.
(This service is network dependent,
some operators are unable to
support this.)

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Call durations - View the charges
applied to your dialled numbers and
the call duration of all your calls;
received and dialled. (This service is
network dependent, some operators
are unable to support this.)
Data volume - View the amount in
kilobytes of all your received and
sent data.
Common settings - Please see
Changing the common call setting .
Video call settings - Change the
settings of your video calling.
Changing the common call
setting
1 From the home screen, touch
and select
Call settings on the
SETTINGS tab.
2 Scroll and touch Common
settings
. From here you can
adjust the settings for:
Call reject - Slide the switch to
ON to highlight the reject list.
You can touch the text box to
choose from all calls, specific
contacts or groups, or those from
unregistered numbers (those
not in your contacts) or with no
caller ID. Touch
Save to change
the setting.
Send my number - Choose
whether your number will
be displayed when you call
someone.
Auto redial - Slide the switch left
for
ON or right for OFF .
Minute minder - Slide the switch
left to
ON to hear a tone every
minute during a call.
BT answer mode - Select Hands-
free
to be able to answer a call
using a Bluetooth headset, or
select
Handset to touch a key on
the handset to answer a call.
Save new number - Select Yes
to save a new number.
Proximity sensor - Slide the
switch left for
ON or right for OFF.

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Searching for a contact
1 From the home screen, touch
and select Contacts on the
COMMUNICATION tab.
2 Touch Search .
3 You see a list of contacts. Typing
in the first letter of a contact’s
name in the
Name field box
will jump the menu to that
alphabetical area of the list.
TIP! The alphabetical keypad is
displayed once you tap the
Name
field box.
Adding a new contact
1 From the home screen, touch
and select Contacts on the
COMMUNICATION tab, then touch
Add contact .
2 Choose whether to save the
contact to your
Handset or SIM .
3 Enter your first and last name.
4 You can enter up to different
numbers per contact. Each
entry has a preset type
Mobile ,
Home , Office , Pager , Fax , VT and
General
. When you have finished,
touch
Close.
5
Add an email address and IM
address.
6 Assign the contact to one or
more groups. Choose between
No group , Family , Friends ,
Colleagues , School or VIP .
7 You can also add a Ringtone ,
Birthday
, Anniversary ,
Homepage
, Home address ,
Company name , Job title ,
Company address, Memo, and
Livecon
.
8 Touch Save to save the contact.
Creating a group
1 From the home screen, touch
and select Contacts on the
COMMUNICATION tab, then touch
Groups .
2 Touch Add group or touch
and select
Add group .
3 Enter a name for your new group.
You can also assign a ringtone to
the group.
4 Touch Save .
NOTE: If you delete a group, the
contacts which were assigned to
that group will not be lost. They will
remain in your contacts.
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Changing your contact
settings
You can adapt your contact settings
so that your contacts suits your own
preferences.
1 From the home screen, touch
and select Contacts on the
COMMUNICATION tab, then touch
SETTINGS .
2 From here, you can adjust the
following settings:
Contact list settings - Adjust
the
Contacts location , Name
display,
and Quick command key
settings.
Copy - Copy your contacts from
your handset to your SIM or from
your SIM to your handset. You
can choose one at a time, or all
at once.
Move - This works in the same
way as
Copy , but the contact
will only be saved to the location
you’ve moved it to.
Send all contacts via Bluetooth -
Send all of your contacts to
another device using Bluetooth.
You will be prompted to turn on
Bluetooth if you select this option.
Backup contacts - Performs a
backup your contacts on to the
external memory. This option
requires external memory.
Restore contacts - Restores
your contacts from the external
memory. This option requires
external memory.
Clear contacts - Delete all
your contacts. Choose between
Handset and SIM and touch Yes
if you are sure you want to wipe
your contacts.
Viewing information
1 From the home screen, touch
and select Contacts on the
COMMUNICATION tab, then touch
Information .
2 From here you can view your
Service dial numbers , your Own
number
, your Memory info.
(showing your memory usage)
and
My business card .
TIP! To add your own business card,
select My business card and enter
your details as you would for any
contact. Touch Save to finish.

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Messaging
Your phone combines SMS and
MMS into one intuitive and easy-to-
use menu.
Sending a message
1 From the home screen, touch
and select Messaging on
the
COMMUNICATION tab. And
touch
New message to begin
composing a new message.
2 Touch Insert to add an image,
video, sound, template and so on.
3 Touch Recipient at the bottom of
the screen to enter the recipients.
Then enter the number or touch
to select a contact. You can
even add multiple contacts.
4 Touch Send when ready.
WARNING: If an image, video
or sound is added to an SMS, it
will be automatically converted to
an MMS and you will be charged
accordingly.
Entering text
There are five ways to enter text:
Keypad, Keyboard, Handwriting-
Screen, Handwriting-Box,
and
Handwriting-Double Box
.
You can
choose your input method
by tapping and
Input method .
Touch to turn on T9 mode.
This icon is only shown when
you choose
Keypad as the input
method.
Touch to choose the writing
language.
Touch to change from
numbers, symbols and text input.
Use
Shift to change between capital
or lowercase input.
T9 mode
The T9 mode uses a built-in
dictionary to recognise the words
you’re writing based on the
sequence of keys you’ve touched. It
predicts the word you are inputting
and suggests alternatives.
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Abc mode
This mode allows you to enter letters
by touching the key labeled with the
required letter once, twice, three or
four times until the letter is displayed.
123 Mode
This mode allows you to enter
numbers in a text message (a
telephone number, for example)
more quickly. Touch the keys
corresponding to the required digits
before manually switching back to
the appropriate text entry mode.
Handwriting recognition
In Handwriting mode you simply
write on the screen and Your phone
will convert your handwriting into
your message. Select
Handwriting-
Screen
or Handwriting-Box
according to your preferred view.
Setting up your email
From the home screen, touch
and select E-mail on the
COMMUNICATION tab.
If the email account is not set up, start
the email set up wizard and finish it.
You can check and edit settings by
selecting . You can also check
the additional settings that were
filled in automatically when you
created the account.
Microsoft Exchange email
account
Email address - Enter the account
email address.
Server address - Enter the email
server address.
Domain - Enter the account domain
(Optional).
Username - Enter the account’s
username.
Password - Enter the account’s
password.
Now your account is set up, it will
appear in the list of accounts in your
E-mail folder.
Retrieving your emails
You can automatically or manually
check your account for new emails.
To check manually:
1 From the home screen, touch
and select E-mail on the
COMMUNICATION tab.

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2 Touch the account you want to use.
Sending an email using
your new account
1 From the home screen, touch
and select E-mail on the
COMMUNICATION tab.
2 Touch New e-mail and a new
email will open.
3 Complete the message.
4 Touch Send and your email will
be sent.
Changing your email settings
1 From the home screen, touch
and select E-mail on the
COMMUNICATION tab.
2 Touch and select E-mail
settings
and then you can adapt
the following settings:
E-mail accounts - You can set up
an email account.
Preferred e-mail
Allow reply e-mail
- Choose
to allow the sending of read
confirmation messages.
Request reply e-mail - Choose
whether to request read
confirmation messages.
Retrieve interval - Choose how
often your LG-A310 checks for
new email messages.
Retrieve amount - Choose the
number of emails to be retrieved
at any one time.
Include message in Fwd. &
Reply
- Choose to include the
original message in your reply.
Include attachment - Choose to
include the original attachment in
any reply.
Auto retrieval in roaming -
Choose whether to retrieve your
messages automatically when
abroad (roaming).
New e-mail notification -
Choose whether to be alerted to
new emails.
Signature - Switch this feature
ON and create an email
signature.
Priority - Choose the priority level
of your email messages.
Mail sending size - Set the
maximum size of sending mail.
E-mail counter - Input the date
you want. You can check emails
you sent during that period.
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Message folders
You’ll recognise the folder structure
used on your LG-A310, which
is fairly self-explanatory. From
the home screen, touch
and select
Messaging on the
COMMUNICATION tab. And choose
from the list below:
Inbox - All the messages you
receive are placed into your inbox.
TIP! When you receive the message,
you can reply quickly by using Quick
reply function. This is useful if you need
to reply the message during a meeting.
TIP!
While you see the message,
touch and select
Extract . You
can extract the information such as
a number, e-mail address or web
address from the selected message.
Drafts - If you do not finish writing
a message, you can save what you
have done in this folder.
Outbox - This is a temporary
storage folder while messages are
being sent.
Sent items - All the messages you
have sent are placed in this folder.
My folders - Create folders to store
your messages.
Templates - A list of pre written
useful messages, useful for a quick
reply.
Emoticons - You can add, edit and
delete emoticons. You can insert the
emoticon which you preferred on
writing a message.
Settings - Your message settings
are predefined so that you can send
messages immediately. If you would
like to change the settings, you can
do this using the settings options.
Changing your text
message settings
From the home screen, touch
and select Messaging on the
COMMUNICATION tab. Then choose
SETTINGS and Text message . You
can make changes to:
Text message centre - Enter the
details of your message centre.
Delivery report - Slide the switch left
to
ON to receive confirmation that
your messages have been delivered.

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Validity period - Choose how long
your messages are stored at the
message centre.
Message types - Convert your
text into
Text, Voice , Fax , X.400 or
E-mail .
Character encoding - Choose how
your characters are encoded. This
impacts the size of your messages
and therefore data charges.
Send long text as - Choose to send
long messages as
Multiple SMS or
as an
MMS .
Changing your multimedia
message settings
From the home screen, touch
and select Messaging on
the
COMMUNICATION tab. Then
choose
SETTINGS and Multimedia
message
. You can make changes
to:
Retrieval mode - Choose between
Home network or Roaming network .
If you then choose
Manual you will
receive only notifications of MMS
and you can then decide whether to
download them in full.
Delivery report - Choose to request
and/or allow delivery reports.
Read reply - Choose to request
and/or allow read replies.
Priority - Choose the priority level of
your multimedia message.
Validity period - Choose how long
your messages are stored at the
message centre.
Slide duration - Choose how long
your slides appear on the screen
by default.
Creation mode - Choose to create
multimedia messages freely or
restrictively.
Delivery time - Choose how long to
wait before a message is delivered.
Multi msg centre - Choose or add a
multimedia message centre.
Changing your other settings
From the home screen, touch
and select Messaging on the
COMMUNICATION tab, then touch
SETTINGS .
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Voicemail - Touch to add a
new Voicemail service. Contact
your network operator for more
information about the service they
provide.
Service message - Choose to
receive or block service messages.
You can also set your message
security by creating trusted and
untrusted lists of senders in
Service
security
option.
Message counter - Choose to set
period for counting messages.
Info. service - Choose whether to
turn cell broadcast on/off and select
your channels and languages.
Social network services
(SNS)
With your phone, you can enjoy
the social network services and
manage your micro-blog on SNS.
You can update your own SNS
place status and view your friends’
SN updates. Touch
Social network
menu and select the site as below:
Orkut, Facebook, Twitter, Picasa,
Flickr, and Myspace.
TIP! Facebook is a native
application preloaded onto your
phone, and easy to access.
Twitter is a java application
based on Java technology. Other
applications access to the WAP
(Wireless Application Protocol)
services.
NOTE: An additional costs may be
incurred when connecting and using
online services. Check your data
charges with your network provider.
Facebook
Home: Log in and you will see
your friend’s updated status. Input
your comment about new status
or check others. You can also write
comments by selecting + icon.
Profile: You can select the Wall >
Status updates and write the current
status. See your info detail and
upload the photo by touching Album
> Upload Photo. Choose from Go to
images or Take a picture, and then
input some caption with images.

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Friends: You can find many friends
in SNS and view their status. Search
your friends in facebook by selecting
Search tap.
Message: You can see the Inbox/
Sent folder, and write a SN
message.
TIP! Using Facebook Feed
Widget
You can add the facebook feed
widget to your home screen.
Drag the facebook feed widget
from widget tray and touch
OK. You can also access the
facebook application directly by
touching up the feed widget.
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Camera
Taking a quick photo
1 Press the camera key on the
right side of the phone.
2 Holding the phone horizontally,
point the lens towards the
subject of the photo.
3 Press the camera key lightly and
a focus box will appear in the
centre of the viewfinder screen.
4 Position the phone so you can
see the photo subject in the
focus box.
5 When the focus box turns green,
the camera has focused on your
subject.
6 Press the camera key fully to
capture the shot.
TIP! To switch to the camera mode
or video mode, slide up/down the
camera or video icon on the centre-
right of the viewfinder.
After taking a photo
Your captured photo will appear on
the screen. The following options
are available:
Touch to send the photo as
a message, e-mail or via
Bluetooth.
Set the image you have just
taken as home screen, a
contact image or in your
start up/shut down screen.
Touch to edit the photo.
Touch to edit the name of the
selected picture.
Touch to return to the previous
menu.
Touch to delete the photo you
have just taken and confirm
by touching
Yes . The “Deleted”
message appears.
Touch to take another photo
immediately. Your current
photo will be saved.
Touch to view a gallery of your
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Using the advanced
settings
From the viewfinder, touch
to open all the advanced settings
options.
Shot mode - Choose from Normal
shot
, Continuous shot and
Panorama shot .
Colour Effect - Choose a colour
tone to apply to the photo you’re
taking. There are four colour
tone options:
Off , Black & White ,
Negative or Sepia .
NOTE: You can change a picture
taken in colour to black and white
or sepia, but you cannot change a
picture taken in black and white or
sepia to colour.
ISO - The ISO rating determines
the sensitivity of the camera’s light
sensor. The higher the ISO, the more
sensitive the camera will be. This
is useful in darker conditions when
you can not use the flash. Select
the ISO value from
Auto, 100, 200,
400
and 800.
White balance
- The white balance
ensures that any white in your photo
is realistic. In order for your camera
to correctly adjust the white balance
you may need to determine the
light conditions. Choose from
Auto ,
Incandescent , Sunny , Fluorescent
and
Cloudy .
Self-timer - The self-timer allows
you to set a delay before the
camera takes the picture, after the
capture button is pressed. Choose
from
3 seconds , 5 seconds or 10
seconds
. Great for the group photo
you want to be part of.
Quality - Choose from Super fine ,
Fine and Normal . The finer the
quality the sharper a photo will be,
but the file size will increase. This
means you’ll be able to store fewer
photos in your memory.
Focus - Choose from Auto focus ,
Face tracking and Off .
• Auto focus - Your camera can
automatically adjust the focus for
a clear, sharp image with a single
press of the camera button.

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• Face tracking - Your camera
can automatically identify face
and have another rectangular for
better focus.
• Off - Focus mode is off.
View mode - Choose your view
mode.
Swap cam - Switch between the
inner camera and the outer camera.
More...
• Memory - Choose whether to
save your photos to the
Handset
memory
or to the External
memory
.
• Hide icons - Choose the camera
settings icons to be hidden
manually or automatically.
• Image stabilization - Select On to
compensate for unsteady hands.
• Show captured image - Choose
to view the picture with options
after taking a photo.
• Shutter sound - Select one of the
three shutter sounds.
• Grid screen - Choose from Off ,
Simple cross or Trisection .
• Reset settings - Reset all the
camera settings.
Camera