LG GB165 User manual

GB165
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GB165 USER GUIDE
This manual may differ from the phone depending
on the phone software version and service provider used.

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When you subscribe to a cellular
network, you are provided with
a SIM card loaded with your
subscription details, such as
your PIN, any optional services
available and many others.
Important!
› The SIM card and its contacts can be
easily damaged by scratches or bending,
so be careful when handling, inserting
or removing the card. Keep all SIM cards
out of the reach of small children.
› USIM is not supported in this phone.
› If the battery is removed and then
inserted set time sceen appears.You will
then need to reset the time or the time
set by you previously before removing
battery will be set automatically.
Illustrations
1Open the battery cover
2Remove the battery
3Insert your SIM card
4insert the battery
5Close battery cover
6Charge your battery
Installing the SIM Card and Charging the Battery
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2
Align the back cover to the phone
3
Fully Charge the battery before using it
for the first time
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Press the back cover downward to lock
it into place

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Phone Components
: End call/ Power on key
Allows you to power the
phone on or off, end
calls, or return to Standby
Mode.
: Navigation key
Use for quick access to
phone functions.
Alphanumeric keys
In most of the time, the
numeric keys are used
to Input number or
characters.
: Call Key or Send key
You can initiate a call,view
the call list, and answer
incoming calls.
Left soft key and Right
soft key
Each of these keys
performs the functions
indicated by the text on
the display immediately
above them.

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Display Information
Icon areas
Text and graphic area
Soft key indications
Menu Contacts
On-Screen Icons
Tells you the strength of the network signal.
Indicates the battery charge level.
Indicates your phone is locked.
Indicates new text message(s).
Indicates new voice message(s).
Indicates the alarm clock is set.
Indicates your phone uses the silent settings.
Indicates your phone uses the outdoor settings.
Indicates your phone uses the headset setting.
Indicates all calls are diverted to another number.
Indicates your phone is in flight mode.
Indicates the phone is roaming.

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Turning Your Phone On and Off
You can power on and power off the phone by pressing or holding the power
key.
Making a call
1. In the standby mode, enter the area code and the phone number.
2. Press the send key to call the number.
Answering a call
Press the talk key to answer the call when the phone rings.
If the Any Key menu option has been set, any key press will answer a call except
for the End key or the right soft key.
Making an international call
1. In the standby mode, long press the 0 key until a + (international prefix
character) sign is displayed.
2. Enter the country code, the area code and the phone number.
3. Press the talk key to call.

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Menu and Options
Your phone offers a set of functions that allow you to customize it. These func-
tions are arranged in menus and sub-menus, accessed via the left and right soft
keys. The label on the bottom of the display screen immediately above the soft
keys indicates their current function.
Menu Contacts
Press the left soft
key to access the
available Menu.
Press the right soft
key to access the
Contacts.

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Entering Text
You can enter alphanumeric characters by using the phone’s keypad. To change
modes, press the key.
T9 Mode
This mode allows you to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each key
on the keypad has more than one letter. The T9 mode automatically compares
your keystrokes with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the correct
word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional ABC mode.
The input method is display at the upper right corner of your phone.
Indicator Function (English Smart mode)
T9 Smart Abc
T9 Smart abc
T9 Smart ABC
Numeric
Multitap Abc
Multitap abc
Multitap ABC
FM Radio (This function may be different in different
regions.)
1. Please connect the earphone to your phone.
2. From the Multimedia menu, select FM Radio and press OK.
3. Use navigation keypad to search radio station. You can also press Options to
search radio frequency for available channels and automatically store to the
channel list.

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4. Press Options to edit the channel list. There are 9 stations you may pre-set.
Your phone provides the following options for FM radio:
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Channel List: Bookmark up to 9 radio stations by entering the channel name
and frequency.
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Manual Input: Keys in the radio station frequency manually.
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Preset Auto Search: Auto search available channels and automatically store
them to the channel list.
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Settings: Allows you to switch on the loud speaker. Changes the background
play, the skin of the FM radio, the record format, audio quality. You can record in
AMR or WAV formats.
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Record: Records your favorite radio programs.
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Append: Resumes a previously recorded file.
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File list: Manages recorded audio files.
Anti-theft mobile tracker
The ATMT feature of this phone provides you with the ability to have a tracking
system in place for your mobile in case you lose or misplace it. The moment an
un-authorized user wants to use your phone by inserting another SIM card, a
SMS is triggered from your phone and is sent to your pre-defined numbers.

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How to set the tone
You may set up the following different profiles to adapt to different
environmental conditions. Your phone provides 4 different profiles.
1. Select [Profiles] from the main menu.
2. Select a profile and press [Options - Personalise] select Ring tone option to
set the ring tone.
3. Press the left soft key [OK] and then you can set the desired ring tone.
Your phone also provides the following options to customize tones/alert types:
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Call Alert type: Selects an alert type (Ring, Vibrate, Ring & Vibrate, Ring after
Vibrate, and Silent) for the ringing tone.
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Ring Tones: Sets desired ring tone.
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Ring Volume: Adjusts the volume of ring tone.
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Message alert type: Selects different alert types (Ring Once, Ring
periodically, Ring & Vibrate. Vibrate, Silent) for message alert tone.
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Message tones: Selects desired message alert tone.
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Message volume: Adjusts the volume of message alert tone.
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Keypad tones: Selects desired keypad tone.
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Keypad volume: Adjusts the keypad volume.
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Power on/off tones: Selects different type of ring tone for power on/off.
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Power on/off volume: Adjusts the volume of power on/off ring tone.

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Menu Tree
1. Browser
1.1 Home
1.2 Yahoo!
1.3 Bookmarks
1.4 Enter address
1.5 History
1.6 Service inbox
1.7 Settings
2. Call history
2.1 All Calls
2.2 Missed Calls
2.3 Dialled Calls
2.4 Received Calls
2.5 Call Duration
2.6 Call Cost
2.7 Data Information
3. Tools
3.1 Alarm clock
3.2 Calendar
3.3 Calculator
3.4 Memo
3.5 To do
3.6 Unit Converter
3.7 World clock
3.8 SIM services
3.9 Torch
4. Multimedia
4.1 MP3 player
4.2 FM radio
4.3 Schedule FM
record
4.4 Voice recorder
4.5 Melody composer
5. Messages
5.1 New message
5.2 Inbox
5.3 Drafts
5.4 Outbox
5.5 Sent
5.6 Listen to
voicemail
5.7 Info message
5.8 Templates
5.9 Settings
6. My stuff
6.1 Images
6.2 Sounds
6.3 Others
6.4 Games & Apps
7. Profiles
7.1 Normal
7.2 Silent
7.3 Outdoor
7.4 Flight mode
8. Contacts
8.1 Search
8.2 New contact
8.3 Speed dials
8.4 Groups
8.5 Copy all
8.6 Delete all
8.7 Settings
8.8 Information
9. Settings
9.1 Date & Time
9.2 Languages
9.3 Display
9.4 Shortcut
9.5 Fake call
9.6 Call
9.7 Security
9.8 Connectivity
9.9 Power save
9.10 Reset
9.11 Memory status

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Quick feature reference
Browser Menu 1
• Home: Selects this to load browser start page (the content depends on the
service provider).
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Yahoo!: Through Yahoo! you can access your Yahoo! Messenger, email
accounts from any major provider. Fro more information, you can visit
Yahoo!® Mobile for more information.
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Bookmarks: Uses this menu to save URL addresses.
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Enter Address: Key in the URL address directly.
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History: Views the recent page you have visited.
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Service inbox: Views the service messages in this menu.
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Settings: Sets the phone to automatically register to a GPRS network
when you switch the phone on.
Call history Menu 2
You can check the record of missed, received, and dialed calls only if the
network supports the Calling Line Identification (CLI) within the service area.
The number and name (if available) are displayed together with the date and
time at which the call was made. You can also view call durations.
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All calls: Displays all the lists of three types (Received/Dialled/Missed calls)
by time.
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Missed calls: This option lets you view the last 50 unanswered calls.
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Dialled calls: This option lets you view the last 50 outgoing calls (called
or attempted).
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Received calls: This option lets you view the last 50 received calls.

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Call history Menu 2
• Call duration: Allows you to view the duration of your incoming and
outgoing calls.
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Call Costs: Allows you to check the cost of your last call, all calls, and reset
the cost.
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Data information: You can check the total of data transferred over the
web through the GPRS information.
Tools Menu 3
• Alarm clock: Allows you to set one of five alarms. The current time is
displayed at the top of the screen when you select an alarm to set. At the
alarm time, the Alarm icon will be displayed on the LCD screen and the
alarm will sound.
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Calendar: You can check track of daily or monthly schedules.
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Calculator: This contains the standard functions such as Addition,
Subtraction, Multiplication and Division.
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Memo: You can create a list of 50 memos.
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To do: You can add 50 tasks and check all of the tasks you’ve added in To
Do.
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Unit Converter: This converts any measurement into a unit you want.
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World Clock: Allows you to determine the current time in another time
zone or country.Also you can set any city as Home city and set Daylight
ON/OFF.
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SIM service: Additional functions or applications provided by your service
provider.
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Torch: You can activate torch menu.

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Multimedia Menu 4
• MP3 player: Listens to MP3 music files on your phone.
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FM radio: Listens to FM radio station. You can enjoy listening FM without
using headset as phone suppotrs wireless FM service.
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Schedule FM record: Allows you to pre-schedule FM radio recording.
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Voice recorder: Allows you to record voice memo.
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Melody composer: Allows you to make the melody in this menu.
Messages Menu 5
• New message: This menu allows you to write a new SMS or MMS
message.
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Inbox: You will be alerted when you have received a message.
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Drafts: This menu shows the saved message.
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Outbox: This is a temporary storage folder while messages are being sent
or stores the messages that are failed to sent.
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Sent: This menu allows you to view the messages which have already been
sent, including time and content.
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Listen to voicemail: This menu provides you with a quick way of
accessing your voice mailbox.
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Info message: Info service messages are text messages delivered by the
network to your handset.
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Templates: There are pre-defined messages in the list. You can view and
edit the template messages or create new messages.
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Settings: This menu allows you to set features of your network service
provider.

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My Stuff Menu 6
• Images: This folder saves all of your image files.
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Sounds: This folder saves all of your audio files.
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Others: This folder is mainly used for transporting files from PC to your
phone.
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Games & Apps: List of default games or applications available in the
phone.
Profiles Menu 7
• Normal: After setup this profile, the indicator will be displayed on
the standby screen.
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Silent: Ring tone and vibrator is set to be off. After setup this profile, the
indicator will be displayed on the standby screen.
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Outdoor: Outdoor profile is the default setting.Ring tone and key tone
volume is set to maximum. After setup this profile, the indicator will
be displayed on the standby screen.
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Flight mode: Wireless radio of your phone is disabled. Allows you to safely
use the non-wireless functions of your phone (such as multimedia, tools, or
games…ext.). After setup this profile, the indicator will be displayed
on the screen.

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Contacts Menu 8
• Search: You can Search for contacts in Phonebook.
Note: Instant searching is available by inputting the initial letter of the
name you want to search.
• New contact: You can add phonebook entries by using this menu.
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Speed dials: Assign contacts to any of keys between 2 and 9.
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Groups: There are seven default groups on the phone. With Groups
function, you can send a message to all members of a group at the same
time.
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Copy all: You can copy all entries from SIM card memory to Phone
memory and also from Phone memory to SIM card memory.
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Delete all: You can delete all entries from SIM card memory or Phone
memory.
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Settings: You can check free space and memory usage.
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Information
› Service dial numbers:
Access the list of service numbers assigned by
service provider safely.
› Own numbers: You can save and check your own numbers in SIM card.
› My business card: This option allows you to create your own business
card featuring your name, mobile number, phone number and so on.

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Settings Menu 9
• Date & Time: You can set functions relating to the date and time.
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Languages: You can change the language for the display texts in your
phone. This change will also affect the Language Input mode.
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Display: You can adjust settings for the phone display.
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Shortcut: You can customize your shortcuts.
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Fake call: You can activate fake call. If you set this menu, you can receive a
fake call in setting time.
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Call: You can set the menu relevant to a call.
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Security: This menu allows you to set the phone’s safety.
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Connectivity: You can select a network that will be registered either
automatically or manually.
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Power Save: If you set this to On, you can save the power when you are
not using the phone.
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Reset: This menu allows you to reset the entire phone to its factory defaults
or delete all the files saved on your phone.
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Memory status: You can check free space and memory usage of each
repository.

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Please read these simple guidelines. Ignoring them may be dangerous or illegal.
Further detailed information is given in this manual.
Warning
› For your safety, use ONLY specified ORIGINAL batteries and chargers.
› Switch off the phone in any area where required by special regulations, e.g. in a
hospital where it may affect medical equipment.
› Batteries should be disposed off in accordance with relevant legislation.
Product care and maintenance
WARNING! Only use batteries, chargers and accessories approved for use
with this particular phone model. The use of any other types may invalidate any
approval or warranty applying to the phone, and may be dangerous.
› Do not disassemble this unit. Take it to a qualified service technician when
repair work is required.
› The unit should be kept away from heat sources such as radiators or cookers.
› Use a dry cloth to clean the exterior of the unit. (Do not use any solvents.)
› Do not keep the phone next to credit cards or transport tickets; it can affect the
information on the magnetic strips.
❑Guidelines for safe and efficient use

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Electronic devices
All mobile phones may get interference, which could affect performance.
› Do not use your mobile phone near medical equipment without requesting
permission. Avoid placing the phone over a pacemaker, i.e. in your breast
pocket.
Road safety
Check the laws and regulations on the use of mobile phones in the areas when
you drive.
› Do not use a hand-held phone while driving.
› Use a hands-free kit, if available.
› Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving
conditions so require.
Blasting area
Do not use the phone where blasting is in progress. Observe restrictions, and
follow the rules and regulations.
Potentially explosive atmospheres
Do not use the phone at a refueling point. Do not use near fuel or chemicals.
❑Guidelines for safe and efficient use (Continued)

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In aircraft
Wireless devices can cause interference in aircraft.
› Turn off your mobile phone before boarding any aircraft.
Children
Keep the phone in a safe place out of children’s reach. It includes small parts
which if detached may cause a choking hazard.
Emergency calls
Emergency calls may not be available under all cellular networks. Therefore, you
should never depend solely on the phone for emergency calls. Check with your
local service provider.To make emergency call in India dial 911,112.
Battery information and care.
› You do not need to completely discharge the battery before recharging. Unlike
other battery systems, there is no memory effect that could compromise the
battery’s performance.
› Use only LG batteries and chargers. LG chargers are designed to maximize the
battery life.
› Do not disassemble or short-circuit the battery pack.
› Replace the battery when it no longer provides acceptable performance.
The battery pack may be recharged hundreds of times before it needs to be
replaced.
› Do not expose the battery charger to direct sunlight or use it in high humidity,
such as the bathroom.
› Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type.
❑Guidelines for safe and efficient use (Continued)