LG LG-A275 U User manual

LG-A275 User Guide -English
This guide will help you to understand your new mobile phone, It will provide
you with useful explanations of the features on your phone.
Some of the contents of this manual may differ from your phone depending on
the phone software or your service provider.

Contents
Gettlna to know vour ohone ^F M r a d i o . 17
Installing the SIM Card and Charging the Profiles... ..„.19
Battery........... ...5 Tools 20
Display Information 7Organiser 20
Menu and Options 8Settings 21
Entering Text 9Guidelines for safe and efficient use.. 24
Quick feature r e f e r e n c e 13 Accessories 34
Messaging.......;.. 13 Troubleshooting 35
Contacts.... 14
Call history....... 16
Alarms 17
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Getting to know your phone
Earphone jack
Soft keys
Each of these keys performs the
functions indicated by the text on the
display immediately above them.
Navigation keysq
Use for quick access to phone
functions.
m|(up) :Torch
■ (down): Calendar
■(left): New Message
■(right) :FM radio
Send key J _
You can dial a phone number and
answer incoming calls.
Earpiece
r-Hand Strap Hole
J—Displayscreen
End/Power key
Allows you to power the phone on
or off, end calls, or return to Standby
mode.
-Alphanumeric keys
Most of the time, the numeric keys are
used to input numbers or characters.
Note: Only alphanumeric key is
lighting when using a phone.

Getting to know your phone
- C h a r g e r p o r t ^
Allow you to power charger only.
Torch

Installing the SIM Card and Charging the Battery
Installing the SIM Card
When you subscribe to a mobile phone network, you are provided with a plug-In SIM card which Is loaded
with your subscription details, such as your PIN, any optional services available and many others.
Important!
>The plug-In SIM card and Its contacts can easily be 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.
> only 2G SIM supported

Installing the SIM Card and Charging the Battery
Illustrations
1 Open battery cover
2 Remove the battery
3 Insert your SIM
4 Insert the battery
5 Close the battery cover
6 Charge your battery
WARNING: Do not remove the battery while the
phone is switched on, as this may damage the
phone.
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Display Information
Icon areas
—Text and graphic area
On-Screen Icons
T..II1 Tells you the strength of the network
signal.
dm Indicates the battery charge level.
eIndicates new text nriessage{s).
asIndicates new voice message(s).
Indicates that the alarm clock is set.
<1 Indicates that your phone Is using the
general profile.
Indicates that your phone is using the
silent profile.
<11 Indicates that your phone Is using the
outdoor profile.
nIndicates that your phone Is using the
headset profile.
Indicates that all calls are being diverted to
another number.
Indicates that your phone is In Flight
mode.
mIndicates new schedule(s).
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Menu and Options
Your phone offers a set of functions that allow you to customise it. These functions are arranged in menus
and sub-menus, which are accessed via the left and right soft keys. The label at the bottom of the display
screen immediately above the soft keys indicates their current function.
ta Dual SIM
Press the left soft key to access the
available menu.
Press the right soft key
to a c ce s s co n ta c ts .

Entering Text
You can enter alphanumeric characters via the
phone's keypad. For example, storing names
in Contacts, writing a message and scheduling
events in the calendar all require entering text. To
change modes, press the Ea key.
Indicator Function (English Smart mode)
MBl Numeric
mm MultitapAbc
M u l t i t a p a b c ,
MSm MultitapABC
T9Mode
In Editor, Press Options Choose "Set TQ" Select On.
This mode allows you to enter words with only
one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad
is associated with more than one letter.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.
Turning Your Phone On and Off
You can power the phone on and off by pressing
or holding the power key.

Entering Text
Making a Call
1 Key in the number on the keypad
2 Press BBS to Initiate the call.
3 To end the call, press Bl.
TIP! To enter + when making an International
call, press and hold 0.
Making a call from your contacts
1 Press Menu, select Contacts and choose
Search.
2 On the keypad, enter the first few letter of the
contact you want to call.
3 To scroll through your contacts, use the up and
down navigation keys. And to scroll through
their different numbers, use the left and right
navigation keys.
4 Press Sa to Initiate the call.
Answering and rejecting a call
When your phone rings, press Accept or press ES
to answer the call. While your phone Is ringing,
select Silent to mute the ringing. This Is great If
you have forgotten to change your profile to Silent
for a meeting. Press BS} or Reject to reject the
Incoming call.
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TIP! You can change the settings on your
phone to answer your calls In different ways.
Press Menu, select Settings and choose Call.
Press Common settings, select Answer mode
and choose Any key or Send key only.
Any key - You can answer a call by pressing
any key.
Send key only - You can answer a call only by
pressing the Send key.
Changing your call settings
You can set the menu depending on the call. Press
Menu, select Settings and choose Call > SIMl
orSIMl
• Call divert - Select methods for diverting calls,
• Call barring - Choose a barring password for all
outgoing calls, outgoing International, outgoing
International except to home country, all
Incoming calls, or Incoming when abroad.
• Call waiting - Select Active or cancel call waiting.
• Fixed dial number - Choosing a PIN2 code to
enable fixed dial number lets you restrict calls
only to numbers In the Fixed dial number list.

Entering Text
Checking your call history
You can check the records of All calls, Missed calls.
Dialled calls, Received calls, and Call duration.
The number and name (if available) are displayed
together with the date and time at which the call
was made. You can also view the number of times
you have called a particular number. Press Menu,
select Call history.
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Quick feature reference
Messaging
Sending a message
1 Press Menu, select Messaging and choose
New message.
2 A new message editor will open. The default
setting of the message editor is SMS mode.
3 Enter your message using either the 19
predictive mode or Abe manual mode or 123
mode. You can switch text input modes by
pressing jQ.
4 Press Options and choose Insert to add an
Symbol, Template, Contact, Business card.
5 Press Send to.
6 Enter the phone number or press Options and
select Contacts or Recent list to open your
contacts list.
7 Press Options and choose Send.
• Inbox - You will be alerted when you have
received a message. It will also be saved here.
• Drafts - This menu shows the message you
have saved.

Quick feature reference
Outbox -This menu allows you to view the
message which is about to be send or that have
failed to send.
Sent - This menu allows you to view the
messages which have already been sent,
including time and content.
Listen voicemail - This menu provides you with a
quick way to access your voice mailbox.
Info messages - Info service messages are text
messages that are delivered by the network to
your handset.
• Templates - There are pre-defined messages
in the list. You can view and edit the template
messages or create new templates.
• Settings - This menu allows you to set the
features of your network service provider.
Contacts
You can search for a contact stored in your
C o n t a c t s m e n u .
1 Press Menu and choose Contacts, select
Search or press B (right soft key) irom the
standby screen.
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2 On the keypad enter the first letter of the
contact you want to call.
3 To scroll through the contacts, use the up
and down navigation keys. To scroll through
their different numbers use the left and right
navigation keys.
• New contact - You can add phonebook entries
by using this menu.
• Speed dials - Assign contacts to any keys
between 4 and 8. Speed dial 2 and 3 is set to SIM
Budget and 9 is set to SOS mode, so you can not
change these keys.
> SIM budget empty - You can set Speed SIM
budget through Startup Wizard and Speed dial
menu, It is easy way for checking SIM budget
by pressing and holding the 2 or 3 key in Idle
Screen.
Copy all - You can copy all phone book entries
from the SIM card memory to the Phone memory
or from the Phone memory to the SIM card
memory.
Delete all - You can delete all phone book entries
from the SIM card memory or Phone memory.
Memory status - You can check the memory
status for your SIM and phone.
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•Information
> Service dial numbers - Access the list of service
numbers assigned by your service provider
securely.
> Own number - You can save and check your
own numbers on the SIM card.
> Business card - You can save and check your
business card containing infomiation including
your name, mobile number, home, office and
email, and send it in a message.
Calihistory
You can check the record of all, missed, dialled,
received calls aiid call durations. The nurnber and
name (if available) are displayed together with the
date and time at which the call was made. You can
also view the number of times you have cajled,
• All calls - Displays the lists of all three' types
(Received/Dialled/Missed calls) by time.
• Missed calls - This option lets you view the.last
20 unanswered calls.
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. Dialled calls - This option lets you view the last
20 outgoing calls (called or attempted).
• Received calls -This option lets you view the last
20 incoming calls.
• Call duration - Allows you to view the duration
of your last call, ail calls, dialled calls and received
calls.
Alarms
You can set up to 3 alarm clocks to go on at a
specified time.
FM radio
With embedded FM antenna, you can receive FM
radio without an external earphone. You can listen
to your favourite radio station anytime.
Listening to the radio
1 Press Menu and select FM radio.
2 Select Options> Auto scan then confirm Yes
to scan for FM channels or No to cancel.
3 When your phone detects a channel, it will
display a pop-up asking to save the channel.
Confirin save or skip save by selecting No.
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Note: Your phone can only store a maximum
of 12 channels. Device will stop auto
scanning when all 12 channels have been
saved or when It cannot detect any more FM
channels.
4 Select the channel by pressing the appropriate
channel number on the keypad or by using the
left or right navigation keys.
Note: Up and down navigation keys
will Increase or decrease sound volume
respectively.
5 Select the channel number of the station you
would like to listen to.
Note: In weak FM radio signal area the
sensitivity can degrade with wireless and
antenna mode. So It Is advisable to Insert the
ear-mic for better and enhanced FM quality.

Profiles
• General - After setting up this profile, the
indicator <] will be displayed on the standby
screen.
• Silent - Ring tone is disabled and Vibrate is
activated. When you set up this profile, the
Indicator will be displayed on the standby
screen.
. Outdoor - This is the default profile. Ring tone
and key tone volume are set to maximum. When
you set up this profile, the indicator will be
displayed on the standby screen.
• Flight mode - Select this profile to disable all
mobile network services. You will not be able to
make or receive messages or calls when Flight
m o d e i s s w i t c h e d o n .
• Headset - When the headset is connected to
the phone, the indicator will be displayed on
the standby screen. You can personalise your call
alert type, ring tones, ring volume, message alert
type, message tones, message volume, keypad
tones, keypad volume, effect sound volume and
power on/off volume.
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Tools
•Torch - Turn on/off the torch orturn on/off the
torch directly by pressing the up navigation key
in idle screen.
• Self call - This is a useful function for avoiding
awkward situation politely. You can call yourself
bysettingthe time in self call menu.
Note: Self call can be activated or deactivated
from idle screen using shortcut code #*#:
• Calculator - This contains the standard functions
such as Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication
and Division.
• Stopwatch - This option allows you to use the
function of a stopwatch.
• World clock - Allows you to determine the
current time in another time zone or country.
Organiser
• Calendar - When you enter this menu, a calendar
appears. A square cursor is placed on the current
date. You can move the cursor to another date .
using the navigation keys, also you can set
scheduler for desired date and time.
• Memo - You can register yourown memos here.