LG LG900G User manual

LG900g User Guide -English
Congratulations on your purchase of
the advanced and compact LG900g
phone by LG, designed to operate with
the latest digital mobile communication
technology.
Some of 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
1When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product, the
product is subject to European Directive 2002/96/EC.
2All electrical and electronic products should be disposed of separately
from the municipal waste stream at collection facilities designated by the
government or local authorities.
3The correct disposal of your old appliances will help prevent potential
negative impacts on the environment and human health.
4For more detailed information about disposal of your old appliances,
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.

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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Getting to know your phone
Soft keys
(Left soft key /
Right soft key)
•These keys perform the
function Indicated in the
bottom of the display.
Confirm key / OK key
•Selects menu options and
confirms actions.
End key
•switch on/off (hold down)
•
End or reject a call.
Navigation key
•In standby mode:
Briefly: Quick
menu.
Briefly: Contacts
search.
Briefly: Profiles.
Briefly:
Homescreen.
• In menu: Scroll up &
down.
Earplece
Main LCD
Send key
•Dials a phone number
and answers a call.
• In standby mode:
Shows the history of
calls.
Alpha numeric keys
•In standby mode:
Input numbers to dial
Hold down
– International calls
– Connect voice
mail centre
to – Speed
dials
- Hold the key
down to go Silent mode
• In editing mode: Enter
numbers & characters
Multitasking key
Go to Home screen or Menu directly.
Clear / lock key
•Clears a character with each press.
Hold the key down to clear all input.
•
Hold the key down to lock when using menus.

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Camera key
Side keys
• In standby mode: Controls
the ring volume.
• During a call: Earpiece
volume adjustment
• During playing MP3 music:
Audio volume adjustment
Micro SD memory card
socket
Battery pack
Camera lens
Battery cover
SIM card holder
Charger/USB cable
connector
TIP: Please ensure
the phone is powered
on , external memory
card is inserted and
in idle mode before
connecting the
USB cable for Mass
Storage.
Headset

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Installing the SIM and battery
1 Remove the battery cover
Press the battery cover release
latch.
2 Remove the battery
Lever the bottom edge of the
battery and remove it carefully
from the battery compartment.
WARNING: Do not remove the
battery when the phone is switched
on, as this may damage the phone.
3 Install the SIM card
Slide the SIM card into the SIM
card holder. Make sure that the
gold contact area on the card is
facing downwards. To remove
the SIM card, pull it gently in the
reverse direction.
WARNING: Do not replace or
remove the SIM card while your
phone is being used or turned on,
or data may be lost or the SIM card
might be damaged.

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4 Install the battery
Insert the top of the battery first
into the top edge of the battery
compartment. Ensure that the
battery contacts align with the
terminals on the phone. Press
down the bottom of the battery
until it clips into place.
5 Replace the battery cover
6 Charging your phone
Pull open the cover of the charger
socket on the top of your LG900g.
Insert the charger and plug into a
mains electricity socket.
Your LG900g will need to be
charged until a message reading
“Battery full” appears on screen.

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Memory card
Installing a memory card
You can expand the memory available
on your phone using a memory card.
Note: A memory card is an optional
accessory.
Slide the memory card into the slot
until it clicks into place. Make sure
that the gold contact area is facing
downwards.
Removing a memory card
Carefully remove the memory card by
gently pushing it in to the phone and
quickly releasing it.
Formatting the memory card
Your memory card may already be
formatted. If your memory card isn’t
formatted, you will need to format it
before you can begin using it.
1From the home screen press
Menu then select Settings.
2Choose Memory info and select
External memory.
3Press Format and enter the
password, which is set to 0000 as
default. Your memory card will be
formatted and ready to use.
4
To view the new formatted folders
on your LG900g press Menu
and select My stuff. Choose My
memory card.
WARNING: When you
format your memory card, all the
content will be wiped. If you do not
want to lose the data on your memory
card, back it up first.

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The status bar
The status bar uses various icons to
indicate things like signal strength,
new messages and battery life, as
well as telling you whether your
Bluetooth connection is active.
The table below explains the meaning
of icons you’re likely to see in the
status bar.
Icon Description
Network signal strength
(number of bars will vary)
No network signal
GPRS available
EDGE available
Flight mode is activated
Calls are diverted
Roaming service
Bluetooth®is activated
Icon Description
WAP service is connected
Multitasking available
An alarm is set
Schedule
New message
New voice message
New Email
Normal profile in use
Silent profile in use
Outdoor profile in use
Headset profile in use
Remaining battery life
Battery empty
External memory
FM radio
MP3 music playing
Your home screen

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Your home screen
Using the Multitasking function
Press the multitasking key to
open the multitasking menu.
From here you can view all the
applications you have running.
(Some applications such as camera
and video camera can not use the
multitasking function.)
When you have an application
running in the background, will
appear in the status bar.

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Menu map
Games & Apps
1. My games & apps
2. Settings
Calling
1. Call logs
2. Call durations
3. Data volume
4. Call costs
5. Call divert
6. Call barring
7. Fixed dial numbers
8. Call waiting
9. Common setting
Organiser
1. Calendar
2. To do
3. Memo
4. Secret memo
5. Date finder
6. Settings
Browser
1. Home
2. Enter address
3. Bookmarks
4. Saved pages
5. History
6. Settings
Multimedia
1. Camera
2. Video camera
3. Music
4. FM radio
5. Voice recorder
Messaging
1. Create new message
2. Inbox
3. Mailbox
4. Drafts
5. Outbox
6. Sent items
8. My folders
8. Templates
9. Emoticons
0. Settings
My stuff
1. My images
2. My sounds
3. My videos
4. Games & apps
5. Flash contents
6. Others
7. My memory card
Connectivity
1. Bluetooth
2. USB connection
mode
Yahoo! Search
1. Yahoo! Search
Contacts
1. Add new
2. Search
3. Speed dials
4. Groups
5. Service dial
numbers
6. Own number
7. My business card
8. Settings
Tools
1. Quick menu
2. Alarms
3. Calculator
4. Stopwatch
5. Converter
6. World time
Settings
1. Profiles
2. Phone
3. Screen
4. Date & Time
5. Network
6. Internet profile
7. Access points
8. Packet data conn.
9. Security
0. Memory info.
*. Reset settings

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Calling
Making a call
1Make sure your phone is on.
2You can use the keypad. To delete
a digit press or the back
arrow.
3Press to begin the call.
4To end the call, press .
TIP! To enter + when making
an international call, press and hold 0.
Making a call from your
Contacts
It’s easy to call anyone whose number
you have stored in your Contacts.
1Press Menu to open the main
menu. Select Contacts, then
select Search.
2Using the keypad, enter the first
letter of the contact you want to
call and scroll to the Contacts.
3Press to begin the call.
Answering and rejecting a call
When your phone rings, press
Accept or press to answer the
call.
While your phone is ringing you can
press Silent to mute the ringing.
This is useful if you have forgotten
to change your profile to silent for a
meeting.
Pres or select Reject in order to
reject an incoming call.
Note: In call when speaker is
activated, the speaker icon is
displayed with red colour cross, when
the speaker is deactivated speaker
icon is displayed without red colour
cross.
Speed dialling
You can assign a speed dial number
to a contact you call frequently.
1Press Menu open the main menu.
Select Contacts, then select
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2 Your voicemail is preset to speed
dial 1 and you cannot change this.
Select any other number either
by using the navigation keys and
selecting Add or by pressing the
hard key number.
3Your contacts will open. Select the
contact you’d like to assign to that
number using the navigation keys
then select OK.
To call a speed dial number, press
and hold the assigned number until
the contact appears on screen. The
call will begin automatically and there
is no need to press .
Viewing your Call divert
Press Menu and select Calling.
Choose Call logs.
All calls - View a complete list of all
your dialled, received and missed
calls.
Missed calls - View a list of any calls
you have missed.
Dialled calls - View a list of all the
numbers you have called.
Received calls - View a list of all the
numbers that have called you.
TIP! From any call log select
Options and then Delete to delete
selected items.
Using call divert
1Press Menu and select Calling.
2Select Call divert.
3Choose whether to divert all calls,
when the line is busy, when there
is no answer and when you are
out of reach.
4Choose Activate and select
whether to divert to voice mail, or
to other number.
5Enter your divert number or select
Search to browse for your divert
number.

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Note: Charges are incurred for
diverting calls. Please contact your
network provider for details.
TIP! To turn off all call diverts,
choose Deactivate all from the Call
divert menu.
Using call barring
1Press Menu and select Calling.
2Select Call barring.
3Choose any or all of the options:
All outgoing
Outgoing international
Outgoing international calls
except home country
All incoming
Incoming when abroad
4Enter the call barring password.
Please check with your network
operator for this service.
TIP! Select Fixed dial numbers from
the Call history menu to turn on and
compile a list of numbers which can
be called from your phone. You’ll need
your PIN2 code from your operator.
When activated, only numbers
included in the fixed dial list can be
called from your phone.
Changing the call settings
1Press Menu and select Calling.
2From here you can amend the
settings for:
Call durations - View details of
how long you have spent on your
calls both received and dialled.
Data volume - View the amount
in kilobytes of all your received and
sent data.
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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.
Call divert - Choose whether to
divert your calls.
Call barring - Select which calls
you would like to be barred.
Fixed dial numbers - Choose a
list of numbers that can be called
from your phone.
Call waiting - Be alerted when
you have a call waiting.
Common settings
(Press Menu, select Calling and
choose Common settings)
Call reject - Select Off or On and
choose to reject all calls, those
from specific groups, contacts,
unregistered numbers (those not in
your list of contacts) or those with no
caller ID.
Send my number - Choose whether
your number will be displayed when
you call someone. (Depends on your
network provider.)
Auto redial - Allows you to set the
auto redial function when a call
attempt has failed.
Answer mode - Allows you to set the
answering method. You can choose
from Press send key or Press any
key.
Minute minder - Determines
whether to sound a tone every 1
minute when you are on the phone.
BT answer mode - Choose how to
answer a call when using a Bluetooth
headset. Select Hands-free or
Handset.
Save new number - Selecting this
option will save numbers that are not
already in your contacts upon ending
the call.

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Contacts
Searching for a contact
1Press Menu and select Contacts
then choose Search.
2Using the keypad enter the first
letter of the name of the contact
you want to call.
3To scroll through the contacts and
their different numbers use the
navigation keys.
Or, using the slightly quicker
method…
1Enter the number you wish to
search on the home screen and
select Options.
2Choose Search contacts in option
menu.
Adding a new contact
1 Press Menu and select Contacts
then choose Add new.
2 Choose whether to store your new
contact on your Handset or SIM card.
3Enter the information you want in
the fields provided and select Done.
Or to use a slightly quicker method…
1 Enter the number you wish to store
and press Options.
2Choose Save number, and
choose either New contact or
Update contact.
3 Enter the relevant information and
select Done.
Contact options
There are many things you can do
when viewing a contact. Here’s how
to access and use the options menu.
1 Press Menu and select Contacts
then choose Search.
2Select Options to open the list of
options. From here you can:
Send message - Send a message
to the contact. If the contact has an
email address, select whether you’d
like to send a Message or E-mail.
Send business card - Send the
contact’s details to another person
as a business card. Choose to send
as a Text message, Multimedia
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Make call - Directly make voice
call to a contact you choose.
Add new contact - Add a new
contact.
Edit - Change any of the contact’s
details.
Add to group - Add a contact to
a group.
Mark/Unmark - Choose whether
to mark a contact or unmark.
Search by - Search a contact by
Number or Group.
Save to Handset/SIM - Choose
to move or copy to the phone or
SIM card (depending on where you
originally saved the contact).
Delete - Delete the contact. Select
Yes only if you are sure.
Text input -You can insert symbol
a contact, change writing method
or language and add a word to
dictionary.
Speed dials - You can assign a
frequently-called contact to a speed
dial number.
Creating a group
1Press Menu and select Contacts.
2Select Groups and choose
Options.
3 Select Add new group.
4 Enter a name for your new group.
5Press Done.
Note: If you delete a group, the
contacts which were assigned to that
group will not be lost. They will remain
in your contacts.
TIP! You can edit an existing group by
highlighting it and selecting Options.
Choose to Add member to the group
from your contacts, select Edit group
or Delete the group.

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Using service dial numbers
You can view the list of Service Dial
Numbers (SDN) assigned by your
service provider (if supported by the
SIM card). Such numbers include
emergency, directory enquiries and
voicemail numbers.
After selecting a service number,
press to dial that service.
Viewing your own number
Select Own number in the Contacts
menu to view your number.
Creating a business card
You can create your own business
card by selecting My business card,
then Add. Enter your name, number,
email address, image and etc.
Changing your contact settings
1Press Menu and select Contacts.
2Select Settings. From here you
can adjust the following settings:
Contact list settings - Choose
whether to view contacts saved
to both your Handset & SIM,
Handset or SIM. You can also
select to show the first name or
last name of a contact first, and to
show a contact picture.
Copy - Copy your contacts from
your SIM card to your handset or
from your handset to your SIM
card. Choose to do this one by
one, or all together.
Move - This works in the same
way as Copy, but the contact
will only be saved to the location
you’ve moved it to. If you move a
contact from the SIM card to the
handset it will be deleted from the
SIM card memory.
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Send all contacts via Bluetooth
- Send all contacts information to
another handset by Bluetooth.
Backup contacts - You can save
all the phonebook data in the
handset to an external memory
card by the form of vcard.
Restore contacts - You can restore
all the phonebook data in an
external memory card to the phone
memory by the form of vcard.
Clear contacts - Delete all your
contacts.
Memory info. - You can check
how much memory you’ve got left
on your handset or your SIM card.

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Messaging
Messaging
Your LG900g includes functions
related to SMS (Short Message
Service), MMS (Multimedia Message
Service) as well as the network’s
service messages. To use these
functions, press Menu and select
Messaging.
Sending a message
1Press Menu, select Messaging
and choose Create new
message.
2 A new message editor will open.
Message editor combines SMS
and MMS in one intuitive mode
that is easy to switch between.
The default setting of the message
editor is SMS mode.
3 Enter your message using the
keypad. See Entering text on the
right for more information on how
to enter text.
4Select Options and choose Insert
to add an Image, Video, Sound,
Symbols, Template, Emoticon,
Name & Number, New slide,
Subject or More (Business
card/Schedule/Memo/Task/My
business card).
5 Choose Send.
6Choose a contact from the list
of contacts or enter the phone
number.
7Select Send.
WARNING: Image, Sound,
Video, New slide, Subject, Business
card, Schedule or My business card
is added to the message editor, it
will be automatically converted to
MMS mode and you will be charged
accordingly.