LG MC500 User manual

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We are pleased that you have purchased the
LG MC500 mobile phone, state-of-the-art and
compact.
It is designed with the latest digital mobile
communication technology, aiming to facilitate
your operation.

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
Answer key
Make or answer
a call.
End/Power key
Press and hold it to power
on or off your mobile
phone. Press it to end a
conversation or reject
an incoming call. Press it
to return to the standby
screen.
Delete texts or
digits from the
display and return
to the upper-level
menus.
Caution: Placing a heavy object on your mobile phone or keeping it in
your pocket may affect the functions of its LCD display and touch screen.

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Memory card slot
Lock/unlock key
Camera key
Touch pen
port/Earpiece port
Side keys (volume keys)
TIP!: To connect a USB
data cable, ensure that
your mobile phone is
powered on.

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Getting to know your phone
Battery
compartment
cover
Battery
UIM card slot
Camera lens

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Installing UIM Card and Battery
1 Removing battery
compartment cover
As shown in the figure below,
remove the battery compartment
cover.
2Removing battery
Lift the battery bottom and
take it out from the battery
compartment.
Caution: Do not take out the
battery when your mobile phone is
powered on to avoid damaging your
mobile phone.
3Installing UIM card
Insert the UIM card into the UIM
card slot.Ensure that the golden
contact area faces downwards.

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Installing UIM Card and Battery
4Installing battery
Insert the battery top into the
top of the battery compartment.
Ensure that the battery contact
point aligns with the top of the
battery compartment. Press the
battery bottom until the battery
clicks into place.
5Installing battery compartment
cover
Slide the battery compartment
cover along the bottom of your
mobile phone until it clicks into
place.
6Charging
Open the cover of the charger slot
on the side of the MC500.

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Installing memory card
Using a memory card can expand
the available storage space of your
mobile phone.
To insert a memory card, insert
it into the card slot until it clicks
into place. Ensure that the golden
contact area faces upwards, as
shown in the figure.
Formatting memory card
If your memory card has been
formatted, you can use it.If you
memory card is not formatted,
format it first.
1Touch on the standby screen,
and then touch and select
Phone settings.
2Touch Memory Status, and then
select Initialize Memory.
3Enter the security password to
format your memory card. After
the memory card is formatted,
you can use it.
Memory Card

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Menu Map
Touch Then, upper-level menus are displayed on the standby screen.
Communicate
eSurfing
Dialling
Speed dials
Contacts
Call manager
Messages
Entertainment
My stuff
Camera
MP3
FM radio
Game
Doc. viewer
Utilities
Organizer
Alarms
Voice recorder
Skech memo
Dictionary
Calculator
Tools
Settings
Sound/vib
Display
Phone settings
Touch settings
Bluetooth
USB connection

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Standby screen
On the main screen, you can access
all menu options, use the speed
dial function and carry out other
corresponding operations.
Touch screen tips
You can familiarize yourself with
touch screen on the main screen.
To select an item, please touch its
icon.
To scroll items in a list, please touch
the last seen item and then use your
finger tip to slide upwards on the
screen.The list will scroll upwards so
that you can see more items.
•Because the touch screen is so
sensitive that you just need to
touch it slightly.
•Use your finger tip to slightly touch
your desired item.Do not touch
other items nearby.
•When the screen indicator is off,
press any key to restore the main
screen.
Shortcut keys
Shortcut keys allow you to access
commonly used functions just by
one touch.
Slightly touch it to display a
complete menu, which contains
four sub-menus. Slightly touch
each sub-menu to display more
items.
Slightly touch it to display a dial
so that you can make a call.
Slightly touch it to display the
Information.
Slightly touch it to display your
phone book, so that you can
easily find the number of the
desired person.

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Standby screen
Status bar
The status bar displays various
icons to indicate such information
as signal strength, new message,
battery level, and the use of
Bluetooth.
The table below lists the meanings
of various icons on the status bar.
Icon Description
Network signal strength
(indicated by the number of
segments)
Battery level
New text message
The alarm is set and started.
In User mode
Icon Description
In Super mode
In Mute mode
In Vibrate mode
Roaming service in use
Fly mode selected
Bluetooth enabled

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When using a mobile phone, you
always need to enter texts. For
example, write a short message,
enter the name to be saved in the
phone book, and write a memo.
Six text entry modes are available:
Pinyin, numeric, lower-case English
letters, upper-case English letters,
English and stroke.
Take the edit panel as an
example:
Pinyin
Example: To enter “人人”, select
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
.
Slightly touch
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
and
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu
v
pqrs
abc- gh
i
def
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU
V
PQRS
ABC- GH
I
DEF
^^
/
-
?
, and
then slightly touch
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
twice.
Finally, select “人人”.
Numeric entry mode
Slightly touch
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
and select
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu
v
pqrs
abc- gh
i
def
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU
V
PQRS
ABC- GH
I
DEF
^^
/
-
?
.
Slightly touch numeric keys to enter
digits.
English letter entry mode
Example: To enter “Work”, slightly
touch
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
and select
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
.
Slightly touch
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu
v
pqrs
abc- gh
i
def
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU
V
PQRS
ABC- GH
I
DEF
^^
/
-
?
, and then touch
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
three times,
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
three times
and
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu
v
pqrs
abc- gh
i
def
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU
V
PQRS
ABC- GH
I
DEF
^^
/
-
?
twice.
Stroke entry mode
Enter strokes in order of writing a
Chinese character.
Example: To enter “人”, slightly touch
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
and select
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu
v
pqrs
abc- gh
i
def
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU
V
PQRS
ABC- GH
I
DEF
^^
/
-
?
. Select
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu
v
pqrs
abc- gh
i
def
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU
V
PQRS
ABC- GH
I
DEF
^^
/
-
?
,
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
,
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu vpqrs
abc- gh idef
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU VPQRS
ABC- GH IDEF
^^ /
-
?
and
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu
v
pqrs
abc- gh
i
def
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU
V
PQRS
ABC- GH
I
DEF
^^
/
-
?
in order. Slightly
touch “人” at last.
Symbol entry mode
In the text edit mode, slightly touch
ABC
wxyz 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
mnojkl tu
v
pqrs
abc- gh
i
def
Abc
WXYZ 笔划拼音
^^/?123 笔划拼音
MNOJKL TU
V
PQRS
ABC- GH
I
DEF
^^
/
-
?
to enter various symbols or
special symbols.
Text Entry Modes

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Communications
Making a call
Best Tone
Select it to directly connect to the
Best Tone Service portal of China
Telecom.
I-music
Select it to directly connect to the
Best Tone Service portal of China
Telecom.
Download
Select it to start the software
manager, allowing you to download
programs and games.
UIM card application
Select it to enjoy various
information services.
Vnet
Select it to directly connect to Vnet
service portal.
Dial
Making a call
1Slightly touch to display the
keypad.
2Enter numbers to be dialed. To
delete a digit, slightly touch
播放
添加
3
.
3Slightly touch
播放
添加
3
or press to
initiate a call.
4To end a conversation, press .
TIP!: Press and hold
播放
添加
3
to display
the prefix of an international
number, “+”, which is replaced with
an international call access code
during making a call.
Dialing from phone book
1Slightly touch on the standby
screen to display the phone book.
2Slightly touch the desired contact
person in the phone book list.
If there are multiple numbers
corresponding to the contact

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person, touch the number to be
dialed.
Answering and rejecting an
incoming call
When the phone rings, press to
answer a call.Press to reject an
incoming call.
Menus available during a
conversation
If you are making a conversation,
you can also carry out various
operations on the phone. During a
conversation, slightly touch
播放
添加
3
to
select the desired menu.
Shortcut Keys
Making a call
Set a shortcut key for a phone
number. Then, you can use the
speed dial function by pressing the
shortcut key.
•If you set “3” as the shortcut key
of a phone number, press and
hold
播放
添加
3
to speed dial the phone
number.
•You can specify shortcut keys for
the phone numbers stored in the
mobile phone only.
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Communications
Phone Book
New
Select the storage place to add a
phone book entry.
Search
On the standby screen, slightly
touch to display the phone book
list, which contains all saved phone
numbers. Select a phone number,
and then slightly touch
播放
添加
3
. Then,
you can carry out corresponding
operations.
Last Searched
Select it to view the last searched
phone number.
Group Management
Select it to modify group names or
group ring tones.
Phone Info
Select it to display your phone
model, edit phone numbers saved
in the UIM card, and edit E-mails.
Copy
Select it to copy a phone book
entry.
Move
Select it to move a phone book
entry.
Delete All
Select it to delete all the phone
numbers saved in the phone or
UIM card.
Capacity
Select it to display capacity
utilization of the phone or UIM card.
Settings
Set storage place : Select it to
choose where to save a phone
number.
Options are: Phone/ UIM card UIM/
Phone & UIM card &UIM/ Prompt
every time.

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Search type : Select it to choose a
search type.
Options are: Common/ Group.
Call Management
Call Records
All Calls : Select it to display all calls.
Missed Calls : Select it to display
the list of calls missed recently.
Dialed Calls : Select it to display the
list of calls dialed recently.
Received Calls : Select it to display
the list of calls received recently.
Memo : Select it to temporarily save
one phone number or other digits
during a conversation.
Call Timing
Select it to check the last
conversation, conversation duration
(dialed call or received call), total
conversation duration, and sent
short messages.The conversation
duration may differ from the actual
charged duration.
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Communications
Reject Call
Select it to set the phone numbers
and groups to be rejected.Using this
function requires the entry of your
security password.
Call Settings
Conversation Volume
Select it to adjust volume during a
conversation.
Call Transfer
•Unconditional Transfer :This option
enables you to transfer all the
incoming calls to the specified
phone number.
•Transfer On Busy : When you are
busy on the phone, an incoming
call will be transferred to the
specified phone number.
•Transfer On No Reply : This option
enables you to transfer all the
incoming calls that you do not
answer.
•Default Call Transfer : When
your phone cannot connect to
the network or is powered off,
incoming calls are transferred to
the specified phone number.
•Cancel All Transfer :This option
enables you to cancel all preset
transfer.
Call Waiting
If you activate this function, you
phone will play a special alert tone
to tell you an incoming call during
a conversation.You can answer such
an incoming call.
IP Dialing Setting
Dial the specified digits before
dialing the phone number to save
costs.

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Messages
If you receive a message during a
conversation, your phone will play
a specified alert tone.In standby
mode, slightly touch to directly
display the Messages menu.
New
Select it to create a text message,
voice message, or multimedia
message.
1Slightly touch the receiver name
to enter the receiver’s phone
number or slightly touch
播放
添加
3
to
select the desired number from
the last used number, phone
book, or recent call list.
2Slightly touch the content area to
enter the message content.
You can change the entry mode
when editing a message.
3Slightly touch the down scroll
bar to select whether to save the
message and the message level.
TIP!: The message level options are
Common/ Urgent/ Extra Urgent,
which is irrelative to the speed of
sending a message.
Message Inbox
When you receive a message,
you phone will prompt you.The
received message will be saved
in the message inbox.If there
are any un-read messages in the
message inbox, the icon will be
displayed.
Card Message Inbox
Messages in the card message
inbox are saved in the card. Storage
capacity of different cards differs.
TIP!: Messages in the card message
inbox can be moved to the message
inbox. Similarly, the messages in the
message inbox can be moved to the
card message inbox.
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Communications
Message Outbox
This option allows you to view the
messages sent successfully.
Draft Folder
This option allows you to view
the messages saved in advance
and those which are not sent
successfully.
Interactive Mailbox
You can receive notification
messages, which may inform you of
downloading ring tones or pictures
from the specified address.
Voice Mailbox
This function requires network
support. Therefore, in some regions,
this function cannot be used.
Frequent Words
This option allows you to edit the
words that are frequently used in
messages and save them.
Delete Message
This option allows you to clear the
message inbox, message outbox,
card message inbox, draft folder,
voice mailbox, and trash box.
Junk Message
This option allows you to view junk
messages and junk numbers.
Message Settings
Common Settings
Incoming Message Alert Type :
This option allows you to set the
alert type of receiving a message.
Incoming Message Alert
Frequency : This option allows you
to set how many times of informing
you of receiving a text message,
voice message/multimedia
message, and interactive message.
Message Alert Tone : This option
allows you to set the alert tone
type and volume of receiving a
text message, voice message,