LG-A100 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 di er from your phone depending on
the phone software or your service provider.
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Getting to know your phone
Earpiece
Display screen
Soft keys
Each of these keys
performs the functions
indicated by the text on
the display immediately
above them.
Send key
You can dial a phone
number and answer
incoming calls.
Torch
Navigation keys
Use for quick access to
phone functions.
(up) : Contacts
(down) : Keypad Lock
(left) : Messaging
(right) : Torch
End/Power key
Allows you to power the
phone on or o , end calls, or
return to Standby mode.
Alphanumeric keys
Most of the time, the
numeric keys are used to
input numbers or characters.
Hand Strap Hole
Earphone jack /
Charger port
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
› only 2G SIM supported
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.
handling, inserting or removing the card. Keep all SIM cards out of the reach of small children.
1 2 3
4 5 6
Display Information
Icon areas
Text and graphic area
Menu Contacts
Soft key indications
On-Screen Icons
Tells you the strength of the network signal.
Indicates the battery charge level.
Indicates new text message(s).
Indicates new voice message(s).
Indicates that the alarm clock is set.
Indicates that your phone is using the general
settings.
Indicates that your phone is using the silent
settings.
Indicates that your phone is using the outdoor
settings.
Indicates that your phone is using the headset
setting.
Indicates that all calls are being diverted to
another number.
Indicates that your phone is in Flight mode.
Indicates new schedule(s).
Turning Your Phone On and O
You can power the phone on and o by pressing or holding the power key.
Making a Call
1 Key in the number on the keypad.
to initiate the call.
2 Press
3 To end the call, press
TIP! To enter + when making an international call, press and hold 0.
.
Making a call from your contacts
1 Press (up) to open the address book.
2 On the keypad, enter the rst 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 di erent
numbers, use the left and right navigation keys.
to initiate the call.
4 Press
Menu and Options
Your phone o ers a set of functions that allow you to customise it. These functions are arranged in menus and submenus, 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.
Menu Contacts
Press the left soft key to access
the available menu.
Answering and rejecting a call
When your phone rings, press Accept or press 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 pro le to Silent for a meeting.
or Reject to reject the incoming call.
Press
TIP! You can change the settings on your phone to answer your calls in di erent ways. Press Menu, select Settings and
choose Call. 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.
• Call divert – Select methods for diverting calls.
• Call waiting – Select Active or cancel call waiting.
Checking your call history
You can check the record of all, missed, dialled, received calls and call durations. 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. Press Menu, select Call history.
Press the right soft key
to access contacts.
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
The input method is displayed in the upper right corner of your phone.
Indicator Function (English Smart mode)
Numeric
Multitap Abc
Multitap abc
Multitap ABC
T9 Mode
In Editor, Press Options Choose “Set T9” 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.
key.
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 T9 predictive mode or Abc manual mode or 123 mode. You can switch text
input modes by pressing
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.
• Outbox – This menu allows you to view the message which is about to be sent or could not be sent.
• S e n t – 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-de ned messages in the list. You can view and edit the template messages or create ne
w messages.
• Settings – This menu allows you to set the features of your network service provider.
Contacts
You can search for a contact in your Contacts.
1 Press Contacts and choose Search, select Contacts from the Menu screen or press
standby screen.
2 On the keypad enter the rst 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 di erent numbers
use the left and right navigation keys.
• Search – You can search for a contacts in your phonebook.
• New contact – You can add phonebook entries by using this menu.
• Speed dials – Assign contacts to any keys between 2 and 9.
• Copy all – You can copy all entries from the SIM card memory to the Phone memory or from the Phone memory to
the SIM card memory.
(right soft key) from the
• Delete all – You can delete all entries from the SIM card memory or Phone memory.
• Memory status – You can check the memory status for your SIM and phone.
• 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 information including your name, mobile
phone, home, o ce and email, and send it in a message.
Call history
You can check the record of all, missed, dialled, received calls and call durations. 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.
• 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.
• 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 incoming and outgoing calls.
Games
Your LG-A100 comes with preloaded games to keep you amused when you have time to spare. Press Menu and
select Games.
Pro les
You change your pro le, then choose from General, Silent, Outdoor, Flight mode and Headset.
• General – After setting up this pro le, the indicator
• Silent – Ring tone is disabled and Vibrate is activated. When you set up this pro le, the indicator
displayed on the standby screen.
• Outdoor – This is the default pro le. Ring tone and key tone volume are set to maximum. When you set up this
pro le, the indicator
• Flight Mode – When you set up this pro le, the indicator
• Headset – When the headset is connected to the phone, the indicator
You can personalise your call alert type, ring tones, ring volume, message alert type, message tones, message
volume, keypad tones, keypad volume, e ect sound volume and power on/o volume.
will be displayed on the standby screen.
will be displayed on the standby screen.
will be
will be displayed on the standby screen.
will be displayed on the standby screen.
Tools
Suppliers Details
Name
LG Electronics Inc
Address
LG Electronics Inc. LG Twin Towers 20,
Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea 150-721
Product Details
Product Name
GSM 900 / DCS 1800 Dual band Terminal Equipment
Model Name
LG-A100, LG-A180, LG-A180b
Trade Name
LG
Applicable Standards Details
R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC
EN 301 489-01 V1.8.1, EN 301 489-07 V1.3.1
EN 301 511 V9.0.2
EN 50360:2001, EN62209-1:2006, IEC 62209-2:2010
EN 60950-1:2006+A11:2009
Supplementary Information
The conformity to above standards is verifi ed by the following Notifi ed Body(BABT)
BABT, Forsyth House-Churchfi eld Road - Walton-on-ThamesSurrey - KT12 2TD , United Kingdom
Notifi ed Body Identifi cation Number : 0168
Declaration
I hereby declare under our sole responsibility
that the product mentioned above to which this
declaration relates complies with the above
mentioned standards and Directives
LG Electronics Logistics and Services B.V.
Veluwezoom 15, 1327 AE Almere, The Netherlands
Declaration of Conformity
Name Issued Date
Doo Haeng Lee / Director 01. Feb. 2011
Signature of representative
• Torch – Turn on/o the torch directly by holding the right navigation key.
• 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.
• Unit converter – This converts any measurement into a unit you want.
• World clock – Allows you to determine the current time in another time zone or country.
Organiser
• Alarms – You can set up to 3 alarm clocks to go o at a specied time.
• Memo – You can register your own memos here.
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.
Settings
• Date & Time – You can set functions relating to the date and time.
• Language – You can change the language for the display texts in your phone. This change will also aect the
Language Input modes.
• Display – You can adjust settings for the phone display.
• Call – You can set the menu depending on the call.
• Auto key lock – Lock the keypad automatically in standby screen.
• Security – This menu allows you to set the phone securely.
› PIN code request – Choose a PIN code to be requested when you turn your phone on.
› Phone lock – Choose a security code to lock your phone, When power on, When SIM changed or Immediately.
› Call barring – Choose a barring password for all outgoing calls, outgoing international, outgoing international
when roaming, all incoming calls, or incoming when roaming.
› Fixed dial number – Choosing a PIN2 code to enable xed dial number lets you restrict calls to only those in
Contacts.
› Change codes – Change your Security code, PIN code or PIN2 code.
• Power save – If you set Always on, you can save the battery power when you are not using the phone. Choose to
switch between power save settings Always on, Night only or O.
• Network selection – You can select a network that will be registered either automatically or manually.
• Reset settings – Use Reset to restore the factory settings. You need the security code to activate this function. The
default number is “0000”.
• Memory status – You can check the free space and memory usage of each repository.
Guidelines for safe and ecient use Guidelines for safe and ecient use (Continued) Guidelines for safe and ecient use (Continued)
Please read these simple guidelines. Failure to follow
these guidelines may be dangerous or illegal. More
detailed information is given in this manual.
WARNING
• Mobile phones must be switched o at all times in an
aircraft.
• Do not hold the phone in your hand while driving.
• Do not use your phone near petrol stations, fuel
depots, chemical plants or blasting operations.
• For your safety, use ONLY specied ORIGINAL
batteries and chargers.
• Do not handle the phone with wet hands while it
is being charged. It may cause an electric shock or
seriously damage your phone.
• Keep the phone in a safe place out of reach of small
children. It includes small parts which if detached
may present a choking hazard.
• Do not charge the phone when it is on soft
furnishings.
• The phone should be charged in a well ventilated
area.
CAUTION
• Switch the phone o in any area where required by
special regulations. For example, do not use your
phone in hospitals or it may aect sensitive medical
equipment.
• Emergency calls may not be available on all mobile
networks. Therefore, you should never depend solely
on the phone for emergency calls.
• Only use ORIGINAL accessories to avoid damage to
your phone.
• All radio transmitters carry risks of interference with
electronics in close proximity. Minor interference may
aect TVs, radios, PCs, etc.
• Batteries should be disposed of in accordance with
pertinent legislation.
• Do not dismantle the phone or battery.
Exposure to radio frequency energy
Radio wave exposure and Specic Absorption Rate
(SAR) information
This mobile phone model LG-A100 has been designed
to comply with applicable safety requirements
regarding exposure to radio waves. This requirement
is based on scientic guidelines that include safety
margins designed to assure this safety of all persons,
regardless of age and health.
• The radio wave exposure guidelines employ a unit
of measurement known as the Specic Absorption
Rate, or SAR. Tests for SAR are conducted using
standardised method with the phone transmitting at
its highest certied power level in all used frequency
bands.
• While there may be dierences between the SAR
levels of various LG phone models, they are all
designed to meet the pertinent guidelines for
exposure to radio waves.
• The SAR limit recommended by the International
Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
(ICNIRP) is 2 W/Kg averaged over ten (10) gram of
tissue.
• The highest SAR value for this model phone tested
by DASY4 for use at the ear is 0.974 W/Kg (10g) and
when worn on the body is 0.653 W/Kg (10g).
• SAR data information for residents of countries/
regions that have adopted the SAR limit
recommended by the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which is 1.6 W/Kg
averaged over one (1) gram of tissue.
Product care and maintenance
WARNING
Only use batteries, chargers and accessories that have
been approved for use with this 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 qualied
service technician when repair work is required.
• Keep away from electrical appliances such as TVs,
radios, and personal computers.
• The unit should be kept away from heat sources such
as radiators or cookers.
• Do not drop.
• Do not subject this unit to mechanical vibration or
shock.
• The coating of the phone may be damaged if it is
covered with wrapping or vinyl wrapper.
• Use a dry cloth to clean the exterior of the unit. (Do
not use solvents such as benzene, thinner or alcohol.)
• Do not expose this unit to excessive smoke or dust.
• Do not keep the phone next to credit cards or
transport tickets; it can aect the information on the
magnetic strips.
• Do not tap the screen with a sharp object; otherwise,
it may damage the phone.
• Do not expose the phone to liquid or moisture.
• Use accessories such as the earphone cautiously. Do
not press the antenna unnecessarily.
Guidelines for safe and ecient use (Continued) Guidelines for safe and ecient use (Continued) Guidelines for safe and ecient use (Continued)
Ecient phone operation
Electronics devices
All mobile phones are susceptible to interference,
which may aect performance.
• Do not use your mobile phone near medical
equipment without requesting permission. Avoid
placing the phone over pacemakers, i.e. in your breast
pocket.
• Some hearing aids might be disturbed by mobile
phones.
• Minor interference may aect TVs, radios, PCs, etc.
Road safety
Check the laws and regulations on the use of mobile
phones in the areas where you drive.
• Do not use a hand-held phone while driving.
• Give your full attention to driving.
• Use a hands-free kit, if available.
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 oce, waste disposal service or the shop
where you purchased the product.
• Pull o the road and park before making or answering
a call if driving conditions so require.
• RF energy may aect some electronic systems in your
vehicle such as car stereos and safety equipment.
• If your vehicle is equipped with an air bag, do
not obstruct with installed or portable wireless
equipment. It can fail or cause serious injury due to
improper performance.
If you are listening to music whilst out and about,
please ensure that the volume is at a reasonable level
so that you are aware of your surroundings. This is
particularly imperative when near roads.
Avoid damage to your hearing
Your hearing may be damaged if you are exposed to
loud sounds for long periods of time. We therefore
recommend that you do not turn the handset on or o
close to your ear. We also recommend that music and
call volumes are set to a reasonable level.
Note: Excessive sound pressure from earphones can
cause hearing loss.
Disposal of waste batteries/accumulators
1. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol
is attached to batteries/accumulators of Your
product it means they are covered by the
European Directive 2006/66/EC.
2. This symbol may be combined with chemical
symbols for mercury(Hg), cadmium(Cd) or
lead(Pb) if the battery Contains more that
0.0005% of mercury, 0.002% of cadmium or
0.004% of lead.
3. All batteries/accumulators should be disposed
separately from the municipal waste stream via
designated collection facilities appointed by the
government or the local authorities.
4 The correct disposal of Your old batteries/
accumulators will help to prevent potential
negative consequences for the environment,
animal and human health.
5. For more detailed information about disposal of
Your old batteries/accumulators, please contact
Your city oce, waste disposal service or the
shop where You purchased the product.
Blasting area
Do not use the phone where blasting is in progress.
Observe restrictions, and follow any regulations or
rules.
Potentially explosive atmospheres
• Do not use the phone at a refuelling point. Do not use
near fuel or chemicals.
• Do not transport or store ammable gas, liquid, or
explosives in the compartment of your vehicle which
contains your mobile phone and accessories.
In aircraft
Wireless devices can cause interference with aircraft.
• Turn o your mobile phone before boarding any
aircraft.
• Do not use it on the aircraft without permission from
the cabin crew.
Children
Keep the phone in a safe place out of reach of small
children. It includes small parts which if detached may
present a choking hazard.
Emergency calls
Emergency calls may not be available on all mobile
networks. Therefore, you should never depend solely
on the phone for emergency calls. Check with your
local service provider.
Battery information and care
• You do not need to discharge the battery completely
before recharging. Unlike other battery systems,
there is no memory eect that could compromise the
battery’s performance.
• Use only LG batteries and chargers. LG chargers are
designed to maximise the battery life.
Accessories
There are various accessories for your mobile phone. You can select these options according to your personal
communication requirements.
Standard Battery Travel Adapter
Note
›
Always use genuine LG accessories.
Failure to do this may invalidate
your warranty.
›
Accessories may be dierent in
dierent regions; please check with
our regional service company or
agent for further enquires.
• Do not disassemble or short-circuit the battery pack.
• Keep the metal contacts of the battery pack clean.
• Replace the battery when it no longer provides
acceptable performance. The battery pack maybe
recharged hundreds of times before it needs
replacing.
• Recharge the battery if it has not been used for a long
time to maximise usability.
• Do not expose the battery charger to direct sunlight
or use it in high humidity, such as the bathroom.
• Do not leave the battery in hot or cold places as this
may impair battery performance.
• There is risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by
an incorrect type.
• Dispose of used batteries according to the
manufacturer’s instructions. Please recycle when
possible. Do not dispose as household waste.
Technical Data
Ambient Temperatures
› Max : +55°C (discharging)
+45°C (charging)
› Min : -10°C
• If you need to replace the battery, take it to the
nearest authorised LG Electronics service point or
dealer for assistance.
• Always unplug the charger from the wall socket after
the phone is fully charged to save unnecessary power
consumption by the charger.