LG B525 Users manual

LG-B525 User Guide - ENGLISH

This guide will help you understand your new mobile phone. It will provide you with useful explanations of features on your phone.

Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider.

Contents

Phone Components ...................................5

Using your touch screen ...........................7

Touch screen tips .....................................7

Control the touch screen.......................7

Installing the SIM Card ..........................8

Installing a Memory card .......................8

Formatting the Memory card ...............8

Calls .............................................................9

Making a Call ........................................9

Making a call from your contacts .......9

Answering and rejecting a call ..........10

Cost save mode .....................................10

Contacts ....................................................10

Searching for a contact........................10

Adding a new contact ..........................10

Messaging ..................................................11

Entering Text ............................................12

Setting up your email .............................13

Camera ......................................................13

Taking a quick photo ............................ 13

After taking a photo ..............................13

Using the advanced settings .............14

Video camera ...........................................14

Making a quick video ............................ 14

After making a video ............................15

Using the advanced settings .............15

Music ......................................................... 15

Managing files..........................................16

QuickMemo .............................................. 16

Banner .......................................................16

Safety Care ............................................... 17

Games and apps ...................................... 17

Setting your alarm ..................................17

Voice recorder ..........................................17

Using your calculator .............................17

Converting a unit ....................................17

Installing LG PC Suite on your computer 18

The web .....................................................18

Accessing the web ................................18

Dual SIM setting ......................................18

Settings ..................................................... 19

Changing your phone settings ..........19

SOS Service settings ............................ 19

Changing your connectivity settings 20 Sending and receiving your files using

Bluetooth .................................................20

Wi-Fi ..........................................................21

Phone Software update .........................22

LG Mobile Phone Software update

from internet .........................................22

Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use 23

Exposure to radio frequency energy 23

Product care and maintenance ........24

Efficient phone operation ...................26

Road safety .............................................26

Avoid damage to your hearing ......... 27

Glass Parts ..............................................28

Blasting area ...........................................28

Potentially explosive atmospheres ...28

In aircraft ..................................................28

Children ....................................................28

Emergency calls ....................................29

Battery information and care ............29

Accessories ...............................................31

Technical Data ......................................... 32

Troubleshooting ......................................33

Phone Components

Earpiece

TOP

Back Key

Return to the previous screen.

Home Key

Return to the Home screen from any screen.

Menu Key

Display the available options.

QuickButton Key

Select apps you wish to get quick access to using QuickButton.

Handsfree or Stereo earphone connector

BOTTOM

Charger/ USB port

Volume keys

• In the Home screen: Ring tone

and touch tone volume.

• During a call: Earpiece volume.

• Down volume key: Press and

hold to activate/ deactivate Silent mode.

How to start QuickMemo:

•

Press Volume up and down key simultaneously. QuickMemo allows you to write a memo on a captured image

Power/Lock key

• Short press to turn on/off the

screen.

• Long press for power on/off.

Using your touch screen

Touch screen tips

• To select an item, touch the centre of the icon.

• Do not press too hard; the touch screen is

sensitive enough to pick up a light, yet firm

touch.

• Use the tip of your finger to touch the option

you require. Be careful not to touch any other keys.

• Whenever your LG-B525 is not in use, it will

return to the lock screen.

Control the touch screen

The controls on the LG-B525 touch screen

change dynamically depending on the task you are carrying out.

Opening Applications

To open any application, simply touch its icon.

Scrolling

Drag from side to side to scroll. On some

screens, such as the Logs list, you can also

scroll up or down.

Installing the SIM Card

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 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.

› Only 2G/2.5G SIM cards are supported.

Installing a Memory card

Remove the Back cover and insert a micro SD card with the golden contact area facing downwards as shown in the diagram. To remove

the Memory card, gently pull it.

NOTE: Memory card is an optional accessory.

Formatting the Memory card

Select Settings from Menu, go to Device

settings Choose Memory info, then select

External memory and tap Format. Enter phone

password when prompted to formatting the Memory card.

WARNING: When you format your Memory

card, all the content will be Erased. If you do not

want to lose the data on your Memory card, take

a backup first.

Calls

Making a Call

1. Touch to open the keypad.

2. Enter the number using the keypad.

3. Touch

Press the power key to lock the touch screen to prevent calls being made by mistake.

Making a call from your contacts

1. From the home screen touch to open

to initiate the call.

TIP! To enter + for making an international call,

touch and hold “0”.

the Contacts.

2. Tap the search field box on the top of the screen and enter the first few letters of the contact you would like to call using the keypad.

3. From the filtered list, touch the contact ,then

touch Call icon to make a call. The call will use the default number if there is more than one number for that contact.

4. Or you can touch the contact name and

touch the number to call,if there is more

than one number for that contact. You can also touch default number.

NOTE:

Self call - Self call imitates a real incoming call.

Enter ‘#*#’ on the Dialpad to activate a self call. This doesn’t charge any fee.

key to initiate the call to the

Answering and rejecting a call

When your phone rings, touch key to

answer the call.

To mute the ringing, touch on Silent tab in

alerting screen. This is useful if you forgot to change your profile to Silent for a meeting. Touch on Reject tab to reject an incoming call in alerting screen.

Cost save mode

Every contact is added along with assigned SIM

when adding in phone book. During Calling,

matching operator SIM is identified and the operation is completed using the matching operator SIM. This makes possible to use benefit from using same operator.

To use Cost save mode feature,make sure

the feature is On [Settings > Call settings >

Common settings > Cost save mode]

NOTE: Cost save mode doesn’t work during in-call.

Contacts

Searching for a contact

1. Touch Contacts.

2. Enter the first few letters of the contact’s

name you want to call by touching Search

Adding a new contact

1. Touch Contacts and touch Add.

2. Choose whether to save the contact to your

Internal memory ,SIM1 or SIM2.

3. Enter your First and Last name.

4. You can enter up to five different numbers

per contact.

5. Add an email addresses. You can enter up to two different email addresses per contact.

6. Assign the contact to one or more groups.

7. Touch Save to save the contact.

Messaging

Your LG-B525 combines SMS and MMS into

one intuitive and easy-to-use menu.

Sending a message

1. Touch Messages in menu and touch Write message to begin composing a new

message.

2. Touch Insert to add an Image, Video, Sound,

Template and so on.

3. Touch To: field at the top of the screen to

enter the recipients, then enter the number

or touch even add multiple contacts.

4. Touch

NOTE: To send a message from SIM2 touch the

forward arrow mark on

slide and so on is added to an SMS it will be automatically converted to an MMS and you will be charged accordingly.

to select a contact. You can

when ready.

icon.

WARNING: If an image, video, sound, New

TIP: User can copy a selected text from any editor

and can paste the same in any other editor

Ex: Go to Message editor, type some text. Now

select the text you want to copy by scrolling over the text and go to Option and tap on Copy . Now place the cursor at a point you want to paste the

text. Go to Option and tap on Paste, so that copied

text will get pasted.

NOTE: Spam message - You can block the

unwanted messages by giving Spam numbers or Spam words. Those messages will get stored in Spam message Folder.

Entering Text

You can choose your input method by tapping

and Input method. Touch to turn on T9 mode. This icon is only shown when you choose Keypad as the input method. Touch to change between

numbers, symbols and text input. Use Shift key

to change between capital or lowercase input.

TIP: You can send SMS to many contacts at a time.

User can select/deselect contacts for sending the message. Only 20 contacts can be marked and if user choose Select all only first 20 contacts will be marked.

To send the SMS to a particular group of contacts select Groups and select particular group.

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