LG C570G Users manual

C570 User Guide ELECTRONICS INC.

LG-C570/C570g/C570g User Manual

Part 15.21 statement

This device is not intended for sale in the USA.

" 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.

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of this LG C570 Windows Mobile Smartphone.

This user guide contains information on the use and operation of this phone. Please read all the information carefully for optimal performance and to prevent damage or misuse of the phone. Any changes or modiﬁcations not expressly approved in this user guide could void your warranty for this equipment.

Phone Components

1. Earphone jack

2. Display screen

3. Home key

C570 Features

10. Earpiece/Speakers

11. Camera

4. Left soft key

5. Call key

6. Optical joystick

7. Function key

8 Microphone

9. SIM Card slot

12. Right soft key

13. Power/End key

14. Back key

15. Enter key

16. My Social key

17. Smart Contacts key

18. Smart Applications key

19. microSD Card slot

20. Camera

21. Battery Compartment

C570 Features

Keys and Parts Functions

1. Earphone jack: Plug the headset for

handsfree conversation or listening to music.

2. Display screen

3. Home key:

screen.

4. Left soft key:

function indicated by the text on the display above it.

5. Send key:

incoming calls. In standby mode, press to access the dialer and view the most recent incoming, outgoing and missed calls.

6. Optical joystick: Use as directional keys

to move up, down, left, or right. Press to conﬁrm a selection.

7. Function key: number/symbol and letter input.

8. Microphone

9. SIM Card slot

10. Earpiece/Speakers

11. Camera: Use for video calls.

12. Right soft key:

Press to return to the Today

Press to perform the

Press to place or answer

Press to toggle between

Press to perform the function indicated by the text on the display above it.

13. Power/End key

b Long press to turn the phone on or off. b

During a call, press to end or reject a call.

14. Back key:

previous screen or back out of menus one level at a time. When entering text, press to delete single characters; press and hold to delete entire words.

15. Enter key

16. My Social key: Email and SN. Good Email and SN is a

shortcut application to send and receive e-mails.

17. Smart Contacts key: Smart Contacts. Smart Contacts allows

you to add your favorite contacts or phone numbers to the Smart Contacts list.

18. Smart Applications key:

access Smart Applications. Smart Application allows you to add your favorite applications to the Smart Applications list for easy access.

19. microSD Card slot

20. Camera: Use to take photos or videos.

21. Battery Compartment

Press to go back to the

Press to access Good

Press to access

Press to

C570 Features

USB Connector

Use to connect the

charger, earphone, or USB

cable to synchronize with

a computer.

micro SD

microSD slot Remove the cover and insert the memory card.

Multi key Press to switch multi world clock with single clock, Task Manager.

Volume Keys

bWhen the screen

is idle, press to adjust

system volume.

Camera Key Press to activate the camera and take photos or videos.

bDuring a call, press to adjust the in-call volume.

How to hold your phone

In order to allow better RF antenna sensitivity, LG suggests that you hold the handset as depicted in the ﬁgure below.

Please do not cover the RF antenna area with your hand during a call and using a bluetooth connection. It may degrade speech quality.

Getting Started

Installing the SIM card and Battery

Always turn off your phone and disconnect it from the charger and other accessories before installing or replacing the SIM card, microSD card, and battery.

To remove the back cover

1. Place three ﬁngers on the back cover and your thumb on the front panel.

2. Push the front panel with your thumb and slide the back cover off with the three ﬁngers.

Battery

Your phone comes with a rechargeable Li-ion battery.

To remove the battery

1. Turn the phone off.

2. Remove the back cover.

3. Insert your ﬁnger in the battery’s ﬁnger grip, then gently push down the battery towards the direction of the arrow to release and remove the battery.

Getting Started

SIM Card

Your SIM card contains your phone number, subscription details, and contacts and must be inserted into your handset.

To install the SIM card

Insert the SIM card with the metal contacts facing down and the cut-off corner on the top-right side.

To remove the SIM card

1. Remove the battery if it is installed.

2. Slide the SIM card out the slot.

Note

The SIM card and its contacts can be easily damaged by scratching and bending the card. Be careful when installing and removing the card. Refer to the instructions supplied with the SIM card.

To install the battery

1. Remove the back cover.

2. Insert the battery. Align the contacts of the battery with the corresponding connectors on the battery compartment and insert in the direction of the arrow (A) then push the battery into place (B).

3. Replace the back cover.

Getting Started

To replace the back cover

1. Align the back cover (A).

2. Push the back cover to lock into place (B).

Charging the Battery

1. Make sure the battery is installed inside the battery compartment.

2. Plug the power adaptor into a wall outlet.

3. Flip open the USB connector’s cover of the phone.

4. Connect the power adaptor into the USB connector of your phone.

Battery Indicators

When the phone is tur

b The

b When the battery is fully charged, the

When the phone is turned off...

b A charging animation is displayed on the

b When the battery is fully charged, the

icon indicates that the battery

is charging.

icon is displayed.

screen.

animation stops and the screen turns blank.

Note

When you charge a fully discharged battery, it may take over a minute for the display to respond. It is not a malfunction but completely normal.

ned on...

Getting Started

CAUTION!

b Do not remove the battery or the SIM

card while charging.

b There is a risk of explosion if battery

is replaced by an incorrect type. Replace only with batteries approved by the manufacturer.

b Dispose of used batteries according

to the local regulations in your area.

b Do not force the mini USB connector

as this may damage the phone or the cable.

WARNING!

• Unplug the charger from the mains and phone during lightning storms to avoid electric shock or ﬁre.

• Make sure that no sharp-edged items, such as nails, come into contact with the battery. There is a risk of causing ﬁre.

microSD Card

For additional storage space for your photos, videos, music and ﬁles, install a microSD card into your phone.

To install the microSD card

1. Flip open the microSD card slot’s cover of the phone.

2. Insert the microSD card down up and push until it clicks into the slot. If you insert the card in the wrong direction, it may damage your phone or your card.

Getting Started

To remove the microSD card

1. Turn the phone off.

2. Flip open the microSD card slot’s cover of the phone.

3. Push the card in to release the exposed

edge of the microSD card to eject it.

4. Remove the microSD card from the slot

and replace the cover.

Info!

The microSD card is an optional accessory and is not included in your package. Contact your retailer to purchase one.

b Avoid using the microSD card when the

battery is low.

b The card is designed to ﬁt easily into

the slot.

b Do not bend the card or force it into

the slot.

b Do not insert any memory cards other

than microSD.

Getting Started

Turn the Device On and Off

To turn on the device, press and hold the Power button.

To turn off the device, press and hold the

Power button.

Lock the Keyboard

To lock the keyboard, press and hold the U key for 2 ~ 3 seconds.

To unlock the keyboard, press the left soft key

Muting the Microphone

To mute the microphone during a call, press and hold the J key for 2 ~ 3 seconds.

When the handset is muted, the caller cannot hear you, but you can still hear the caller.

Getting Started

Getting Started gives you step-by-step instructions on how to set up the basic functions of your device. From the Today screen, do either of the following to access Getting Started:

b Scroll down to select the Getting Started

shortcut menu, then scroll left or right and select a speciﬁc topic.

b Select Start > All Programs > Getting

Started, then select the topic to view.

Adjust Volume

Your device has two types of volume: b System Volume: Adjust the system

volume to change the volume level of system sounds and notiﬁcations like alarm, ringer, keypad, audio and video playback.

To adjust the system volume:

•

When the device is in idle mode, press the volume keys up or down to increase or decrease volume.

b In-Call Volume: Adjusts the volume level

of the phone conversation.

To adjust the in-call volume:

During a call, press the volume keys

• up or down to increase or decrease volume.

Screen Information

The Today Screen

From the home screen, you can quickly check your schedule, and see at a glance any missed calls or new messages.

Default Today Screen

Status Indicators

Service Provider’s Name

Wi-Fi Status

Shortcut menu

Scroll down to view more

shortcut menu. Highlight

a menu to expand to more

shortcuts.

Start menu (Left soft key function)

b Press the left soft key

to access menu.

Contacts (Right soft key function)

b Press the right soft key

to access Contacts.

To Customize the Today Screen

You can change the layout, background image, color scheme and the time out of the Today screen.

b To customize settings of the Today screen, go to Start > Settings > Dual Home Screen.

Date and Time

Screen Information

Status Indicators

The following are some of the status icons that you may see on your device.

Icon Description

Indicates maximum signal strength

Searching for signal

No phone service

Indicates battery level

Battery low

Battery charging

Silent mode enabled

Vibrate mode enabled

WCDMA (3G) available

HSDPA available

GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) available

3G network in use

GPRS network in use

HSDPA network in use

New message received

Missed call or rejected call

Call in progress

Call on hold

Bluetooth active

Wireless network available

Wireless network connecting

Wireless network connected

Screen Information

Shortcut Menu

The shortcut menu displays notiﬁcations or other information of each menu item.

By default the following applications are displayed:

Menu Description

Calls and Messages Notiﬁcation

World Clock Displays time information for major cities worldwide.

Appointments Displays upcoming schedules and allows you to set appointments.

Getting Started Select an item to view its help information.

Favorites

Settings Displays and allows you to easily adjust basic device settings.

b To access a shortcut menu, use the Optical joystick to select the desired menu, then press

the Enter key.

b To add shortcuts of media applications, go to Start > Settings > My Screen.

Displays notiﬁcations about recent voice and video calls, voicemail, and other messages. To access a submenu, use the Optical joystick to scroll, then press the Enter key.

Displays and allows you to add your favorite web pages for easy access.

Screen Information

Start Menu

The Start menu contains all the programs installed on your device.

Accessing the Start menu

b From the Home screen, press the left soft

key Start to access the Start menu.

b By default, the Recent Programs screen is

displayed. To view other programs, press the left soft key All Programs.

b To go to the next screen display, press the

left soft key More.

b To go back to the previous screen, press

the Back key

Programs

The following programs are installed on your device.

Icon Program Description

Ofﬁce Mobile

Excel Mobile View and edit Excel workbooks.

Word Mobile View and edit Word documents.

PowerPoint Mobile

View slide shows.

b To access a menu, use the

Optical joystick to highlight the item, then press the Enter key.

OneNote Mobile Create notes with pictures and recordings.

Screen Information

Icon Program Description

ActiveSync

Call History Displays the list of missed, received or placed calls.

Synchronizes information between your device and a computer.

Games

Voice Notes Record voice notes.

Pictures & Videos

Getting Started Learn the basics on how to operate your device.

Internet Sharing Use your device as an Internet sharing device.

File Explorer

Marketplace Purchase and download applications on the web.

Microsoft My Phone

Adobe Reader LE View *.pdf ﬁles on your device.

AGPS Setting Enable Assisted Global Positioning System.

Brightness

Play pre-installed games on your device: Bubble Breaker and Solitaire.

Collects, organizes, and sorts photo ﬁles in the My Picture folder of your device or the storage card.

Browse ﬁles and folders saved on your device or the storage card.

Synchronizes information on your device with your My Phone account at http://myphone.microsoft.com.

Control the level of brightness when using the battery or external power.

Screen Information

Icon Program Description

Bluetooth

Camera Capture photos and record videos.

FM Connect the earphones and tune in to the FM radio.

GPS Extra Download GPS data.

Java Install Java applications on your device.

Connect with other Bluetooth devices and create a network.

Windows Media

RSS Viewer View RSS or RDF-compatible newsfeeds.

Stopwatch Functions as a timer.

Windows Live Mobile version of Windows Live™.

Clock & Alarm Allows you to set the date and time and set alarms.

MSN Money Access MSN Money to view stocks.

MSN Weather View the weather forecast via MSN Weather.

Messaging Send and receive e-mail and text messages.

Mobile version of Windows Media Player. Tune in and watch your favorite music videos.

Screen Information

Icon Program Description

Remote Desktop

Contacts

Calendar Schedule appointments and set alarm notiﬁcations.

Search Widget Provides access to Live Search.

Speed Dial Allows you to add phone numbers for speed dial.

Calendar Schedule appointments and set alarm notiﬁcations.

Tasks Keeps track of your tasks.

Set up and connect to your computer to access ﬁles and programs from your device.

Lets you store names, phone numbers, e-mail and other information.

XT9 Settings

XT9 Dictionaries

Smart Applications

Smart Contacts

Allows you to set the language of the dictionary and enable functions such as word completion, next word prediction and others.

Allows you to view, add or edit the words in the My Words XT9 dictionary. It also allows you to conﬁgure automatic substitution.

Allows you to register the desired applications that you frequently use in the Smart Applications.

Allows you to register the Contacts that you frequently use in the Smart Contacts.

Icon Program Description

Settings

Accessories

Good Email and SN

Messenger

Weather

LG Mobile Application

Allows you to conﬁgure phone settings, wireless settings and call settings of your phone.

Allows you to access extra applications that have been pre-installed on your device (such as Calculator and Task Manager).

Allows you to send and receives online emails, and connects to your social networking sites.

Allows you to sign in with your MSN Messenger account and chat with friends.

Allows you to view the current weather on the selected city.

Allows you to access various mobile internet services using your phone browser.

Screen Information

Entering Information

Using the Keyboard

QWER

TY Keyboard

Numeric Keypad

Your device comes with a full keyboard for text entry and other shortcut button functions.

QWERTY Keyboard

QWERTY keyboard is activated whenever an alphanumeric text entry is required. This functions just like a standard computer keyboard.

b To switch between the different letter

cases, press To type all in upper case letters, press and hold keys. To switch back to lower case entry, press

CAPS

then press the corresponding

CAPS

again.

b To enter a single symbol or number

printed at the top of keys, press press the corresponding key. To enter various symbols or numbers, press and hold corresponding keys. To switch back to text mode, press again. To enter the symbols that are not shown on the keypad, press

then press the

Sym

then

select the desired symbol.

b Press b Press

to go to the next line.

to erase a character.

DEL

The following icons are displayed on the status indicator area:

Icon Description

Enter text in lower case letter

Enter one character in upper case and the rest in lower case

Enter all text in upper case letter

Enter a number or symbol

Enter all numbers or symbols

then

Entering Information

XT9 Mode

XT9 predicts words and suggests spellings as you type the ﬁrst few characters, so you can just select the word you want.

To activate XT9 mode, press and select XT9 English.

To enter text using XT9

1. Type the ﬁrst few characters of the word.

2. As you type, the dictionary displays predicted words below the word you are typing.

3. Scroll left or right to highlight the word then press the Enter key to select.

The following icons are displayed on the status indicator area:

Icon Description

Enter the ﬁrst character in upper case and the rest in lower case

Enter text in lower case letter

+ spacebar

Numeric Keypad

The numeric keypad functions just like a standard phone keypad. It is automatically activated whenever numeric entries are required, such as in setting the time.

Recording a Note

You can create a stand-alone recording (voice note).

To create a voice note

1. Select Start > Voice Notes.

2. Hold your device’s microphone near your mouth or other sound sources.

3. Select Record to start recording.

4. Select Stop to stop recording.

Contacts

Contacts is your address book and information storage for the people you communicate with. You can store phone numbers, e-mail addresses, home addresses, and other information that relates to a contact. You can also add a picture or assign a ringtone to a contact.

Your device supports three types of contacts: Outlook Contact, E-mail Group and Messaging Group.

Outlook Contact

Contacts are stored in the device memory or the SIM card memory. If you use Outlook on your PC, you can synchronize contacts between your device and the PC.

SIM Contact

Contacts are stored in the SIM card memory.

You can only store a name and a phone

number per entry.

E-mail Group

You can add several contacts into an e-mail group.

Messaging Group

You can add several contacts into a messaging group.

To Create a Contact

1. From the Today screen, select Contacts.

2. Select New.

3. Select

Outlook Contact, then enter the

contact details.

4. When ﬁnished, select Done.

TIP!

b You can create a contact from Call

History list, select Menu > Save to Contacts.

b To add the sender of a message

to Contacts, select the received message and the number, then press the Enter key.

To Find a Contact

There are several ways to ﬁnd a contact when your contact list is long.

1. From the Today screen, select Contacts.

2. If you are not in Name view, tap

View By > Name.

3. Do one of the following: b Enter the ﬁrst character of a name. Scroll

down to select the desired name from the the list. The next character you enter continues to narrow the search.

b Filter the list by category. In the contact

Menu >

Contacts

list, select Menu > Filter. Then, select a category you’ve assigned to a contact. To show all contacts again, select No

Categories.

To Work with the Contact List

There are several ways to use and synchronise the contact list. Here are a few tips:

1. From the Today screen, select Contacts.

2. In the contact list, do any of the following: b In Name view, you can search for a

contact by entering a name or by using the alphabetical index. To switch to Name view, select Menu > View By > Name.

b To see a summary of information about

a contact, select the contact. From there you can also make a call or send a message.

b To see a list of contacts employed by

a speciﬁc company, select Menu > View By > Company. Then, select the company name.

To Change Contact Information

1. From the Today screen, select Contacts.

2. Select the contact.

3. Select

Menu > Edit and enter the

changes.

4. When ﬁnished, select Done.

To Delete a Contact

1. From the Today screen, select Contacts.

2. Select the contact.

3. Select Menu > Delete.

4. Select Yes to conﬁrm delete.

To Copy Contacts

To copy saved Contacts from SIM card to your device or from your device to SIM card:

1. From the Today screen, select Contacts.

2. Select

Menu > Select Contacts >

Several or All.

3. Select

Menu > Copy Contacts > To

Contacts or To SIM.

Call

Making a Voice Call

Calling is easy with the smart dial feature. If you press a number on the keypad, the screen displays the phone numbers in your Call History, starting with the number you enter.

You can then select the number you want to call.

Make a Call from Phone

To make a call, enter the phone number you wish to call, including the area code, and press the Call key

For international calls, press and hold “0” to add the + character that replaces the international access code.

To end the call, press the End key

Note

If you enter the wrong number, press

to delete a number. To delete all

the numbers, press and hold

Make a Call from Contacts

1. From the Today screen, select Contacts.

2. Select the desired contact.

3. Press the Call key

to place the call.

Make a Call from Call History

1. From the Today screen, press the Call key to view your call history.

2. Select the desired number or name from

the list.

3. Press the Call key

to place the call.

Speed Dial

Use speed dial to call a number by pressing and holding a number key when in the home screen. Before you can create a speed dial entry, the number must already exists in Contacts list.

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