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LG GB250G Users manual

Some of the contents in this manual
GB250g/GB255g User manual
may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider.
GB25o5g User Guide
ENGLISH
Your Home screen
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.
TIP! You can quickly access chosen menus
using your Favourites list. In standby mode press the left soft key. Select <Empty>, and then
Add to add a menu as a favourite.
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
WAP service is connected
An alarm is set
Icon Description
Schedule
New message
New voice message
Normal profi le in use
Silent profi le in use
Outdoor profi le in use
Headset profi le in use
Remaining battery life
Battery empty
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Calls
Making a call
1 Make sure your phone is on.
2
Y
ou can use the keypad after opening the slide. To delete a digit press back arrow.
3 Press
to begin the call.
4 To end the call, press
or slide the
cover closed.
TIP! To enter + when making an international
call, press and hold 0.
Making a call from your contacts
1 Select Contacts in the menu and then
Contacts list.
2 Using the keypad, enter the fi rst letter of
the contact you want to call and scroll to the contact.
3 Press
to begin the call.
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or the
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 profi le to Silent for a meeting.
or select Reject in order to reject
Press an incoming call.
Speed dialling
You can assign a speed dial number to a contact you call frequently.
1 Press
to open the main menu. Select
Contacts, then select Speed dials.
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.
3 Your address book 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 logs
Press and select Contacts. Choose Calls.
All calls - View a complete list of all your dialled, received and missed calls.
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.
Missed calls - View a list of any calls you have missed.
TIP! From any call log select Options and then
Delete to delete selected items.
TIP! Use the navigation keys to highlight any
single call entry in order to to view the date and time of the call. To view the call duration select View.
Using call divert
1 Press
, select Settings and choose
Call settings.
2 Select Call divert.
3 Choose whether to divert all calls, when
the line is busy, when there is no reply, when you are out of reach, or deactivate all.
4 Choose Activate and select whether to
divert to voice mail, or to other number.
5 Enter your divert number or select Search
to browse Contacts for your divert number.
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
1 Press
, select Settings and choose
Call settings.
2 Select Call barring.
3 Choose any or all of the six options:
All outgoing Outgoing international
Outgoing international calls except All incoming Incoming when abroad Deactivate all
4 Select Activate and enter the call barring
password. Please check with your network
operator for this service.
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Calls
TIP! Select Fixed dial numbers from the Call
settings 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 fi xed dial list can be called from your phone.
Changing the call settings
1 Press
, select Settings and choose
Call settings.
2 From here you can amend the settings for:
Call durations - View details of how long
you have spent on your calls both received and dialled.
Call barring - Select which calls you
would like to be barred.
Fixed dial number - Choose a list of
numbers that can be called from your phone.
Data volume - View the amount of all
your received and sent data for Web, Data or All, measured in kilobytes.
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.
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Call divert - Choose whether to divert
your calls.
Call waiting - Be alerted when you have
a call waiting.
Voicemail - You can add or modify a
voicemail centre.
Common settings
Call reject - You can set whether to reject
incoming calls.
Send my number
Set by network - Confi gures with the
default settings determined by the service provider.
On - Your number will be sent when
making an outgoing call.
Off - Your number will be withheld when
making an outgoing call.
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 between Press send key, Slide up and Press any key.
Minute minder - Determines whether to sound a tone every 1 minute when you are on the phone.
BT answer mode
Hands-free - You can answer a call using
a Bluetooth headset.
Handset - Press O on the handset to
answer a call when using a Bluetooth headset.
Save new number - Selecting this option will save numbers that are not already in your contacts upon ending the call.
Slide close setting - Set whether or not a call is ended upon closing the slide.
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Contacts
Searching for a contact
1 Select Contacts from the main menu, and
choose Contacts list.
2 Using the keypad enter the fi rst letter of
the name of the contact you want to call.
3
To scroll through the contacts and their different numbers use the navigation keys.
Adding a new contact
1 Select Contacts and choose Add new.
2 Choose whether to store your new contact
on your Handset or USIM card.
3 Enter the information you want in the fi elds
provided and select Done.
Or to use a slightly quicker method…
1 Enter the number you wish to store and
press Options.
2 Choose Save number, and choose either
New contact or Update contact.
3 Enter the relevant information and select
Done.
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Contact options
There are many things you can do when viewing a contact. Here’s how to access and use the Options menu:
1 Select Contacts from the main menu, and
choose Contacts list.
2 Select 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 Email.
Send business card - Send the contact’s
details to another person as a business card. Choose to send as a Text message,
Multimedia message, via Email or Bluetooth.
Make voice call- Directly make voice call
to a contact you choose.
Add new contact - Add a new contact.
Edit - To Change any of the contact’s
details.
Add to group - Move a contact to a group
Mark/Unmark - Mark a caontact or all
Search by - Search a contact by Number
or Group
Save to USIM - Choose to move or copy
to the SIM card or phone (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
Adding a contact to a group
You can save your contacts into groups. This is useful for keeping your work colleagues and family separate, for example. There are a number of groups including Family, Friends, Colleagues, VIP and School already set up on your phone.
1 Select Contacts and choose Groups.
2 Scroll to the group you wish to add a
contact to and select Open then select Add.
3 Your contacts list will open. Scroll to any
contacts you would like to add to the group and press
4 Select Yes if you are sure.
TIP! You can assign a ringtone to a group.
Select the group you wish to assign the ringtone to, select Options and choose the item you want.
, then select Done.
Renaming a group
You can rename any of the groups to fi t your lifestyle.
1 Select Contacts and choose Groups.
2 Select the group you want to rename.
3 Choose Options, select Rename and
enter your new group name.
4 Select Done.
Note: You can only assign a contact to a
group or add a picture to a contact that is saved in your phone (not SIM) memory.
Adding a picture to a contact
You can change the appearance of your contacts in your address book to include a picture.
1 Select Contacts and choose Contact
settings.
2 Select Contact list settings and choose
Show picture and select On.
3 Then return to the address book and select
the contact you want to add a picture to.
4 Choose Options and select Edit.
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Contacts
5 Scroll down to the Image section. Choose
Edit and select No image, Avatar, Take a picture or Use existing image. If
you select Use existing image, you can choose an image that is saved in your phone memory. If you select Take a picture, your camera viewfi nder will open, so you can take a picture of your contact. Take the picture then press OK.
6 Select Done.
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Copying your contacts to your USIM
You can also choose to copy your contacts from your USIM to your handset or from your handset to your SIM.
1 Select Contacts, choose Contact
settings and select Copy.
2 Select to copy the contacts from USIM to
Handset or Handset to USIM.
3 Choose whether to All together or One
by one.
4 Select Done if you are sure.
Viewing information
Select Contacts. From here you can view your Service dial numbers, your Own
number and My business card.
TIP! If you haven’t yet created a business card,
the Business card screen will give you the option to create one. Select Add and enter your details as you would for any contact. Choose Done when fi nished.
Messaging
Messaging
Your GB255g includes functions related to SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Message Service) and email, as well as the network’s service messages. To use these functions press
and select
Messaging.
Sending a message
1 Create a new message press
Messaging and choose Create new.
2 Choose Message to send an SMS or
MMS. (If you want to send an Email see page 28.)
3 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.
4 Enter your message using the keypad. See
Entering text right for more information
on how to enter text.
5 Select Options and choose Insert to add
an Image, Video, Sound, Symbols,
Template, Emoticon, Name & Number, New slide, Subject or More (Business card/Schedule/Memo/Tasks/My
, select
business card).
6 Choose Send.
7 Choose a contact from the list of contacts
or enter the phone number from Options.
8 Select Send.
WARNING: If an Image, Sound, Video,
New slide or Subject is added to the message
editor, it will be automatically converted to MMS mode and you will be charged accordingly.
Entering text
You can enter alphanumeric characters using the phone’s keypad. For example, storing names in Contacts, writing a message and creating scheduling events in the calendar all require entering text. The following text input methods are available in the phone: T9 mode, Abc mode, and 123 mode.
Note: Some fi elds may allow only one text input mode (e.g. telephone number in address book fi elds).
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Text input mode using the keypad
When you want to enter text, for example when writing a message, the keypad will default to T9 mode. If you are entering a number, for example when making a call, the keypad number keys will default to numbers.
Setting up your email
You can stay in touch on the move using email on your GB255g. It’s quick and simple to set up a POP3 or IMAP4 email account.
1 Press
, select Email and choose
Email settings.
2 Select Email accounts.
3 Select Add.
Sending an email using your new account
To send/receive an email, you should set up an email account (see above).
1 Press
, select Email and choose
Create new.
2 Choose Email and a new email window
will open.
3 Write a subject line then press OK.
4 Enter your message using the keypad.
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MailBox - This contains all your email messages. Select the account you want to use then select Retrieve. Your GB255g will connect to your email account and retrieve your new messages.
Message folders
Press , then select Messaging. The folder structure used on your GB255g should be self-explanatory.
Create new -
Inbox - All the messages you receive are
placed into your Inbox. From here you can reply, forward and more. See
messages
Drafts - If you don’t have time to fi nish
writing a message, you can save what you have written so far in here.
Outbox - This is a temporary storage folder used while messages are being sent.
Sent messages - Copies of all the messages you send are kept into your Sent folder.
My folders - You can move messages of Inbox or Sent messages into My folders. Also you can move those messages of My folders into the original message box.
Create your new message
Managing your
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