LG GM200 User Manual

GM200 User Guide

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.

English

Getting to know your phone

Main screen

Call key

Dials a phone number and answers incoming calls.

Handsfree connector

Charger, cable slot

Memory card slot

Volume key

End/Power key

Ends or rejects a call. Turns the phone on/off. Returns to the standby screen when you use the menu.

Installing a memory card

Lift the memory card cover and insert a micro SD card with the golden contact area facing downwards. Close the memory card cover so that it clicks shut.

To remove the memory card, gently push it as shown in the diagram.

Note: A memory card is an optional accessory.

Formatting the memory card

Press Menu and select Settings. Choose Memory status, select External memory and press Format.

WARNING: When you format your memory card, all the content will be wiped. If you do not want to lose the data on your memory card, back it up  rst.

Installing the SIM Card

When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided with a plug-in SIM card 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 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.

Illustrations

1 Open battery cover 2 Remove the battery 3 Insert your SIM 4 Close the battery cover 5 Charge your battery

WARNING: Do not remove the battery when the phone is switched on, as this may

damage the phone.

Menu map

Games & Apps

1 Games 2 Applications 3 Network

pro le

Messaging

1 New message 2 Inbox 3 Email box 4 Drafts 5 Outbox 6 Sent 7 Listen to

voicemail 8 Info message 9 Templates 0 Settings

Tools

1 Alarm clock 2 Calculator 3 Stopwatch 4 Unit converter 5 World clock 6 SIM services

Call history

1 All calls 2 Missed calls 3 Dialled calls 4 Received calls 5 Call duration 6 Call costs 7 Data

information

My stu

1 Images 2 Sounds 3 Videos 4 Others 5 External

memory

Browser

1 Home

Google Search

2 3 NDTV Active 4 Bookmarks 5 Enter address 6 History 7 Saved pages 8 Settings 9 Information

Organiser

1 Calendar 2 Memo 3 To do

Pro les

1 General 2 Silent 3 Vibrate only 4 Outdoor 5 Headset

Connectivity

1 Bluetooth 2 Network 3 USB

connection

Multimedia

1 MP3 player 2 Camera 3 Video camera 4 FM radio 5 Voice recorder 6 Ringtone

creator

Contacts

1 Search 2 New contact 3 Speed dials 4 Groups 5 Copy all 6 Delete all 7 Settings 8 Information

Settings

1 Date & Time 2 Languages 3 Display 4 Shortcut 5 Call 6 Security 7 Flight mode 8 Power save 9 Reset 0 Memory status

Calls

Making a call

Key in the number using the keypad. To delete a digit press

Clear.

Press

To end the call, press .

TIP! To enter + when making an international call, press and hold 0.

Making a call from your contacts

Select Contacts from the Standby screen.

Using the keypad, enter the first letter of the contact you want to call. For example, for Office, Press 6 three times to select the first character, “O”

Select Call or press to initiate the call.

Answering and rejecting a call

When your phone rings, press Accept or press To mute your phone while it is ringing, simply select Silent. This is useful if you have forgotten to change your profile to Silent for a meeting. Press incoming call.

to initiate the call.

to answer the call.

or select Reject to reject the

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 from Any key, or Send key only.

Speed dialling

You can assign a speed dial number to a contact you call frequently.

Viewing your Call history

You can check the record of missed, received, and dialled calls only if the network supports the Calling Line Identification (CLI) within the service area.

Changing the call settings

You can set the menu relevant to a call. Press Menu, select Settings and choose Call.

• Call divert - Choose whether to divert your calls.

• Call barring – Select when you would like calls to be barred.

• Fixed dial number – Choose a list of numbers that can be called from your phone. You’ll need your PUK2 code from your operator. Only numbers included in the fixed dial list can be called from your phone.

• Answer mode - Choose whether to answer the phone using any key or send key only.

• Send my number - Choose whether your number will be displayed when you call someone. (Depends on your network provider.)

• Call waiting - Be alerted when you have a call waiting. (Depends on your network provider.)

• Minute minder - Select On to hear a tone every minute during a call.

• Auto redial - Choose On or Off.

• Send DTMF tones - Choose On or Off.

Contacts

Searching for a contact

Select Contacts from the standby

screen, and choose Search.

Using the keypad enter the first letter of the contact you want to call.

To scroll through the contacts and their different numbers use the navigation arrows.

Adding a new contact

Press Contacts and choose New contact.

Choose whether to store your new contact on your Phone or SIM card.

Enter all the information you have in the fields provided and select Save.

Adding a contact to a group

You can save your contacts into groups, for example, keeping your work colleagues and family separate. There are a number of groups including Family, Friends, Colleague, VIP, Group1, Group2 and Group3 already set up on the phone.

Adding a picture to a contact

You can change the appearance of your contacts in your address book to include a picture.

In the standby screen, select

Contacts and choose Settings.

Select View options and choose With

picture.

Then return to the address book and select the contact you want to add a picture to.

Choose Options and select Edit.

Scroll down to the Picture section.

Choose Option and choose Save, No picture, Images or New image. If you choose Image, you can choose an image that is saved in your phone memory. If you choose New image, your camera view finder will open

so you can take a picture of your contact.

Select Save.

Messaging

Your GM200 includes functions related to SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Message Service) and E-mail, as well as the network’s service messages.

Sending a message

Press Menu, select Messaging, and choose New message.

Choose Message to send an SMS or MMS.

A new message editor will open. The

message editor combines SMS and MMS into one intuitive and easy to switch between mode. The default setting of the message editor is SMS mode.

4 Enter your message using either

the T9 predictive mode or Abc manual mode.

Select Options and choose Insert to add an Image, Sound, Video, Symbol,

Text template, Emoticon, Name & Number, New slide, Subject, or More (Contact/ My business card/Schedule/ Memo/To do).

6 Press the centre key. 7 Enter the phone number or press

Options

and select

Recent list

list. You can add multiple contacts.

8 Select

Send

Contacts

to open your contacts

Setting up your email

You can stay in touch on the move using email on your GM200. It’s quick and simple to set up a POP3 or IMAP4 email account.

Press Menu, select Messaging, and choose Settings.

Select E-mail then E-mail account.

Select New then set the E-mail

account.

Sending an email using your new account

To send/receive an email, you should set up an email account.

Select Menu, select Messaging and choose New message.

Choose E-mail and a new email will

open.

Write a subject then press Option

and choose Write email and press OK.

Enter your message.

To add an attachment, select

Options and select Attachments , then press New: Image, Sound,

Video, More( Contact, My business card, or Schedule, Memo, To do),

Others or contents of External memory.

Press Send to and enter the

recipient’s address or press Options and select Contacts to open your contacts list.

Press Send and your email will be

sent.

Entering text

You can enter alphanumeric characters using the phone’s keypad. The following text input methods are available in the phone: T9 predictive mode, ABC manual mode and 123 mode.

Note: Some  elds may allow only one text input mode (e.g. telephone number in address book  elds).

T9 predictive mode

T9 predictive mode uses a built-in dictionary to recognise words you’re writing based on the key sequences you press. Simply press the number key associated with the letter you want to enter, and the dictionary will

recognise the word once all the letters are entered.

ABC manual mode

This mode allows you to enter letters by pressing the key labeled with the required letter once, twice, three or four times until the letter is displayed.

123 mode

Type numbers using one keystroke per number. You can also add numbers while remaining in letter modes by pressing and holding the desired key.

Message folders

Press Menu, select Messaging. The folder structure used on your GM200 is fairly selfexplanatory.

Inbox

- All the messages you receive are

placed into your Inbox. Email box - Contains all your email messages. Drafts - If you don’t have time to finish writing a message, you can save what you have done so far here.

Outbox

- This is a temporary storage

folder while messages are being sent.

Sent

- All the messages you send are

placed into your Sent folder.

Listen to voicemail - You can access your voicemail box (if provided by your network). Info message - All info messages and updates received from your operator. Templates - A list of useful messages, already written for a quick reply.

Multimedia

MP3 player

Your GM200 has a built-in MP3 player so you can play all your favourite music.

Playing a song

Press Menu and select Multimedia, then choose MP3 player.

Choose All songs then select the song you want to play.

Select

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Creating a playlist

You can create your own playlists by choosing a selection of songs from the

All songs folder.

to pause the song. Select Select song.

Select Back to stop the music and return to the MP3 player menu.

to skip to the next song. to skip to the previous

Press Menu and select Multimedia.

Choose MP3 player, then select My

playlist

Press Options and select New

, enter the playlist name and

playlist

Save.

press

The All songs folder will show. Select all of the songs that you would like to include in your playlist by scrolling to them and selecting

Select Done to store the playlist.

Setting Dolby effect or LG Equalizer

You can set up Dolby effect or LG Equalizer.

Press Menu and select Multimedia,

then choose

Choose Settings, then select Audio

effect

Select Dolby effect or LG

MP3 player.

Equalizer.

Camera

Taking a quick photo

Select Menu, and select

Multimedia. Select Camera to

open the viewfinder.

Holding the phone and, point the lens towards the subject of the photo.

Position the phone so you can see

the subject of your photo.

Press Center key to take a photo.

Video camera

Shooting a quick video

In standby screen, select Menu and

Multimedia.

select

Choose Video camera.

Point the camera lens towards the

subject of the video.

Press

Rec will appear in the bottom left

to start recording.

corner of the viewfinder and a timer will show the length of your video.

Select Stop to stop recording.

FM radio

Using the FM radio

Your LG GM200 has an FM radio feature so you can tune into your favourite stations and listen on the move.

Listening to the radio

Press Menu and select Multimedia, then choose FM radio.

Select the channel number of the station you would like to listen to.

Recording the Radio

Press center key during listening to

the Radio.

The recording time is displayed on

your phone. If you want to stop the recording, press done, the recorded contents will be saved in My stuff as mp3 file.

When the recording is done, select

. If recording is

Option and then choose from Delete, Set as,or Album.

Note: If you stay in an area with bad radio

reception, you may  nd di culty in listening to the Radio. So, we recommend you insert Ear-mic into Handsfree connector in order to listen to the Radio and keep the good radio reception.

Voice recorder

Use your Voice recorder to record voice memos or other sounds.

Ringtone creator

Press Menu and select Multimedia,

then choose

Select the music what you would

like to use in music lists, and then select

Press center key.

Select Cut when you want to start recoding music to use as a Ringtone while playing music.

Select Cut when you want to stop

recording music.

Once you have finished recording,

select option and choose from Save, Play or Reset. If you choose Reset the selected file is removed from your phone.

Ringtone creator.

OK.

My stuff

You can store any multimedia files into your phone’s memory so that you have easy access to all of your images, sounds, videos, others and games. You can also save your files to a memory card. The advantage of using a memory card is that you can free up space on your phone’s memory. All your multimedia files will be saved in My stuff. Press Menu then select My stuff to open a list of folders.

Images

Images contains a folder of default images on your phone, images downloaded by you, and images taken on your phone’s camera.

Sounds

The Sounds folder contains the Default sounds, your voice recordings, and sound files downloaded by you. From here you can manage, send, or set sounds as ringtones.

Videos

The Videos folder shows the list of downloaded videos and videos you have recorded on your phone.

Others

From the Others menu, you can view the files that are not saved in the Images, Sounds or Videos folder.

External memory

If you’ve inserted a memory card, it will be displayed as a folder within My stuff.

Games and Apps

Your GM200 comes with preloaded games to keep you amused when you have time to spare. If you choose to download any additional games or

applications they will be saved into this folder.

Organizer / Tools

Using the calendar

When you enter this menu, a calendar appears. A square cursor is located on the current date. You can move the cursor to another date using the navigation keys.

Adding a memo

You can register your own memos here.

Adding an item to your to do list

You can view, edit and add tasks to do.

Setting your alarm

You can set up to 5 alarm clocks to go off at a specified time.

Using your calculator

The calculator provides the basic arithmetic functions: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Using the stopwatch

This option allows you to use the function of a stopwatch.

Converting a unit

This converts many measurements into a unit you want.

Adding a city to your world clock

You can add a required city to the list of world clock. You can also check the current time of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and major cities around the world.

SIM services

This feature depends on SIM and the network services. In case the SIM card supports SAT (i.e. SIM Application Toolkit) services, this menu will be the operator specific service name stored on the SIM card.

Browser

Accessing the browser

You can launch the wap browser and access the homepage of the activated profile on browser settings. You can also manually enter an URL address and access the associated wap page.

Press Menu and select Browser

To access the browser homepage directly, select Home. Alternately, select Enter address and type in your desired URL.

Using Google Search

It is easy to access Google Internet Service using this function.

NDTV Active

GM200 supports NDTV Active URL: Access this to get information about news & current affairs etc.

Connectivity

Changing your connectivity settings

Your connectivity settings have already been set up by your network operator, so you can enjoy your new phone from switch on. If you want to change any settings, use this menu. You can configure the network setting and data access profiles in this menu.

• Bluetooth - Setup your GM200 for Bluetooth® use. You can adapt your visibility to other devices or search through devices your phone is paired with.

• Network - Your GM200 connects automatically to your preferred network. To change these settings use this menu. You can also add new access points using this menu.

• USB connection - Choose Data service and synchronise your GM200

using the LG PC Suite software to copy files from your phone. If you have a memory card inserted, select Mass storage to use your phone in the same way as you would use a USB stick. Connect to your computer and drag and drop files to the GM200 removable device folder.

Note: To use the USB mass storage function, you will need to insert an external memory card in your phone.

Changing your Bluetooth settings

Press Menu and select Connectivity.

Choose Bluetooth.

Choose Bluetooth settings. Make changes to your :

• My visibility - Choose whether to Show or Hide your device to others.

• My name - Enter a name for your LG GM200.

• My address

- View your Bluetooth

address.

• Primary storage

- Choose the default location you prefer items to be saved to.

Pairing with another Bluetooth device

By pairing your GM200 and another device, you can set up a passcode protected connection. This means your pairing is more secure.

Check your Bluetooth is On and Visible. You can change your visibility in the Bluetooth settings menu, by selecting My visibility, then Show.

Select Device list from the Bluetooth menu and choose New.

Your GM200 will search for devices. When the search is completed Pair and Refresh will appear on screen.

Choose the device you want to pair with, select Pair and enter the passcode then choose OK key.

Your phone will then connect to the other device, on which you should enter the same passcode.

Your passcode protected Bluetooth connection is now ready.

Profiles

Personalising your profiles

You can personalise each profile setting.

Press Menu and select Profiles.

Choose the profile you want and select Personalize.

For the Silent and Vibrate only

profiles, you can activate only.

Smart - profiling your profiles.

You can select suitable volume level considering present surrounding circumstances.

Press Menu and select Profiles.

Choose General or Outdoor. You

can use only this function with General and Outdoor.

Select smart-profiling.

Your phone recommends the

suitable volume level to you.

Settings

Changing your date & time

You can set functions relating to the date and time.

Changing the language

You can change the language for the display texts in your phone. This change will also affect the language input mode.

Changing your display settings

You can change the settings for the phone display.

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