LG GR500R User Manual

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GR500R User Guide

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LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT

1. WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS:

LG offers you a limited warranty that the enclosed subscriber unit and its enclosed accessories will be free from defects in material and workmanship, according to the following terms and conditions:

1. The limited warranty for the product extends for ONE (1) year beginning on the date of purchase of the

product by the original end user.

2. The limited warranty extends only to the original end user of the product and is not assignable or

transferable to any subsequent purchaser/end user.

3. This warranty is good only to the original end user of the product during the warranty period as long

as it is in Canada.

4. Upon request from LG, the consumer must provide information to reasonably prove the date of

purchase.

5. During the applicable warranty period, LG will repair or replace at LG’s sole option, without charge to

the original end user, any defective component part of the phone or accessory.

6. LG may use rebuilt, reconditioned or new parts or components when repairing any product or replace a

product with a rebuilt, reconditioned or new product.

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1. Defects or damages resulting from use of the product in other than its normal and customary manner.

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alleged defect or malfunction of the product, during the warranty period.

5. Products which have had their serial numbers removed or made illegible.

6. Damage resulting from use of non-LG approved accessories.

7. All plastic surfaces and all other externally exposed parts that are scratched or damaged due to normal

customer use.

8. Products serviced by non-authorized persons or companies.

Notes:

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operations of law, statutory or otherwise, including, but not limited to any implied warranty of merchantability or ﬁ tness for a particular purpose.

2. Shipping damage is the sole responsibility of the shipping company.

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To obtain warranty service, please call the following telephone number from anywhere in Canada:

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Electronics Canada Inc. Mississauga, Ontario

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

GR500R User Guide

Contents

Your Phone ..................................4

Phone Components ............................4

Slide Open View ....................................5

Rear View .................................................6

Getting Started...........................7

Installing the SIM Card and

Battery ......................................................7

Installing a Memory Card ...............10

Touch Calibration ................... 12

Start Up Guide ......................... 13

General Functions .................. 14

Making a Call .......................................14

Adjusting the Volume ...................... 16

Answering a Call ................................ 17

Adjusting the Volume ...................... 17

Setting Pro les ...................................18

Entering Text ....................................... 20

Qwerty Keypad .................................. 23

Contacts ..................................... 26

Contact List ..........................................26

New Contact ........................................ 27

Caller Groups.......................................28

Speed Dial Lists .................................. 28

Contact Management ...................... 29

Service Dial Numbers .......................30

My Numbers ........................................30

In-Call Menu ............................. 31

During a Call ........................................31

Conference Calls ................................33

Your Standby Screen ............. 35

Menu Tree ................................. 42

Messaging ................................. 43

New Message ......................................43

Inbox ...................................................... 48

MobileMail ........................................... 49

Rogers IM .............................................. 50

Drafts ..................................................... 56

Outbox .................................................. 56

Sent ........................................................ 58

Call Voicemail ......................................58

Message Settings ..............................58

Friends ................................................... 61

urMusic....................................... 62

Internet ...................................... 63

Games ......................................... 66

Applications ............................. 67

Get New Applications ...................... 67

Multimedia ............................... 68

Camera .................................................. 68

Video ...................................................... 73

Pictures ..................................................73

Music Player .............................. 74

Music Player ......................................... 74

Organizer ................................... 82

Audio & Ring Tunes ...........................82

Calendar ................................................ 82

Alarm Clock .........................................83

Calculator ............................................. 84

Tools .......................................................84

Settings ...................................... 92

Call .......................................................... 92

Date & Time ......................................... 96

Audio & Ring Tunes ...........................96

Display ................................................... 98

Touch .....................................................99

Phone ..................................................... 99

Bluetooth®..........................................103

More .....................................................107

Accessories .............................115

For Your Safety .......................116

Safety Guidelines .................. 123

Trouble Shooting ..................146

Your Phone

Phone Components

Charger/USB Port

Earpiece

Let you hear the caller and automated prompts.

Main LCD

Multi-tasking key

SEND key

Press this key in standby mode to quickly access the most recent, missed, dialed and received calls.

END / Power

Ends or rejects a call. Turns the phone on/off. Press once to return to the standby screen.

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microSD™ memory card socket

Lock / Unlock key

Camera key

Press to start the Camera function. Press and hold to start the Video record function.

Side volume keys

• When on the Standby screen: Allows you to set the Ringtone and Touchtone volume. Hold the Down key to toggle the Vibration Mode On and Off.

• During a call: Allows you to change the Earpiece volume.

• When playing background music: Allows you to change the music volume.

Slide Open View

Text Msg

MobileMail

Rogers IM

Contact list

Caps

Press to change between Upper Case and Lower Case.

Press to input symbols and numbers on Qwerty key pad.

Del

Deletes digits and letters.

Press to input “@”.

Press to input “. c o m ”.

Press to move to the

Right

next row.

Up Down

Space

Press to create a space between words.

Sym

Press to open the menu with Symbol entry options.

Left

Your Phone

Rear View

Battery cover

Flash

External camera lens

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Battery

SIM card socket

microSD™ memory card socket

Getting Started

Installing the SIM Card and Battery

1 Remove the battery cover

Press the battery cover release

latch. The battery cover should lift off easily.

2 Remove the battery

Lever the bottom edge of the

battery and remove it carefully from the battery compartment.

WARNING: Do not remove

the battery when the phone is switched on, as this may damage the phone.

Getting Started

3 Install the SIM card

Slide the SIM card into the SIM

card holder. Make sure that the gold contact area on the card is facing downward. To remove the SIM card, pull it gently in the opposite direction.

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4 Install the battery

Insert the top of the battery first

into the top edge of the battery compartment. Ensure that the battery contacts align with the terminals on the phone. Press the bottom of the battery down until it clips into place.

5 Charging your phone

Lift the charger port cover on the

top side of your GR500R. Insert the charger connector to the phone (‘B’ side of the connector has to be facing up when connecting to the phone) and then plug into the wall socket. Your GR500R will need to be charged until a message reading “Battery full. Please unplug charger to save energy.” appears on the screen.

Important! You should insert

the battery before charging.

WARNING: Use of

unauthorized accessories could damage your phone and void your warranty.

Getting Started

Installing a Memory Card

You can expand the memory available on your phone by using a microSD™ memory card. The GR500R will support up to a 16 GB microSD™ memory card.

TIP! A memory card is an

optional accessory.

1 Lift the memory card cover and

insert a microSD™ card with the gold contact area facing downwards. Close the memory card cover so that it clicks shut.

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Note: If your memory card has existing content it will automatically be filed in the correct folder. For example, videos will be accessible from the Videos folder. If your memory card has protected content (i.e. content such as songs or graphics with Digital Rights Management copywriting loaded from another device), it will not work. You will need to reformat the memory card prior to using it with this device.

On-Screen Icons

The table below describes various display indicators or icons that appear on the phone's display screen.

ICON DESCRIPTION

Multitasking

Network signal strength (number of bars will vary)

No network signal

Battery empty

New text message

New email

An alarm is set

Normal profile in use

Silent profile in use

3G available

Bluetooth® is active

The browser is active

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Call in Progress

Voicemail

Battery Full

Battery Charging

Flight Mode

Touch Calibration

Set your touch screen for ease of use. Touch markers to calibrate the screen.

• Once you’ve finished calibrating

your screen, Save the settings.

Note: To reset the touch calibration, touch

, and choose Touch Calibration.

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and press the ‘+’

, and the tab. Touch

Start Up Guide

After you install SIM card and battery, and turn on the GR500R, you will see Start Up Guide on the screen.

Touch Start to begin the Start Up Guide feature. Touch

to play the animated

Guide for that subject. Or, touch

to move on to the next

Guide. Available Guides include:

• How to Unlock Your Phone

• How to Open Menu and Select

Item

• How to Scroll

• How to Navigate Between Items

• How to Rotate Screen Orientation

• How to Open Keypad and Enter

Tex t

• How to Change Home Screen

• How to Add Shortcuts on Home

Screen

• How to Add Contacts on Home

Screen

General Functions

Making a Call

1 Make sure your phone is powered

on.

2 Touch and enter a phone

number using the touch pad or slide open the qwerty pad and enter a phone number using the qwerty keys. To edit a number on the display screen, simply press

key to erase one digit at a

the time.

– Press and hold the

erase the entire number.

3 Press the [SEND] key to call

the number. Or touch the touch pad.

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key to

Making a Call with the Send Key

1 Press the [SEND] key, and the

most recent missed, dialed and received phone numbers will be displayed.

2 Select the desired number. 3 Press the [SEND] key or

touch

Making International Calls

1 When entering a phone number,

press the international access character ‘+’ will appear. When using the touch pad to dial, touch and hold

2 Enter the country code, area code

and the phone number.

3 Press the [SEND] key to call

the number. Or touch the pad.

key and the

Ending a Call

When you have finished a call, press

[END] key.

the

Making a Call from the Contacts

You can store frequently called names and phone numbers in the SIM card as well as in the phone memory known as the Contacts.

You can dial a number by simply selecting a name in the contacts and pressing the [SEND] key.

Making a Video Call

You can make a video call in a 3G-covered service area if the user you are calling also has a 3G video phone in a 3G-covered service area. You can also receive video calls.

To make a video call, do the following.

1 Enter the phone number, as

before.

2 To start the video function, touch

and choose Make Video Call.

You will be notified that you will

need to close other applications to make the video call.

3 Adjust the camera position if

necessary.

4 If you do not want to use the

speakerphone, ensure you have the headset plugged in.

5 Press to finish the call, or

close the handset.

Getting Started

Note: The video call may take

some time to connect. Please be patient. While the video call is connecting, you will see your own image; after the other party has answered, their image will be displayed on the screen.

Changing your video call settings

1 Press , select Settings and

choose Call.

2 Select Video call. 3 Choose the settings of your video

calling. Determine whether to Use

Substitute Image and select one,

switch on the Mirror (so you can

see yourself on screen).

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Making a video call from Contacts

It is easy to call anyone whose number you have stored in your Contacts.

Press the down navigation key to access the contacts list. Scroll to your chosen contact. Press the right soft key Options and select Make Video call. Press the finish the call.

key to

Adjusting the Volume

During a call, if you want to adjust the earpiece volume, use the side volume keys of the phone.

In idle mode, you can adjust the ring volume using the side volume keys.

Answering a Call

When you receive a call, the phone rings and the phone icon appears on the screen. If the caller can be identified, the caller’s phone number (or name if stored in your Address Book) is displayed.

1 Press the [SEND] or

unlock the screen and touch

. If Any Key has been set as the Answer Mode, any key press will answer a call except for the [END] key, ,

and .

2 End the call by pressing the

[END] key.

Note: You can answer a call while using the Address Book or other menu features.

Adjusting the Volume

During a call, if you want to adjust the earpiece volume, use the side volume keys of the phone.

In the Standby screen, you can adjust the ring volume using the side volume keys.

Getting Started

Setting Profiles

Press either of the side volume keys. You can set your Ringtone to Vibrate All, Alarm Only or Silent All.

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You can also adjust the touchtone sound and vibration volume from the Touchtone tab.

Vibration Mode (Quick)

Vibration Mode can be activated by touching and holding dial pad. You can also set Vibration Mode by pressing and holding down side volume key as well.

from the

The phone will display ‘Vibrating Mode On’. If you would like to turn Vibration mode Off, touch and hold

again.

Signal Strength

If you are inside a building, being near a window may give you better reception. You can see the strength of your signal by the signal indicator on your phone’s display screen.

Getting Started

Entering Text

You can enter alphanumeric characters by using the phone’s touch pad. For example, storing names in the Address Book, writing a message or scheduling events in the calendar all require text to be entered.

The following text input modes are available on the phone.

Using the Symbol Mode

The Symbol Mode enables you to enter various symbols or special characters. To enter a symbol, touch

. Then select the desired symbol.

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ABC Mode

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

123 Mode (Numbers Mode)

Type numbers using one keytouch per number. To change to 123 mode in a text entry field, touch

Changing the Text Input Mode

You can change the text input mode by touching pressing the Text Input Mode toggle button touch screen.

on the

Using the T9 Mode

The T9 predictive text input mode allows you to enter words easily with a minimum number of key presses. As you touch each key, the phone begins to display the characters that it thinks you are typing based on a built-in dictionary. As new letters are added, the word changes to reflect the most likely candidate from the dictionary.

1 When you are in the T9 predictive

text input mode, begin entering a word by pressing the touch screen keys Press one key per letter.

to .

• The word changes as letters are

typed - ignore what is displayed on the screen until the word is typed completely.

• If the word is still incorrect after

typing completely, press the pop up menu to see the options. Then select the word you want by touch.

• If the desired word is missing

from the word choices list, add it by pressing

word. Then press save the word into the built-in dictionary.

2 Enter the whole word before

editing or deleting any letters.

3 Complete each word with a space

by touching

and selecting

to enter the new

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To delete letters, touch . Touch and hold down

to erase the

entire text entry. Note: Pressing the

will save your unsaved message in the Drafts folder.

Using the ABC Mode

Use the touch pad keys to enter your text.

1 Touch the touch key labeled with

the required letter:

• Once for the first letter

• Twice for the second letter

• And so on

2 To insert a space, touch . To

delete letters, touch and hold down

to erase the

entire text entry.

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[END] key

. Touch

Note: Refer to the table below for more information on the characters available using the keys.

Touch

to input a Upper Case letter. To change text entry mode from Lower Case to Upper Case, touch turn to orange color

twice and the key will

- indicating

that Caps Lock has been activated.

Characters in the Order Display

Key

Upper Case Lower Case

1 . , ' @ ? ! - : / 1 . , ' @ ? ! - : / 1

2 A B C 2 a b c 2

3 D E F 3 d e f 3

4 G H I 4 g h i 4

5 J K L 5 j k l 5

6 M N O 6 m n o 6

7 P Q R S 7 p q r s 7

8 T U V 8 t u v 8

9 W X Y Z 9 w x y z 9

Space Key,

0 (Long press)

Space Key,

0 (Long press)

Using the 123 (Numbers) Mode

The 123 Mode enables you to enter numbers in a text message (a telephone number, for example) more quickly. Touch the keys corresponding to the required digits before manually switching back to the appropriate text entry mode.

T9 Dictionary

The T9 Dictionary is a feature that allows the user to add any unique or personal words to the T9 standard language database. The T9 Dictionary function can be selected from the Text Entry Settings by using Options Dictionary function, the user can add, modify, delete or reset personal words.

Note: You can select a different T9 language from the same Options menu. The default setting on the phone is the T9 disabled mode.

. Within the T9

Qwerty Keypad

Text input mode using the Qwerty Keypad

When you are required to enter text, for example when writing a message, the keypad will default to ABC mode. If you are entering a number, for example when making a call, the keypad number keys will default to numbers. In ABC mode you can enter numbers by first pressing you require.

Note: Some fields may allow only one text input mode (e.g. telephone number in Address Book fields).

and then the number

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To input a symbol in the text entry field, press the a symbol from touch screen. Or to enter a symbol from the qwerty keys, just press the corresponding key. To return to ABC mode, press again.

Complete each word with a space by pressing character, press

key and select

and then press

. To delete a

key.

Using the Korean Mode

Allows you to type in Korean when you set the language to Korean.

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When you use Touch Keypad

Allows you easily input the letters. To input , touch To input , touch

and touch . and touch .

When you use Qwerty Keypad

Open the slide and touch Choose Text Entry Settings and Show Key Guide. You can see the Korean key guide on the monitor. To input numbers, touch

Touch once, and you can see the Korean key guide as below. To return its normal input mode, touch

again.

Contacts

From standby screen, touch and touch Address Book’s submenus.

. You will see following

Contact List

This menu allows you to save and manage contact address information. The Contact List's functions allow you to add a new address or search saved contact addresses by name. To search a contact, touch contact person’s name. From the standby screen, you can directly search for a contact by touching

and

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and input the

• : Search a contact.

• : Shows your contacts by first

letter/character.

• : Shows your contacts

designated as Favorites.

New Contact

This menu allows you to add a new contact address. You can enter contact address information, including: name, phone numbers, email addresses, group information, Image, ringtone and a memo.

1 From the standby screen, Touch

and touch .

2 Touch to set a Picture ID for a

contact by using a saved picture from Pictures or taking a new picture of the contact person. Choose from No picture, Pictures or Take New Picture. After you take a new picture of the contact person, touch Contact Picture ID. To delete the picture, touch take a new picture.

set as the

, select Ye s , and

Contacts

• Enter the First name, last name or

both.

• Enter up to five different numbers.

and you can set that

Touch number as Speed Dial.

• Enter an email address.

• Select a Group for the contact.

• Set the ringtone for the contact or

leave it as default ringtone.

• Add Memo if necessary.

• Choose whether to save the

contact to Phone or SIM Card memory.

3 Touch to save the

contact.

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Caller Groups

This menu allows you to manage group information. By default, there are 4 groups: Colleague, Family, Friends and School. Or you can put a contact in No Group. You can also configure a ring tone for a group so that the group ring tone sounds when a call from a specific contact address within that group is received and there is no ring tone configured for the specific contact address.

Speed Dial Lists

You can assign a frequently-called contact to a speed dial list. You can select a number from 2 to 9 as a speed dial. You can configure speed dial numbers for any of the 8 numbers for a specific contact address.

• Your Voicemail is already set to

speed dial 1. This is a default setting and can not be changed. Touch the number you wish to assign a speed dial contact, then touch

• This will open your address book.

Touch the contact you would like to assign to that number twice.

• To call an assigned speed dial

number, touch Standby Screen. Then touch and hold the assigned number; the call will be placed to the assigned number automatically.

from the

Contact Management

This menu allows you to copy information from your SIM card, e.g. name, handset number, etc. to your handset. If a name is duplicated during the copying operation, the information is also duplicated.

You can also copy entries from the SIM card to the phone memory and entries from the handset memory to the SIM card (not all the data will be copied).

From this menu, you are also able to delete entries in the SIM card and the Handset.

Contacts

Service Dial Numbers

You can view the list of Service Dial Number (SDN) assigned by your network provider. Such numbers could include the emergency services, directory assistance and voice mail numbers.

You may see the names of the available services. Select a service dial number and press the [SEND] key.

Please check with your network service provider for details of this service.

My Numbers

This displays your own phone numbers stored in your phone/SIM card. You can send this via Text Message, Multimedia Message and Bluetooth.

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In-Call Menu

Your phone provides a number of control functions that you can use during a call. To access these functions during a call, touch

to unlock the screen and

then touch

During a Call

The menu displayed on the handset screen during a call is different from the default main menu displayed when in the Standby screen, and these options are described below.

Making a Second Call

You can select a number you wish to dial, to make a second call.

1 Unlock the Screen. During a call,

an In-Call menu will available.

2 Press , enter the 2nd phone

number and press

or Press to select a contact

from your Address Book and then press the Call button When the second call is connected, the first call is automatically placed on hold.

Swapping Between Two Calls

By using one of the two methods below, you can switch between two on-going calls.

1 Press [SEND] key. 2 Touch and select “Swap Calls”.

In-Call Menu

Answering an Incoming Call

To answer an incoming call when the handset is ringing, simply press the

able to warn you of an incoming call while you are already on a call. A tone will sounds in the earpiece, and the display will show that a second call is waiting. This feature, known as Call Waiting, is only available if your network supports it.

If Call Waiting is turned on, you can put the first call on hold and answer the second call by pressing the [SEND] key.

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[SEND] key or touch

. The handset is also

Rejecting an Incoming Call

You can reject an incoming call without answering by simply pressing the touching

[END] key or

Muting the Microphone

You can mute the microphone during a call by touching The handset can be unmuted by touching handset is muted, the caller cannot hear you, but you can still hear the caller.

again. When the

Using the Speakerphone

You can use the integrated Speakerphone during a call by touching automatically deactivated when you end the call.

. The loudspeaker is

WARNING: Due to increased

volume levels, do not place the phone near your ear while the speakerphone is enabled.

Conference Calls

The conference service provides you with the ability to have a simultaneous conversation with more than one caller. The conference call feature can be used only if your network service provider supports this feature.

Once a conference call is set up, calls may be added, disconnected or separated (that is, removed from the conference call but still connected to you) by the person who set up the conference call. These options are all available from the In-Call menu.

The maximum number of callers in a conference call is five. Once started, you are in control of the conference call, and only you can add calls to the conference call.

In-Call Menu

Setting Up a Conference Call

To set up a conference call, place the first call. Once that is connected, follow the steps above to make a second call. You can then join the two separate calls by touching and select the Join Calls from the Conference Call menu.

Activate the Conference Call on Hold

To activate a conference call on hold, press the

key.

Adding Calls to the Conference Call

To add a call to an existing conference call, touch choose Conference Call, then select the Exclude Call and View Members from the Conference Call option.

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and

Private Call in a Conference Call

To have a private call with one caller from a conference call, touch

and select Private Call from the Conference Call option. When the numbers of the callers are displayed, select the one you wish to speak in private with. Only the person who initiates the Conference Call can initiate a Private Call.

Ending a Conference Call

The currently active conference call can be disconnected by pressing

key.

the

Your Standby Screen

From here you can access all menu options, make a quick call and view the status of your phone - as well as many other things.

Touch Screen Tips

The standby screen is also a great place to get accustomed to the touch screen.

To select an item, touch the icon accurately. Your GR500R can be set to vibrate slightly when it recognises you’ve touched an option.

To scroll through lists, touch the last item visible and slide your finger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

• There’s no need to press hard, the

touchscreen is sensitive enough to pick up on 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.

• When the screen light is off, press

the side twice to restore the standby screen.

• Don’t cover the phone with a

case or cover as the touch screen will not work with any material covering it.

key on the right hand

Quick keys

Your Standby Screen

The Quick Keys

The quick keys on your standby screen provide easy, one-touch access to your most used functions.

Touch to bring up the touch Dialing Keypad to make a call. Input the number as you would use a normal keypad and touch

Touch to access the Messages options menu. From here you can create a new outgoing Message.

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hard key.

or press the

Touch to open your contacts and search for the number you want to call. You can also create new contacts and edit existing ones.

Touch to open the full Top menu which is separated into four sub-menus. Touch the vertical tabs to view further options.

Home Screen

Allows you to use Widgets and even add them to your Home screen.

• Click to open the Home Screen.

• Drag a Widget from the roll-out

Menu onto the Home screen. This will enable you to use Widgets.

• You can play songs, add memos,

check the calendar, play slide show, set an alarm or add events directly from the standby screen using Home Screen.

• Click again to close the Home

Screen.

Widget

Visual Contacts

Allows you to easily contact your friends and family by displaying your favorite contacts on the standby screen.

Your Standby Screen

• First, touch from the standby

screen. Touch and hold down

• Select to choose a contact.

You can choose up to 6 contacts for one page.

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• If you want to delete a contact

from this screen, touch

• Touch to align the contacts

on the screen.

Note: Touch and the contact will have a slight shadow around it. If you slightly shake or move the phone, the contacts will float in the screen. Touch contacts will be fixed and not be moved by the phone’s status.

again and the

• Touch to finish editing

the Contacts on this screen. Then to access your Contacts, simply touch on their corresponding icon. Touch a message and messages received from that person.

• If you want to edit one of the

Contacts, touch and hold the contact or the margin space of the screen. It will turn to the Edit screen.

to call, to send

to check

Your Standby Screen

Shortcuts

Add your favorite menu on the standby screen.

• Touch and hold down any of the

items and it will turn to the Edit Screen.

• Touch to add another

application, touch the application from Shortcuts, touch

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to finish.

to delete

Annunciator

With GR500R’s Annunciator, you can quickly connect to the Music Player, Bluetooth service and more.

Touch the top side of the standby screen.

• You can use Music Player to edit a

playlist or turn on Bluetooth.

• You can set your profile by

touching profile to Normal, Ring and Vibration, Ring after Vibration or Silent and Vibration.

• To send a Text message, touch .

To send a Mobile Email, touch To check Voicemail, touch

• To use IM, choose from .

If you want to set an Alarm, touch

. To view the Calendar and add

new events, touch

. You can set your

Menu Tree

Touch in the standby screen to open a Top menu. From here you can access the following menus: Phone, Multimedia, Organizer and Settings

Phone

Dialing Contacts Call History Messages MobileMail Rogers IM My Account Friends

Organizer

Audio & Ring Tunes Calendar Alarm Clock Calculator Tools Other Files Memory Card

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Multimedia

urMusic Internet Games Applications Camera Video Pictures Music Player

Settings

Call Date & Time Audio & Ring Tunes Display Tou c h Phone Bluetooth More

1. Connection 4. Memory

2. Start up Guide 5. Application Settings

3. Touch Calibration 6. Phone Information

Messaging

This menu includes functions related to SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Message Service), voice mail as well as the network's service messages.

New Message

1 In the standby screen, select . 2 Touch Create Message.

Note: If you attach a graphic or an audio file while writing a multimedia message, the file loading time can take up to 5 seconds. You will not be able to activate any key during the file loading time. When the file loading is complete, you will be able to write a multimedia message.

Editing a message

The following options are available when Editing a Message.

• Symbol: You can insert symbols

ranging from sentence notes to emoticons. Touching the twice, and you can select the symbols you want. You can use

and to scroll through the

various pages of symbols.

Messaging

Inserting Multimedia files in outgoing messages is easy. Press the

button and select an option

from below:

• Picture: You can preview

the selected picture. Touch

to insert the

selected picture.

• Audio: You can insert from your

saved Audio files.

• Video: You can insert from your

saved Video clips.

• New Picture: You can insert

a new image taken from the camera by touching

Note: Refer to page 69 for camera options.

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[Capture].

• New Audio: You can record a new

audio clip by touching

Record Mode: MMS mode

record time is about 9 minutes and the General mode provides a longer recording time.

Quality: Set the audio quality

to Fine, Normal or Economy.

Select Storage Defaults:

You can assign the default storage to Phone Memory or Memory Card.

• New Video: You can record a new

video. The options are similar to those when inserting a New Picture.

• Template

- Tex t : You can easily insert frequently used sentences in the text message.

- Multimedia: Preset multimedia templates are available.

- Signature: Input your own created signature. For further details, see page 51.

• More: Allows you to insert

Subject, vCard, vCalendar, vNote, vTask or Contact.

Note: vCard, vCalendar, vNote, vTask and Contact are created by the Address Book, Calendar, Notepad and Tasks functions. Go to the corresponding sections for more detailed information.

Using Options

Touch

to use the options below.

• Text Entry Settings

- Text Entry Language: Allows you to set the text entry language to English, Français, Español or Korean.

- Show/Hide Word Candidate List: When in T9 Entry Mode, you can see the word candidates as you type.

- Next Word Prediction On/Off

- T9 Dictionary: Here you can add/delete/reset/modify words to the T9 Dictionary.

Messaging

• Delivery Options

- Delivery Receipt: If this is set to be On in this menu, you can check whether your message was sent successfully.

- Reply via Same Message

Centre: You can set this to be On or Off.

• Save to Drafts: Saves the

selected message to Drafts.

• Writing Font Size: Set the Writing

Font Size to be Small, Medium and Large.

• Cancel Message: Allows you to

exit the Message without saving your input message.

Sending a Message

After completing a message using the Insert/Options, select Send To to send a message.

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• Enter the recipient(s). From ,

you can choose an option item below.

- Enter Number: You can input

the recipient(s) number using the Touch keypad or Qwerty keypad.

- Enter Email: You can enter an

Email address instead of a phone number.

- Caller Groups: Displays Contact

Groups.

- Recent Messages: Choose a

contact from recent messages.

- Recent Calls: Choose a contact

from recent calls.

- Delivery Options: Options

of Priority, Delivery Receipt,

Reply via Same Message Centre, Request Read Receipt, Add Cc, and Add Bcc.

- Edit Message: Go back to the message editing mode.

- Save to Drafts: Saves the selected message to Drafts.

- Text Entry Settings: This menu allows you to set the Text Entry

Language. It also allows you to Hide/Show Word Candidate List, Next Word Prediction On/ Off.

- T9 Dictionary: Access the T9 Dictionary to delete/add/ modify words.

- Cancel Message: You can cancel the message.

Message folders

The folder structure on your GR500R was designed to be fast and easy to use.

• Inbox: All the messages you

receive are placed into your Inbox.

• Drafts: If you don’t have time to

finish writing a message, you can save what you’ve done so far here.

• Outbox: This is a temporary

storage folder where messages are stored while being sent.

Note: If you see the message “No space for USIM messages”, then you should delete some messages from your Inbox. If you see the message “No space for messages”, then you can delete either messages or saved files to create space.

Messaging

Inbox

You will be alerted when you receive a message. They will be stored in the Inbox. In the Inbox, you can identify each message by icons. To reach the Inbox, from the Standby screen, touch touch Inbox.

The following options are available when you select a message and

touch

Conversation View

This mode allows you to view all messages with each contact in conversational order.

Choose to see messages in detail or choose simple view.

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and

for the

Standard View

The following options are available in standard view:

• Make Video Call: You can make a

video call to the sender.

• Add to Address Book: You can

save the sender's phone number in the Contact List.

• Select Slide: If the multimedia

message has more than one slide, you can select and move to the desired slide.

• Extract Data: You can make a

voice call or send a message. You can save the number As New contact or Updating Existing.

• Copy to phone: Copy a message

to the Phone.

• Move to Phone: Move a message

to the phone.

• Message Details: You can view

information about received messages; message Type, Subject, Sender's address, and message Time.

The following Options are available in Inbox folder.

• Delete: You can pick a message

and delete it.

• Standard/Conversation View:

You can select between the two viewing modes.

• Sort By: You can sort all messages

by Name, Title, Date and Read/ Unread.

• Delete All Read Messages: You

can delete all read messages.

MobileMail

Mobile Email allows you to access your Rogers Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, accounts on your phone. So, now you can quickly and easily check your email while you are away from your computer.

To Set Up Mobile Email

• Open Mobile Email: From the

standby screen, Touch touch

• Select an Email Provider: Touch

the email provider you wish to use.

• Read and Accept the Terms of

Use

, and

Messaging

• Log In

1. Highlight the ID entry field, touch and then type in your existing email ID.

2. Touch the Password field, to highlight it, and enter your password.

Quick Tip: Your password is case

sensitive. Press the the keypad to change to lower case or upper case.

3. To save your password scroll down to Save password and press down on the select to check the box.

4. Select Sign In.

• Opening an Email: Just scroll

down and press on the subject line to highlight the message you want to open, then press again to open the message. When the email is open, select Options to reply, forward or delete.

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button on

• Deleting an Email: Scroll down

to the email you want to delete, touch the subject line to highlight it, press Options, and then Delete.

Rogers IM

The Instant Messaging feature can only be used with the support of the network operator or communities such as Windows Live™ and Yahoo!® Messenger. For Instant Messaging users, a valid User ID and Password will be required in order to login and exchange messages as well as checking the online status.

To access the IM feature

1 Touch and touch . 2 You can see available IM clients.

The menu items below might not appear as not all IM communities support the various options. In addition, the menu strings may appear differently. This depends on the selected IM communities. The keywords such as User ID, Login and Contact will be used as general terms in IM menus according to the currently selected communities such as Windows Live™ and Yahoo!® Messenger

Offline Menu

This allows users to login by filling in the User ID and Password.

Note: Once the User ID and Password are saved, you will not be required to type them in again during the Login process. This feature is optional.

Saved Conversations

This is where a user can view saved conversations.

Settings

• Set Sound: Allows you to turn

alerts On/Off for a Contact when they have activity on their session.

Messaging

IM Information

This displays the Instant Messaging Client Information such as Client Name and Version Number.

Online Menu / 1-to-1 conversation

After a successful Login, a list of contacts with Screen Names will appear on the screen. Touch and hold each item, it will show various menu pop up.

General Options

Touch .

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• My Status: Allows you to set your

status to Online, Busy or Be Right Back.

• Add a Contact: It adds a new

contact to the selected contacts list; contacts are searched on the basis of Email Address. First Name or Last Name.

• Send Message to: Allows you to

send a message to someone by inputting an email address.

• Block List: Displays the list of all

blocked Contacts.

• Saved Conversations: This is

where an user can view saved conversations.

• Settings:

- Display Name

- My Status: Allows you to set

your status to Online, Busy or Be Right Back

- Offline Buddies

- Set Sound: Allows you to turn

on/off an alert for the Contacts when they have activity on their session

- Auto Sign In

Touch and hold a conversation.

• End Conversation: It closes

the selected conversation. If an unknown contact is selected, that contact will be deleted.

• Block/Unblock Contact: This

allows you to block/unblock the selected Conversations Contact.

• Contact Info: This allows you to

view the User ID and Status Text information.

Messaging

Touch and hold the contact List.

• Refresh Contact List: It refreshes

the current information on the contacts within the list.

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Touch and hold a contact.

• Delete Contact: It deletes the

selected Contact.

• Block/Unblock Contact: This

allows you to block/unblock the selected Contact.

• Contact Info: This allows you to

view information. It provides User ID, Status Text.

Menu options available in the Conversation screen

• Insert: You can insert a Symbol,

Template and emoticons to the conversation screen. This feature is accessed by pressing the left soft key.

• Back to Contacts: It brings the

screen back to the contacts list.

• My Communities: Displays the

list of Email clients.

• Block/Unblock Contact: This

allows you to block/unblock the selected Contact.

• Save Conversation: Stores the

currently active conversation.

• End Conversation: It ends the

active conversation and clears the conversation buffer.

• Settings:

- Display Name

- My Status: Allows you to set your status to Online, Busy or Be Right Back.

- Offline Buddies

- Set Sound: Allows you to turn on/off an alert for the Contacts when they have activity on their session.

- Auto Sign In

• Text Entry Mode: Sets the text

input mode such as abc, Abc, ABC, T9 abc, T9 Abc, T9 ABC and

123.

• Minimize: Minimizes the IM

window and returns to standby mode.

• Sign Out: It begins the logout

process.

Messaging

Note:

• In the conversation window, you

can use the up/down Qwerty keys to scroll through the conversation.

• The current information might

not update in real time so the "Refresh List"/"Refresh Contact” option can be used for the most up to date status.

Drafts

You can view the messages saved as drafts. To see the Drafts folder, touch

. Quick key from the Standby

the screen, then touch Drafts.

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Outbox

Outbox is a temporary storage place for messages waiting to be sent. When you press the key, you can make a call to the number of the recipient number of the selected message.

If the message is not sent from the Outbox, you will receive a sound alert along with a Message Sending Failure notice on the screen. Another attempt will be made to send the failed message and after two unsuccessful attempts, the message will no longer be sent automatically. In order to send the message that has failed, you must touch message.

[SEND]

to resend the

After the maximum number of Send attempts has been reached, the Send function has failed. If you were trying to send a text message, open the message and check that the Sending options are correct.

Outbox list will display messages in sending failed, sending or waiting, sent order. Touch available from Outbox list.

• Delete: Deletes a message you

choose.

• Sort By: Sorts by name, title and

date.

• Delete All: Delete all messages.

to use options

Those options are available when you choose a message in Outbox.

• Make Video Call: You can make a

video call to the sender.

• View Status: Shows message

status as failed, sent or error.

• Edit: Allows you to edit the

selected message.

• Select slide: If the multimedia

message has more than one slide, you can select and move to the desired slide.

• View Attachment: View

attachment of the message.

• Message Details

Messaging

Sent

This is where you can view the lists and contents of sent messages and also verify if transmission was successful.

The following [Options] are available.

• Delete: Deletes the selected

message from the Sent list.

• Select Multiple: Allows you to

select multiple messages from the list.

• Message Details: Allows you to

view information on the message.

• Make Video Call: For more

details, refer to Making a video call (page 15).

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Call Voicemail

This menu provides you with a quick way of accessing your voice mailbox (if provided by your network).

Note: Please check with your network service provider for details of their service in order to configure the handset accordingly.

Message Settings

To configure Messaging settings, touch the the Standby screen, then touch

Message Settings.

Message Alert

You can set the Sounds and Alert Type here.

Signature

This feature allows you to create your Text signature. You can use symbols, Text Template and contacts as part of the signature.

Quick key from

Text Message

• Text Templates

There are 6 predefined messages

in the list. You can view and edit the template messages or create new ones. The following options are available when you touch

- Add New: Allows you to create a new template.

- Delete: Allows you to delete the selected template message.

- Delete All: Deletes all messages in the folder.

To edit an existing Template, touch it (to open) then touch the text. The Edit Template screen will automatically open.

• Message Centre Number: If you

want to send a text message, you can get the address of the SMS centre by using this menu.

• Message Types: Convert your

text into Voice, Fax, X.400 or Email.

• Validity Period: Choose how

long your messages are stored at the message centre.

• Delivery receipt: You can set On

or Off.

• Reply via Same Message

Centre: You can set On or Off.

• Insert Signature: You can set On

or Off.

Messaging

Multimedia Message

• Multimedia Templates:

Multimedia templates are available and can be created here.

• Priority: You can choose to set

the priority of the message.

• Message Subject: You can enter

the MMS Subject when this option is You can switch between

right.

• Validity Period: This network

service allows you to decide how long your multimedia messages will be stored at the message centre.

• Send Delivery Receipt:

Allows you to send a delivery confirmation mail for a Multimedia Message.

• Send Read Receipt: Allows

you to send a message read confirmation mail for a Multimedia Message.

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• Download Options

- Download Without Ask: Allows Multimedia Messages to be downloaded automatically.

- Ask Always: You can download a multimedia message manually.

- Discard: Used when the user rejects download of the Multimedia Message.

• Message Centre: The details for

the Multimedia gateway are preloaded onto your handset and should not be changed.

Voicemail Number

This menu allows you to call the voicemail centre number if this feature is supported by Rogers. Please check with Rogers for details of their service in order to configure the handset correctly.

Service Message

You can set the Service option to determine whether or not you will receive service messages. Ask Always, Discard and Save Without Ask options are available.

Info. Service

Info. Service messages are text messages delivered by the network to your handset. They provide general information such as weather reports, traffic news, tax, pharmacies, and stock prices. When you receive an info. service message you will see a popup message show you that or the info. service message is directly displayed.

• Receive: You can set the

reception status.

• Topics: To create a new topic,

select Topics and touch New Topic from the screen. If you want to edit the topic, touch the topic and edit it.

• Languages: This option lets you

select the prefered languages. Info. service message will be displayed in the selected languages.

Friends

The Friends link is the place to stay connected to all your online communities through your phone.

Easy to access Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo! and Windows Live and so on.

urMusic

Please check with your network service provider for details of this service.

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Internet

This menu shows how to access the Internet by launching the WAP browser.

Note: Check the availability of WAP services, pricing and tariffs with your network operator and/or the service provider which service you wish to use. Service providers will also give you instructions on how to use their services. Please contact your service provider to open an Internet account.

To launch the browser in Standby mode, touch the Quick key choose the tab

. Touch .

then

Once connected, the homepage is displayed. The content depends on the service provider. To exit the browser at any time, press the key.

Menus for the Browser

You can surf the Internet using either the touch screen or the qwerty keypads.

Using the WAP Browser Menu

Using the Browser Tool Bar

Back

Forwa rd

Refresh/Stop

• Back : Moves to the previous

page.

• Forward : Moves to the next

page.

• Refresh/Stop : Loads the

current page again. When a page is loading, press to stop loading the current page.

Zoom

Bookmark

Internet

• Bookmarks : Takes you to

your Bookmark menu. Holding down this key will add the current page to your saved Bookmarks.

• Zoom : Displays the Zoom bar

to Zoom in or out while browsing.

Once you are connected to the Internet, the following menu options are available as buttons or through the Options menu

Note: If you are browsing the Internet in Landscape mode, you can access the Options Menu by tapping any part of the browser screen that does not contain a link.

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• Home: Go to the initial

homepage.

• Windows: Create, manage or

view different browser windows. It allows you to access multiple web pages simultaneously.

• Enter URL: Connects to the

specific URL after editing.

• Bookmarks: This function allows

you to store and edit frequently accessed sites.

The following options are

available with the

- New Bookmark: Add a new

bookmark manually.

- Send URL: Allows the bookmark

information can be sent via SMS to other devices.

menu.

- New Folder: Allows you to add a new folder, manually.

- List View: You can view the bookmarks list.

< Portrait View >

Note: Pre-installed bookmarks

cannot be deleted or edited by users. In order to change the text input mode for symbol input, please refer to the General Functions section.

• View Full Screen/View Normal

Screen: Hold your phone horizontally and you can view full screen, If you hold the phone vertically, you can view normal screen.

• Search Text: Search current page

for the specific text.

• Recent Pages: You can view a list

of pages recently visited.

• Send URL: Allows the bookmark

information can be sent via SMS to other devices.

• Settings: Allows you to set

options such as Full Screen View, Cache, Cookie and other Browser Settings.

• Help: Help for browser menu and

options

• Exit: Exit browser

Games

Access Games on your GR500R or Browse the catalog of games available to buy and download new ones.

To launch Games while in the Standby screen, touch the Quick key

, touch and then touch .

Note: The JAR file is a compressed format of the Java program and the JAD file is a description file that includes all detailed information. From the network, prior to download, you can view all detailed file descriptions from the JAD file.

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WARNING: Only J2ME (Java

2 Micro Edition) based programs will run in a phone environment.

J2SE (Java 2 Standard Edition) based programs will only run in a PC environment.

• Get New Games: This menu

option connects to Rogers game download site.

You can see the available downloaded games in the list.

Applications

To launch Applications while in the Standby screen, touch the Quick

, touch tab and then

key touch

This menu displays the list of Java programs downloaded using WAP. All previously downloaded programs can be selected, deleted or viewed in detail within the Application menu.

Get New Applications

This menu option connects to Rogers application download site. You can see the available downloaded applications in the list.

Multimedia

Camera

Touch , then choose tab. Touch

Take Photo

Using the camera module built into your phone, you can take pictures of people or events while on the move. Additionally, you can send photos to other devices as a picture message.

Press directly. Or choose

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to go to camera mode

from the

tab.

Getting to know the viewfinder

Back: Touch here to return to the

previous screen.

Camera mode: Camera mode is selected.

Image Size

Flash status

Album

Capture: Take the picture

Flash

Settings: Touch this icon to open the

settings menu. See Using the advanced settings on page 70 for details.

Zoom Bar: Allows you to zoom in and out when taking a picture. This option is only available when taking pictures in the 640x480 and 320x240 resolutions.

Video camera mode: Change between camera and video camera mode.

Note: The shortcut options will be disappeared after a few seconds automatically. To recall the options, touch the screen again.

Multimedia

Settings Menu

Preview tab

• View Mode: Choose between Full

Image and Full Screen.

• Image Size: The resolution of

the image can be captured in 1600*1200 / 1280*960 / 640*480 / 320*240.

• Brightness: Adjust brightness by

adjusting slider.

• Color Effects: Includes options of

Color/Mono/Sepia/Negative/Blue.

• White Balance: Set the White

Balance as Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/ Illuminate/Indoors.

• Night Mode: This is useful to take

a photo at dark place.

• Timer: Timer can be set to Off/

3 Seconds/5 Seconds/10 Seconds.

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• Image Quality:

quality as Super Fine/Fine/Normal.

Others tab

• Save to: Choose to save a photo

to Phone or Memory Card.

• Shutter Tones: Can be set to

Tone 1/Tone 2/Tone 3/Off.

• Reset Settings: Allows you to set

to the default settings.

Note: In Take Photo mode, you can adjust the zoom scale by moving the slider. The maximum zoom levels depend on the resolution as follows.

Resolution Zoom scale

1600x1200 Level 1

1280x960 Level 1

640x480 Level 1 ~ Level 10

320x240 Level 1 ~ Level 10

Set the image

Record Video

When recording video, you have many of the same Settings options as with taking a photo.

Getting to know the viewfinder

Back: Touch here to return to the

previous screen.

Video mode: Video mode is selected.

Video Size

Flash status

Album

Recording start

Flash

Settings: Touch this icon to open the

settings menu.

Zoom: Touch to zoom in or to zoom out. Alternatively you can use the side volume keys.

Camera mode: Change from video camera to camera mode.

Multimedia

Settings Menu

Preview Tab

• Video Size: Sets the size of video

to 320x240 or 176x144.

• Brightness: Adjust brightness by

adjusting slider.

• Color Effects: Includes options of

Color/Mono/Sepia/Negative/Blue.

• White Balance: Set the White

Balance as Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/ Illuminate/Indoors.

• Night Mode: This is useful to

record a video at dark place.

• Video Quality: Determines the

quality of a video clip. Includes options for Super Fine/Fine/ Normal.

• Typ e: Use one of the recording

duration presets, made for different purposes. General/MMS Mode.

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Others Tab

• Save to: Choose to save a video

clip to Phone or Memory Card.

• Voi ce: Mute or unmute the voice.

• Recording Tones: Set Recording

Tones On or Off.

• Reset Settings: Allows you to set

to the default settings.

Note: In Video Record mode, you can adjust the zoom scale by moving the slider. The maximum zoom levels depend on the resolution as follows.

Resolution Zoom scale

320x240 Level 1 ~ Level 10

176x144 Level 1 ~ Level 10

Camera Album

You can view the Album containing your Pictures and Videos. For more available options, touch

One by One View/Sort by/Send/ Print via Bluetooth/Delete/Slide Show/Delete All.

Video

Touch and the tab, then choose

• Shop Videos: You can

• Record Video: You can record

• You can view the video files in the

Note: DRM sometimes restricts some functions, such as send and edit.

download videos.

your own video.

list.

Pictures

Touch and the tab, then choose

This allows you to view pictures when browsing.

• Shop Graphics: Connects to

• Take Photo: It takes you to go

• Make GIF Animated file: You

• You can view the graphic files in

Rogers graphic download site.

to the camera mode.

can make an animation file with the selected images in the list.

the list.

Music Player

To launch Rogers Music while in Standby mode, touch the Quick key

, touch tab and then touch .

• All Songs: You can view all songs

in your music library.

• Playlists: You can make your own

playlists.

• Artists: Shows the list of artists of

all the songs in your music library, and shows all the songs when select an artist.

• Albums: Shows the list of albums

of all the songs in your music library, and shows all the songs when select an album.

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• Genres: Shows the list of genres

of all the songs in your music library, and shows all songs of a specific genre.

• Shuffle songs: You can view all

the songs in your music library with shuffle.

Note: Copyrights of music files may be protected by copyright and intellectual property laws. Please ensure that you adhere to the applicable Terms of Use of materials laws prior to downloading or copying files.

Playing Music

To listen to music in your phone or the external memory, follow these quick and easy steps:

1 From the Standby screen, touch

then open the Multimedia tab

by touching

2 Then touch . 3 Select Music Player to view

your options. You can select from All Songs, Playlists, Artists, Albums, Genres and Shuffle songs to select your Music. The Now Playing menu will be only available when music is playing.

• Touch the song you wish to play.

• While playing, touch to

pause the selected song. Touch

to adjust the volume. Touch

or to skip to the next

song or previous song.

• Touch to Minimize the music

player and access other phone functions while music is playing.

Note: Files under 300kb may not be displayed in this function and may be categorized as Ringtones.

Music Player

Adding Music To Your Handset

Music files can be added to your handset by using one or more of the following methods:

• Download music and ringtones

over the Rogers network directly to your device via the Shop Music link in the Rogers Music Folder or the Ringtones link in the Rogers Media Mall folder.

• From your existing digital

media collection on your PC via Windows Media® Player and/or Windows Explorer.

• From your PC using other music

subscription services, such as Napster or eMusic.

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Purchasing and downloading Music directly to your Device

1 Touch then touch . 2 Touch . 3 Select Rogers MusicStore. 4 Navigate the Rogers MusicStore

page to download today’s hottest music, ringtones and other personalized content directly to your phone.

Note: Some sites are data intensive (i.e. previews via streaming) so the user should be enrolled in an unlimited data plan before using these services to avoid per-use data charges.

Note: Additional charges may apply when downloading music, ringtones etc.

Transferring Music using your PC

Before You Get Started

To transfer music from your PC to your device, you will need the following:

• Windows Media® Player 10 (or

above) or other digital music management software such as Napster or eMusic

• A microSD™ card*

(supports up to 16GB cards)

• USB data cable*

* microSD™ card and USB data

cable sold separately.

Note: This device is not compatible with iTunes and/or iTunes files.

Transferring Music from the Digital Music Service

1 Using your computer, open your

preferred PC music management client.

2 Download the selected song to

your library.

3 Make sure the microSD™ card

is inserted properly into the handset.

4 Use the USB adapter cable to

connect the handset to the PC. When you try to connect handset on your PC, the handset displays “Connecting as Music Sync...”.

Music Player

5 Once the USB connection has

been established, the handset displays “Connected as Music Sync Mode. Do not disconnect during transfer.“ and the computer screen then shows the GR500R device. If the detection does not occur, skip to Changing USB Connection Settings section on page 80.

6 Follow the instruction in the

program to transfer music to your handset.

Note: If you have a USB hub, connect the handset directly to your computer rather than through the hub.

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Transferring Music using Windows Media Player

1 Open Windows Media® Player on

your computer (version 10.0 or higher).

2 Use the USB adapter cable to

connect the handset to the PC. When you try to connect handset on your PC, the handset displays “Connecting as Music Sync...”.

3 Once the USB connection has

been established, the handset displays “Connected as Music Sync Mode. Do not disconnect during transfer.“ and the computer screen then shows the GR500R device.

Note: If the target computer does not detect the newly connected handset or provide an MTP Player dialog window on the PC screen, skip to Changing USB Connection

Settings section on page 80.

4 From the Windows Media® Player

application, click on the Sync tab. Previously downloaded songs are then listed on the left side of the application.

5 Choose the destination location

for the media files. The GR500R Music Sync Player appears in a drop-down list on the right side of the screen.

Note: If there is no item present in the playlist, click the Edit Playlist button and begin adding the music files from the various media categories.

6 Click on the checkmark boxes

(to the left of the song entry) to select the song you want to synchronize to your handset.

7 Click the Start Sync button to

download the selected songs to your handset. A “synchronization in progress” message appears on the application. Do not unplug the handset during this process. Once complete, the progress bar will disappear.

8 It is now safe to unplug the USB

connector from the handset.

Music Player

Drag and Drop Music Using GR500R As A Mass Storage Device

1 Make sure the microSD™ card

is inserted properly into the headset.

2 Connect the device to a PC using

a GR500R USB data cable.

3 A bubble may appear on the PC,

“Found New Hardware LG USB Modem”.

4 Access My Computer on the PC. 5 The phone’s memory card will

be listed under “Devices with Removable Storage” in the same location as an optional drive.

Note: The PC will automatically assign a drive letter.

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7 File explore in a new window for

desired music files.

8 Drag and drop the desired music

content from the PC window to the “Storage Card” window.

9 Disconnect the device from the

cable.

10 Access the Music Player on the

phone.

Note: If the target computer does not detect the newly connected handset as Mass Storage, skip to Changing USB Connection Settings section below.

Changing USB Connection Settings

1 Touch and touch the tab . 2 Touch . 3 Select Connection.

4 Touch USB Connection Mode. 5 Touch Music Sync (if using

Windows Media® Player or other Digital Music Services) or Mass Storage (if you are going to drag or drop files).

6 Reconnect the device to a PC.

Deleting Music Files

The following three options are available to delete Music from your Phone:

1 Delete a file using Mass Storage,

but not using Music sync function.

2 Delete a file by directly inserting

the microSD™ external memory onto the PC.

3 Delete a file using delete function

on the phone.

Note: If you delete a playlist from the phone, the songs in the playlist will not be removed and remain in All songs folder. Do your file operations like Delete, Move and Copy using Music Sync.

Note: Be aware that all of the existing data will be erased on microSD™ card if you run the below process.

• Go Settings > Phone > Reset

Settings > Master Clear > Memory Card function in the Settings menu.

• Format external memory using

Mass Storage.

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Audio & Ring Tunes

Touch and the tab, then choose

• Get New Ring Tunes: This menu

• Record Voice: You can record

option connects to Rogers ringtone download site.

your own audio by touching

Calendar

When you go into this menu, a calendar will be displayed. The red square cursor is used to locate a particular day. The bottom bar on the calendar indicates schedule(s) for that day. This function helps to remind you of the schedule. The phone will sound an alarm tone if it has been set for a specific schedule item.

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The following options are available when you open the Calendar function and touch the

• New Schedule: Allows you to add

a new schedule on the date you select.

• Search: Allows you to search the

saved schedule(s).

• Send Schedule Via: Send your

schedule via text message, multimedia message or bluetooth.

• Set Holiday: Allows you to set

your personal holiday for the selected date.

• View All: Allows you to view all

saved schedules.

• Week View: Allows you to

change Calendar view mode from Monthly View to Week View.

menu.

• Go to Date: Allows you to jump

to a specific date.

• Selective Delete: Allows you

to delete Old Schedules or All Schedules selectively.

• Settings: Allows you set Default

View and Weekly Begin day.

Alarm Clock

The alarm function allows you to set up multiple separate alarms. You can also set the time, repetition interval and alarm sound. Select your desired alarm setting to configure from the alarm list. If there is no alarm setting,

• Time: Select the desired set time

mode using the select. Input your desired alarm time by specifying the hour and minutes. If the time is in the 12 hour format, you have to select either touching it.

• Repeat: Select the desired repeat

mode.

• Alarm Tone: Able to select the

preferable alarm sound.

• Memo: Input alarm name.

• Snooze Interval: You can set the

snooze interval for 5 Minutes, 15 Minutes, 30 Minutes, 45 Minutes or I Hour. Now, Touch to save your new Alarm.

or by

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Calculator

The calculator function allows you to add, subtract, multiply and divide. You can input numbers and operators using the touch key pad.

Use the numbers.

To ol s

From the Standby screen, touch , and the

Voice Recorder

Use the Voice Recorder to record voice memos or other sounds.

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touch key to delete

tab, then choose .

• Settings

Record Mode: MMS record

mode shortens the time so that the recording can fit in an MMS and General mode provides longer recording time.

Quality: Set the audio's

quality to Fine, Normal or Economy.

- Select Storage Defaults: You can assign the default storage to Phone Memory or Memory Card.

• Touch to start recording.

Touch To continue recording, touch

touch be saved automatically.

to pause recording.

again. To stop recording,

. The recording will

• To start a new recording, touch

. To play the recording, touch . To send the recording by

Message, Bluetooth or Online album touch To delete the recording, touch

and confirm Yes.

• You can view the audio files in the

list.

Voice Command

Voice command is the function whereby your phone’s voice recognition engine identifies the voice of the user and carries out the requested commands. When the user operates the voice command function, there are five possible commands, call <name or number>, Listen to voicemail, missed calls, messages and time & date.

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1 Call <Name or Number>: This

function is activated only when the user says the command "Call" followed by the name stored in the Address Book or specified phone number. The voice engine inside the handset recognizes the user's utterance and displays name lists or phone numbers. However, interfering noise might cause a problem displaying candidates. Additionally, the user has the option to superimpose a number type at the end, such as "mobile", "home" or "office".

2 Listen Voicemail: this command

is activated when the user says the words "Listen Voicemail". The user will then be automatically connected to voicemail.

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3 Missed Calls: this command is

activated when the user says the words "Missed Calls". The mobile phone presents missed call lists.

• commands available to user

- yes: make the phone call

- no: moves to the next missed call list

- cancel: go back to the main voice command menu

- exit: terminate voice command

4 Messages: this command is

activated when the user says the word "Messages". The phone displays details of unread SMS or MMS messages.

• commands available to user

- yes: make the phone call

- no: move to the next unread message

- cancel: go back to the main voice command menu

- exit: terminate voice command

5 Time&Date: this command is

activated when the user says the words "time and date". The phone displays the current local time and date.

The Voice Command function also has options accessible by pressing

when in the Voice Command screen. For more information, see page 112.

Notepad

You can create up to 30 memos.

1 Touch and choose . Touch

and choose Notepad.

2 To create a new Note, touch New

Note, input the memo and touch

to save.

World Clock

The World clock function provides time information for major cities worldwide.

Note: The first time you use this function, you will be asked to enter the name of your current City.

1 To add a new City from where you

can see the local time, touch and select New City.

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2 Touch the City in the red box, a

list of available cities (in different

time zones) will display. From

there you can select any time

zone to add.

• To make it easier, touch and

It will show the Globe. Touch the continent and choose city you want to know the time.

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• You will see its date and time of

that city on the bottom side of the screen. Touch

and touch

Tasks

This feature allows you to save and manage a task.

1 Touch . 2 Input Due Date, Note and Priority

for the new Task.

3 Touch to save the Task

item.

The following options are available by pressing menu:

• New Task: Allows you to create a

new task.

• Delete: Lists all available tasks to

be deleted.

• Send Task Via: Enables the

selected task to be sent via Text Message/Multimedia Message/ Bluetooth®.

• View Calendar: The calendar

window will be displayed and New Tasks are able to be added on a certain date.

in the main Tasks

Stopwatch

This menu allows you to record the elapsed time of an event. The duration of an individual lap time (up to 20 times) and the total time can also be displayed.

• New Time

1. To start timing, touch .

The running time is displayed as HH.MM.SS.hh (hours, minutes, seconds, hundredths of a second).

2. During the timing, you can

record an individual lap time by touching times can be recorded.

. Up to 20 lap

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3. You can stop timing by touching touching

4. To reset the stop watch, touch

• Saved Times: You can see the

saved times.

or restart by .

Tip Calculator

This feature allows you to quickly and easily calculate the tip amount based on the total bill as well as the split of the total bill based on the number of people.

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Unit Converter

This function converts any measurement into the unit you want.

There are 6 types of units that can be converted: Area, Length, Weight, Temperature, Volume and Velocity.

To input decimal number, touch

Other Files

When you receive files of an undefined format (such as .vcs, .vcf, etc.) via email, the files are saved in this folder.

The following options are available by touching the

• Send: Send the selected file via

Bluetooth®, Via Message or To Online Album.

• Delete: Allows you to delete the

selected file.

• Move To: You can move the

selected files to the Phone Memory or Memory Card (if applicable).

• Copy To: You can copy the

selected files to the Phone Memory or Memory Card (if applicable).

menu.

• Rename: You can edit the name

of the selected file.

• New Folder: Allows you to make

a new folder.

• Sort by: You can sort the folders

by name, date and type.

• Delete All: You can delete all files

and folders.

• Used Space: You can view

internal and external memory status.

Memory Card

This function shows the files in the external microSD™ card memory.

Settings

Call

Touch and the tab, then choose

Call Forwarding

When this network service is activated, you can direct your incoming calls to another number, for example, to your voice mailbox number. For details, contact Rogers. Select one of the call forwarding options, for example, select If Busy to divert voice calls when your number is busy or when you reject an incoming call.

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The following options are available:

• All Voice Calls: Forwards voice

calls unconditionally.

• If Busy: Forwards voice calls

when the phone is in use.

• If No Answer: Forwards voice

calls which you do not answer.

• If Out of Reach: Forwards voice

calls when the phone is switched off or out of coverage.

• Deactivate All: Turns Off all call

forwarding options so that all incoming calls are received by your handset.

Call Barring

The ability to restrict outgoing and incoming calls.

• All Outgoing

• Outgoing International

• Outgoing International Except

Home Country

• All Incoming

• Incoming When Roaming

Enter the call barring password. Please check with your network operator for this service.

Send My Number

This network service allows you to set your phone number to be displayed On or hidden Off from the person you are calling. You can select Set by Network if you prefer to have different settings for different service providers.

Auto Redial

Select On, your phone redials the number you're trying to call up to 10 times after you hear a quick and busy signal. Press call attempts.

This feature attempts to redial numbers that are engaged due to the wireless network. It does not redial numbers to an engaged party.

Note: There will be no alert indicating the call has been connected. You must stay on the line to hear when the call is connected.

to stop the

Settings

Answer Mode

This allows you to determine how to answer the phone.

• Any Key: You can answer an

incoming call by Pressing the

, the multi tasking key

or qwerty key.

• Send Key Only: You can only

answer an incoming call by pressing the

key.

Minute Minder

This option allows you to specify whether the phone will beep every minute during a call to keep you informed of the length of the call.

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Select Line

This feature about Alternate Line Service, supporting two different phone numbers on your mobile. You can select Line1 or Line2, and check the current line number in the upper left corner of the screen.

(Quick mode)

You can switch the line by pressing and holding down the [Pound] key.

Call Waiting

The network will notify you of a new incoming call while you have a call in progress. Select Activate to request the network to activate call waiting, or select Deactivate to request the network to deactivate call waiting or View Status, to check if the function is activated or not.

Call Reject

This menu allows you to turn On or Off Call Reject for all numbers or the numbers in the Call Reject List.

• Call Reject On/Off: This feature

allows you to choose whether to reject incoming calls, or calls from specific phone numbers. When the Reject All Calls option is set, all incoming calls are routed directly to Voicemail. Reject on List allows you to enable Call Reject for the numbers saved on your Call Reject List.

• Call Reject List: After touching

, you can add to

the call reject list by selecting [Contact List] or [New Number]. The numbers in the Call Reject list can be added by entering numbers directly or copying the numbers from the Contact List.

Send DTMF Tones

Select from / .

TTY

Select from TTY Full/TTY Talk/TTY Hear/TTY Off.

Video Call

Settings

Date & Time

Touch , and the tab, then choose

• Set Date: This allows you to enter

• Set Time: This allows you to enter

• Auto Update: Select to

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the day, month and year. You can change the date format via the Date Format menu option. ddd, MMM DD (day, month date) MM/DD/YYYY (month/date/year) DD/MM/YYYY (date/month/year) YYYY/MM/DD (year/month/date)

the current time. You can choose the time format via the Time Format menu option, which are 12 Hours and 24 Hours. Also you can set Daylight Saving Time for 1 Hour or 2 Hours.

set the phone to automatically update the time and date according to the current local time zone.

Audio & Ring Tunes

Touch , and the tab, then choose

Get New Ring Tunes

Connects to Roger's Ringtone Shops.

Volume

This menu controls Ringtone & Alerts, Multimedia, Call and Keypad volume.

Ring Tunes

• Sounds: Shows and plays ring

• Alert Type: Supports 3 ring alert

tones. You can select your preferred Ringtone by touching the ringtone listed.

types. Ring, Ring & Vibrate and Ring after Vibration.

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