LG GW520 Users manual

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GW520

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

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USER GUIDE

Part 15.21 statement

This device is not intended for sale in the USA.

" Change or Modifications that are not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void

the user's authority to operate the equipment. “

Part 15.105 statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in

a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful

interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will

not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user

is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Part 15 Class B Compliance

This device and its accessories comply with part15 of FCC rules.

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device & its accessories may not cause harmful interference.

(2) This device & its accessories must accept any interference received,

including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Body-worn Operation

This device has been tested for typical body-worn operations

with the distance of 0.79inches (2.0cm) from the user’s body.

To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance

of 0.79inches(2.0cm) must be maintained from the user's body.

Additionally, Belt clips, holsters & other body-worn accessories may not contain

metallic components.

Set up

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PHONE

1. INNER CAMERA LENS

2. END/POWER KEY

Ends or rejects a call. Turns the phone

on/off. Press once to return to the standby screen.

3. CLEAR KEY

4. CALL KEY

Dials a phone number and answers

incoming calls.

Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it while it is in your pocket can damage the phone's LCD and touch screen functionality.

5. CHARGER, CABLE, HANDSFREE CONNECTOR

To connect the USB cable, wait until the phone has powered up and has registered to the network.

6. SIDE KEYS

When the screen is idle: volume of key

tone.

During a call: volume of the earpiece.

7. MICRO SD MEMORY CARD SOCKET

8. LOCK/ UNLOCK KEY

9. MULTITASKING KEY

10. CAMERA KEY

Set up

INSTALLING THE USIM AND BATTERY

1. REMOVE THE BATTERY COVER

Press and hold down the battery release button at the top of the phone and lift off the battery cover.

2. REMOVE THE BATTERY

Hold the top edge of the battery and lift it from the battery compartment using the battery cover.

Do not use your fingernail when removing the battery.

Do not remove the battery when the phone is switched on, as this may damage the phone.

3. INSTALL THE USIM CARD

Slide the USIM card into the USIM card holder. Make sure that the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards. To remove the USIM card, pull it gently in the opposite direction.

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 down the bottom of the battery until it clips into place.

6. CHARGING YOUR PHONE

Slide back the cover of the charger socket on the side of your GW520. Insert the charger and plug into a mains electricity socket. Your GW520 will need to be charged until a message reading "Battery full" appears on screen.

Set up

5. REPLACE THE COVER

Place the cover over the battery and slide up into position.

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MEMORY CARD

INSTALLING A MEMORY CARD

You can expand the memory space available on your phone using a memory card.

1. Remove the battery cover as shown on

page 14.

2. Slide the memory card into the slot at

the top, until it clicks into place. Make sure that the gold contact area is facing downwards.

FORMATTING THE MEMORY CARD

Your memory card may already be formatted. If your card isn't already formatted, you will need to do so before you can begin using it.

1. From the standby screen select

touch

settings.

2. Touch Memory manager then chose

3. Touch Format and then confirm your

4. Enter the password, if one is set, and

To change your default storage destination, open Memory manager from the Phone settings menu and select Primary storage settings.

If your memory card has existing content on, it will automatically be filed in the correct folder, for example, videos will be stored in the My Videos folder.

Setting and choose Phone

External memory.

choice.

your card will be formatted and ready to use.

, then

TRANSFERRING YOUR CONTACTS

To transfer your contacts from your USIM to your phone:

1. From the Communicate tab, select Contacts and choose Settings.

2. Touch Copy.

3. Choose Handset to USIM and touch

Done.

4. Choose Select all or choose names one

by one and touch OK.

Set up

Your standby screen

Whenever your GW520 is not in use it will return to your home 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 home screen is also a great place to get accustomed to the touch screen. To select an item, touch the icon accurately. Your GW520 will 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 too 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 around it.

When the screen light is off, press the

Unlock/Lock key on the right hand side to restore the home screen.

Don’t cover the phone with a case or

cover as the touchscreen will not work with any material covering it.

Quick keys

THE QUICK KEYS

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

Touch to bring up the touch dialling pad to make a call. Input the number as you would using a normal key pad and touch Call or press the hard key.

Touch to open your Contacts menu. To search for the number you want to call enter the name of the contact using the touchpad. You can also create new contacts and edit existing ones. See page 30 for details.

Touch to access the Messaging options menu. From here you can create a new SMS. See page 33 for details.

Touch to open the full Top menu which is separated into four submenus. Touch each sub-menu’s vertical tab to view further options.

Your standby screen

USING TOUCHSCREEN MORE CONVENIENTLY

Your LG GW520 is a small masterpiece, combining stylish design and a crystal sharp, smart LCD. The touch reactive LCD gives an interactive and ultra-convenient experience.

Activating top menus directly

You can access and use the Dialling, Messaging, Contacts menu by a simple touch of the screen.

Touchscreen tips

If you unlock the screen, the screen will

switch to the interactive touchscreen keypad. To select an item touch the icon on the touchscreen. Your GW520 will vibrate when it recognises you’ve touched an option.

THE STATUS BAR

The status bar uses various icons to indicate things like signal strength, new messages and battery life as well as telling you whether your Bluetooth or GPRS is active. Below is a table which explains the meaning of icons you’re likely to see in the status bar.

Icon Description

Multitasking

Network signal strength (number of bars will vary)

No network signal

Remaining battery life

Battery empty

New text message

Multimedia Message

New voice message

Message inbox is full

Message sending failed

An alarm is set

Normal profile in use

Icon Description

Outdoor profile in use

Silent profile in use

Calls are diverted

EDGE in use

Roaming

Flight mode is on

Bluetooth is active

Set the schedule

View the status of external memory

HSDPA in use

Play the MP3 file

Pause the MP3 file

Wifi on

Your standby screen

CHANGING YOUR STATUS FROM THE STATUS BAR

Touch the current status icon that represents your current setting in the status bar to open the Status Summary. It shows the current Time, Network, SVC ID, Battery, Handset memory, External Memory, Profile, MP3, Bluetooth and Wifi status. You can set Profile type, play/pause MP3 and activate/deactivate Bluetooth and Wifi.

USING THE MULTITASKING FUNCTION

Press side key to open the Multitasking menu. From here you can view all the

applications you have running and access them with one touch. From any application, press the Multitasking key and select Home screen to return to the standby screen without exiting or closing the application. When you have an application running in the background (e.g. a game or the FM radio),

will appear in the status bar.

Touch in the standby screen to open a Top menu. From here you can access further menus: Communicate, Entertainment, Utilities and Settings.

Menu map

Communicate

1 Dialling

2 Speed dials

3 Contacts

4 Call history

5 New message

6 New Email

7 Message box

8 Messaging

Utilities

1 Browser

2 World time

3 Organiser

4 Alarms

5 Memo

6 Voice recorder

7 Tools

8 STK (SIM Tool Kit)

Entertainment

1 Gallery

2 My stuff

3 Camera

4 Video camera

5 Muvee studio

6 Music

7 FM radio

8 Games & apps

Settings

1 Profiles

2 Screen settings

3 Phone settings

4 Call settings

5 Touch settings

6 Connectivity

7 Bluetooth

8 Wi-Fi

The basics

CALLS

MAKING A CALL OR VIDEO CALL

1. Touch to open the keypad.

2. Key in the number using the keypad. To

delete a digit press the clear key.

3. Touch the

call.

4. To end the call press the

: Makes a voice call

: Makes a video call

: Delete a number or character

: Exits the dialling keypad

To enter + for making an international call, touch

hard key to initiate the

for two seconds.

hard key.

Touch the lock/unlock key to lock the touchscreen to prevent calls being made by mistake.

You can Make video call, Send message, Save number or Search contacts by tapping

CHANGING THE SETTING OF DIALLING KEYPAD DISPLAY

1. Touch to open the keypad.

2. Touch setting to change the display of

diallinng pad.

3. You can change the font style, size and colour.

and select Dial screen

MAKING A CALL FROM YOUR CONTACTS

1. From the standby screen touch

to open the address book, or touch

Contacts in Communicate tab.

2. You can choose from Add contact, Search, Groups, and Settings.

3. Choose Search, touch Name and enter

the first few letters of the contact you would like to call.

4. From the filtered list, touch the contact you’d like to call and select the number to use if you have more than one saved.

5. Touch Call.

You can search your contacts from the call screen. Touch contacts. Scroll through your contacts or enter the first few digits of a number to filter the list.

and choose Search

ANSWERING AND REJECTING A CALL

When your phone rings press the hard key to answer the call. Tap

to mute the ringing. This is great if you’ve forgotten to change your profile to Silent for a meeting. Press the incoming call.

hard key to reject an

The basics

Adjusting the call volume

To adjust the volume during a call, use the up and down buttons on the left side of the phone.

Speed dialling

You can assign a frequently-called contact to a speed dial number.

1. From the standby screen touch

open the menu.

2. Touch Speed dials.

3. Your Voicemail and Videomail are

already set to speed dial 1. You cannot change this. Touch any other number to assign it a speed dial contact.

4. Your address book will open. Select

the contact you’d like to assign to that number by touching the phone number

once. To call a speed dial number, touch the standby screen then press and hold the assigned number until the contact appears on screen. The call will initiate automatically, there’s no need to press

from

Making a second call

1. During your initial call, touch and

select the number you want to call.

2. Dial the number or search your contacts (see Making a call or video call on page 24 for details).

3. Press

4. Both calls will be displayed on the call

screen. Your initial call will be locked and the caller put on hold.

5. To change between the calls, touch

number of the held call.

6. To end one or both calls press select End call followed by All calls,

Held call or Active call.

You can combine your calls by selecting

network provider supports conference calling.

You will be charged for each call you make.

to connect the call.

and choose Swap call or press the

and

then Join. Check that your

Turning off DTMF

DTMF allows you to use numerical commands to navigate menus within automated calls. DTMF is switched on as default. To turn it off during a call (to make a note of a number for example) touch select DTMF off.

and

Viewing your call logs

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

Touch and select Communicate and tap Call history. Choose to view:

All calls: View a complete list of all your

dialled, received and missed calls.

Dialled calls: View a list of all the

numbers you have called.

Received calls: View a list of all the

numbers that have called you.

Missed calls: View a list of all the calls

you have missed.

From any call log touch and Delete all to delete all the recorded items.

Touch any single call log entry to view the date, time and duration of the call.

Using call divert

1. Touch , select Setting and

choose Call settings.

2. Touch Call Divert and choose Video calls and/or Voice calls.

3. Choose whether to divert all calls, when

the line is busy, when there is no answer or when you are not reachable.

4. Input the number you’d like to divert to.

5. Touch Request to activate.

Charges are incurred for diverting calls. Please contact your network provider for details.

To turn off all call diverts, choose Deactivate all from the Call divert menu.

The basics

Using call barring

1. Touch , select Setting and choose Call settings.

2. Touch Call barring and choose Video

calls and/or Voice calls.

3. Choose any or all of the six options: All outgoing Outgoing international Outgoing international calls except home country All incoming Incoming when abroad

4. Enter the call barring password. Please

check with your network operator for this service.

Select Fixed dial number to turn on and compile a list of numbers which can be called from your phone. You’ll need your PIN2 code from your operator. Only numbers included in the fixed dial list can be called from your phone.

Changing the common call setting

1. Touch , select Setting and choose Call settings.

2. Touch Common settings (you may have

to scroll down to see this). From here you can amend the settings for:

Call reject: Slide the switch to highlight

the Reject list. You can touch the text box to choose from all calls, specific contacts or groups, or those from unregistered numbers (those not in your contacts). Touch Save to change the setting.

Send my number: Choose whether your

number will be displayed when you call someone.

Auto redial: Slide the switch left for On

or right for Off.

Answer mode: Choose whether to

answer the phone using the send key or any key.

Minute minder: Slide the switch left to On

to hear a tone every minute during a call.

BT answer mode: Select Hands-free to

be able to answer a call using a Bluetooth headset, or select Handset to press a key on the handset to answer a call.

Save new number: Select Ye s to save a

new number.

Select line: You can send your phone

number depending on two line service such as line 1 or line 2.

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

Changing your video call settings

1. Touch , select Setting and choose Call settings.

2. Touch Video call.

3. Choose the settings for your video

calling. Determine whether to Use private picture/ My image size and select one, and/or switch on the Mirror.

The basics

CONTACTS

Searching for a contact

There are two ways to search for a contact:

From the standby screen

1. From the standby screen touch then

to open the address book. To delete a digit press the Clear

2. Touch Call or the

initiate the call.

You can search by group by selecting Groups. This will bring up a list of all your groups.

From the main menu

1. Touch , select Communicate.

2. Touch Contacts.

3. Your address book will bring up a list

of the contacts corresponding to the letters you’ve entered.

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

hard key to

hard key.

Adding a new contact

1. From the standby screen touch and select Add contact.

2. Choose whether to save the contact to

your Handset or USIM.

3. Enter the first and last name of your new

contact. You do not have to enter both, but you must enter one or the other.

4. Enter up to five different numbers and

assign a type for each. Choose from Mobile, Home, Office, Pager, Fax, VT and General. Touch OK.

5. Add an email.

6. Assign the contact to one or more

groups. Choose from No group, Family, Friends, Colleagues, School or VIP.

7. You can also add a Ringtone, Birthday,

Anniversary, Homepage, Home address, Company name, Job title, Company address and a Memo.

8. Touch Save to save the contact.

You can create customised groups for your contacts, see Creating a group on page 31.

Contact options

There are many things you can do when viewing a contact. Here’s how to access and use the options menu:

1. Open the contact you’d like to use. See Searching for a contact on page 30.

2. You can call or send a message directly

from here.

3. Press

Make a video call: Video call the

contact.

Edit: Change any of the contact’s details.

Delete: Delete the contact. Touch Yes if

you are sure.

Copy or Move to USIM/Handset:

Choose to move or copy to the USIM card or handset (depending on where you originally saved the contact).

Send business card: Send the contact’s

details to another person as a business card. Choose to send as a Text message,

Multimedia message, Email or via Bluetooth.

Send message - Send a message to the contact. If the contact has an email address, select whether you’d like to send an email or SMS/MMS. See page 35 for details on how to send messages.

to open the list of options.

From here you can:

Creating a group

1. From the standby screen touch and select Groups.

2. Touch

3. Select Add group.

4. Enter a name for your new group.

5. Touch Save.

If you delete a group, the contacts which were assigned to that group will not be lost. They will remain in your address book.

You can edit an existing group by highlighting it and touching to Add members to the group from your contacts, assign a Group ringtone, Rename the group or Delete a group.

. Choose

The basics

Changing your contact settings

You can adapt your contact settings so that your address book suits your own preferences.

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

1. From the standby screen touch and select Settings.

2. From here you can adjust the following

settings:

Contact list settings: Choose whether

to view contacts saved to both your

Handset & USIM, Handset only or USIM

only. You can also choose to show the first name or last name of a contact first.

Synchronise contact: Connect to your

server to synchronise your contacts.

Copy: Copy your contacts from your

USIM to your handset or from your handset to your USIM. Choose to do this one at a time, or all at once. If you select one at a time, you’ll need to select each contact to copy one by one.

Move: This works in the same way as

Copy, but the contact will only be saved to the location you’ve moved it to. So, if you move a contact from the USIM to the handset it will be deleted from the USIM memory.

Send all contacts via Bluetooth: Send

all of your contacts to another device using Bluetooth. You will be prompted to turn on Bluetooth if you select this option.

Backup contacts: See Backing up and

restoring your phone’s information on page 76.

Restore contacts: See Backing up and

restoring your phone’s information on page 76.

Clear contacts: Delete all your contacts.

Touch Yes if you are sure you want to wipe your address book.

Viewing information

1. From the standby screen touch touch and Information.

2. From here you can view your Service

dial numbers, your Own number, your Memory info. (how much memory space you’ve got left) and My business card.

If you’ve yet to add a business card for yourself, select My business card and enter all your details as you would for any contact. Touch Save to finish.

MESSAGING

Messaging

Your GW520 combines SMS, MMS and email into one intuitive and easy to use menu. There are two ways to enter the messaging centre:

1. Touch

2. Touch

Sending a message

1. Touch New message in Communicate

2. From here you can send a text

3. Touch Insert, to add an image, video,

from the standby screen.

from the standby screen,

then select Messaging.

tab to open a blank message or select Create new message in Messaging menu.

message or Multimedia message. To send an email, choose New Email in Communicate tab.

sound or template.

Communicate then

4. Touch To 1 at the top of the screen to

enter the recipient’s number, or touch the search icon to open your address book. Touch Send. Enter the phone number or touch Contacts to open your contacts list. You can add multiple contacts.

You will be charged per 160 character text message for each person that you send the message to.

If an image, video or sound is added to an SMS it will be automatically converted to an MMS and you will be charged accordingly.

Quick reply - Send a reply promptly to the selected message using a template.

The basics

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