LG KP500 User Manual

KP500

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

KP500 User Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact KP500 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology.

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Set up

Your standby screen

The basics

Get creative

Get organised

The web

Settings

Accessories

Contents

Set up

Getting to know your phone ............... 8

Open view ................................................. 10

Installing the USIM and battery ........11

Memory card ............................................ 14

Menu map .................................................16

Your standby screen

Touch screen tips .....................................17

The basics

Calls .............................................................22

Making a call .............................................22

Making a call from your contacts ......23

Answering and rejecting a call ...........23

In-call options ...........................................24

Adjusting the call volume ....................25

Speed dialling ...........................................25

Making a second call ..............................25

Turning oﬀ DTMF .....................................26

Viewing your call logs ............................26

Using call divert .......................................27

Using call barring ....................................27

Changing the common call setting ..28

Contacts .....................................................30

Searching for a contact .........................30

Adding a new contact ...........................30

Contact options .......................................31

Creating a group ......................................32

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Changing your contact settings.........33

Viewing information ..............................34

Messaging .................................................35

Messaging ..................................................35

Sending a message .................................35

Entering text .............................................36

T9 predictive .............................................36

Abc manual ...............................................37

Keyboard ....................................................37

Handwriting recognition ......................38

Setting up your email ............................40

Retrieving your email .............................43

Sending an email using your new

account .......................................................43

Changing your email settings .............44

Message folders .......................................45

Managing your messages ....................46

Using templates .......................................47

Using emoticons ......................................47

Changing your text message

settings ........................................................48

Changing your multimedia message

settings ........................................................49

Changing your other settings .............50

Get creative

Camera .......................................................51

Taking a quick photo .............................51

After you’ve taken your photo ............51

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder .........52

Choosing a shot type .............................53

Adjusting the exposure .........................53

Using continuous shot mode..............54

Using the advanced settings ...............54

Changing the image size ......................56

Choosing a colour eﬀ ect .......................56

Viewing your saved photos .................57

Video camera ...........................................58

Shooting a quick video .........................58

After you’ve shot your video ...............59

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder .........60

Adjusting the Exposure .........................61

Using the advanced settings ...............61

Changing the video image size ..........63

Choosing a colour tone .........................63

Watching your saved videos ...............64

Your photos and videos .......................65

Viewing your photos and videos .......65

Using zoom when viewing a photo ..65 Adjusting the volume when

viewing a video ........................................65

Capturing an image from a video .....66

Viewing your photos as a slide

show .............................................................66

Setting a photo as wallpaper ..............67

Editing your photos ................................68

Adding text to a photo ..........................69

Adding an eﬀ ect to a photo ................70

Morphing a photo ...................................71

Adding a colour accent to a photo ...72

Swapping the colours in a photo ......72

Trimming the length of your video ...73

Merging two videos together .............73

Merging a photo with a video ............74

Adding text to a video ...........................75

Overlaying a photo .................................76

Adding a voice recording .....................76

Adding a soundtrack to your video ..77 Changing the speed of your video ...78

Adding a dimming eﬀ ect .....................78

Multimedia................................................79

Pictures........................................................79

My images option menus .....................79

Sending a photo ......................................80

Using an image ........................................81

Printing an image ....................................81

Moving or copying an image ..............82

Creating a slide show .............................82

Sounds ........................................................82

Using a sound ...........................................83

Videos ..........................................................83

Using options while video is paused 83

Editing a video clip .................................84

Sending a video clip ...............................84

Contents

Using the video options menu ...........85

Games and Applications ......................85

Installing a game/application via

local install .................................................86

Playing a game .........................................86

Using the games options menu .........86

Documents ................................................87

Transferring a ﬁ le to your phone .......87

Viewing a ﬁ le .............................................87

Others ..........................................................88

Creating a movie .....................................88

Music ............................................................89

Transferring music onto your phone 90

Playing a song ..........................................90

Using options while playing music ...91

Creating a playlist ....................................91

Editing a playlist .......................................92

Deleting a playlist ....................................92

Using the radio .........................................92

Searching for stations ............................93

Resetting channels .................................93

Listening to the radio .............................93

Get organised

Organiser ...................................................94

Adding an event to your calendar ....94

Changing your default calendar

view ..............................................................95

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Adding an item to your to do list .......95

Sharing a to do item ...............................96

Adding a memo .......................................96

Using date ﬁ nder .....................................97

Setting your alarm ..................................97

Adding a memo with drawing

panel ............................................................98

Voice recorder ...........................................98

Recording a sound or voice .................99

Sending the voice recording ...............99

Using your calculator ..........................100

Converting a unit..................................100

Using the stopwatch ...........................101

Adding a city to your world time .... 101

PC Sync .................................................... 102

Installing LG PC Suite on your

computer ................................................. 102

Connecting your phone and PC......102

Backing up and restoring your

phone’s information ............................103

Viewing your phone ﬁ les on

your PC .....................................................103

Synchronising your contacts ............ 104

Synchronising your messages .........104

Using your phone as a mass

storage device ....................................... 105

Using your phone as Music

Sync device ............................................. 105

The web

Browser .................................................... 106

Accessing the web ...............................106

Adding and accessing your

bookmarks .............................................. 106

Using RSS reader ................................... 107

Saving a page ........................................107

Accessing a saved page ..................... 108

Viewing your browser history .......... 108

Changing the web browser

settings ..................................................... 108

Using your phone as a modem .......109

Settings

Personalising your proﬁ les ................ 111

Changing your screen settings ........111

Changing your phone settings........112

Changing your connectivity

settings ..................................................... 113

Using memory manager .................... 115

Sending and receiving your

ﬁ les using Bluetooth ...........................116

Pairing with another Bluetooth

device ....................................................... 117

Using a Bluetooth headset................118

Accessories .................................119

Network service ........................120

Technical data ............................120

Guidelines

Guidelines for safe and eﬃ cient

use ............................................................. 122

Trouble Shooting ................................. 128

Getting to know your phone

End/Power key

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

Multitasking key

Call key

Dials a phone number and answers incoming calls.

Set up

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WARNING: 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.

Charger, Cable, Handsfree connector

TIP: To connect the

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

Side keys

• When the screen is idle:

volume of key tone.

• During a call: volume of the earpiece.

• When playing a BGM track

- Short press: controls the

volume.

Micro SD memory card socket

Lock/Unlock key

Capture button

Stylus

Set up

Open view

Battery cover

Battery

Camera lens

Set up

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USIM Card Socket

Installing the USIM and battery

1 Remove the battery cover

Slide the battery cover towards the bottom of the phone and away from it.

WARNING: Do not use your ﬁ ngernail when removing the battery.

2 Remove the battery

Using the cut-out at the bottom lift it from the battery compartment.

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

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Installing the USIM and battery

3 Install the USIM card

Slide the USIM card into the USIM card holder making sure that the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards. To remove the USIM 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 down the bottom of the battery until it clicks into place.

5 Charging your phone

Lift and twist the charger socket cover of the on the side of your KP500. Insert the charger and plug it into a mains electricity socket. Your KP500 needs to be charged until “Battery full” appears on screen.

Set up

Memory card

Installing a memory card

You can expand the memory space on your phone by using a MicroSD memory card. The KP500 will support up to a 8GB memory card.

NOTE: A memory card is an optional accessory.

1 Open the memory card slot cover

on the right hand edge of the phone.

2 Slide the memory card into the

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

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3 Replace the cover.

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Formatting the memory card

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

1 From the standby screen select

, then touch and choose

Phone settings.

2 Touch Memory manager then

chose External memory.

3 Touch Format and then confirm

your choice.

4 Enter the password, if one is

set, and your card will then be formatted and ready to use.

TIP! To change your

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

NOTE: If your memory card already has content, it will automatically be filed in the correct folder; for example, videos will be stored in the My Videos folder.

Transferring your contacts

To transfer your contacts from your USIM to your phone:

1 From the Communicate tab,

select

2 Touch Copy. 3 Choose Handset to SIM. 4 Choose all or choose names one

by one and touch Copy.

and choose Settings.

Set up

Menu map

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

Communicate

Dialling Speed dials Contacts Call history New message New Email Messaging

Utilities

Browser Organizer Alarms Voice recorder Drawing Panel

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Tools Sim Tool Kit

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Entertainment

Gallery My stuff Camera Video camera Muvee studio Music FM radio Games & Apps

Settings

Profiles Screen settings Phone settings Call settings Touch settings Bluetooth Connectivity

Your standby screen

Whenever your KP500 is not in use it will return to your home screen. From here you can access all the 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 KP500 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 want. Be careful

not to touch any other options around it.

• When the screen back light is off,

press the Unlock/Lock key on the right hand side to bring back the home screen.

• Don’t cover the phone with a case

or cover. The touchscreen won’t work with any material covering it.

• There are two types of idle screen.

Flick left or right to change your idle screen types on the standby screen.

1 Widget idle - When you touch ,

the mobile widget panel appears.

2 Speed dial idle - When you touch

, the speed dial list appears. You can drag and click what you need right away in both idle types.

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Widget idle

Speed dial idle

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Quick keys

Mobile widget

Speed dial list

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 Calls or press the hard key.

Touch to open your address book. To search for the number you want to call, enter the name of the contact at the top of the screen 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 or MMS, or view your message folder. See page 35 for details.

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

Your standby screen

The status bar

The status bar uses various icons to indicate things like signal strength, new messages and battery life, as well as telling you whether your Bluetooth or GPRS is active.

Below is a table which explains the meaning of the icons you’re most likely to see in the status bar.

Icon Description

Multitasking

Network signal strength (number of bars will vary)

No network signal

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Remaining battery life

Battery empty

New text message

New voice message

Message inbox is full

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Icon Description

Message sending failed

An alarm is set

Customised Profile in use

Normal profile in use

Outdoor profile in use

Silent profile in use

Headset profile in use

Calls are diverted

EDGE in use

Roaming

Flight mode is on

Bluetooth is active

BGM play

BGM pause

Changing your Status from the status bar

Touch the status bar to open the Status Summary. It shows the current Time, Network, SVC ID, Battery, Handset memory, External Memory, Profile, MP3 and Bluetooth status. Here you can set Profile type, play/pause MP3 and activate/ deactivate Bluetooth.

Using the Multitasking function

Press the multitasking hard 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 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), appear in the status bar.

will

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Calls

Making a call

1 Touch to open the keypad. 2 Key in the number using the

keypad. To delete a digit touch the clear key.

3 Press the hard key to initiate

the call.

4 To end the call press the

hard key.

TIP! To enter + for making

an international call, press and hold .

TIP! Press the lock/unlock

hard key touchscreen to prevent calls being made by mistake.

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to lock the

TIP! To bring up the

keypad during a call, press the

TIP! Touch to unlock. You can

unlock by touching the button for a while until the screen is able to work or press the Unlock hard key

TIP! You can send a

message and search contacts by tapping

Making a call from your contacts

1 From the standby screen touch

to open the address book.

2 Enter the first few letters of the

contact you would like to call.

3 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.

4 Touch .

Answering and rejecting a call

When your phone rings press the

hard key or touch 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 hard or touch to reject an incoming call.

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In-call options

TIP! To scroll through a

list of options or your list of contacts, touch the last item visible and slide your

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Speaker - Touch to turn on the speaker phone.

Mute - Touch microphone so the person you are talking to cannot hear you.

Options - Choose from a list of further in-call options, including Go to messages, so you can check your messages, Go to contacts to add or search contacts during a call. You can also end the call from here by touching End call.

- Choose to search your

contacts during a call.

- Choose to add another

person to the call.

- Chose to open a numerical keypad for navigating menus with numbered options. For example, when dialling call centres or other automated telephone services.

to turn off the

Adjusting the call volume

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

Speed dialling

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

1 From the standby screen touch

and select and tap .

2 Your Voicemail is already set to

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

3 Your address book will open.

Select the contact you’d like to assign to that number by touching their phone number once. To find a contact tap the search field box and enter the first letter of the name of the contact required.

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 on page 22 for details).

3 Press to connect the call. 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 or press the number of the held call.

6 To end one or both calls press

and select End followed by All, Held or Active.

and choose Swap call

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Calls

TIP! You can combine your

calls by selecting Accept then Join. Check that your network

provider supports conference calling.

NOTE: You will be charged for each call you make.

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

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and select DTMF off.

Viewing your call logs

TIP! To scroll through a list of

options, touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

Touch and select and tap

Choose to view: All - View a complete list of all your

dialled, received and missed calls. Dialled

numbers you have called. Received

numbers that have called you. Missed

calls you have missed.

- View a list of all the

TIP! From any call log

touch delete all the recorded items.

TIP! Touch any single call

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

and Delete all to

Using call divert

1 Touch , select and choose

2 Touch Call divert. 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.

NOTE: Charges are incurred for

diverting calls. Please contact your network provider for details.

TIP! To turn oﬀ all call

diverts, choose Deactivate all from the Call divert menu.

Using call barring

1 Touch , select and choose

2 Touch Call barring. 3 Choose any or all of the six

options:

All outgoing Outgoing international Outgoing international calls except home country All incoming Incoming when abroad Deactivate all

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4 Enter the call barring password.

Please check with your network operator for this service.

TIP! 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 ﬁ xed dial list can be called from your phone.

Changing the common call setting

1 Touch , select and choose

2 Touch Common settings. From

here you can amend the settings for:

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Call reject - Slide the switch to On 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 Handsfree 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.

TIP! To scroll through a list

of options, touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

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Contacts

Searching for a contact

There are two ways to search for a contact:

From the standby screen

1 From the standby screen touch

to open the address book. Select the contact from the list that you want to make a call.

2 Touch or press the hard

key to initiate the call.

From the main menu

1 Touch , select . 2 Touch and select Search. 3 You see a list of contacts, typing

in the first letter of a contact’s name will jump the menu to that alphabetical area of the list.

TIP! The alphabetical keypad

is displayed once you tap the

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blank square.

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TIP! To scroll through your list

of contacts, touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

Adding a new contact

1 From the standby screen touch

and touch Add contact.

2 Choose whether to save the

contact to your Handset or SIM.

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 You can enter up to five different

numbers per contact. Each entry has a preset type Mobile, Home, Office, Pager, Fax , and General. When you have finished, touch

Close.

5 Add an email address. 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.

TIP! You can create

customised groups for your contacts, see Creating a group on page 32.

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 to open the list of

options. 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).

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Contacts

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.

TIP! 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.

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Creating a group

1 Touch and select . 2 Touch then Groups. 3 Touch . 4 Select Add group. 5 Enter a name for your new group.

You can also assign a ringtone to the group.

6 Touch Save.

NOTE: If you delete a group, the

contacts which were assigned to that group will not be lost. They will remain in your address book.

TIP! You can edit an

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

. Choose Add

Changing your contact settings

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

TIP! To scroll through a list

of options, touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

1 From the standby screen touch

and select .

2 Touch and select Settings. 3 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.

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.

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Contacts

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 and Restore contacts

- Backup and restore contacts to the Memory Card.

Clear contacts - Delete all your contacts. Touch Yes if you are sure you want to wipe your address book.

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Viewing information

1 From the standby screen touch

and select .

2 Touch and select

Information.

3 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.

TIP! 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 ﬁ nish.

Messaging

Your KP500 combines SMS, MMS and email into one intuitive and easy to use menu.

There are two ways to enter the messaging centre:

1 Touch from the standby

screen.

2 Touch from the standby

screen, then select

and choose

Sending a message

1 Touch to open a blank

message.

2 From here you can send an SMS

or MMS. To send an email, touch

from the standby screen, them select 40 for details.

3 Touch Insert, to add an image,

video, sound or template.

and . See page

5 Touch T(1) at the top of the

screen to enter the recipient’s number, or touch the search icon to open your address book. You can add multiple contacts. Touch Send when ready.

WARNING: You will be charged per per 1 page text message for each person that you send the message to.

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

TIP! Quick reply - Send a

reply promptly to the selected message using a template.

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Messaging

Entering text

There are five ways to enter text: Keypad, Keyboard, Handwriting-

Screen, Handwriting-Box, Handwriting-Double Box.

You can chose your input method by tapping

Tap the screen once, the keyboard appears.

Touch to turn on T9 predictive

text.

You can choose writing

languages.

Tap to change numbers,

symbols and text keypad.

Use different keyboard types in each text entry mode (for example, capitals or lowercase).

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and Input method.

to scroll through the

T9 predictive

In T9 mode you will see . T9 mode uses a built-in dictionary

to recognise words you’re writing based on the key sequences you touch. Simply touch the number key associated with the letter you want to enter, and the dictionary will predict the word you want to use.

For example, press 8, 3, 5, 3, 7, 4, 6, 6, 3 to write ‘telephone’.

Abc manual

In Abc mode you will see . In Abc mode you must touch the key repeatedly to enter a letter. For example, to write ‘hello’, touch 4 twice, 3 twice, 5 three times, 5 three times again, then 6 three times.

Keyboard

In Keyboard mode the screen flips to landscape and a full keyboard appears on screen.

Simply touch each letter to write your message and press:

to switch to upper case

TIP! Keyboard mode predicts

and shows what you will type in next. These words are predicted based on the sentences you have typed in so far. If you do not wish to use the suggested words, keep typing in new words. If you wish to use the suggested words, press the space bar to conﬁ rm them.

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Messaging

Handwriting recognition

In Handwriting mode you simply write on the screen and your KP500 will convert your handwriting into your message. Select Screen or Box depending on your preferred view.

TIP! You may ﬁ nd it easier

to use the stylus in this mode, please remember to press lightly to protect your screen from damage.

Handwriting recognition translates stylus gestures into letters, numbers or other character, and displays these characters as text. Handwriting recognition is only active where text can be entered.

Note: Most letters can be written using different stroke styles. See the tables below. The position on the

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Alphabet

If you select capital letter mode (ABC), letters you type will be inserted as capital letters even if you write in small letters, and vice versa.

Letter Strokes

Punctuation marks

Mark Strokes

Full stop

Note: Start each stroke at the dot.

Numbers

Numbers are written above the arrow.

Number Strokes

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Accented letters

Write the character as described above, then write the accent above the arrow. Other such characters, for example, ö and ü, follow the same principle.

grave

acute

circumflex

tilde

ring

dieresis

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cedilla

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Setting up your email

You can stay in touch on the move using email on your KP500. It’s quick and simple to set up a POP3 or IMAP4 email account.

TIP! To scroll through a list

of options, touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

1 Touch then tap .

2 Select then scroll menu to

Settings.

3 Touch Email then Email

accounts.

4 Touch Add Account. 5 Setup Wizard will help you set up

your email settings.

Email address - Enter your email address.

Password - Enter the account password.

Username - Enter your account user ID as supplied by your email provider.

Mailbox type - Select the internet protocol type used to transfer your email, IMAP4 or POP3.

Incoming server - Enter your incoming (POP3 or IMAP4) mail server name or IP address.

Outgoing server - Enter your outgoing(SMTP) mail server name or IP address. This may be the same server as for incoming mail.

SMTP authentication - Turn on SMTP authentication if the outgoing server requires user name and password to send email.

Account name - Enter the mailbox name that you wish to appear as the account name for the Mailbox.

Now your account is set up, it will appear in the list of accounts in your Email folder.

6 You can check and edit settings

by selecting the account in the list. You can also check the additional settings that were filled in automatically when you created the account.

Reply email address - Enter the ‘reply to’ email address.

Maximum receive size - Choose the size limit of your emails, the maximum is 1MB.

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Save sent mail into - Select whether to save sent emails (an option when the mailbox type is set to IMAP4). When the mailbox type is POP3, sent mails are always saved into handset.

Access points - Choose your Internet access point.

Auto retrieve - Choose whether to retrieve your new emails automatically.

Advanced settings - Choose whether to use the advanced settings.

SMTP port number - Normally, this will be 25.

SMTP TLS/SSL - Choose whether to use SSL for outgoing server.

Incoming server port - Normally, this is 110 for POP3 accounts and

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143 for IMAP4 accounts.

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Incoming TLS/SSL - Choose

whether to use SSL for incoming

server.

SMTP Username - Enter the

SMTP username.

SMTP Password - Enter the SMTP

password.

APOP secure login - Choose to

activate APOP secure login for a

POP3 account. IMAP4 accounts

are always set to off.

7 You can change your default

email account by touching

Activate.

Retrieving your email

You can automatically or manually check your account for new emails. See ‘Changing your email settings’ on page 44 to check automatically.

To check manually:

1 Touch then select and

2 Touch Mailbox. 3 Touch the account you want to

use then

4 Choose Retrieve and your

KP500 will connect to your email account and retrieve your new messages.

Sending an email using your new account

1 Touch New Email in the

Communicate menu and a new

email will open.

2 You can enter the recipient’s

address and write your message. You can also attach images, videos, sounds or other file types.

3 Touch Send and your email will

be sent.

TIP! You can upload Word,

Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents to your KP500 so you can review them on the move.

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Messaging

Changing your email settings

You can change your email settings according to your own preferences.

TIP! To scroll through a list

of options, touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

1 Touch then select and

2 Touch Settings and Email and

then you can adapt the following settings:

Allow reply Email - Choose to allow the sending of ‘read, confirmation’ messages.

Request reply Email - Choose whether to request read confirmation messages.

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Retrieve interval - Choose how

often your KP500 checks for new

email messages.

Retrieve amount - Choose the

number of emails to be retrieved

at any one time.

Include message in Fwd & Reply

- Choose to include the original

message in your reply.

Include attachment - Choose to

include the original attachment in

any reply.

Auto Retrieval in Roaming -

Choose whether to retrieve your

messages automatically when

abroad (roaming).

TIP! Costs for retrieving

email may be higher when roaming. Check with your network supplier.

New email notification - Choose whether to be alerted to new emails.

Signature - Create an email signature and switch this feature on.

Priority - Choose the priority level of your email messages.

Message folders

You’ll recognise the folder structure used on your KP500, which is fairly self-explanatory.

Inbox - All the messsages you receive are placed into your inbox From here you can view, delete and more, see Managing your

messages below for details. Mailbox - All the emails you receive

on your KP500 will be placed in your mailbox.

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 while messages are being sent.

Sent items - All the messages you have sent are placed in this folder.

My Folders - Create folders to store your messages.

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Messaging

Managing your messages

You can use your Inbox to manage your messages.

TIP! To scroll through a list

of options, touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

1 Touch then select and

2 Select Inbox. 3 Touch and then choose to:

Delete - Delete marked messages. Create new message - Open a

new blank message or email. Move to My folders - Move the

marked messages to My folders.

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Filter - View your message

by type. This will group SMS

separately from MMS.

Delete all - Delete all of the

messages. If you see the message No space for

USIM messages you should delete some messages on the USIM.

If you see the message No space for messages you should delete some messages to free up memory space.

Using templates

Create templates for the SMS and MMS messages you send most frequently. You’ll find some templates already on your phone, you can edit these if you wish.

1 Touch then choose

Templates on the Communicate

menu.

2 Choose Text templates or

Multimedia templates. You

can then touch

Delete or Delete all templates.

3 Touch Add template to create a

new template.

4 You can view the template by

selecting it on the list and edit it by touching on the view screen.

to Add new,

Using emoticons

Liven up your messages using emoticons. You’ll find some commonly used emoticons already on your phone.

1 Touch then choose

Emoticons on the Communicate

menu.

2 Touch to Add new, Delete or

Delete all emoticons.

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Messaging

Changing your text message settings

Your KP500 message settings are pre-defined so that you can send messages immediately. These settings can be changed according to your preferences.

TIP! To scroll through a list

of options, touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are visible.

Touch then choose Settings on the Communicate menu. Select Text message. You can make changes to:

Text message centre - Enter the details of your message centre.

Delivery report - Slide the switch

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left to receive confirmation that your messages have been delivered.

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Validity period - Choose how long your messages are stored at the message centre.

Message types - Convert your text into Te x t, Vo ice, Fa x, X.400 or

Email. Character encoding - Choose how

your characters are encoded. This impacts the size of your messages and therefore data charges.

Send long text as - Choose to send long messages as Multiple SMS or as MMS.

Changing your multimedia message settings

Your KP500 message settings are pre-defined so that you can send messages immediately. These settings can be changed according to your preferences.

Touch Chose Settings and Multimedia

message. You can make changes to: Retrieval mode - Choose Home

or Roaming network. If you then choose Manual you will receive only notifications of MMS and you can then decide whether to download them in full.

Delivery report - Choose to allow and/or request a delivery report.

Read report - Choose to allow and/ or request a reply report.

, select then .

Priority - Choose the priority level of your MMS.

Validity period - Choose how long your message is stored at the message centre.

Slide duration - Choose how long your slides appear on screen.

Creation mode - Choose your message mode.

Delivery time - Choose how long before a message is delivered.

Multi msg centre - Enter the details of your message centre.

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Messaging

Changing your other settings

Touch , choose Settings on the Communicate menu then:

Voicemail - Touch

new Voicemail service. Contact your network operator for more information on the service they provide.

Service message - Choose to receive or block service messages. You can also set your message security by creating trusted and untrusted lists of senders.

Info service - Choose your reception status, language and other settings.

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Camera

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Taking a quick photo

1 Press the key on the right

side of the phone briefly.

2 The viewfinder will appear on

screen.

3 Holding the phone horizontally,

point the lens towards the subject of the photo.

4 Position the phone so you can

see the subject of your photo in the preview screen.

5 When the camera has focused on

your subject, either press the on the side of the phone firmly or press the red box on the lower right of the screen to take the photo.

After you’ve taken your photo

Your captured photo will appear on screen. The name of the image runs along the bottom of the screen together with five icons down the right side.

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Touch to move to your gallery.

Touch to send the photo as a message, e-mail or Bluetooth. See page 35 for Sending a message, and page 116 for Sending and receiving your files using Bluetooth.

Touch to edit the photo. Touch to set the picture you

have taken as Wallpaper.

Touch to delete the photo you have just taken and confirm by touching Ye s . The viewfinder will reappear.

Touch to take another photo straightaway. Your current photo will be saved.

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Camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

TIP! You can bring up the options by

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tapping the screen. They auto turn oﬀ after a few seconds.

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Settings - Touch this icon to open the settings menu. See Using the advanced settings on page 61 for details.

Camera mode - Camera mode is selected.

Video camera mode - Touch this icon to

switch to video mode.

Back - Touch here to return to the standby screen.

Gallery

Brightness - See Adjusting the Exposure

on page 61.

Shot mode - See Choosing a shot type on page 53.

Take a picture

Zoom - Touch

zoom out.

to zoom in or to

Choosing a shot type

1 Touch to open the available

shot types.

2 Choose from two options:

Normal shot -This is the default

shot type, the photo will be taken in the normal way, as outlined in taking a quick photo.

Burst shot - This enables you to take 3/6/9 shots automatically in very quick succession.

Adjusting the exposure

Exposure defines the difference between light and dark (contrast) in an image. A low contrast image will appear foggy, whereas a high contrast image will appear much sharper.

1 Touch . 2 Slide the contrast indicator along

the bar - left for a lower exposure, hazier image or right for a higher exposure, sharper image.

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Camera

Using continuous shot mode

Continuous shot mode is great for taking photos of moving objects or at sporting events.

1 Touch to open the available

shot types and select Burst shot.

2 Select the shot count that you

would like to take continuously.

3 Position the subject in the

viewfinder and press the capture button as you would to take a normal photo.

4 The camera will take 3/6/9

pictures in quick sequence.

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Using the advanced settings

From the viewfinder touch to open all the advanced settings options.

Preview settings

Size - Change the size of the photo

to save on memory space or take a picture preset to the correct size for contact. See Changing the image

size on page 56.

Colour Effect - Choose a colour

tone to apply to the photo you’re taking. See Choosing a colour effect on page 56.

White balance - Choose from Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Fluorescent or Cloudy.

Night mode - Useful to use at dark place.

Self-timer - The self-timer allows you to set a delay after the capture button is pressed before the camera takes the picture. Choose from 3 seconds, 5 seconds or 10 seconds. Great for that group photo you want to be part of.

Quality - Choose between Super fine, Fine and Normal. The finer the

quality the sharper a photo will be, but the file size will increase. This means you’ll be able to store fewer photos in your memory.

View mode - Choose from Full screen or Full image. In Full screen some clipping of the image may occur.

Other settings Memory - Choose whether to

save your photos to the Handset memory or to the External memory.

Shutter sound - Select one of the three shutter sounds.

Grid screen - Choose from Off, Simple cross or Trisection

Reset settings - Reset all the camera settings.

TIP! When you exit the camera

all your settings will return to default, except image size and image quality. Any non-default settings you require will need to be reset, for example colour tone. Check them before you shoot your next photo.

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Camera

TIP! The settings menu

is superimposed over the viewﬁ nder, so when you change elements of the image colour or quality you’ll be able to see the image change in preview behind the settings menu.

Changing the image size

The more pixels, the larger the file size, which in turn means they take up more of your memory. If you want to fit more pictures on to your phone you can alter the pixel number to make the file size smaller.

1 From the viewfinder touch in

the top left corner.

2 Select Size from the Preview

menu.

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3 Select a pixel value from the

five numerical options (3M: 2048x1536, 2M: 1600x1200, 1M: 1280x960, 640x480, 400*240(W), 320x240) or

choose the preset:

Contacts - This sets the camera to take a photo the perfect size to be added to a phone contact.

Choosing a colour effect

1 From the viewfinder touch in

the top left corner.

2 Select Colour Effect from the

Preview menu.

3 There are five colour tone options:

Off, Black & White, Negative or, Sepia.

4 When you’ve made your selection

the colour tone menu will automatically close, ready for you to take your picture.

TIP! You can change a

photo taken in colour to black and white or sepia after it’s taken, but you cannot change a picture taken in black and white or sepia back to colour.

Viewing your saved photos

1 You can access your saved photo’s

from within the camera mode. Simply touch gallery will appear on screen.

and your

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Video camera

Shooting a quick video

1 Press the camera key on the right

side of the phone.

2 On the Camera preview mode

touch the camera icon the view finder to switch to video mode. The video camera’s viewfinder will appear on screen.

3 Holding the phone horizontally,

point the lens towards the subject of the video.

4 Press the capture button once to

start recording. Or press the red dot at the bottom right of the screen.

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5 Rec will appear at the top of the

viewfinder and a timer at the bottom showing the length of your video.

6 To pause the video touch and

resume by selecting

7 Touch on screen or press the

capture button a second time to stop recording.

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A still image representing your captured video will appear on screen. The name of the video runs along the bottom of the screen together with five icons down the right side .

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Touch to play the video.

Touch to send the video as an Message or Email or by Bluetooth. See page 35 for Sending messages, or page 116 for Sending and

receiving your files using Bluetooth.

Touch to edit the video.

Touch to view a gallery of

saved videos .

Touch to delete the video you have just made and confirm by touching Ye s . The viewfinder will reappear.

Touch to shoot another video straight away. Your current video will be saved.

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Video camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

TIP! You can close all the

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shortcut options for a clearer viewﬁ nder screen. Simply touch the centre of the viewﬁ nder once. To recall the options touch the screen again.

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Settings - Touch this icon to open the settings menu. See Using the advanced

settings on page 61 for details.

Video mode - Video mode is selected.

Image size

Saving to handset memory/external memory

Back - Touch here to return to the standby

screen.

Gallery

Brightness - See Adjusting the exposure

on page 61.

Video size

Recording stop

Recording start

Zoom - Touch

zoom out.

Camera mode - Touch this icon to switch to camera mode.

to zoom in or to

Adjusting the Exposure

Exposure defines the difference between light and dark (contrast) in an image. A low contrast image will appear foggy, whereas a high contrast image will appear much sharper.

1 Touch . 2 Slide the exposure indicator along

the bar, left for a lower exposure, hazier image, or right for a higher contrast, sharper image.

Using the advanced settings

From the viewfinder touch Settings to open all the advanced settings options.

Preview settings

Video size - Change the size of the

video to save on memory space. See Changing the video image size on page 63.

Colour Effect - Choose a colour tone to apply to the video you’re taking. See Choosing a colour tone on page 63.

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White balance - The white balance ensures that any white in your videos is realistic. In order for your camera to correctly adjust the white balance you may need to determine the light conditions. Choose from

Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Fluorescent or Cloudy.

Quality - Choose between Super fine, Fine and Normal. The finer

the quality the sharper a video will be, but the file size will increase as a result, which means you’ll be able to store fewer videos in the phone’s memory.

Set time - Set a duration limit for your video. Choose from No limit, or MMS to limit the size so that you can send the video as an MMS.

View mode - Choose from Full

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screen or Full image. In Full screen some clipping of the image may occur.

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TIP! If you choose MMS

duration, try choosing a lower image quality to enable you to shoot a longer video.

Other settings Memory - Choose whether to

save your videos to the Handset memory or to the External memory.

Voi ce - Choose Mute to record a

video without sound. Reset settings - Reset all the video

camera settings.

Changing the video image size

The more pixels, the larger the file size, which in turn means they take up more memory. If you want to fit more videos on to your phone you can alter the pixel number to make the file size smaller.

1 From the viewfinder touch in

the top left corner.

2 Select Video size from the

Preview menu.

3 Select a pixel value from the two

options:

320x240 - Large image size, therefore larger file size. Up to 24 fps are available for video play back, up to 12 fps are available for video recording.

176x144 - Small image size and therefore smaller file size. Up to 15 fps are available for video play back.

4 Select the size option you’d like

to use.

TIP! For video format conversion

software, see the CD you received with your KP500.

Choosing a colour tone

1 From the viewfinder touch in

the top left corner.

2 Select Colour Effect from the

settings menu.

3 There are five colour tone options,

Off (Normal), Black & White, Negative, Sepia.

4 Touch the colour tone you’d like

to use.

TIP! You can change a

video shot in colour to black and white or sepia after it’s taken, but you cannot change a video shot in black and white or sepia back to colour.

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Watching your saved videos

1 In the viewfinder touch . 2 Your gallery will appear on screen. 3 Touch the video you want to view

once to bring it to the front of the gallery.

4 Touch the video a second time to

open it fully.

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Your photos and videos

Viewing your photos and videos

1 Touch on your camera

preview screen.

2 Your gallery will appear on screen. 3 Touch the video or photo twice to

open it fully.

4 To play the video touch . To

pause playback touch

TIP! Flick left or right to

view other photos or videos.

TIP! To delete a photo or

video, open it and select Touch Yes to conﬁ rm.

Using zoom when viewing a photo

To zoom in press repeatedly. To zoom out press thumbnail in the bottom right corner to move the focus area.

. Use the

Adjusting the volume when viewing a video

To adjust the volume of the audio on a video whilst it is playing, slide the marker up and down the volume bar on the left side of the screen.

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Capturing an image from a video

1 Select the video you would like to

capture an image from.

2 Touch to pause the video on

the frame you’d like to convert to an image and touch the right side of the screen to open the options menu.

3 From the options menu select

4 Select . 5 The image will appear on screen,

with its assigned image name.

6 Touch the image then to

return to the gallery.

7 The image will be saved in your

Media Album folder and appear in the gallery. You need to exit the gallery and then re-open it for

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WARNING: Some functions will not work properly if the multimedia ﬁ le has not been recorded on the phone.

Viewing your photos as a slide show

Slideshow mode will show all the photos in your gallery one at a time as a slideshow. Videos can not be viewed as a slideshow.

1 Touch the photo you would like

to begin the slideshow twice to open it.

2 Select . 3 The slideshow will begin.

There are options within slideshows:

Touch to skip to the next

photo.

Touch to pause the slideshow

on a particular photo.

Touch again to resume

playback.

Touch to increase or decrease

the speed of the slideshow.

Setting a photo as wallpaper

1 Touch the photo you would like

to set as wallpaper twice to open it. Turn the phone to landscape.

2 Touch the right side of the screen

to open the options menu.

3 Touch . 4 The screen will switch to portrait

mode. You can then change the size of the picture.

5 When you are happy with the

picture touch Set.

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Editing your photos

There are loads of great things you can do to your photos to change them, add to them or liven them up a little.

1 Open the photo you’d like to edit

and touch options.

2 Touch the icons to adapt your

photo:

Crop your photo. Choose a square or circular crop area and move your finger across the screen to select the area.

Draw something on your photo freehand. Select the thickness of the line from the four options and the colour you would like use.

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to bring up the

Put writing on the picture. See Adding text to a photo on page 69.

Decorate your photo with stamps. Choose from the different stamps available and touch your photo wherever you’d like them to be.

Erase line that you draw.

Save the changes you have made to the photos. Select to save the changes over the Original file, or as a New file. If you select New file enter a file name.

Undo the last Effect or edit

you made to the photo.

Touch to open further effect options including Rotate. There are also more advanced editing options. See Resize, Morphing, Colour Accent, Add images etc.

See Adding an effect to a

photo on page 70.

Touch to return to the

gallery.

Adding text to a photo

1 From the editing screen, touch

2 Select Signature to add

unframed text or choose one of the speech bubble shapes.

3 Enter your text using the keypad

and touch Save.

4 Move the text by touching it and

sliding it to the place you’d like it to be.

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Adding an effect to a photo

1 From the editing screen, touch

2 Choose to apply any of the six

options to the photo: Face beautify - Automatically

detect a face in the image and brighten it up.

Tunnel effect - Lomo camera effect.

Colour negative - Colour negative effect.

Black and white - Black and white colour effect.

Sepia - Sepia effect. Blur - Apply a blurred effect. Sharpen - Move the marker along

the bar to sharpen the focus of the photo. Select OK icon to

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apply the changes or choose

to cancel.

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Mosaic blur - Touch to apply a blurred mosaic effect to the photo.

Oil painting - Oil painting effect. Sketch - Apply an effect to make

the picture look like a sketch.

Emboss - Emboss effect. Solarize - Change the effect of

exposure to the light Vivid - An effect of clearness and

brilliance. Moonlight - Change the light to

look like moonlight.

Antique - An old image effect. Glow - A light beam effect. Cartoon - A cartoon effect. Water color - A water color effect.

3 To undo an effect simply touch

Undo.

TIP! You can add more

than one eﬀ ect to a photo, except for a colour eﬀ ect.

Morphing a photo

Morphing a photo is great for changing the facial expressions of friends, or just for distorting a photo for artistic effect.

1 From the editing screen touch

2 Choose Morphing and four

crosses will appear on the photo.

3 Move the crosses around the

photo so they are on the part you’d like to morph. For example, if you are morphing a face, place a cross on the outside corner of each eye and one each side of the lips.

4 Select a face to represent how

you’d like to morph the photo.

5 Select OK to save the changes.

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Adding a colour accent to a photo

1 From the editing screen, touch

2 Choose Colour Accent. 3 Select part of the photo. A

traced line will appear around everything in that area which is of the same or similar colour. For example, someone’s hair or the colour of their jumper.

4 Touch OK. 5 All colour will be removed from

the photo, apart from the section marked for colour accenting.

6 Alter the intensity of the

accenting by sliding the marker up or down the intensity bar.

7 Select Save to save the changes.

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Swapping the colours in a photo

1 From the editing screen, touch

2 Choose Colour swapping. 3 Select part of the photo. A

traced line will appear around everything in that area which is of the same or similar colour. For example, someone’s hair or the colour of their jumper.

4 Select a colour. 5 Press OK. 6 The part of the photo selected for

colour accenting will change to the selected colour.

7 Select Save to save the changes.

Trimming the length of your video

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Trim. 3 Touch and mark the new start

and end points using

4 Touch Play cropped to ensure

you are happy with the new cut.

5 Touch Save or, alternatively,

touch gallery and discard the changes.

to return to the

Merging two videos together

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Vi deo

merge.

3 The My stuff folder will open,

select either My Videos or My memory card (if fitted). Choose

the video you would like to merge and touch Select.

4 Touch and slide the photo

to merge it to the end or the beginning of the video.

5 Touch Effect to choose how

the videos merge together:

None, Fade out, Pan zoom, Oval, Uncover, Blind, Checker board, Dissolve, Split or Shape diamond.

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6 Press Save followed by Yes to

save the new merged video. Choose to save over the original file or as a new file.

7 Repeat these steps to merge

more videos.

Merging a photo with a video

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Image

merge.

3 The My stuff folder will open

select either My Images or My memory card (if fitted). Choose

the photo you would like to merge into your video and touch

Select.

4 Touch and slide the photo

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to merge it to the end or the beginning of the video.

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5 Touch Effect to choose how the

photo and video merge together:

None, Fade out, Pan zoom, Oval, Uncover, Blind, Checker board, Dissolve, Split or Shape diamon.

6 Press Save followed by Yes .

Choose to save over the original file or as a new file.

7 Repeat these steps to merge

more photos.

Adding text to a video

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Tex t

overlay.

3 Enter your text using the keypad

and select Done.

4 Touch and mark when you’d

like the text to appear using

5 Touch the area of the screen you’d

like the text to appear in.

6 Touch to mark when you’d

like the text to disappear.

7 Touch Preview to ensure you are

happy with the text overlay.

8 Touch Save followed by Yes .

Choose to save over the original file or as a new file.

9 Repeat these steps to add more

text.

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Overlaying a photo

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Image

overlay.

3 The My stuff folder will open

select either My images or My memory card (if fitted). Choose

the photo you would like to overlay your video and touch

Select.

4 Touch and mark when you’d

like the photo to appear using

5 Touch the area of the screen you’d

like the photo to appear in. If the photo is too big it will overlay the whole screen, not just the area selected.

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6 Touch to mark when you’d

like the photo to disappear.

7 Touch Preview to ensure you are

happy with the photo overlay.

8 Touch Save followed by Yes .

Choose to save over the original file or as a new file.

9 Repeat these steps to add more

photos.

Adding a voice recording

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Voice

recording.

3 The quality of the original audio

will be affected by adding a voice recording. Touch Ye s to continue.

4 Touch to view your video.

When you get to the part you’d like to record your voice over,

press

5 Press or to stop recording

and playback.

6 Touch Preview to ensure you are

happy with the voice recording.

7 Touch Save followed by Yes to

save. Choose to save over the original file or as a new file.

8 Repeat these steps to add more

voice recordings to the video.

Adding a soundtrack to your video

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Audio

dubbing.

3 The My stuff folder will open

select either My sounds or My memory card (if fitted). Choose

the track you would like to add to your video and touch Select.

4 The original audio of your video

will be erased. Touch Yes to continue.

5 If the audio is shorter than the

video choose whether to play

Once or to Repeat it.

6 Choose to save over the original

file or as a new file.

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Your photos and videos

Changing the speed of your video

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Time

scaling.

3 Select one of the four speed

options: x4, x2, x1/4, x1/2.

4 Choose to save over the original

file or as a new file.

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Adding a dimming effect

1 Open the video you’d like to edit,

and touch the screen to

select bring up the options.

2 Select and choose Dimming

effect.

3 Choose to save over the original

file or as a new file.

4 Your video will now fade in at the

start and fade out at the end. NOTE: Only 3gp Video file can be

edited.

Multimedia

You can store any multimedia files into your phone’s memory so that you have easy access to all of your pictures, sounds, videos and games. You can also save your files to a memory card. The advantage of using a memory card is that you can free up space on your phone’s memory.

To access the Multimedia menu, touch open a list of folders storing all of your multimedia files.

then . Touch to

Pictures

My images contains a list of pictures including default images pre-loaded onto your phone, images downloaded by you and images taken on your phone’s camera.

Touch thumbnail image to list.

to change the view from

My images option menus

The options which are available to you in My images depend on what type of image you have selected. All of the options will be available for pictures you have taken on the phone’s camera, but only the Sort

by, List View, Folder info. and Memory manager options are

available for default images.

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Send - Send the image to a friend. Move - Move an image from the

phone memory to a memory card or vice versa.

Copy - Copy an image from the phone memory to a memory card or vice versa.

Delete - Delete an image. Rename - Rename an image. Print - Print the selected image

using a printer. Create new folder - Create a new

folder within the My images folder.

Slide show - Start a slide show. List/Grid view - Grid view to List

view or vice versa. Folder info. - View the Name,

Size, Date details of the folder and number of files and sub-folders

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Memory manager - View the memory status.

Delete all - Delete all of your images.

Sending a photo

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then choose My

images .

3 Touch Send and choose from

Message, Email or Bluetooth.

4 If you choose Message or Email,

your photo will be attached to a message and you can write and send the message as normal. If you choose Bluetooth, you will be prompted to turn Bluetooth on and your phone will search for a device to send the picture to.

Using an image

You can choose images to use as wallpapers and screensavers or even to identify a caller.

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then My images. 3 Select an image and touch . 4 Touch Use as and choose from:

Wallpaper - Set a wallpaper for

the standby screen. Contacts image - Allocate an

image to a particular person in your contacts list so that their picture shows when they call you.

Start-up image - Set an image to appear when you switch the phone on.

Power off image - Set an image to appear when you switch the phone off.

Printing an image

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then My images. 3 Select an image and touch . 4 Touch Print then choose between

Bluetooth and PictBridge.

TIP! You can to print via

bluetooth or by connecting to a PictBridge compatible printer.

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Moving or copying an image

You can move or copy an image between the phone memory and the memory card. You might want to do this to either free up some space in one of the memory banks or to safeguard your images from being lost.

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then My images. 3 Touch and select Move or

Copy.

4 You can mark/unmark the images

by tapping it sequentially. Mark the image that you want to move or copy and touch Copy/Move.

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Creating a slide show

If you want to look at all of the images on your phone, you can create a slide show to save you from having to open and close each individual image.

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then My images. 3 Choose a start image for your

slide show.

4 Touch then Slide show.

Sounds

The My sounds folder contains the Downloaded sounds, Default sounds and Voice recordings. From here you can manage, send or set sounds as ringtones.

Using a sound

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then My sounds. 3 Select Default sounds or Voice

recordings.

4 Select a sound and and it will

begin to play.

5 Touch and select Use as. 6 Choose from Ringtone, Message

tone, Start-up or Shut down.

Videos

The My videos folder shows a list of downloaded videos and videos you have recorded on your phone.

Watching a video

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then My videos. 3 Select a video to play.

Using options while video is paused

Touch while in pause mode and choose from:

Capture - Capture the frozen frame as a picture.

Send - Send the video in a message or via Bluetooth.

Delete - Delete the video. Edit - Edit the video. File info. - View the Name, Size,

Date, Time, Type, Duration, Dimension, Protection and Copyright details.

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Editing a video clip

While your video is being played and is in pause mode you can choose from a number of options to edit the video clip.

1 Select a video and touch Play. 2 Touch then . 3 Touch Video editor and choose

from: Tri m - Cut the video down to only

the part you want. Video merge - Merge the video

with another video clip. Image merge - Merge the video

with an image from your Images folder.

Text overlay - Add text to the video.

Image overlay - Add an image to

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Audio dubbing - Choose to add sound from the Defaults

folder or from your own Voice recordings.

Sending a video clip

1 Select a video and touch . 2 Touch Send and choose from

Message, Email or Bluetooth.

3 If you choose Message or Email,

your video clip will be attached to the message and you can write and send the message as normal. If you choose Bluetooth, you will be prompted to turn Bluetooth on and your phone will search for a device to send the video to.

Using the video options menu

From the My videos folder, you can choose from the following options:

Send - Send a video to a friend. Move - Move a video clip from the

phone memory to a memory card or vice versa.

Copy - Copy a video clip from the phone memory to a memory card or vice versa.

Delete - Delete a video. Rename - Rename a video. Create new folder - Create a new

folder within the My videos folder. Sort by - Sort videos into order by

Date, Type or Name. List/Grid view - Grid view to List

view or vice versa.

Folder info - View the Name, Size, Date details of the folder and number of files and sub-folders inside the folder.

Memory manager - View the memory status.

Delete all - Delete all videos.

Games and Applications

You can install new games and applications to your phone to keep you amused when you have time to spare.

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Installing a game/application via local install

1 Touch then . 2 Touch and Others or My

memory card if external memory

is inserted.

3 Select the file(*.jad or *.jar)

to install and press Install command. An application will be installed.

NOTE: The jad should contain its own jar.

Playing a game

1 Touch then . 2 Touch My games & apps. 3 Open the Games folder and

choose and touch a game to launch.

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Using the games options menu

From the Games folder, the following options are available when you touch

Delete – Delete a file. Create new folder – Create a folder

within My games & Apps. Rename – Rename a file. Move – Move a file from the phone

memory to a memory card or vice versa.

File info. – View the Name, Size, Date, Time, Type, Duration, Dimension, Protection and Copyright details.

Sort by - Sort the games and applications by Date, Size or Name.

Memory manager - View the memory status.

Delete all - Delete all files.

Documents

From the Documents menu, you can view all of your document files. From here you can view Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Text and

pdf files.

Transferring a file to your phone

Bluetooth is probably the easiest way to transfer a file from your computer to your phone. You can also use LG PC Suite via your sync cable, see page 102 for details.

To transfer using Bluetooth:

1 Make sure your phone and

computer have Bluetooth switched on and are visible to one another.

2 Use your computer to send the

file via Bluetooth.

3 When the file is sent you will have

to accept it on your phone by touching Ye s .

4 The file should appear in your

Documents or Others folder.

Viewing a file

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then Documents. 3 Select a document and touch

View.

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Others

The Others folder is used to store files which are not pictures, sounds, videos, games or applications. It is used in the same way as the Documents folder. You may find that when you transfer files from your computer to your phone that they appear in the Others folder rather than the Documents folder. If this happens you can move them.

To move a file from Others to

Documents:

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then Others. 3 Select a file and touch . 4 Touch Move, choose the

destination folder from the list by touching the arrow icon. The screen wil display Moved when

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Creating a movie

1 Touch then . 2 Touch (Muvee studio). 3 Touch to add an image.

Checkbox images you want to include then select Insert .

4 Touch style tab to choose a

Muvee style.

5 Touch to change the sound. 6 Touch to see what you’ve

created.

7 Touch then Order to make

an order.

8 Touch then Save Location to

choose where to save the movie.

Music

Your LG KP500 has a built-in music player so you can play all your favourite tracks. To access the music player, touch From here you can access a number of folders:

Recently played - View all of the songs you have played recently.

All tracks - Contains all of the songs you have on your phone.

Artists - Browse through your music collection by artist.

Albums - Browse through your music collection by album.

Genres - Browse through your music collection by genre.

Playlists - Contains any playlists you have created.

Shuffle tracks - Play your tracks in a random order.

then then .

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Transferring music onto your phone

The easiest way to transfer music onto your phone is via Bluetooth or your sync cable.

You can also use LG PC Suite, see page 102 for details. To transfer using Bluetooth:

1 Make sure both devices have

Bluetooth switched on and are visible to one another.

2 Select the music file on the other

device and choose to send it via Bluetooth.

3 When the file is ready to be sent

you should accept it on your phone by touching Ye s .

4 The file should appear in Music >

All tracks.

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Playing a song

1 Touch then . 2 Touch , then All tracks. 3 Select the song you want to play. 4 Touch to pause the song. 5 Touch to skip to the next

song.

6 Touch to skip to the previous

song.

7 Touch to return to the Music

menu.

Using options while playing music

Touch and choose from: Minimise - Make the music player

screen disappear so that you can continue using your phone as normal.

File info. - View information including the Name, Size, Date, Time, Type, Duration, Protection and Copyright of the song.

Send - Send the song as a message or via Bluetooth.

Use as - Use the song as Ringtone, Message tone, Start-up or Shut down.

Creating a playlist

You can create your own playlists by choosing a selection of songs from the All tracks folder.

1 Touch then . 2 Touch , then Playlists. 3 Touch Add new playlist, enter

the playlist name and touch Save.

4 The All tracks folder will show all

the songs in your phone. Touch all of the songs that you would like to include in your playlist; a tick will show next to the track names.

5 Touch Done.

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Editing a playlist

From time to time, you may want to add new songs or delete songs from a playlist. When you want to do this, you can edit the playlist.

1 Touch then . 2 Touch , then Playlists. 3 Select the playlist. 4 Touch and select:

Add new songs – To add more

songs to the playlist. Mark the ones you want and touch Done.

Remove – Remove a song from the playlist. Touch Yes to confirm.

Memory staus - View the memory status.

Remove all - Remove all tracks from the playlist.

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Deleting a playlist

1 Touch then Entertainment. 2 Touch Music, then Playlists. 3 Touch then Delete or Delete

all to delete all of the playlists.

Using the radio

Your LG KP500 has an FM radio feature so you can tune into your favourite stations to listen to on the move.

NOTE: You will need to insert your headphones in order to listen to the radio. Insert them into the headphone socket (this is the same socket that you plug your charger into).

Searching for stations

You can tune radio stations into your phone by searching for them either manually or automatically. They will then be saved to specific channel numbers so you don’t have to keep re-tuning. You can save up to 50 channels in your phone. You must first attach the headset to the phone as this acts as the antenna.

To auto tune:

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then . 3 Touch Auto scan. Then the

stations will be automatically found and allocated to a channel in your phone.

NOTE: You can also manually tune into a station by using

and displayed next to the

radio frequency. If you press and

and , the stations will

hold be automatically found.

Resetting channels

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then . 3 Choose Reset to reset the current

channel or choose Reset all to reset all of the channels. Each channel will return to the starting

87.5Mhz frequency.

Listening to the radio

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then touch the channel

number of the station you would like to listen to.

TIP! To improve the radio

reception, extend the headset cord, which functions as the radio antenna.

You can minimize the screen and listen the BGM Radio by tapping

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Organiser

Adding an event to your calendar

1 From the standby screen select

, then touch and choose

Select Calendar.

2 Select the date you would like to

add an event to.

3 Touch then Add event. 4 Touch Category then choose

from Appointment, Anniversary or Birthday. Check the date and enter the time you would like your event to begin.

5 For appointments and

anniversaries enter the time and date your event finishes in the lower two time and date boxes.

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6 If you would like to add a subject

or a note to your event, touch Note and type in your note, followed by Save.

7 Set Alarm and Repeat. 8 Select Save and your event will

be saved in the calendar. A square cursor will mark the day that any events have been saved to and a bell will ring at the start time of your event, so that you can stay organised.

TIP! You can set a holiday in

your calendar. Touch each day you are on holiday one at time, then touch holiday.

and select Set

Changing your default calendar view

1 From the standby screen select

, then touch and choose

Select Settings.

2 Touch Calendar and choose

either Monthly view or Week view.

3 Set week starts on. 4 Touch Save to confirm your

choice.

Adding an item to your to do list

1 From the standby screen select

, then touch and choose

2 Select To d o and touch Add to

do.

3 Set the date for the to do item,

add notes and select a priority level: High, Medium or Low.

4 Save your to do list item by

selecting Save.

TIP! You can edit a item by

selecting it, and touch the tab and input. Conﬁ rm your amends by selecting Save.

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Sharing a to do item

1 From the standby screen select

, then and choose .

Select To do .

2 Select the to do item you would

like to share, then touch

3 Select Send. You can choose to

share your to do item by Tex t

message, Multimedia msg., Email or Bluetooth.

TIP! You can back up and

synchronise your calendar with your computer. See PC Sync on page 102.

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Adding a memo

1 From the standby screen select

, then touch and choose

. Select Memo.

2 Touch Add memo.

3 Type your memo, followed by

Save.

4 Your memo will appear on screen

next time you open the Memo application.

TIP! You can edit an existing

memo. Select the one you want to edit and type your changes.

Using date finder

Date finder is a handy tool to help you calculate what the date will be after a certain amount of days has passed. For example, 60 days from

10.10.07 will be 09.12.2007. This is great for keeping tabs on deadlines.

1 From the standby screen select

, then touch and choose

2 Select Date finder. 3 In the From tab set your required

date.

4 In the After tab set the number

of days.

5 The Target date will be shown

below.

Setting your alarm

1 From the standby screen select

, then touch and choose

2 Touch Add alarm. 3 Set the time you would like the

alarm to sound and touch Save.

4 Choose whether you would

like your alarm to repeat Once, Daily, Mon - Fri, Mon - Sat, Sat

- Sun, Except holiday or Choose weekday.

The icons indicate the weekday you select.

5 Select Alarm type to select a

type for your alarm.

6 Touch Set alarm bell then

choose Default sounds or Voice recordings folder to find sounds.

To listen to sounds touch the sound, followed by

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7 Add a memo for the alarm. Touch

Save when you have finished

typing the memo.

8 Finally you can set the snooze

interval at 5, 10, 20, 30 minutes, 1hour or off.

9 Once you have set your alarm,

touch Save. NOTE: You can set up to 5 alarms.

TIP! Touch on/oﬀ icon on the

right hand side of the alarm to set.

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Adding a memo with drawing panel

1 From the standby screen select

, then touch and choose

2 Touch Add drawing. 3 Draw your memo on the touch

screen LCD followed by

4 Your memo will appear on screen

next time you open the Drawing Panel application.

Voice recorder

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

1 Touch then . 2 Touch then and Settings

choose from: Duration – Set the recording

duration. Choose from No limit,

MMS msg. size or 1 minute. Quality – Select the sound

quality. Choose from Super Fine, Fine or Normal.

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