LG KU990 User Manual

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

KU990 User Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact KU990 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology.

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 ..................................................9

Installing the USIM and battery................... 10

Memory card ............................................ 12

Menu map ................................................13

Your standby screen

Touchscreen tips .......................................14

The quick keys .......................................... 15

The status bar ..........................................16

The shortcut menu .................................... 17

The basics

Calls ..................................................18

Making a call or video call ......................18

Making a call from your contacts ............18

Answering and rejecting a call ................18

In-call options........................................19

Adjusting the call volume ......................19

Speed dialling........................................20

Making a second call .............................20

Turning off DTMF ................................... 20

Viewing your call logs ............................20

Using call divert .....................................21

Using call barring ................................... 21

Changing the common call setting ..........22

Changing your video call setting .............22

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Contacts .................................................. 23

Searching for a contact ..........................23

Adding a new contact ............................23

Contact options .....................................24

Creating a group....................................24

Changing your contact settings ............... 25

Viewing information ...............................25

Messaging ............................................... 26

Sending a message ...............................26

Entering text ..........................................26

T9 predictive ......................................... 27

Abc manual ...........................................27

Keyboard ..............................................27

Handwriting recognition .........................27

Setting up your email .............................28

Retrieving your email .............................29

Sending an email using your new

account.................................................29

Changing your email settings .................30

Message folders .................................... 30

Managing your messages ......................31

Using templates .....................................32

Using emoticons .................................... 32

Changing your text message settings ...... 32

Changing your multimedia message

settings ................................................. 33

Changing your other settings ..................33

Get creative

Camera .................................................. 34

Taking a quick photo .............................. 34

After you’ve taken your photo .................34

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder................ 35

Using the ﬂ ash ......................................36

Using the quick settings .........................36

Adjusting the contrast ............................37

Choosing a shot type .............................37

Using continuous shot mode ..................38

Taking a panoramic shot ........................38

Using the advanced settings ................... 39

Changing the image size ........................40

Choosing a colour tone ..........................40

Using the inner camera ..........................41

Viewing your saved photos .....................41

Viewing the details of a photo ................. 41

Video camera ........................................... 42

Shooting a quick video ...........................42

After you’ve shot your video ...................42

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder................ 43

Adjusting the contrast ............................44

Using the advanced settings ................... 44

Changing the video image size ...............45

Choosing a colour tone ..........................46

Using the inner video camera .................46

Watching your saved videos ................... 47

Watching your videos on your TV ............47

Your photos and videos ............................ 48

Viewing your photos and videos .............. 48

Using zoom when viewing a video

or photo ................................................ 48

Adjusting the volume when viewing

a video ..................................................48

Capturing an image from a video ............48

Viewing the details of a video or photo ... 49 Sending a photo or video from

the gallery ............................................. 49

Viewing your photos as a slide show .......50

Setting a photo as wallpaper ..................50

Viewing your videos on a TV ...................50

Editing your photos ................................51

Adding text to a photo ............................ 52

Adding an effect to a photo ....................52

Morphing a photo ..................................53

Adding a colour accent to a photo...........53

Swapping the colours in a photo .............53

Multimedia ..............................................54

My images ........................................... 54

My images option menus ....................... 54

Sending a photo ....................................54

Using an image .....................................55

Organising your images .........................55

Deleting an image .................................55

Moving or copying an image ................... 56

Marking and unmarking images .............56

Contents

Creating a slide show.............................56

Checking your memory status ................57

My sounds ............................................57

Using a sound .......................................57

My videos .............................................57

Watching a video ...................................57

Using options while video is paused ........58

Editing a video clip ................................. 58

Sending a video clip .............................. 58

Using a video clip as a ringtone ..............58

Using the video options menu ................ 58

My games and apps ..............................59

Downloading a game .............................59

Playing a game ...................................... 59

Using the games options menu...............59

Flash contents ....................................... 60

Viewing an SWF ﬁ le ...............................60

Using options viewing the SWF ﬁ le .......... 60

Documents............................................60

Transferring a ﬁ le to your phone .............60

Viewing a ﬁ le .........................................60

Others ..................................................61

Muvee studio.........................................61

Creating a movie ...................................62

Music ..................................................62

Transferring music onto your phone ........ 62

Playing a song ....................................... 63

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Creating a playlist ..................................63

Editing a playlist ....................................64

Deleting a playlist ..................................64

Video playlists .......................................64

Voice recorder ....................................... 64

Recording a sound or voice ....................65

Sending the voice recording ..................65

Using the radio ......................................65

Searching for stations ............................66

Editing the channels ..............................66

Resetting channels ................................66

Listening to the radio .............................67

Get organised

Organiser ................................................. 68

Adding an event to your calendar ............ 68

Changing your default calendar view ....... 68

Adding an item to your to do list .............69

Sharing a to do item ..............................69

Using date ﬁ nder ...................................69

Setting your alarm .................................70

Adding a memo .....................................70

Using your calculator .............................70

Adding a city to your world clock ............71

Converting a unit ...................................71

PC Sync ..................................................72

Installing LG PC Suite on your computer .. 72

Connecting your phone and PC...............72

Backing up and restoring your phone’s

information ............................................72

Viewing your phone ﬁ les on your PC .......73

Synchronising your contacts ...................73

Synchronising your messages ................74

Using your phone as a mass storage

device .................................................. 74

DivX Converter ......................................75

The web

Accessing the web ....................................76

Adding and accessing your bookmarks ....... 76

Saving a page ........................................... 77

Accessing a saved page ............................77

Viewing your browser history .....................77

Changing the web browser settings ............ 77

Using your phone as a modem ................... 78

Settings

Changing your screen settings ...................80

Personalising your proﬁ les .........................80

MyTunes ..................................................80

Changing your phone settings .................... 81

Changing your connectivity settings............81

Using memory manager ...........................82

Using ﬂ ight mode ......................................82

Sending and receiving your ﬁ les using

Bluetooth .................................................. 82

Pairing with another Bluetooth device .........83

Using a Bluetooth headset .........................84

Accessories ............................................ 86

Network service ..................................... 88

Technical data ........................................88

Guidelines

Guidelines for safe and efﬁ cient use ........90

Getting to know your phone

Inner camera lens

End/Power key

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

Clear key

Deletes a character with each press.

Call key

Dials a phone number and answers incoming calls.

Set up

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Charger, Cable, Handsfree connector

TIP: To connect the USB cable, wait until the phone has

powered up and has registered to the network.

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.

Camera mode Lock/ Unlock key (Image Stabilization key in Camera)

Capture button

Open view

Light sensor Flash Camera lens Camera mode

Jog wheel

Zooms in or out when in camera or video mode. Scrolls through menus.

TIP: You can adjust volume level when enjoying

music, game and during a call.

WARNING: Close contact with a magnetic

object may cause a malfunction of the wheel key.

Battery cover

Battery

Microphone

USIM Card Socket Capture button

Memory card slot Lock/Unlock key (Image

Stabilization key in Camera)

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.

Set up

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2 Remove the battery

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

WARNING: Do not use your

ﬁ ngernail when removing the battery.

WARNING: Do not remove the

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

Installing the USIM and battery

5 Charging your 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 reverse direction.

4 Install the battery

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

Slide back the cover of the charger socket on the side of your KU990. Insert the charger and plug into a mains electricity socket. Your KU990 will need to be charged until a message reading Fully Charged appears on screen.

Set up

Memory card

Installing a memory card

Expand the memory space available on your phone using a memory card. The KU990 will support up to a 2GB memory card.

TIP: Memory card is an optional accessory.

1 Remove the battery and battery cover

as before.

2 Insert memory card.

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.

3 Replace the battery cover as before.

Formatting the memory card

If your memory card is already formatted, you can begin using it. If your card isn’t

Set up

formatted you will need to do so.

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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 conﬁ rm your

choice.

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

card will 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 has existing content on, it will automatically be ﬁ led in the correct folder, so 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 standby screen select and

choose Contacts.

2 Touch Settings then Copy. 3 Choose Handset to USIM and touch OK. 4 Choose All together or one by one and

touch OK.

Menu map

Dialling

Contacts

Call logs Messaging

My stuff Camera

Muvee

Music

studio

Voice

Video

recorder

playlists

Games

FM radio

& Apps

Browser

Organiser

Memos

Google

Alarms

Tools

Screen Proﬁ les

Phone

settings

Bluetooth

Flight

mode

Call

Set up

Your standby screen

Whenever your KU990 isn’t in use it’ll return to your home screen. From here you access all the menu options, make a quick call and view the status of your phone - as well as many other things.

Touchscreen 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 KU990 will vibrate slightly when it recognises you’ve touched an option.

To scroll through lists touch the last item visible and slide your ﬁ nger 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 ﬁ rm touch.

• Use the tip of your ﬁ nger to touch the

option you require. Be careful not to touch any other keys around it.

• When the screen light is off, press the

Your standby screen

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 them.

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Status bar

Shortcut arrows

▲

Shortcut menu

Multitasking

Quick keys

The quick keys

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

Touch to open the full menu which is

separated into four sub-menus. Touch each sub-menu’s vertical tab to view further options.

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

or press the . To initiate a video call with the number, press

after inputting the number.

See page 18 for details.

Advice to the customer

In order to allow better antenna sensitivity LG suggest that you hold the handset as depicted in the ﬁ gure below.

please do not cover the antenna area with your hand during a call and using a bluetooth connection. It may degrade speech quality.

0 X

Touch to access the Messaging options

menu. From here you can create a new SMS or email, or view your message folder. See page 26 for details.

Touch to open your address book.

Alphabetical tabs run vertically along the left side of the screen so you can easily ﬁ nd the contact you’re looking for. You can also create new contacts and edit existing ones. See page 23 for details.

Your standby screen

The status bar

The status bar indicates, using various icons, 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

Applications running

Network signal strength

No network signal

Remaining battery life

Battery empty

New text message

New voice message

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Message inbox is full

Message sending failed

An alarm is set

Vibrate proﬁ le in use

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(number of bars will vary)

Icon Description

Normal proﬁ le in use

Outdoor proﬁ le in use

Silent proﬁ le in use

Headset proﬁ le in use

Calls are diverted

GPRS available

EDGE in use

Roaming

Flight mode is selected

Bluetooth is active

HSDPA available

3G available

Changing your proﬁ le from the status bar

Touch the icon that represents your current proﬁ le setting in the status bar. Select a proﬁ le type, for example Silent, and touch OK to save and close.

Using the Multitasking function

Touch

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, touch 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.

and select

The shortcut menu

The shortcut menu provides nine further menu options. To open the shortcut menu:

1 Touch the standby screen once above the

quick keys.

2 When the shortcut arrows appear, slide

your ﬁ nger horizontally across them in either direction.

3 The shortcut menu will open. Touch any

of the nine options to open the application or a further menu.

4 To close the shortcut menu, slide your

ﬁ nger across the shortcut arrows again, in either direction.

Your standby screen

Calls

Making a call or video call

1 Touch 2 Key in the number using the keypad.

3 Tou ch

4 To end the call press the hard key.

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to open the keypad.

To delete a digit press the C hard key.

or hard key to initiate

the call. Touch

TIP! To enter + for making an international

call, touch

TIP! Press the lock/unlock button to lock the

touchscreen to prevent calls being made by mistake.

TIP! To bring up the keypad during a call,

touch

twice.

to make a video call.

Making a call from your contacts

1 From the standby screen touch

to open the address book.

2 Select the alphabetical tab corresponding

to the ﬁ rst letter of the contact you’d like to call. So, for ‘Home’, select E-H.

3 From the list, touch the contact you’d like

to call and select the number to use if you have more than one saved.

4 Touch Call.

TIP! You can search your contacts from the

call screen. Touch contacts. Scroll through your contacts or enter the ﬁ rst few digits of a number to limit the list.

and choose Search

Answering and rejecting a call

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

Press the

hard key to mute the ringing.

This is great if you’ve forgotten to change your proﬁ le to Silent for a meeting.

Press the hard key a second time to reject the incoming call.

In-call options

TIP! To scroll through a list of options or 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.

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

Speaker - Touch to turn on the speaker phone.

Hold - Touch to put a caller on hold. Touch Resume to continue your conversation.

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

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

Adjusting the call volume

To adjust the volume during a call turn the jog wheel clockwise to increase the volume or anti-clockwise to decrease the volume.

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Calls

Speed dialling

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

1 Touch 2 Touch Speed dials. 3 Your Voicemail is already set to speed dial

and select Contacts.

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 their 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

Making a second call

1 During your initial call, touch

Add new call.

2 Dial the number or search your contacts

(see Making a call on page 18 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.

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5 Touch Swap to change between the calls. 6 To end one or both calls press

select End followed by All or Active.

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from

and select

and

TIP! You can combine your calls by selecting

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 messages. DTMF is switched on as default.

To turn it off during a call (to make a note of a number for example) touch DTMF off.

and select

Viewing your call logs

TIP! To scroll through a list of option, 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 Call logs.

Choose to view:

All calls - View the complete list of all your dialled, received and missed calls.

Dialled calls - View the list of all the numbers you have called.

Received calls - View the list of all the numbers that have called you.

Missed calls - View the list of all the calls you have missed.

Call charges - View the charges applied to your dialled numbers (this service is network dependant, some operators are unable to support this) and the call duration of all your calls; received and dialled.

Data volume - View the amount in kilobytes of all your received and sent data.

TIP! From any call log touch and Clear to

delete all the recorded items.

TIP! Touch any single call log entry to view the

date, time and duration of the call.

Using call divert

1 Tou ch , select 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 Divert 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

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

All incoming

Incoming when abroad

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.

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Calls

Changing the common call setting

1 Tou ch , select and choose

Call setting.

2 Touch Common setting. From here you

can amend the settings for:

Call reject - Select On or Off and choose

to reject all calls, of those from speciﬁ c groups, contacts or from unregistered numbers (those not in your contacts).

Send my number - Choose whether

your number will be displayed when you call someone.

Auto redial - Choose On or Off. Answer mode - Choose whether to

answer the phone using the Send key or any key.

Minute minder - Select 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 when using a Bluetooth headset.

Save new number - Choose Yes or No.

TIP! To scroll through a list of option, touch the

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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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Changing your video call setting

1 Touch , select and choose

Call settings.

2 Touch Video call setting. 3 Choose the settings of your video calling.

Determine whether to Use private image and select one, switch on the Mirror (so you can see yourself on screen) and select an Image size.

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.

2 Select the alphabetical tab corresponding

to the ﬁ rst letter of the contact you’d like to view. So, for ‘Home’ select E-H.

TIP! You can search by group by touching

and selecting Search by group. This will

bring up a list of all your groups.

From the main menu

1 Select Contacts. 2 Touch and enter the ﬁ rst few letters of

the contact you’d like to ﬁ nd using the keypad. Or select book view and select the tab corresponding to the ﬁ rst letter of the name.

3 Your address book will bring up a list of

the contacts corresponding to the letters you’ve entered.

TIP! You can switch between the keypad

search screen and the alphabetical address book screen by touching the icon in the top right corner of the screen.

to switch to address

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 select Contacts.

2 Select Add new. 3 Choose whether to save the contact to

your Handset or USIM.

4 Enter the ﬁ rst and last name of your new

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

5 Enter up to ﬁ ve different numbers and

assign a type for each. Choose from

Mobile, Home, Ofﬁ ce, Pager, Fax, VT and General. Touch OK.

6 Add up to two email addresses. 7 Assign the contact to a group. Choose

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

8 You can also add a Homepage, Home

address, Company name, Job title, Company address and a Memo.

9 Touch Save to save the contact.

TIP! You can create customised groups for

your contacts, see Creating a group on page 24.

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Contacts

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 23.

2 Press

Edit - Change any of the contact’s details.

Send message - Send a message to the

Send business card - Send the

Make a voice call - Call the contact. Make a video call - Video call the contact. Save to USIM/Handset - Choose to move

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Delete - Delete the contact. Touch Yes

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to open the list of options.

From here you can:

contact. If the contact has an email address, select whether you’d like to send an email or SMS/MMS. See page 26 for details on how to send messages.

contact’s details to another person as a business card. Choose to send as a Text message, Multimedia message, Email or via Bluetooth.

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

if you are sure.

Add new contact - You can add new

entry.

Mark/Unmark - You can select one or

more contacts for multiple deletion.

Search by group - You can search the

entry by group.

Creating a group

1 From the standby screen touch

and select Contacts.

2 Select Groups and touch 3 Select Add new group. 4 Enter a name for your new group. 5 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 a member to the group from your contacts, assign a Group ringtone, Rename the group or Delete a group.

. Choose to Add

Changing your contact settings

You can adapt your contact settings so that your address book works in the way you prefer.

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

select Contacts.

2 Select Settings. From here you can adjust

the following settings:

Display data - Choose whether to view

contacts saved to both your Handset & USIM, Handset only or USIM only. You can also select to show the ﬁ rst name or last name of a contact ﬁ rst.

Synchronise contacts - Connect to

your server to synchronise your contacts. See Synchronising your contacts on page 73.

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.

and

Move - This works in the same way as

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

Backup contacts - See Backing up and

restoring your phone’s information

on page 72.

Restore contacts - See Backing up and

restoring your phone’s information

on page 72.

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

select Contacts.

2 Select Infomation. 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 Add and enter all your details as you would for any contact. Touch Save to ﬁ nish.

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Messaging

Your KU990 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 Messaging.

Sending a message

1 Touch then choose Create

new message.

2 Choose Message to send an SMS or

MMS. Or to send an email, choose Email. See page 29 for details.

3 A new SMS will open. 4 Tou ch

5 Touch Send. Enter the phone number or

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then Insert, to add an

image, video, sound or symbol.

touch Contacts to open your contacts list. You can add multiple contacts. Note: You can add a whole group members using Group Msg option. Touch

and select Group Msg.

WARNING: You will be charged per

160 character 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.

Entering text

There are four ways to enter text: T9 predictive, Abc manual, Keyboard and Handwriting recognition.

To switch between text entry methods touch the corresponding icon at the top of the screen.

Handwriting recognition - Choose

Handwriting-Screen or Handwriting-Box

T9 predictive text - Touch to turn on

T9 predictive text then select T9 abc, T9

Abc or 123.

Abc manual - Choose Abc, ABC or 123

To use the keyboard, touch keyboard from the drop down menu.

Use

to scroll through the different keyboard types in each text entry mode (for example, capitals or lowercase).

To enter a space touch 0.

To change between upper, lower and title case press

and select

To delete a character use the C hard key below the screen.

To enter a symbol touch

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 recognise the word once all the letters are entered. For example, press 8, 3, 5, 3, 7, 4, 6, 6, 3 to write ‘telephone’.

If the word you want doesn’t appear, touch

or Spell. If you touch Spell you can

then enter the word using Abc manual mode and your word or name will be added to the dictionary.

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 ﬂ ips to landscape and a full qwerty keyboard appears on screen.

Simply touch each letter to write your message and press:

to switch to upper case

to add a space

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.

Handwriting recognition

In Handwriting mode you simply write on screen and your KU990 will convert your handwriting into your message. Select Screen or Box depending on your preferred view.

WARNING: You may ﬁ nd it easier to use a

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

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Messaging

Setting up your email

You can stay in touch on the move using email on your KU990. It’s quick and simple to set up a POP3 or IMAP4 email account.

TIP! To scroll through a list of option, 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 Settings. 2 Touch Email then Email accounts. 3 Open

and touch Add new.

4 You can now choose how your

account works:

Title - Enter a name for this account. My name - Enter your name. Username - Enter the account’s username. Password - Enter the account’s password. Email address - Enter the account’s

email address.

Reply email address - Enter the ‘reply

to’ email address.

Outgoing mail server - Enter the

account’s details.

Incoming mail server - Enter the

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account’s details.

Maximum receive size - Choose the size

limit of your emails, the maximum is 1MB.

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Mailbox type - Enter the mailbox type, POP3 or IMAP4.

Save to server - Choose whether to

save your emails to the server. For IMAP4 accounts copies are always saved.

Save sent mail into - Choose where

to save your IMAP4 emails. For POP3 accounts copies are always saved on the phone.

Access point - Choose your Internet

access point. Press access point.

to use a preset

Auto retrieve - Choose whether to fetch

your new emails automatically.

Advanced settings - Choose whether

to use the advanced settings. SMTP port number - Normally, this will be 25.

Incoming server port - Normally, this

is 110 for POP3 accounts and 143 for IMAP4 accounts.

SMTP authentication - Choose the

security settings for the outgoing mail 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.

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

Retrieving your email

You can automatically or manually check your account for new email. See ‘Change your email settings’ to check automatically.

To check manually:

1 Touch then Email. 2 Touch the account you want to use

then

3 Choose Retrieve and your KU990 will

connect to your email account and retrieve your new messages.

Sending an email using your new account

1 Touch then chose Create

new message.

2 Choose Email and a new email will open. 3 Use the tabs and

address and write your message. Use the Files tab to attach images, videos, sounds or other ﬁ le types.

4 Touch Send and your email will be sent.

TIP! You can email Word, Excel, PowerPoint

and PDF documents to your KU990 so you can review them on the move.

to enter the recipients

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