LG KU990R Owner’s Manual

KU990R User Guide

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KU990R User Guide

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Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact KU990R phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology.

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

Contents

Set up

Getting to know your phone .........................4

Open view ..................................................5

Installing the USIM and battery..................... 6

Memory card ..............................................8

Menu map ..................................................9

Your standby screen

Touchscreen tips .......................................10

The quick keys .......................................... 11

The status bar ..........................................12

The basics

Calls ..................................................13

Making a call or video call ......................13

Making a call from your contacts ............13

Answering and rejecting a call ................13

In-call options........................................14

Adjusting the call volume ......................14

Speed dialling........................................15

Making a second call .............................15

Using call divert .....................................15

Contacts .................................................. 16

Searching for a contact ..........................16

Messaging ............................................... 17

Sending a message ...............................17

Entering text ..........................................17

T9 predictive ......................................... 18

Abc manual ...........................................18

Keyboard ..............................................18

Handwriting recognition .........................18

Setting up your email .............................18

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Get creative

Camera .................................................. 20

Taking a quick photo .............................. 20

After you’ve taken your photo .................20

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder................ 21

Using the advanced settings ................... 22

Using the inner camera ..........................23

Viewing your saved photos .....................23

Video camera ........................................... 24

Shooting a quick video ...........................24

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder................ 24

Watching your videos on your TV ............24

Your photos and videos ............................ 25

Sending a photo or video from

the gallery ............................................. 25

Viewing your photos as a slide show .......25

Editing your photos ................................25

Adding text to a photo ............................ 26

Adding an effect to a photo ....................26

Multimedia ..............................................28

My images ........................................... 28

Sending a photo ....................................28

Using an image .....................................28

Organising your images .........................28

Creating a slide show.............................29

My sounds ............................................29

Using a sound .......................................29

My videos .............................................29

Watching a video ...................................29

Editing a video clip ................................ 29

Sending a video clip .............................. 30

Using a video clip as a ringtone ..............30

My games and apps ..............................30

Downloading a game .............................30

Playing a game ...................................... 30

Flash contents ....................................... 30

Viewing an SWF ﬁ le ...............................30

Documents............................................31

Transferring a ﬁ le to your phone .............31

Viewing a ﬁ le .........................................31

Others ..................................................31

Muvee studio.........................................31

Creating a movie ...................................31

Music ..................................................31

Playing a song ....................................... 32

Creating a playlist ..................................32

Video playlists .......................................32

Voice recorder ....................................... 32

Recording a sound or voice ....................33

Using the radio ......................................33

Get organised

Organiser ................................................. 34

Adding an event to your calendar ............ 34

Adding an item to your to do list .............34

Using date ﬁ nder ...................................34

Setting your alarm .................................34

Adding a memo .....................................34

Using your calculator .............................34

Adding a city to your world clock ............35

Converting a unit ...................................35

PC Sync ..................................................36

Installing LG PC Suite on your computer .. 36

Connecting your phone and PC...............36

Backing up and restoring your phone’s

information ............................................36

Viewing your phone ﬁ les on your PC .......36

Synchronising your contacts ...................37

Synchronising your messages ................37

DivX Converter ......................................37

The web

Accessing the web ....................................38

Adding and accessing your bookmarks ....... 38

Saving a page ........................................... 38

Accessing a saved page ............................38

Viewing your browser history .....................38

Changing the web browser settings ............ 39

Using your phone as a modem ................... 39

Settings

Changing your screen settings ...................40

Personalising your proﬁ les .........................40

Changing your phone settings .................... 40

Changing your connectivity settings............41

Using memory manager ...........................41

Using ﬂ ight mode ......................................41

Sending and receiving your ﬁ les

using Bluetooth ......................................... 41

Pairing with another Bluetooth device ........42

Using a Bluetooth headset .........................42

Accessories ............................................ 43

Network service ..................................... 44

Technical data ........................................44

Guidelines

Guidelines for safe and efﬁ cient use ........46

Getting to know your phone O

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

Lens cover switch

USIM Card Socket Capture button

Memory card slot Lock/Unlock key (Image

Stabilization key in Camera)

Set up

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

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.

5 Charging your phone

Slide back the cover of the charger socket on the side of your KU990R. Insert the charger and plug into a mains electricity socket. Your KU990R will need to be charged until a message reading Fully Charged appears on screen.

Set up

Memory card M

Installing a memory card

Expand the memory space available on your phone using a memory card. The KU990R 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

Messaging

Call logs

My stuff Camera

Muvee

Music

studio

Video

Voice

playlists

recorder

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 KU990R 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 KU990R 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.

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 folder.

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 and edit existing ones.

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

Your standby screen

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

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.

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.

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Calls

In-call options

Hold

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.

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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

Hold

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.

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

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

select End followed by All or Active.

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.

Using call divert

1 Touch , 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.

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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.

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

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book screen by touching the icon in the top right corner of the screen.

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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.

Messaging

Your KU990R 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.

3 A new SMS will open. 4 Tou ch

5 Touch Send. Enter the phone number or

then Insert, to add an

image, video, sound or symbol.

touch Contacts to open your contacts list. You can add multiple contacts.

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

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

and select

The basics

Messaging

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

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on screen.

Simply touch each letter to write your message and press:

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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 KU990R 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.

Setting up your email

You can stay in touch on the move using email on your KU990R. 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 4 You can now choose how your account

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

Reply email address - Enter the ‘reply

Outgoing mail server - Enter the

Incoming mail server - Enter the

Maximum receive size - Choose the size

Save to server - Choose whether to

Save sent mail into - Choose where

and touch Add new.

works:

email address.

to’ email address.

account’s details.

limit of your emails, the maximum is 1MB. Mailbox type - Enter the mailbox type, POP3 or IMAP4.

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

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.

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.

to use a preset

The basics

Camera

Taking a quick photo

1 Move the camera mode switch to . 2 Open the camera lens cover using the lens

cover switch located near the camera lens. The camera’s viewﬁ nder will appear on screen.

3 Holding the phone horizontally, point

the lens towards the subject of the photo.

4 Slightly press the capture button,

a focus box will appear in the centre of the viewﬁ nder screen.

5 Position the phone so you can see the

subject of your photo in the focus box.

6 When the focus box turns green, the

camera has focused on your subject.

7 Press the capture button fully.

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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 four icons down the right side.

Touch to take another photo

straightaway. Your current photo will be saved.

Touch to delete the photo you have

just taken and conﬁ rm by touching Ye s. The viewﬁ nder will reappear.

Touch to set the photo you have just

taken as your wallpaper.

Touch to send the photo as an MMS,

Email or via Bluetooth.

TIP! Move the camera mode switch to

open the photo gallery.

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Zoom - Touch to zoom in or to zoom

out. Alternatively you can use the jog wheel around the lens.

Settings - Touch this icon to open the settings menu.

Camera mode - Camera mode is selected.

Flash status

Macro on/off

Flash - See Using the ﬂ ash.

Quick settings

Contrast - See Adjusting the contrast.

Shot type - See Choosing a shot type.

Back - Touch here to return to the standby screen.

Saving to handset memory/extendable memory

Image quality

Image size

ISO value

TIP! You can close all the 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.

Get creative

Camera

Using the advanced settings

From the viewﬁ nder touch to open all the advanced settings options.

Image 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.

Image quality - Choose between

Super ﬁ ne, Fine and Normal. The ﬁ ner the quality the sharper a photo will be but the ﬁ le size will increase as a result, which means you’ll be able to store fewer photos in your memory.

White balance - The white balance

ensures that any white in your photos is realistic. In order for your camera to correctly

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adjust the white balance you may need to determine the light conditions. Choose from Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Fluorescent or Cloudy.

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ISO - ISO determines the sensitivity of

the camera’s light sensor. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the camera will be. This is useful in darker conditions when the ﬂ ash can’t be used. Choose an ISO value from Auto, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400 or ISO 800.

Colour tone - Choose a colour tone to

apply to the photo you’re taking. See Choosing a colour tone.

Self-timer - The self-timer allows you

to set a delay after the capture button is pressed. Choose from 3 seconds, 5 seconds or 10 seconds. Great for that group photo you want to be part of.

Zoom - Choose a zoom to apply to the

photo you’re taking.

Macro - Macro mode allows you to take

extreme close-ups. If you are trying to take a close-up shot but the focus box remains red, try turning the macro mode on.

Shutter sound - Select one of the three

shutter sounds.

Focus - Select the way of fucus.

Switch camera - For self portraits,

switch to the LG KU990R’s inner camera. See Using the inner camera.

Memory in use - Choose whether to

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

Note: Always touch Save after selecting a new setting to implement the changes you’ve made.

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 and ISO. Check them before you shoot your next photo.

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. Remember to touch Save before exiting to apply any changes.

Using the inner camera

Your LG KU990R has a 640x480 inner camera, not just for video calling but for taking pictures too.

1 To switch to the inner camera touch

then select

2 After a few seconds you’ll see yourself in

the viewﬁ nder. To capture the image press the capture button as normal.

TIP! The inner camera has fewer settings as it

has no ﬂ ash or ISO. You can still alter the image size, image quality, white balance and colour tone by touching in the same way as when using the main camera.

3 After you’ve taken the photo you’ll be

offered all the same options as are available for an image taken with the main camera.

4 To return to the main camera touch

and then

Viewing your saved photos

1 You can access your saved photo’s from

within the camera mode and from the standby screen. From within the camera you simply move the camera mode switch to

, whilst from the standby screen you

should move the camera mode switch to

and then press the capture button.

2 Your gallery will appear on screen.

3 Touch the photo you want to view once to

bring it to the front of the gallery.

4 Touch the photo a second time to open

it fully.

Get creative

Video camera

Shooting a quick video

1 Move the camera mode switch to . 2 Open the camera lens cover using the lens

cover switch located near the camera lens. The video camera’s viewﬁ nder 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.

5 REC will appear at the top of the

viewﬁ nder 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.

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder

Get creative

Zoom - Touch to zoom in or to zoom out. Alternatively you can use the jog wheel around the lens.

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Video mode - Video mode is selected.

Image size

Saving to handset memory/ External

memory

120fps - Smaller image size with Quad Speed

Playback, capturing the action at an impressive 120 frames per second. Playback is at 15 frames per second for the best view in the house. Great for capturing high speed action.

Camera mode

Contrast - See Adjusting the contrast.

Back - Touch here to return to the standby

screen.

Settings - Touch this icon to open the settings

menu. See Using the advanced settings.

TIP! You can close all the 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.

Watching your videos on your TV

Connect your KU990R to your TV using the TV output cable. Open the video you’d like to watch on TV, press

Note: The TV output cable is available for purchase separately.

WARNING: All formats except 320x240 and 176x144 are compatible with watching on TV.

and select .

Your photos and videos

Sending a photo or video from the gallery

1 Touch a photo or video twice to open it.

If you select a video, press

when it

starts to play.

TIP! You can rename a photo or video in My stuff.

Select the photo or video, then touch choose Rename. Enter the new name for your photo or video.

2 Touch the right side of the screen to open

and

the options menu.

3 Select and choose how you would

like to send the video or photo: Message, Email, Bluetooth.

4 The chosen messaging application will

open so you can send the video or photo.

Note: The photo or video may need to be resized before it can be sent by MMS. Some videos may be too large to send by MMS at all, in which case choose one of the other sending options.

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 Touch the right side of the screen to open

the options menu.

3 Select . 4 The slideshow will begin.

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 to bring up the options.

2 Select . The following screen will

be displayed.

3 Touch the icons to adapt your photo:

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

Draw something on your photo freehand. Select the thickness of the line from the four options. To change the colour of the line see

below (the colour icon will change to the

colour you have selected) below.

Get creative

Your photos and videos

See Adding text to a photo.

Decorate your photo with stamps. Choose from the different stamps available and touch your photo wherever you’d like them to be. To change the colour of a stamp

below.

see

Change the colour of a stamp, line or some text. You must select the colour before you draw, write or stamp the photo.

Select the thickness and draw over your

image to remove any stamps, lines or text.

Save the changes you have made to the

photos. Select to save the changes over the

Original ﬁ le, or as a New ﬁ le. If you select New ﬁ le enter a ﬁ le name.

Undo the last Effect or More edit you

made to the photo.

See Adding an effect to a photo.

Touch to open further effect options

including Rotate and Mirror. There are also more advanced editing options. See

Morphing a photo, Adding a colour accent and Swapping the colours in a photo.

Touch to return to the gallery.

Get creative

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Adding text to a photo

1 From the editing screen, touch . 2 Select Signature to add unframed

text or choose either of the speech bubble shapes.

3 Enter your text using the keypad and

touch Done.

4 Move the text by touching it and sliding

it to the place you’d like it to be.

Adding an effect to a photo

1 From the editing screen, touch . 2 Choose to apply any of the six options to

the photo:

Soften - Move the marker along the bar to

soften the focus of the photo. Select Done to save the changes or choose Cancel.

Sharpen - Move the marker along the

bar to sharpen the focus of the photo. Select Done to save the changes or choose Cancel.

Mosaic blur - Touch to apply a blurred

mosaic effect to the photo. Touch Undo to return to the normal photo.

Frame - Add a frame to your photo.

You may be prompted to allow the image size to be changed. To see the frame types select Yes . The chosen frame will be superimposed over your photo.

Resize - Touch here for size options.

Touch your desired size to change the size of the photo.

Colour effect - Change the colour of

a photo to Black and white, Sepia,

Colour negative, Enhanced RGB or Contrast. If you select Contrast move

the marker along the bar to increase or decrease the contrast.

3 To undo an effect simply touch Undo.

TIP! You can add more than one effect to a

photo, except for a colour effect of which you can only select one at a time.

Get creative

Multimedia

You can store any multimedia ﬁ les 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 ﬁ les 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 then

. Touch My stuff to open a list of

folders storing all of your multimedia ﬁ les.

My images

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. Tou ch

to change the view from thumbnail

image to list.

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.

Get creative

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Sending a photo

1 Touch then . 2 Touch My stuff then choose My images. 3 Select a photo and touch . 4 Touch Send and choose from Message,

Email or Bluetooth.

5 If you choose Message or Email, your

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

Organising your images

1 Touch then . 2 Touch My stuff then My images. 3 Touch then Sort by. 4 Choose from Date, Type or Name.

Note: As well as sorting your images by

category, you can also manually sort them by using the Move option.

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