LG LG-A395 User Guide

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User Guide

LG-A395

LG-A395 User Guide - ENGLISH

This guide will help you understand your new mobile phone. It will provide you
with useful explanations of features on your phone.

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

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Getting to know your phone ....................5

Installing the SIM Cards and Charging the

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

Installing the SIM Cards ........................7

Turning Your Phone On and Off .......10

Lock/Unlock Your Keypad ...................10

Calls ...........................................................10

Making a call ...........................................10

Making a call from your contacts .....10

Answering and rejecting a call ........... 11

Using the speakerphone ...................... 11

Speed dialling ......................................... 12

Viewing your call logs ........................... 12

Changing the call settings ..................12

Contacts ....................................................13

Searching for a contact........................ 13

Adding a new contact ..........................13

Adding a contact to a group ............. 14

Messaging .................................................14

Sending a message ..............................14

Entering text ............................................15

T9 mode ................................................... 16

Using the T9 Mode ............................... 16

Abc mode .................................................17

123 mode .................................................17

Inserting symbols ....................................17

Changing the language ........................17

Message folders .....................................18

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E-mail ........................................................19

Setting up your e-mail ......................... 19

Sending an e-mail using your new

account...................................................... 19

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

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

Video camera ..........................................20

Shooting a quick video .......................20

Media Player ............................................20

Playing a song .......................................20

FM radio ....................................................21

Searching for stations ........................... 21

Listening to the radio ..........................22

Recording your radio............................22

Voice recorder .........................................22

Recording your voice memo .............23

Applications .............................................23

Organizer .................................................23

Setting your alarm ...............................23

Using the calendar ..............................24

Adding an item to your To-do list ...24

Adding a note ....................................... 24

Using your calculator ..........................24

Using the stopwatch ............................ 24

Converting a unit .................................24

Adding a city to your world time ......25

Shortcuts ................................................25

Internet ....................................................25

Accessing the internet browser ........25

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Settings ....................................................25

Switching your SIM cards .................25

Activating SIM cards ............................26

Setting Phone Profile ...........................26

Changing your display settings ........26

Changing your connectivity settings 26
Changing your Bluetooth settings ...26
Pairing with another Bluetooth device

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Changing your phone settings .........28

Changing your security settings .......29

Resetting your phone ..........................30

Phone Software update .........................30

For Your Safety ........................................32

Safety instructions .................................43

Accessories ..............................................53

Troubleshooting ......................................54

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Getting to know your phone

Main screen

LED Blinker

LED indicator blink with respective
color on pressing of SIM Switch Key
(SSK) in the idle screen, notification
Popup(Message and missed call) and
glow continuously while charging.

Soft keys

Each of these keys performs the functions
indicated by the text on the display
immediately above them.

Navigation keys

Use for quick access to phone functions

• In standby mode:

Press Up Navigation Key: Media Player
Press Down Navigation Key: Messaging
Press Right Navigation Key: FM Radio
Press Left Navigation Key: Camera

• In menu: Scroll up, down, right & left.

End/Power key

• Ends or rejects a call.

• Returns to the home screen when you

use the menu.

• Long press to turn On/Off your phone.

OK key

Selects menu options and confirms actions.

Call key

Dials a phone number and answers
incoming calls.

Headset jack

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Charger / USB Cable connector

SIM Switch Key
SIM Switch Key is used to switch

between SIM cards. You can
switch to another SIM card by
pressing the SIM Switch Key
more than 0.5 seconds.

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Camera lens

Back cover

Battery

SIM card slots

MicroSD
Card slot

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Installing the SIM Cards and Charging the Battery

Installing a Memory card

Remove the Back cover and insert a micro
SD card with the golden contact area facing
downwards as shown in the diagram. To
remove the Memory card, gently pull it.

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Note: Memory card is an optional accessory.

Formatting the Memory card

From your home screen, Press Menu and
select Gallery, Select External memory and
From Options choose Format and insert
Phone password to format the Memory card.

WARNING: When you format your Memory
card, all the content will be erased. If you do
not want to lose the data on your Memory card,
take a backup first.

Installing the SIM Cards

When you subscribe to a cellular network,
you are provided with a SIM card loaded
with your subscription details, such as your
PIN, any optional services available and
many others.

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Important!
› The SIM card can be easily damaged by

scratches or bending, so be careful when
handling, inserting or removing the card.
Keep all SIM cards out of the reach of
small children.

› Only 2G/2.5G SIM cards are supported.

Illustrations

1. Open back cover.

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2. Remove the battery.

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3. Insert your SIM Cards.

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4. Insert your battery.

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5. Close the back cover.

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6. Charge your battery.

WARNING: Do not remove the battery when

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

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Turning Your Phone On and Off

You can power the phone On or Off by
pressing and holding the Power key.

Lock/Unlock Your Keypad

To lock, press Menu (LSK) in main screen
and then press Key Lock (RSK).

To Unlock, press Unlock(LSK) and then
press Yes(RSK).

Calls

Making a call

1. Enter the number using the keypad. To
delete a digit press Clear.

2. Press to initiate the call.

3. To end the call, press .
TIP! To enter + when making an international

call, press and hold 0.
TIP! To control the volume during a call, press

the up and down navigation keys.
TIP! You can record your conversation during a

call. Press Options and select Voice recorder.

Making a call from your contacts

1. Select Contacts from the home screen.

2. Using the keypad, enter the first letter

of the contact you want to call and scroll
through the Contacts.

3. Press to begin the call.

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TIP! To scroll through your contacts, use the
up and down navigation keys.

TIP! You can make a call from any of the two
SIM cards, by selecting SIM Switching Key.

Answering and rejecting a call

When your phone rings, press to
answer the call.

While your phone is ringing, select Silent to
mute the ringing.

This is useful if you have forgotten to
change your profile to Silent while in a
meeting.

Press or select Silent then Reject to
reject the incoming call.

TIP! You can change the settings on your
phone to answer your calls in different ways.
Press Menu, select Settings and choose Call.
Select Advanced settings then select Answer

mode and choose from Any key, Auto answer
when headset mode.

Using the speakerphone

During a call, you can activate speakerphone
by pressing RSK (H-Free) and you can use
the handset in hands-free mode.

If the speakerphone is active, press RSK
(H-Held) again to resume normal handset
conversation mode.

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Speed dialling

Press Menu and select Contacts > Options
> Phonebook settings, then choose

Speed dial. Set the Status and choose
Set numbers. Assign contacts to any keys

between 6 and 8.
Speed dial 1 is set to your voice mail, 9 key

is set to SOS mode and 2,3,4 & 5 keys are
assigned to Speed SIM Budget. so you can
not change these keys.

TIP! Speed SIM budget is the function that
is easy way for checking SIM budget. If you
register Speed SIM budget, you can get the
information of SIM budget by long press of ‘2’
/ ‘3’ / ‘4' / ‘5' in idle screen.

Note : To activate Speed dial , status should be
On (Speed dial > Status)

Viewing your call logs

Press to view your missed, received and
dialled call logs.

Changing the call settings

You can set the menu relevant to a call.
Press Menu, select Settings and choose

Call.

Cost save mode

Every contact is added along with assigned
SIM when adding in phone book. During
Calling, matching operator SIM is identified
and the operation is completed using the

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matching operator SIM. This makes possible
to use benefit from using same operator.

To use Cost save mode feature,make sure
the feature is On [Settings -> Call -> Cost

save mode]
Note: Cost save mode doesn’t work during

in-call.

Advanced settings

Blacklist - This menu shows you the phone

numbers of person you have chosen to
reject. You can add the new number in
Blacklist numbers. The incoming calls
received from the Blacklist numbers will be
automatically rejected.

Contacts

Searching for a contact

1. Select Contacts from the home screen.

2. Using the keypad enter the first letter of

the contact you want to call.

3. Press Up/Down navigation key to scroll
through the contacts.

Adding a new contact

1. Select Contacts from the home screen.

2. Choose the contact storage location.

3. Then enter the Name, Number & details

of your new contact, select Options then
choose Save.

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TIP! Assign SIM field is used to assign the
Contact to Default SIM/SIM1/SIM2/SIM3/
SIM4. Call will be originated via assigned SIM
for the Contact when Cost Save mode is ON.

Adding a contact to a group

You can save your contacts into groups,
for example, keeping your work colleagues
and family separate. To make a group press
Option from the Contacts menu. And select

Caller groups. You can set the Group name,
Group picture, Group ringtone in Add new
group.

Messaging

Sending a message

1. Press Menu, select Messaging, and choose
Write message to send an SMS or MMS.

2. A new message editor will open. The

message editor combines text message
and multimedia messages into one
intuitive and easy to switch between
editor. The default setting of the
message editor is text message.

3. Enter your message using either the T9
predictive mode or Abc manual mode
or 123 mode. You can switch text input
modes by pressing the key.

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4. If you want to add some images or
videos etc, select Options and choose

Add Picture, Add sound, Add video, Add
subject.

5. From Options choose Send to then
Select Enter recipient, Add from
Phonebook or Recent input. You can

even add multiple contacts by marking
the contacts.

Note: Message can be sent to a group also.
Edit the message then press OK Key and
select Add from phonebook. Navigate to the
right to select Caller groups and select the
group you want.

6. Press Send icon to send the
message.

TIP! You can select your message type as
SMS or MMS when you enter text by pressing

Options > Switch to MMS/SMS.
WARNING: Image, Video clip, Sound clip or

Subject is added to the message editor, it will
be automatically converted to MMS mode and
you will be charged accordingly.

Entering text

You can enter alphanumeric characters
using the phone’s keypad. The following text
input methods are available in the phone:
T9 mode, Abc mode and 123 mode.

To change modes, press the key.

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

T9 mode

T9 mode uses a built-in dictionary to
recognise words you’re writing based on
the key sequences you press. Simply press
the number key associated with the letter
you want to enter, and the dictionary will
recognise the word once all the letters are
entered.

Using the T9 Mode

1. When you are in the T9 predictive text

input mode, start entering a word by

pressing keys to . Press one key
per letter.

- If the word is still incorrect after typing
completely, press the Up & Down
navigation keys to scroll through the
other word options.

- If the desired word is missing from the
word choices list, add it by using the
Abc mode.

2. Enter the whole word.

- To delete letters, press Clear.

- Complete each word with a space by
pressing the key.