LG LGB525 Owner’s Manual [en,fr]

User Guide
Guide de l’utilisateur
Guia do Utilizador

LG-B525

ENGLISH
FRANÇAIS
PORTUGUÊS

MFL68587901 (1.0) www.lg.com

User Guide

• Screen displays and illustrations may differ from

those you see on actual phone.

• Some of the contents of this guide may not apply

to your phone, depending on the software and your
service provider. All information in this document is
subject to change without notice.

• This handset is not suitable for people who have a

visual impairment due to the touch screen keyboard.

• Copyright ©2014 LG Electronics, Inc. All rights

reserved. LG and the LG logo are registered
trademarks of LG Group and its related entities. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

ENGLISH

Table of contents

Guidelines for safe and efficient use .......4

Installing the SIM Cards and Charging

the Battery ..............................................11

Installing the SIM Card ...........................11

Dual SIM setting ....................................13

Smart call divert ....................................13

Installing a Memory card .......................14

Formatting the Memory card..................14

Phone Components .................................15

Phone Components ................................15

Accessories ...........................................17

Using your touch screen.........................18

Touch screen tips ..................................18

Control the touch screen ........................18

Calls ........................................................19

Making a call .........................................19

Making a call from your contacts ...........19

Answering and rejecting a call ...............19

Cost save mode .....................................20

Advanced settings .................................20

Contacts ..................................................21

Searching for a contact ..........................21

Adding a new contact ............................21

Messaging ...............................................22

Sending a message ...............................22

Entering text .........................................22

E-mail ......................................................23

Camera ....................................................24

Taking a quick photo ..............................24

After taking a photo ...............................24

Using the advanced settings ..................24

Video camera ..........................................25

Making a quick video ............................25

After making a video .............................25

Using the advanced settings ..................25

Music .......................................................26

Managing files ........................................27

Applications ...........................................28

Tools ......................................................28

Setting your alarm ...............................28

Voice recorder .....................................28

Using your calculator ............................28

Converting a unit .................................28

Installing LG PC Suite on

your computer ........................................29

The web ...................................................30

Accessing the web.................................30

Settings ...................................................31

Changing your phone settings ................31

SOS Service settings .............................31

Changing your connectivity settings .......32

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Sending and receiving your files using

Bluetooth ...............................................32

Knock On ...............................................33

Knock Code ...........................................33

Wi-Fi ........................................................34

Phone Software update ..........................35

LG Mobile Phone Software update from

internet ..................................................35

Troubleshooting ......................................36

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Guidelines for safe and efficient use

Please read these simple guidelines. Not following these guidelines may be dangerous
or illegal.

Exposure to radio frequency energy

Radio wave exposure and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) information.
This mobile phone model LG-B525 has been designed to comply with applicable safety
requirements for exposure to radio waves. These requirements are based on scientific
guidelines that include safety margins designed to assure the safety of all persons,
regardless of age and health.

• The radio wave exposure guidelines employ a unit of measurement known as the
Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. Tests for SAR are conducted using standardised
methods with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all used
frequency bands.

• While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various LG phone models,
they are all designed to meet the relevant guidelines for exposure to radio waves.

• The SAR limit recommended by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) is 2 W/kg averaged over 10 g of tissue.

• The highest SAR value for this model phone tested for use at theear is 1.04 W/kg
(10 g) and when worn on the body is 0.794 W/Kg (10 g).

• This device meets RF exposure guidelines when used either in the normal use
position against the ear or when positioned at least 1.5 cm away from the body.
When a carry case, belt clip or holder is used for body-worn operation, it should not
contain metal and should position the product at least 1.5 cm away from your body.
In order to transmit data files or messages, this device requires a quality connection
to the network. In some cases, transmission of data files or messages may be
delayed until such a connection is available. Ensure the above separation distance
instructions are followed until the transmission is completed.

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Product care and maintenance

WARNING

Only use batteries, chargers and accessories approved for use with this
particular phone model. The use of any other types may invalidate any
approval or warranty applying to the phone and may be dangerous.

• Do not disassemble this unit. Take it to a qualified service technician when repair

work is required.

• Repairs under warranty, at LG’s discretion, may include replacement parts or boards

that are either new or reconditioned, provided that they have functionality equal to
that of the parts being replaced.

• Keep away from electrical appliances such as TVs, radios and personal computers.

• The unit should be kept away from heat sources such as radiators or cookers.

• Do not drop.

• Do not subject this unit to mechanical vibration or shock.

• Switch off the phone in any area where you are required to by special regulations.

For example, do not use your phone in hospitals as it may affect sensitive medical
equipment.

• Do not handle the phone with wet hands while it is being charged. It may cause an

electric shock and can seriously damage your phone.

• Do not charge a handset near flammable material as the handset can become hot

and create a fire hazard.

• Use a dry cloth to clean the exterior of the unit (do not use solvents such as benzene,

thinner or alcohol).

• Do not charge the phone when it is on soft furnishings.

• The phone should be charged in a well ventilated area.

• Do not subject this unit to excessive smoke or dust.

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Guidelines for safe and efficient use

• Do not keep the phone next to credit cards or transport tickets; it can affect the
information on the magnetic strips.

• Do not tap the screen with a sharp object as it may damage the phone.

• Do not expose the phone to liquid or moisture.

• Use accessories like earphones cautiously. Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily.

• Do not use, touch or attempt to remove or fix broken, chipped or cracked glass.
Damage to the glass display due to abuse or misuse is not covered under the
warranty.

• Your phone is an electronic device that generates heat during normal operation.
Extremely prolonged, direct skin contact in the absence of adequate ventilation may
result in discomfort or minor burns. Therefore, use care when handling your phone
during or immediately after operation.

Efficient phone operation

Electronics devices

All mobile phones may receive interference, which could affect performance.

• Do not use your mobile phone near medical equipment without requesting
permission. Avoid placing the phone over pacemakers, for example, in your breast
pocket.

• Some hearing aids might be disturbed by mobile phones.

• Minor interference may affect TVs, radios, PCs etc.

• Use your phone in temperatures between 0ºC and 40ºC, if possible. Exposing your
phone to extremely low or high temperatures may result in damage, malfunction, or
even explosion.

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Road safety

Check the laws and regulations on the use of mobile phones in the area when you
drive.

• Do not use a hand-held phone while driving.

• Give full attention to driving.

• Use a hands-free kit, if available.

• Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving conditions so

require.

• RF energy may affect some electronic systems in your vehicle such as car stereos

and safety equipment.

• When your vehicle is equipped with an air bag, do not obstruct with installed or

portable wireless equipment. It can cause the air bag to fail or cause serious injury
due to improper performance.

• If you are listening to music whilst out and about, please ensure that the volume is

at a reasonable level so that you are aware of your surroundings. This is of particular
importance when near roads.

Avoid damage to your hearing

To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume
levels for long periods.

Damage to your hearing can occur if you are exposed to loud sound for long periods of
time. We therefore recommend that you do not turn on or off the handset close to your
ear. We also recommend that music and call volumes are set to a reasonable level.

• When using headphones, turn the volume down if you cannot hear the people speaking

near you, or if the person sitting next to you can hear what you are listening to.

NOTE: Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can
cause hearing loss

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Guidelines for safe and efficient use

Glass Parts

Some parts of your mobile device are made of glass. This glass could break if your
mobile device is dropped on a hard surface or receives a substantial impact. If the glass
breaks, do not touch or attempt to remove it. Stop using your mobile device until the
glass is replaced by an authorised service provider.

Blasting area

Do not use the phone where blasting is in progress. Observe restrictions and follow any
regulations or rules.

Potentially explosive atmospheres

• Do not use your phone at a refueling point.

• Do not use near fuel or chemicals.

• Do not transport or store flammable gas, liquid or explosives in the same
compartment of your vehicle as your mobile phone or accessories.

In aircraft

Wireless devices can cause interference in aircraft.

• Turn your mobile phone off before boarding any aircraft.

• Do not use it on the ground without permission from the crew.

Children

Keep the phone in a safe place out of the reach of small children. It includes small parts
which may cause a choking hazard if detached.

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Emergency calls

Emergency calls may not be available on all mobile networks. Therefore you should
never depend solely on your phone for emergency calls. Check with your local service
provider.

Battery information and care

• You do not need to completely discharge the battery before recharging. Unlike other

battery systems, there is no memory effect that could compromise the battery’s
performance.

• Use only LG batteries and chargers. LG chargers are designed to maximize the

battery life.

• Do not disassemble or short-circuit the battery.

• Keep the metal contacts of the battery clean.

• Replace the battery when it no longer provides acceptable performance. The battery

pack may be recharged hundreds of times before it needs replacing.

• Recharge the battery if it has not been used for a long time to maximize usability.

• Do not expose the battery charger to direct sunlight or use it in high humidity, such as

in the bathroom.

• Do not leave the battery in hot or cold places, as this may deteriorate battery

performance.

• There is risk of explosion if the battery is replaced with an incorrect type.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Please recycle

when possible. Do not dispose as household waste.

• If you need to replace the battery, take it to the nearest authorised LG Electronics

service point or dealer for assistance.

• Always unplug the charger from the wall socket after the phone is fully charged to

save unnecessary power consumption of the charger.

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Guidelines for safe and efficient use

• Actual battery life will depend on network configuration, product settings, usage
patterns, battery and environmental conditions.

• Make sure that no sharp-edged items such as animal’s teeth or nails, come into
contact with the battery. This could cause a fire.

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Hereby, LG Electronics declares that this LG-B525 product is in compliance
with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive

1999/5/EC. A copy of the Declaration of Conformity can be found at
http://www.lg.com/global/declaration

Notice: Open Source Software

To obtain the corresponding source code under GPL, LGPL, MPL and other
open source licences, please visit http://opensource.lge.com/
All referred licence terms, disclaimers and notices are available for download
with the source code.

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Installing the SIM Cards and Charging the Battery

Installing the SIM Card

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.

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

Always switch off your phone and disconnect the charger before removing the battery.

1 Open back cover.

2 Remove the battery.

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Installing the SIM Cards and Charging the Battery

3 Insert your SIM Cards.

4 Insert your battery.

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.

Dual SIM setting

You can see two Network Signal icons on the left-top of the screen when you insert two
SIM-Card.
To Activate/Deactivate the SIM card, Go to Settings > Phone > UART settings.

Smart call divert

Smart call divert activates call waiting and call forward for both SIMs. when you in-call
with SIM1 or SIM2 call are forward to SIM1 and vice versa.

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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.

NOTE: Memory card is an optional accessory.

Formatting the Memory card

Select My Stuff from Menu, then select External memory press menu and Format.

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.

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Phone Components

Phone Components

Earpiece

Back key

• Go back to a previous screen.

Home key

• Return to the Home screen from any screen.

Menu key

• Display the available options.

Dual SIM key

• Choose which SIM card you're going to use.
Long press to view call settings.

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Phone Overview

TOP

BOTTOM

Volume keys

• In the Home screen: Ring tone and touch tone volume

• During a call: Earpiece volume.

• Down volume key: Press and hold to activate/ deactivate

Silent mode.

Power/Lock key

• Short press to turn on/off the screen.

• Long press for power on/off.

Handsfree or Stereo earphone connector

Charger/USB port

Microphone

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Accessories

There are various accessories for your mobile phone. You can select these options
according to your personal communication requirements.

Travel adaptor

Battery

User Guide Headset

NOTE:

• Always use genuine LG accessories. Failure to do this may

invalidate your warranty.

• Accessories may be different in different regions; please check with
our regional service company or agent for further enquires.

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Using your touch screen

Touch screen tips

• To select an item, touch the centre of the icon.

• Do not press too hard; the touch screen is sensitive enough to pick up a light, yet

firm touch.

• Use the tip of your finger to touch the option you require. Be careful not to touch any

other keys.

• Whenever your LG-B525 is not in use, it will return to the lock screen.

Control the touch screen

The controls on the LG-B525 touch screen change dynamically depending on the task
you are carrying out.

Opening Applications

To open any application, simply touch its icon.

Scrolling

Drag from side to side to scroll. On some screens, such as the Logs list, you can also
scroll up or down.

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Calls

Making a call

1 Touch the field box to open the keypad.
2 Enter the number using the keypad.
3 Touch to initiate the call.

TIP! To enter + for making an international call, touch and hold “0”.

Press the power key to lock the touch screen to prevent calls being made by mistake.

Making a call from your contacts

1 From the home screen touch to open the Contacts.
2 Tap the search field box on the bottom of the screen and enter the first few letters

of the contact you would like to call using the keypad.

3 From the filtered list, touch the contact ,then touch Call icon to make a call. The call

will use the default number if there is more than one number for that contact.

4 Or you can touch the contact name and touch the number to call,if there is more

than one number for that contact. You can also touch key to initiate the call to
the default number.

Answering and rejecting a call

When your phone rings, touch key to answer the call.
Ring and vibrator will stop for the incoming call for the first key press of side volumes
up/down keys.This is useful if you forgot to change your profile to Silent for a meeting.
Touch on Reject tab to reject an incoming call in alerting screen.

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Calls

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
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

This menu allows you to configure your Call advanced settings. To access Advanced
setting, [Settings>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 of
Blacklist numbers will be rejected when Reject number in blacklist option is set to On.

Fake call - Fake call imitates a real incoming call. Enter ‘#*#’ on the
Dialpad to activate a fake call. This doesn’t charge any fee.

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Contacts

Searching for a contact

1 Touch Contacts.
2 Enter the first few letters of the contact’s name you want to call by touching Search

Adding a new contact

1 Touch Contacts and touch Add new contact.
2 Choose whether to save the contact to your SIM1, SIM2 or phone.
3 Enter name.
4 You can enter up to five different numbers per contact.
5 Add an email addresses. You can enter up to two different email addresses per

contact.

6 Touch Save to save the contact.

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Messaging

Sending a message

1 Touch Messaging and touch Write message to begin composing a new message.
2 Touch Menu to insert Symbol, insert template and so on.
3 Touch To: field at the top of the screen to enter the recipients, then enter the

number or touch to select a contact. You can even add multiple contacts.

4 Touch when ready.

WARNING: If an image, video, sound, New slide and so on is

added to an SMS it will be automatically converted to an MMS and
you will be charged accordingly.

Entering text

You can choose your input method by tapping and Input method.
Touch to turn on Spell word. This icon is only shown when you choose Keypad as
the input method. Touch to change between numbers, symbols and text input. Use
Shift key to change between capital or lowercase input.

TIP: You can send SMS to many contacts at a time. User can select/
deselect contacts for sending the message. Only 20 contacts can
be marked and if user choose Select all only first 20 contacts will be
marked.
To send the SMS to a particular group of contacts select Groups
and select particular group.

NOTE: Excuse message - During Incoming call alert, a preset
message can be send by taping on Excuse msg.

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E-mail

Touch E-mail from Menu Screen.
If the email account is not set up, start the email set up wizard and finish it. You can
check and edit settings also you can check the additional settings that were filled in
automatically when you created the account.

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Camera

Taking a quick photo

1 Touch Camera icon.
2 When the camera has focused on your subject, touch to take a photo.

TIP: To switch to the camera mode or video mode, Tap the camera/
video icon on the Top-right of the viewfinder.

After taking a photo

Your captured photo will appear on the screen.
The following options are available.
Touch .

Delete - Touch to delete the image.
Forward - Touch to send the photo as a Multimedia message, e-mail or Via Bluetooth.

Using the advanced settings

From the Image Viewer, touch to open all advanced settings options.
After selecting the option, touch the OK button.

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Video camera

Making a quick video

To switch to the camera mode or video mode, Tap the camera/video icon on the Top­right of the viewfinder.

1 Holding the phone horizontally, point the lens towards the subject of the video.
2 Touch the red dot .
3 REC will appear at the bottom of the viewfinder with a timer at the bottom

showing the length of the video.

4 To pause the video, touch and resume by selecting .
5 Touch on screen to stop video recording.

After making a video

A still image representing your captured video will appear on the screen. The name of
the video is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Delete - Touch to delete the image.
Forward - Touch to send the photo as Multimedia message, e-mail, or Via Bluetooth.
Play - Touch to pause, resume, forward or back-ward the video

Using the advanced settings

From the Media Player, touch to open all advanced settings options. You can change
the video camera setting after selecting the option, touch the OK button.

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Music

To access the music player, touch Media Player. From here, you can access a All songs
and All videos.

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Managing files

You can store multimedia files in your phone’s memory so you have easy access to all
your images, sounds, and videos. You can also save your files to a memory card. Using
a memory card allows you to free up space in your phone’s memory.

By touching My stuff, you can open a list of the folders that store all your multimedia
files.

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Applications

You can install new games and applications on your phone to keep you amused when
you have spare time. Touch Applications and choose My Games & Apps, Settings.

Tools

Setting your alarm

1 Touch Alarm clock.
2 Touch one of the lists, then you can set and save your alarm in this menu.

Voice recorder

Use your Voice recorder to record voice memos or other audio files.

Using your calculator

1 Touch Tools and select Calculator.
2 Touch the number keys to enter numbers.

Converting a unit

1 TouchTools and select Unit converter.
2 Choose whether you want to convert Length, Weight.
3 Then select the unit and enter the value you would like to convert from.

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