LG -A180 User Manual

LG-A180 User Guide
- English
This guide will help you to understand your new mobile phone. It will provide
you with useful explanations of the features on your phone.
Some of the contents of this manual may differ from your phone depending on
the phone software or your service provider.
Making an Emergency call when there is no
USIM card present in the handset:
1. Enter emergency number 111 or 112
2. Press Voice call to activate Emergency call.
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Making a call from your contacts
• Any key – You can answer a call by pressing any key.
• Send key only – You can answer a call only by
1 Press (up) to open the address book.
pressing the Send key.
2 On the keypad, enter the first letter of the contact
you want to call.
Changing your call settings
3 To scroll through your contacts, use the up and down
You can set the menu depending on the call. Press
navigation keys. And to scroll through their different
Menu, select Settings and choose Call.
numbers, use the left and right navigation keys.
• Call divert – Select methods for diverting calls.
4 Press to initiate the call.
• Call waiting – Select Active or cancel call waiting.
Answering and rejecting a call
Checking your call history
When your phone rings, press Accept or press
to answer the call. While your phone is ringing, You can check the record of all, missed, dialled,
select Silent to mute the ringing. This is great if you received calls and call durations. The number and name
have forgotten to change your profile to Silent for a (if available) are displayed together with the date and
meeting. time at which the call was made. You can also view the
number of times you have called. Press Menu, select
Press or Reject to reject the incoming call.
Call history.
TIP! You can change the settings on your phone to answer
your calls in different ways. Press Menu, select Settings and
choose Call. Select Answer mode and choose Any key or
Send key only.
123 mode
Type numbers using one keystroke per number. You can also add numbers while remaining in letter modes by
pressing and holding the desired key.
Contacts
You can search for a contact in your Contacts.
1 Press Contacts and choose Search, select Contacts from the Menu screen or press
standby screen.
2 On the keypad enter the first letter of the contact you want to call.
3 To scroll through the contacts, use the up and down navigation keys. To scroll through their different numbers
use the left and right navigation keys.
• New contact – You can add phonebook entries by using this menu.
• Speed dials – Assign contacts to any keys between 2 and 9.
• Copy all – You can copy all entries from the SIM card memory to the Phone memory or from the Phone memory to
the SIM card memory.
Profiles
You change your profile, then choose from General, Silent, Outdoor, Flight mode and Headset.
• General – After setting up this profile, the indicator will be displayed on the standby screen.
• Silent – Ring tone is disabled and Vibrate is activated. When you set up this profile, the indicator
displayed on the standby screen.
• Outdoor – This is the default profile. Ring tone and key tone volume are set to maximum. When you set up this
profile, the indicator will be displayed on the standby screen.
• Flight Mode – Use this function to switch the Flight mode On or Off. You will not be able to make calls or send
messages when Flight mode is switched On.
• Headset – When the headset is connected to the phone, the indicator
You can personalise your call alert type, ring tones, ring volume, message alert type, message tones, message
volume, keypad tones, keypad volume, effect sound volume and power on/off volume.
Tools
• Torch – Turn on/off the torch directly by holding the up navigation key for 3 seconds.
• Calculator – This contains the standard functions such as Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division.
• Stopwatch – This option allows you to use the function of a stopwatch.
Getting to know your phone
Earphone jack
Earpiece
Display screen
Soft keys
Each of these keys
performs the functions
indicated by the text on
the display immediately
above them.
Send key
You can dial a phone
number and answer
incoming calls.
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Quick feature reference
Messaging
Sending a message
1 Press Menu, select Messaging and choose New message.
2 A new message editor will open. The default setting of the message editor is SMS mode.
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
4 Press Options and choose Insert to add an Symbol, Template, Contact, Business card.
5 Press Send to.
6 Enter the phone number or press Options and select Contacts or Recent list to open your contacts list.
7 Press Options and choose Send.
• Inbox – You will be alerted when you have received a message. It will also be saved here.
• Drafts – This menu shows the message you have saved.
• Outbox – This menu allows you to view the message which is about to be sent or could not be sent.
• Delete all – You can delete all entries from the SIM card memory or Phone memory.
• Memory status – You can check the memory status for your SIM and phone.
• Information
› Service dial numbers – Access the list of service numbers assigned by your service provider securely.
› Own number – You can save and check your own numbers on the SIM card.
› Business card – You can save and check your business card containing information including your name, mobile
phone, home, office and email, and send it in a message.
(right soft key) from the
Call history
You can check the record of all, missed, dialled, received calls and call durations. The number and name (if available)
are displayed together with the date and time at which the call was made. You can also view the number of times
you have called.
• All calls – Displays the lists of all three types (Received/Dialled/Missed calls) by time.
• Missed calls – This option lets you view the last 20 unanswered calls.
• Dialled calls – This option lets you view the last 20 outgoing calls (called or attempted).
• Received calls – This option lets you view the last 20 incoming calls.
• Call duration – Allows you to view the duration of your incoming and outgoing calls.
• Unit converter – This converts any measurement into a unit you want.
• World clock – Allows you to determine the current time in another time zone or country.
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• Alarms – You can set up to 3 alarm clocks to go off at a specified time.
• Calendar – When you enter this menu, a calendar appears. A square cursor is placed on the current date. You can
move the cursor to another date using the navigation keys.
• Memo – You can register your own memos here.
will be displayed on the standby screen. Settings
• Date & Time – You can set functions relating to the date and time.
• Language – You can change the language for the display texts in your phone. This change will also affect the
Language Input mode.
• Display – You can adjust settings for the phone display.
• Call – You can set the menu depending on the call.
Torch
Hand Strap Hole
Navigation keys
Use for quick access to
phone functions.
Charger port
(up) : Contacts
(down) : Keypad Lock
(left) : Messaging
(right) : FM radio
End/Power key
Allows you to power the
phone on or off, end calls, or
return to Standby mode.
Alphanumeric keys
Most of the time, the
numeric keys are used to
input numbers or characters.
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Installing the SIM Card and Charging the Battery
Installing the SIM Card
When you subscribe to a mobile phone network, you are provided with a plug-in SIM card which is loaded with
your subscription details, such as your PIN, any optional services available and many others.
Important! › The plug-in SIM card and its contacts can easily be 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 supported
Illustrations
1 Open battery cover 1 2
2 Remove the battery
3 Insert your SIM
4 Insert the battery
5 Close the battery cover
6 Charge your battery
4 5
WARNING: Do not remove the
battery while the phone is
switched on, as this may
damage the phone.
• Sent – This menu allows you to view the messages which have already been sent, including time and content.
• Listen voicemail – This menu provides you with a quick way to access your voice mailbox.
• Info messages – Info service messages are text messages that are delivered by the network to your handset.
• Templates – There are pre-defined messages in the list. You can view and edit the template messages or create
new messages.
• Settings – This menu allows you to set the features of your network service provider.
Entering text
You can enter alphanumeric characters via the phone's keypad. For example, storing names in Contacts, writing
a message and scheduling events in the calendar all require entering text. The following text input methods are
available in the phone: T9 predictive mode, ABC manual mode and 123 mode.
Note: Some fields may allow only one text input mode (e.g. telephone number in address book fields).
T9 predictive mode
T9 predictive 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.
ABC manual mode
This mode allows you to enter letters by pressing the key labelled with the required letter once, twice, three or four
times until the letter is displayed.
Games
Your LG-A180 comes with preloaded games to keep you amused when you have time to spare. Press Menu and
select Games.
FM radio (Wireless FM)
With embedded FM antenna, you can receive FM radio without an external earphone. You can listen to your
favourite radio station anytime.
Note: In weak FM radio signal area the sensitivity can degrade with wireless and antenna mode. So it is advisable to
insert the ear-mic for better and enhanced FM quality.
Listening to the radio
1 Press Menu and select FM radio.
2 Select the channel number of the station you would like to listen to.
Note: You can listen to the radio via built-in speaker. Press Options, select Listen via and choose Speaker when
ear-mic is inserted.
• Auto key lock – Lock the keypad automatically in standby screen.
• Security – This menu allows you to set the phone securely.
› PIN code request – Choose a PIN code to be requested when you turn your phone on.
› Phone lock – Choose a security code to lock your phone, When power on, When SIM changed or Immediately.
› Call barring – Choose a barring password for all outgoing calls, outgoing international, outgoing international
when roaming, all incoming calls, or incoming when roaming.
› Fixed dial number – Choosing a PIN2 code to enable fixed dial number lets you restrict calls to only those in
Contacts.
› Change codes – To change your security code or PIN1 or PIN2 code, enter the old code followed by the new one.
• Power save – If you set Always on, you can save the battery power when you are not using the phone. Choose to
switch between power save settings Always on, Night only or Off.
• Network selection – You can select a network that will be registered either automatically or manually.
• Reset settings – Use Reset to restore the factory settings. You need the security code to activate this function. The
default number is "0000".
• Memory status – You can check the free space and memory usage of each repository.
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