LG -A275 User Manual

LG-A275 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.
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Display Information On-Screen Icons
Tells you the strength of the network signal.
Icon areas
Indicates the battery charge level.
Indicates new text message(s).
Text and graphic area
Indicates new voice message(s).
Indicates that the alarm clock is set.
Menu Contacts Soft key indications
Indicates that your phone is using the general
profile.
Indicates that your phone is using the silent
profile.
Indicates that your phone is using the outdoor
profile.
Indicates that your phone is using the headset
profile.
Indicates that all calls are being diverted to
another number.
Indicates that your phone is in Flight mode.
Indicates new schedule(s).
Making a Call Answering and rejecting a call
1 Key in the number on the keypad. When your phone rings, press Accept or press
answer the call. While your phone is ringing, select Silent
2 Press to initiate the call.
to mute the ringing. This is great if you have forgotten to
3 To end the call, press .
change your profile to Silent for a meeting. Press
Reject to reject the incoming call.
TIP! To enter + when making an international call,
press and hold 0.
TIP! You can change the settings on your phone
to answer your calls in different ways. Press Menu,
select Settings and choose Call. Press Common
Making a call from your contacts
settings, select Answer mode and choose Any
key or Send key only.
1 Press Menu, select Contacts and choose Search.
2 On the keypad, enter the first few letter of the
contact you want to call. • Any key – You can answer a call by pressing any key.
3 To scroll through your contacts, use the up and • Send key only – You can answer a call only by
down navigation keys. And to scroll through their pressing the Send key.
different numbers, use the left and right navigation
keys.
4 Press to initiate the call.
• Info messages – Info service messages are text 3 To scroll through the contacts, use the up and
messages that are delivered by the network to your down navigation keys. To scroll through their
handset. different numbers use the left and right navigation
keys.
• Templates – There are pre-defined messages in the
list. You can view and edit the template messages or • New contact – You can add phonebook entries by
create new templates. using this menu.
• Settings – This menu allows you to set the features of • Speed dials – Assign contacts to any keys between 4
your network service provider. and 8. Speed dial 2 and 3 is set to SIM Budget and 9 is
set to SOS mode, so you can not change these keys.
Contacts › SIM budget - You can set Speed SIM budget through
Startup Wizard and Speed dial menu. It is easy way
for checking SIM budget by pressing and holding
You can search for a contact stored in your Contacts
the 2 or 3 key in Idle Screen.
menu.
• Copy all – You can copy all phone book entries from
1 Press Menu and choose Contacts, select Search or
the SIM card memory to the Phone memory or from
press (right soft key) from the standby screen.
the Phone memory to the SIM card memory.
2 On the keypad enter the first letter of the contact
you want to call.
Getting to know your phone
Earphone jack
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.
(up) : Torch
(down) : Calendar
(left) : New Message
(right) : Radio
Send key
• Initiates call to dialed
number.
• Answers incoming calls.
Menu and Options
Your phone offers a set of functions that allow you to customise it. These functions are arranged in menus and sub-
menus, which are accessed via the left and right soft keys. The label at the bottom of the display screen immediately
above the soft keys indicates their current function.
Menu
Press the left soft key to access
the available menu.
Changing your call settings
to You can set the menu depending on the call. Press
Menu, select Settings and choose Call > SIM1 or SIM2.
• Call divert – Select methods for diverting calls.
or
• Call barring – Choose a barring password for all
outgoing calls, outgoing international, outgoing
international except to home country, all incoming
calls, or incoming when abroad.
• Call waiting – Select Active or cancel call waiting.
• Fixed dial number – Choosing a PIN2 code to enable
fixed dial number lets you restrict calls only to
numbers in the Fixed dial number list.
• Delete all – You can delete all phone book 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 number – 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, home and email, and send it in a
message.
Installing the SIM Card and Charging the Battery
Earpiece Installing the SIM Card
Hand Strap Hole
When you subscribe to a mobile phone network, you
are provided with a plug-in SIM card which is loaded
Display screen Torch
with your subscription details, such as your PIN, any
optional services available and many others.
End/Power key
Important!
Allows you to power the
› The plug-in SIM card and its contacts can easily be
phone on or off, end calls, or
damaged by scratches or bending, so be careful
return to Standby mode.
Charger port when handling, inserting or removing the card.
Alphanumeric keys
Allow you Keep all SIM cards out of the reach of small children.
Most of the time, the
to power
› only 2G SIM supported
numeric keys are used to
charger only.
input numbers or characters.
Illustrations
1 Open battery cover
Note: Only alphanumeric
key is lighting when 2 Remove the battery
using a phone.
3 Insert your SIM cards
4 Insert the battery
5 Close the battery cover
6 Charge your battery
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. To change modes,
press the
Indicator
Contacts
Press the right soft key
to access contacts.
Quick feature reference
Checking your call history
You can check the records of All calls, Missed calls,
Dialled calls, Received calls, and Call duration. The
Messaging
number and name (if available) are displayed together
with the date and time at which the call was made. You
Sending a message
can also view the number of times you have called a
particular number. Press Menu, select Call history.
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 Options and choose Send to.
Call history Alarms
You can check the record of all, missed, dialled, You can set up to 3 alarm clocks to go on at a specified
received calls and call durations. The number and time.
name (if available) are displayed together with the date
and time at which the call was made. You can also view
FM radio
the number of times you have called.
• All calls – Displays the lists of all three types
With embedded FM antenna, you can receive FM radio
(Received/Dialled/Missed calls) by time.
without an external earphone. You can listen to your
• Missed calls – This option lets you view the last 20 favourite radio station anytime.
unanswered calls.
Listening to the radio
• Dialled calls – This option lets you view the last 20
1 Press Menu and select FM radio.
outgoing calls (called or attempted).
2 Select Options > Auto scan then confirm Yes to
• Received calls – This option lets you view the last 20
scan for FM channels or No to cancel.
incoming calls.
3 When your phone detects a channel, it will display a
• Call duration – Allows you to view the duration of
pop-up asking to save the channel. Confirm save or
your last call, all calls, dialled calls and received calls.
skip save by selecting No.
WARNING: Do not remove the battery while the phone
is switched on, as this may damage the phone.
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T9 Mode
In Editor, Press Options Choose "Set T9" Select On.
This mode allows you to enter words with only
one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad
is associated with more than one letter. T9 mode
automatically compares your keystrokes with an
key.
internal linguistic dictionary to determine the correct
word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the
Function (English Smart mode)
traditional ABC mode.
Numeric
Turning Your Phone On and Off
Multitap Abc
Multitap abc
You can power the phone on and off by pressing or
holding the power key.
Multitap ABC
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 send or that have failed to send.
• Sent – This menu allows you to view the messages
which have already been sent, including time and
content.
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• Listen voicemail – This menu provides you with a
quick way to access your voice mailbox.
Note: Your phone can only store a maximum of 12
channels. Device will stop auto scanning when all
12 channels have been saved or when it cannot
detect any more FM channels.
4 Select the channel by pressing the appropriate
channel number on the keypad or by using the left
or right navigation keys.
Note: Up and down navigation keys will increase
or decrease sound volume respectively.
5 Select the channel number of the station you
would like to listen to.
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.
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