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Some of contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider. KE990 User Guide ENGLISH...
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Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact KE990 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology.
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Set up Your standby screen The basics Get creative Get organised The web Settings Accessories...
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Changing your text message settings ..32 Using call divert ........21 Changing your multimedia message Using call barring ........21 settings ..........33 Changing the common call setting ..22 Changing your other settings ....33 LG KE990 | User Guide...
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Get creative Your photos and videos ......48 Viewing your photos and videos ....48 Camera ..........34 Using zoom when viewing a video Taking a quick photo ......34 or photo ..........48 After you’ve taken your photo ....34 Adjusting the volume when viewing Getting to know the viewfi...
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Adding a city to your world clock .... 71 Creating a movie ........62 Converting a unit ........71 Music ..........62 Transferring music onto your phone ..62 Playing a song ........63 Creating a playlist ........63 LG KE990 | User Guide...
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PC Sync ..........72 Settings Installing LG PC Suite on your computer .. 72 Changing your screen settings ....80 Connecting your phone and PC....72 Personalising your profi les ......80 Backing up and restoring your phone’s Changing your phone settings ....81 information ..........
Dials a phone number and answers incoming calls. 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. Capture button LG KE990 | User Guide...
Open view 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...
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. LG KE990 | User Guide...
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5 Charging your phone Slide back the cover of the charger socket 3 Install the SIM card on the side of your KE990. Insert the Slide the SIM card into the SIM card holder. charger and plug into a mains electricity Make sure that the gold contact socket.
Installing a memory card then touch and choose Expand the memory space available on your Phone settings. phone using a memory card. The KE990 Touch Memory manager then chose will support up to a 2GB memory card. External memory. TIP: Memory card is an optional accessory.
Menu map My stuff Camera Screen Profi les Dialling Contacts Browser Google Phone Call Muvee Music Call logs Messaging Organiser Alarms settings settings studio Memos Tools Voice Video Flight Bluetooth recorder playlists mode Games FM radio & Apps...
Your standby screen Whenever your KE990 isn’t in use it’ll return Status bar Multitasking 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.
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...
EDGE in use New text message Roaming New voice message Flight mode is selected Message inbox is full Bluetooth is active Message sending failed HSDPA available An alarm is set 3G available Vibrate profi le in use LG KE990 | User Guide...
The shortcut menu Changing your profi le from the status bar The shortcut menu provides nine further Touch the icon that represents your current menu options. To open the shortcut menu: profi le setting in the status bar. Select Touch the standby screen once above the a profi...
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. LG KE990 | User Guide...
In-call options 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 to put a caller on hold. Touch Resume to continue your conversation. Keypad - Touch to open a numerical keypad for navigating menus with numbered...
Touch Swap to change between the calls. numbers you have called. To end one or both calls press Received calls - View the list of all the select End followed by All or Active. numbers that have called you. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Using call barring Missed calls - View the list of all the calls you have missed. Touch , select and choose Call charges - View the charges applied to Call settings. your dialled numbers (this service is network Touch Call barring. dependant, some operators are unable to Choose any or all of the six options: support this) and the call duration of all your...
Save new number - Choose Yes or No. 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. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Contacts Searching for a contact Adding a new contact From the standby screen touch There are two ways to search for a contact: and select Contacts. From the standby screen Select Add new. From the standby screen touch Choose whether to save the contact to open the address book.
Save to SIM/Handset - Choose to move Delete a group. or copy to the SIM card or handset (depending on where you originally saved the contact). Delete - Delete the contact. Touch Yes if you are sure. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Changing your contact settings Move - This works in the same way as Copy, but the contact will only be saved You can adapt your contact settings so to the location you’ve moved it to, e.g. that your address book works in the way if you move a contact from the SIM to you prefer.
Messaging Messaging Entering text Your KE990 combines SMS, MMS and email There are four ways to enter text: into one intuitive and easy to use menu. T9 predictive, Abc manual, Keyboard and Handwriting recognition. There are two ways to enter the messaging...
If the word you want doesn’t appear, touch In Handwriting mode you simply write on or Spell. If you touch Spell you can screen and your KE990 will convert your then enter the word using Abc manual mode handwriting into your message. Select...
You can stay in touch on the move using Save to server - Choose whether to email on your KE990. It’s quick and simple save your emails to the server. For IMAP4 to set up a POP3 or IMAP4 email account.
Touch Send and your email will be sent. To check manually: TIP! You can email Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents to your KE990 so you Touch then Email. can review them on the move. Touch the account you want to use...
fi nger up the screen. The list will move up so more items are You’ll recognise the folder structure used visible. on your KE990, it’s fairly self-explanatory. Inbox - All the messsages you receive are Touch then open Settings.
Managing your messages Message information - See additional information for the message, for example, You can use your Inbox to manage the time it was sent. your messages. If you see the message No space for SIM TIP! To scroll through a list of option, touch the message you should delete some messages last item visible and slide your fi...
Using templates Changing your text message settings Create templates for the SMS and MMS Your KE990 message settings are pre-defi ned messages you send most frequently. You’ll so that you can send messages immediately. fi nd some templates already on your phone, If you’d like to change the settings, see below...
Creation mode - Choose your message mode. Delivery time - Deliver your message at message settings a specifi c time. Your KE990 message settings are pre-defi ned Multi msg. centre - Enter the details for so that you can send messages immediately. your message centre.
Email or via Bluetooth. See page 26 for Sending a message, page 82 for Sending and receiving your fi les using Bluetooth. TIP! Move the camera mode switch to open the photo gallery. See page 41, Viewing your saved photos, for details. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Getting to know the viewfi nder 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. See Using the advanced settings on page 39 for details.
fl ash. This is useful if you want to save Take your photo. battery power. Touch the fl ash option you’d like to use. When you’ve made your selection the fl ash menu will automatically close, ready for you to take your picture. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Adjusting the contrast Frame - Choose from one of the fun frames to transform your Contrast defi nes the difference between light friend into a pirate or just decorate and dark in an image. A low contrast image their surroundings. will appear foggy, whereas a high contrast image will appear much sharper.
Note: Due to the image size the panoramic touch Save to save. photo will appear slightly distorted in the A tick will appear next to the image Gallery view. Touch it twice to view it properly. thumbnail. Touch Save to exit. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Using the advanced settings ISO - ISO determines the sensitivity of the camera’s light sensor. The higher the ISO, From the viewfi nder touch to open all the more sensitive the camera will be. This is the advanced settings options. useful in darker conditions when the fl...
You can change a photo taken in colour Select from the settings menu. to black and white or sepia after it’s taken but you cannot change a picture taken in black and white or sepia back to colour. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Viewing your saved photos Viewing the details of a photo You can access your saved photo’s from Touch the photo to bring it to the front within the camera mode and from the of the gallery screen. standby screen. From within the camera Touch the icon in the bottom right you simply move the camera mode switch...
Email or via Bluetooth. See page 26 for Sending messages, or page 82 for Sending and receiving your fi les using Bluetooth. TIP! Move the camera mode switch to open the gallery. See page 48, Viewing your photos and videos, for details. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Getting to know the viewfi nder Zoom - Touch to zoom in or to zoom out. Alternatively you can use the jog wheel around the lens. 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.
See Changing the Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Fluorescent video image size on page 45. or Cloudy. Colour tone - Choose a colour tone to apply to the video you’re taking. See Choosing a colour tone on page 46. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Changing the video image size Memory in use - Choose whether to save your videos to the Handset memory or The more pixels, the larger the fi le size, to the External memory. which in turn means they take up more memory.
15 frames per second.. WARNING: The great editing software on your LG KE990 is compatible with all video types except 640X384 and 640x480. Don’t record in this format if you plan to edit your video. Touch the video you want to view once...
Watching your videos on your TV Connect your KE990 to your TV using the TV output cable. Open the video you’d like to watch on TV, press and select Note: The TV output cable is available for purchase separately. WARNING:...
Touch the image then to return to the gallery. The image will be saved in the My stuff folder and appear in the gallery. You need to exit gallery and then re-open for this to appear. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Touch to close the details and view the WARNING: Some functions would not video still or photo. work properly if the multimedia fi le is not recorded on the phone. Sending a photo or video from the gallery Viewing the details of a video or photo Touch a photo or video twice to open it.
Touch here to view the photos in a random order (i.e. not the chronological order they appear in your gallery). Touch to skip to the next photo. Touch to return to the last photo shown. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Editing your photos Decorate your photo with stamps. There are loads of great things you can do to Choose from the different stamps available your photos to change them, add to them or and touch your photo wherever you’d like liven them up a little.
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. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Morphing a photo Select part of the photo. A traced line will appear around everything in that area Morphing a photo is great for changing the which is of the same or similar colour. facial expressions of friends, or just for For example, someone’s hair or the colour distorting a photo for artistic effect.
Use as, Print, Touch then Sort by and Memory manager options are Touch My stuff then choose My images. available for default images. Select a photo and touch Touch Send and choose from Message, Email or Bluetooth. LG KE990 | User Guide...
If you choose Message or Email, your Touch Use as and choose from: photo will be attached to the message and Home screen - Set a wallpaper for the you can write and send the message as standby screen. normal. If you choose Bluetooth, you will Outgoing call - Set an image to appear be prompted to turn Bluetooth on and your during outgoing calls.
To unmark an image, touch the image again so that the tick disappears from the box. Once you have marked all of the appropriate boxes, press and choose one of the options. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Checking your memory status My videos You can check to see how much of your The My videos folder shows the list of memory space you have used and how downloaded videos and videos you have much you have left to use. recorded on your phone.
From the My videos folder, you can choose you want. Video merge - Merge the video with from the following options: another video clip. Use as - Set a video as your ringtone. Send - Send a video to a friend. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Move - Move a video clip from the phone memory to a memory card or vice versa. Copy - Copy a video clip from the phone memory to a memory card or vice versa. Delete - Delete a video. Rename - Rename a video. Mark/Unmark - Select multiple fi...
Bluetooth is probably the easiest way to default and downloaded SWF fi les. transfer a fi le from your computer to your phone. You can also use LG PC Suite via Viewing an SWF fi le your sync cable, see page 72 for details.
Others Muvee studio The Others folder is used to store fi les which The Muvee studio allows you to create an are not pictures, sounds, videos, games or image slide show combined with music. applications. It is used in the same way as the Documents folder.
The easiest way to transfer music onto your Moden phone is via Bluetooth or your sync cable. Musical You can also use LG PC Suite, see page 72 Touch Play to see what you’ve created. for details. To transfer using Bluetooth: Touch then Save Location to choose where to save the movie.
Playing a song Creating a playlist Touch then You can create your own playlists by Touch Music, then All tracks. choosing a selection of songs from the Select the song you want to play and All tracks folder. touch Play. Touch then Touch...
Touch Music, then Playlists. Duration - Set the recording duration. Touch then Delete or Delete Choose from MMS message size, all to delete all of the playlists. 1 minute or No limit. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Delete, Use as (to use the recording as your ringtone) or Go to my sounds. Using the radio Your LG KE990 has an FM radio feature so you can tune into your favourite stations to listen to on the move.
Each channel will return to the Select the channel number you want starting 87.5Mhz frequency. to save the station to and touch OK. Note: You can also manually tune into a station by using displayed next to the radio frequency. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Listening to the radio Touch then Touch FM radio then touch the channel number of the station you would like to listen to. TIP! To improve the radio reception, extend the headset cord, which functions as the radio antenna.
A square cursor will mark the day that any events have been saved to and a bell will ring at the start time of your event, so that you can stay organised. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Adding an item to your to do list Using date fi nder From the standby screen select Date fi nder is a handy tool to help you then touch and choose Organiser. calculate what the date will be after a certain Select To do and touch Add.
OK to confi rm your choice. For more complex calculations, touch Once you have set your alarm, touch Save. and choose from sin, cos, tan, log, ln, Note: You can set up to 5 alarms. exp, sqrt, deg or rad. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Adding a city to your world clock Converting a unit From the standby screen select From the standby screen select then touch and choose Tools. then touch and choose Tools. Select World clock. Select Converter. Touch the icon, followed by Add city. Choose whether you would like to convert Start typing the name of the city you Currency, Surface, Length, Weight,...
Select Data Service and touch OK. Connect your phone to your PC as Insert the supplied CD into your PC. LG PC outlined above. Suite Installer will appear on your screen. Click on the Backup icon, and select Click on LG PC Suite Installer.
SIM onto your phone will be displayed on the card and handset. screen in the LG Phone folder. Click on File and select Save. You can now select where you would like to save...
PC to initiate Mass Storage. Note: Mass storage backs up content saved on your memory card only, not your handset memory. To transfer the content of your handset memory (e.g. contacts) you’ll need to synchronise using PC Sync. LG KE990 | User Guide...
DivX Converter Install the DivX converter which is supplied on the same CD as the PC Sync software. Once installed select DivX from the Program Files on your PC, then DivX converter followed by Converter. This will open the Converter application. Use the arrows in the application to change the conversion format to Mobile.
URL. Touch Save. Your Bookmark will now appear in the list of bookmarks. To access the bookmark simply scroll to the required bookmark and touch Open. You will be connected to your bookmark. LG KE990 | User Guide...
Saving a page Viewing your browser history Access your required webpage as From the standby screen select described above. then touch and choose Browser. Touch and select Save this page. Select History. Enter a name for the webpage so you can A list of web page titles you have accessed easily recognise it.
Using your phone as a modem Using Bluetooth: Ensure Bluetooth is switched On and Your KE990 can double as a modem for your Visible for both your PC and KE990. PC, giving you email and internet access even Pair your PC and KE990 so that a when you can’t connect using wires.
Settings Personalising your profi les Within this folder you can adapt your settings to make your KE990 personal to you. You can quickly change your profi le on the Note: For information on call settings see standby screen. Simply touch the currently page 22.
On or Off. service and synchronise your KE990 using Languages - Change the language the LG PC Suite software to copy fi les from of your KE990’s display. your phone. See page 72 for more Security - Adjust your security settings, information on synchronisation.
Settings Using memory manager Using fl ight mode Your KE990 has three memories available: the Turn on fl ight mode by selecting phone, the SIM Card and an external memory then . Touch Flight mode and select On. card (you may need to purchase Flight mode will not allow you to make calls, the memory card separately).
Pairing with another Bluetooth device To receive a fi le: To receive fi les your Bluetooth must be By pairing your KE990 and another device, both On and Visible. See change your you can set up a passcode protected Bluetooth settings below for more connection.
Follow the instructions that came with your headset to place your headset in pairing mode and pair your devices. Touch Yes to Connect now. Your KE990 will automatically switch to Headset profi le. TIP! See page 22 for details on BT answer...
Accessories These accessories were supplied with KE990. Data cable and CD Charger Connect and synchronise your KE990 and PC. Battery User Guide Learn more about your KE990. Stylus and carry strap Note • Always use genuine LG accessories. • Failure to do this may invalidate your warranty.
General The wireless phone described in this guide is approved for use on the GSM 900, Product name : KE990 DCS 1800, PCS1900. System : GSM 900 / DCS 1800 / PCS 1900 A number of features included in this guide Ambient Temperatures are called Network Services.
Do not handle the phone with wet hands • Rate (SAR) information while it is being charged. It may cause an This mobile phone model KE990 has been electric shock or seriously damage your designed to comply with applicable safety phone requirement for exposure to radio waves.
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While there may be differences between Do not disassemble this unit. Take it to a • • the SAR levels of various LG phone qualifi ed service technician when repair models, they are all designed to meet the work is required.
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Turn off your mobile phone before boarding • require. any aircraft. RF energy may affect some electronic • Do not use it on the ground without crew • systems in your vehicle such as car permission. stereos and safety equipment. LG KE990 | User Guide...
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Unlike manufacturer’s instructions. other battery systems, there is no memory effect thatcould 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 •...
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