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  • Page 1 Copyright ©2010 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.
  • Page 2 This device is not intended for sale in the USA. Part 15.21 statement " Change or Modifications that are not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. “ Part 15.105 statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 3 Part 15 Class B Compliance This device and its accessories comply with part15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device & its accessories may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device & its accessories must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 4: Getting To Know Your Phone

    Getting to know your phone Menu key Earpiece - Opens application menu and check Back key what options are - Returns to the available. previous screen. Send key End/Power/Lock - Dials a phone number and - Ends or rejects answers incoming a call.
  • Page 5 Volume keys Charger, micro USB - On the home screen: cable connector controls ringer volume. - During a call: controls your Search key earpiece volume. - Search the web and - When playing a track: contents in your phone. controls volume continuously.

  • Page 6: Installing The Sim Card And Battery

    Getting to know your phone Installing the SIM card and battery Before you can start exploring your new phone, you’ll need to set It up. To insert the SIM card and battery: With the back of the phone facing you, remove the back cover.

  • Page 7: Charging Your Phone

    Charging your phone Slide back the cover of the charger connector on the side of your LG-P500. Insert the charger, and plug it into an electrical outlet. Your LG-P500 Replace the back cover of the must be charged until you can phone and slide it down into place until the latch clicks.

  • Page 8: Installing The Memory Card

    Getting to know your phone NOTE: The LG-P500 has an internal antenna. Be careful not to scratch or damage this rear area, as that will cause loss of performance. Installing the memory card To store additional multimedia files such as captured images...

  • Page 9: Formatting The Memory Card

    Open the slot protection WARNING! and insert the memory card Do not insert or remove into the slot. Make sure the the memory card when the gold contact area is facing phone is on. Otherwise, it may downwards. damage the memory card as well as your phone, and the data stored on the memory card may be corrupted.

  • Page 10: Touch Screen Tips

    Your Home screen Touch-screen tips Use the tip of your finger to • touch the option you want. Be Here are some tips on how to careful not to touch any other navigate around your phone. keys. Touch - To choose a menu/ option or open an application, Touch calibration touch it.

  • Page 11: Lock And Unlock Screen

    Lock and unlock screen Whenever your LG-P500 is not in use, it will return to the lock screen. If you do not use the phone for a while, the home screen or other screen you are viewing, is replaced with the lock screen and then the screen darkens, to conserve the battery.

  • Page 12: Using Your Home Screen

    NOTE: Some screen images may be different depending on your phone provider. Select your default home screen The user interface is based on two types of home screens: LG Home and Android Home. You can set your favourite home screen as the default.
  • Page 13 LG Home Simply swipe your finger to the left or right to view them. You can also customise each panel with widgets, which are shortcuts to your favourite applications and folders. Tip! Small dots at the application tab on the bottom of the screen indicate...
  • Page 14 Your Home screen In your LG home screen, you can view quick keys on the bottom of the screen. The quick keys provide easy, one-touch access to the functions you use the most. Touch the Phone Touch the icon to bring up the...

  • Page 15: Android Home

    Android Home Simply swipe your finger to the left or right to view them. You can also customise each panel with widgets, which are shortcuts to your favourite applications and folders. Touch the Applications icon to open the applications menu. Just touch and slide up or down the screen to scroll through your applications.

  • Page 16: Adding Widgets To Your Home Screen

    Touch and hold that icon. NOTE: LG Home and Android Home The Applications icon will be provide this function. To add an change as the Trash icon. desired icon to your home screen:...

  • Page 17: Viewing The Status Bar

    Notification drawer Viewing the status bar The notification drawer runs The status bar uses different across the top of your screen. icons to display phone Touch and slide the notification information, such as signal drawer down with your finger. strength, new messages, battery Or, on the home screen, life, and active Bluetooth and touch Menu key and select...
  • Page 18 Your Home screen Icon Description Icon Description Speakerphone Battery fully charged Call mute Battery is charging Missed call Data in Bluetooth on Data out Bluetooth connected Data in and out System warning USB to PC Alarm Download New voicemail Upload Flight mode GPS is acquiring Silent...

  • Page 19: Google Account Setup

    Google Account Set-up The first time you open the When you’re finished to Google application on your input name and username, tap Next. Your phone is phone, you will be required to sign in with your existing Google communicating with Google account.
  • Page 20 Google Account Set-up Once you have set up your Google account on your phone, your phone will be automatically synchronised with your Google account on the web. (It depends on your synchronization settings.) After sign in, you can use Google Mail, Google Calendar, Android Market and Google Map;...

  • Page 21: Calling Your Contacts

    Calls Making a call Answering and rejecting a call Touch to open the keypad. When your phone rings, press Enter the number on the the Send key to answer. You can keypad. To delete a digit, also drag the Call icon touch the Clear icon the right.

  • Page 22: Viewing Your Call Logs

    Calls Call the number, or search Touch any single call TIP! your contacts. log entry to view the date, time, Touch the Call icon and duration of the call. connect the call. Touch the Menu key, TIP! Both calls will be displayed then touch Clear call log to on the call screen.
  • Page 23 Fixed Dial Numbers – Select Call barring – Select when you Fixed Dial Numbers to turn on would like calls to be barred. and compile a list of numbers Enter the call barring password. that can be called from your Please check with your network phone.

  • Page 24: Searching For A Contact

    Contacts Touch Settings, and select You can add contacts on your Search. phone and synchronise them with the contacts in your Google Adding a new contact account or other accounts that On the home screen, touch support syncing contacts. Contacts, then touch New Searching for a contact contact.

  • Page 25: Favourite Contacts

    Favourite Contacts Creating a group You can classify frequently called On the home screen, touch Contacts to open your contacts as favourites. contacts. To add a contact to your favourites Touch New Group and then enter a name for the new On the home screen, touch group.

  • Page 26: Sending A Message

    Messaging/E-mail Messaging Touch the Menu key to open the options menu. Choose Your LG-P500 combines SMS from Add Subject, Attach, and MMS into one intuitive, Send, Insert Smiley, Delete easy-to-use menu. thread, All threads, and Add Sending a message to Contacts.

  • Page 27: Entering Text

    NOTE: When you get an SMS Touch to turn on T9 message during a call, there is no predictive text. alert, but you will seen it on the Tap to change between indicator bar. the number, symbol, and text Entering text keypads.

  • Page 28: Abc Mode

    (a telephone number, for example) Keep in touch while on the move more quickly. Touch the keys by using your LG-P500 to send corresponding to the required emails. It’s quick and simple to digits before manually switching...

  • Page 29: Sending An Email Using Your New Account

    Then touch the account you want to use. your new account Choose Refresh and your Touch Email icon on the LG-P500 will then connect home screen, and then touch to your email account and Compose to open a new retrieve your new messages.

  • Page 30: Threaded Box

    Changing your order so that you can messaging settings conveniently see an overview of Your LG-P500 message settings your conversation. are predefined, so you can send NOTE: When you send an MMS messages immediately. You can...
  • Page 31 < MMS settings > Core MM Content Domain. This guidance is provided through Delivery report – Choose to warning dialogs. request a delivery report. Free: In this mode, the MMS Read report – Choose to request Client allows the user to add any a read report for each message content to the message.

  • Page 32: Social Networking

    Messaging/E-mail Social Networking Select the kind of account to add. With your phone, you can enjoy Enter your e-mail address the social networking and and password that you set up manage your micro-blog in on your community, then tap on-line communities. You can Log in.
  • Page 33 Viewing and updating your status Choose a community you want to access. The community home will be appear. You can see the current status of your social community. If you want to update your status, tap Status and write the current status, then touch Share.

  • Page 34: Getting To Know The Viewfinder

    Camera Getting to know the viewfinder Brightness – This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight entering the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” for a lower brightness image, or towards “+” for a higher brightness image. Zoom –...

  • Page 35: Using The Focus Mode

    TIP! You can close all the shortcut NOTE: Zoom is not supported in options to give a clearer viewfinder Face tracking mode. screen. Just touch the centre of Manual – Set the camera to the viewfinder once. To recall the focus manually.

  • Page 36: Using The Advanced Settings

    Camera Once you’ve taken the Touch to return to the photo previous menu. Your captured photo will appear Using the advanced on the screen. settings Touch to share your Share In the viewfinder, touch photo as Bluetooth, open all advanced options. Email, Google Mail, You can change the camera Messaging, Picasa or...
  • Page 37 NOTE: You can change a colour Timer – The self-timer allows picture to black and white or you to set a delay after the sepia, but you cannot change a shutter is pressed. Select Off, black-and-white or sepia picture 3 seconds, 5 seconds, or 10 to colour.

  • Page 38: Viewing Your Saved Photos

    Camera Viewing your saved Hide icons – Choose the camera setting icons to hide manually or photos automatically. You can access your saved Blink detection – Choose On photos from within the to check the closed eyes at the camera mode. Just touch after capture.

  • Page 39: Video Camera

    Video camera Getting to know the viewfinder Brightness – This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight entering the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” for a lower brightness image, or towards “+” for a higher brightness image.

  • Page 40: Shooting A Quick Video

    Video camera Shooting a quick video NOTE: Additional charges may apply when MMS messages are Press and hold the camera downloaded while roaming. key on the right side of the Touch to play the video. Play phone. Touch to edit the name Rename Then, switch to of the selected video.

  • Page 41: Watching Your Saved Videos

    Colour effect – Choose a colour Recorded video – Choose from On, Hold, and Off. If you select tone to use for your new view. On, after recorded video screen White balance – The white is shown for 1 second, and it balance ensures any the white goes to the preview right away.

  • Page 42: Viewing Your Photos And Videos

    Your photos and videos Viewing your photos and Editing your photos videos You can do lots of great things to your photos to change them, add Touch on the camera to them, or liven them up. preview screen. Open the photo you want to Your gallery will appear on the edit, then touch the Menu key.
  • Page 43 Text – Add text to a Flip vertically picture. Flip horizontally Clipart – Add clipart to Adding text to a photo a photo. Drawpad – Draw on On the editing screen, touch your photo, freehand. Select the line thickness Select the colour of the from the four options, text, then choose one of the then choose the colour...

  • Page 44: Your Photos And Videos

    Your photos and videos Cropping a photo Balance your photo’s colour. On the editing screen, touch Adjust the saturation of your photo. Choose the shape you want to use to crop the picture. Adjust your photo’s sharpness . Drag the box over the area you want to crop.
  • Page 45 Using the drawpad Editing your videos Touch on the editing The video editing features are screen. available for the MPEG-4 format. Touch to select the Trimming the length of shape. the video Also, set the colour and Select , then choose Edit thickness.

  • Page 46: Adding Subtitles

    Your photos and videos Adding subtitles Adding edit effects Open the video you want to Open the video you want to edit. edit. Select , then select Select , then select Edit Edit to add subtitles to the video. Select an effect to add to the Touch , then pause photo.
  • Page 47 Adding dubbing to your video Open the video you want to edit. Select , then choose Edit . The My Sounds Touch folder will open. Choose the track you want to add to your video. The original audio track on your video will be deleted.

  • Page 48: Timeline View

    Timeline view There are five catalogue bars as LG-P500 Gallery provides a shown below. timeline view of your photos and : Displays all your videos. On the left side of the pictures and videos.

  • Page 49: Creating A Slide Show

    My Images options menu When you choose Email or Messaging, your video will Select a photo, then touch and be attached to a message, hold to see the available options. then you write and send the Sending a photo message normally. To send a photo, touch and Using an image hold the photo you want.

  • Page 50: Media Player

    Clip Manager – Manage Touch Video and select a the added media files. video to play. If no media files were added, the button is The LG-P500 supports TIP! disabled. DivX video playback to ensure Preview – Preview the greater content availability.

  • Page 51: Playing A Game

    Touch to save the file. and description. Playing a game – Preview the style. The LG-P500 provides a – Touch to select photos. number of games. You can After you select photos, touch download more games from to proceed to the next Market.

  • Page 52: Playing A Song

    To transfer files using USB Artists – Browse your music devices: collection by artist. Connect the LG-P500 to a PC Albums – Browse your music using a USB cable. collection by album. Choose Settings > SD Card Songs –...

  • Page 53: Using The Radio

    Using the radio Touch to go back to the first part of the song. Your LG-P500 has a built-in FM Touch to go back to the radio so you can tune in to your previous song. favourite stations and listen on the go.

  • Page 54: Resetting Channels

    Multimedia Touch Auto Scan, then touch To improve radio TIP! Yes. Assign the stations reception, extend the headset found to channel numbers by cord, which functions as the selecting Set, Skip, or Stop. radio antenna. NOTE: You can also manually tune in to a station using the WARNING wheel displayed next to the radio...

  • Page 55: Google Applications

    If you install applications email, and calendar in your and games from Android Market, Google account will automatically they appear in the LG-P500 synchronise with your LG-P500. menu. You can post comments about Tip! If you change your Google...

  • Page 56: Google Mail

    Google applications Google Mail Google Mail is configured when you first set up your phone. Depending on your synchronisation settings, Google Mail on your phone is automatically synchronised with your Google account on the web. The inbox conversations list is your default Google Mail view.

  • Page 57: Setting Your Alarm

    Using your calculator you want the alarm to sound. On the home screen, touch After you set the time, the LG- Applications tab and select P500 will let you know how Calculator. much time is left before the alarm sounds.

  • Page 58: Adding An Event To Your Calendar

    Utilities Adding an event to your If you want to repeat the alarm, set Repetition, and set calendar Reminders, if necessary. On the home screen, touch Touch Save to save the event Applications tab and select in the calendar. A coloured Calendar.

  • Page 59: Voice Recorder

    Recording a sound or voice Choose Memory Card. You can see the files and folder On the home screen, touch list. Applications tab and select If you choose Recent Voice Recorder. Documents, files you recently Touch to begin viewed will be displayed. recording.

  • Page 60: Accessing The Web

    The Web Browser Touch to add bookmark. Browser gives you a fast, full- Touch to open another colour world of games, music, website in a new window. news, sports, entertainment, and Touch to change the much more, right on your mobile browser settings.
  • Page 61 Share Page – Send page To access the bookmark, • by Email or Messaging. simply touch the bookmark, then touch Connect. You Downloads – Show • will be connected to the download history. bookmarked page. Setting – Set browser • settings.

  • Page 62: Wireless Controls

    Settings Airplane mode – After setting On the home screen, touch Applications tab then scroll and Airplane mode, all wireless touch Settings. connections will be disabled. Wireless controls Sound settings Silent mode – Turn on to silence Here, you can manage Wi-Fi all sounds, except media &...

  • Page 63: Display Settings

    Security & location SD Card notifications – Disable SD card notification sounds. My location Checkmark to include your Display settings position when using Orientation – Set to switch Google search and other Google orientation automatically when services. When you check this you rotate the phone.
  • Page 64 Settings Screen unlock pattern – Set You're prompted to draw and unlock pattern to secure your redraw your own pattern. phone. Opens a set of screens The next time you turn on that guide you through drawing a your phone or wake up the screen unlock pattern.

  • Page 65: Speech Synthesis

    SD card & phone storage Accessibility SD Card – Check total space You use the Accessibility settings and available space. Touch to configure any accessibility Unmount SD card for safe plug-ins you have installed on removal. Format the SD card, if your phone.
  • Page 66 It allows fast – Connects to the desired AP emailing and Internet browsing. from the AP search list. NOTE: The LG-P500 supports – If the AP is security type WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK WEP or WPA/WPA2-PSK, security. If your Wi-Fi service enter the security key.
  • Page 67 MAC ) Security Key: Saves the filters, you may need to enter the security key. MAC address of your LG-P500 4) IP/DNS Setting: This allows into the router. you to set to Automatic You can find the MAC address in...

  • Page 68: Phone Software Update

    Software update Phone Software update DivX Mobile LG Mobile Phone Software ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: DivX® is a update from internet digital video format created by For more information on using DivX, Inc. This is an official DivX this function, please visit the Certified device that plays DivX http://update.lgmobile.com or...

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