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USER GUIDE
LG-W280A
www.lg.com
MFL69843601 (1.0)

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  • Page 1 USER GUIDE LG-W280A www.lg.com MFL69843601 (1.0)
  • Page 2 ENGLISH About this user guide Thank you for choosing this LG product. Please carefully read this user guide before using the device for the first time to ensure safe and proper use. • Always use genuine LG accessories. The supplied items are designed only for this device and may not be compatible with other devices.
  • Page 3 Instructional notices WARNING: Situations that could cause injury to the user and third parties. CAUTION: Situations that may cause minor injury or damage to the device. NOTE: Notices or additional information.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Basic Functions How to Use Your Watch Accessories Home screen Watch Overview Changing the Watch Face Charging Your Watch Notification Cards Using the battery efficiently Managing the Quick Settings If the Screen Freezes Apps Screen Replacing the SIM Card Call Forwarding Turning the Watch On and Off Call...
  • Page 5 Connectivity Accessibility Personalization System Meet your Google Assistant Getting help from your Google Assistant on Your Watch Taking or Viewing a Note Setting a Reminder More Information Seeing Your Step Count Open Source Software Notice Using the Heart Rate Sensor Information Sending a Text Trademarks...
  • Page 6: Basic Functions

    Basic Functions...
  • Page 7: Accessories

    Always use genuine LG Electronics accessories. Using accessories made by other manufacturers may affect your device’ s call performance or cause malfunctions. Any issues resulting from usage of accessories made by other manufacturers may not be covered by LG’ s repair service. •...
  • Page 8: Watch Overview

    Watch Overview Your watch comes with the SIM card pre-installed. Top right button Touch screen/ Power/ NFC touch Rotating side point button Bottom right button • Changing the watch bands to metal bands might cause Bluetooth®/ Wi-Fi connectivity problems. Basic Functions...
  • Page 9 Home screen. If the screen freezes: • Press and hold for more than 10 seconds until the LG logo appears to restart the watch. When the watch’s Home screen is on: • Press the Top right button to launch the Fit Workout app.
  • Page 10 • To customize the buttons, press the Power/Rotating side button to open the Apps screen and then tap Settings Personalization Customize hardware buttons. SIM card cover Heart rate sensor Microphone Barometer • Keep the microphone and barometer holes clear. • Any damage to the barometer or microphone resulting from accidents, unreasonable use, tampering or other causes not arising from defects in material or workmanship may void the Limited Warranty.
  • Page 11: Charging Your Watch

    Charging Your Watch Before using your watch for the first time, you should charge the battery. Use the charging cord and cradle provided with your watch to charge its battery. The supplied charging cord will allow you to charge from a power outlet or from a computer.
  • Page 12 Place the your device on the charging cradle as shown below. • The charging cord is designed to only be used with the watch and is not compatible with other devices. • To maximize battery life, make sure that the battery is fully charged before you use the device for the first time.
  • Page 13: Using The Battery Efficiently

    While your watch is charging, the screen will show the time, battery percentage and charging progress (indicated by the ring around the outside). Charging progress Time Battery percentage Once the battery is fully charged, remove it from the charging cradle. •...
  • Page 14: If The Screen Freezes

    If the Screen Freezes If the device freezes up and stops working, press and hold the Power button for more than 10 seconds until the device reboots and the LG logo is displayed. Replacing the SIM Card Your watch comes with the SIM card installed. Follow these steps if you need to replace the SIM card.
  • Page 15 To remove the SIM card cover, hold the watch firmly in one hand. Open the SIM card cover as shown, and then gently slide the SIM card out to remove it. SIM card slot SIM card With the gold contacts facing down and the SIM card positioned as shown below, slide the Nano SIM card in to the SIM card slot.
  • Page 16 Close the SIM card cover using the SIM card cover opener as shown below. Align the SIM card cover opener with the holes located on the back of the watch, then turn the cover clockwise. SIM card cover opener • Foreign materials on the SIM card cover sealing pad or SIM card cover may allow water to get into your watch.
  • Page 17 SIM card cover sealing pad Unlocking the SIM Card If you insert a SIM card with a PIN lock, you have to enter the unlock code to be able to use it in the watch. If the SIM card PIN lock is turned off, disregard this section.
  • Page 18: Turning The Watch On And Off

    Turning the Watch On and Off Turning the Watch On Press and hold the Power button for a few seconds. Turning the Watch Off Press the Power button to open the Apps screen. Tap Settings System Power off. When prompted with the message Power off: Are you sure?, Basic Functions...
  • Page 19: Waking Your Watch Up

    Waking Your Watch Up If the screen is dimmed, you can wake up the watch by doing any of the following: • Touch the screen. • Raise your wrist such that the display of the watch is pointing towards your eyes. •...
  • Page 20 Touching and holding Touch and hold for several seconds to display the available options. Swiping Quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen, without pausing when you first touch it. • Do not expose the touch screen to excessive physical shock. It might damage the touch sensor.
  • Page 21 • A touch screen failure may occur if you use the device near a magnetic, metallic or conductive material. • If you use the device under bright lights, such as direct sunlight, the screen may not be visible, depending on your position. Use the device in a shady location or a location with an ambient light that is not too bright and bright enough to read books.
  • Page 22 Connecting the Watch to Your Companion Device...
  • Page 23 Setting Up Your Companion Device Before pairing, follow these steps to set up your companion device that you want to pair with your watch. Make sure the companion device is running Android™ 4.3 or iOS 9+ and supports Bluetooth®. • If your companion device is not Android 4.3 or iOS 9+, please check with your manufacturer for a possible software update.
  • Page 24 Pairing Your Watch with Your Companion Device Step1. Follow these steps on your watch. Turn on the watch and tap the screen to begin. Tap a language. Swipe up and follow the onscreen instructions until the watch name is displayed. Step 2.
  • Page 25 Connecting to Another Companion Device Your watch connects to one companion device at a time. If you want to connect your watch to a different companion device, you must reset your watch using the Disconnect & reset setting on your watch. Unpairing and Resetting Your Watch This setting unpairs the watch from your companion device and resets your watch’...
  • Page 26: How To Use Your Watch

    How to Use Your Watch...
  • Page 27: Home Screen

    Home screen The watch’ s Home screen is the starting point for the default screen. You see the current time and date. You can also show the battery level, your step count, and more. • The displayed content depends on the watch face design you select. Changing the Watch Face You can add more watch faces and personalize your watch to your style.
  • Page 28 • You can also change and download watch faces through the Android Wear app on your companion device. Customize the Home screen Menu Touch and hold the watch’ s Home screen for one second. Swipe left or right from the watch’ s Home screen and then Customize Tap Data to customize the shortcuts and watch face layout displayed on the watch’...
  • Page 29: Notification Cards

    Notification Cards Most notifications you see on your companion device will also show up on your watch. These include notifications for missed calls, texts, event reminders, and more. Notifications are displayed in the form of cards. Card previews appear at the bottom of the watch’...
  • Page 30: Managing The Quick Settings

    Managing the Quick Settings To open the Quick settings, swipe down on the watch’ s Home screen. The Quick settings allow you to quickly and easily change commonly used settings. • Airplane mode : Tap the Airplane mode to disconnect all networks and turn off your device’...
  • Page 31: Apps Screen

    From the Settings menu, tap Connectivity Cellular Call forwarding Turn on Request activation. How activate call forwarding when paired to a CDMA device On your phone, download LG Call forwarding from the Play Store app and install it. How to Use Your Watch...
  • Page 32 Turn call forwarding on to forward calls to your watch. Tap turn it off. • You can also use the LG Call forwarding app to activate the feature while paired with a GSM device. • The call forwarding feature for your watch is not supported by all carriers.
  • Page 33: Call

    Call To Open the Phone app Open the Apps screen and then tap Phone. • If you set the ‘Play phone audio on watch’ option on in the Bluetooth Device menu in Settings, you will be able to receive call notifications, accept incoming calls, and make outgoing calls on your companion device via your watch (Settings Connectivity Bluetooth Play phone audio on watch ON).
  • Page 34 To call from the Recents view menu Open the Phone app and swipe left on Contacts. Tap a call log entry to dial that number. You can choose to call the contact using the watch or your companion device. To call using the dialpad Open the Phone app and swipe left until you reach the dialpad.
  • Page 35: Android Pay

    Answering a Call You can get an instant alert when your companion device receives an incoming call. The notification shows the caller’ s number and/or contact information on your watch and lets you accept or decline the call. • To answer a call, simply tap •...
  • Page 36 • NFC must be enabled to activate on your watch and set Android Pay as your default payment before using Android Pay on your watch. Making Payments You can make payments on your watch using Android Pay. Open the Apps screen and tap Android Pay. Press the Bottom right button.
  • Page 37: Google Fit

    Google Fit Google Fit helps to work out when you’re walking, jogging or cycling. Set fitness goals and regularly record and check your progress. To Open the Google Fit App Open the Apps screen and then tap Fit. • If you feel discomfort while using the device, stop using it and remove it from your wrist.
  • Page 38 Viewing your workout report Your workout log displays your active time, steps, distance, and active calories. Open the Fit app and swipe up until the workout report appears. Tap each goal option to show workout information and a graph depicting weekly data. Measuring your heart rate To measure your heart rate more accurately with the device, wear the device firmly around your lower arm just above the wrist bone.
  • Page 39 Using the Fit Workout App Open the Fit Workout app Open the Fit app and tap Fit Workout Press the Top right button on the watch’ s Home screen. Tap the desired workout mode. Tap START to start monitoring your workout. Your watch begins to measure your heart rate.
  • Page 40: Opening The Apps Installed On Your Watch

    Default apps on the device are subject to updates. Support for these apps may be withdrawn without prior notice. If you have any questions about an app provided with the device, please contact an LG Service Center. For user-installed apps, please contact the relevant service provider.
  • Page 41: Downloading Other Apps

    Google Play™ • The apps on your device, and their functions, may vary according to country, region or hardware specifications. LG will not be responsible for any performance issues which arise from using applications developed by providers other than LG.
  • Page 42: Meet Your Google Assistant

    Meet your Google Assistant...
  • Page 43: Getting Help From Your Google Assistant On Your Watch

    Getting help from your Google Assistant on Your Watch Your watch has the Google Assistant built in. Ask it questions. Tell it to do things. It’ s your own personal Google. Just say “OK Google” or press and hold the Power button until you see Hi, how can I help?. •...
  • Page 44: Setting A Reminder

    If you installed Google Keep on your companion device: • The app turns the words you speak into text. When you have finished speaking, your text note is saved to Google Keep on your mobile device. • View and edit your notes by opening the app on your mobile device. Setting a Reminder You can ask your Google Assistant to set a reminder.
  • Page 45: Using The Heart Rate Sensor

    Using the Heart Rate Sensor You can use the Heart Rate app to measure and record your current heart rate. • The device’ s heart rate measurement feature is not meant for clinical or medical diagnosis. Follow the guidelines in Measuring Heart Rate and Getting Accurate Measurements to make sure your heart rate measurements are accurate.
  • Page 46 • Wearing your watch too loosely or moving excessively may cause inaccurate measurements. • Escaping light may lead to inaccurate measurements. Do not wear the device so that it is directly over your wrist bone when taking measurements. • Never look directly at the heart rate sensor light as this may damage your eyes.
  • Page 47: Sending A Text

    • If the heart rate sensor is dirty, wipe the sensor and try again for a more accurate measurement. • Your watch measures your heart rate using a light reflection process. Light reflection may affect your watch's ability to take an accurate heart rate reading.
  • Page 48: Sending And Reading Email

    Replying to a Message When you get message notifications on your companion device, cards will appear on your watch. Tap the notification and swipe up until Reply appears. Tap Reply, then say your message or insert emoticons or input message using the keyboard. To insert an emoticon, like a smiley, into the message, tap •...
  • Page 49: Setting A Timer

    Replying to an Email When reading an email notification card on your watch, swipe the card up to access actions you can take. Tap , select Reply and say your message, insert emoticons or input your message using the keyboard. To insert an emoticon, like a smiley, into the message, tap one of the emoticons at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 50: Using The Stopwatch

    Using the Stopwatch Measure how much time has passed by starting a stopwatch. If your screen is dimmed, tap the screen to wake up the watch. From the watch’ s Home screen, say “OK Google” or press and hold the Power button until you see Hi, how can I help?. Say “Start stopwatch”...
  • Page 51: Managing Your Alarms

    Managing Your Alarms You can view, edit, and delete the alarms that you set on your watch. If your screen is dimmed, tap the screen to wake up the watch. From the watch’ s Home screen, say “OK Google” or press and hold the Power button until you see Hi, how can I help?.
  • Page 52: Settings

    Settings...
  • Page 53: Opening The Settings Menu

    Opening the Settings Menu If your screen is dimmed, tap the screen to wake up the watch. • Press the Power button to open the Apps screen, then tap Settings • Swipe down on the watch’ s Home screen, then tap Settings •...
  • Page 54: Apps

    Apps From the Settings , tap the Apps. • Allows you to view and manage the apps on your device. To stop the app from running, tap an entry to view more information, tap Force stop, then • You can set control permissions for individual applications. Gestures From the Settings , tap Gestures.
  • Page 55 • Play phone audio on watch menu is not supported in iOS version. • When using Bluetooth to connect to other mobile devices, the devices must be positioned close to each other. If not, it may cause abnormal operation or noise, depending on the use environment. •...
  • Page 56 Cellular • Cellular: Tap the switch to toggle it On or Off. On connects to the mobile network. • Data usage: You can set the date limit and data usage that will trigger an alert. You can also view how much data apps are using. •...
  • Page 57: Accessibility

    Location Tap the switch to toggle it On or Off. You can manage your location services for determining your approximate location. Some apps like Weather and Maps need your location to work. • When paired with a companion device, the watch will use the location of the companion device.
  • Page 58: System

    System From the Settings , tap System. • Date & time: You can set how your watch syncs and displays the date, time, and time zone. • Disconnect & reset: You can unpair the watch from your companion device and reset your watch’ s settings to their factory default values. Please note that this deletes all of your data on your watch.
  • Page 59: More Information

    More Information...
  • Page 60: Open Source Software Notice

    In addition to the source code, all referred license terms, warranty disclaimers and copyright notices are available for download. LG Electronics will also provide open source code to you on CD-ROM for a charge covering the cost of performing such distribution (such as the cost of media, shipping, and handling) upon email request to opensource@lge.com .
  • Page 61: Regulatory Information

    Regulatory Information (FCC ID number, etc.) To view regulatory marks and related information on your device, press the Power/Rotating side button and tap Settings System About Regulatory information. How to Update Your Device Check for the latest available firmware releases, as well as new software functions and improvements.
  • Page 62: Safety Information

    Safety Information...
  • Page 63: Safety Tips

    Do not attempt to repair or modify or re-manufacture the product. It is equipped with an internal rechargeable battery which should be replaced only by LG or an authorized LG repair center. • Do not open, disassemble, crush, bend or deform, puncture, or shred the product.
  • Page 64: General Safety & Handling

    General Safety & Handling While using your product, be aware of the following safety guidelines. Your environment • Safe operating temperatures. Use and store your product in temperatures between 0°C/32°F and 35°C/95°F. Exposing your product to extremely low or high temperatures may result in damage, malfunction, or even explosion. •...
  • Page 65 • Only use the battery for the device for which it is specified. • Only use the device with an LG charging system that has been qualified with the device, per CTIA Certification Requirements for Battery System Compliance to IEEE1725.
  • Page 66 • Your device has an internal battery. For your safety, do not remove the battery inside the product. If you need to replace the battery, take it to the nearest authorized LG Electronics service point or dealer for assistance. •...
  • Page 67 SALT Do not immerse the product in salt water, including seawater. Do not immerse the product in a hot spring. Do not swim while wearing this product. Do not immerse your product in water deeper than approximately 1.5 meter. Do not immerse your product in water for longer than 30 minutes. Do not place the product directly on sand (such as at a beach) or mud.
  • Page 68 Pacemakers and Other Medical Devices Persons with pacemakers should: • Always keep the product more than six (6) inches from their pacemaker when the product is turned ON. • Not carry the product in a breast pocket. • Use the wrist opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for RF interference.
  • Page 69 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Values This product transmits and receives radio signals. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U.S. Government. These standards include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.
  • Page 70 Part 15.19 Statement General Requirement This device complies with part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 71 Laser safety statement CDRH Compliance THIS PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENT OF THE DHHS PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR LASER PRODUCT, 21 CFR SUBCHAPTER J. Caution! This product employs a Laser system. To ensure proper use of this product, please read this owner’ s manual carefully and retain for future reference. Should the unit require maintenance, contact an authorized service center.
  • Page 72 Act does not preempt state law. [See 15 USC §2311.] 1. WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS: LG offers you a limited warranty that the enclosed subscriber unit and its enclosed accessories will be free from defects in material and workmanship, according to...
  • Page 73 The customer shall bear the cost of shipping the product to the Customer Service Department of LG. LG shall bear the cost of shipping the product back to the consumer after the completion of service under this limited warranty.
  • Page 74 3. WHAT LG WILL DO: LG will, at its sole option, either repair, replace or refund the purchase price of any unit that does not conform to this limited warranty. LG may choose at its option to use functionally equivalent re-conditioned, refurbished or new units or parts or any units.
  • Page 75 LG Electronics Service- Mobile Handsets, P.O. Box 240007, Huntsville, AL 35824 DO NOT RETURN YOUR PRODUCT TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. Please call or write for the location of the LG authorized service center nearest you and for the procedures for obtaining warranty claims.
  • Page 76 AAA in the manner described in the AAA Rules. You must also send a copy of your written demand to LG at LG Electronics, USA, Inc. Attn: Legal Department-Arbitration 1000 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.
  • Page 77 LG for all monies previously disbursed by it that are otherwise your obligation to pay under the AAA Rules. Except as otherwise provided for, LG waives any rights it may have to seek attorneys’ fees and expenses from you if LG prevails in the arbitration.
  • Page 78 product was purchased; (c) the product model name or model number; and (d) the IMEI or MEID or Serial Number, as applicable (the IMEI or MEID or Serial Number can be found (i) on the product box; (ii) on a label on the back of the product beneath the battery, if the battery is removable;...

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