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GU295 User Guide
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  • Page 1 Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider. GU295 User Guide ENGLISH...
  • Page 2 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: Disposal Of Your Old Appliance

    Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact GU295 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology. Disposal of your old appliance 1 When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product it means the product is covered by the European Directive 2002/96/EC.
  • Page 5: Getting To Know Your Phone

    Getting to know your phone Main screen OK key Right soft key Use this key to go back to Left softy key a previous screen. Goes to My stuff directly. Clear Key Multi-tasking key Deletes a character with each press. Call key Dials a phone number End/Power key...
  • Page 6: Open View

    Open view Memory card slot Charger, cable, handsfree connector Battery cover Camera lens Battery LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 7: Installing The Usim And Battery

    Installing the USIM and battery 1 Remove the battery cover 2 Remove the battery Press the battery cover release Lever the bottom edge of the latch. The battery cover should battery and remove it carefully slide and lift off easily. from the battery compartment.
  • Page 8 Insert the top of the battery fi rst into the top edge of the battery compartment. Ensure the battery contacts align with the terminals on the phone. Press the bottom of the battery down until it clips into place. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 9 Insert the top of the battery cover Pull open the cover of the charger and push down and slide until it socket on the side of your GU295. clicks into place. Insert the charger and plug into a mains electricity socket. Your...
  • Page 10: Installing A Memory Card

    If you do not want to lose the data on your memory card, back it, as shown in the following diagram: it up fi rst. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 11: Your Home Screen

    Your Home screen The status bar The status bar uses various icons to TIP! You can quickly access chosen indicate things like signal strength, menus using your Favourites list. In new messages and battery life, as standby mode press the left soft key. well as telling you whether your Select <Empty>, and then Add to add a menu as a favourite.
  • Page 12: Making A Call From Your Contacts

    Your voicemail is preset to speed dial 1 and you cannot change this. Select any other number either by using the navigation keys and selecting Add or by pressing the hard key number. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 13: Viewing Your Call Logs

    Your address book will open. Call duration - View details of how Select the contact you’d like to long you have spent on your calls; assign to that number using the received and dialled. navigation keys then select OK. Call costs - View the charges To call a speed dial number, press applied to your last call or all calls.
  • Page 14: Using Call Divert

    Deactivate all from the Call divert be called from your phone. You’ll need menu. your PIN2 code from your operator. When activated, only numbers included in the fi xed dial list can be called from your phone. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 15: Changing The Call Settings

    Changing the call settings Common settings Press , select Settings- Call. Answer mode - Allows you to set the answering method.You can From here you can amend the choose between Press send key, settings for: Slide up and Press any key. Call divert - Choose whether to Send my number divert your calls.
  • Page 16 Bluetooth headset. Hang up mode - Set whether or not a call is ended upon closing the slide. Call reject - You can set whether to reject incoming calls. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 17: Searching For A Contact

    Contacts Searching for a contact Or to use a slightly quicker method… Select Contacts from the main Enter the number you wish to menu, and choose store and press Options. Using the keypad enter the fi rst Choose Save number, and letter of the name of the contact choose either New contact or you want to call.
  • Page 18: Adding A Picture To A Contact

    Select Contacts, choose Storage Create new contact. location. Select square image to edit and Select the menu Copy to USIM or insert a picture. Move to USIM. Choose Change. Select Done if you are sure. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 19 Messaging Messaging Select Options and choose Insert to add an Image, Video, Sound, Your GU295 includes functions Symbols, Template, Emoticon, related to SMS (Short Message Name & Number, New slide, Service), MMS (Multimedia Message Subject or More. Service) and email, as well as the network’s service messages.
  • Page 20: Entering Text

    You can enter alphanumeric You can stay in touch on the move characters using the phone’s keypad. using email on your GU295. It’s For example, storing names in quick and simple to set up a POP3 or Contacts, writing a message and IMAP4 email account.
  • Page 21: Message Folders

    Select the account messages you send are kept into you want to use then select your Sent folder. Retrieve. Your GU295 will connect My folders - You can move to your email account and retrieve messages of Inbox or Sent messages your new messages.
  • Page 22: Using Templates

    Create new message. Choose If you see the message No space Message for SIM message, you should Choose Options and select delete some messages from your Insert, choose Template. inbox to create space. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 23: Changing Your Text Message Settings

    Changing your text message therefore data costs. settings Send long text as - Choose whether Your GU295 message settings are to send your message as SMS or MMS pre-defi ned so that you can send when you enter a text longer than 2 messages immediately.
  • Page 24: Changing Your Email Settings

    Retrieve interval - Choose how recipient. The Multimedia message often your GU295 checks for new centre will deliver the message after email messages. the delivery time Retrieve amount - Choose how...
  • Page 25: Changing Your Other Settings

    Include attachment - Choose Changing your other settings whether or not to include the Videomail/Voicemail - You can edit original attachment. the voicemail or videomail. Auto retrieval in roaming - Service message - Here you can Choose whether or not to switch off Service message, which automatically retrieve your means your messages will no longer...
  • Page 26: Taking A Quick Photo

    Three, Six, Nine Effect - Choose from four shots automatically in very quick colour tone options: Off (normal/ succession, great for taking photos of colour), Sepia, Black & White or moving objects or at sporting events. Negative. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 27: After You've Taken Your Photo

    After you’ve taken your Quality - Choose between photo Super fine, Fine and Normal. The fi ner the quality, the sharper a photo Your captured photo will appear on will be. The fi le size will increase as the screen. The name of the image a result, which means you will be is shown at the top of the screen and able to store fewer photos in your...
  • Page 28: Changing The Image Size

    Home screen. From the viewfi nder, simply press Album. From the Home screen press , then select My stuff and My images. Your gallery , Download image and Default images folder will appear on screen. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 29: Video Camera

    Video camera Shooting a quick video Brightness - From -2.0 to +2.0 at 0.5 intervals. The higher the level, Press and select the brighter the screen. Multimedia. After you’ve shot your video Choose Video camera. The name of the video is shown Point the camera lens towards the along the bottom of the screen and subject of the video.
  • Page 30: Watching Your Saved Videos

    Home screen you should press , then select My stuff and My videos. Your gallery will appear on screen. Use the navigation keys to select the video you want to view and press key to watch it. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 31: Music Store

    Music Music store Transferring music onto your phone Your LG GU295 has a built-in MP3 player so you can play all your The easiest way to transfer music favourite music. onto your phone is via Bluetooth or your sync cable. To transfer music...
  • Page 32 In some countries national law prohibits private copying of copyrighted material. Please check the national legislation of the applicable country concerning the use of such material. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 33: Using The Voice Recorder

    Voice recorder Using the Voice recorder Sending a voice recording Use your Voice recorder to record Once you have fi nished recording, voice memos or other sounds. select Options. Select Send and choose from Recording your voice memo Message, Email, and Bluetooth. Press and select Tools, then If you choose Message or Email,...
  • Page 34: Pictures Options Menu

    Multi- selection - Select one or more image(s) to delete. In the Images folder, select Options to bring up the following options. Search - Search the image with fi le name. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 35: Organising Your Images

    Sort by - Arrange your images by Organising your images Date, Type or Name. Press then select My stuff. Slide show - Watch a slide show of Select Images. your images. Choose Options then select Sort Grid view/List view - Change the way you view your photos.
  • Page 36: Creating A Slide Show

    The My videos folder shows the list Options to choose Full screen of downloaded videos and videos you view and Landscape view. Select have recorded on your phone. Landscape view to change the orientation of the Pictures. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 37: Watching A Video

    Watching a video Sending a video clip Press then select My stuff. Press then select My stuff. Scroll to and select Videos. Scroll to and select Videos. Select a video and press Play. Select the video clip you want and press Options.
  • Page 38: My Games & Apps

    My games & apps You can keep downloaded games and applications into this folder. Others From the Others menu, you can view the fi les which are not saved in the Pictures, Sounds, or Videos. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 39: Games And Apps

    Games & apps Games & apps Your GU295 comes with preloaded games to keep you amused when you have time to spare. If you choose to download any additional games or applications they will be saved into this folder. Playing a game...
  • Page 40: Adding An Event To Your Calendar

    Make your or at a set period of time before modifi cations and select Done to the event starts to remind you the store the edited event. event is coming up. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 41: Sharing A Calendar Event

    Note: You can delete an event from Adding a memo your calendar by viewing the event From the Home screen press and then pressing Options and , and select Organiser, then Delete. Memo. Sharing a calendar event Select Add and type your memo. From the Home screen press Select Save.
  • Page 42: Quick Menu

    Mon - Sat, Except holiday, or the screen and start a new Choose weekday. calculation. Scroll down and choose whether you would like the alarm type. Scroll down to choose the interval of alarm snooze. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 43: Using The Stopwatch

    Using the stopwatch Scroll down to the unit conversion box and choose the unit Press , and select Tools, then measurement you want to convert Stopwatch. into. The conversion will show Select Start to begin the timer. automatically in the line below. Choose Lap if want to record a Note: For Currency convert, you need lap time.
  • Page 44: Accessing The Web

    To access the bookmark simply scroll to the required bookmark and select Open. You will be connected to your bookmarked page. LG GU295 | User Guide...
  • Page 45: Changing The Web Browser Settings

    RSS reader Viewing your browser history RSS reader provides news updates Press and select Browser. for the websites registered on your Select History and select OK. phone. A list of web page titles you Saving a page have accessed recently will be displayed.
  • Page 46 Settings Within this folder you can adapt You can change all of the tones, your settings to make your GU295 its volumes and alert options from personal to you. here. Note: For information on call settings Changing your date & time see page 25.
  • Page 47: Changing The Language

    “Reset settings” menu. The default number Changing your security is “0000”. settings Changing your display Change your security settings to keep your GU295 and the important settings information it holds protected. Press and select Settings. Press and open Settings.
  • Page 48: Resetting Your Phone

    Font - Change the font size from Small, Normal and Large Viewing memory status Greeting Message - After selecting Your GU295 has three memories On, you can write a welcome available: the phone, the USIM card message. The message will appear...
  • Page 49: Changing Your Connectivity Settings

    Select Connectivity. Your options new profi les, delete or edit them by are: using the Options menu. However, Bluetooth - Set up your GU295 for you cannot delete or edit default Bluetooth use. You can adapt your confi gurations. visibility to other devices or search Packet Data Conn.
  • Page 50: Changing Your Bluetooth Settings

    Bluetooth device your phone when they are searching By pairing your GU295 and another for a Bluetooth device. device, you can set up a passcode My device name - You can name or protected connection.
  • Page 51: Using A Bluetooth Headset

    Your GU295 will search for Transferring a fi le to your devices. When the search is phone completed Add and Refresh will You can also transfer fi les from appear on screen. your computer to your phone using Choose the device you want to Bluetooth.
  • Page 52: Sending And Receiving Your Fi Les Using Bluetooth

    Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Open the fi le you want to send, LG Electronics is under licence. Other typically this will be a photo, video trademarks and trade names are or music fi...
  • Page 53: Usb Connection Mode

    USB connection mode Attach the USB cable to the device. You can select the USB connection Select PC Internet from the popup mode on your phone for several uses. menu in the device. Always ask mode You can now use your web If you set the “Ask always”...
  • Page 54: Mass Storage-Use Your Phone As A Mass Storage Device

    Your GU295 can be used as a mass Note : This function is not available storage device, just like a USB stick. for Macintosh computer This is a great way of moving your fi...
  • Page 55 Installing LG PC Suite on your Double click on the LG PC Suite computer icon on your desktop. Go to www.lgmobile.com and Click on Connection Wizard, then choose Asia & Pacifi c fi rst and USB. then your country. Click on Next, then Next again, Choose Products menu, select then Finish.
  • Page 56 LG Phone folder. TIP! Viewing the contents of your Synchronising your messages phone on your PC helps you to arrange Attach the USB cable to the device fi...
  • Page 57: Phone Software Update

    Phone Software update process. You are advised to back up any important information in advance LG Mobile Phone Software for safekeeping as the software upgrade on web site upgrade could result in the deletion For more information and using this of personal data.

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