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ENGLISH
User Guide
LG-V905
www.lg.com
Printed in Korea
P/NO :
(1.0)

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  • Page 1 ENGLISH User Guide LG-V905 www.lg.com Printed in Korea P/NO : (1.0)
  • 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 Conformité aux normes FCC Part 15 Class B Cet appareil et ses accessoires sont conformes aux normes FCC Part 15 Class B de la Federal Communications Commission et à la norme NMB 003 classe B d'Industrie Canada sur les appareils la norme NMB-003 classe B d'Industrie Canada sur les appareils numériques.Son fonctionnement est sujet aux deux conditions suivantes :(1) Cet appareil et ses accessoires ne doivent pas...
  • Page 5 LG-V905 User Guide - English Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact LG-V905 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology. Some of the contents of this • manual may not apply to your phone depending on your phone’s...
  • Page 6: Important Notice

    Important notice 2. Optimising Battery Life Please check to see if any problems you have encountered You can extend your battery's with your phone are described life between charges by turning in this section, before taking the off features that you don't phone in for service or calling a need to run constantly in the service representative.
  • Page 7 To check the battery charge 3. Installing an Open level Source OS 1. On the home screen, touch If you install an open source Applications tab and select OS on your phone, and do not Settings> About phone> use the OS provided by the Status.
  • Page 8 Important notice 4. Using Unlock pattern 5. Using Safe Mode and Hard Reset Set unlock pattern to secure your phone. Opens a set of screens Using Safe mode that guide you through drawing a * To recover from malfunction screen unlock pattern. state of your phone 1.
  • Page 9 When your phone turns on and are hidden or implement other the lock screen displays, press security features, so you must and hold the volume up + Home configure your phone so it can + Search keys all at the same time connect to them.
  • Page 10: Opening And Switching Applications

    Important notice - If the network is secured, WARNING: you're prompted to enter Do not insert or remove the a password or other memory card when the phone credentials. (Ask your is on. Otherwise, it may network administrator for damage the memory card as details.) well as your phone, and the 4.
  • Page 11 USB NOTE: You need LG PC Suite 1. Use the USB cable with to use LG-V905 as USB mass your phone to connect the storage. phone to a USB port on your computer. You receive a notification that the USB is connected.
  • Page 12 Important notice When the phone is connected Gallery and Music. as USB storage, you receive To disconnect your phone from a notification. You phone’s the computer, carefully follow microSD card is mounted as a your computer’s instructions drive on your computer. You can to disconnect USB devices now copy files to and from the correctly, to avoid losing...
  • Page 13: Getting To Know Your Phone

    Getting to know your phone Earpiece Back key Menu key - Returns to the - Opens options previous screen. menu and check what options are available. End/Power/Lock - Ends or rejects Send key a call. - Accesses to call - Power ON / OFF logs and answers Your phone by incoming calls.
  • Page 14 Getting to know your phone Volume keys Charger, micro USB cable connector - On the home screen: controls ringer volume. - During a call: controls your earpiece volume. Search key - When playing a track: - Searches the web and controls volume.
  • Page 15: Installing The Sim Card And Battery

    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. To remove the back cover, firmly press your thumbs on either side of the back cover, and slide the...
  • Page 16: Charging Your Phone

    Slide back the cover of the on the phone and the battery, charger connector on the side then gently press the battery of your LG-V905. Insert the until it snaps into space. charger, and plug it into an electrical outlet. Your LG-V905...
  • Page 17: Installing The Memory Card

    NOTE: The LG-V905 has an Open the slot protection internal antenna. Be careful not and insert the memory card to scratch or damage this rear into the slot. Make sure the area, as that will cause loss of gold contact area is facing performance.
  • Page 18: Formatting The Memory Card

    Getting to know your phone Touch Format SD card, then WARNING: confirm your choice. Do not insert or remove If you set the pattern lock, the memory card when the input the pattern lock and phone is on. Otherwise, it may select Erase Everything.
  • Page 19: 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 20: Lock And Unlock Screen

    Your Home screen Lock and unlock screen Whenever your LG-V905 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,...
  • Page 21 LG Home Simply swipe your finger to the left or right to view them. You can also customize each panel with widgets, shortcuts which are shortcuts to your favorite applications, folders and wallpapers. Centre panel Right panel Left panel Tip! Small dots at the application tab on the bottom of the screen indicate which panel you’re viewing.
  • Page 22 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 Message icon...
  • Page 23: Android Home

    Android Home Simply swipe your finger to the left or right to view them. You can also customize each panel with widgets, shortcuts which are shortcuts to your favorite applications, folders and wallpapers. Centre panel Left panel Right panel Touch the Applications icon to open the applications menu.
  • Page 24: Adding Widgets To Your Home Screen

    Touch and hold that icon. NOTE: LG Home and Android The Applications icon will be Home provide this function. change as the Trash icon. To add an desired icon to your...
  • Page 25: Notification Drawer

    Notification drawer Icon Description The notification drawer No SIM card runs across the top of your screen. Touch and slide the No signal notification drawer down with Wi-Fi is on and your finger. Or, on the home screen, touch Menu key and connected select Notifications.
  • Page 26 Your Home screen Icon Description Icon Description Silent USB to PC Vibrate Download No SD card Upload Battery fully charged GPS is acquiring Battery is charging GPS is on Data in Service message Data out Setting message New voicemail Data in and out...
  • Page 27: 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 28 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 Gmail, Google Calendar, Android Market and Google Map;...
  • Page 29: 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 30: Viewing Your Call Logs

    Calls Viewing your call logs Dial the number, or search your contacts. On the home screen, press the Touch the Call icon Send key to view Call log. connect the call. View a complete list of all dialed, Both calls will be displayed received, and missed voice calls.
  • Page 31 Fixed Dialing Numbers – Select Call barring – Select when you Fixed Dialing 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 32: 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. , and enter the new Searching for a contact contact’s number, then touch the Menu key, touch...
  • Page 33: Favorite Contacts

    Favorite contacts Creating a group You can classify frequently called On the home screen, touch contacts as favorites. to open your contacts. To add a contact to your Touch New Group and then favorites enter a name for the new group.
  • Page 34: Sending A Message

    Messaging/E-mail Messaging Touch the Menu key to open the options menu. Choose Your LG-V905 combines SMS from Preview, Call, Add and MMS into one intuitive, subject, Attach, Send, and easy-to-use menu. More (Insert smiley, Discard, Sending a message All threads, and Add to Contacts).
  • Page 35: Entering Text

    NOTE: When you get an SMS to view the Editor Touch message during a call, there is settings, Keypad types, Writing no alert, but you will seen it on language, User dictionary and the indicator bar. Input Method. to swap between Entering text lowercase and uppercase.
  • Page 36: Entering Accented Letters

    LG-V905 to send telephone number, for example) emails. It’s quick and simple more quickly. Touch the keys to set up a LG push, POP3 or corresponding to the required IMAP4 email account. digits before manually switching On the home screen, touch...
  • Page 37: Retrieving Your Email

    Choose Refresh and your NOTE: When you send an MMS LG-V905 will then connect message, there will be no to your email account and delivery report, but you will see retrieve your new messages.
  • Page 38: Changing Your Message Settings

    Changing your message Read reports – Choose to request a read report for each settings message you send. Your LG-V905 message settings Auto-retrieve – Activate to are predefined, so you can send retrieve messages automatically. messages immediately. You can Roaming auto-retrieve –...
  • Page 39: Social Networking

    Free: In this mode, the MMS Client Social Networking allows the user to add any content With your phone, you can enjoy to the message. the social networking and Receive advertisement – Allows manage your micro-blog in receiving advertisement on-line communities. You can messages.
  • Page 40: Viewing And Updating Your Status

    Messaging/E-mail Enter your e-mail address If you want to update your and password that you set up status, tap Status and write on your community, then tap the current status, then touch Log in. Share. Wait while your details are Note: This is dependent on checked with your community.
  • Page 41: 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 42: Using The Focus Mode

    Camera TIP! You can close all the to match the photo with the contact. shortcut options to give a clearer viewfinder screen. Just touch the NOTE: Zoom is not supported in centre of the viewfinder once. Face tracking mode. To recall the options, touch the MF (Manual Focus) –...
  • Page 43: Using The Advanced Settings

    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, Gmail, You can change the camera Messaging, Picasa,...
  • Page 44 Camera Timer – The self-timer allows NOTE: You can change a colour you to set a delay after the picture to black and white or shutter is pressed. Select Off, sepia, but you cannot change a 3 seconds, 5 seconds, or 10 black-and-white or sepia picture seconds.
  • Page 45: Viewing Your Saved Photos

    Viewing your saved Hide icons – Choose the camera setting icons to hide manually or photos automatically. You can access your saved Blink detection – Turn this on photos from within the to display a red box around the camera mode. Just touch face that was blinking in the and your gallery will appear preview image screen.
  • Page 46: Video Camera

    Video camera Getting to know the viewfinder Brightness – This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight entering the Video. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” for a lower brightness Video, or towards “+” for a higher brightness Video.
  • Page 47: Shooting A Quick Video

    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 slide the capture button of the selected video.
  • Page 48: Watching Your Saved Videos

    Video camera Color effect – Choose a colour Recorded video – Choose from Hold, On, Off. If you select On, tone to use for your new view. after recorded video screen is White balance – The white shown for 1 second, and it goes balance ensures any the white to the preview right away.
  • Page 49: 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 50: Your Photos And Videos

    Your photos and videos Text – Add text to a Flip vertically picture. Flip horizontally Clipart – Add clipart to Adding text to a photo a photo. On the editing screen, touch Drawpad – Draw on your photo, freehand. Select the colour of the Select the line thickness text, then choose one of the from the four options,...
  • Page 51: Cropping A Photo

    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. Move the Denoise.
  • Page 52: Adding Stamps

    Your photos and videos 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...
  • Page 53: Adding Subtitles

    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 54: Adding Dubbing To Your Video

    Your photos and videos 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 55: Timeline View

    Timeline view : Displays all your pictures and videos. LG-V905 Gallery provides a Favorite : If you touch and timeline view of your photos and videos. On the left side of hold a photo or video, the option...
  • Page 56: Creating A Slide Show

    Multimedia My Images options menu When you choose Email, Gmail 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.
  • Page 57: Media Player

    Clip Manager – Touch Video and select a Manage the added video to play. media files. If no media files were added, the The LG-V905 supports TIP! button is disabled. DivX video playback to ensure Preview – Preview the greater content availability.
  • Page 58: Music Movie

    Multimedia – Touch to deselect all the Touch to play the files. complete video file. 25/32 – This shows the selected Touch to save the video file number. file you created. Touch to go to the next step. Auto cut Music Movie There are three style templates: Portrait, Landscape, and Motion...
  • Page 59: Transferring Files Using Usb Mass Storage Devices

    To transfer files using USB Artists – Browse your music devices: collection by artist. Connect the LG-V905 to a PC Albums – Browse your music using a USB cable. collection by album. Choose Settings > SD Card Songs –...
  • Page 60: Using The Radio

    Using the radio Touch to go back to the first part of the song. Touch Your LG-V905 has a built-in FM two times to go back to radio so you can tune in to your the previous song. favorite stations and listen on the go.
  • Page 61: Resetting Channels

    Touch Auto Scan, then touch To improve radio TIP! Ok. Assign the stations found reception, extend the headset 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 If you connect a headset not...
  • Page 62: 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-V905 synchronise with your LG-V905. menu. Tip! If you change your Google You can post comments about...
  • Page 63: Google Talk

    Gmail Gmail is configured when you first set up your phone. Depending on your synchronization settings, Google on your phone is automatically synchronised with your Gmail account on the web.The inbox conversations list is your default Gmail view. Touch the Menu key, then touch Refresh to send or receive new emails and to synchronise your emails with your Google account...
  • Page 64 Rogers Shop - Browse and shop for My Account - My Account puts ringtones, games, videos and the power of account information more content to personalize your in the palm of your hand. My phone and make it more fun. Account lets you check your Rogers account balance, review Weather - The Weather icon...
  • Page 65: Setting Your Alarm

    On the home screen, touch want the alarm to sound. After Applications tab and select you set the time, the LG-V905 Calculator. will let you know how much Touch the number keys to time is left before the alarm enter numbers.
  • Page 66: 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 Done to save the event Applications tab and select in the calendar. A coloured Calendar.
  • Page 67: 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 68: Accessing The Web

    Browser 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 69: Adding And Accessing Bookmarks

    • Share Page – Send To access the bookmark, page by Email, Gmail or simply touch the bookmark. Messaging. You will be connected to the • Downloads – Show bookmarked page. download history. Changing Web browser • Setting – Set browser settings settings.
  • Page 70: 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 & display Silent mode – Turn on to silence Here, you can manage Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
  • Page 71: Data Synchronization

    SD Card notifications – Disable Enable GPS Satellites – If you SD card notification sounds. check Enable GPS satellites, your phone will be determine your Orientation – Set to switch location to street-level accuracy. orientation automatically when Share with Google – If you you rotate the phone.
  • Page 72: To Lock Your Screen By Using The Pattern Lock

    Settings Applications Install from SD card – choose to install encrypted certificates from You can manage applications and your SD card. set up quick launch shortcuts. Set password – set or change Unknown Sources – Default the credential storage password. setting to install non-Market applications.
  • Page 73: Speech Synthesis

    Date and time Speech synthesis Set date, time, time zone, and You use the Text-to-Speech formats. settings to configure the Android text-to-speech synthesiser, Locale and text for applications that can take Set local language and region, text advantage of it. input, and autocorrect options.
  • Page 74: How To Set Up Wi-Fi

    It allows fast – Connects to the desired AP emailing and Internet browsing. from the AP search list. NOTE: The LG-V905 supports WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK – If the AP is security type WEP or WPA/WPA2-PSK, security. If your Wi-Fi service enter the security key.
  • Page 75: How To Obtain The Mac Address

    MAC 3) Security Key: Saves the filters, you may need to enter the security key. MAC address of your LG-V905 4) IP/DNS Setting: This allows into the router. you to set to Automatic You can find the MAC address in...
  • Page 76: Phone Software Update

    Software update Phone Software update important information in advance for safekeeping. LG Mobile Phone Software update from internet DivX Mobile For more information on ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: DivX is a ® installing and using this program, digital video format created by please visit http://ca.lgservice.

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