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Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and
compact GS500 phone by LG, designed to operate with the
latest digital mobile communication technology.
Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending
on the software of the phone or your service provider.
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GS500 User Guide
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- Page 1 Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact GS500 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology. Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider.
- 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.
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Page 4: Getting To Know Your Phone
• When playing a track: controls the the key. volume continuously. Charger, Data cable (USB cable) TIP: Before connecting the USB cable, wait until the phone has powered up and has registered on the network. 10 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 5: Open View
Open view WARNING: Putting a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it can damage its LCD and touch screen functionality. Do not cover the proximity sensor with a protective film or cover. It can cause the sensor to malfunction. Battery cover Battery SIM card... -
Page 6: Installing The Sim And Battery
Install the USIM card Slide the USIM card into the USIM card holder. Make sure the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards. To remove the USIM card, gently pull it outwards. 12 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 7: Charging Your Phone
Charging your phone Slide back the cover of the charger connector on the side of your GS500. Insert the charger and plug it into a mains electricity socket. Your GS500 must be charged until the “Battery full“ message appears on the screen. -
Page 8: Formatting The Memory Card
NOTE: All files get deleted while damaged. formatting. From the home screen select and choose Phone settings from the SETTINGS tab. Scroll and touch Memory manager then scroll and select External memory. Touch Format and then confirm your choice. 14 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 9: Transferring Your Contacts
Enter the password, if one has been set. The card will then be formatted and ready to use. NOTE: If there is existing content on your memory card, the folder structure may be different after formatting since all files will have been deleted. -
Page 10: Your Home Screen
• Use the tip of your finger to • Get in touch with your GS500 - touch the option you require. Be The User Interface is based on careful not to touch any other four types of Homescreens. -
Page 11: Using The Multi - Tasking Function
Touch screen Viewing the status bar The controls on the GS500 touch Icon Description screen change dynamically, Multitasking depending on the task you are Network signal strength carrying out. (number of bars will vary) Opening Applications No network signal To open any Application, simply touch its icon. - Page 12 Outdoor profile in use Silent profile in use Headset in use Calls are diverted EDGE in use Roaming Flight mode is on Bluetooth is active BGM play BGM pause Memory card is enabled for use 18 LG GS500 | User Guide...
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Page 13: Making A Call From Your Contacts
Calls Making a call From the filtered list, touch the Call icon next to the contact you Touch to open the keypad. want to call. The call will use the Key in the number using the default number if there is more keypad. -
Page 14: In-Call Options
TIP! To scroll through a list of options or your list of contacts, touch the last item visible and slide your finger up the screen. The list will move up so more items become visible. 20 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 15: Speed Dialling
Speed dialling will be locked and the caller put on hold. You can assign a frequently-called To change between the calls, contact to a speed dial number. touch or press the number Select Contacts in the of the held call. COMMUNICATION tab and select To end one or both calls press Speed dials. -
Page 16: Using Call Divert
You’ll need your PIN2 code from your operator. Only numbers included in the fixed dial list can Using call barring be called from your phone. Touch Call settings in the SETTINGS tab. Touch Call barring. 22 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 17: Changing The Common Call Setting
Changing the common call Answer mode - Choose whether to answer the phone using the setting send key or any key. Touch Call settings in the Minute minder - Slide the switch SETTINGS tab. left to ON to hear a tone every Scroll and touch Common minute during a call. -
Page 18: Adding A New Contact
Touch Contacts in the Livecon. COMMUNICATION tab and touch Touch Save to save the contact. Add contact. Choose whether to save the contact to your Handset or SIM. Enter your first and last name. 24 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 19: Creating A Group
Creating a group From here, you can adjust the following settings: Touch Contacts in the Contact list settings - Adjust COMMUNICATION tab. And touch the Contacts location, Name Groups. display and Quick command Touch Add group or touch key settings. and select Add group. -
Page 20: Viewing Information
Memory info. (showing your memory usage) and My business card. TIP! To add your own business card, select My business card and enter your details as you would for any contact. Touch Save to finish. 26 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 21: Entering Text
Messaging Messaging Entering text Your GS500 combines SMS and There are five ways to enter text: MMS into one intuitive and easy-to- Keypad, Keyboard, Handwriting- use menu. Screen, Handwriting-Box, Handwriting-Double Box. Sending a message You can choose your input method Touch Messaging in the and Input method. -
Page 22: Handwriting Recognition
To check manually: In Handwriting mode you simply Touch E-mail in the write on the screen and your GS500 COMMUNICATION tab. will convert your handwriting into your message. Select Handwriting- Touch the account you want to Screen or Handwriting-Box use . -
Page 23: Changing Your Email Settings
Mail sending size - Set the maximum size of sending mail. Retrieve interval - Choose how often your GS500 checks for new E-mail counter - Input the date email messages. you want. You can check emails you sent during that period. - Page 24 MMS and you can your messages have been delivered. then decide whether to download Validity period - Choose how long them in full. your messages are stored at the message centre. 30 LG GS500 | User Guide...
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Page 25: Changing Your Other Settings
Delivery report - Choose to request Changing your other settings and/or allow a delivery report. Touch Messaging in the Read reply - Choose to request COMMUNICATION tab. And touch and/or allow a reply. Settings. Priority - Choose the priority level Voicemail - Touch to add a of your MMS. - Page 26 The image name is shown with four icons on the right- hand side. Touch to send the photo as a message, email or via Bluetooth. Touch to set a Home screen image. 32 LG GS500 | User Guide...
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Page 27: Getting To Know The Viewfinder
Getting to know the viewfinder Exposure - A low contrast image will appear foggy, whereas a high contrast image will appear much sharper. Zoom - zoom in or zoom out. This function is enabled depending on the picture size you take. Back Taking a photo Video mode - Slide down this icon to... -
Page 28: Adjusting The Exposure
Great for the group photo you want Size - Change the size of the photo to be part of. to save memory space or take a picture preset to the correct size for a contact. Select a pixel value 34 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 29: Viewing Your Saved Photos
Quality - Choose between Super Viewing your saved photos fine, Fine and Normal. The finer the You can access your saved photos quality the sharper a photo will be, from within the camera mode. but the file size will increase. This Just touch and your gallery means you’ll be able to store fewer... -
Page 30: Video Camera
Your current video will To pause the video, touch be saved. resume by selecting Touch to view a gallery of saved Touch on screen or press videos and images. a second time to stop recording. 36 LG GS500 | User Guide... - Page 31 Getting to know the viewfinder Image size Saving to handset memory/ Zoom - zoom in or zoom out. external memory Back Camera mode - Touch this icon to switch to camera mode. Start recording Gallery Video mode - Video mode is Settings - Touch this icon to open selected.
- Page 32 MMS. setting by scrolling the wheel. After selecting the option, touch the OK TIP! If you choose MMS button. duration, choosing a lower image quality will enable you to shoot a longer video. 38 LG GS500 | User Guide...
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Page 33: Watching Your Saved Videos
Save location - Choose whether to save your videos to the Handset or to the memory External memory Voice - Choose whether or not to record a video with sound. Hide icons - Choose the camera settings icons to be hidden manually or automatically. -
Page 34: Viewing Your Photos And Videos
To zoom out press . Use the The image will appear on the thumbnail in the bottom right screen, with its image name. corner to move the focus area. Touch to return to the video. 40 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 35: Viewing Your Photos As A Slide Show
The image will be saved in your Touch to show random. My stuff folder and appear in Touch to increase or decrease the gallery. the speed of the slideshow. WARNING: Some Setting a photo as wallpaper functions will not work properly Touch Gallery in the if the multimedia file has not ENTERTAINMENT tab. -
Page 36: Editing Your Photos
Choose from the different stamps and colours and touch your photo where you want to place them. Erase whatever you draw. You can also select the eraser size. Touch to return to the gallery. 42 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 37: Adding Text To A Photo
Adding text to a photo Adding an effect to a photo From the editing screen, touch From the editing screen, touch Select Signature to add Choose to apply any of the unframed text or choose one of options to the photo: the speech bubble shapes. - Page 38 Antique - Give an old-looking effect. Glow - Give a light beam effect. Cartoon - Give a cartoon effect. Water color - Give a watercolour effect. To undo an effect simply touch Undo 44 LG GS500 | User Guide...
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Page 39: My Images Options Menu
Multimedia My images options menu You can store multimedia files in your phone’s memory so you have The options available to you in My easy access to all your pictures, images depend on the type of sounds, videos and games. You can image you have selected. -
Page 40: Printing An Image
Shut down image - Set an image the memories, or to safeguard your to appear when you switch the images against loss. phone off. then select My stuff Touch from ENTERTAINMENT tab. 46 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 41: Creating A Slide Show
Checking your memory status Touch My images. Touch You can check to see how much memory space you have used and Select Move or Copy. how much you have left. Creating a slide show then select My stuff Touch If you want to view all the images from ENTERTAINMENT tab. -
Page 42: Games And Applications
Touch Videos. Playing a game Select a video to play. then select Games & Touch Apps on the ENTERTAINMENT tab. Touch Games or Applications menu. Touch Launch button to launch a game or an application. 48 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 43: Flash Contents
Flash contents way of transferring a file from your computer to your phone. You can The Flash contents folder contains also use LG PC Suite via your sync all of your default and downloaded cable. SWF files. To transfer files (e.g. music) using... -
Page 44: Creating A Movie
Others folder. then Play order to Touch If this happens, you can move them. create an order. You can make it random or sequencial. then Save Location to Touch choose where to save the movie. 50 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 45: Transferring Music Onto Your Phone
Music NOTE: The copyright of music fi les Your LG GS500 has a built-in music can be protected by international player that lets you play all your treaties and national copyright favourite tracks. To access the music laws. It may be necessary to obtain... -
Page 46: Creating A Playlist
Touch to go back to the tick will show next to the track previous song. names. to return to the Music Touch Touch Done. menu. 52 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 47: Searching For Stations
FM Radio Touch Auto scan. A confirmation message appears. Select Your LG GS500 has an FM radio Yes, then the stations will feature so you can tune into your be automatically found and favourite stations to listen on the allocated to a channel in your move. -
Page 48: Adding An Event To Your Calendar
10.10.07 will be 09.12.2007. Select Save and your event Touch Organiser in the UTILITIES will be saved in the calendar. A tab. square cursor will mark the day Select Date finder. that any events have been saved 54 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 49: Adding A Memo
Set the required date in the From Choose how you would like your alarm to repeat in the Repeat tab. box: Not repeated, Daily, Mon ~ Set the number of days in the Fri, Mon ~ Sat, Sat ~ Sun, Except After tab. -
Page 50: Adding A Memo With The Drawing Panel
Duration – Set the recording followed by =. duration. Choose from No limit, For more complex calculations, MMS msg. size or 1 min. and choose from sin, touch Quality – Select the sound quality. 56 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 51: Converting A Unit
cos, tan, log, ln, exp, sqrt, deg Scroll the globe, touch the area or rad etc. you want and choose the city on the map. Converting a unit Or touch the and type the Touch Tools in the UTILITIES tab. name of the city you require in Select Unit converter. -
Page 52: Installing The Lg Pc Suite On Your Computer
LG PC Suite program Software > Go to Manual & S/W from website. Download Section) Click on the LG PC Suite Installer which will appear on your screen. Installing the LG PC Suite on your computer From the home screen touch , then scroll to Connectivity on the SETTINGS tab. -
Page 53: Backing Up And Restoring Your Phone's Information
PC. LG PC Suite will be automatically activated on your PC. Viewing phone files on your Caution! If LG PC Suite is not activated automatically in your Connect your phone to your PC PC, please check your CD-ROM as outlined above. -
Page 54: Synchronising Your Contacts
SIM card, click on the SIM This menu allows to add music to card folder on the left side of the GS500. Before you start to transfer PC screen. Right click on one of music from your PC to your device,... -
Page 55: Transferring Music Using Windows Media Player
Transferring music using WARNING Windows Media Player Do not disconnect your phone From the home screen select during the transfer. , then scroll to Connectivity on the SETTINGS tab. NOTE: Music Sync is only available Select USB connection mode for music contents. and choose Music sync. -
Page 56: Adding And Accessing Bookmarks
To access the bookmark simply downloading content. Check data touch the Connect icon next charges with your network provider. to the bookmark or touch the bookmark title and then touch Connect. You will be connected to your bookmark. 62 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 57: Viewing Your Browser History
Using the RSS reader Accessing a saved page From the home screen select RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a then scroll to Browser on the family of web feed formats used to UTILITIES tab. publish frequently updated content, Select Saved pages. such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. - Page 58 Visible for both your PC and modem GS500. Your GS500 can be used as a Pair your PC and GS500 so that a modem for your PC, giving you passcode is required to connect email and internet access even them.
- Page 59 Access to Google Service YouTube: You can watch videos on YouTube Mobile from your mobile You can launch google services in device. You may want to contact this application. Touch Google in your carrier for more information the Utilities tab. about the availability of data Maps: You can access maps from streaming on your mobile device.
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Page 60: Personalising Your Profiles
From the home screen, select From the home screen, select recharge your phone more often. then scroll to Screen settings on the SETTINGS tab. Brightness - Adjust the screen brightness. You can choose the option menu from: 66 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 61: Changing Your Phone Settings
Languages - Change the or OFF and fill in the greeting language on your GS500’s display. message in the text field. Motion silent - Make the GS500 Start-up/Shut down - Choose go into the mute or snooze the theme for your start-up/shut settings by flipping it over when down screen. -
Page 62: Changing Your Touch Settings
Data service from the options and recommended for best service synchronise your GS500 using the and quality. LG PC Suite software to copy files If you select Manual, all the from your phone. currently available networks are If you use Music sync with Windows... -
Page 63: Using Memory Manager
Handset common memory - View in this menu. Music sync is only the memory available on your available for music content. GS500 for Pictures, Sounds, Videos, MMS, Email, Java applications and Java settings - Allows you to set others. profiles for connections made... -
Page 64: Using Flight Mode
Use as wallpaper. Files will not automatically search will usually be saved to the for other Bluetooth devices. If appropriate folder in My stuff. not, your GS500 will search for other Bluetooth enabled devices within range. 70 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 65: Pairing With Another Bluetooth Device
Pairing with another Changing your Bluetooth settings: Bluetooth device Touch Bluetooth in the SETTINGS By pairing your GS500 and another tab. And select and choose device, you can set up a passcode Settings. protected connection. Make your changes to: Check that your Bluetooth is ON My device visibility - Choose to and Visible. -
Page 66: Using A Bluetooth Headset
Touch Ask before connect or Always connect and touch Yes to Connect now. Your GS500 will automatically switch to Headset profile. 72 LG GS500 | User Guide... -
Page 67: Software Update
Software Update LG Mobile Phone Software information in advance for Update Program safekeeping. For more information on installing and using this program, please visit http://update.lgmobile.com. This feature allows you to update your software to the latest version quickly and conveniently over the Internet without needing to visit our service centre.