WARNING! To reduce the possibility of electric shock, do not expose your phone to high humidity areas, such as a bathroom, swimming area, etc. Caution: Use only LG-approved batteries and desktop chargers to avoid damage to the phone. Using other batteries or chargers voids your warranty and may cause an explosion.
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VX4600 elcome elcome Congratulations for choosing the advanced and compact VX4600 cellular phone, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). Along with the many advanced features of the CDMA system, such as...
Technical Details The VX4600 is an all digital phone that operates on both Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) frequencies: cellular services at 800 MHz and Personal Communication Services (PCS) at 1.9 Ghz.
3/4 inches (2 cm) distance between the user’s body and the back of the phone and have not been tested for compliance with FCC RF exposure limits. VX4600 Vehicle-Mounted External Antenna (Optional, if available.) A minimum distance of 8 inches (20 cm) must...
6. Side Key 7. SEND Key 8. Voice Dial Key 9. Manner Mode VX4600 1. Earpiece 2. Flip Flip open the case to answer an incoming call and close to end the call. 3. LCD Screen Displays messages and indicator icons.
Warning! Use only the desktop charger provided with the phone. Using any (desktop) charger other than the one included with the VX4600 may damage your phone or battery. 1. Plug the charger into a wall outlet. The phone must be charged from a 120V AC power source.
If you are in a building, the reception may be better near a window. VX4600 Screen Icons When the phone is powered on, the top line of the LCD screen displays icons indicating the status of the phone.
Settings -> Lock Code -> Restrict -> Off -> OK 4. Press to end the call. VX4600 Correcting Dialing Mistakes If you make a mistake while dialing a number, press once to erase the last digit entered or hold down Redialing Calls 1.
Normal Mode. NOTE: When folder is closed, you can press (Voice dial key) for three seconds to set Manner mode. VX4600 Lock Mode Use Lock Mode to prevent others from using your phone. When Lock Mode is set, your 4-digit password is required to use the phone.
Contacts, the name appears with the number. Check with your service provider to ensure they offer this feature. VX4600 Speed Dialing Speed dialing is a convenient feature that allows you to make phone calls quickly and easily with a few keystrokes.
Hold to delete words. : In T9 mode, press to Punctuation insert punctuation in a word and complete a sentence. VX4600 mation mation Text Input Modes There are five modes for entering text, numbers, special characters, and punctuation. In a text entry field, pressing Right Soft Key displays a pop-up list of text modes.
1. Press Right Soft Key (or Left Soft Key change to Abc mode. 2. Press to change to ABC Caps Lock. 3. Press LG is displayed. VX4600 mation mation Using 123 (Numbers) Text Input 1. Press Right Soft Key 2. Press Using Symbol Text Input 1.
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The display gives you additional choices such as: , etc. Home Gone Hood VX4600 mation mation Adding Words to the T9 Database If a word is not in the T9 database, add it using Abc (Multi-tap) mode text entry. The word is automatically added to the T9 database.
New Name or Existing and press NOTE: Use Existing to add another phone number to a contact already stored in memory. VX4600 Save. 5. Enter a name for the phone number (up to 22 characters) and press A confirmation message is displayed briefly.
Contact entry. NOTE: You can change the name of the group, add groups, and delete groups. VX4600 Changing the Call Ringer Allows you to identify who is calling by setting different ringers for different phone numbers in your Contacts. It is automatically set to the default ringer when the Contact is saved.
Select. 5. Press Left Soft Key Done to continue editing the Contact entry. VX4600 Changing the Secret Setting Allows you to hide certain entries from being displayed when the Contacts are searched. to highlight 1.
6. Follow the Voice Dial prompts. 7. Press Left Soft Key Done to continue editing the Contact entry, or Press Main Menu. VX4600 Editing Contacts Entries Adding Another Phone Number to highlight From the Main Menu Screen 1. From standby mode, enter the phone number 2.
Default Number and press Right Soft Key Options. 5. Press Set as Default #. A confirmation message is displayed. VX4600 Editing Stored Phone Numbers 1. From standby mode, press Right Soft Key 2. Use 3. Press Left Soft Key 4. Use 5.
Edit. 4. Use to highlight the information you want to customize and press 5. Edit the information as necessary and press VX4600 Deleting Deleting a Phone Number from a Contact 1. Press Right Soft Key 2. Use 3. Press Left Soft Key 4.
Recorded Dial number and press 6. Press Erase. A confirmation message is displayed. VX4600 Phone Numbers With Pauses When you call automated systems such as voice mail or credit billing numbers, you often have to enter a series of numbers. Instead of entering...
A confirmation message is displayed. VX4600 Searching Your Phone’s Memory The VX4600 phone is able to perform a dynamic search of the contents in your phone’s memory. A dynamic search compares entered letters or numbers against the entries in your Contacts. A matching list is displayed in descending order.
5. Press to see more information or press to place a call. VX4600 Making a Call From Your Phone’s Memory Once you have stored phone numbers into your Contacts, you can place calls to those numbers quickly and easily.
Speed Dial digit, and then press 2. Your phone recalls the phone number from your Contacts, displays it briefly, and then dials it. VX4600 Voice Dialing Voice Dialing is a convenient feature that allows you to make phone calls quickly and easily by saying a voice command that you have recorded in your Contacts.
NOTE: Press to cancel without saving. VX4600 Contacts (Menu The Contacts Menu allows you to store names, phone numbers and other information in your phone’s memory. When you access your Contacts, the number in parenthesis represents the number of entries you have stored (up to 499).
Contact, edit the Contact entry. 1. Press Left Soft Key Menu. 2. Press Contacts. VX4600 3. Press 4. Enter the number and press 5. Select the Label you want and press 6. Enter the name and press 7. Continue saving the entry as necessary.
Right Soft Key Options to change the name of the group or delete the group. VX4600 Speed Dials (Menu Allows you to view your list of Speed Dials or designate Speed Dial for numbers entered in your Contacts.
4. Use to select the feature you want to edit and press 5. Edit the information as necessary. VX4600 Recent Calls (Menu The Recent Calls Menu is a list of the last phone numbers or Contact entries for calls you placed, accepted, or missed.
Press to place a call to the number. Press Right Soft Key Send Message. / Prepend / Erase / Erase all VX4600 Missed Calls (Menu Allows you to view the list of missed calls; up to 30 entries. 1. Press Left Soft Key 2.
The phone can store up to 116 messages (for example, 1 voice message, 50 inbox text messages, 50 outbox text messages, 15 saved text messages). The VX4600 supports up to 160 characters per message including header information. The information stored in the message is determined by phone mode and service capability.
Msg Settings: Selects alert type for new messages. Erase All: Deletes all stored messages. VX4600 Voice Mail (Menu Allows you to view new voice messages recorded in the voice mail box. Once you exceed the storage limit, old messages are overwritten.
NOTE: If you send an SMS message to a phone without SMS, you will still be notified that the message was sent, however the message will not be received. VX4600 Customizing the Text Message using options 1. Create a new message. 2. Press Right Soft Key 3.
NOTE:The Address 1 feature allows multi-sending of up to 10 total addresses. 7. Complete the message as necessary. VX4600 Text Options While you are composing the text of a message you can insert customized text.
Transmission is unavailable in a no service area. Messages are pending transmission. Pending Pending messages are transmitted automatically when digital mode becomes available. VX4600 Inbox (Menu The phone alerts you in 3 ways when you receive a new message: By displaying a message notification on the screen.
Lock/Unlock Locks or unlocks the selected message. Locked messages can not be deleted by the Erase Inbox and Erase All functions. VX4600 Outbox (Menu Up to 50 sent messages can be stored in the Outbox. View lists and contents of sent messages and verify whether the transmission was successful or not.
Edit Voice Mailbox # Quick-Text Auto Play On / Off Font Size Small / Normal VX4600 Message Settings Sub-Menu Descriptions Auto Save (Menu With this feature on, messages are automatically saved in the Outbox when transmitted. Auto Delete (Menu With this feature on, read messages are automatically deleted when you exceed the storage limit.
Allows you to determine the font to use when entering message content or reading text Inbox, Outbox, and Saved Msgs folders. VX4600 Erase All (Menu Allows you to erase all text messages stored in your Inbox, Outbox, or Saved Msgs Folders. You can also erase all messages at the same time.
When using applications, an incoming call will automatically pause the application and allow you to answer the call. When you complete your call, you can resume using the application. VX4600 Access and Options 1. Press Left Soft Key 2. Press Get It Now.
Get It Now. 3. Select Get Info. 4. Press VX4600 Managing Your Get It Now Applications Add new applications and remove old ones at any time. Disabling Applications If you need more memory, but still want to be able to access the application later, try using Disable.
1. Press Left Soft Key 2. Press Mobile Web. Start Browser Web Messages Web Settings VX4600 Start Browser (Menu Allows you to initiate a MiniBrowser session. 1. Press Left Soft Key 2. Press 3. Press 4. A reminder of the charge will appear; press Yes to launch MiniBrowser, if required.
To go to the Home Page, press and hold View Browser Menu Press and hold to use the browser menu. VX4600 Soft Keys To navigate to different screens or select special functions, use the Soft Keys. The function associated with the Soft Keys can change for each page and depends on each highlighted item.
4. Press Left Soft Key Ok to return to the screen that you marked to resume navigation within the MiniBrowser. VX4600 This function is dependent upon the html coding of the page and determined by the website. Finding a Bookmark From the Home Page, press and hold the number associated with the bookmark in your bookmark list.
Charges will apply. Start MiniBrowser? is displayed. 4. Press Yes. Your list of Web messages is displayed. VX4600 Web Settings (Menu Prompt (Menu Allows you to specify whether warning prompts are displayed while using the MiniBrowser. The first prompt occurs prior to making a MiniBrowser call to prevent accidental activation of the browser since all subscribers are provided with the browser automatically.
2. Press My Media. 3. Press Graphics. 4. Use to highlight your selection then press to select. VX4600 Music (Menu Allows you to choose the ring tones heard for incoming calls. 1. Press Left Soft Key Menu. 2. Press 3. Press 4.
Voice Memo My Shortcut Notepad EZ Tip Calc Calculator World Clock VX4600 Schedule (Menu Allows you to keep your agenda convenient and easy to access. Simply store your appointments and your phone alerts you with a reminder of your appointment.
Once / Daily / Mon-Fri / Weekends 9. Use to highlight Ring (ring type setting) and press VX4600 10. Use to select one of the available alarm ring types and press 11. Press Left Soft Key Save.
1. Press Left Soft Key Menu. 2. Press Tools. 3. Press EZ Tip Calc. VX4600 Calculator (Menu Allows you to calculate simple mathematical computations. You can enter numbers up to the second decimal place. 1. Press Left Soft Key Menu.
4. Select Ringer / Earpiece / Key Beep. 5. Adjust the volume of the ringer with then press to save the setting. VX4600 Alerts (Menu Allows you to set any of the four Alert options to either On or Off.
4. Press Power On / Off Tone. 5. Set your selection with 6. Press to save the setting. VX4600 Display Options to customize the phone’s display screen. Banner (Menu Allows you to enter a string of up to 16 characters which display on the LCD screen.
7 seconds 15 seconds Always on means that the backlight is always on. Always off means that the backlight is never on. VX4600 Screens (Menu Allows you to choose the kind of background to be displayed on the phone. 1. Press Left Soft Key 2.
3. Press Display. 4. Press Theme Colors. 5. Select Default / Green / Violet / Orange then press VX4600 Contrast (Menu Allows you to set the level of contrast for your LCD screen. 1. Press Left Soft Key 2. Press 3.
Text Editor (Menu Select Size / Color. 2. Press until you find the size or color you desire then press VX4600 Language (Menu Allows you to set the bilingual feature according to your preference. Choose between English and Spanish. 1. Press Left Soft Key 2.
Settings. 3. Press System. 4. Press Set NAM. 5. Select NAM1 / NAM2 then press VX4600 Auto NAM (Menu Allows the phone to automatically switch between programmed telephone numbers corresponding to the service provider area. 1. Press Left Soft Key 2.
System. 4. Press TTY Mode. 5. Select TTY Full / TTY+TALK / TTY+HEAR / TTY Off then press VX4600 Security (Menu The Security menu allows you to secure the phone electronically. Lock Phone (Menu Keeps your phone from unauthorized use. Once the phone is locked, it is in restricted mode until the lock code is entered.
4. Enter the four-digit lock code. 5. Press Emergency #s. 6. Select emergency number using 7. Enter an emergency phone number then press VX4600 Change Code (Menu Allows you to enter a new four-digit lock code. 1. Press Left Soft Key 2. Press 3. Press 4.
4. Enter the four-digit lock code. 5. Press Reset Phone. 6. Press , select Revert then press VX4600 Call Setup (Menu The Call Setup menu allows you to designate how the phone handles both incoming and outgoing calls. Auto Retry (Menu...
After 3 rings When you have an incoming call, the phone automatically responds after 3 rings with the clamshell either opened or closed. VX4600 One-Touch Dial (Menu Allows you to initiate a speed dial call by pressing and holding the speed dial digit. If set to Disable, Speed Dial numbers designated in your Contacts will not function.
Menu. Settings. 1X Data. Data/ Fax. connect your PC or PDA to your LG wireless phone, freeing you from having to locate a telephone outlet. You can send or receive an e-mail, a fax, or access the Internet anytime, anywhere.
1X HSPD data service via a USB data cable, you may get better port speed if the port speed is set to 230,400 rather than 115,200. VX4600 Voice Services (Menu The Voice Services menu provides access to the voice services available with your phone.
4. Select Location On / E911 Only then press NOTE: GPS satellite signals are not always transmitted, especially under bad atmospheric and environmental conditions, indoors or otherwise. VX4600 Phone Info (Menu The Phone Info menu provides you with specific information pertaining to your phone model. Access and Options and follow the 1.
Allows you to view all the icons and their meanings. 1. Press Left Soft Key Menu. 2. Press Phone Info. 3. Press Icon Glossary. VX4600 Shortcut Help (Menu Allows you to view condensed information about using the phone. 1. Press Left Soft Key 2. Press 3. Press Menu.
Use only the supplied or an approved replacement antenna. Unauthorized antennas, modifications, or attachments could damage the phone and may violate FCC regulations. VX4600 Phone Operation NORMAL POSITION: Hold the phone as you would any other telephone with the antenna pointed up and over your shoulder.
Check with the manufacturer or its representative regarding your vehicle. You should also consult the manufacturer of any equipment that has been added to your vehicle. VX4600 Posted Facilities Turn your phone OFF in any facility where posted notices so require. Aircraft FCC regulations prohibit using your phone while in the air.
The battery does not need to be fully discharged before recharging. Use only LG-approved chargers specific to your phone model since they are designed to maximize battery life. Do not disassemble or short-circuit the battery.
When the phone is not used for a long period time, store it in a safe place with the power cord unplugged. Only use the batteries, antennas, and chargers provided by LG. The warranty will not be applied to products provided by other suppliers.
Do not immerse your phone in water. If this happens, turn it off immediately and remove the battery. If the phone does not work, take it to an LG Authorized Service Center. The power cord on this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause (cancer, and) birth defects or other reproductive harm.
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RF could accelerate the development of cancer in laboratory animals. However, many of the studies that showed increased tumor development used animals that had been VX4600 genetically engineered or treated with cancer-causing chemicals so as to be pre-disposed to develop cancer in the absence of RF exposure.
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(1.6 W/kg). The FCC limit is consistent with the safety standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) and the National Council on Radiation Protection VX4600 and Measurement. The exposure limit takes into consideration the body’s ability to remove heat from the tissues that absorb energy from the wireless phone and is set well below levels known to have effects.
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Radio frequency energy (RF) from wireless phones can interact with some electronic devices. For this reason, the FDA helped develop a detailed test method to measure electromagnetic interference (EMI) VX4600 of implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators from wireless telephones. This test method is now part of a standard sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Medical instrumentation (AAMI).
FCC for each model. VX4600 The highest SAR value for this model phone when tested for use at the ear is 1.17 W/kg and when worn on the body, as described in this user guide, is 0.914 W/kg (body-worn measurements differ...
It takes 5 hours to charge a completely discharged battery. VX4600 Hands-Free Car Kit (Portable) The hands-free car kit enables you to attach the phone to the power jack in your car, providing you with hands- free operation.
(5) Upon request from LG, the consumer must provide information satisfactory to LG to prove the date of purchase or exchange. (6) The customer shall bear the cost of shipping the product to the Customer Service Department of LG.
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MARKETABILITY OR MERCHANTABILITY, IS LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY HEREIN. LG INFOCOMM U.S.A., INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL,...
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Inbox 73 Missed Calls 63 Information 10 Mobile Web 16, 84 Msg Alerts 77 Msg Settings 76 Multi-tap 29, 30, 33 VX4600 Music 93 Mute Function 25 Quick-Text 78 My Media 17, 92 My Phone Number 128 My Shortcut 97...
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