GB280 User Guide - English This guide will help you understand your new mobile phone. It will provide you with useful explanations of features on your phone. Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider. 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. 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. Body-worn Operation This device has been tested for typical body-worn operations with the distance of 0.79inches (2.0cm) from the users body. To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance of 0.79inches(2.0cm) must be maintained from the user's body. Additionally, Belt clips, holsters & other body-worn accessories may not contain metallic components. Getting to know your phone Main screen FM Radio Go to FM radio function directly. Call key Dials a phone number and answers incoming calls. 2 Insta Lift t area To re Note Form Press Choo inser WAR you d Charger, cable slot, Handsfree connector Memory card slot Volume key Camera Go to Camera function directly. End/Power key Ends or rejects a call. Turns the phone on/off. Returns to the standby screen when you use the menu. Installing a memory card Lift the memory card cover and insert a micro SD card with the golden contact area facing downwards. Close the memory card cover so that it clicks shut. To remove the memory card, gently push it as shown in the diagram. Note: A memory card is an optional accessory. Formatting the memory card Press Menu and select Settings. Choose Memory manager, select External memory and press Format, and insert security code. WARNING: When you format your memory card, all the content will be wiped. If you do not want to lose the data on your memory card, back it up fi rst. 3 y ot the e use Installing the SIM Card and Charging the Battery Installing the SIM Card When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided with a plug-in SIM card loaded with your subscription details, such as your PIN, any optional services available and many others. Important! The plug-in SIM card and its can be easily damaged by scratches or bending, so be careful when handling, inserting or removing the card. Keep all SIM cards out of the reach of small children. Illustrations 1 Open battery cover 2 Remove the battery 3 Insert your SIM 4 Insert your battery 5 Close the battery cover 6 Charge your battery 3 4 1 5 2 6 WARNING: Do not remove the battery when the phone is switched on, as this may damage the phone. 4 Me Mes Crea Inbo My m Draf Outb Sent Save Emo Mess Sett Profi Disp Date Conn Call Phon Netw Inter Acce Pack Secu Mem Rest Orga Alarm Calen To-do Note Secre Calcu Stop Date Conv Worl Go to STK s Setti Menu map EDGE Rx only Contacts Names Settings Groups Speed dials Service dial numbers Own number My business card Gallery My memory card My images My sounds My videos My games & apps Others Applications My games & apps Settings Call log Call log Missed calls Received calls Dialled numbers Call duration Packet data counter Call costs Media Camera Video Music FM radio Voice recorder Web Home Bookmarks Last web address Settings Go to address Saved pages nal
. may Messaging Create message Inbox My mailbox Drafts Outbox Sent items Saved items Emoticons Message settings Settings Profi les Display Date & Time Connectivity Call Phone Network Internet profi les Access points Packet data conn. Security Memory manager Restore factory settings Organiser Alarm clock Calendar To-do list Notes Secret notes Calculator Stopwatch Date fi nder Converter World time Go to STK services Settings 5 Calls Making a call 1 Key in the number using the to initiate the call. keypad. To delete a digit press CLR. 2 Press 3 To end the call, press TIP! To enter + when making an international call, press and hold 0. Making a call from your contacts 1 Select Names from the Standby
. screen. 2 Using the keypad, enter the first letter of the contact you want to call. For example, for Office, Press 6 three times to select the first character, O 3 Select Call or press the call. to initiate to Answering and rejecting a call When your phone rings, press answer the call. You can control the volume by pressing the side keys. Press the incoming call. or select Reject to reject 6 TIP! You can change the settings on your phone to answer your calls in different ways. Press Menu, select Settings, and choose Call. Select Answer mode and choose from Press send key, Slide up and Press any key. Speed dialling You can assign a speed dial number to a contact you call frequently. Viewing your Call history You can check the call record of missed, received, and dialled calls only if the network supports the Calling Line Identification (CLI) within the service area. Changing the call settings You can set the menu relevant to a call. Press Menu, select Settings and choose Call. Call divert - Choose whether to divert your calls. Call barring - Select when you would like calls to be barred. Fixed dial number - Choose a list of numbers that can be called from your phone. Youll need your PIN2 code from your operator. Only numbers included in the fixed dial list can be called from your phone. Cal hav you Cal Sen you whe on y Aut Ans ans sen Fre sho Min ton BT a or H Sav or N Slid call Con Sear 1 Se scr n ess ey. ber s ithin o a and st om N2 ial ne. Call waiting - Be alerted when you have a call waiting. (Depends on your network provider.) Call reject - Set the rejected call list. Send my number - Choose whether your number will be displayed when you call someone. (Depends on your network provider.) Auto redial - Choose On or Off. Answer mode - Choose whether to answer the phone using any key or send key only or Slide up. Free call timer - Choose whether to show or not. Minute minder - Select On to hear a tone every minute during a call. BT answer mode - Set Hands-free or Handset. Save new number - Choose Yes or No. Slide close setting - Choose End call or Continue call. Contacts Searching for a contact 1 Select Names from the standby screen. 2 Using the keypad enter the first letter of the contact you want to call. 3 To scroll through the contacts use the up and down arrows. Adding a new contact 1 Press Menu then select Contacts and choose Names. Then press Options-Add new contact. 2 Enter all the information you have in the fields provided and select Options-Done. Adding a contact to a group You can save your contacts into groups, for example, keeping your work colleagues and family separate. There are a number of groups including Family, Friends, Colleague, School and VIP already set up on the phone. Messaging Your GB280 includes functions to send text messages and multimedia messages and E-mail, as well as the networks service messages. 7 Sending a message 1 Press Menu, select Messaging, and choose Create message. 2 A new message editor will open. The message editor combines Text message and Multimedia messages into one intuitive and easy to switch between editor. The default setting of the message editor is text messages. 3 Enter your message. 4 Choose Options-Insert to add an Image, Video clip, Sound clip, Schedule, Business card, Note, Text field, To do, or a Text template. 5 Press Options - Send key. Setting up your email You can stay in touch on the move using email on your GB280. Its quick and simple to set up a POP3 or IMAP4 email account. 1 Press Menu, select Messaging, and choose Message Settings. 2 Select Email then Email accounts. 3 Press Add then set the E-mail account. Sending an email using your new account To send/receive an email, you should set up an email account. 1 Select Menu, select Messaging and choose Create message. 2 Choose Email and a new email will open. 3 Write a subject. 4 Enter your message. 5 Press options, select Insert to add an Image, Video Clip, Sound Clip, Business card, Schedule or a Note. 6 Press Send to and enter the recipients address or press Options and select Insert-Contact Details to open your contacts list 7 Press Send and your email will be sent. Entering text You can enter alphanumeric characters using the phones keypad. The following text input methods are available in the phone: T9 predictive mode, ABC manual mode and 123 mode. Note one t num T9 p T9 p dictio writi you p key a want will r lette ABC This lette with three displ 123 Type per n num mod desir 8 ew ould g will dd Clip, Note. n be pad. s are tive 3 Note: Some fields may allow only one text input mode (e.g. telephone number in address book fields). T9 predictive mode T9 predictive mode uses a built-in dictionary to recognise words youre writing based on the key sequences you press. Simply press the number key associated with the letter you want to enter, and the dictionary will recognise the word once all the letters are entered. ABC manual mode This mode allows you to enter letters by pressing the key labeled with the required letter once, twice, three or four times until the letter is displayed. 123 mode Type numbers using one keystroke per number. You can also add numbers while remaining in letter modes by pressing and holding the desired key. Message folders Press Menu, select Messaging. The folder structure used on your GB280 is fairly selfexplanatory. Create message - Allows you to create new messages. Inbox - All the messages you receive are placed into your Inbox. My mail box - Contains all your email messages. Drafts - If you dont have time to finish writing a message, you can save what you have done so far here. Outbox - This is a temporary storage folder while messages are being sent or stores the messages that are failed to sent. Sent items - All the messages you send are placed into your Sent folder. Saved Items - You can access your Saved messages,text templates and Multimedia templates Emoticons - A list of useful Emoticons, already written for a quick reply. 9 Media Music Your GB280 has a built-in Music player so you can play all your favourite music. Playing a song 1 Press Menu and select Media, then choose Music. 2 Choose All tracks then select the song you want to play. 3 Select 4 Select song. 5 Select song. to pause the song. to skip to the next to skip to the previous 4 The All tracks folder will show. Select all of the songs that you would like to include in your playlist by scrolling to them and selecting
. 5 Select Done to store the playlist. Camera Taking a quick photo 1 Select Menu, and select Media. Select Camera to open the viewfinder. 2 Holding the phone and, point the lens towards the subject of the photo. 3 Position the phone so you can see the subject of your photo. 6 Select Back to stop the music and return to the Music player menu. 4 Press Center photo. key to take a Creating a playlist You can create your own playlists by choosing a selection of songs from the All songs folder. 1 Press Menu and select Media. 2 Choose Music, then select playlist. 3 Press Options and select New playlist, enter the playlist name and press Save. Video camera Shooting a quick video 1 In standby screen, select Menu and select Media. 2 Choose Video. 3 Point the camera lens towards the subject of the video. 4 Press to start recording. 10 5 Re co tim vid 6 Se FM Usin Your featu favo mov Liste 1 Pre ch 2 Se sta Reco 1 Pre the 2 Th yo the rec Ga d st. the see u the 5 Rec will appear in the bottom left corner of the viewfinder and a timer will show the length of your video. 6 Select Stop to stop recording. FM radio Using the FM radio Your LG GB280 has an FM radio feature so you can tune into your favourite stations and listen on the move. Listening to the radio 1 Press Menu and select Media, then choose FM radio. 2 Select the channel number of the station you would like to listen to. Recording the Radio 1 Press center key during listening to the Radio. 2 The recording time is displayed on your phone. If you want to stop the recording, press the Center key. If recording is done, the recorded contents will be saved in Gallery as mp3 file. 3 When the recording is done, select Option and then choose from Play, Delete, Sound edit, Use as, File Rename, Info or Send via. Note: If you stay in an area with bad radio reception, you may find difficulty in listening to the Radio. So, we recommend you insert Ear-mic into Handsfree connector in order to listen to the Radio and keep the good radio reception. Voice recorder Use your Voice recorder to record voice memos or other sounds. Gallery You can store any Media files into your phones memory so that you have easy access to all of your images, sounds, videos, others and games. You can also save your files to a memory card. The advantage of using a memory card is that you can free up space on your phones memory. All your multimedia files will be saved in Gallery. Press Menu then select Gallery to open a list of folders. 11 My memory card If youve inserted a memory card, it will be displayed as a folder within Gallery. Organiser Using the calendar When you enter this menu, a calendar appears. A square cursor is located on the current date. You can move the cursor to another date using the navigation keys. Adding an item to your to do list You can view, edit and add tasks to do. Setting your alarm You can set up to 5 alarm clocks to go off at a specified time. Using your calculator The calculator provides the basic arithmetic functions: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and Scientific applications also. Usin This o funct Conv This into Add You c of wo the c Time the w Go to It he searc Go to SIM This the n SIM c Appl men servi My images Images contains a folder of default images on your phone, images downloaded by you, and images taken on your phones camera. My sounds The Sounds folder contains the Default sounds, your voice recordings, Radio recordings and sound files downloaded by you. From here you can manage, send, or set sounds as ringtones. My videos The Videos folder shows the list of downloaded videos and videos you have recorded on your phone. Others From the Others menu, you can view the files that are not saved in the Images, Sounds or Videos folder. My Games and Apps Your GB280 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. 12
, it n dar on er st o do. go n Using the stopwatch This option allows you to use the function of a stopwatch. Converting a unit This converts many measurements into a unit you want. Adding a city to your world time You can add a required city to the list of world clock. You can also check the current time of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and major cities around the world. Go to It helps you to go to the menu you search for. You can set the item as Go to. SIM services This feature depends on SIM and the network services. In case the SIM card supports SAT (i.e. SIM Application Toolkit) services, this menu will be the operator specific service name stored on the SIM card. Web Accessing the Web You can launch the wap browser and access the homepage of the activated profile on Web settings. You can also manually enter an URL address and access the associated wap page. 1 Press Menu and select Web. 2 To access the Web homepage directly, select Home. Alternately, select Go to address and type in your desired URL. Connectivity Changing your connectivity settings USB Connection mode. 1 Mass storage: Select this and Connect the handset to your computer and drag and drop files to the GB280 removable device folder. 2 PC Suite: Select this and connect the handset to your computer in PCSync mode. 3 Always Ask: Selecting this,will give an option,to select the mode, when handset is connected to the computer, every time. 13 Note: To use the USB mass storage function, you will need to insert an external memory card in your phone. Changing your Bluetooth settings 1 Press Menu and select Settings
- Connectivity. Choose Bluetooth. 2 Choose Bluetooth settings. Make changes to your :
My phones visibility - Choose whether to Show or Hide your device to others. My phones name - Enter a name for your LG GB280. Supported services - Shows what it supports. My address - View your Bluetooth address. Pairing with another Bluetooth device By pairing your GB280 and another device, handset create password by default everytime you connect to other handset via bluetooth. 1 Check your Bluetooth is On and Visible. You can change your visibility in the Bluetooth settings menu, by selecting My visibility, then Visible. 14 2 Select Active device from the Bluetooth menu. 3 Your GB280 will search for devices. When the search is completed Add and Refresh will appear on screen. 4 Choose the device you want to pair with, then handset create password by default everytime you connect. Default code is 0000 5 Your phone will then connect to the other device. 6 Your passcode protected Bluetooth connection is now ready. Installing LG PC Suite on your computer 1 Go to www.lgmobile.com and choose Africa first and then your country. 2 Choose Products menu, select Manual & Software and click Go to Manual & S/W download section. Click Yes andLG PC Suite installer will then appear. (Windows XP, Windows Media Player and more). 3 Select the language you would like the installer to run in and click OK. 4 Fol to Ins 5 On LG you Set Chan You c date Chan You setti 1 Ch Se 2 Fo pr Usin Use t mod Fligh make send switc 4 Follow the instructions on screen to complete the LG PC Suite Installer wizard. 5 Once installation is complete, the LG PC Suite icon will appear on your desktop. Settings Changing your date & time You can set functions relating to the date and time. Changing the Profiles You can personalise each profile setting. 1 Choose the profile you want and Select Edit from Options. 2 For the Silent and Vibrate only profiles, you can activate only. Using flight mode Use this function to switch the flight mode On or Off. When activate Flight mode you will not be able to make calls, connect to the internet, send messages when Flight mode is switched On. ces. Add een. pair word ct. o ooth ur o to n. er re). like OK. Changing your display settings You can change the settings for the phone display. Changing your security settings Change your security settings to keep your GB280 and the important information it holds protected. PIN code request - Choose a PIN code to be requested when you turn your phone on. Handset lock - Choose a security code to lock your handset when switching on, If SIM changed or immidiately Change codes - change your security code, PIN code, PIN2 code or ATMT code. Anti-theft mobile tracker - When the handset is stolen, handset sends the SMS to the numbers confi gured by real owner. User has to confi gure the ATMT settings with name, primary phone number, secondary number.User has to Set ATMT ON to activate the ATMT feature. Default ATMT code is 0000. 15 Resetting your phone Use Restore factory settings to reset all the settings to their factory definitions. You need the security code to activate this function. Note: The security code is 0000. Viewing memory status You can use the memory manager to determine how each memory is used and see how much space is available:
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