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Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider. GW525 GW525 User Guide...
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Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact GW525 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology.
Making a second call ......23 account ............35 Turning off DTMF ........23 Changing your email settings .....35 Viewing your call logs ......23 Message folders ........36 Using call divert ........24 Managing your messages ....37 Call waiting ..........24 LG GW525 | User Guide...
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Using templates ........37 Viewing your photos as a slide Using emoticons ........37 show .............51 Changing your text message Setting a photo as wallpaper ....51 Editing your photos ........52 settings ............38 Changing your multimedia message Trimming the length of the video ..53 settings ............38 Merging two videos ......53 Changing your other settings .....39...
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Adding a city to your world clock ..70 PC Sync ............71 Playing a game .........61 Using the games options menu ..61 Installing the LG PC Suite on your Use the Fun stuff ........61 computer ............71 Music ............61 Backing up and restoring the Transferring music onto your information on your phone ....71...
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Changing the web browser settings ............77 Access to Google ........77 Settings ............78 Personalising your profi les ....78 Changing your Screen settings ..78 Changing your phone settings...79 Changing your touch settings ....80 Changing your connectivity settings ............80 Sending and receiving fi les using Bluetooth............81 Pairing with another Bluetooth device ............82...
• During a call: earpiece volume. WARNING: Putting a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it while it is in your pocket can damage the phone’s LCD and touch screen functionality. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Open view Clear key Clears a character • each time it is pressed. Hold the key down to clear all input. Change the Enter key text input mode (capital/ small) Symbol key Enters symbolic • Alpha numeric keys character Space key Use to enter a space when editing.
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Open view Battery cover Battery Camera lens SIM card socket LG GW525 | User Guide...
Installing the SIM and battery Remove the battery cover Slide the battery cover towards the top and away from the phone. WARNING: Do not use your fi ngernail to remove the battery. Remove the battery WARNING: Do not remove Using the cut-out at the the battery when the phone bottom, lift it from the battery is switched on, as this may...
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Ensure that the facing downwards. To remove the battery contacts align with the SIM card, gently pull it outwards. phone’s terminals. Press the bottom of the battery down until it clicks into place. LG GW525 | User Guide...
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Charging your phone Lift and twist the charger socket cover on the top of your GW525. Insert the charger and plug it into a mains socket. Your GW525 needs to be charged until the “Battery full” message appears on the screen.
The card will then be formatted and ready to use. TIP! To change your default storage destination, open Memory manager from the Phone settings menu and select the Primary storage settings. Close the cover. LG GW525 | User Guide...
NOTE: If your memory card already contains files, they will automatically be put in the correct folder; for example, videos will be stored in the My Videos folder. Transferring your contacts To transfer your contacts from your SIM to your phone: From the Communication menu, and choose Settings.
Flick left or right to change your To select an item, touch the centre idle screen type on the standby of the icon. Your GW525 will vibrate screen. slightly when it recognises you have Widget idle - When you touch touched an option.
From here you menu, which is divided into can create a new SMS or MMS four vertical sub-menus. Touch or view your message folder. the tab for each sub-menu to view further options. LG GW525 | User Guide...
The status bar Icon Description The status bar uses various icons to Message sending failed indicate things like signal strength, An alarm is set new messages and battery life, as well as telling you whether your Customised profile in use Bluetooth or GPRS is active.
Here you can set the Profile When an application is running in type, play/pause MP3s and activate/ the background (e.g. a game or the deactivate Bluetooth. FM radio), will appear on the status bar. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Calls Making a call TIP! Touch to unlock. You can Touch to open the keypad. unlock the phone by holding down the button until the Key in the number using the screen is able to work or keypad. To delete a digit touch pressing the Unlock hard key the clear key.
Silent for a meeting. contact tap the search field box Press the hard key or touch and enter the first letter of the to reject an incoming call. name of the contact required. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Making a second call Turning off DTMF During your initial call, touch DTMF lets you use numerical and select the number you want commands to navigate menus to call. within automated calls. DTMF is switched on by default. Dial the number or search your contacts.
All outgoing be contacted. Outgoing international Enter the number you want to Outgoing international calls divert to. except to home country Touch Request to activate. LG GW525 | User Guide...
All incoming Call durations Incoming when abroad View the duration of all your dialled Enter the call barring password. and received calls or both. Please check with your network Data volume operator about this service. View the amount in kilobytes of all Fixed dial number received data, sent data or both.
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On to hear a tone every minute during a call. BT answer mode - Select Hands- free to be able to answer a call using a Bluetooth headset, or select Handset to press a handset key to answer a call. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Contacts Searching for a contact Enter the first and last name of your new contact. You do not There are two ways to search for a have to enter both, but you must contact: enter at least one. From the standby screen You can enter up to five different From the standby screen touch numbers per contact.
Name field. - Choose to move or copy to the Touch Save. You can also assign a SIM card or handset (depending ringtone to the group. on where you originally saved the contact). LG GW525 | User Guide...
NOTE: Even if you delete a group, Copy - Copy your contacts from your handset to your SIM or from the contacts which were assigned to that group will not be lost. They will your SIM to your handset. remain in your contacts. You can choose all contacts by touching Select all or select each Changing your contact...
(how much memory space you’ve got left) 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 fi nish. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Messaging Messaging Touch To(1) at the top of the screen to enter the recipient’s Your GW525 combines SMS and number, or touch the search icon MMS into one intuitive and easy to to open your contacts. You can use menu.
6, 3 to write ‘telephone’ . to scroll through the If the word you want doesn’t different keyboards in each text appear, touch Spell. If you touch entry mode (e.g., capital or lower LG GW525 | User Guide...
Spell you can then enter the word TIP! Some fi elds may allow using Abc manual mode and your only one text input mode (e.g. word or name will be added to the telephone number in contacts dictionary. fi elds). Abc manual To enter a symbol in the text entry field, press the...
Server address - Enter server address (Microsoft Exchange You can stay in touch on the move only). using email on your GW525. It’s Domain - Enter domain quick and simple to set up a POP3 (Microsoft Exchange only). or IMAP4 email account.
Email accounts - Set up the Email Choose Retrieve and your account. GW525 will connect to your email Preferred Email - Select the email account and retrieve your new account you want to use. messages. Allow reply email - Choose to allow the sending of ‘read...
Message folders Include attachment - Select You’ll recognise the folder structure whether to include the original used on your GW525, and it is fairly attachment in any reply. self-explanatory. Auto Retrieval in Roaming Inbox - All the messsages you - Choose whether to retrieve receive are placed into your inbox.
Managing your messages Using templates You can use your Inbox to manage Create templates for the SMS and your messages. MMS messages you send most often. There are already some Touch select templates on the phone, which you Select Inbox. can edit.
This impacts on the size of your settings messages and therefore on your data charges. Your GW525 message settings are Send long text as - Choose to send pre-defined so that you can send long messages as Multiple SMS messages immediately. These messages or as an MMS.
Delivery time - Choose how long to Touch , select then wait before a message is delivered. Choose Settings and Multimedia message. You can make change the Multi msg centre - Enter the details of your message centre. following: Retrieval mode - Choose Home Changing your other settings network or Roaming network.
Your captured photo will appear immediately. Your current photo will on screen. The name of the image be saved. runs along the bottom of the screen along with six icons on the right- hand side. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Getting to know the viewfinder Settings - Touch this icon to open the settings menu. Camera mode - Camera mode is selected. Video camera mode - Touch this icon to switch to video mode. Back - Touch here to return to the standby screen.
Touch White balance - Choose from Auto, Slide the contrast indicator along Incandescent, Sunny, Fluorescent the bar - left for a lower exposure or Cloudy. and hazier image, or right for LG GW525 | User Guide...
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Check screen or Full image. In Full screen, these before you take your next the image may be cropped to fit the photo. screen. Inner/Outer Camera - For self portraits, switch to the LG GW525 inner camera...
Viewing your saved photos You can access your saved photos from within camera mode. Simply touch and your gallery will appear on screen. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Video camera Making a quick video Rec will appear in the top right corner of the viewfinder and a Press and hold down the camera timer in the botttom right corner key on the right-hand side of the showing the length of your video. phone.
Your current video will be saved. V120108_06.37.3gp V120108_06.37.3gp Touch to play the video. Touch to send the video as a Message or Email or via Bluetooth or via YouTube. Touch to edit the video. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Getting to know the viewfinder Settings - Touch this icon to open the settings menu. Video mode - Video mode is selected. Video size Saving to handset memory/external memory Back - Touch here to return to the standby screen. Gallery Exposure Video size Stop recording...
Set time - Set a time limit for your video. Choose from No limit, or MMS to limit the size so that you can send the video as an MMS. LG GW525 | User Guide...
View Mode - Choose between Full Watching your saved videos screen or Full image. In Full screen, In the viewfinder, touch the image may be cropped to fit the Your gallery will appear on the screen. screen. Touch the video you want to view TIP! If you choose MMS once to open it fully.
The image will be saved in your To zoom in press repeatedly. To My stuff folder and will appear in zoom out press the gallery. You will have to exit the gallery and then re-open it for it to be shown. LG GW525 | User Guide...
There are options within slideshows: WARNING: Some Touch to show a random slide. functions will not work properly Touch to pause the slideshow if the multimedia fi le has not been recorded on the phone. on a particular photo. Touch again to resume Viewing your photos as a playback.
Decorate your photo with stamps. Choose from the different Touch to edit an effect to a stamps available and touch OK. photo. Touch your photo wherever you would like the stamps to appear. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Merging two videos Open the video you want to edit, select and touch and choose Video Select merge. The My stuff will open. Choose the video you want to merge. Touch and slide the photo Touch to return to the to move it to the end or the gallery.
Yes. Select whether to replace the to save over the original file or as original file or save as a new file. a new file. Repeat these steps to merge Repeat these steps to add more more photos. text. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Overlaying a photo Repeat these steps to add more photos. Open the video you want to edit, select and touch Adding a voice recording and choose Image Select Open the video you want to edit, overlay. select and touch The My stuff will open. Choose Select and choose Voice the photo you want to overlay...
Touch Yes to be edited. continue. If the audio is shorter than the video, choose whether to play it Once or to Repeat it. Select whether to replace the original file or save as a new file. LG GW525 | User Guide...
My stuff You can store any multimedia files Touch then choose Images. on your phone’s memory so that Select an image you want to you have easy access to all of your send. Then select Send and images, sounds, videos, games and choose from Multimedia apps, flash contents, documents and message, Email or Bluetooth.
The Sounds folder contains Downloaded sounds, Default TIP! You can print via bluetooth sounds and Voice recordings. or by connecting to a PictBridge From here you can manage or send compatible printer. sounds or set them as ringtones. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Using a sound Send - Send the video in a message or email or via Bluetooth or via YouTube. Touch then Delete - Delete the video. Touch then Sounds. Edit - Edit the video. Select a sound and and it will File info.
You can Documents folder. You may find also use the LG PC Suite via your that when you transfer files from sync cable. your computer to your phone that...
Open the Games folder, choose a game and touch the icon to Music launch. Your LG GW525 has a built-in music player so you can play all your favourite tracks. To access the music player, touch then then...
Bluetooth or Touch to return to the music your sync cable. list. To transfer using Bluetooth: Make sure both devices have Bluetooth switched on and can see each other. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Creating a playlist Touch and select: You can create your own playlists by Add new songs – To add more choosing a selection of songs from songs to the playlist. Mark the the All tracks folder. ones you want to add and touch Done.
My stuff Using the radio To auto tune: Touch , then Your LG GW525 has an FM radio feature so you can tune into your Touch , then favourite stations and listen on the Touch Auto scan. Then the move.
Using Muvee studio Touch then Touch Touch to add an image. Checkbox images you want to include then select Insert. Touch style tab to choose a Muvee style. Touch Default sound to change the sound. Touch to see what you’ve created.
From the standby screen, select From the standby screen, select , then touch and choose , then touch and choose Select Date finder. Select To do and touch Add to Set the required date in the From tab. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Set the number of days in the Touch Alarm bell. You can choose After tab. a sound from the My stuff list. To listen to sounds touch The Target date will be shown the right of the sound. below. Add a memo to the alarm. Setting your alarm Finally, you can set the snooze From the standby screen, select...
From the standby screen, select you choose Message or Email, , then touch and choose the recording will be added to the message and you can write and Select Calculator. send it as normal. If you choose LG GW525 | User Guide...
Touch the number keys to enter Using the stopwatch numbers. From the standby screen, select For simple calculations, touch the , then touch and choose function you require (+, –, x or ÷), followed by =. Select Stopwatch. For more complex calculations, Touch Start to begin timing.
Touch the icon in the upper left- hand side of the screen and type the name of the city you require on the search tab. It will then be displayed at the top of the screen. LG GW525 | User Guide...
You can also backup your files to put your mind at ease. Connect your phone to your PC. Installing the LG PC Suite on Double click on the LG PC Suite your computer icon on your desktop. From the standby screen, press Click on the Manage Files icon.
Synchronising your messages Your phone will read: Connected. Connect your phone to your PC. All of your phone files will Double click on the LG PC Suite automatically be stored onto your icon on your desktop. PC hard drive. Click on the Messages icon.
Using your phone as a Sync device modem Your Phone can be used as a Music Your GW525 can double as a Sync device for Sync Music Files modem for your PC, giving you only. email and internet access even when you can’t connect using wires.
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Using Bluetooth: Ensure Bluetooth is switched On and is Visible to both your PC and GW525. Pair your PC and GW525 so that a passcode is required for the connection. Use the Connection wizard on your LG PC Suite to create an active Bluetooth connection.
Internet Browser Adding and accessing your bookmarks Browser gives you a fast, full colour world of games, music, news, sport, For easy and fast access to your entertainment and lots more, favourite websites, you can add straight to your mobile phone. bookmarks and save web pages.
The reader checks the Select Saved pages. user’s subscribed feeds regularly for new content and downloads any Select the required page and it updates it finds. will open. LG GW525 | User Guide...
Viewing your browser history Access to Google From the standby screen, select You can use Google service using , then touch and choose this menu. Google service offers user a chance Select History. to use Search, Mail, Blogger, and A list of web page titles you YouTube.
Settings This folder lets you adapt your Livesquare - It is possible to settings to personalise your GW525. change Liveplace and Livecon. If you set Daily reset ON, your Personalising your profiles livesquare is reset every morning You can quickly change your profile at 4 AM.
Enjoy the freedom of adapting the see how much space is available. GW525 to your own preferences. Handset common memory Touch then choose - View the memory available on...
Reset settings - Restores all Network settings settings to their factory defaults. Select network - If you set Information - View the technical to Automatic, the GW525 information for your GW525. automatically searches for the network and registers the Changing your touch settings handset to the network.
USB connection mode - Choose Open the file you want to send, Data service and synchronise your which will typically be a photo, GW525 using the LG PC Suite video or music file. software to copy files from your phone.
Pairing with another been saved and you can choose Bluetooth device to View the file or Use as By pairing your GW525 with another wallpaper. Files will usually be device, you can set up a passcode saved to the appropriate folder in protected connection.
As the Always connect and touch Yes manufacturer takes no responsibility for loss of data during the upgrade to Connect now. Your GW525 will process, you are advised to note automatically switch to Headset down any important information in profile.
Accessories These accessories are supplied with the GW525. Charger Data cable and CD Connect and synchronise Battery your GW525 and PC. Stereo User Guide headset Learn more about your GW525. NOTE: • Always use genuine LG accessories. • Failure to do this may invalidate your warranty.
Technical data The wireless phone described in this General guide is approved for use on the Product name : GW525 GSM 850, E-GSM 900, DCS 1800, System : GSM 850 / E-GSM 900 / PCS 1900 and W-CDMA network. DCS 1800 / PCS 1900 / W-CDMA...
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Declaration of Conformity Suppliers Details Name LG Electronics Inc Address LG Electronics Inc. LG Twin Towers 20, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea 150-721 Product Details Product Name GSM 850 / E-GSM 900 / DCS 1800 / PCS 1900 / W-CDMA Terminal Equipment...
While there may be differences Not following these guidelines may between the SAR levels of various be dangerous or illegal. LG phone models, they are all designed to meet the relevant Exposure to radio frequency guidelines for exposure to radio energy waves.
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The phone should be charged in a cookers. well ventilated area. • Do not drop. • Do not subject this unit to • Do not subject this unit to excessive smoke or dust. mechanical vibration or shock. LG GW525 | User Guide...
• Do not keep the phone next to • Do not use your mobile phone credit cards or transport tickets; it near medical equipment can affect the information on the without requesting permission. magnetic strips. Avoid placing the phone over pacemakers, for example, in your •...
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We therefore recommend that you do not turn on or off the handset close to your ear. We also recommend that music and call volumes are set to a reasonable level. LG GW525 | User Guide...
• Turn your mobile phone off before • Use only LG batteries and chargers. boarding any aircraft. LG chargers are designed to • Do not use it on the ground maximize the battery life.
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• Replace the battery when it • If you need to replace the battery, no longer provides acceptable take it to the nearest authorized LG performance. The battery pack Electronics service point or dealer maybe recharged hundreds of for assistance.
Trouble shooting This chapter lists some problems you might encounter while using your phone. Some problems require you to call your service provider, but most are easy for you to correct yourself. Message Possible causes Possible Solutions There is no SIM card in Make sure the SIM card is correctly SIM error the phone or it is inserted...
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No mains voltage Plug in to a different socket or check the voltage. If the charger does not warm up, Charger defective replace it. Only use original LG accessories. Wrong charger Replace battery. Battery defective Phone loses Reconnection to another service...