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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. GX500 User Guide...
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Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact GX500 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology.
Contents Guidelines for safe and Contacts ........25 effi cient use .........6 Searching for a contact .....25 Adding a new contact ....25 Getting to know your phone ..10 Creating a group .......26 Changing your contact settings ..26 Open view ........12 Viewing information ....27 Installing the SIM and battery..13 Messaging .........28 Messaging .......28...
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Contents Video camera ......37 Playing a game ......44 Documents .......44 Shooting a quick video ....37 Transferring a fi le to your After you’ve shot your video ..37 phone ........45 Adjusting the Exposure ....38 Viewing a fi le ......45 Using the advanced settings ..38 Others........45 Watching your saved videos ..39 Music ........46...
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PC Suite ........52 Settings ........61 Installing the LG PC Suite Using Dual SIM-card menu ..61 on your computer .....52 Personalising your profi les ..61 Connecting your phone and Changing your screen settings ...61 PC ...........52 Changing your phone settings ...62...
• While there may be differences may be dangerous. between the SAR levels of various LG phone models, they are all designed to meet the relevant guidelines for exposure to radio waves.
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(do not use solvents such repair work is required. Repairs under as benzene, thinner or alcohol). warranty, at LG’s option, may include • Do not charge the phone when it is replacement parts or boards that are on soft furnishings.
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Guidelines for safe and effi cient use • Some hearing aids might be Avoid damage to your hearing disturbed by mobile phones. Damage to your hearing can occur • Minor interference may affect TVs, if you are exposed to loud sound for radios, PCs, etc.
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Unlike other battery • If you need to replace the battery, systems, there is no memory effect take it to the nearest authorized LG that could compromise the battery’s Electronics service point or dealer for performance.
Getting to know your phone End/Power key Ends or rejects a call. Turns the phone on/off. Press once to return to the standby screen. Multitasking key Call key Dials a phone number and answers incoming calls. WARNING: Placing 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.
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Charger, Cable, Side keys Handsfree connector • When the screen is idle: volume of key TIP: To connect the tone. USB cable, wait • During a call: until the phone has volume of the powered up and has registered to the earpiece.
Installing the SIM and battery 1 Remove the battery cover 3 Install the SIM card Slide the battery cover towards Slide the SIM card into the SIM the bottom of the phone and card holder making sure that away from it. the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards.
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Lift and twist the charger first into the bottom edge socket cover on the side of the battery compartment. of your GX500. Insert the Ensure that the battery charger and plug it into a contacts align with the mains electricity socket. Your terminals on the phone.
Memory card Installing a memory card Formatting the memory card You can expand the memory space on your phone by using a Your memory card may already MicroSD memory card. be formatted. If your card isn’t formatted, you will need to format NOTE: A memory card is an it before you can begin using it.
Menu map Touch in the standby screen to open the Top menu. From here you can access further menus: COMMUNICATION, ENTERTAINMENT, UTILITIES and SETTINGS. COMMUNICATION ENTERTAINMENT Contacts Camera Recent history Gallery Messaging Music E-mail My stuff Dialling Games & Apps Social networking Pocket Apps Speed dials...
The touchscreen To select an item, touch the won’t work with any material icon accurately. Your GX500 will covering it. vibrate slightly when it recognises • There are two types of idle you’ve touched an option.
Your standby screen The quick keys The quick keys provide easy, one-touch access to your most used functions. Touch to bring up the Touch to open your touch dialling pad to address book. To search make a call. Input the for the number you want number as you would to call, enter the name...
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The status bar Icon Description The status bar uses various icons An alarm is set to indicate things like signal strength, new messages and Customised Profile in use battery life, as well as telling you Normal profile in use whether your Bluetooth or GPRS is active.
Your standby screen Changing your Status from Using the Multitasking the status bar function Touch the status bar to open the Press the multitasking hard key Status Summary. It shows the to open the Multitasking current Time, Network, Battery, menu. From here you can view all Handset memory, External the applications you have running Memory, Profile, MP3, SIM...
Calls Making a call Answering and rejecting a call 1 Touch to open the keypad. When your phone rings press the 2 Key in the number using the hard key or touch keypad. To delete a digit touch answer the call. the clear key.
Calls 4 Your address book will open. TIP! You can combine your calls Select the contact you’d like by selecting Join calls. Check to assign to that number by that your network provider touching their phone number supports conference calling. once.
Using call divert 3 Choose any or all of the six options: 1 Touch and select Settings All outgoing and choose Call settings. Outgoing international 2 Touch Call divert. Outgoing international calls 3 Choose whether to divert all except home country calls, when the line is busy, when there is no answer or All incoming...
Calls Changing the common call Auto redial - Slide the switch left for On or right for Off. setting Answer mode - Choose 1 Touch and select Settings whether to answer the phone and choose Call settings. using the send key or any key. 2 Touch Common setting.
Contacts Searching for a contact Adding a new contact There are two ways to search for 1 From the standby screen touch a contact: and touch Add contact. 2 Choose whether to save the From the standby screen contact to your Handset or SIM 1 From the standby screen touch (SIM 1/SIM 2).
Contacts 7 You can also add a Ringtone, Changing your contact Birthday, Anniversary, settings Homepage, Home address, You can adapt your contact Company name, Job title, settings so that your address Company address and a book suits your own preferences. Memo.
Copy - Copy your contacts Restore contacts - Restores between your SIM cards(SIM1 your contacts from the external or SIM2) and your handset. memory. This option requires Choose to do this one at a external memory. time, or all at once. If you Clear contacts - Delete all select one at a time, you’ll your contacts.
Messaging Messaging 4 Touch To at the top of the screen to enter the recipient’s Your GX500 combines SMS, number, or touch the search MMS and email into one intuitive icon to open your address and easy to use menu.
Entering text T9 predictive There are five ways to enter text: T9 mode uses a built-in Keypad, Keyboard, dictionary to recognise words Handwriting-Screen, you’re writing based on the key Handwriting-Box, Handwriting- sequences you touch. Simply Double Box. touch the number key associated with the letter you want to enter, You can choose your input and the dictionary will predict the...
In Keyboard mode the screen You can stay in touch on the flips to landscape and a full move using email on your GX500. keyboard appears on screen. It’s quick and simple to set up a POP3 or IMAP4 email account.
You can automatically or confirmation messages. manually check your account for Retrieve interval - Choose new emails. how often your GX500 checks To check manually: for new email messages. 1 Touch then select Retrieve amount - Choose 2 Touch Mailbox.
Templates - Use a list of commonly used text and You’ll recognise the folder multimedia message templates. structure used on your GX500, Emoticons - Add and insert which is fairly self-explanatory. emoticons for your messages. New message - Open a new Settings - Change the settings blank message.
Touch then choose Settings. message settings Select Text message. You can make changes to: Your GX500 message settings Text message centre - Enter the are pre-defined so that you can details of your message centre. send messages immediately. These settings can be changed Delivery report - Slide the according to your preferences.
Messaging Priority - Choose the priority Changing your other level of your MMS. settings Validity period - Choose how Touch , choose Settings on long your messages are stored at then: the message centre. Voicemail - Touch to add a Slide duration - Choose how new Voicemail service.
Camera Taking a quick photo Touch to edit the name of 1 Long press the camera hot key the selected picture. on the right side of the phone. Touch to use the image as 2 The view finder will appear on wallpaper.
Camera Night mode - Useful in dark Show captured image - Choose places. to view the picture with options after taking a photo. Self-timer - The self-timer allows you to set a delay Hide icons - Choose the camera before the camera takes the settings icons to be hidden picture, after the capture manually or automatically.
Video camera Shooting a quick video After you’ve shot your video 1 Press and hold the camera key on the right side of the A still image representing your phone. captured video will appear on screen. The name of the video 2 Alternatively, drag down is displayed at the bottom of the the viewfinder in camera mode...
Video camera Adjusting the Exposure White balance - The white balance ensures that any white Exposure defines the difference in your videos is realistic. In order between light and dark (contrast) for your camera to correctly in an video. adjust the white balance you 1 Touch may need to determine the 2 Slide the exposure indicator...
View mode - Applies artistic Watching your saved effects to the pictures. videos Select storage - Choose 1 In the view finder touch whether to save your videos to 2 Your gallery will appear on the Handset memory or to the screen.
Your photos and videos Viewing your photos and Adjusting the volume when videos viewing a video 1 Touch on the camera To adjust the volume of a video preview screen. while it is playing, touch the volume bar on the screen Top 2 Your gallery will appear on the after pressing the loudspeaker screen.
Editing your photos Erase the editing you have You can do lots of great things to done to the picture. You can choose the size of eraser you your photos to change them, add to them or liven them up. use.
Multimedia You can store any multimedia Sending a photo files into your phone’s memory so 1 Touch that you have easy access to all 2 Touch then choose My of your pictures, sounds, videos images. and games. You can also save 3 Touch Send and choose from your files to a memory card.
Moving or copying an Videos image The My videos folder shows a list of downloaded videos and You can move or copy an image videos you have recorded on your between the phone memory and phone. the memory card. You might want to do this to either free up some Watching a video space in one of the memory...
2 Touch then Games. keep you amused when you have 3 Select a game to launch. time to spare. GX500 comes with some Installing a game/ preloaded application. application via local install Documents 1 Touch...
It is used in the computer to your phone. You can same way as the Documents also use LG PC Suite via your folder. You may find that when sync cable. you transfer files from your...
Bluetooth the music player, touch or your sync cable. Scroll through Entertainment to You can also use LG PC Suite. To . From here you can access a transfer using Bluetooth: number of folders: 1 Make sure both devices have...
Using the radio 5 Touch to skip to the next song. Your LG GX500 has an FM radio feature so you can tune into your 6 Touch to skip to the favourite stations to listen to previous song.
Multimedia Searching for stations Resetting channels You can tune radio stations into 1 Touch your phone by searching for them 2 Scroll through Entertainment to either manually or automatically. FM radio then They will then be saved to 3 Choose Reset to reset the specific channel numbers so you current channel or choose don’t have to keep re-tuning.
Utilities Recording a sound or voice Converting a unit 1 Touch then scroll through 1 Touch , then scroll through Utilities. utilities and touch Tools. 2 Touch Voice recorder. 2 Touch Unit converter. 3 Touch to begin recording. 3 Choose whether you would like to convert Currency, 4 Touch to end recording.
Utilities Using the stopwatch 4 For appointments and anniversaries enter the time 1 Touch , then scroll through and date your event finishes utilities and touch Tools. in the lower two time and date 2 Touch Stopwatch. boxes. 3 Touch Start to begin the timer. 5 If you would like to add a 4 Touch Lap if you want to subject or a note to your event,...
Adding an item to your Memory info. - You can view the information of available memory task list regarding Calendar, Tasks, Memo 1 Touch , from the home and Secret memo. screen and then touch Clear all - You can delete all data Organiser.
PC Suite program from the for download from www.lg.com internet. com PRODUCTS > Manual & Software > Go to Manual & S/W 6 Click on the LG PC Suite Download Section. Installer which will appear on your screen. Installing the LG PC Suite...
Memo/photo/video. Select will be displayed on the screen the location you want to in the LG Phone folder. back up the information to, TIP! Viewing the contents of or restore it from. Click OK...
Music Sync 3 Click Sync Contacts button. This menu lets you add music Welcome to LG Air Sync to your GX500. Before you start Service will be displayed > transferring music from your PC Press Start Button > Select to your phone, make sure your...
When the 8 Click on the Start Sync process is complete a Conversion button. This starts the transfer complete pop up will be process. displayed. NOTE: GX500 doesn’t support WARNING: Do not disconnect Divx file format. your phone during the transfer.
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Home. Alternately select Enter address and type in Opera Mini your desired URL, followed by GX500 supports Opera Mini Connect. 5 browser which is a Java NOTE: An additional cost is application that can be accessed...
The web Adding and accessing your Using RSS reader bookmarks RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats For easy and fast access to your used to publish frequently favourite websites, you can add updated content such as blog bookmarks and save web pages.
Saving a page Viewing your browser history 1 Access your required webpage as described above. 1 From the standby screen select , then scroll through 2 Touch and select Save UTILITIES Tab and choose this page. 2 Select History. A list of web 3 Enter a name for the webpage page titles you have accessed so you can easily recognise it.
Using Bluetooth: modem By pairing your GX500 and another device, you can set up a Your GX500 can be used as a passcode protected connection. modem for your PC, giving you 1 Check that your Bluetooth email and internet access even is ON and Visible.
Settings Within this folder you can adapt Changing your screen your settings to make your settings GX500 personal to you. 1 Press and then scroll through SETTINGS Tab. Using Dual SIM-card menu 2 Touch and then choose To select or change the SIM-card,...
GX500’s display. Changing your phone Motion silent - Make the settings GX500 go into the mute or Enjoy the freedom of adapting snooze settings by flipping it how your GX500 works to your over when it is ringing.
TIP! Anti-theft Mobile tracker (ATMT) Select Network - If you set to - Touch Security and ATMT. Automatic, GX500 automatically When the handset is stolen, searches for the network and handset sends the SMS to the registers the handset to the numbers configured by real network.
USB connection mode - Choose Video, Flash, MMS, Email, Java Data service and synchronise applications and others. your GX500 using the LG PC Handset reserved memory - Suite software to copy files from View the memory available your phone. If you use Music...
(you may will not automatically search need to purchase the memory for other Bluetooth devices. If card separately). not, your GX500 will search for other Bluetooth enabled Primary storage setting - devices within range. Choose the location you prefer...
Bluetooth in the SETTINGS Tab. 2 Touch Search. 2 Touch and choose 3 Your GX500 will search for Settings. devices. When the search is completed Refresh will appear Make your changes to: on screen. My device visibility - Choose...
Internet and notes that appear at each browsing. step before proceeding. Please NOTE: The GX500 supports WEP note that removing the USB and WPA-PSK/2 encryption, data communication cable or but not EAP or WPS encryption.
Accessories These accessories are supplied with GX500. Charger Data cable and CD User Guide Battery GX500 User Guide Stereo headset NOTE: • Always use genuine LG accessories. • Failure to do this may invalidate your warranty. WARNING: When the • Accessories may be different in protection film is attached different regions;...
Network service Technical data The wireless phone described General in this guide is approved for use Product name: GX500 on the GSM 850, E-GSM 900, System: GSM 850 / E-GSM 900 DCS 1800 and PCS 1900 / DCS 1800 / PCS 1900 network.
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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 Quad band Terminal Equipment...
Trouble Shooting This chapter lists some problems that you might encounter while using your phone. Some problems require that you call your service provider, but most of problems you encounter are easy to correct yourself. Possible Corrective Message Possible causes measures SIM error There is no SIM card in the...
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No mains voltage Plug in to a different socket or check voltage. Charger defective If the charger does not warm up, replace it. Wrong charger Only use original LG accessories. Battery defective Replace battery. Phone loses Reconnection to another Signal too weak network service provider is automatic.
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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 Quad band Terminal Equipment...
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