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LG505C User Guide - English Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider.
Phone Overview 1.Earpiece Lets you hear the caller. Touch Screen Displays incoming calls, messages and indicator icons as well as a wide variety of content you select to view. Shortcuts Key Allows quick access to a customizable Shortcut Menu. Quick Keys The Quick Keys provide easy access to Messages, the phone Dialpad, the Main Menu, and Prepaid which easily activate with the touch of your...
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Accessory Charger Port Connects the phone to the battery charger, or other compatible accessories. Volume Keys Use to adjust the Master Volume in Standby mode* and the Earpiece Volume during a call. Lock/ Unlock Key Press to lock or unlock the touch screen and keys.
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Phone Overview Internal Qwerty Keypad Your phone features a QWERTY keyboard, specifically designed for easy and comfortable text entry. The QWERTY keyboard uses a standard layout. Function Key character (such as ~ for the W key) on the allows you enter the alternate sentences.
Menus Overview Menu Access Menu to access the twelve phone menus. There are two Touch methods of accessing menus and submenus: Prepaid 5. Speed Dials Recent Calls 1. Add Airtime 1. Missed Calls 2. Buy Airtime 2. Received Calls Messages 3.
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Menus Overview Browser Tools 3. Lenght 4. Mass 1. Voice Command 5. Temperature 1. Call<Name or Multimedia Number> 6. Volume 1. Take Photo 2. Send Msg to 7. Velocity <Name or 2. Record Voice 6. Drawing Panel Number or 3. My Stuff Group>...
Getting Started with Your Phone The Battery Slot The phone comes with a rechargeable battery. The battery charge level is shown at the top of the LCD screen. Note It is important to fully charge the battery before initial use of the Removing the Battery phone.
Battery Charge Level The battery charge level is shown at the top right of the LCD Notice screen. When the battery charge level becomes low, the low Please make sure that the'B' side is facing up battery sensor alerts you in three before inserting a charger or data cable into the charger port of your phone.
Getting Started with Your Phone Making Calls Turning the Phone Off 1. Press and hold until the 1. Make sure the phone is display turns off. turned on. If not, press Signal Strength for about 3 seconds to turn it Call quality depends on the 2.
Redialing Calls To choose answer options: Menu Settings With the touch screen unlocked, press the Send Key -> -> Call Settings Answer Options once to -> view a list of all of your recent calls. The last 270 calls (90 Choose from the following options: Received, 90 Missed and 90 Any Key/Auto with Handsfree/...
Quick Access to Convenient Features Lock Mode the upper Volume Key to increase and lower Volume Key to decrease. Sets your phone to require a 4- Note digit password in order to use the phone. Note The Earpiece Volume can only be adjusted by the Volume Keys during a call.
on hold and answer the new call. Contact List and dial that phone 2. Press the Send Key number for you. Speed Dial Number 1 is set to Voicemail by again, to put the second call default and is unchangeable. on hold and return to the first Dialing Single Digit Speed Dials caller.
Entering and Editing Information Text Input Each time you touch a data entry field, the touchscreen automatically displays a keypad allowing you to enter text, numbers, and symbols. For example, in a text field, an alphabet keypad appears, but you can also switch to number mode to enter digits.
Contacts in Your Phone’s Memory The Basics of Storing Phone Numbers With Contacts Entries Pauses 1. Enter the phone number you When you call automated systems, such as voice mail or want to save (up to 48 digits). 2. Touch SAVE and select either credit billing numbers, you often Add New Contact or Update have to enter a series of numbers...
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Contacts in Your Phone’s Memory Storing a Number with Pause 5. Touch EDIT . or Wait 6. Touch the number. Menu . 1. Touch 7. Touch 8. Touch Add Wait or Add 2- 2. Touch CONTACTS Sec Pause . 3. Touch New Contact . 9.
Searching by Letter 3. Touch Right Option Key Options . CONTACTS 1. Touch display your contacts 4. Select an option. Send via Bluetooth : Send a alphabetically. 2. Touch Go To followed by the contact(vCard) via Bluetooth ® Delete : Delete the selected entry key(s) on the alphanumeric keypad that corresponds with in your Contacts.
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Contacts in Your Phone’s Memory Speed Dialing By using Speed Dialing. From Contacts For a single-digit Speed Dial, press and hold the digit or press 1. Touch the digit, then press . For a CONTACTS 2. Touch double-digit Speed Dial, press 3.
Using Phone Menus Prepaid 3. My Phone Number My Phone Number displays the The Prepaid Menu provides phone's phone number. shortcuts to access useful account information. 1. Touch 1. Add Airtime 2. Touch My Phone Number . 4. Airtime Info Add Airtime allows you to start an over-the-air request for additional airtime.
Prepaid/Contacts Contacts 6. Serial Number Serial Number simply displays The Contacts Menu allows you the phone's serial number. to store names, phone numbers and other information in your 1. Touch 2. Touch Serial Number . phone’s memory. 1. New Contact 7.
Send via Bluetooth/ 5. Continue entering Contact Delete / Message / Lock / information by touching the Unlock corresponding field and 3. Groups entering the desired information. SAVE Allows you to view your grouped 6. Touch to save the new Contacts, add a new group, contact.
Contacts 5. Speed Dials Message /Mark All/ Unmark All/Remove All Allows you to view your Speed Dials 4. My vCard list, designate new Speed Dials, or remove Speed Dial designations entered in your Contacts. Allows you to view all of your personal Contact information 1.
Messages Messages 1. New Text Message Allows you to send text messages The phone can store up to 835 and e-mail. Each message will be messages, including a maximum formatted and sent according to of 500 SMS and 100 the destination address. The Basics of Sending a Text MMSmessages 100 MMS Message...
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Messages Text Message Options Allows you to add a 1. Touch Messaging Contact Number/Email. New Text Message . Copy Text Allows you to copy text you highlight to paste it into 2. Touch a text field. Paste 3. Touch the option(s) to Will paste the copied text.
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Message Icon Reference 4. Complete and send the Inbox message. Text Options New/Unread Text/Picture Message Opened/Read Text/Picture Message While you are composing the New/Unread Notification Message text of a message, you have Opened/Read Notification Message various options to customize the Priority High Sent text.
Messages 2. New Picture Message Preview Shows your message before sending. Allows you to send messages with Save to Drafts Text/ Picture/ Sound/ Subject. Saves the current 1. Touch Messages message to Drafts. New Picture Message . Add Slide Inserts a slide to add 2.
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Playing an audio tone or conversation in Chat view vibrating, depending on your mode. personal sound settings. - OR - Received text messages, picture Touch to choose from the messages and e-mails may be following options: searched and the contents Sort by/ Delete/ Lock/ viewed.
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Messages Save As Ringtone Message Info Allows you to Shows message save sound as your ringtone. info, such as Type, Priority level, Save Sound Choose Image / size and time. Audio to save the attached 4. Drafts media to your phone. (Only for messages with images or audio Displays saved draft messages.
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Lock/Unlock 3. Touch a Draft message to edit Locks or unlocks the saved message. the selected message. Delete Outbox 5. Outbox 6. Voicemail Up to 100 messages (50 SMS and 50 MMS) can be stored in Allows you to view new voice the Outbox folder.
Messages 7. Templates 2. Touch Delete Inbox/ Delete Outbox/ Delete Drafts/ Delete All Messages. Allows you to display, edit, and add text templates. These text 9. Settings templates allow you to reduce manual text input into messages. 1. Touch Messages Allows you to configure settings for Templates .
Messages/ Recent Calls Recent Calls 2. Entry Mode (T9 , Abc , ABC , 123) The Recent Calls Menu is a list Allows you to select the of the last phone numbers or default input method. Contacts entries for calls you 3.
Recent Calls 3. Dialed Calls 4. Touch an entry and touch for the following options: Allows you to view the list of Last Call/Home Calls/Roam dialed calls; up to 90 entries. Calls/All Calls 1. Touch 2. Touch Call History 5. Press to return to the 3.
6. Data Counter 3. Touch All Calls . 4. Touch an entry and touch Allows you to view the list of for the following options: received and transmitted data. Send/ Delete/ Lock/Unlock/ Delete All 1. Touch 2. Touch Call History 3.
Games/ Browser Games 1. Start Browser Allows you to initiate an Web Allows you to use the preloaded session. games or buy new games. , Brower . 1. Buy Games 1. Touch Buy Games . 2. An air time charges prompt 1.
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Fast Scrolling keypad or you can select the items by moving the cursor Touch to quickly move the cursor and pressing the appropriate up and down on the current Option Key(s). screen. Links embedded in content Option Keys You can act on the options or The Option Key is used the links by using the Option...
Browser/ Multimedia Multimedia 123, etc . To change the input 1. Take Photo mode, touch the Right Option . To change to upper , Take Photo . case, touch 1. Touch Clearing Out Text/Numbers Entered 2. Touch access the following camera options: Brightness When entering text or numbers,...
Delete Lock/Unlock Send to send by Picture Delete All Settings Tab Message, via Bluetooth, or to your Online Album. Save Resolution Set As to set as the ShutterSound None/ Sound 1/ Sound 2/ Sound 3/ Say Wallpaper or as a Picture ID. Cheese 2.
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Multimedia Bluetooth/Delete/Rename/L Send ock/Delete All/File Info Touch Option Key to send the selected image to 3. My Stuff somebody else. (This option is only available in My Images). 3.1. Images 3.2. Sounds Images allows you to view your Audios allows you to access saved images, some of which can saved audio clips and record new be set as your phone's Main...
My Schedule My Schedule Once / Daily / Mon - Fri / Weekends/ Select Days 1. Alarm Clock 6. Touch the Ringtone field to set the ringtone for the alarm. Allows you to set up to ten alarms. At the alarm time, any set SAVE 7.
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My Schedule Viewing a Notepad Entry 6. Enter your schedule information including: 1. Access Notepad. Subject Start Time 2. To erase a note, touch it to End Time Repeat open it. Then, touch Until Alerts - Or - Tones Vibrate To add a note or erase all of SAVE 7.
Tools Tools 1.1.Call <Name> or <Number> Voice Your phone is equipped with Command, Call <Name> or 1. Touch helpful tools, including: Voice <Number> . Command, Calculator, Ez Tip Calculator, World Clock, Unit Converter, Drawing Panel, 2. Say the name as it is saved in Stopwatch your Contact List or say the 1.
Tools 1.5. Play Use to set as , Voice Touch to the entry. Touch Operator for 1. Touch Command, Play . 1.6 Help additional calculating options. Use Navigation Keys to Allows you to view more information enter functions. about the features in Voice Control. , Voice Touch to complete...
4. World Clock 5. Unit Converter Allows you to determine the Allows you to convert units of current time in another time Area, Length, Temperature, Mass, zone or country. Volume and Velocity. , World Clock. , Unit Converter. Touch 1. Touch SELECT 2.
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Tools 7. Stopwatch 4. Touch to create a new drawing. Allows you to use the Stopwatch Create a drawing, then touch function of the phone. , Stopwatch. to save it. 1. Touch A confirmation message displays 2. Touch START to start, and briefly, then displays your list of STOP Touch...
Settings Settings 1.3 Alert Sounds 1. Sound Settings Allows you to select the alert tones for new messages. This menu allows you to 1. Touch 2. Touch Settings customize the phone’s sounds. 1.1 Master Volume 3. Touch Sound Settings and Alert Sounds .
Settings 4. Toggle the setting between: 1. Touch Power On Sound/Power On 2. Touch Settings Vivrate/Power Off 3. Touch Sound Settings and Sound/Power Off Vibrate Service Alerts . ON/ OFF 4. Touch an alert option. 2. Display Settings Minute Beep Alerts you 10 seconds before the This menu allows you to end of every minute during a call.
Font Settings . 3. Touch Display Settings and Space/Cartoon Clock Format . 4. Touch a setting. LG Gothic/ LG Serif/LG Joy 4. Use your finger to slide from 2.7 Dial Font Size left to right (and vice versa) through the available options:...
3.2 Auto Retry setting between ON and OFF . 3. Call Settings Allows you to set the length of time the phone waits before automatically redialing a number The Call Settings menu allows when the attempted call fails. you to designate how the phone handles both incoming and 1.
Settings voice. Voice can also be 1. Touch 2. Touch Settings translated into characters and then displayed on the TTY. 3. Touch Call Settings . 1. Touch 4. Touch the One Touch Dial 2. Touch Settings 3. Touch Call Settings , button to toggle the setting between ON and OFF .
4. Touch Settings Short/Double/Lang 4.3 Vibrate Level 4.1 Auto Touch Lock Allows you to set Auto Touch Allows you to set the vibrate level that is used when touching Lock. items on the screen. 1. Touch 2. Touch Settings 1. Touch 2.
Settings Click/Woodblock/Beep/Off 4.5 Calibration Allows you to calibrate the touchscreen to ensure it is 5. Phone Settings working properly. 5.1 Airplane Mode 1. Touch 2. Touch Settings Airplane Mode turns off the 3. Touch Touch Settings and phone's wireless signal and Calibration .
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5.2 Languages 4. Touch a setting. Location On/E91 1 Only Allows you to set the bilingual Note feature according to your preference. Choose between GPS satellite signals are not always English and Español. transmitted, especially under bad 1. Touch atmospheric and environmental 2.
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Settings 4. Enter the four-digit Lock 4. Enter the four-digit Lock Code. Code. 5. Touch Restrictions and enter 5. Touch Change Lock Code . 6. Touch Phone Only or the Lock Code. Camera . 6. Touch a Restrictions submenu, then the setting. 7.
5.4.4 Reset Default entered. You can still receive 5.5 System Select phone calls and make emergency calls. You can modify the Lock Code by navigating to the Change Lock Code menu within Allows you to set up the phone producer’s management the Security menu.
Settings 6.1 Power profile(s)*. You may create and store 20 pairings within the LG505C and connect to one Allows you to turn the power on or off. device at a time. The approximate communication 1. Touch 2. Touch Settings range for Bluetooth ®...
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Pairing a new Bluetooth ® passkey and touch device Or it may prompt you to confirm matching passkeys on 1. Touch both handsets. 2. Touch Settings 8. Once pairing is successful, you 3. Touch Bluetooth and will be asked to choose Always Ask or Always Connect .
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Settings 2. Touch Settings 4. Touch a setting. On/ Off 3. Touch Bluetooth , Note My Device Info. If you turn on My Visibility, your RENAME DEVICE 4. Touch device is able to be searched by other in-range Bluetooth ® devices.
7. USB Connection Phone Memory, Card Memory, Save Options Allows you to select the PC Note connection mode for your device. When Clear All is set on External 1. Touch Memory, all contents including 2. Touch Settings locked contents are removed. 9.
Settings 9.4 SW/HW Version 3. Touch Phone Info and My Number . Allows you to view the versions 9.2 ESN/MEID of various applications. 1. Touch Allows you to view the ESN/ 2. Touch Settings MEID information of your phone. 3. Touch Phone Info and 1.
For Your Safety Important Information Before You Start Safety Instructions This user guide contains important information on the use WARNING! To reduce the and operation of this phone. Please read all the information possibility of electric shock, do carefully for optimal performance not expose your phone to high and to prevent any damage to or humidity areas, such as the...
For Your Safety Safety Information Be careful when using your phone near other electronic devices. RF emissions from your Read these simple guidelines. Breaking the rules may be mobile phone may affect nearby dangerous or illegal. Further in adequately shielded electronic detailed information is given in equipment.
The coating of the phone may Use the accessories like an be damaged if covered with earphone cautiously. Do not wrap or vinyl wrapper. touch the antenna unnecessarily. Use dry cloth to clean the Memory card information exterior of the unit. (Do not and care use solvent such as benzene, thinner or alcohol.)
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For Your Safety FCC RF Exposure CAUTION Information WARNING! Read this Use only the supplied and approved antenna. Use of information before operating the unauthorized antennas or phone. modifications could impair call In August 1996 , the Federal quality, damage the phone, void Communications Commission your warranty and/or result in (FCC) of the United States, with...
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Part 15.105 statement body and the back of the phone. Third-party belt-clips, holsters, This equipment has been tested and similar accessories and found to comply with the containing metallic components limits for a class B digital device, should not be used. Body-worn pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC accessories that cannot maintain Rules.
For Your Safety the following measures: water or other liquids, expose to fire, explosion or other Reorient or relocate the hazard. receiving antenna. Only use the battery for the Increase the separation system for which it is between the equipment and specified.
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Use of an unqualified battery For those host devices that may present a risk of fire, utilize a USB port as a explosion, leakage or other charging source, the host hazard. device’s user manual shall include a statement that the Promptly dispose of used phone shall only be batteries in accordance with...
For Your Safety Avoid damage to your TIA Safety Information hearing Provided herein is the complete TIA Safety Information for Damage to your hearing can Wireless Handheld phones. occur if you are exposed to Inclusion of the text covering loud sound for long periods of Pacemakers, Hearing Aids, and time.
Safety Guidelines Antenna Care set by both U.S. and international standards bodies: Use only the supplied or an ANSI C95 .1 (1992 ) * approved replacement antenna. NCRP Report 86 (1986) Unauthorized antennas, ICNIRP (1996 ) modifications, or attachments could damage the phone and Those standards were based on may violate FCC regulations.
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Safety Guidelines Driving Electronic Devices Check the laws and regulations Most modern electronic on the use of wireless phones in equipment is shielded from RF the areas where you drive. Always signals. However, certain obey them. Also, if using your electronic equipment may not be phone while driving, please: shielded against the RF signals...
Other Medical Devices Persons with pacemakers: If you use any other personal Should ALWAYS keep the medical device, consult the phone more than six inches manufacturer of your device to from their pacemaker when determine if they are adequately the phone is turned ON; shielded from external RF energy.
Safety Guidelines Vehicles Blasting Areas RF signals may affect improperly To avoid interfering with blasting installed or inadequately operations, turn your phone OFF shielded electronic systems in when in a ‘blasting areas or in motor vehicles. Check with the areas posted: ‘Turn off two-way manufacturer or its radio’...
Use only LG-approved deployment area. If in-vehicle chargers specific to your wireless equipment is improperly phone model since they are...
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Safety Guidelines place out of reach of children. The self-protection function of the battery cuts the power Keep the battery’s metal of the phone when its contacts clean. operation is in an abnormal state. In this case, remove the Replace the battery when it battery from the phone, no longer provides acceptable reinstall it, and turn the phone...
it is dirty. may damage the battery and cause an explosion. When using the power plug, General Notice ensure that it is firmly connected. Using a damaged battery or If it is not, it may cause placing a battery in your excessive heat or fire.
FDA Consumer Update the battery. If the phone does not work, take it to an LG The U.S. Food and Drug Authorized Service Center. Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health Do not paint your phone.
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The available scientific evidence reasons for inconsistent results. 2. What is the FDA’s role does not show that any health concerning the safety of problems are associated with wireless phones? using wireless phones. There is no proof, however, that wireless Under the law, the FDA does not phones are absolutely safe.
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Safety Guidelines of steps, including the following: working group: Support needed research into National Institute for possible biological effects of Occupational Safety and RF of the type emitted by Health wireless phones; Environmental Protection Design wireless phones in a Agency way that minimizes any RF Occupational Safety and exposure to the user that is...
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(FCC). All phones that are sold with built-in antennas, often in the United States must comply called ‘cell’ , ‘mobile’ , or ‘PCS’ with FCC safety guidelines that phones. These types of wireless limit RF exposure. The FCC relies phones can expose the user to on the FDA and other health measurable radiofrequency agencies for safety questions...
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Safety Guidelines 4. What are the results of the research done already? animals to RF for up to 22 hours per day. These conditions are not similar to the conditions The research done thus far has under which people use wireless produced conflicting results, and phones, so we don’t know with many studies have suffered from...
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5. What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure may be many, many years. The interpretation of epidemiological from wireless phones poses a health risk? studies is hampered by difficulties in measuring actual RF exposure during day-to-day use Acombination of laboratory of wireless phones.
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Safety Guidelines Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) laboratory studies and studies of Project since its inception in wireless phone users. The 1996 . An influential result of CRADA will also include a broad this work has been the assessment of additional development of a detailed research needs in the context of agenda of research needs that the latest research developments...
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phones? The FCC limit is consistent with the safety standards developed The Institute of Electrical and by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is Electronic Engineering (IEEE) and developing a technical standard the National Council on for measuring the radio Radiation Protection and frequency energy (RF) exposure Measurement.
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Safety Guidelines of measurements made at person receives, reducing the different laboratories on the amount of time spent using a same phone. SAR is the wireless phone will reduce RF measurement of the amount of exposure. If you must conduct energy absorbed in tissue, either extended conversations by by the whole body or a small...
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wireless phones? wireless phone causes brain tumors or other ill effects. Their The scientific evidence does not recommendation to limit wireless show a danger to users of phone use by children was wireless phones, including strictly precautionary; it was not children and teenagers.
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Safety Guidelines manufacturers, and many other medical devices. Should harmful groups, was completed in late interference be found to occur, 2000. This standard will allow the FDA will conduct testing to manufacturers to ensure that assess the interference and work cardiac pacemakers and to resolve the problem.
National Radiological Protection automatic redial and memory. Board (UK) Also, work to memorize the (http://www.nrpb.org.uk) phone keypad so you can use 10 Driver Safety Tips the speed dial function without taking your attention off the road. Your wireless phone gives you 2.
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Safety Guidelines 6. Dial sensibly and assess the answer it for you. 4. Suspend conversations during traffic; if possible, place calls when you are not moving or hazardous driving conditions before pulling into traffic. Try or situations. Let the person to plan your calls before you you are speaking with know begin your trip or attempt to...
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potential to divert your emergency number, as you attention from the road. would want others to do for 8. Use your wireless phone to you. 10. Call roadside assistance or a call for help. Your wireless phone is one of the greatest special wireless non- tools you can own to protect emergency assistance...
Safety Guidelines website www.wow-com.com standards include a substantial Consumer Information on safety margin designed to assure SAR (Specific Absorption the safety of all persons, Rate) regardless of age and health. The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of This Model Phone Meets the measurement known as the Government’s Requirements for...
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Display by the FCC for each model. The Grant section of http://www. highest SAR value for LG Arena fcc.gov/oet/fccid after searching phone when tested for use at the on FCC ID BEJUN200.
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Safety Guidelines watts/kg (W/kg) averaged over all phones have been rated. one gram of tissue. The standard Phones that are rated have the incorporates a substantial margin rating on their box or a label on of safety to give additional the box.
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Switch” or “Telephone Switch”) than unrated phones. T4 is the better/higher of the two ratings. (Note that not all hearing devices have telecoils in them.) Hearing devices may also be measured for immunity to this type of interference. Your hearing device manufacturer or hearing health professional may help you find results for your hearing device.
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Accessories There are a variety of accessories available for your mobile phone. Consult your local dealer for availability. Optional items are sold separately. Battery Charger The battery charger allows you to charge your phone. Battery Standard battery is available.
1. WHAT THIS WARRANTY transferable to any COVERS: subsequent purchaser/end user. LG offers you a limited warranty that the enclosed subscriber unit (3) This warranty is good only and its enclosed accessories will to the original purchaser of be free from defects in material...
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Limited Warranty Statement Department of LG. LG shall which are not the fault of bear the cost of shipping LG, including damage caused the product back to the by shipping, blown fuses, consumer after the spills of food or liquid.
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(7) Damage resulting from use refurbished or new units or parts of non-LG approved or any units. In addition, LG will accessories. not re-install or back-up any data, applications or software (8) All plastic surfaces and all...
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Limited Warranty Statement 5. HOW TO GET WARRANTY LG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR SERVICE: THE LOSS OF THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, INCONVENIENCE, To obtain warranty service, LOSS OR ANY OTHER please call or fax to the following DAMAGES, DIRECT OR...