LG C2200: Messages Menu-5

Messages Menu-5

Press the menu key ( ) and select Messages using navigation

keys.

Write text message

Menu-5-1

Your phone receives voice mail notification messages, and Short

Message Service (SMS) messages.

Voice mail and SMS are network services. Please contact your

network operator for more information.

When the icon appears, you have received voice mail. When

the icon appears, you have received a new text message. If the

message memory is full, a message is displayed, the icon

flashes and you cannot receive any new messages. Use the Delete

option in the Inbox menu to delete obsolete messages. Once there

is space in the message memory, any undelivered SMS messages

will be received (provided sufficient space is available).

You can write and edit text messages up to 10 pages.

(approximately 1530 characters)

1. Key in your message. For details on how to enter text, refer to

pages 28 through 31 (Entering Text).

2. After you complete the message, to select the required option,

press the left soft key [Options]. The following options are

available.

] Send: Enter the phone number. Or select the number from the

recent numbers or the Contacts after pressing the left soft key

[Options].

You can send a message up to 6 phone numbers at a time.

Before sending the message, you can set the following options

by pressing the right soft key [Settings].

1) Validity period: Set the length of time for which your text

messages will be saved at the SMS center while attempts

are made to deliver them to the recipient. Possible values

are 1 hour, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week and the maximum

authorized by your network operator.

2) Delivery report: Select whether activate or deactivate the

report function. When this function is activated, the network

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informs you whether your message has been delivered or

not.

3) Reply charging: Allows the recipients of your text message

to send you a reply via your message centre, if the service is

provided by the network.

] Save: Saves the message so that it can be sent later.

] Font: Select the desired font size and style for the message

using the left/right navigation keys.

] Colour: Select the desired foreground colour using the left/right

navigation key. Then, press the down navigation key and select

the background colour using the left/right navigation key.

] Alignment: Select where to align text.

] Add T9 dictionary: When you didn't find a desired word in the

T9 text input mode, you can add a word using this option in the

T9 dictionary. After typing a word, press the left soft key [Save].

] T9 languages: Select the language for T9 input mode.

You can also deactivate T9 input mode by selecting T9 off.

For further details on the T9 mode, refer to page 29 through 30.

] Exit: Exits from the Write text message menu.

3. You can also send attachments with the message by pressing the

right soft key [Insert], while you’re entering a message.

] Symbol: You can attach special characters.

n Note You can also insert special characters by pressing ( )

while keying in a message.

] Picture: Sends and receives text messages that contain

pictures, known as ‘picture messages’. Several preset pictures

are available in the phone and they can be replaced with new

ones received from other sources.

] Sound: If available, you can attach a sound to a short

message.

] Text templates: You can select a text template already set in

the phone.

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] Phonebook: You can add phone numbers to the message.

] Signature: You can attach your name card.

Write Multimedia message

Menu-5-2

A multimedia message can contain text, images, and/or sound

clips. This feature can be used only if it is supported by your

network operator or service provider. Only the devices that offer

compatible multimedia message or e-mail features can receive and

send multimedia messages.

You can create a multimedia message up to 10 slides.

(approximately 100 KB)

1. After entering the subject of the message, press the OK key.

2. Key in the text message. Using the right soft key [Insert], you

can insert a symbol, a photo, a picture, a sound, a voice memo,

text templates, phone numbers stored in the phonebook or a

signature.

3. Press the left soft key [Options]. The following options are

available.

] Send: You can send the multimedia message up to 6

recipients at the same time.

1) Key in the phone number. You can also search the phone

number from the recent number list or the phonebook using

the left soft key [Options].

2) Press the right soft key [Settings]. You can set the following

options:

- Priority: Set the priority of the MMS.

- Validity period: Set the duration for keeping the

multimedia messages on the network server. Possible

values are 1 hour, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week and the

maximum authorized by the network operator.

- Delivery report: Select Yes to activate the report function.

When this function is activated, the network informs you

whether or not your message has been delivered.

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3) Press the left soft key [Send].

] Preview: Select this option to check out the multimedia

message you've created. Each slide is sequentially played

back automatically. You can also move to another slide from

the currently played slide using the left/right navigation keys.

To replay the message, press the left soft key [Replay].

] Save: Saves the message in drafts or as a template.

] Add slide: Add a slide before or after the current slide.

] Move to slide: Select this option to move to another slide

from the current slide.

] Delete slide: Deletes the current slide.

] Set slide format: You can set the following slide format.

- Set timer: Enter the timer in each field using the numeric

keypad.

- Swap text and picture: Swaps the text and picture.

] Add T9 dictionary: When you didn’t find a desired word in the

T9 text input mode, you can add a word in the T9 dictionary

using this option. After typing a word, press the left soft key

[Save].

] T9 languages: Select the T9 language for T9 input mode.

You can also deactivate the T9 input mode by selecting T9 off.

For further details on the T9 mode, refer to page 29 through

30.

] Exit: Exits from the Write multimedia message menu.

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Inbox

Menu-5-3

You will be alerted when you have received messages. And they

will be stored in the Inbox.

Press the left soft key [Menu] and select → Inbox.

Or, you can take a shortcut by pressing the right navigation key

( ) in standby mode.

In the Inbox, you can identify each message by icons. For detail,

see the icon description below.

Icon Description

Multimedia message

Short message

SIM message

Read multimedia message

Read text message

Push message

Notified multimedia message

Each received message has the following options available.

Press the left soft key [Options].

] View: You can view the selected message.

] Reply: You can reply to the sender with a text message or a

multimedia message.

] Forward: You can forward the selected message to other

recipients.

] Return call: You can call back to the sender.

] Delete: Deletes the selected message from inbox.

] Extract: You can extract picture, sound, sender’s number, URL,

email address and so on from the message. They will be saved

in My folder, Contacts, or Bookmarks.

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] View information: You can view the information of the

message: the sender's address, subject (only for multimedia

message), the date and time when the message has arrived,

message type and size, and the priority (only for multimedia

message).

Outbox

Menu-5-4

All the messages you have sent are stored in the Outbox folder.

You can view the list and contents of messages.

In the outbox message list, you can verify if the transmission was

successful. If the transmission was failed, “(Failed)” is displayed

before the recipient. You can also check whether you have received

the delivery report through the following icons.

Icon Description

MMS sent

MMS unsent

MMS delivery confirmed

SMS sent

SMS unsent

SMS delivery confirmed

In each message, the following options are available by pressing

the left soft key [Options].

The messages of which transmission was completed has

the following options.

] View: You can view the selected message.

] Forward: You can forward the selected message to other

recipients.

] Delete: Deletes the selected message from outbox.

] View information: You can view the information of selected

message: subject (only for multimedia message), the date and

time when you sent it, message type and size, the priority (only

for multimedia message), and recipients.

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] Delete all: Deletes all the messages in the outbox folder.

The messages of which transmission is in progress has

the following options.

] View: You can view the selected message.

] Send: Select this to send it again.

] Cancel: Cancels transmitting of the message.

] Delete: Cancels transmitting the message and deletes the

message.

] View information: You can view the information of selected

message: subject (only for multimedia message), the date and

time when you sent it, message type and size, the priority

(only for multimedia message), and recipients.

] Send all: Sends all the messages of which transmission is in

progress again.

] Cancel all: Cancels all the message transmission.

] Delete all: Cancels all the message transmission and deletes all

of them.

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Drafts

Menu-5-5

You can view the messages saved as a draft. The draft messages

are listed with the date and time when they were saved. Scroll

through the list using up/down navigation keys.

Icon Description

Multimedia message

Text message

Each draft has the following options.

Press the left soft key [Options].

] View: You can view the selected message.

] Edit: You can edit the selected message.

] Delete: Deletes the selected message from the drafts folder.

] View information: You can view the information of selected

message: subject (only for multimedia message), the date and

time when saved, message type and size and the priority

(only for multimedia message).

] Delete all: Deletes all the messages from drafts folder.

Listen to voice mail

Menu-5-6

This menu provides you with a quick way of accessing your voice

mailbox (if provided by your network).

Before using this feature, you must enter the voice centre number

obtained from your network operator.

When new voice message is received, the symbol will be

displayed on the screen. Please check with your network provider

for details of their service in order to configure the handset

correctly.

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Info message

(Network dependent)

Menu-5-7

Info service messages are text messages sent by the network to

mobile phone users. They provide general information such as

weather reports or traffic conditions. Each type of information has

the number; therefore, you can contact the service provider as long

as you have input the certain number for the information. When you

receive an info service message, a popup message will indicate a

new message receipt or the info service message will be displayed

directly. The following options are available when viewing info

service messages.

Read

(Menu-5-7-1)

1. Select Read to view the message, it will be displayed on the

screen.

2. The message will be shown until another message is reached.

Topics

(Network dependent)

(Menu-5-7-2)

• Add new: You can add a new info service message number with

its nickname in the phone or in the SIM (if the SIM is available).

• View list: You can view the list of all the info service message

numbers. Press the left soft key [Options] to edit or delete the info

message category.

• Active list: You can set whether you will receive each info service

message or not using the left soft key [On/Off] in this list.

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Templates

Menu-5-8

There are pre-defined messages in the list. You can view and edit

the template messages or create new messages. Two types of

templates are available: Text and Multimedia.

Text templates

(Menu-5-8-1)

• Please call me back.

• I’m late. I will be there at...

• Where are you now?

• I am on the way.

• Top urgent. Please contact.

• I love you.

The following options are available.

] View: You can view the selected template.

] Edit: Use this to write a new message or edit the selected

template message from the text template list.

] Write text message: Use this to send the selected template

message by SMS.

] Write multimedia message: Use this to send the selected

template message by MMS.

] Add new: Use this to create new template.

] Delete: Deletes the selected template.

] Delete all: Deletes all the text templates.

Multimedia templates

(Menu-5-8-2)

You can create a multimedia template after pressing the left soft

key [Add new]. And the multimedia templates you saved as a

template while creating a multimedia message in the Write

multimedia message (See page 54).

] View: You can view the multimedia template.

] Edit: You can edit the multimedia template.

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