LG C2500: Messages [Menu 5]

Messages [Menu 5]

Within the Messages menu you can receive, display, edit,

You can add pictures, animations, melodies and sound

send and/or save text message up to 2295 English

effects to a text message and format the text using EMS

characters.

(Enhanced Messaging Service).

In the message press Option key, select Insert object.

Setting the Phone for Text message

The Object list are: Picture, My picture, Predefined

Before you can send a text message, it is necessary to

animation, My animation, Melody, My melody and

ensure the Message center number is already set in

Predefined sound

Service center. (Your service provider sill supply the

message center number.) The Message center number

After choosing, press OK.

may have been preprogrammed on SIM.

The phone allows you to use templates insert into the

message when you write. Within Write message, press

Setting the Message Centre Number

Option and select Use template. You can choose

Within Text message submenu, select Settings, Service

templates

center. Select one profile and enter message center

To send the message, press Option select Done to choose

number in international number format. (the profile shall

choose send options: Send only, Send and save, Save,

be activated.)

Send to many, Send to group and press OK. Then enter

the phone number (or recall it from the contacts) and

Text message [Menu 5-1]

press OK to send the message.

(Short Messaging Service)

You can choose Send and save and Saveoption that the

sent message is stored in the Outbox folder.

Write message [Menu 5-1-1]

• The options list includes option for View, Delete and

For detail information about how to write text in the phone,

Delete all, the message you are writing.

see also “Writing Text” on page 23.

In the Option list of writing message, you can select

Alignment, and New paragraph in the Format text.

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Messages [Menu 5]

Inbox [Menu 5-1-2]

• While reading the outbox list, press Option to select

To check an unread message later:

through the list of options and press OK at the

highlighted option to select it. The option list includes

• From Text message menu selects Inbox press OK.

options for View, Delete and Delete all the message(s)

• Move to desired message and press

OK to read it. The

you are selected.

message is stored in the Inbox folder after you have

• In the desired message, from the Options list, you can

read it.

Send, Edit, Detail. And you can view the detail, catch

• or icon indicate whether a message is read or

the User number and Extract URL.

unread in front of the message in the list.

Templates [Menu 5-1-4]

• or icon indicate whether a message is illegal

message format or broken message which can not be

In this function, the phone allows you to edit and erase the

displayed in the Message body screen.

templates.

• While reading the inbox list, press Option to select

From the templates list, press OK key to edit or erase

through the list of options and press OK at the

template message.

highlighted option to select it. The option list includes

options for View, Delete and Delete all the message(s)

Setting [Menu 5-1-5]

you are selected.

There are five kinds of message settings in your phone,

• The option list includes options for Reply, Edit, Forward,

Service center, Common setting, Memory status,

Detail, Chat, Use number, Save objects and Extract URL

Preferred storage, and Preferred bearer to all text

the message you are reading.

messages.

A message service center is a group of settings need for

Outbox [Menu 5-1-3]

sending text messages. The phone uses the SC name, SC

In Idle mode enter Menu, Messages and Outbox then

address, , Valid period and Message type under the

press OK.

Settings menu as a default message profile if you don’t

select another set when sending a message.

Move to the desired message and press OK to view it.

• or icon indicate whether a sent message or

unsent message.

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• Service center [Menu 5-1-6]

- Delivery report: User can turn

On or Off this function if

– If more than one message service center is supported by

user want to receive delivery report from service

your SIM card, select the one you want to use. The

provider or not.

number of service center depends on your SIM card.

- Reply path: Also, user can choose to use the same

– Within the Service center submenu of the Text message

service center as the received message to reply or not.

Setting you can change the settings of a particular

• Memory status [Menu 5-1-8]

message Service center include:

– You can check what percentage of the phone’s internal

- SC name: Within this field you can input the message

memory is unoccupied and how messages can still be

centre name.

stored in SIM card’s or Phone’s memory.

- SC address: Within this field you can input the

– The phone will show message to remind user if SIM card

message centre number.

and Phone set both out of memory.

- Valid period: This is the duration that your message is

• Preferred storage [Menu 5-1-9]

stored at the message centre. Delivery attempts will be

– You can choose where you want to save the message

repeated until the message has been delivered or

depend on memory status.

expired. The option of length of time has:

– If either one of storage locations, SIM card or Phone,

- 1 hour.

already full, the phone will automatically save information

- 12 hours.

to another.

- 1 day.

- 1 week.

– Select

SIM or Phone and press OK.

- Maximum

• Preferred bearer [Menu 5-1-0]

- Message type: You can select four kinds of message

The Preferred bearer settings to set the settings for

type with text message.

selected bearer.

The option of type has:

The Bearer list are: Prefer GPRS, Prefer GSM, GPRS Only

- Text, Fax, Pageand Email.

and GSM Only

• Common setting [Menu 5-1-7]

– The following message settings under the Text message

setting menu are common to all outgoing text messages,

irrespective of the selected set.

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Messages [Menu 5]

Multimedia message [Menu 5-2]

Write message [Menu 5-2-1]

! Note

• For detail information about how to write text in the

phone, see also “Writing Text” on page 23.

This function can be used only if it is supported by your network

service provider. Only phones that offer compatible multimedia

• To enter a name from the contacts, press Edit and

message features can receive and display multimedia messages.

select Add number or Add E-mail then search insert

desired number and email.

A multimedia message can contain text, sound and

picture. Each contain including media object, sound and

• Scroll to Edit content, press Edit enter Option list of

picture, the maximum size can not exceed 90 KB, also the

multimedia message writing message. You can select

phone supports multimedia messages that are total up to

Add text, Add image, Add audio, Add attachment and

100 KB in size. If the maximum size is exceeded, the phone

Templates.

may not be able to receive the message. Depending on

• To insert a file in the message, scroll to Add attachment

the network, you may receive a text message that

option then press OK. Press Open to link a specific

includes an Internet address where you can view the

folder in File manager and scroll to the desired file,

multimedia message.

press OK and Done. An attached file is indicated with

• Multimedia messaging supports the following formats:

the file name in the message.

– Picture: GIF, BMP and JPEG.

• The handset supports the sending and receiving of

– Sound: MIDI (SP-MIDI), AMR , iMelody audio and

multimedia message that contain several pages (slides).

monophonic ringing tones.

Each slide can contain text, one image and one sound

clip.

• The phone does not necessarily support all variations of

the aforementioned file formats. If a received message

• The phone allows you to use templates insert into the

contains any unsupported elements, they may be

message when you write. In the editor screen, scroll to

replaced with the file name and the test Object format

Edit content, press Edit enter Option list of multimedia

not supported.

message writing message and select Templates. You

can chose templates from the list.

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