LG F3000: GENERAL FUNCTIONS

GENERAL FUNCTIONS

Making a Call

Making International Calls

1. Make sure your phone is powered on.

1. Press and hold the 0key for the international

prefix. The ’+’ character can be replaced with the

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2. Enter a phone number including the area code.

international access code.

To edit a number on the display screen, simply

press the

Ckey to erase one digit at a time.

2. Enter the country code, area code, and the phone

number.

• Press and hold the

Ckey to erase the entire

number.

3. Press the

Skey.

3. Press the

Skey to call the number.

Ending a Call

4. When finished, press the

Ekey.

When you have finished a call, press the Ekey.

Making a Call by Send Key

Making a Call From the Contact list

1. Press the S key, and the most recent incoming,

You can store names and phone numbers dialled

outgoing and missed phone numbers will be

frequently in the SIM card as well as the phone

displayed.

memory known as the Contact list. You can dial a

2. Select the desired number by using the navigation

number by simply looking up a name in the contact

key.

list. For more details on the Contacts feature, please

3. Press the

S key.

refer to page 41.

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Adjusting the Volume

Notice

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During a call, if you want to adjust the earpiece

To reject an incoming call, press and hold the

volume, use the side keys of the phone.

side keys on the left side of the phone.

In idle mode, you can adjust the key volume using

the side keys.

2. End the call by closing the phone or pressing the

Ekey.

Answering a Call

Notice

When you receive a call, the phone rings and the

You can answer a call while using the Address

flashing phone icon appears on the screen. If the

Book or other menu features.

caller can be identified, the caller’s phone number

(or name if stored in your Address Book) is

displayed.

Vibrate Mode (Quick)

1. Open the folder and press the

Skey or the left

Vibrate Mode can be activated by pressing and

soft key to answer an incoming call. If the Any

holding the left key of navigation.

Key menu option (Menu 7.3.2) has been set to

O,

any key press will answer a call except for the

Signal Strength

E key or the right soft key.

If you are inside a building, being near a window

may give you better reception. You can see the

strength of your signal by the signal indicator ( )

on your phone’s display screen.

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Entering Text

ABC Mode

You can enter alphanumeric characters by using

This mode allows you to enter letters by pressing

the key labeled with the required letter once, twice,

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the phone’s keypad. For example, storing names in

the Address Book, writing a message, creating

three or four times until the letter is displayed.

scheduling events in the calendar all require

123 Mode (Numbers Mode)

entering text.

Type numbers using one keystroke per number.

The following text input methods are available in the

To change to 123 mode in a text entry field, press

phone.

#key until 123 mode is displayed.

Note

Symbolic Mode

Some fields may allow only one text input mode

This mode allows you to enter special characters.

(e.g. telephone number in address book fields).

Changing the Text Input Mode

1. When you are in a field that allows characters to

T9 Mode

be entered, you will notice the text input mode

This mode allows you to enter words with only one

indicator in the upper right corner of the display.

keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad has

2. If you want to change modes, press

#.

more than one letter. The T9 mode automatically

The available modes are changed.

compares your keystrokes with an internal linguistic

dictionary to determine the correct word, thus

requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional

ABC mode.

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Using the T9 Mode

Example: Press 4 6 6 3 to type Good.

Press 4 6 6 3 [down navigation

The T9 predictive text input mode allows you to

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key] to type Home.

enter words easily with a minimum number of key

presses. As you press each key, the phone begins to

2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting

display the characters that it thinks you are typing

any keystrokes.

based on a built-in dictionary. As new letters are

3. Complete each word with a space by pressing the

added, the word changes to reflect the most likely

0key or R key.

candidate from the dictionary.

To delete letters, press

C. Press and hold down

C to erase the letters continuously.

Notice

You can select a different T9 language from the

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menu option or press hold down the key *.

To exit the text input mode without saving your

The default setting on the phone is T9 disabled

input, press E. The phone returns to the idel

mode.

screen.

1. When you are in the T9 predictive text input mode,

Using the ABC Mode

start entering a word by pressing keys

2 to 9

Press one key per letter.

Use the 2to 9keys to enter your text.

• The word changes as letters are typed – ignore

1. Press the key labeled with the required letter:

what’s on the screen until the word is typed

• Once for the first letter.

completely.

• Twice for the second letter.

• If the word is still incorrect after typing

• And so on.

completely, press the down navigation key once

or more to cycle through the other word options.

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2. To insert a space, press the 0key once.

Using the 123 (Numbers) Mode

To delete letters, press the

C key. Press and

The 123 Mode enables you to enter numbers in a

hold down the

C key to erase the letters

text message (a telephone number, for example).

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continuously.

Press the keys corresponding to the required digits

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before manually switching back to the appropriate

text entry mode.

Refer to the table below for more information on

the characters available using the keys.

Using the Symbol Mode

The Symbol Mode enables you to enter various

Characters in the order display

symbols or special characters.

Key

Upper Case Lower Case

To enter a symbol, press the

*key. Use the

1 . , / ? ! - : ' " 1 . , / ? ! - : ' " 1

navigation keys to select the desired symbol and

press the [OK] key.

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A B C 2 Ä À Á Â Ã Å Æ Ç a b c 2 ä à á â ã å æ ç

3

D E F 3 Ë È É Ê d e f 3 ë è é ê

4

G H I 4 Ï Ì Í Î ˝ g h i 4 ï ì í î ©

5

J K L 5 j k l 5

6

M N O 6 Ñ Ö Ø Ò Ó Ô Õ Œ m n o 6 ñ ö ø ò ó ô õ œ

7

P Q R S 7 ß ™ p q r s 7 ß ∫

8

T U V 8 Ü Ù Ú Û t u v 8 ü ù ú û

9

W X Y Z 9 w x y z 9

0 Space 0 Space 0

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