LG KG225: Settings

Settings: LG KG225

Settings

You can set the following menus for your

Phone settings Menu 9.2

convenience and preferences.

Many features of your phone can be customised to

suit your preferences. All of these features are

Date & Time Menu 9.1

accessed via the Phone settings menu.

You can set functions relating to the date and time.

Wallpaper (Menu 9.2.1)

Set date (Menu 9.1.1)

Use this to set up the display on the LCD screen in

standby mode.

You can enter the current date.

Greeting note (Menu 9.2.2)

Date format (Menu 9.1.2)

If you select On, you can edit the text which will be

You can set the Date format such as

DD/MM/YYYY,

displayed in standby mode.

MM/DD/YYYY, YYYY/MM/DD.

(D: Day / M: Month / Y: Year)

Language (Menu 9.2.3)

Set time (Menu 9.1.3)

You can select the display language. When the

language option is set to Automatic, the language is

You can enter the current time.

automatically selected according to the language of

the SIM card used. English will be set if the language

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Time format (Menu 9.1.4)

on the SIM card is not supported by the phone.

Your can set the time format between 24-hour and

12- hour.

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Backlight (Menu 9.2.4)

Call settings Menu 9.3

Use this to select whether or not the phone uses the

You can set the menu relevant to a call by pressing

backlight. A small increase in standby/talk time can

[OK] in the Setting menu.

be achieved by turning the backlight off.

Call divert (Menu 9.3.1)

LCD contrast (Menu 9.2.5)

The Call divert service allows you to divert incoming

You can set the brightness of LCD.

voice calls, fax calls, and data calls to another

number.

Information window (Menu 9.2.6)

For details, contact your service provider.

You can preview the current state of the selected

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All voice calls:

Diverts voice calls unconditionally.

menu before opening the menu. The state is shown

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If busy:

Diverts voice calls when the phone is in

on the bottom of the screen.

use.

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If no reply:

Diverts voice calls which you do not

Menu colour (Menu 9.2.7)

answer.

Your phone provides you with 4 menu colour themes.

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If out of reach:

Diverts voice calls when the phone

Set the menu colour by scrolling and pressing the left

is switched off or out of coverage.

soft key [OK].

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All data calls:

Diverts to a number with a PC

Network name (Menu 9.2.8)

connection unconditionally.

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If you select on, you can see the network service

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All fax calls:

Diverts to a number with a fax

provider name which is displayed in standby mode.

connection unconditionally.

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Cancel all:

Cancels all call divert service.

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Settings

The submenus

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Any key

Call divert menus have the submenus shown below.

If you select this menu, you can receive a call by

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pressing any key except [End] key and .

Activate:

Activate the corresponding service.

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Send key only

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To voice mail centre:

Forwards to message centre.

This function is not shown at All data calls and All

If you select this menu, you can receive a call by

fax calls menus.

only pressing [Send] key.

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To other number:

Inputs the number for

diverting.

Send my number (Menu 9.3.3)

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To favourite number:

You can check back to last

(network and subscription dependent)

five diverted numbers.

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On

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You can send your phone number to another party.

Cancel:

Deactivate the corresponding service.

Your phone number will be shown on the receiver’s

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View status:

View the status of the corresponding

phone.

service.

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Off

Your phone number will not be shown.

Answer mode (Menu 9.3.2)

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Set by network

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Flip open

If you select this, you can send your phone number

If you select this menu, you can receive an

depending on two line service such as line 1 or line

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incoming call when only opening the flip.

2.

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Call waiting (network dependent) (Menu 9.3.4)

Security settings Menu 9.4

The network will notify you of a new incoming call

while you have a call in progress. Select Activate to

PIN code request (Menu 9.4.1)

request the network to activate call waiting, Cancel to

In this menu, you can set the phone to ask for the

request the network to deactivate call waiting, or

PIN code of your SIM card when the phone is

View status, to check if the function is active or not.

switched on. If this function is activated, you’ll be

requested to enter the PIN code.

Minute minder (Menu 9.3.5)

1. Select PIN code request in the security settings

When set to

On

, the phone will beep every minute

menu, and then press [OK].

during an outgoing call to keep you informed of the

2. Set

Enable/Disable.

length of the call.

3. If you want to change the setting, you need to

Auto redial (Menu 9.3.6)

enter PIN code when you switch on the phone.

Select

On

, and your phone will make a maximum of

4. If you enter the wrong PIN code more than 3

five attempts to connect the call after an

times, the phone will lock out. If the PIN is

unsuccessful call attempt.

blocked, you will need to key in the PUK code.

5. You can enter your PUK code up to 10 times. If

you enter the wrong PUK code more than 10

times, you can not unlock your phone. You will

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need to contact your service provider.

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Settings

phone lock (Menu 9.4.2)

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All incoming

The barring service for all incoming calls.

You can use a security code to avoid unauthorised

use of the phone. Whenever you switch on the

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incoming when roaming

phone, the phone will request a security code if you

The barring service for all incoming calls when

set the handset lock to

On.

If you set the handset

roaming.

lock to

Automatic

, your phone will request a security

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Cancel all

code only when you change your SIM card.

You can cancel all barring services.

Call barring (Menu 9.4.3)

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Change password

You can change the password for Call Barring

The Call barring service prevents your phone from

Service.

making or receiving certain category of calls. This

function requires the call barring password. You can

The submenus:

view the following submenus.

• Activate

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All outgoing

Allows to request the network to set call restriction

The barring service for all outgoing calls.

on.

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outgoing international

• Cancel

The barring service for all outgoing international

Set the selected call restriction off.

calls.

• View status

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outgoing international except home country

View the status whether the calls are barred or not.

The barring service for all international outgoing

calls except home network.

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Fixed dial number (Menu 9.4.4)

1. If you want to change the Security code/PIN2

code input your original code, and then press

(SIM dependent)

[OK].

You can restrict your outgoing calls to selected

phone numbers. The numbers are protected by your

2. Input new Security code/PIN2 code and verify

PIN2 code.

them.

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Activate

Network settings Menu 9.5

You can restrict your outgoing calls to selected

phone numbers.

The Network settings

feature enables you to

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indicate whether the network used when

Cancel

roaming(outside your home area) is selected

You can cancel fixed dialling function.

automatically, manually or preferably.

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Number list

Note

You can view the number list saved as Fixed dial

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You can select a network other than your home network

number.

only if it has a valid roaming agreement with your home

network.

Change codes (Menu 9.4.5)

PIN is an abbreviation of Personal Identification

Number to prevent use by an unauthorised person.

Settings

You can change the access codes:

Security code,

PIN code, PIN2 code.

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Settings

Network selection (Menu 9.5.1)

Band selection (Menu 9.5.2)

Automatic

(Menu 9.5.1.1)

EGSM/DCS

(Menu 9.5.2.1)

Use this to set the phone to automatically search for

According to depending on Network situation, you

and select one of the networks available in your area.

can select EGSM/DCS.

Manual

(Menu 9.5.1.2)

PCS only

(Menu 9.5.2.2)

If you want to select the desired network manually

According to depending on Network situation, you

from a list of networks, you can activate this function.

can select PCS only.

If the connection to the manually selected network is

lost, the phone will give off a error tone and ask you

to select a network again. The selected network must

GPRS setting Menu 9.6

have a roaming agreement with your home network.

You can set the GPRS service depending on various

The phone will let you select another network if the

situations.

phone fails to access the initial selected network. The

phone will default back to Automatic if it is switched

Switch on (Menu 9.6.1)

off.

If you select

Power on

and you are in a network that

Preferred

(Menu 9.5.1.3)

supports GPRS, the phone registers to the GPRS

You can set a list of preferred networks and the

network and sending short messages will be done via

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phone attempts to register with first, before

GPRS. Also, starting an active packet data

attempting to register to any other networks. This list

connection, for example, to send and receive a

is set from the phone’s predefined list of known

multimedia message is quicker.

networks.

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When needed (Menu 9.6.2)

If you select

When needed

, the phone will use a

GPRS connection only if you start an application or

action that needs it. The GPRS connection is closed

after it is no longer required by any application.

Reset settings Menu 9.7

You can initialise all factory defaults. You will need

the Security code to activate this function.

Memory status Menu 9.8

You can check the status of memory in use.

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