LG KG300: General information

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Battery care

• Extreme temperatures will affect the charging

capacity of your battery.

Your phone is powered by a rechargeable battery.

• Do not leave the battery in hot or cold places, such as

• The battery can be charged and discharged hundreds

in a car in summer or winter condition.

of times but it will eventually wear out. When the

operating time (talk-time and standby time) is

• Do not short-circuit the battery. Short-circuiting the

noticeably shorter than normal, you should buy a new

terminals may damage the battery or the connecting

battery at the time.

object.

• Unplug the charger when not in use, and don’t leave

• Dispose of batteries according to local regulations.

the battery connected to a charger for longer than a

Always recycle. Do not dispose of batteries in a fire.

week, since overcharging may shorten its lifetime.

• Overcharging may shorten its lifetime, and if left

unused a fully charged battery may discharge itself

over time.

• Temperature extremes can affect the ability of your

battery to charge.

• Do not use any charger or battery that is damaged in

any way.

• Use the battery only for its intended purpose.

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Access codes

PUK

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The PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) code is required to

PIN code

change a blocked PIN code. The PUK code is required

The PIN (Personal Identification Number) code protects

to change a blocked PIN2 code.

your SIM card against unauthorized. Your SIM card

! Note

usually supplies the PIN code.

You may need to obtain the password from your service

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provider.

You may need to obtain the password from your service

provider.

! Note

If you key in an incorrect PIN2 code three times in

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succession, you may need to key in PUK2 code.

If you key in an incorrect PIN code three times in

succession, you may need to key in PUK code.

! Note

If you key in an incorrect PUK code ten times in succession,

PIN2 code

the SIM card cannot be used anymore. Contact your service

provider for a new card.

The PIN2 code may be supplied with the SIM card.

Some functions will require PIN2 support, such Set

Phone code

tariff.

Phone code protects the phone against unauthorized

! Note

use. It is not on when you buy the phone. You can

Your may need to obtain the password from your service

change the phone code (0000) to any four to eight-digit

provider.

personal codes.

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Care and Maintenance

• Do not use the phone if the antenna is damaged. If a

damaged antenna contacts skin, it may cause a light

Read this information before using your mobile phone.

burn. Please contact an LG Authorized Service Center

Your mobile phone is a highly sophisticated electronic

to replace the damaged antenna.

device. When using your phone, battery, charger or any

• Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily when the

accessory, please read this first.

phone is switched on. Contact with the antenna

Product care

affects call quality and may cause the phone to

operate at a higher power level that needed and

• Keep your mobile phone and all its parts out of young

shorten talk and standby times.

children’s reach.

• Hold the phone as you speak to any other telephone.

• Keep your mobile phone dry.

While speaking directly into the microphone, angle

• Avoid exposing your mobile phone to extreme hot or

the antenna in a direction up and over your shoulder.

cold temperatures.

If the antenna is extendable/retractable, it should be

• Avoid placing your mobile phone close to lit

extended during the call

cigarettes, naked flames or any heat source.

• Do not attempt to disassemble it. Non-expert handling

Important safety information

of the device may damage it.

• Do not drop, knock or shake it. Rough handling can

Radio frequency energy

break internal circuit boards.

Your mobile phone is a radio transmitter and receiver.

• Do not paint your mobile phone as the paint could

When the phone is turned on, it receives and transmits

obstruct the earphone, microphone or any moveable

radio frequency (RF) energy. Depending on the type

parts and prevent normal use.

of mobile phone you posses, it operates on different

• Treat your mobile phone with care, keep it in a clean

frequency ranges and employs commonly used

and dust free place.

modulation techniques. The system that handles your

call when you are using your phone controls the power

level at which your phone transmits.

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Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) information.

• This highest SAR value for this model phone tested by

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Your phone has been designed to comply with

SGS for use at the ear is 0.926 W/kg (10g).

applicable safety requirement for exposure to radio

SAR data information for residents in countries/regions

waves. This requirement is based on scientific

that have adopted the SAR limit recommended by the

organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),

of scientific studies. These guidelines include safety

which is 1.6 W/kg averaged over one (1) gram of tissue.

margins designed to assure this safety of all persons,

Electronic devices

regardless of age and health.

• The radio wave exposure guidelines employ a unit

Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from RF

of measurement known as the Specific Absorption

energy. However, certain electronic equipment may not

Rate, or SAR. Tests for SAR are conducted using

be shielded against the RF signals from your wireless

standardized method with the phone transmitting at

phone, therefore:

this highest certified power level in all used frequency

• Don not use your mobile phone near medical

bands.

equipment without requesting permission.

• While there may be differences between the SAR

Pacemaker

levels of various LG phone models, they are all

designed to meet the relevant guidelines for exposure

Mobile phones may affect the operation of some

to radio waves.

implanted cardiac pacemakers and other medically

implanted equipment. Pacemaker manufacturers