LG OPTIMUS ONE P500: LG-P500LG-P500 Quick Reference Guide - English

LG-P500LG-P500 Quick Reference Guide - English: LG OPTIMUS ONE P500

LG-P500LG-P500

Quick Reference Guide - English

This guide will help you understand your new mobile phone.

It will provide you with useful explanations of features on your phone.

This guide helps you get started using

your phone.

If you need more information, please

visit www.lg.com.

Some of the contents of this manual may

not apply to your phone depending on

your phone’s software or your service

provider.

This handset is not recommended for the

visually impaired because of its touch-

screen keypad.

Copyright ©2010 LG Electronics, Inc. All

rights reserved. LG and the LG logo are

registered trademarks of LG Group and

its related entities. All other trademarks

are the property of their respective

owners.

Google™, Google Maps™, Google

Mail™, YouTube™, Google Talk™ and

Android Market™ are trademarks of

Google, Inc.

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Getting to know your phone

To turn on the phone, press and hold Power key for 3 seconds.

To Turn off the phone, press Power key for 3 seconds and touch Power Off.

Earpiece

Power/Lock key

- Powers your phone

on/off by pressing and

holding the key.

Proximity Sensor

- Turns off the screen

and locks.

Home key

- Returns to home

Back key

screen from any

screen.

- Returns to the previous

screen.

Menu key

- Check what options

Search key

are available.

- Search the web and

contents in your

phone.

WARNING:

Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it

can damage its LCD and touch screen functionalities.

Do not cover the protective fi lm on the LCD’s proximity sensor.

This can cause the sensor to malfunction.

Tip!

Press Menu key whenever you tap an application to check what

options are available.

Note:

LG-P500 does not support Video call.

Tip!

If LG-P500 has errors when you use it or you can not turn it on,

remove battery ,install it again and turn it on after 5 seconds.

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Stereo earphone

Power/Lock key

connector

Volume keys

- On the home screen:

controls ringer volume.

- During a call: controls your

earpiece volume.

- When playing a track:

controls volume

continuously.

Charger, micro USB cable

Microphone

connector

Camera lens

Back cover

microSD

memory

Battery

card slot

SIM card slot

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Getting to know your phone

Google Account Set-up

To connect to Wi-Fi

The first time you open the

Choose Wi-Fi network you want

Google application on your

to connect. If you see

,

phone, you will be required to

you need to enter password to

sign in with your existing Google

connect.

account. If you do not have a

TIP!

Google account, you’re prompted

If you are out of Wi-Fi area and

to create one.

choose 3G connection, additional

Creating your Google

chareges may be applied.

account

Wi-Fi Tethering

1

On the home screen, touch

Use your LG-P500 as portable

Applications

tab to open

Wi-Fi hotspot or share LG-

the applications menu.

P500's data connection via usb

2

Tap

Gmail

and tap

Next >

Settings > Wireless & network

Create

to start the Google

settings > Tethering & portable

Mail™ set up wizard.

hotspot > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

Turn on Wi-Fi

TIP!

From Home Screen , open

If your phone turns into sleep

Notification drawer and touch

mode even when it is connected

on.

to Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi connection

From Menu, Choose settings >

will be disabled automatically.

Wireless & network settings >

In this case, if your phone has

Wi-Fi

.

access to 3G data, it may be

connected to the 3G network

automatically, and additional

charges may be applied.)

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Camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

Brightness

This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight

entering the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar,

towards “-” for a lower brightness image, or towards “+” for a

higher brightness image.

Zoom

– Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively you can use the side

volume keys.

Video mode

– Slide down this

icon to switch to video mode.

Taking a photo

Gallery

This enables you

to access your saved photos

from within the camera mode.

Simply touch, and your gallery

will appear on the screen.

Settings

Touch this icon

to

open the settings menu. See

Using the advanced settings

.

Focus

Touch this icon to select the options menu. See

Using

the focus mode

.

Scene mode

– Choose from

Auto

,

Portrait

,

Landscape

,

Sports

,

Night

, and

Sunset

.

NOTE:

You need to insert a memory card fi rst to take a picture.

Without inserting a memory card, you will not be able to take a

picture nor save the picture you had taken.

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Video camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

Brightness

This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight

entering the Video. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar,

towards “-” for a lower brightness Video, or towards “+” for a

higher brightness Video.

Zoom

– Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively you can use the side

volume keys. Before starting record a video, you can use the

zoom function. You can not control the zoom function during

recording.

Camera mode

– Slide up

this icon to switch to camera

mode.

Start recording

Gallery

This enables you to

access your saved photos &

Videos from within the video

camera mode. Simply touch,

Settings

Touch this icon to

and your gallery will appear on

open the settings menu. See

the screen.

Using the advanced settings

.

Scene mode

– Set the camera to adjust to the environment.

Choose from

Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Sunset

and

Night.

Video size

Touch to set the size (in pixels) of the video you

record. Choose your video image size from VGA (640x480), QVGA

(320x240) or QCIF (176x144).

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Important notice

Please check to see if any

2. Optimising Battery Life

problems you have encountered

You can extend your battery's

with your phone are described

life between charges by turning

in this section, before taking the

off features that you don't

phone in for service or calling a

need to run constantly in the

service representative.

background. You can also

monitor how applications and

1. Phone memory

system resources consume

When available space on your

battery power.

phone memory is less than 10%,

To extend the life of your

your phone can not receive a new

battery

message. You need to check your

phone memory and delete some

- Turn off radio communications

data such as applications or

that you aren't using. If you

messages to make more memory

aren't using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or

available.

GPS, turn them off.

To manage the application

- Turn down screen brightness

and set a shorter screen

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On the home screen, touch

timeout.

Applications

tab and select

Settings

>

Applications

>

- Turn off automatic syncing

Manage applications

.

for Google Mail™, Calendar,

2

When all applications

Contacts, and other

appear, scroll and select

applications.

the application you want to

- Some applications you’ve

uninstall.

downloaded may cause your

3

Tap

Uninstall

and touch OK

battery’s life to be reduced.

to uninstall application you

desired.

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Important notice

To check the battery charge

3. Installing an Open

level

Source OS

1

On the home screen, touch

If you install an open source

Applications

tab and select

OS on your phone, and do not

Settings

>

About phone

>

use the OS provided by the

Status

.

manufacturer, this may cause

2

The battery status (charging,

your phone to malfunction.

discharging) and level (as a

percentage of fully charged)

WARNING:

If you install and

are displayed at the top of the

use an OS other than the one

screen.

provided by the manufacturer,

To monitor and control what

your phone is no longer covered

uses the battery

by the warranty.

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On the home screen, touch

Applications

tab and select

WARNING:

To protect your

Settings> About phone>

phone and personal data,

Battery use.

download applications only

from trusted sources, such as

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The top of the screen

Android Market™. If some

displays battery usage time.

applications are not properly

Either how long since last

installed on your phone, your

connected to a power source

phone may not work normally or

or, if connected to a power

a serious error can be occurred.

source, how long you were

You will need to uninstall those

last running on battery power.

applications and all of its data

The body of the screen lists

and settings from the phone.

applications or services using

battery power from greatest

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amount to least.

4. Using Unlock pattern

If you haven’t created a Google

account on the phone or you

Set unlock pattern to secure your

forgot it, you need to perform a

phone. Opens a set of screens

Hard reset.

that guide you through drawing a

screen unlock pattern.

Caution:

If you perform a factory

reset, all user applications and

user data will be deleted. Please

WARNING:

Precautions

remember to back up any

to take when using the

Pattern Lock, It is very

important data before performing

important that you remember

a factory reset.

the unlock pattern you set.

1

Turn the power off.

You will not be able to access

2

Press and hold for over 10

your phone if you use an

seconds: Power key + Home

incorrect pattern 5 times. You

Key + Down volume key.

have 5 opportunities to enter

3

When the power turns on,

your unlock Pattern, PIN or

release these keys.

Password. If you used all

the 5 opportunities, you can

5. Hard Reset

attempt it after 30 seconds.

* Using Hard Reset (Factory

Reset)

When you can’t recall your

If it does not restore to the

unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password:

original condition, use

Hard

If you logged in Google account

Reset

to initialise your phone.

on the phone and failed to use

If user turns on the phone with

correct pattern 5times, tab the

pressing and holding Power

Forgot pattern button. Then, you

+ Home + Down volume

are required to sign in with your

key at the same time (for 10

Google account to unlock your

seconds), the phone will turn

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phone

on and perform factory reset

Important notice

immediately.

battery.

Please note, after you perform

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to

Hard Reset

, all your data and

a Wi-Fi network

applications on your phone

1

On the home screen, touch

will be erased and cannot be

Applications

tab and select

reversed.

Settings > Wireless &

networks > Wi-Fi settings

.

WARNING

2

Touch

Wi-Fi

to turn it on and

If you perform Hard Reset,

begin scan for available Wi-Fi

all user applications and

networks.

user data will be deleted.

Please remember to back up

- List of available Wi-Fi networks

any important data before

is displayed. Secured networks

performing

Hard Reset

.

are indicated by a lock icon.

3

Touch a network to connect

6. Connecting to Wi-Fi

to it.

networks

- If the network is open, you

To use Wi-Fi on your phone,

are prompted to confirm that

you access a wireless access

you want to connect to that

point, or “hotspot.” Some access

network by touching

Connect

.

points are open and you can

- If the network is secured,

simply connect to them. Others

you're prompted to enter

are hidden or implement other

a password or other

security features, so you must

credentials. (Ask your network

configure your phone so it can

administrator for details.)

connect to them.

4

The Status bar displays icons

Turn off Wi-Fi when you're not

that indicate Wi-Fi status.

using it, to extend the life of your

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7. Using a microSD card

8. Opening and Switching

Pictures, along with Music and

Applications

Video files, can only be saved to

Multi-tasking is easy with

external memory.

Android because open

Before using the built-in camera,

applications keep running

you need to insert a micro SD

even when you open another

memory card to your phone first.

application. There’s no need

to quit an application before

Without inserting a memory

opening another. Use and

card, you will not be able to

switch among several open

save pictures and video you had

applications. Android manages

taken.

each application, stopping and

starting them as needed, to

WARNING:

ensure that idle applications

Do not insert or remove

don’t consume resources

the memory card when the

unnecessarily.

phone is on. Otherwise, it may

damage the memory card as

To stop the application you use

well as your phone, and the

1

On the home screen, touch

data stored on the memory

Applications

tab and select

card may be corrupted. To

Settings

>

Applications

>

remove the memory card safely,

Manage applications

.

please select

Home Screen >

2

Scroll to the desire application

Settings > Storage (For Android

and touch

Force stop

to stop

2.2 version, SD Card & Phone

using it.

Storage) > Unmount SD card

.

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Important notice

TIP Getting back to recent

conveniently with a simple

Apps

drag & drop between a PC

and phone

- Press and hold Home key,

then a screen will display a

Transfer the messages from a

listing the applications you

phone to a PC

used recently

S/W update without loosing

your data

9.

Copy LG PC Suite from

Installing LG PC Suite from your

microSD memory card

SD Card

1

Insert your microSD memory

The LG PC Suite IV is a program

card on your phone. ( It may

that helps you connect your

already be inserted on your

mobile phone to a PC using

phone.)

a USB data communication

cable, so that you can use the

2

Before connecting the USB

functions of the mobile phone on

data cable, make sure that

your PC.

the

Mass storage only

mode

is enabled on your phone.

Major Functions of the LG PC

(On the applications menu,

Suite IV

choose

Settings > Storage

Create, edit and delete phone

(For Android 2.2 version, SD

data conveniently

Card & Phone Storage)

, then

Synchronise data from a PC

select

Mass storage only

& phone (Contacts, Calendar,

check box.)

Message(SMS), Bookmark,Call

log)

Transfer multimedia files

(photos, videos, music)

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3

Connect your phone through

10.

Connecting your

USB data cable to your PC.

phone to a computer

4

In the status bar, drag the

via USB

USB icon.

NOTE:

To synchronize your phone

Choose USB Connected and

via USB cable with your PC, you

Mount.

need to install the LG PC suite

You can view the mass

program on your PC. You can

storage content on your PC

download this program from

and transfer the files.

the LG website (www.lg.com)

.Go to http://www.lg.com and

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Copy the ‘LGPCSuiteIV’

select your region, country &

folder on your mass storage

language.Visit LG Website for

to your PC.

more information. As PC suite is

Run ‘LGInstaller.exe’ file

embedded at inboxed SD card.

on your PC and follow the

you can simply copy it to your PC.

instructions.

LG-P500 does not support:

* When LG PCSuite IV installation

- PC Connection via Bluetooth

completed, disable

Mass storage

- LG Air Sync (Web Sync,

only

mode to run LG PCSuite IV.

R-Click)

NOTE:

Please do not remove or

- OSP (On Screen Phone)

delete other program fi le installed

- To-do in Calendar

on your memory card this may

- Memo

cause to damage your pre-

installed application on the phone.

- Java Application

User’s guide for PC Suite IV is

in Help menu after install PC

Suite IV.

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Important notice

1

Use the USB cable with

touch it.

your phone to connect the

Note:

When uninstalling PC

phone to a USB port on your

Suite IV, USB and Bluetooth

computer. You receive a

Drivers are not automatically

notification that the USB is

removed. Therefore, they must

connected.

be uninstalled manually.

2

Open the Notification drawer

Tip!

To use a microSD card on

and touch USB connected.

you phone again, you need to

3

Touch

Mount

to confirm

open the Notifi cation drawer and

that you want to transfer

touch "Turn off USB storage".

files between your phone’s

During this time, you can’t

microSD card and the

access the microSD card from

computer.

your phone, so you can’t use

When the phone is connected

applications that rely on the

as USB storage, you receive

microSD card, such as Camera,

a notification. You phone’s

Gallery and Music.

microSD card is mounted as a

To disconnect your phone from

drive on your computer. You can

the computer, carefully follow

now copy files to and from the

your computer’s instructions

microSD card.

to disconnect USB devices

correctly, to avoid losing

11. Unlock screen when

information on the card.

using data connection

1

Safely disconnect the USB

Your display will go dark if

device on your computer.

untouched for a period of time

2

Open the Notification drawer

when using data connection. To

and touch

Turn off USB

turn on your LCD screen, just

storage

.

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3

Touch

Turn off

in the dialog

that opens.

12.

Hold Phone straight

up

Please hold the mobile phone

straight up as a regular phone.

While making/receiving calls or

sending/receiving data, try to

avoid holding the lower part of

the phone where the antenna is

located. It may affect call quality.

13. When Screen freezes

If the phone does not respond to

user input or the screen freezes:

Remove the battery, insert it

again and power on the phone.

If it still does not work, please

contact to the service center.

14. Do not connect your

phone When you power

on/off your PC

Make sure to disconnect your

phone and PC via data cable as

it might have errors on your PC.

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Before using the mobile phone, please read fi rst!

How to save music/video

folder to display the subtitle

files to the phone

automatically when playing the

video file.

Connect your phone to the PC

- When downloading music or

using the USB cable.

video files, copyright must

Touch and drag down the status

be secured. Please note that

bar on the home screen. Select

a corrupted file or file with a

USB connected

>

Turn on USB

wrong extension may cause

storage

>

Open folder to view

damage to the phone.

files

.

If you didn't install LG Android

How to play music/video

Platform Driver on your PC, you

files to the phone

need set it manually.

Playing music files

For more information, refer to

Locate the file you want in the

'Transferring files using mass

list and select it to play.

storage devices' .

Playing video files

Save music or video files from

Locate the file you want in the

the PC to the phone's removable

list and select it to play.

storage.

- You may copy or move files

from the PC to the phone's

removable storage using a card

reader.

- If there is a video file with a

subtitle file (.smi or .srt file with

the same name as the video

file), place them in the same

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How to move the

4

If the connection of LG-P500

contacts from the old

phone (using the USB cable)

phone to the current

is detected by Mobile Sync for

Android, click "Sync" or "Sync

phone

contacts" to synchronize the

Export your contacts as a CSV

contacts saved in the PC to

file from your old phone to the

your phone and save them.

PC using a PC sync program.

1

Download Mobile Sync for

How to send data from

Android at www.lg.com and

your phone via Bluetooth

install it in the PC. Run the

Sending data via Bluetooth:

program and connect your

You can send data via Bluetooth

Android mobile phone to the

by running a corresponding

PC using the USB cable.

application, not from Bluetooth

2

Select the

Contacts

icon. Go

menu, unlike regular mobile

to

Menu

>

File

>

Import

and

phones.

select the CSV file saved in

*

Sending pictures:

Run the

the PC.

Gallery application and select

3

If the fields in the imported

Picture

>

Menu

. Click

Share

CSV file are different from

and select

Bluetooth

> Check

the ones in Mobile Sync for

If Bluetooth is turned on and

Android, you need to map

select

Scan for devices

>

the fields. After mapping the

Choose the device you want to

fields, click OK. Then, the

send data from the list.

contacts are added in Mobile

Sync for Android.

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Before using the mobile phone, please read fi rst!

*

Exporting contacts:

Run the

select the “Discoverable”

Contacts application. Touch

checkbox and search for this

the address you want to export

phone from other devices. Find

to. Press

Menu

and Select

the FTP service and connect to

Share

>

Bluetooth

> Check

the FTP server.

If Bluetooth is turned on and

- If you want to search for this

select

Scan for devices

>

phone from other devices,

Choose the device you want to

go to "Settings" > "Wireless

send data from the list.

& networks" > "Bluetooth

*

Sending multi-selected

settings".

contacts:

Run the "Contacts"

Then, select the "Discoverable"

application. To Select more

checkbox.

than one contact press Menu

The checkbox is cleared after

key and touch

Multiselect

.

120 seconds.

Select the contacts you want

- Supported profiles are HFP,

to send or press

Menu

key

HSP, OPP, PBAP (server), FTP

and touch

Select all

>

Touch

(server), A2DP and AVRCP.

Share

>

Bluetooth

> Check

If Bluetooth is turned on and

select

Scan for devices

>

Choose the device you want to

send data from the list.

*

Connecting to FTP (Only the

FTP server is supported on

this handset):

Select "Settings"

> "Wireless & networks" >

"Bluetooth settings". Then,

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The equipment complies with requirements of the Technical

Regulation, in terms of restrictions for the use of certain dangerous

substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

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