LG P500 Optimus One Black: LG-P500LG-P500 Quick Reference Guide - English

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.

1

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.

2

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

3

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.)

4

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

1

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.

1

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

2

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