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User Guide

LG-P768n

MFL67710605 (1.0)

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Page 1: ...User Guide LG P768n MFL67710605 1 0 ENGLISH www lg com ...

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Page 3: ... handset is not suitable for people who have a visual impairment due to the touch screen keyboard Copyright 2012 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 Gmail YouTube Google Talk and Play Store are trademarks of Google Inc ENGLISH ...

Page 4: ...ing your phone s data connection 31 To rename or secure your portable hotspot 32 Using the Wi Fi Cast 33 Enabling Wi Fi Direct to share through SmartShare 33 Using SmartShare 34 FileShare 35 Calls 36 Making a call 36 Calling your contacts 36 Answering and rejecting a call 36 Adjusting call volume 36 Making a second call 36 Viewing your call logs 37 Call settings 37 Contacts 39 Searching for a cont...

Page 5: ...tWorld from Your Phone 54 How to use LG SmartWorld 54 Utilities 55 Setting your alarm 55 Using your calculator 55 Adding an event to your calendar 55 Polaris Ofﬁce 56 Backup 56 Back up your smart phone data 57 Scheduling automatic backups 57 Restoring smart phone data 57 The web 59 Internet 59 Using the web toolbar 59 Using options 59 Settings 60 WIRELESS NETWORKS 60 DEVICE 61 PERSONAL 63 SYSTEM 6...

Page 6: ...y are all designed to meet the relevant guidelines for exposure to radio waves The SAR limit recommended by the International Commission on Non Ionizing Radiation Protection ICNIRP is 2 W kg averaged over 10g of tissue The highest SAR value for this model phone tested by DASY4 for use at the ear is 0 381 W kg 10g and when worn on the body is 0 833 W Kg 10g This device meets RF exposure guidelines ...

Page 7: ... mechanical vibration or shock Switch off the phone in any area where you are required to by special regulations For example do not use your phone in hospitals as it may affect sensitive medical equipment Do not handle the phone with wet hands while it is being charged It may cause an electric shock and can seriously damage your phone Do not charge a handset near flammable material as the handset ...

Page 8: ...e over pacemakers for example in your breast pocket Some hearing aids might be disturbed by mobile phones Minor interference may affect TVs radios PCs etc Road safety Check the laws and regulations on the use of mobile phones in the area when you drive Do not use a hand held phone while driving Give full attention to driving Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving c...

Page 9: ...obile device is dropped on a hard surface or receives a substantial impact If the glass breaks do not touch or attempt to remove it Stop using your mobile device until the glass is replaced by an authorised service provider Blasting area Do not use the phone where blasting is in progress Observe restrictions and follow any regulations or rules Potentially explosive atmospheres Do not use your phon...

Page 10: ...d care You do not need to completely discharge the battery before recharging Unlike other battery systems there is no memory effect that could compromise the battery s performance Use only LG batteries and chargers LG chargers are designed to maximise the battery life Do not disassemble or short circuit the battery Keep the metal contacts of the battery clean Replace the battery when it no longer ...

Page 11: ...iving a car driving is your first responsibility When using your mobile phone behind the wheel of a car practice good common sense and remember the following tips Use a hands free kit with the device to add an additional layer of convenience and safety to your wireless phone with one of the many hands free accessories available today Let the person you are speaking with know you are driving if nec...

Page 12: ... signal a minor traffic accident where no one appears injured or a vehicle you know to be stolen call roadside assistance local traffic autority or police station DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Hereby LG Electronics declares that this LG P768n product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999 5 EC A copy of the Declaration of Conformity can be foun...

Page 13: ...2 Optimising battery life Extend your battery s life between charges by turning off features that you don t need to having running constantly in the background You can monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power Extending your phone s battery life Turn off radio communications you are not using If you are not using Wi Fi Bluetooth or GPS turn them off Reduce screen brightne...

Page 14: ...rs You can combine several app icons in a folder Drop one app icon over another on a home screen and the two icons will be combined 4 Before installing an open source application and OS WARNING If you install and use an OS other than the one provided by the manufacturer it may cause your phone to malfunction In addition your phone will no longer be covered by the warranty To protect your phone and...

Page 15: ...d all 5 opportunities you can try again after 30 seconds When you can t recall your unlock Pattern PIN or Password If you have forgotten pattern If you logged in to your Google account on the phone but failed to enter the correct pattern 5 times tap the Forgot pattern button on the bottom of the screen You are then required to log in with your Google Account or you have to enter Backup PIN which y...

Page 16: ... applications Multitasking is easy with Android because you can keep more than one application running at the same time There s no need to quit an application before opening another Use and switch between several open applications Android manages each application stopping and starting them as needed to ensure that idle applications don t consume resources unnecessarily To return to view list recen...

Page 17: ...he application to find out how to use your LG PC Suite PC application Installing LG PC Suite PC Application LG PC Suite PC application can be downloaded from the webpage of LG 1 Go to www lg com and select a coun try of your choice 2 Go to Support Mobile Phone Sup port Select the Model LG P768n 3 Click PC Sync from Download and click WINDOW PC Sync Download to download LG PC Suite PC software Syst...

Page 18: ...lect the checkbox of contents to synchronise and click the Sync button 10 Synchronising your phone to a computer via USB NOTE To synchronise your phone with your PC using the USB cable you need to install LG PC Suite onto your PC Please refer to previous pages to install LG PC Suite 1 Touch Apps tab Settings Storage from the DEVICE to check out the storage media If you want to transfer ﬁles from o...

Page 19: ...n has an internal antenna Be careful not to scratch or damage the back of the phone as this may affect performance While making receiving calls or sending receiving data avoid holding the lower part of the phone where the antenna is located Doing so may affect call quality 12 When the screen freezes If the screen freezes or the phone does not respond when you try to operate it Remove the battery r...

Page 20: ...holding this key NOTE Proximity sensor When receiving and making calls the proximity sensor automatically turns the backlight off and locks the touch screen by sensing when the phone is near your ear This extends battery life and prevents you from unintentionally activating the touch screen during calls WARNING Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it can damage the LCD and touch scree...

Page 21: ... use QuickMemo function Volume keys In the home screen Control ringer volume During a call Control your earpiece volume When playing a track Control volume continuously Battery cover Camera lens SIM card slot microSD Card slot Speaker Battery Charger USB port Earphone Jack Microphone ...

Page 22: ...mo 3 Touch from the Edit menu and select to save the memo with the current screen NOTE Please use a fingertip while using the QuickMemo function Do not use your fingernail Using the QuickMemo options While using the QuickMemo function you can easily use the QuickMenu options Select if you want to use the background screen or not Undo or Redo Select the pen type and the colour Erase the memo that y...

Page 23: ...ver hold the phone ﬁrmly in one hand With your other hand lift off the battery cover with your thumbnail as shown in ﬁgure 2 Slide the SIM card into the SIM card slot Make sure the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards 3 Insert the battery into place by aligning the gold contacts on the phone and the battery 1 and pressing it down until it clicks into place 2 ...

Page 24: ...he battery must be fully charged initially to improve battery lifetime Do not open the battery cover during the charging your phone Using the memory card To insert a memory card Insert the memory card into the slot Make sure the gold contact area is facing upwards To remove the memory card safely Touch Apps tab Settings Storage from the DEVICE Unmount SD card OK NOTE The LG P768n supports memory c...

Page 25: ...ect Erase everything NOTE If there is content on your memory card the folder structure may be different after formatting as all the files will be deleted Locking and unlocking the screen If you do not use the phone for a while the screen is turned off and locked automatically This helps to prevent accidental touches and saves battery power When you are not using the LG P768n press the Power Lock k...

Page 26: ...l not be able to access your phone if you use an incorrect pattern 5 times You have 5 opportunities to enter your unlock pattern PIN or password If you have used all 5 opportunities you can try again after 30 seconds When you cannot recall your unlock pattern If you logged in to your Google account on the phone but failed to enter the correct pattern 5 times tap the Forgot pattern button You are t...

Page 27: ...e option you want Be careful not to touch any other keys Home Simply swipe your finger to the left or right to view the panels You can customise each panel with Apps Downloads Widgets and Wallpapers NOTE Some screen images may be different depending on your phone provider On your home screen you can view menu icons at the bottom of the screen Menu icons provide easy one touch access to the functio...

Page 28: ...n you want to remove drag it to TIP To add an application icon to the home screen from the Apps menu touch and hold the application you want to add Returning to recently used applications 1 Touch and hold the Home key The screen displays a pop up with icons of applications you used recently 2 Touch an icon to open the application Or touch the Back key to return to your current application Notifica...

Page 29: ...cription No SIM card No signal Airplane mode Connected to a Wi Fi network Wired headset Call in progress Call hold Speakerphone is on Phone microphone is muted Missed call Bluetooth is on Icon Description System warning Alarm is set New voicemail Ringer is silenced NFC is on Vibrate mode Battery fully charged Battery is charging Phone is connected to PC via USB cable Downloading data Uploading dat...

Page 30: ...g text Tap once to capitalise the next letter you type Double tap for all caps Tap to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard You can also touch and hold this tab to view the Settings menu Tap to enter a space Tap to create a new line in the message field Tap to delete the previous character Entering accented letters When you select French or Spanish as the text entry language you can enter spe...

Page 31: ...elect New to create a new account If you have a Google account touch Existing enter your email address and password then touch Sign in Once you have set up your Google account on your phone your phone automatically synchronises with your Google account on the web Your contacts Gmail messages Calendar events and other information from these applications and services on the web are synchronised with...

Page 32: ...i Fi to ON to turn it on and start scanning for available Wi Fi networks 3 Tap Wi Fi menu again to see a list of active and in range Wi Fi networks Secured networks are indicated by a lock icon 4 Touch a network to connect to it If the network is secured you are prompted to enter a password or other credentials Ask your network administrator for details 5 After connecting to a Wi Fi network the st...

Page 33: ...h for devices 3 Choose the device you want to send data to from the list Sharing your phone s data connection USB tethering and portable Wi Fi hotspot are great features when there are no wireless connections available You can share your phone s mobile data connection with a single computer via an USB cable USB tethering You can also share your phone s data connection with more than a single devic...

Page 34: ...table Wi Fi hotspot is ticked 4 Touch Conﬁgure Wi Fi hotspot The Configure Wi Fi hotspot dialog box will open You can change the network SSID name that other computers see when scanning for Wi Fi networks You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi Fi Protected Access 2 WPA2 security using a pre shared key PSK If you touch the WPA2 PSK security option a password field is ...

Page 35: ...ched devices are listed as they are found and you can select a specific device to share multimedia data through SmartShare Wi Fi Direct cannot be enabled while using other Wi Fi functions 1 Touch Apps tab Settings More from the WIRELESS NETWORKS Wi Fi Direct 2 Select a device to connect from the scanned device list CREATE GROUP Touch to activate group owner mode which enables the legacy Wi Fi devi...

Page 36: ...ther devices 1 Under the Sharing contents section touch to checkmark the types of con tent you would like to share Choose from Photos Videos and Music 2 SmartShare is now activated and ready to share contents To share contents from remote content library to other devices Let your renderer device e g TV play multimedia contents from your remote content library e g PC NOTE Make sure that the DLNA fu...

Page 37: ... 4 Touch and hold a content thumbnail and then touch the Upload menu key 5 Select a device of remote content library to be uploaded Notice Some DLNA enabled devices do not support DMS upload functionality and will not be uploaded A few types of contents are not supported FileShare Fileshare in file sharing application which is provided auto connection based on Wi Fi Direct Choose the types of cont...

Page 38: ...ine an incoming call Hold and slide the Quick msg icon from the bottom if you want to send a message TIP Quick msg You can send a message quickly using this function This is useful if you need to reject a call with message during a meeting Adjusting call volume To adjust the in call volume during a call use the Volume up and down keys on the left hand side of the phone Making a second call 1 Durin...

Page 39: ...se the options that you want to adjust Fixed dialing numbers To turn on and compile a list of numbers that can be called from your phone You ll need your PIN2 which is available from your operator Only numbers within the fixed dial list can be called from your phone Voicemail service Allows you to select your carrier s voicemail service Voicemail settings If you are using your carrier s voicemail ...

Page 40: ...the duration of calls including all calls dialled calls received calls and last call Call costs View the charges applied to your calls This service is network dependent some operators do not support this function Additional settings This lets you change the following settings Caller ID Choose whether to display your number on an outgoing call Call waiting If call waiting is activated the handset w...

Page 41: ...lect from Gallery 3 Select the contact type by touching Phone contact Phone 4 Touch a category of contact informa tion and enter the details about your contact 5 Touch Save Favourite contacts You can classify frequently called contacts as favourites Adding a contact to your favourites 1 Touch to open your contacts 2 Touch a contact to view their details 3 Touch the star to the right of the contact...

Page 42: ...ur message after Recipient Name Num ber Responses appear on the screen As you view and send additional mes sages a message thread is created WARNING The 160 character limit may vary from country to country depending on the language and how the SMS is coded If an image video or audio file is added to an SMS message it is automatically converted into an MMS message and you are charged accordingly Th...

Page 43: ...accounts To change an email account s setting Touch Apps tab E mail in the account screen touch Settings To delete an email account Touch Apps tab E mail in the account screen touch Delete account touch an account you want to delete Delete Email account screen You can touch an account to view its Inbox The account from which you send email by default is indicated with a tick Touch to open your Com...

Page 44: ...re offered from your Contacts Separate multiple ad dresses with semicolon 3 Add Cc Bcc and add attachment ﬁles if required 4 Enter the text of the message 5 Touch the If you aren t connected to a network for example if you re working in airplane mode the messages that you send are stored in your Outbox folder until you re connected to a network again If it contains any pending mes sages the Outbox...

Page 45: ...hoto Brightness This defines and controls the amount of sunlight entering the photo Shot mode Choose from Normal Panorama or Continuous shot Settings Touch this icon to open the Settings menu Video mode Touch this icon to switch to video mode Taking a photo Gallery Touch to view the last photo you captured This enables you to access your gallery and view saved photos within camera mode ...

Page 46: ...e the photo Touch to open the options Set image as Touch to use the photo as a Contact photo Home screen wallpaper or Lock screen wallpaper Move Touch to move the photo to other place Rename Touch to edit the name of the selected picture Rotate left right To rotate left or right Crop Crop your photo Move your finger across the screen to select the area Edit View and edit the picture Select the pho...

Page 47: ...This is useful in darker conditions when you cannot use the flash Improves colour qualities in different lighting conditions Applies artistic effects to the pictures Set a delay after the capture button is pressed This is ideal if you want to be in the photo Activate to use your phone s location based services Take pictures wherever you are and tag them with the location If you upload tagged pictu...

Page 48: ... as white balance colour tone timer and scene mode Check these before you take your next photo The Settings menu is superimposed over the viewfinder so when you change elements of the photo colour or quality you see a preview of the image change behind the Settings menu Camera ...

Page 49: ... or out Brightness This defines and controls the amount of sunlight entering the video Live effect Live effect provides various visual effects when taking a video Settings Touch this icon to open the settings menu Camera mode Touch this icon to switch to camera mode Start recording Gallery Touch to view the last video you recorded This enables you to access your gallery and view your saved videos ...

Page 50: ...hare Gmail Google Messaging or YouTube Touch to delete the video you just made Confirm by touching OK The viewfinder reappears Touch to open the options Move Touch to move the video to other place Rename Tap to edit the name of the selected video Details Tap to see a detailed information such as the name date time size and type Using the advanced settings Using the viewfinder touch to open all the...

Page 51: ...a default settings Touch if you want to know how this function operates This provides you with a quick guide Adjusting the volume when viewing a video To adjust the volume of a video while it is playing use the volume keys on the left hand side of the phone ...

Page 52: ...he letters that needs to be translated Video Player Your LG P768n has a built in video player that lets you play all your favourite videos To access the video player Touch Apps tab Video Player Playing a video 1 In the home screen touch Apps tab Video Player 2 Select the video you want to play Touch to pause playback a video Touch to resume playback a video Touch to go 10 seconds forward Touch to ...

Page 53: ...s manually Choose Settings Connectivity USB connection type then select Media sync MTP 3 You can view the mass storage con tent on your PC and transfer the ﬁles Playing a song 1 In the Home screen touch Apps tab Music Player 2 Touch Songs 3 Select the song you want to play Touch to pause playback Touch to resume playback Touch to skip to the next track in the album playlist Touch to go back to the...

Page 54: ... can tune in to your favourite stations and listen on the go NOTE You need to use your headphones to listen to the radio Insert it into the headphone jack Searching for stations You can tune in to radio stations by searching for them manually or automatically They are then saved to specific channel numbers so you don t have to find them again You can store up to 48 channels on your phone Tuning in...

Page 55: ... Using Tag writing 1 Touch Apps tab LG Tag 2 Select the desired mode In my Car Ofﬁce Library and tap Write on NFC tag 3 Touch the back of your device to a tag or a device to share then launching application and changing settings can be set Using Tag reading When touching the set tag or a device mode will be activated right away ...

Page 56: ...martWorld www lgworld com and select your country 2 Download LG SmartWorld App 3 Execute and install the downloaded file 4 Access LG SmartWorld by tapping the icon How to use LG SmartWorld Participate in monthly LG SmartWorld promotions Try the easy Menu buttons to find what you re looking for fast Categories Find contents by category e g Education Entertainment Games etc Search Search Content App...

Page 57: ...ct the Advanced panel then choose sin cos tan log and so on Adding an event to your calendar 1 Touch Apps tab Calendar 2 On the middle of the screen you can ﬁnd the different view types of the Calendar Day Week Agenda 3 Tap on the date you want to add event on and touch 4 Touch Event name then enter the event name 5 Touch Location and enter the location Check the date and enter the time you want y...

Page 58: ...About backing up and restoring smart phone data It recommends that you regularly create and save a backup file on the Storage card especially before you update any software Maintaining a current backup file on Storage memory might allow you to recover smart phone data if your smart phone is lost stolen or corrupted by an unforeseen issue This Backup application support between LG smart phones othe...

Page 59: ...s complete the following steps 1 Insert to the memory card into the slot and check out the storage status 2 Touch the Apps tab and then select Backup Schedule 3 On the Scheduled Backup Location screen touch SD Card or Internal Storage 4 From the list select how often you want to back up your device data and settings and select Continue 5 Select the check box next to the data you want to back up an...

Page 60: ... Application cannot be functioned Select Charge only option when the USB cable is connected You can set Enable encryption to encrypt your backup files for extra protection Press the Menu from the Backup screen and select Settings Security and select the check box And after enabling encryption To restore synchronised organizer data you must have an activation password NOTE You can also enable autom...

Page 61: ...the previous page While holding down the icon tilt the device toward body to zoom in or reverse to zoom out Touch to add a new window Touch to access bookmarks Using options Press to view options Refresh Update the current web page Save to bookmarks Add the current web page as bookmark Go to Homepage Allow you to go to a homepage Share page Allows you to share the web page with others Find on page...

Page 62: ...e phone call settings such as call forwarding and other special features offered by your carrier More Airplane mode After switching to airplane mode all wireless connections are disabled Wi Fi Direct You can turn on or off Portable Wi Fi hotspot You can configure the portable Wi Fi hotspot settings NFC Your LG P768n is NFC enabled mobile phone NFC Near Field Communication is a wireless connectivit...

Page 63: ...t set a lock screen PIN or password before you can use credential storage DEVICE Sound Sound profile You can choose the Sound Vibrate only or Silent Volumes You can manage the volume of Phone Ringtone Notification sound Touch feedback system Music video games and other media Alarms Phone ringtone Allows you to set your default incoming call ringtone Notification sound Allows you to set your defaul...

Page 64: ...on your phone or wake up the screen you re asked to draw your unlock pattern to unlock the screen Wallpaper You can select the wallpaper for lock screen from Gallery or Wallpaper gallery Clocks shortcuts Customize clocks and shortcuts on the lock screen Owner info Show owner info on lock screen Lock timer While your phone is at sleep mode your phone will be locked after the time you set here has e...

Page 65: ...tellites If you select GPS satellites your phone determines your location to street level accuracy Location Google search If you select google use your location to improve search results and other services Security Set up SIM card lock Set up SIM card lock or change the SIM PIN Password typing visible Show password as you type Phone administrators View or deactivate device administrators Unknown s...

Page 66: ...ibility Use the Accessibility settings to configure accessibility plug ins you have installed on your phone NOTE Requires additional plug ins Connectivity USB connection type You can set the desired mode Charge only Media sync MTP USB tethering LG software or Camera PTP Ask on connection Ask USB connection mode when connecting to a computer Help Help for connectivity PC Suite Receive Wi Fi connect...

Page 67: ... LG Mobile Phone software update via Over the Air OTA This feature allows you to update your phone s software to a newer version conveniently via OTA without connecting with a USB data cable This feature will only be available if and when LG makes a newer firmware version available for your device First you can check the software version on your mobile phone Settings About phone Software update Ch...

Page 68: ...our files into DivX videos ABOUT DIVX VIDEO ON DEMAND This DivX Certified device must be registered in order to play purchased DivX Video on Demand VOD movies To obtain your registration code locate the DivX VOD section in your device setup menu Go to vod divx com for more information on how to complete your registration DivX Certified to play DivX video up to HD 720p including premium content Div...

Page 69: ...yboard allows you to compose a text message or note using your computer keyboard File transfer mobile phone to PC sends files from your mobile phone e g photos videos music and Polaris Office files to your PC Simply right click on the file which you want to send to PC and click on Save to PC File transfer PC to mobile phone sends files from your PC to your mobile phone Just select the files you wi...

Page 70: ... the Internet on the PC additional data charges may be incurred depending on your DataPro data plan Access to the Internet using Wi Fi networks may not work well depending on the network s traffic When you enlarge the On Screen Phone window the display on the screen might become slow To check the phone to PC connection Once the devices have been connected drag down the Status Bar at the top of the...

Page 71: ...low may be optional Travel adaptor Battery Stereo headset Data cable Connect your LG P768n and PC User Guide Learn more about your LG P768n LG Tag NOTE Always use genuine LG accessories Failure to do this may void your warranty Accessories may vary in different regions Accessories ...

Page 72: ...ge your SIM at your network provider s nearest branch Contact your service provider Codes do not match To change a security code you will need to confirm the new code by re entering it If you forget the code contact your service provider The two codes you have entered do not match Any application cannot be set Not supported by service provider or registration required Contact your service provider...

Page 73: ... function is on Check the Settings menu and turn the function off Impossible to receive send SMS picture Memory full Delete some messages from the phone Files not opening Unsupported file format Check the file formats that can be supported SD card not working FAT16 FAT32 file system supported Check SD card file system via card reader or format SD card using the phone The screen does not turn on wh...

Page 74: ...ssible causes Possible corrective measures Hang up or freeze Intermittent software problem Remove the battery insert it again and switch on the phone Try to perform a software update via the website Troubleshooting ...

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