Video camera Making a quick video 1 P ress and hold down the camera key on the right-hand side of the phone. 2 In Camera preview mode, touch the Video camera icon in the view finder to switch to video mode. The video camera’s viewfinder will appear on the screen. 3 Holding the phone horizontally, point the lens towards the subject of the video. 4 Press the camera key once to start recording. Or press the red dot at the bottom right of the screen.
Video camera After making a video A still image representing your captured video will appear on the screen. The name of the video runs along the bottom of the screen along with six icons on the righthand side. V120108_06.37.3gp Touch to play the video. Touch to send the video as a Message or Email or via Bluetooth. Touch to edit the video. 46 LG GW525 | User Guide Touch to view a gallery of saved videos and images. Touch to delete the video you have just made and confirm by touching Yes.
Getting to know the viewfinder Settings - Touch this icon to open the settings menu. Video mode - Video mode is selected. Image size Saving to handset memory/external memory Back - Touch here to return to the standby screen. Gallery Exposure Video size Stop recording Start recording Zoom - Touch zoom out. TIP! You can close all shortcut options for a clearer viewfinder screen. Simply touch the viewfinder once. To recall the options, touch the screen again.
Video camera Adjusting the exposure Preview settings Exposure defines the difference between light and dark (contrast) in a video. A low contrast video will appear fuzzy, whereas a high contrast video will appear much sharper. 1 Touch . 2 Slide the exposure indicator along the bar, left for a lower exposure and hazier video, or right for a higher contrast and sharper video. Video size - Change the size of the video to save memory space. Colour Effect - Choose a colour tone to use on your new video.
View Mode - Choose between Full screen or Full image. In Full screen, the image may be cropped to fit the screen. TIP! If you choose MMS duration, choosing a lower image quality will enable you to shoot a longer video. Watching your saved videos 1 I n the viewfinder, touch . 2 Your gallery will appear on the screen. 3 Touch the video you want to view once to open it fully. 4 Touch the Play icon in the centre of the screen.
Your photos and videos Viewing your photos and videos Adjusting the volume when viewing a video 1 T ouch on the camera preview screen. 2 Your gallery will appear on the screen. 3 Touch the video or photo to open it fully. 4 To play the video, touch . To pause playback, touch the screen once and touch . To adjust the audio volume on a video while it is playing, touch the speaker icon on the screen and slide the bar to the left or right. TIP! Flick left or right to view other photos or videos.
WARNING: Some functions will not work properly if the multimedia file has not been recorded on the phone. Viewing your photos as a slide show Slideshow mode will show all the photos in your gallery one at a time as a slideshow. Videos cannot be viewed as a slideshow. 1 Touch the photo you would like to begin the slideshow twice to open it. 2 Select on the lower left side of the screen. 3 The slideshow will begin. There are options within slideshows: Touch to show a random slide.
Your photos and videos Editing your photos You can do lots of great things to your photos to change them, add to them or liven them up. 1 Open the photo you want to edit and touch to bring up the options. 2 Touch the icons to alter your photo: Crop your photo. Choose a square or circular crop area and move your finger across the screen to select the area. Draw something on your photo freehand. Select the line thickness from the four options, then the colour you want to use. Add writing to the picture.
Merging two videos Touch to return to the gallery. Trimming the length of the video 1O pen the video you want to edit, select and touch . 2 Select and choose Trim. 3 Touch and set the new start and end points using . 4 Touch the Save icon or, alternatively, touch to return to the gallery and discard the changes. 1O pen the video you want to edit, select and touch . 2 Select and choose Video merge. 3 The My stuff will open. Choose the video you want to merge.
Your photos and videos Merging a photo with a video Adding text to a video 1O pen the video you want to edit, select and touch . 2 Select and choose Image merge. 3 The My stuff folder will open. Choose the photo you want to merge with your video. 4 Touch and slide the photo to move it to the end or the beginning of the video. 5 Touch the Effect icon to choose how the photo and video merge together: None, Pan zoom, Uncover, Checker board, Split, Shape diamond, Oval, Blind or Dissolve.
Overlaying a photo 1O pen the video you want to edit, select and touch . 2 Select and choose Image overlay. 3 The My stuff will open. Choose the photo you want to overlay your video. 4 Touch and indicate when you want the photo to appear using . 5 Touch the area of the screen where you want the photo to appear and touch OK. If the photo is too big it will overlay the whole screen, not just the selected area. 6 Touch to mark when you want the photo to disappear.
Your photos and videos Adding a soundtrack to your video 1O pen the video you want to edit, select and touch . 2 Select and choose Audio dubbing. 3 The My stuff will open. Choose the track you want to add to your video. 4 The original audio track on your video will be erased. Touch Yes to continue. 5 If the audio is shorter than the video, choose whether to play it Once or to Repeat it. 6 Select whether to replace the original file or save as a new file.
My stuff You can store any multimedia files on your phone’s memory so that you have easy access to all of your pictures, sounds, videos and games. You can also save your files to a memory card. Using a memory card allows you to free up space in your phone’s memory. To access the My stuff menu, touch then . Touch to open a list of folders that store all of your multimedia files.
My stuff Wallpaper - Set a wallpaper for the standby screen. Contacts image - Allocate an image to a particular person in your contacts list so that their picture shows when they call you. Start up image - Set an image to appear when you switch the phone on. Shut down image - Set an image to appear when you switch the phone off. Printing an image 1 2 3 4 T ouch then . Touch then Images. Select an image and touch . Touch Print then choose between Bluetooth and PictBridge.
Using a sound 1 T ouch then . 2 Touch then Sounds. 3 Select a sound and and it will start to play. 4 Touch and select Use as. 5 Choose from Ringtone, Message tone, Start-up or Shut down. Videos The Videos folder shows a list of videos you have downloaded or recorded on your phone. Watching a video 1 Touch then . 2 Touch then Videos. 3 Select a video to play. Using options while the video is paused Touch while in pause mode and choose from: Capture - Capture the frozen frame as a picture.
My stuff Documents Viewing a file From the Documents menu, you can view all of your document files. From here, you can view your Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Text and pdf files. 1 T ouch then . 2 Touch then Documents. 3 Select a document. Transferring a file to your phone 60 Bluetooth is probably the easiest way of transferring a file from your computer to your phone. You can also use the LG PC Suite via your sync cable.
Installing a game/application via a local install 1 T ouch then . 2 Touch and Others or My memory card if external memory is inserted. 3 Select the file (*.jad or *.jar) to install and press Install command. The application will be installed. NOTE: The jad file should contain its own jar file. Playing a game 1 T ouch then . 2 Touch . 3 Open the Games folder, choose a game and touch the icon to launch.
My stuff Artists - Browse your music collection by artist. Albums - Browse your music collection by album. Genres - Browse your music collection by genre. Playlists - Contains all playlists you have created. Shuffle tracks - Play your tracks in a random order. Transferring music onto your phone The easiest way to transfer music onto your phone is via Bluetooth or your sync cable. To transfer using Bluetooth: 1 Make sure both devices have Bluetooth switched on and can see each other.
3 T ouch Add new playlist, enter the playlist name and touch Save. 4 The All tracks folder will show all the songs on your phone. Touch all the songs that you want to include in your playlist. A tick will appear on the left-hand side of the track names. 5 Touch Done. Editing a playlist From time to time, you may want to add new songs or delete songs from a playlist. You can do this by editing the playlist. 1 Touch , then . 2 Touch , then Select My music and Playlists. 3 Select the playlist.
My stuff NOTE: You will need to attach your headphones to listen to the radio. Insert them into the headphone socket (this is the same socket that you plug your charger into). Searching for stations You can tune your phone to radio stations by searching for them manually or automatically. They will then be saved to specific station numbers, so you don’t have to keep re-tuning. You can save up to 50 stations in your phone. You must first attach the headset to the phone as this acts as the aerial.
4 T ouch style tab to choose a Muvee style. 5 Touch Default sound to change the sound. 6 Touch to see what you’ve created. 7 If you want to save what you’ve created, Touch Save icon.
Organiser Adding an event to your calendar 1 From the standby screen, select , then touch and choose . Select Calendar. 2 Select the date to which you want to add an event. 3 Touch then Add event. TIP! You can set holiday dates in your calendar. Touch each day you are on holiday one at time, then touch and select Set holiday. Adding an item to your To Do list 1 From the standby screen, select , then touch and choose . 2 Select To do and touch Add to do.
4 S et the number of days in the After tab. 5 The Target date will be shown below. Setting your alarm 1 From the standby screen, select , then touch and choose . 2 Touch Add alarm. 3 Set the time you would like the alarm to sound and touch Save. The screen then automatically returns to the alarm list. 4 Select the item on the list and choose whether you would like your alarm to repeat Once, Daily, Mon - Fri, Mon - Sat, Sat - Sun, Except holiday or Choose weekday.
Organiser Quality – Select the sound quality. Choose from Super fine, Fine or Normal. Memory in use - Choose whether to save recorded sounds to the External memory or to the Handset memory. Recording a sound or voice 1 2 3 4 5 T ouch then . Touch Voice recorder. Touch to begin recording. Touch to end recording. Touch to listen to your recording. Sending the voice recording 68 1O nce you have finished recording, touch . 2 Touch Send via and choose from Message, Email or Bluetooth.
3 T ouch the number keys to enter numbers. 4 For simple calculations, touch the function you require (+, –, x or ÷), followed by =. 5 For more complex calculations, touch and choose from sin, cos, tan, log, ln, exp, deg or rad etc. Converting a unit 1 From the standby screen, select , then touch and choose . 2 Select Unit converter. 3 Choose whether you would like to convert Currency, Surface, Weight, Length, Temperature, Volume or Velocity.
Organiser Adding a city to your world clock 1 From the standby screen select , then press and select . 2 Select World clock 3 Touch , followed by Add city. Touch the icon in the upper lefthand side of the screen and type the name of the city you require on the search tab. It will then be displayed at the top of the screen.
PC Sync You can synchronise your PC with your phone to make sure all your important details and dates match. You can also backup your files to put your mind at ease. Installing the LG PC Suite on your computer 1 From the standby screen, press , select and choose . 2 Scroll and touch USB connection mode and choose PC suite. 3 Connect your phone to your PC. Backing up and restoring the information on your phone 1C onnect your phone to your PC. 2 Double click on the LG PC Suite icon on your desktop.
PC Sync 4 Y our PC will now import and display all the contacts saved on your SIM card and handset. 5 Click on File and select Save. You can now select where you want to save your contacts to. NOTE: To backup contacts saved to your SIM card, click on the SIM card folder on the left side of the PC screen. Select Edit at the top of the screen, then Select all. Right-click your contacts and select Copy to contact.
Using your phone as a Music Sync device Using your phone as a modem Your Phone can be used as a Music Sync device for Sync Music Files only. Music Sync can be carried out using Windows Media Player 11 and supports both Handset Memory and an external Memory Card. 1 Disconnect your phone from your PC. 2 From the standby screen select , then touch . 3 Select and then USB connection mode. 4 Touch Music sync. This mode will be saved. 5 Connect the phone to your PC.
PC Sync Using Bluetooth: 1 Ensure Bluetooth is switched On and is Visible to both your PC and GW525. 2 Pair your PC and GW525 so that a passcode is required for the connection. 3 Use the Connection wizard on your LG PC Suite to create an active Bluetooth connection. 4 Click Internet Kit on your PC. 5 Create the Profile that can connect to the Internet and save the settings. 6 The profile that you create will appear on your PC screen. Select it and click Connect.
Internet Browser Browser gives you a fast, full colour world of games, music, news, sport, entertainment and lots more, straight to your mobile phone. Wherever you are and whatever you like. Accessing the web 1 From the standby screen, select , then touch and choose . 2 To go straight to the browser home page, select Home Alternatively, select Enter address and type in your desired URL, followed by Connect. NOTE: You will incur an extra cost by connecting to this service and downloading content.
Internet 76 Using the RSS reader Saving a page RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content, such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, called a feed, web feed, or channel, contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the entire text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favourite web sites in an automated way that is easier than checking manually.
Viewing your browser history Access to Google 1 From the standby screen, select , then touch and choose . Select History. 2 A list of web page titles you have accessed recently will be displayed. To access one of these pages, simply select it. You can use Goole service using this menu. Google service offers user a chance to use Search, Mail, Blogger, and YouTube. Changing web browser settings 1 From the standby screen, select , then touch and choose . Select Settings.
Settings This folder lets you adapt your settings to personalise your GW525. Personalising your profiles You can quickly change your profile on the standby screen. Just touch the status summary bar on the top, then touch the profile tab. You can personalise each profile setting using the settings menu. 1 Press and then choose . 2 Touch and then choose the profile you want to edit.
Changing your phone settings Enjoy the freedom of adapting the GW525 to your own preferences. 1 Touch then choose . 2 Touch then choose from the list below. Date & Time - Adjust your date and time settings or choose to auto update the time when travelling or for daylight saving. Power save - Choose to switch the factory set power saving settings: Off, Night only and Always on. Languages - Change the language on your GW525’s display. Auto key lock - Lock the keypad automatically in standby screen.
Settings Reset settings - Restores all settings to their factory defaults. Information - View the technical information for your GW525. Changing your touch settings From the home screen select then , Select . Touchpad calibration - You can adjust calibration of your touchpad. Touchscreen effect - You can change touchscreen effect. Changing your connectivity settings Your connectivity settings have already been set up by your network operator, so you can enjoy your new phone immediately.
using the Options Menu. However, you cannot delete or edit default configurations depending on country variant. Access points - Your network operator has already saved this information. You can add new access points using this menu. Packet data conn. - Choose when your device should be connected to network for packet data. USB connection mode - Choose Data service and synchronise your GW525 using the LG PC Suite software to copy files from your phone.
Settings 5 Your file will be sent. TIP! Check the progress bar to make sure your file is sent. To receive a file: 1 To receive files, your Bluetooth must be both On and Visible. See Changing your Bluetooth settings on the right for more information. 2 A message will prompt you to accept the file from the sender. Touch Yes to receive the file. 3 You will see where the file has been saved and you can choose to View the file or Use as wallpaper.
completed, Retry will appear on the screen. 4 Choose the device you want to pair with and enter the passcode, then touch OK. 5 Your phone will then connect to the other device, on which you will need to enter the same passcode. 6 Your passcode protected Bluetooth connection is now ready. Using a Bluetooth headset 1C heck your Bluetooth is On and Visible. 2 Follow the instructions that came with your headset to put it in pairing mode and pair your devices.
