Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your phone depending on the software of the phone or your service provider.
Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact BL20 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology. Disposal of your old appliance 1 When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product it means the product is covered by the European Directive 2002/96/EC.
Contents Guidelines for safe and efficient use ..... 5 Getting to know your phone ................ 11 Open view ............................................ 12 Installing the SIM and battery.............. 13 Memory card ....................................... 14 Installing a memory card ..................... 14 Removing the memory card................. 14 Formatting the memory card ............... 14 Your standby screen ............................ 15 The quick keys ...................................
Contents MP3 player........................................... 30 MP3 player ........................................ 30 Transferring music onto your phone ..... 30 Playing a song .................................... 30 Creating a playlist ............................... 31 Playing a playlist ................................. 31 Editing a playlist ................................. 31 Deleting a playlist ............................... 32 My stuff ............................................... 33 Images....
Guidelines for safe and efficient use Please read these simple guidelines. Not following these guidelines may be dangerous or illegal. Exposure to radio frequency energy THIS DEVICE MEETS INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES Your mobile device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) recommended by international guidelines (ICNIRP).
Guidelines for safe and efficient use transmission is completed. The highest SAR value for this device when tested for use at the body is 1.45 W/kg. * The SAR limit for mobile devices used by the public is 2.0 watts/kilogram (W/kg) averaged over ten grams of body tissue. The guidelines incorporate a substantial margin of safety to give additional protection for the public and to account for any variations in measurements. SAR values may vary depending on national reporting requirements and the network band.
Product care and maintenance WARNING Only use batteries, chargers and accessories approved for use with this particular phone model. The use of any other types may invalidate any approval or warranty applying to the phone, and may be dangerous. • Do not disassemble this unit. Take it to a qualified service technician when repair work is required. • Keep away from electrical appliances such as TVs, radios, and personal computers.
Guidelines for safe and efficient use Efficient phone operation Electronics devices All mobile phones may get interference, which could affect performance. • Do not use your mobile phone near medical equipment without requesting permission. Avoid placing the phone 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.
Potentially explosive atmospheres Emergency calls • Do not use the phone at a refueling point. Emergency calls may not be available under all mobile networks. Therefore, you should never depend solely on the phone for emergency calls. Check with your local service provider. • Do not use near fuel or chemicals. • Do not transport or store flammable gas, liquid, or explosives in the same compartment of your vehicle as your mobile phone and accessories.
Guidelines for safe and efficient use • Do not expose the battery charger to direct sunlight or use it in high humidity, such as the bathroom. • Do not leave the battery in hot or cold places, this may deteriorate the battery performance. • There is risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by an incorrect type. • Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Please recycle when possible. Do not dispose as household waste.
Getting to know your phone Charger, cable, handsfree connector Volume key Main screen Clear key Deletes a character with each press. Use this key to go back to the previous screen. Call key Dials a phone number and answers incoming calls. Camera End/Power key Ends or rejects a call. Turns the phone on/off. Returns to the standby screen when you use the menu.
Open view Memory card slot Battery cover Flash Camera lens Battery 12 LG BL20 | User Guide
Installing the SIM and battery 1 Remove the battery cover and the battery Slide down the battery cover and pull out the battery. WARNING: Do not remove the battery when the phone is switched on, as this may damage the phone. 2 Install the USIM card Slide the USIM card into the USIM card holder. Make sure the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards. To remove the USIM card, gently pull it outwards.
Memory card Installing a memory card You can expand the memory space available on your phone using a memory card. The BL20 will support a memory card of up to 16 GB. TIP! A memory card is an optional accessory. Open the slide covering the memory card slot. Slide the memory card into the slot, until it clicks into place. Make sure that the gold contact area is facing downwards. Formatting the memory card If your memory card is not already formatted, you will need to do so before you can begin using it.
Your standby screen The quick keys The main menu The quick keys provide easy, one-press access to your most used functions. The main menu provides twelve menu options. To open the main menu: Select to open your message editor. 1 Select Menu. Select to choose a sound profile for your phone. 2 The main menu will appear on the screen. Select to open the quick menu. Select to open contacts. 3 Move the highlighted image onto your desired position. And select center key to open.
Your standby screen The status bar The status bar uses various icons to indicate things like signal strength, new messages and battery life, as well as telling you whether your Bluetooth is active. Below is a table explaining the meaning of icons you’re likely to see in the status bar.
Calls Making a call Answering and rejecting a call 1 Key in the number using the keypad. To delete a digit press 2 Press . to initiate the call. 3 To end the call, press . TIP! To enter + when making an international call, press and hold 0. Making a call from your contacts When your phone rings, press Accept or press to answer the call. While your phone is ringing, press the lock key, then select Silent to mute the ringing.
Calls Speed dialling Using call divert You can assign a speed dial number to a contact you call frequently. 1 Select Menu, select Settings and choose 1 Press Contacts and press menu, then 2 Select Call divert. select Speed dials. 2 Your voicemail is set to speed dial 1 and you cannot change this. Select any other number either by using the navigation key arrows and selecting Assign or by pressing the hard key number. 3 Your address book will open.
Using call barring 1 Select Menu, select Settings and choose Call. 2 Select Call barring and choose Voice calls. 3 Choose options: 4 Select Activate and enter the call barring password. Please check with your network operator for this service. TIP! Select Fixed dial number from the Call menu to turn on and compile a list of numbers which can be called from your phone. You’ll need your PIN2 code from your operator. When activated, only numbers included in the fixed dial list can be called from your phone.
Contacts Searching for a contact 1 Select Contacts from the standby screen, and choose Search. Note: When you are storing a contact’s email address, press to enter a symbol and scroll with the navigation arrows until you see @. 2 Using the keypad enter the first letter of the contact you want to call. For example, for Office, press 6 three times. 3 To scroll through the contacts and their different numbers use the navigation arrows. Adding a new contact 1 Select Contacts and choose Create new contact.
Multi delete - Mark multiple contacts to delete. Copy to SIM/phone - Choose to move or copy to the SIM card or phone (depending on where you originally saved the contact). Renaming a group You can rename any of the groups to fit your lifestyle. 1 Select Contacts and choose Groups. 2 Select a group you want to rename. Adding a contact to a group You can save your contacts into groups, for example, keeping your work colleagues and family separate. 1 Select Contacts and choose Groups.
Messaging Messaging 5 Select Options and choose Insert to add an Image, Sound, Video, Symbol, Text template, Emoticon, Name & Number, New slide, Subject or More (Contact/ My business card/Schedule). Your BL20 includes functions related to SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Message Service) and email, as well as the network’s service messages. Simply press Menu and select Messaging. 6 Press the centre key Send to.
Entering text T9 predictive mode You can enter alphanumeric characters using the phone’s keypad. For example, storing names in Contacts, writing a message and creating scheduling events in the calendar all require entering text. The following text input methods are available in the phone: T9 predictive mode, ABC manual mode and 123 mode. T9 predictive mode uses a built-in dictionary to recognise words you’re writing based on the key sequences you press.
Messaging Message folders Managing your messages Press Menu, select Messaging. The folder structure used on your BL20 is fairly selfexplanatory. You can use your Inbox to manage your messages. Inbox - All the messages you receive are placed into your Inbox. From here you can reply, forward and more, see below for details. Drafts - If you don’t have time to finish writing a message, you can save what you have done so far here. Outbox - This is a temporary storage folder while messages are being sent.
Filter - You can filter certain type of messages (for example text message). If you see the message No space for SIM message, you should delete some text messages with from your message box. If you see the message No space for messages, you should delete messages to create space. Using templates You can create templates for the Text and Multimedia messages you send most frequently. There are some templates already on your phone, which can be edited if you wish.
Camera Taking a quick photo After you’ve taken your photo 1 Hold the camera key down on the right Your captured photo will appear on the screen. The name of the image runs along the bottom of the screen and you will see five options displayed on the right side of the screen. side of the handset. The camera’s viewfinder will appear on screen. 2 Holding the phone horizontally, point the lens towards the subject of the photo. 3 Press the camera key halfway.
Getting to know the viewfinder Note: You can adjust the zoom using the volume key on the left side of the phone. The zoom function is only available when the resolution is set to 2048x1536 or below. See Changing the image size. TIP! When using the camera, power consumption increases. If icon appears indicating low battery, recharge the battery before use.
Video camera Shooting a quick video After you’ve shot your video 1 The video camera’s viewfinder will appear The name of the video runs along the bottom of the screen and five options will be displayed on the right side of the screen. on screen. 2 Point the camera lens towards the subject of the video. 3 Press the camera key on the right side of the handset to start recording. 4 REC will appear in the bottom right center and a timer will show the length of your video.
Watching your saved videos 1 You can access your saved videos either from within video camera mode or from the standby screen. From the standby screen you should select Menu, then select My stuff and Videos. 2 Your gallery will appear on screen. 3 Use the navigation keys to select the video you want to view and press the centre soft key to watch it.
MP3 player MP3 player 2 Select the music file on the other device Your LG BL20 has a built-in MP3 player so you can play all your favourite music. 3 When the file is sent you will have to and choose to send it via Bluetooth. accept it on your phone by selecting Yes. To access the MP3 player, or select Menu and select Music then MP3 player. From here you have access to: 4 The file should appear in All songs. All songs - Contains all of the songs you have on your phone.
Using options while playing music Select Options and choose from: Minimise - Hide the music player screen so that you can continue using your phone as normal while music is playing. 4 The New playlist folder will show. Select all of the songs that you would like to include in your playlist by scrolling to them and selecting . 5 Select Save to store the playlist. View playlist - Look at the playlist you are currently listening to.
MP3 player Remove - Remove a song from the playlist. Select Yes to confirm. Multi remove - Delete selected songs from the playlist. Remove all - Remove all of the songs from the playlist. Information - View the playlist information. Deleting a playlist 1 Press Menu and select Music. 2 Choose MP3 player, then select My playlist. 3 Scroll to the playlist you want to delete and select Options. 4 Select Delete all and select Yes to confirm.
My stuff You can store any multimedia files into 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. The advantage of using a memory card is that you can free up space on your phone’s memory. Delete - Delete the selected image. Set as - Set the selected image as your Wallpaper or as a Picture ID. Send via - Send the selected image to a friend via Multimedia message, Bluetooth or Email.
My stuff Sending a photo Deleting an image 1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Select Images. 2 Select Images. 3 Select a photo and choose Options. 3 Select an image and press Options. 4 Select Send via and choose from 4 Select Delete. Multimedia message, Bluetooth or Email. 5 If you choose Multimedia message or Email, your photo will be attached to the message and you can write and send the message as normal.
Creating a slide show Sounds If you want to look at all of the images on your phone or scan through what you’ve got, you can create a slide show to save you from having to open and close each individual image. The Sounds folder contains the Default sounds, your voice recordings and sound files downloaded by you. From here you can manage, send or set sounds as ringtones. 1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Select Images. 3 Select the photo you would like to begin the slide show and select Options.
My stuff Using options while video is paused By selecting Options, the video you are playing will be in pause mode and you can choose from: Delete - Delete the video. Send via - Send the video to a friend via Multimedia message, Bluetooth or Email. Note: The video may need to be resized before it can be sent by MMS. Some videos may be too large to send by MMS at all. Video options menu In the Videos folder, press Options to bring up the following list of options. Delete - Delete the selected video.
List view / Thumbnail view - Change the way you view your videos. External memory If you’ve inserted a memory card it will be displayed as a folder within My stuff. Your external memory folder will be divided into four further folders: Images, Sounds, Videos and Others. Each folder will contain all the fi les of that type which are saved to your memory card rather than your handset. Using your phone as a mass storage device Your BL20 can be used as a mass storage device, just like a USB stick.
My stuff Transferring a file to your phone You can also transfer files from your computer to your phone using Bluetooth. 1 Make sure your phone and computer have Bluetooth switched on and are visible to one another. 2 Use your computer to send the file via Bluetooth. 3 When the file is sent you will have to accept it on your phone by selecting Yes. Sending and receiving your files using Bluetooth Bluetooth is a great way to send and receive files as no wires are needed and connection is quick and easy.
4 Your BL20 will automatically search for other Bluetooth enabled devices within range. 5 Choose the device you want to send the file to and select Send. To receive a file: 1 To receive files, your Bluetooth must be both On and Visible. See Changing your Bluetooth settings on page 59 for more information. 2 A message will prompt you to accept the file from the sender. select Yes to receive the file. TIP! Keep an eye on the progress bar to make sure your file is sent.
Games and Apps Games and Apps Your BL20 comes with preloaded games to keep you amused when you have time to spare. If you choose to download any additional games or applications they will be saved into this folder. Playing a game 1 Press Menu and select Games & Apps. 2 Select Games. 3 Choose the game you want to play and select Play.
Browser With a browser at the tip of your fingers, you can get up to date news and weather forecasts as well as information on sports or traffic whenever you need it. In addition, the browser allows you to download the latest music, ringtones, wallpapers and games. Adding and accessing your bookmarks For easy and fast access to your favourite websites, you can add bookmarks and save web pages. 1 Press Menu and select Browser. Accessing the web 1 Press Menu and select Browser.
Browser Saving a page Changing the web browser settings 1 Access your required web page as 1 Press Menu and select Browser. described. 2 Choose Options and select Save items, Save this page. 3 Select OK. Accessing a saved page 1 Press Menu and select Browser. 2 Select Saved pages. 3 Select the required page and press Open. TIP! This menu will also allow you to delete saved pages. Viewing your browser history 1 Press Menu and select Browser. 2 Select History and select OK.
Settings Changing your display settings Changing your security settings 1 Press Menu and select Settings. Change your security settings to keep your BL20 and the important information it holds protected. 2 Select Screen and choose from: Homescreen - Choose a wallpaper to appear on your screen display. 1 Press Menu and select Settings. Backlight - Choose how long the backlight remains on for.
Settings Resetting your phone Changing your Bluetooth settings Use Reset to reset all the settings to their factory definitions. You need the security code to activate this function. 1 Press Menu and select Settings and Viewing memory status My device visibility - Choose whether to Show or Hide your device to others. Connectivity, then choose Bluetooth. 2 Choose settings.
USB connection - Choose Data service and synchronise your BL20 using the LG PC Suite software to copy files from your phone. If you have a memory card inserted, select Mass storage to use your phone in the same way as you would use a USB stick. Connect to your computer and drag and drop files to the BL20 removable device folder.
Accessories These accessories were supplied with your BL20. Charger Data cable and CD Connect and synchronise your BL20 and PC. Battery User Guide Learn more about your BL20. Stereo headset 46 LG BL20 | User Guide Note • Always use genuine LG accessories. Failure to do this may invalidate your warranty. • Accessories may be different in different regions; please check with our regional service company or agent for further inquires.
Network service Technical data The wireless phone described in this guide is approved for use on the GSM and W-CDMA networks. General A number of features included in this guide are called Network Services. These are special services that you arrange through your wireless service provider. Before you can take advantage of any of these Network Services, you must subscribe to them through your service provider and obtain instructions for their use from your service provider.
LG Electronics Inc. LG Twin Towers 20, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea 150-721 GSM / W-CDMA Terminal Equipment BL20 R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC EN 301 489-01 V1.6.1, EN 301 489-07 V1.3.1 EN 301 489-17 V1.2.1, EN 301 489-24 V1.3.1 EN 301 511 V9.0.2 EN 301 908-1 V3.2.1 EN 301 908-2 V3.2.1, EN 300 328 V1.7.
