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Searching for a contact
1 Select Contacts from the standby screen,
2 Using the keypad enter the rst letter of
Note: When you are storing a contacts email address, press to enter a symbol and scroll with the navigation arrows until you see @.
3 To scroll through the contacts and their

Contact options

There are many things you can do when viewing a contact. Heres how to access and use the Options menu:
1 Open the contact youd like to use. See
different numbers use the navigation arrows.

Adding a new contact

1 Select Contacts and choose New
Searching for a contact above.
2 Select Options to open the list of options.

contact.

2 Choose whether to store your new contact
From here you can: Edit - Change any of the contacts details. New message - Send a message to the contact. If the contact has an email address, select whether youd like to send a Message or Email. Send via - Send the contacts details to another person as a business card. Choose to send as a Text message, Multimedia message, via Bluetooth or by Email. Delete - Delete the contact. Select Yes if you are sure. New contact - Add a new contact. Multi delete - Mark multiple contacts to delete.
on your Phone or SIM card.
3 Enter all the information you have in the
elds provided and select Save. Or, using the slightly quicker method
1 Enter the number you wish to store on the
standby screen and select Options.
2 Choose Save or Add to existing
3 Enter the relevant information as above

and select Save.

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 t your lifestyle.
1 Select Contacts and choose Groups. 2 Select a group you want to rename. 3 Choose Options, select Rename and
Adding a contact to a group
You can save your contacts into groups, for example, keeping your work colleagues and family separate. There are a number of groups including Family, Friends, Colleague, VIP, Group1 and Group2 already set up on the phone.
1 Select Contacts and choose Groups. 2 Scroll to the group you wish to add a
enter your new group name.

4 Select Save. 6

Note: You can only assign a contact to a group or add a picture to a contact that is saved in your phone (not SIM) memory.
contact to and select View then select Add.
3 Your contacts will open. Scroll to any
Adding a picture to a contact

Setting up your email

You can stay in touch on the move using email on your KC550. Its quick and simple to set up a POP3 or IMAP4 email account.
To enter the following information, choose Options and select Advanced settings. Protocol type - Select the mailbox type, POP3 or IMAP4. Maximum receive size - Choose the size limit of your emails, the maximum is 300KB. Save to server - Choose whether to save your emails to the server. For IMAP4 accounts copies are always saved. APOP secure login - Choose whether to save your emails to the server of the phone (only for IMAP4). Insert signature - Choose whether to automatically insert a signature in your emails. Reply email address - Enter the reply to email address. Incoming port number - Normally, this is 110 for POP3 and 143 for IMAP4 accounts. Outgoing port number - Normally this is 25. Auto retrieving - Select to automatically retrieve your emails. Retrieve download - Select Headers only, Headers + body (only for IMAP4) or All. Now your account is set up, it will appear in the list of accounts in your Email folder.

choose Settings.

2 Select Email then Email account. 3 Select New. 4 You can now choose how your account
works: Account name - Enter a name for this account. Email address - Enter the account email address. My name - Enter your name. Incoming mail server - Enter the account details. User name - Enter the account user name. Password - Enter the account password. Outgoing mail server - Enter the account details. Outgoing mail authentication - Select on or off. Outgoing server ID - Enter the account details. Outgoing server password - Enter the account details.

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Sending an email using your new account
To send/receive an email, you should set up an email account (see page 26).
1 Select Menu, select Messaging and
Inbox - All the messages you receive are placed into your Inbox. From here you can reply, forward and more, see below for details. Email box - Contains all your email messages. Select the account you want to use then select Retrieve. Your KC550 will connect to your email account and retrieve your new messages. Drafts - If you dont have time to nish 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. Sent - All the messages you send are placed into your Sent folder. Listen to voicemail - You can access your voicemail box (if provided by your network). When a new voice message is received, the symbol will be displayed on the standby screen. Info message - All info messages and updates received from your operator. Templates - A list of useful messages, already written for a quick reply.

2 Choose Email and a new email will open. 3 Write a subject then touch OK. 4 Enter your message using T9 predictive
mode or ABC manual mode. See Entering text on page 25 to see how to switch between the different text entry modes.
5 Select Options and choose an attachment
to add: Image, Sound, Video, Document, Contact, My business card or Schedule.
6 Press Send and enter the recipients
address or touch Options and select Contacts to open your contacts list.
7 Press Send and your email will be sent.

Message folders

Press Menu, select Messaging. The folder structure used on your KC550 is fairly selfexplanatory.

Managing your messages

You can use your Inbox to manage your messages.
If you see the message No space for SIM message, you should delete some messages from your inbox. If you see the message No space for messages, you can delete either messages or saved les to create space.
choose Inbox. Or, a quicker way is to select on the stand by screen.
2 Select Options and then choose to:

Yo de im

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.

If y ca

Delete - Delete the selected message. Reply - Send a reply to the selected message. Forward - Send the selected message on to another person. Return call - Call the person who sent you the message. Information - View the details of a message, for example, the time it was sent. Copy/Move - Choose to copy or move the selected message to the SIM card or phone. Multi delete - Delete selected messages. Delete all read - All opened messages will be deleted. Delete all - Delete text messages, multimedia messages or all messages. THE BASICS

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choose Templates.
2 Choose Text or Multimedia. You can then
select Options and choose Edit to change existing templates, to add New template or to Delete templates.
3 To send a template, select the one you

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want to send, choose Options and select Send via.
4 Choose how you would like to send the

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template; as a Message, Bluetooth message or Email.
5 Select a contact and select Send.

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Changing your text message settings
Your KC550 message settings are predened so that you can send messages immediately. If you would like to change the settings, you can do this using the Settings options. Press Menu, select Messaging, then choose Settings and Text message. You can make changes to: Message types - Convert your text into Voice, Fax, Paging, X.400, Email or ERMES. Validity period - Choose how long your message is stored at the message centre. Delivery report - Choose to receive conrmation that your message was delivered. Reply charging - Choose to be billed for your message recipients reply. Message centre number - Enter the details for your message centre. Character encoding - Choose how your characters are encoded. This impacts the size of your message and therefore data charges.

2 Choose Video on the top right corner of
the screen. The video cameras viewnder will appear on screen.
3 Point the camera lens towards the subject

of the video.

4 Press the camera key on the right side of
the handset to start recording.
5 REC will appear in the bottom left corner
of the viewnder and a timer will show the length of your video.
6 To pause the video select Pause and
resume by selecting Resume.
7 Select Stop to stop recording.
Note: You can also access the Video camera from the standby screen. Select Menu and select Multimedia, scroll down and select Video camera to open the viewnder.
Note: You can adjust the zoom using the volume key on the left side of the phone. Quality - Super ne/ Fine/ Normal. Save to - Choose whether to save your video clip to the phone memory or to the external memory. Flash - Turn the ash On or Off. The ash is set to Off as default, saving battery power. Whenever you exit the camera it will return to the default Off setting. White balance -The white balance ensures that any white in your video is realistic. In order for your camera to correctly adjust the white balance, you may need to determine the light conditions. Choose from Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Cloudy, Fluorescent or Night mode. Album - View all of your images. Reset settings - Choose Yes to reset your phone to its original video camera settings.
Select Options to access the quick settings options. These include various options for recording videos. Mode - To record a video you want to send in a multimedia message, select MMS. Colour effect - Choose from four colour tone options: Off (normal/colour), Sepia, Mono (black and white) or Negative. Brightness - Contrast denes the difference between light and dark in an image. A low contrast image will appear foggy, whereas a high contrast image will appear much sharper. Use the navigation keys to slide the contrast indicator along the bar, towards - for a lower contrast, hazier image or towards + for a higher contrast, sharper image. Resolution - If you want to t more videos onto your phone you can alter the pixel number to make the le size smaller. Choose between four options for your video, 176X144, 320X240, 640X480, 720X480.

Images options menu

The options which are available to you in Images depend on what type of image you have selected. All of the options will be available for pictures you have taken on the phones camera. Only the View, Set as, File info, Slide show, Sort by and List view / Thumbnail view options are available for default images.

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Sort by - Arrange your images by Date, Type or Name. List view / Thumbnail view - Change the way you view your photos.

Deleting an image

1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Select Images. 3 Select an image and press Options. 4 Select Delete.

Sending a photo

1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Select Images. 3 Select a photo and choose Options. 4 Select Send via and choose from

If y yo yo ha im

Deleting multiple images
1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Select Images. 3 Choose Options and select Mark/
Multimedia message, Bluetooth or Email.
5 If you choose Multimedia message or

Unmark and Delete.

4 A box will appear next to each image.
Email, your photo will be attached to the message and you can write and send the message as normal. If you choose Bluetooth, you will be prompted to turn Bluetooth on and your phone will search for a device to send the picture to.
Select each image and select to mark it. To unmark an image, select again so that the tick disappears from the box. Or, you can select Options then choose Mark all or Unmark all.
5 Once you have marked all of the

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Organising your images
1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Select Images.
appropriate boxes, select Delete and conrm you want to delete all of the marked images.

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3 Choose Options then select Sort by. 4 Choose from Date, Type or Name.

Creating a slide show

If you want to look at all of the images on your phone or scan through what youve got, you can create a slide show to save you from having to open and close each individual image.
1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Select Images. 3 Select the photo you would like to begin

Sounds

The Sounds folder contains the Default sounds, your voice recordings and sound les downloaded by you. From here you can manage, send or set sounds as ringtones.

Using a sound

1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Scroll to and select Sounds. 3 Select Default sounds or choose from the
the slide show and select Options.
4 Choose Slide show and it will begin. 5 Press Pause to pause the slide show and
list of voice recording les.
4 Select a sound and press

to listen to it.

Quit to end the slide show and return to the Images folder. Selecting Options during the slide show presents further options: View - Choose between Full image and Full screen. Select Landscape to change the orientation of the image. Repeat on / off - Decide whether you want the slide show on repeat or not.

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Auto next play - Allows to set the play mode: Off, Repeat once and Repeat all. Off: Plays the selected le. Repeat once: Plays all les in a list once. Repeat all: Continues to play all les in a list repeatedly. List view / Thumbnail view - Change the way you view your videos.
To move a le from Others to Documents:
1 Press Menu, then select My stuff

followed by Others.

2 Select a le and select Options. 3 Press Move, then select Move again.

External memory

If youve inserted a memory card it will be displayed as a folder within My stuff. Your external memory folder will be divided into ve further folders: Images, Sounds, Videos, Documents and Others. Each folder will contain all the les of that type which are saved to your memory card rather than your handset.

Documents

From the Documents menu, you can view Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Text and PDF les.

Viewing a document

1 Press Menu then select My stuff. 2 Select Documents. 3 Select a document and press View.
Using your phone as a mass storage device
Your KC550 can be used as a mass storage device, just like a USB stick. This is a great way of moving your les from your computer to your phone. If youve inserted a memory card, when connecting as Mass storage, the phone will be displayed as two drives on your computer: the handset memory and external memory.

Others

From the Others menu, you can view the les which are not saved in the Images, Sounds, Videos or Documents folders. You may nd that when you transfer les from your computer to your phone, they appear in the Others folder rather than the Documents folder. If this happens you can move them.
1 Press Menu, select Connectivity. 2 Select USB Connection. 3 Scroll to Mass storage and select OK. 4 Insert the smaller end of the USB cable
Transferring a le to your phone
You can also transfer les from your computer to your phone using Bluetooth.
1 Make sure your phone and computer have
into the USB cable connector on the edge of the KC550. Plug the larger end into the USB port of your computer.
5 A removable disk folder will open
Bluetooth switched on and are visible to one another.
2 Use your computer to send the le via

Blu le is Blu

Bluetooth.
automatically on your computer, two if you have a memory card inserted, showing all the folders on your phone or memory card.
6 Drag and drop your images, videos, music

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17 October 2008

By: Cosmin Vasile, Communications News Editor

LG KC550 Review

The best value for money camera phone
The mobile division of the Korean giant LG is one of the few handset manufacturers that managed to actually make some profit this year. Basically, the company flooded the market with its mobile devices, so that it could meet as many demands as possible, from high-end users, as well as from mid- and low-end ones. Apart from the fact that the company increased its portfolio with a huge number of new devices, it also started to concentrate in various fields that didn't get too much attention in the past, such as camera phones and multimedia phones, or sometimes both. LG KC550 is a simple device that fully targets users that prefer camera phones. The device features a typical LG slider form, with no innovations, but with a 5 Megapixel camera as the main attraction. LG KC550 was announced in May 2008, and was made available for buyers in August, same year. LG fans that intend to try the KC550 slider can choose from three different colors: Black, Gray and Pink. The phone is mid-end, so the price you have to pay for it is also medium - around $270 USD.

LG KC550 Front Closed LG

Design There's nothing fancy about LG KC550 in terms of design. It features the same LG slider form that has been specific to all the Korean company's sliders launched in 2007 and 2008. Measuring 96.9 x 51.4 x 14.9 mm, it couldn't be described as it big, but neither as small.
The slider is rather bulky, but LG fans are probably used to this by now, what with the new wave of LG sliders. They all look the same, but feature different specs. Anyway, one of the strong points of LG's handsets, design, stands out once more, since KC550 looks stylish. The black shiny plastic covering the front part of the slider is very well polished, but also a fingerprint magnet. The sleek metallic stripe that frames the phone is also nice, but will soil fast and will need frequent wiping. The back cover is made of a rubber-like compound, nice to the touch and not susceptible to fingerprints.
The slider includes the usual external keys: dual volume keys (also used as zooming keys for camera), microSD slot card and dedicated camera button on the right side. The other side of the handset features the proprietary LG port, which has multiple uses (charge, attach headphones and synchronization with the PC). On top of the phone, there's a small eyelet. Five control keys and a big D-pad are placed on the front bottom part of the slider: Accept/Reject calls keys, 2 contextual keys and C key (Delete). The big D-pad is pretty responsive, and offers above average control functionality to the user. There's no chance of it breaking in time, as the construction looks solid. A small earpiece, enabling users to listen
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while they're talking on the phone, is to be found above the 2.4 inches display.
When slid, the phone reveals a generous keypad that features the same chess pattern as the previous LG sliders launched this year - KM500 and KF600. The keypad is also a fingerprint magnet, and doesn't provide too great of an experience to those SMS-ing a lot. The back of the phone is the main attraction, as it features a 5 Megapixel camera under a metallic cover that protects it. You need to slide the cover to the left to be able to take pictures. Near the camera lenses, there's a small flash and a mirror for self-portraits. The only thing placed under the camera is a medium-sized loudspeaker. Overall, LG KC550 is definitely not the ugliest slider made by LG, but it's not going to stand out from the crowd either.
Display and Camera LG KC550 includes a 2.4-inch TFT display that supports 262k colors and a maximum resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Unfortunately, it has a very low eligibility under the sunlight, which greatly diminishes its functionality outdoors. The small size of the screen doesn't recommend it for Web browsing either. Protection of the display is non-existent, so it will most likely be full of scratches sooner than you might think. The quality of the images shown on the screen is quite good. In terms of performance, the display doesn't support any kind of 3D graphics or Hardware Accelerated Mobile 3D Graphics functions, so it cannot be tested. Jbenchmark 1.0 and 2.0 results can be seen below, but they aren't that relevant.
Still, the screen can be considered mid-ranged in terms of quality, scoring more on the quality of the image displayed, and in terms of performance. One function that saves appearances is the accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, which is becoming more common on handsets these days. The 5 Megapixel camera features Schneider-Kreuznach optics, flash capabilities, autofocus and mirror for self-portraits. It also includes digital image stabilization function and can make pictures with a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels.

The interface of the camera is user-friendly, with various settings and functions: Color Effect, White Balance, ISO (800 max.), Shutter tone, and Quality.
The gallery hasn't changed either, but users can benefit from the slide-show function. When displaying a picture on the screen, one can zoom in on it, which is useful for those that want more details. The built-in accelerometer starts up when one is browsing the gallery. The
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auto screen rotation makes the pictures turn in landscape mode or full screen, according to one's wishes.
LG KC550 can record movies with a maximum resolution of 720 x 480 pixels at 30fps. Part of the settings and functions from the camera interface are also available for recording: Color Effect, Brightness, flash and White balance. The quality of the pictures is quite good, and can be easily compared with that of LG Viewty. In fact, this is the main reason why one would want to pay for this slider, as everything else is quite common. Take a look at the samples below, since they look more than appealing.
Menu and Software KC550 slider features the same standard LG interface, with which all users are familiar. It offers quite a bit in terms of customization, but it is also user-friendly and actually appealing. Wallpapers and screensavers support flash animations, which makes the device more attractive. There aren't too many applications and productivity tools included in the phone, but we're not really missing out on anything here, given that the slider's target is those that often use it as a camera. Two themes are also pre-installed and both are taking advantage of the built-in accelerometer.
There's an Organizer containing 2 utilities: Calendar and Memo. In terms of productivity tools, owners will find only the basic versions of the most used applications: Alarm clock, Calculator, Stopwatch, Unit converter and World Clock, as well as Google Search and Google mail applications. The file manager tagged as "My stuff" is one of the downsides of the slider. It can list the folders made by users on the phone's memory, but they won't be able to listen to their music unless the files are copied to the Sounds folder made by default. The same is available for Images and Documents. For those looking for some entertainment, the slider also embeds 2 Java compatible games that are taking advantage of the accelerometer, Extreme Skateboard and Mini Game World.

The phonebook of the slider looks standard, and holds 1,000 contacts. Users will be able to see contacts by Name only, Name & number, or only those With picture. You cannot see only contacts included on the SIM, nor only those from the phone's memory. They are all mixed, but you'll be able to identify those from the SIM as they are marked with a specific sign. Unfortunately, you'll need to click twice before reaching any contact that you intend to call, and this I believe is an unnecessary "feature."
The all-time famous "clock delay" bug has also been corrected, which marks an improvement to the updated firmware. Overall, user-interface is not far from what LG has
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already gotten us used to - plus some welcome improvements that should add to its functionality.
Communications LG KC550 supports GPRS and EDGE connectivity, both class 12. Data transfer speeds are way below average, but it is clear that this handset has not been made for browsing, because of the small screen and lack of 3G connectivity.
In terms of messaging, the slider is compatible with a basic range of messages: SMS (100 max.), MMS, EMS, email and Bluetooth (2.0) messaging. Moreover, the slider supports Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and EDR standards for wireless music listening and fast data transfer.
The embedded browser (WAP 2.0 Teleca) comes with a basic array of settings. Unfortunately, the small screen and the low connection speed (EDGE) limit the Web browsing experience. The LG PC Suite that comes in the sales package enables users to synchronize their phone with the PC, but the file transfer rate is pretty slow.
The triband (GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900) network compatible slider has a good GSM signal reception. Sound is average, but a little bit muffled.
Processor and Memory LG KC550 features an AMD Imageon M180 media processor. This CPU is powering the ultra-fast, high-resolution image processing, DVD-quality video and high-definition audio features of the slider. AMD Imageon media processors support a variety of multimedia functions, including mobile TV, video, photography, Internet access, Adobe Flash content, video telephony, music and 3D graphics processing. The power of the CPU can also be noticed when using the built-in accelerometer on the 2.4-inch display.
The phone comes with only 12 MB of internal memory and no microSD card included in the sales package. Still, it can be upgraded through the microSD slot card, up to 4GB.
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The low internal memory may be another downside of the phone, as the first thing to do after buying the phone is to get yourself a memory card, which, thankfully, is hot-swappable.

Multimedia LG KC550 doesn't meet the requirements to be classified as a music phone, so you should pass it if that's what you were looking for. Furthermore, as the device features only the LG proprietary port and no adapter, you'll be stuck with the headset that comes with the phone, which is very low in terms of performance. The Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support is nice, but sound quality is way too low in quality, especially when you turn the volume to the max.
The FM radio can only memorize 10 base stations, is only available when the headset is inserted into the LG proprietary, and lacks RDS function. The MP3 player cannot be used in the background, so don't try this, as it's a futile attempt. The interface of the music player is pretty standard, and recognizes almost any type of multimedia file: MP3, WAV, VMA, MIDI, AAC, AAC. There is also a video player that enables users to watch the clips they're playing in landscape (full screen) mode, and Muvee Studio application.
Battery LG KC550 features a 900 mAh Li-Ion battery, which depletes at an average level, depending on your needs. The official numbers stated by LG - 450 hours of standby mode and 6 hours of talking - are in no way attainable. Usually, I got about 3 days of use, with about 30 minutes of talking everyday. It might last longer, around 4 days, if you only use it for 1-2 short calls per day. Impressions Even if LG KC550 looks just like another LG slider, it is also one of the few very good camera phones manufactured by the Korean company. We might as well get used with the new wave of LG handsets that are targeting niche areas. LG KC550 is all about the camera and nothing else, so bear in mind that you won't be able to listen to music, or use the device as a business tool. All in all, the slider is one of the few in its price range to feature such a good camera, so it's one of the best choices in terms of value for money.
The Good The 5 Megapixel camera is by far the main attraction of the phone, alas the only one. One could also enlist the built-in accelerometer among the positive things, but this is functional in only a few areas of the device. The Bad The multimedia part is very poorly represented, as in, "almost inexistent." Crappy sound and no RDS for the radio, as well as the fact that it cannot be ran in the background, place
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the phone outside the area of interest of music lovers. Lack of 3G connectivity, as well as very low performance when making data transfers, is another downside of the slider. Sales package LG KC550 handset Battery Li-Ion 900 mAh Charger 230V/EU Wired headset USB Cable CD ROM with LG PC Suite

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