Lenovo Mobile Phone User’s Manual Model: Lenovo A600e Read this manual carefully before operating the phone
Contents Technical parameters ......................................................................................... 1 Initial setup procedure ........................................................................................ 2 Charging the phone ..................................................................................... 2 Inserting the SIM card ................................................................................. 2 Inserting the memory card ...................................
Application menu.............................................................................................. 15 Opening the Application menu................................................................... 15 Browsing the Application menu ................................................................. 15 Creating an application shortcut to the Home screen ................................ 15 Removing an application shortcut from the Home screen ..........................
Email ......................................................................................................... 28 Multimedia........................................................................................................ 31 Camera...................................................................................................... 31 Music ........................................................................................................ 32 FM Radio ............................................
Airplane mode ........................................................................................... 46 Dual SIM settings ...................................................................................... 47 Call settings............................................................................................... 47 Audio profiles ............................................................................................ 47 Display ................................................................
Technical parameters Product: CDMA2000 digital mobile phone Model: Lenovo A600e System: Android 4.0.4 Size: Approximately 124.5 mm × 64 mm × 11.9 mm Weight: Approximately163.8 g (including battery) Standby time: Maximum 663 hours * Battery capacity: 2500 mAh *may vary depending on local signal strength SAR Information 0.664W/Kg@1g(HEAD) 0.943W/kg@1g(BODY) Body-worn operation This phone was tested for typical body-worn operations. To comply with RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance of 1.
Initial setup procedure Charging the phone Inserting the SIM card Inserting the memory card 2
Key layout Key tips Power key When the phone is off, press and hold the Power key to turn on the phone. When the phone is on, press and hold the Power key to enter phone options. (Power off, Airplane mode, etc.) To save your battery charge, prevent accidental touches or when you want to wipe smudges off your touch screen, put the touch screen to sleep by pressing the Power key.
To wake up the touch screen, just press the Power key again, then drag the Lock icon to the right on the screen to unlock, according to the dialog on the screen. Menu key Opens a menu with items related to the current screen/application. Home key Touch the Home key to return to the Home screen. If you are viewing the left or right of the Extended Home screen, touching the Home key to open the central Home screen. Touch and hold the Home key to view the applications you have used recently.
Powering on/off Powering on Press the Power key until the phone vibrates. Note: You may need to enter the Personal Identification Number (PIN) or draw the unlock pattern if you have set a PIN or unlock pattern. Powering off Press and hold the Power key to display the phone options menu, then select Power off.
Gravity sensor and multi-touch This feature automatically rotates the screen according to the orientation of the phone. You can lock the A600e screen in the current direction by turning the rotation lock downward. To lock or unlock the screen direction, select Launcher > Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen. You can use the A600e in the landscape or portrait mode. After launching an application, you can rotate the screen to your preferred direction.
Using the multi-touch function The multi-touch function enables you to perform various operations on the screen. Opening an application To open an application, touch the icon of the application on the screen. Touch the Home key to return to the Home screen. Scrolling Scroll the screen by dragging up or down on the content.
Zooming in or out You can zoom in or out of a map or web page. To do so, just touch the screen with two fingers and move them apart or together.
Home screen Quick start The Home screen gives you all your latest information in one place. It is the equivalent of the desktop screen on a computer and is displayed when you turn on the phone. It is your gateway to the main features in your phone. You can customize your Home screen with shortcuts, widgets, folders, and wallpapers. Slide the Home screen left or right to view more content in other panels on the Home screen. You can add shortcuts, widgets, folders, etc., to the Home screen.
Options menus Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current screen or application; not to any specific item on the screen. You can open the options menu by touching the Menu key. Not all screens have options menus. If you touch the Menu key on a screen that has no options menu, no menu will appear. Context menus Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen. You can open a context menu by touching and holding an item on the screen.
Opening and closing the Launcher Touch the Launcher, you can slide the screen left or right to view more applications. After opening the Launcher, touch an icon to enter the desired application. Touch the Back key to return to the previous screen. Touch the Home key to return to the Home screen. Applications Adding an application to the Home screen Touch and hold the Home screen, then touch Applications. You can select applications to add to the Home screen, such as Calculator, Clock, etc.
Widgets A widget is small application on the Home screen that displays as an icon, such as a music symbol, an analog clock, etc., which you can use directly from your Home screen. For example, the Music widget allows you to start playing audio files directly from Home screen, and the Analog clock widget shows the current time. You can download additional widgets from the library of Android widgets.
Adding a folder to the Home screen Touch and hold the Home screen, touch Folders, enter the name of the folder, select the applications you want to add to the folder, then confirm. The new folder will be created and added to Home screen. Organizing your applications with folders To make a new folder on your Home screen, stack one application on top of another. Naming folder on the Home screen Touch the applications stack on the Home screen.
Google Play Google Play, formerly known as the Android Market, is a digital application distribution platform, which provides a world of applications and games, and allows users to browse and download music, magazines, books, games, and applications. Accessing Google Play From the central Home screen, touch the Play Store. Alternatively, touch Launcher > Play Store. Note: You need a Google account to use the Play Store. Adding a Google account in your phone 1.
Application menu The Application menu, which you open from your Home screen, contains the applications that come installed with your phone. The Application menu extends beyond the screen width. Slide the screen left and right to view all content. Opening the Application menu Touch the Launcher. Browsing the Application menu Open the Application menu, then slide the screen right or left.
Phone status bar and notifications The status bar at the top of the screen contains icons that alert you about new messages, missed calls, signal strength, battery status, and other information. Checking notifications and current activities Drag down the status bar to open the Notification panel and get more information. For example, you can see missed calls, and which applications are running, such as the Music. Opening the Notification panel Drag the status bar downwards.
Toolkit In the Toolkit you can quickly start common applications such as Bluetooth, WLAN, etc.
Icon Statement Silent WLAN is connected Roaming USB debugging Airplane mode Full battery Low battery Vibrate on GPS searching GPS is connected Card1 EVDO Data connection Card1 1x Data connection Card2 EDGE Data connection Card2 GPRS Data connection 18
Making and answering calls Making a call Directly making a call Touch the Phone to display the dialing keypad. Touch the numeric buttons of the telephone number, then touch the Dial button to make the call. Making a call from Contacts Touch Launcher > Contacts to display the list of contacts, touch the desired contact, then touch the Dial button that is located next to the number to make the call.
answer the call. Rejecting a call If you want to reject an incoming call, slide towards the left side according to the dialog on the screen. Ending a call Touch the End button to disconnect the call. Adjusting the volume You can raise or lower the volume by pressing the Volume key. Turning the speaker on or off Touch the Speaker button to turn on the speaker, and touch it again to turn off speaker. Adding one call In a call, touch the Add call button to add one call.
Call options End: End a call. Touch Press the Volume key to adjust the call volume.
Text entry On-screen keyboard Touch the keys of the on-screen QWERTY keyboard to enter text. You can open this keyboard by touching the text field. Android keyboard input method Entering text Touch the keys on the keyboard to type. Use the Delete key When you have finished typing, touch the Back key to close the keyboard. to erase characters to the left of the cursor. Entering other characters Touch the Symbols key to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard.
Selecting text You can select text for cutting or copying. The selected text is highlighted in blue. Touch and hold the portion that contains the text. Some options open with icons. Move the cursor to select the text. Cutting/Copying/Pasting text 1. Touch the Cut or Copy. 2. Touch and hold the text field where you want to paste the text. 3. Touch PASTE. The text is inserted at the cursor. You can paste the text that you copied from one application into other text fields in any application.
Communication Messaging Touch Launcher > Messaging. You can compose, send and receive text messages from your phone, and also compose, send and receive multimedia messages, which contain media files such as pictures, videos and audios. When you view your messages, they appear as conversations, which means that all messages to and from a particular person are grouped together. Composing a new message 1. Touch Launcher > Messaging. 2. Touch 3. To add a recipient, touch .
Forwarding a message 1. Touch Launcher > Messaging. 2. Touch the conversation containing the message you want to forward. 3. Touch and hold the message you want to forward. 4. Touch Forward in the menu that opens. 5. To add a recipient, touch , then find and mark the contact name. To add more than one recipient, mark the contact name(s) for the other recipient(s). You can also enter the recipient’s phone number manually. 6. Choose SIM card to send the message.
Contacts screen overview Adding a contact 1. Touch Launcher > Contacts. 2. Touch 3. Select account to which you want to add this new contact. 4. Enter the information for the contact. 5. Touch DONE. . Searching for a contact 1. Touch Launcher > Contacts. 2. Touch 3. Input the first character of the name you are searching for. All records having . a contact name beginning with that character will be displayed. Additional options From the contacts list screen, touch the Menu key.
be available to you; for example, Import/export, Share contact, etc. Contacts to display: To select which contacts to display in the contacts list. Import/export: Import/export contacts from one account to other one. Delete contacts: You can mark more than one contact, then delete these marked contacts. Share contact: You can share contacts via Bluetooth, Email, etc. Accounts: You can synchronize your phone contacts with a synchronization account.
Favorites You can set contacts as favorites to access to them from the Contacts application. Only the contacts stored in phone memory can be set as favorites. Setting a contact as a favorite 1. Touch Launcher > Contacts. 2. From contacts list, touch the contact which you want to set as a favorite. 3. Touch to set the contact as a favorite. To cancel a favorite, touch . Call log Touch Launcher > Call log.
4. When you are prompted, enter a name for your email account, so that it is easily identifiable. The same name shows in the emails you send from this account. 5. Touch Next. Creating and sending an email 1. Touch Launcher > Email. 2. Touch 3. Enter recipients’ addresses, and subject. 4. Compose email. Touch the Menu key, you can attach a file. 5. If you want to add Cc/Bcc, touch the Menu key, then touch Add Cc/Bcc. 6. Touch . to send the email. Receiving emails 1. Touch Launcher > Email.
to select Forward. 3. Touch 4. Enter recipients’ addresses. 5. Touch to send the email. Viewing all folders 1. Touch Launcher > Email. 2. Touch also touch 30 at the top of the screen, then select Show all folders. You can at the bottom of the email inbox.
Multimedia Camera Touch Launcher > Camera. Take a photo or record a video with the camera in your phone. You can hold the camera horizontally or vertically. Share a photo or a video with your friends, or upload your photos and videos to a web service.
Taking a photo Adjust your picture size, picture quality, color effect, and other settings if you wish. Frame your subject on the screen. You can zoom in or out by touching the Zoom icon. Touch the Shutter icon on the screen. The picture you just took is displayed for a moment, then is displayed as a thumbnail. Shooting a video Switch to the camcorder mode Adjust the video duration, color effect, and other settings if you wish.
Music library The Music library offers the following multiple categories that you can select. Categories Artists: Songs classified by singers Albums: Songs classified by albums Songs: Display all songs Playlists: Display playlists If you touch and hold an artist, a song, or an album, some options will be available to you; for example, Play, Add to playlist, Delete, etc.
Music player You can return to the Music library screen from the Music player screen in the Music applications by touching Menu key, then touching Library. Music player controls Play/Pause Touch / Previous/Next Touch / Rewind/Forward Touch and hold Volume adjust Touch Volume key Now playing Touch Shuffle Touch Repeat: Touch to repeat all songs; touch again to repeat current song.
Touch the Menu key, some additional options such as Library, Party shuffle and Add to playlist will be available to you. FM Radio Touch Launcher > FM Radio. The phone comes with an in-built FM Radio. You can listen to FM Radio stations, and add them to channel list. You have to plug in an earphone, as the antenna of the FM Radio. You can listen to the radio either through an earphone, or through the speaker in the phone.
FM Radio controls Touch an unused button to save the current frequency to the frequency 5 list, then you can touch it to play. Touch and hold the button, some additional options are available to you. Touch the Menu key, some additional options will be available to you: Edit local frequency, Delete frequency list, Search, Enable speaker, and Exit. Gallery Touch Launcher > Gallery. The Gallery offers you to view photos and play videos which are downloaded as well as those taken by the phone camera.
albums. You can share via Bluetooth, Email, Messaging, etc. Sound recorder Touch Launcher > Sound recorder. Record sound and play sound file.
Browser Use your web browser to view and navigate web pages, add pages as bookmarks, and save pages for offline reading. You can open several windows at the same time and switch among them easily. Opening the web browser Touch Launcher > Browser. Searching and address bar Managing bookmarks Bookmarks let you access your favorite and frequently visited web pages quickly. You can add bookmarks directly from your phone browser. Bookmarking a web page 1. When you are viewing the web page, touch the Menu key.
your bookmark list, Save for offline reading which allows you to store the current page in memory so that it can be read later even if you lose your internet connection. Changing browser settings You can change the browser settings and customize your browser view, such as set homepage, clear locally cached content and data bases, override a website’s request to control zoom behavior.
Tools Calendar Touch Launcher > Calendar. Your phone has a calendar for managing your time schedule. You can use the calendar to keep track of important events. After entering the calendar function menu, you can select year, month and date. Setting the calendar view 1. Touch Launcher > Calendar. 2. Touch 3. Select Day, Week, or Month in the menu that opens. . Adding a calendar event 1. Touch Launcher > Calendar. 2. Touch 3. Enter the name, location, time, and description for the event. 4.
Calculator Touch Launcher > Calculator. Keep your calculations on your finger tips with the calculator. Using this application allows you to make calculations. The calculator provides the basic arithmetic functions; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You can also use an advanced panel. How to use the calculator 1. Touch Launcher > Calculator. 2. Enter the first number using the numeric keys. 3.
Connecting to networks and devices Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including WLAN, Bluetooth. You can also transfer files to/from your PC through the data cable. Determining the network you are using 1. Touch Launcher > Settings. 2. Touch More... > Mobile networks > Network settings >Access point names. The name of the wireless service provider you are currently registered with is selected in the list.
Connecting to WLAN network 1. Touch Launcher > Settings >WLAN. 2. Check WLAN to turn it on. The phone scans for available WLAN networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon. 3.
3. If the device you want to pair with is not in the list, touch SEARCH FOR DEVICES. 4. Touch the ID of the desired device in the list to pair it. Connecting hands-free kit You are provided with a hands-free earpiece set with your phone, which can be used to listen to your MP3 songs and listen and speak while on a call. To connect the hands-free earpiece, simply connect the connector into the connecting socket.
1. Connect your phone to a computer by using the USB cable that came with your phone. 2. Touch Launcher > Settings > More.... 3. Touch Tethering & portable hotspot, check the USB tethering. Connecting to a computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your phone’s SD card and the computer. You cannot share your phone’s data connection and SD card via USB cable at the same time.
Settings Get to know the settings in your phone so that you can personalize them to your own requirements. Go to Settings to configure how your phone looks, sounds, communication, privacy, and operations in a variety of ways. WLAN Turn WLAN on or off, scan available WLAN networks, or add the WLAN network. The detailed information is available in the section named Connecting to networks and devices.
Dual SIM settings Set preferences on how you use SIM/UIM inserted in your phone. Call settings Let you configure phone call settings, such as voicemail service, and other special features offered by your carrier. Voicemail service When you are unable to answer a call, you can let the caller leave a message for you to listen to later. This service requires network support so make sure you apply for it before use. In the dialing keypad, touch and hold the “1” key to dial the voicemail number.
Copying files between a PC and your SD card, you should set the SD card as USB mass storage. 1. Connect your phone to your PC with the USB cable. 2. Drag the Notification bar downwards. 3. Choose USB connected, to turn on USB storage. During this time, you can’t access the SD card from your phone. Safely removing the SD card Drag down the Notification panel and choose Turn off USB storage. Erasing the SD card 1. Touch Launcher > Settings. 2. Touch Storage > Erase SD card.
Language & input Let you select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard. Backup & reset Manage your personal data. Data & time You can set the format of date and time. Schedule power on & off Set powering on/off of the phone automatically. Accessibility Enable your installed accessibility services and adjust related settings. Developer options Set options for application development.
Precautions and tips for the A600e Never drop, strike, scratch, twist, knock, vibrate or push the A600e or place any heavy objects on it. Gently touch the A600e. Keep the A600e away from any magnetic substances, mobile phones in conversation, electrical appliances or speakers. Avoid exposing the A600e to extreme temperatures (lower than -10°C or higher than 50°C). Do not place the A600e in a damp environment. Do not use corrosive detergents or solvents to clean your A600e.
Recycling and environmental information General recycling statement Lenovo encourages owners of information technology (IT) equipment to responsibly recycle their equipment when it is no longer needed. Lenovo offers a variety of programs and services to assist equipment owners in recycling their IT products. For information on recycling Lenovo products, go to: http://www.lenovo.com/recycling.
Recycling information for India Recycling and disposal information for India is available at: http://www.lenovo.com/social_responsibility/us/en/sustainability/ptb_india.html.
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) India RoHS RoHS compliant as per E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011. Version number: V1.
