Using the FM radio on the LG KS360

The LG KS360 may be geared up to major in messaging and social networking with its slide-out Qwerty keyboard, but it also has some very useful music listening features onboard.

As well as the onboard MP3 player, the KS360 has a built-in FM radio, so you can tune into your favourite radio stations.

The radio can store up to 12 pre-set channels, and is easy to set-up and re-tune. You must first plug in the supplied headset, which acts as an antenna for the radio, but there's also the option of playing back the radio via the loudspeaker.

Here we show you how easy it is to set up and use...

Setting up the FM radio

1. First plug in the supplied headset. From the standby screen, press the OK key on the control pad to enter the main menu (Figure 1).
2. In the main menu, scroll to highlight Music (Figure 2). Press OK.
3. Scroll down to highlight FM radio (Figure 3). Press OK.
4. You are now presented with the radio screen, with 12 channel slots available (Figure 4). To tune in, press Options, highlight Auto scan and press OK (Figure 5).
5. You will be asked to confirm Auto scan now? (Figure 6). Highlight Yes. Press OK.
6. The radio will be begin scanning frequencies. When it finds a station, you will be asked Save this station? (Figure 7). If you want to save it, highlight Yes and press OK. It will be stored in the appropriate channel slot (Figure 8). (If you don't want to save it, highlight No and press OK, and the radio will continue scanning frequencies.)
7. The radio will continue scanning and asking whether you want to save stations in a similar way until all the channel slots are taken up (Figure 9).
8. Once completed you will be returned to the main radio screen (Figure 10). You can  select channels by hitting the appropriate number keys on the slide out numberpad, or by scrolling through them using the control pad arrowed directional keys.

Editing channels

You can retune individual channels, if you wnat to change their stored stations or fine-tune reception.

1. In the radio screen (Figure 4), highlight the channel you want to adjust. Press Edit and then using the left and right arrow keys on the control pad to scan through frequencies (Figure 11).
2. Once you have found the frequency you want, press Save.

Using the loudspeaker

Although you must have the KS360's headset lead plugged in to listen to the radio (it acts as the radio antenna), you can listen to the radio through the phone's loudspeaker.

1. In the radio screen (Figure 4), press Options. Scroll down to highlight Listen via and press OK (Figure 12).
2. Highlight Speaker and press OK (Figure 13).

(You can get back to headset listening by doing the same but highlighting Wired headset rather than Speaker before pressing OK.)