Verizon XT1080 manual Speak, Volume keys, Customize your smartphone’s sounds and appearance

Volume keys

Your volume keys help in a few ways:

•Ringer volume: Press the keys in the home screen. Press them when your smartphone is ringing to silence it.

•Earpiece volume: Press the keys during a call.

•Music/video volume: Press the keys during a song or video.

Speak

Just tell your smartphone what you want.

Tip: Speak naturally but clearly, like using a speakerphone.

•Dialing and commands: Tap . To dial, say “Call” and then a contact name or phone number. Or, say a command like “Send text,” “Go to” an app, or “Help” for voice command help.

Tip: If a contact has more than one number, you can say which number to call. For example, “Call Joe Black Mobile” or “Call Suzi Smith Work.”

To choose the confirmations and prompts you want to hear, tap > Menu > Settings > Voice.

To set up your phone to start listening to your commands, see “Touchless control” on page 12.

•Search: Tap in the home screen to search by voice.

To change your voice search and text-to-speech settings, tap Apps > Settings > Language & input.

•Text entry: On a touchscreen keyboard, tap , then speak your message. You can also speak punctuation.

Tip: To make your smartphone read out loud, see “TalkBack” on page 22.

Customize

Customize your smartphone’s sounds and appearance:

•Ringtone and notifications: To choose ringtones or notifications, tap Apps > Settings > Sound.

•Vibrate or silent: To make your smartphone vibrate for incoming calls, tap Apps > Settings > Sound

>Vibrate when ringing. To turn off ringtones for incoming calls, tap Apps > Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone

>None.

•Ringtone for a contact: To set a personal ringtone for a contact, tap People, tap the contact, then tap Menu

>Set ringtone.

•Volume: To set volume, just press the volume keys in the home screen (ringtone volume), during a call (earpiece volume), or while playing music or a video (media volume).

•Message alert: To change your new message notification,

tap Apps > Messaging > Menu > Settings, and check Notifications.

•Display settings: To change brightness and other display settings, tap Apps > Settings > Display.

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