LED Flash for Alerts

If you can’t hear the sounds that announce incoming calls and other alerts, you can have iPhone flash its LED (next to the camera lens on the back of the iPhone). This works only when iPhone is locked or asleep.

Turn on LED Flash for Alerts. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > LED Flash for Alerts.

Mono audio and balance

Mono Audio combines the left and right stereo channels into a mono signal played on both channels. You can adjust the balance of the mono signal for greater volume on the right or left channel.

Turn Mono Audio on or off and adjust the balance. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Mono Audio.

Call audio routing

You can have the audio of incoming calls automatically routed to a headset or speaker phone instead of the iPhone receiver.

Reroute audio for incoming calls. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Incoming Calls and choose how you want to hear your calls.

You can also have audio from calls routed to your hearing aids; see Hearing aids on page 139.

Assignable ringtones and vibrations

You can assign distinctive ringtones to people in your contacts list for audible caller ID. You can also assign vibration patterns for notifications from specific apps, for phone calls, for FaceTime calls or messages from special contacts, and to alert you of a variety of other events, including new voicemail, new mail, sent mail, Tweet, Facebook Post, and reminders. Choose from existing patterns, or create new ones. See Sounds and silence on page 32.

You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on iPhone. See Chapter 22, iTunes Store, on page 101.

Phone noise cancellation

iPhone uses ambient noise cancellation to reduce background noise.

Turn noise cancellation on or off. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Phone Noise Cancellation.

Guided Access

Guided Access helps an iPhone user stay focused on a task. Guided Access dedicates iPhone to a single app, and lets you control app features. Use Guided Access to:

Temporarily restrict iPhone to a particular app

Disable areas of the screen that aren’t relevant to a task, or areas where an accidental gesture might cause a distraction

Disable the iPhone Sleep/Wake or volume buttons

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Apple MD634LL/A LED Flash for Alerts, Mono audio and balance, Call audio routing, Assignable ringtones and vibrations

MD271LL/A, MD276LL/A, MD635LL/A, MD655LL/A, ME493LL/A specifications

The Apple MC536LL/A, ME344LL/A, MD645LL/A, MD642C/A, and MC919LL/A are a series of devices that cater to diverse user needs with innovative technologies and robust features. Each model, defined by its specific code, offers a unique mix of specifications and functionalities.

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