User Guide

Accessibility options

Audio and phone accessibility options

Turn on event sounds

Event sounds alert you when you turn on or turn off your BlackBerry® device, when the battery power level is full or low, and when you connect or disconnect a USB cable or accessory to or from your device.

1.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Accessibility.

3.Select the Event Sounds check box.

4.Press the key > Save.

Add a contact alert

You can create contact alerts that allow you to customize ring tones and alerts for calls and messages from specific contacts or groups of contacts. When you receive a call or message from the contact, your BlackBerry® device uses the assigned ring tone or alert, even if you select the Silent profile or Vibrate Only profile. If you do not want to be notified with the assigned ring tone or alert, you can select the All Alerts Off profile.

1.On the Home screen, click the Sound and Alert Profiles icon.

2.Click Change Sounds > Sounds for Contacts > Add Contact Alert.

3.In the Name field, type the name of the contact alert.

4.In the Contacts field, type the name of the contact.

5.Click a contact.

6.Change the ring tone and alert information for calls and messages.

7.Press the key > Save.

To delete a contact alert, highlight the contact alert that you want to delete. Press the key > Delete.

Hearing aid mode

Depending on your device model, this feature might not be supported.

About hearing aid mode

In hearing aid mode, or telecoil mode, the magnetic signal of your BlackBerry® device is modified to an appropriate level and frequency response to be picked up by hearing aids that are equipped with telecoils.

Turn on hearing aid mode

1.From the Home screen, press the key.

2.Press the key > Options > Hearing Aid Mode.

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Blackberry NO_CARRIERCNETTORCH9800BLKATT Audio and phone accessibility options, Turn on event sounds, Add a contact alert

9800, NO_CARRIERCNETTORCH9800BLKATT, 68001 specifications

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