Settings on Your Phone, Settings screen | HTC Diamond2 specs

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13.2 Settings on Your Phone

You can adjust settings to suit the way you use your phone.

To see all available settings, tap Start > Settings > All Settings. The most frequently used settings are on the Settings screen. Other settings are organized into the Personal, Connections, and System folders.

Settings screen

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Bluetooth Turn Bluetooth on, set your phone to visible mode, and scan for other Bluetooth devices. See Chapter 9 for details.

Clock & Alarms Set the clock to the date and time of your locale or to a time zone you are visiting. Alarms can also be set on specified days and times of the week.

Lock Set a password for your phone. See “Protecting your phone with a password” in this chapter for details.

Sounds & Notifications Enable sounds for events, notifications, and more, and set the type of notification for different events.

Today Customize the appearance of the Today screen and the information to display on it.

Note You will not see the Today screen when the Home screen is enabled. To display the Today screen, tap Start > Settings > All Settings > Today > Items tab, and then clear the TouchFLO 3D check box.

Microsoft My Phone Set up your My Phone account so you can connect your phone with the Microsoft hosted website and back up or restore contacts, calendar appointments, photos, and other information wirelessly. See “Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone” in Chapter 5 for details.

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HTC Diamond2 user manual Settings on Your Phone, Settings screen

Contents

Page Please Read Before Proceeding 414,796 657,420 416,797 490,165 056,109 504,773 101,501 778,338109,390 511,073 228,054 535,239 710,784 544,196 267,262 568,483 337,338 659,569 Disclaimers Limitation of Damages Important Health Information and Safety Precautions Handle battery packs carefully Use the correct external power source Safety Precautions for Direct Sunlight Take extra precautions Earphone, manufactured by HTC, Model HS S300 Safety in Aircraft Road Safety Hearing Aids General Precautions Avoid wet areas Mounting accessoriesAdjust the volume Cleaning Contents Using Phone Features Using the Home Screen Entering Text Working With Company Email and Meeting Appointments Exchanging Messages Internet Bluetooth Other Programs 179 192 227 Top panel Inside the BoxGetting to Know Your Touch Phone Right panel Left panel END Front panel Bottom panel Back panel To remove the back cover Installing the SIM Card, Battery, and Storage CardTo install the SIM card SIM card To remove the SIM card Battery Storage card To install the batteryTo remove the battery To install a microSD card Appears in the title bar of the Home screen Charging the BatteryStarting Up Turning your phone on and off To turn off the phone Switching to Sleep modeImporting SIM contacts Home Screen Notifications Status Icons Getting Started To move an icon to the top of the Start screen Start ScreenOn the Start screen Swipe your finger up or down to scroll through the screen Stop all currently running programs Quick Menu To adjust the system and ring volumes separately Adjusting the Volume To scroll up and down Using Finger GesturesFinger scrolling Finger panning ActiveSync Using the Zoom BarConnecting Your Phone to a Computer Internet Sharing Lock ScreenLocking and unlocking your phone Disk Drive To view notifications Checking notifications when the phone is lockedTo lock your phone To unlock your phone Receiving a call when the phone is locked Receiving a call when the phone is locked Getting Started Making a call from the Phone dialer screen Making Calls Using Phone Features To make a call from a meeting request or reminder Making calls from received messages and calendar remindersMaking an emergency call Accepting or rejecting an incoming call Answering and Ending CallsMaking an international call Calling voice mail To reject a call and send a text message To handle multiple calls During a call To open Notes while in a call To set up a conference callTo use the speakerphone To mute the microphone during a call To end a call Using Call HistoryWhen a call is in progress, tap End Call or press END To view or create appointments during a call Tap Menu New Making a call using Speed DialSpeed Dial Creating a Speed Dial entry On the Phone screen, dial the phone number to call, tap Video CallMaking a video call Accepting or rejecting an incoming video call To adjust the brightness Changing the video call settings Camera options Services tabTo change the video call options General tab Turning the Phone Connection On and Off To enable or disable the phone functionTap Start Settings, and then tap Communications To enable or disable Airplane Mode Using Car Kit Phones What’s on the Home Screen Switching between the tabs of the Home screen Customising the Home screen tabs Using the Home Screen World Clock Home To change your local time, date and time zone To set an alarm Alarm Clock People Setting up My Contact Card To create a new contact Working with favorite contacts To add favorite contacts To find a favorite contact Call the contact’s Mobile phone To communicate with your favorite contact Tab Functions People screen To view and search contacts on your phone Details Contact Details screen To check which contacts have Facebook updates and events Facebook updates and events To check a single contact’s Facebook updates and events To connect back to Facebook To change your status in FacebookTo log out from Facebook Making calls or sending email directly from a text message Messages Adding an Internet email account Email tab is where you send and receive email messages Tap Menu Accounts New Account Adding an Outlook email account For more information about working with email messages, see Checking and reading email messagesMaking calls directly from an email message Telstra Applications Downloads News and Sport TV and Other Entertainment Internet and Search For more information about using Opera Mobile, see Chapter Photos and Videos Videos tab are the same as in Album Setting a favorite album To play music Music To browse and play music in the Library To move forward or backward in the current music trackTo set repeat and shuffle modes To create and use a playlist To create an appointment Calendar To use Windows Mobile Calendar To view and manage your appointmentsTap an appointment to view its details Tap OK to return to Day view Settings tab gives you access to all the phone settings Settings You can add up to 24 favorite programs Favourites Entering Text Using the On-screen Keyboard On-screen navigation pad Full QwertyCompact Qwerty Phone Keypad Entering text To add a new word to the dictionary Using Predictive ModeTo enter text using XT9 mode Tap Add word Entering Numbers and Symbols Text Input Settings Ways of Synchronizing Your Phone Synchronizing Information Before Synchronizing With Your Computer Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista Setting up synchronization in Windows Mobile Device Center Using Windows Mobile Device Center Setting up synchronization in ActiveSync Setting Up ActiveSync on Windows XP From Windows Mobile Device Center Synchronizing With Your ComputerStarting and stopping synchronization From your phone Selecting information to sync Troubleshooting sync connection problem Tap Menu Connect via Bluetooth Synchronizing via BluetoothTo sync with a computer via Bluetooth Synchronizing Music and Video To change which items to sync Setting up your My Phone accountChanging sync settings Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone Tap Start Microsoft My Phone Tap Menu Schedule To adjust sync schedule and roaming settingsStopping sync partnership with your My Phone Web account Managing your My Phone Web account from your computer Synchronizing Information Enter your message When finished, tap SendText Messages Creating and sending a new text message To copy a text message in the thread to the SIM card To access your InboxManaging text messages in your Inbox To view the exchange of messages and send a reply Tap Menu Delete Directly making calls from text messagesTo delete one or more text messages in the thread SMS / MMS Inbox, tap a message thread to open it Multimedia Messages Changing the MMS settingsTo configure MMS message settings Tap Send to send the MMS message Creating and sending MMS messagesTo compose an MMS message Tap Menu New MMS Tap Insert audio on your MMS message To add text to an MMS messageTo add an audio clip to an MMS message You can add one audio clip per slide in your MMS message Tap Menu Save to Blacklist Viewing and replying to MMS messagesBlocking a phone number from sending you MMS messages Synchronizing Outlook email with your computer Setting up your Internet email accountWork account that you access using a VPN connection Types of email accounts To reply to or forward an email Creating and replying to email messagesTo create and send an email Tap Menu Download Message When viewing email IMAP4 and Outlook email accounts Downloading file attachmentsDirectly making calls from email messages POP3 email account To manually sync your Outlook or Internet email account Customizing email settingsSynchronizing email messages To automatically sync an Outlook email account To store attachments on the storage card To customize settings for Outlook emailTap Start ActiveSync Tap Start E-mail, and then tap Menu Options Adding Your Signature in Sent MessagesFiltering Your Inbox Synchronising with the Exchange Server Setting up an Exchange Server connectionTap Start E-mail Setup E-mail Tap Finish Starting synchronisationYour e-mail provider, select Exchange server and tap Next Tap Next again To turn on Direct Push in Comm Manager Working With Company Email MessagesAutomatic synchronisation through Direct Push Tap Start E-mail Outlook E-mail Scheduled synchronisationInstant download through Fetch Mail To turn on Direct Push in ActiveSync Flagging your messages Searching for email messages on the Exchange Server To send out-of-office auto-reply messages Out-of-office auto-replyTo flag or unflag a message To reply to a meeting request Managing Meeting RequestsFinding Contacts in the Company Directory Open a received Outlook email message When viewing a received Outlook email message To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network Ways of Connecting to the InternetWi-Fi Tap Back to return to the Communications screen To add a wireless network Dial-up To set your phone to turn off Wi-Fi automatically Browser screen Using Opera MobileStarting a data connection 3 4 Mobile view Entering a website address and adding it to your bookmarks Opera Mobile menu Zooming and panning Tap Start Internet Explorer Using Internet Explorer MobileTo open Internet Explorer Mobile 3 4 Zooming and panning Tap Start YouTube Using YouTubeYouTube main screen To open YouTube To add a new channel Using the Program GuideSearching videos Tap Program Guide Watching videosTo change the program channel To delete a program channel Tap Start Streaming Media Tap Menu Connect Using Streaming MediaTo access streaming content via the Web browser Tap Start Windows Live Tap Sign in to Windows Live Using Windows LiveTo configure streaming video connection settings To set up Windows Live for the first time Windows Live screen Using Windows Live Messenger Enter the email address of the contact, and then tap OK To add a Windows Live contactTap Menu Add new contact Tap Start RSS Hub, and then tap Continue Using RSS HubSubscribing to and organizing news channels To subscribe to news channels To filter the channels to display To add new channels Specify the recipients and then tap Send Viewing headlinesSharing the headline link Before you proceed Using Your Phone as a Modem Internet SharingSetting up your phone as a USB modem To set up Bluetooth PAN on your computer Using your phone as a Bluetooth modemTo set up Bluetooth PAN on your phone On the Internet Sharing screen, tap Disconnect Ending the Internet connection Internet To turn Bluetooth on and make your phone visible Bluetooth Modes To create a Bluetooth partnership Bluetooth Partnerships To connect a Bluetooth hands-free or stereo headset To accept a Bluetooth partnership To beam information from your phone to a computer Beaming Information Using Bluetooth Is selected To use Bluetooth Explorer Bluetooth Explorer and Bluetooth File Sharing Bluetooth To print an image or text file Printing via BluetoothTo print contact information To print a calendar appointment Chapter Guidelines and Preparation for Using GPS Navigating on the Road Downloading Location Data via QuickGPS To download GPS data Changing the download optionsTo open QuickGPS Tap Start Live Search Windows Live SearchTo open Windows Live Search To close the Camera Changing the capture modeTaking Photos and Videos To open the Camera screen Touch Focus Using the FocusAuto-focus Experiencing Multimedia Capturing photo or recording video On-screen controls Review screen Menu Panel Zooming Capture mode Resolution Zoom range Picture Theme Setting advanced options Effect. Apply a special effect to your photos or videos Resolution. Select the resolution to use4 5 Experiencing Multimedia To open Album Viewing Photos and Videos Using AlbumUse Album to view photos and videos in your phone To zoom in or out on an photo Viewing photosWhile viewing a photo, tap the screen to open the menu To view the next or previous photo in the album Go to the next image. Play or pause the slideshow To view a slideshow of photos in the current album To open Windows Media Player Mobile Using Windows Media Player MobilePlaying videos Closing Album To play audio and video files To update the LibraryPlaying media Synchronizing video and audio files To automatically sync content to your phone To manually sync content to your phone To save a new playlist TroubleshootingCreating playlists Tap Start FM Radio Using FM RadioTo open FM Radio To listen to a preset FM station Saving presetsTo save FM stations as presets When done, tap OK To open Audio Booster Using Audio BoosterTo create a custom equalizer preset When finished, tap Menu Save as Preset To trim an MP3 file Using MP3 TrimmerTo open MP3 Trimmer Tap Start MP3 Trimmer Experiencing Multimedia Adding new contacts to your phone ContactsOpening the Contacts screen Tap Categories Adding a contact to your SIM cardAssigning contacts with categories Browsing and filtering the contacts list Tap OK to save the group Creating an email or messaging groupSharing contact information Tap Add Member To send contact information via text messaging To send contact information via BluetoothJBlend Working with multiple contacts Installing and launching MIDlets/MIDlet suites To use Microsoft Office Mobile Microsoft Office Mobile To copy contacts to the SIM card SIM ManagerTo create a contact on your SIM card To copy SIM contacts to your phone To create and play a voice recording To choose where to save voice recordingsVoice Recorder Sending and managing your voice recordings Voice Commander comes with Preset voice commands for Voice CommanderOpen Voice Commander Tap Start Voice Commander Windows Marketplace Installing and Uninstalling ProgramsTo access Windows Marketplace on your phone To install a program directly on your phone Tap Start Settings All Settings System Remove Programs To install a program from your computerTo uninstall a program Other Programs Connect your phone to the computer Copying and Managing Files To copy files to a storage card To manage files on your phone using File ExplorerTap Start File Explorer Settings screen Settings on Your Phone Connections folder Personal folder System folder Managing Your Phone To select a phone profile Changing Basic SettingsSound settings Wallpaper To set notification sounds Power saving and display settingsTo manually adjust the screen brightness To change the ringtone and ring type To re-calibrate the touch screen To change backlight and automatic Sleep mode settingsTo increase or decrease the size of text on the screen To change the device name Phone servicesTo access and change settings of phone services Device name To access Comm Manager Using Comm Manager To add a running program to the exclusive list Using Task ManagerTo configure the Exit button To open Task Manager Protecting Your Phone Protecting your phone with a passwordTo enable the SIM card PIN To set a password Encrypting files on your storage card To perform a soft reset Resetting Your PhonePerforming a soft reset Performing a hard reset Enter 1234 and then tap Yes Using Clear StorageTo perform a hard reset EN 60950-1 IEC Regulatory NoticesRegulatory Agency Identifications European Union Notice Etsi EN 301 EN 300 440-2EN 301 EN 62209-1 Etsi EN 301 908-1 This equipment may be operated Safety Precautions for RF ExposureExposure to Radio Frequency RF Signals 614 w/kg @10g Head 41 w/kg @10g Body SAR Information Other Medical Devices Weee NoticePacemakers Hearing Aids RoHS Compliance Network Specifications Expansion Slot Appendix Index Index Index Music tab Home screen 84 My Phone Open 36 Status icons 34 Storage card Today 203 Troubleshoot