HTC RAPH500 Changing Basic Settings, Date and time, Regional settings, Display settings

Managing Your Device  131

13.3  Changing Basic Settings

Date and time

To set the date and time

1.Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clock & Alarms > Time tab.

Tip Tap the More tab and select the Display the clock on the title bar in all programs option to show the clock on all screens.

2.Select the correct time zone and change the date or time.

Note During synchronization, the time on your device is updated with the time on your computer.

To set the date and time for a different location

If you visit or communicate with someone in a particular time zone often, you can select it as your visiting time zone.

1.Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clock & Alarms > Time tab.

2.Tap Visiting.

3.Select the correct time zone and change the date or time.

Regional settings

The style in which numbers, currency, dates, and times are displayed is specified in regional settings.

1.Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Regional Settings..

2.On the Region tab, select your region from the list. The region you select determines which options will be available on the other tabs.

Note This does not change the language of your device’s operating system.

3.To customize regional settings further, tap the appropriate tabs and set the desired options.

Display settings

To adjust the screen brightness

1.Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Power > Backlight tab.

2.Adjust the brightness by dragging the slider under On battery power and On external power.

Tip Select Auto adjust backlight to automatically adjust the backlight brightness according to the ambient lighting.

To set the backlight to dim after a time delay

1.Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Power > Advanced tab.

2.In On battery power and On external power, select the Turn off backlight if device is not used for check box, then specify the time delay.

To increase or decrease the size of text on the screen

1.Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Screen > Text Size tab.

2.Move the slider to increase or decrease the text size.

Device name

The device name is used to identify your device in the following situations:

•Synchronizing with a computer

•Connecting to a network

•Restoring information from a backup

Note If you synchronize multiple devices with the same computer, each device must have a unique name.