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13.3 Changing Basic Settings
Some of the basic settings can be accessed and changed from the Home screen’s Settings tab. You can tap All Settings on this tab to access the other settings of your phone.
Sound settings
You can choose different sounds for different events of your phone.
To select a phone profile
A profile is a preset that determines how your phone will alert you when there are incoming phone calls. To select a profile, tap Sounds on the Home screen’s Settings tab and then choose one of the following: Normal, Vibrate, Silent, or Automatic.
Note Automatic sets your phone to vibrate only when you receive phone calls during scheduled appointments in your Calendar.
To change the ringtone and ring type
1.On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Sounds.
2.Scroll down and then tap Ringtone. Select the ringtone you want to use and then tap Done.
3.Tap Ring Type. Select the ring type you want to use and then tap Done.
Tips • You can use *.wav, *.mid, *.mp3, *.wma, or other types of sound files that you downloaded from the Internet or copied from your computer. For a complete list of supported audio file formats, see “Specifications” in the Appendix.
•To use your sound files as ringtones, copy them first to the /My Documents/My Ringtones folder on your phone, and then select the sound from the Ring tone list of your phone. For more information about copying files, see “Copying and Managing Files” in this chapter.
To choose how to be notified about events or actions
1.Tap Start > Settings > All Settings > Sounds & Notifications.
2.On the Sounds tab, choose how you want to be notified by selecting the appropriate check boxes.
3.On the Notifications tab, in Event, tap a ring type and ringtone for that event or action from the lists below.
Tip | Turning off sound notifications helps conserve battery power. |
Power saving and display settings
Adjust power saving and display settings such as screen brightness, Sleep mode settings, text size, and more.
To manually adjust the screen brightness
By default, your phone automatically adjusts the screen brightness according to the ambient lighting.
1.Tap Start > Settings > All Settings > System > Power.
2.Tap the Backlight tab.
3.Adjust the brightness by dragging the slider under On battery power and On external power.
To change backlight and automatic Sleep mode settings
Dimming the backlight and switching the phone to Sleep mode help save battery power. You can change the idle time before the backlight automatically dims. You can also change the idle time before the phone goes into Sleep mode.
1.Tap Start > Settings > All Settings > System > Power.
2.Tap the Advanced tab.
3.To change the time before the backlight automatically dims, select a time next to the Turn off backlight if not used for options.
4.To change the time before the phone goes into Sleep mode, select a time next to the Turn off device if not used for options.
Tip | If you do not want the backlight to dim, clear the Turn off backlight if not used for check boxes. To turn off |
| automatic Sleep mode, clear the Turn off device if not used for check boxes. |