Customizing Your Phone

Setting the Backlight

A backlight lights the display and keypad when you make or receive a call, or press keys or buttons.

To control how long the backlight stays on:

1From the main menu, select Settings > Display/Info > Backlight > Backlight.

2Select the number of seconds you want the backlight to stay on. -or-

Select Off if you never want the backlight on.

Airplane Mode—Temporarily Turning Off Calls

Sometimes you may want to have your phone on, but turn off its ability to make and receive calls, such as when you are on an airplane.

To set your phone so that it cannot make or receive phone calls, Direct Connect calls, Group Connect calls, Talkgroup Calls; or transfer data:

1From the main menu, select Settings > Advanced > Airplane Mode.

2Set this option to On. This icon U appears.

Note: Pressing p for more than 5 seconds also turns on Airplane mode.

To restore your phone’s ability to do all these things:

Set this option to Off.

Using Settings

Settings contains many submenus that let you customize your phone.

For information on applying groups of settings to your phone together, see “Profiles” on page 147.

Display/Info Features

The Display/Info menu controls how the keypad and display appear:

Wallpaper — changes the wallpaper that appears on the idle screen.

Palette — changes the color scheme of the display.

Text Size — sets the size of text on the display.

Home Icons — controls whether main menu icons appear on the idle screen.

Backlight — controls backlight illumination.

Clock — controls whether the time and date appear on the idle screen; sets time and date format; sets year.

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Motorola I275 Airplane Mode-Temporarily Turning Off Calls, Using Settings, Setting the Backlight, Display/Info Features