CHAPTER 17

Setting Preferences for Your Handheld

Preferences enable you to customize the configuration options on your handheld. The options are grouped into four categories: General, Communication, Personal, and Other. Each category provides access to a list of relevant Preferences screens. Use Preferences to do the following:

■Access the General Preferences screens to customize any of the following settings:

Date & Time

Digitizer

Formats

Power

Security

Sounds & Alerts

Set the location, date, and time.

Calibrate the screen on your handheld.

Set the country default and the formats for times, dates, calendar, and numbers.

Set these features: auto-shutoff interval, Stay on in cradle, Beam receive, Power on when opened, and Power off when closed.

Set a password, privacy options, and locking options.

Select system, game, and alarm options from three profiles: Custom, Silent, and All Off.

■Access the Communication Preferences screens to customize any of the following settings:

Bluetooth

Turn Bluetooth communication on and off, assign a name to

 

your handheld, and configure device discovery and wakeup

 

settings.

Connection

Configure communication settings.

Network

Configure your handheld for use with a network.

Phone

Select a connection for use with wireless data and phone

 

applications on your handheld.

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