54 Managing Your Phone
4.1 Personalizing your Phone
Set up the Home screen
The Home screen is your starting place for most tasks. You can gain access
to all features and programs from the Home screen.
The top of the Home screen displays icons for the programs that you have
most recently used. The center of the Home screen can display your next
appointment, the number of new messages (voice mail, text, e-mail or
MMS) that you have received and other important information. When you
click an icon or item on the Home Screen, the associated program opens.
To customize the Home screen
1.
On the Home screen, click
Start > Settings > Home Screen
.
2.
In
Home screen layout
,
Color scheme
,
Background image
and
Time out
, select the options you want, and then click
Done
.
To set a picture as the background
1.
On the Home screen, click
Start > Pictures & Videos
.
2.
Select the picture you want to set as the background.
Click
View
or press ENTER for a larger view of the image
3.
Click
Menu > Use as Home Screen
.
4.
Use NAVIGATION to select the portion of the picture you want to use,
and then click
Next
.
5.
In
Adjust the transparency
, select a higher percentage for a more
transparent picture or a lower percentage for a more opaque picture.
6.
Click
Finish
.
Set date , time , language and other regional options
Your phone should already be set up with the regional settings that are
appropriate for your locale.
To change regional settings
You can specify the language, locale, date and time style, as well as number
and currency formatting options.
