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Understanding Your Phone 15
Back Light
A back light illuminates the display and the keypad when you
press any key. It turns off when no keys are pressed within a
given period of time, and/or dims the light, depending on the
settings in the
Backlight Time
menu.
Selecting Functions and Options
Your phone offers a set of functions that can be customized for
your ease and specific needs. These functions are arranged in
menus and sub-menus, accessed using the two soft keys. Each
menu and sub-menu allows you to view and alter the settings of
a particular function.
In some functions, you may be asked for a password or PIN.
Enter the code and press soft keys,
Select
➔
OK
or the
key.
When you access a list of options, your phone highlights the
currently active option. If there are only two options, such as
On/
Off
or
Enable/Disable
, your phone highlights the option that is
not currently active, so that you can select it directly.
My Menu
If you select the
Options
soft key in Idle mode, My Menu displays
providing access to the following menus and options to add some
of your favorite menus to this list:
•
Camera
:
launches the Camera. You can take a picture and view your
My Photos folder.
•
Bluetooth
: allows you to use the Bluetooth functionality of the
handset.
•
Refill
: launches the WAP browser and takes you to the My
Account URL. You can view your account and refill your prepaid
minutes.
•
Recent Calls
: allows you to access the numbers of calls you’ve
recently dialed, received, or missed.
•
Alarms
: allows you to set or alter alarm settings, including a Wake-up
Alarm.
Appears when the Sound Profile is set to
Driving
. In
Driving mode, the speaker is active and launches the
currently selected ringtone or melody when the
associated notification is activated. This icon is
accompanied on screen by the Audio icon. You can edit
these Driving profile settings.
Appears when the Sound Profile is set to
Outdoor
. In this
case, the speaker is active, the volume settings are
raised to their highest levels, any currently active
ringtones or melodies are activated, and the phone’s
vibrate feature is activated. You can edit these Outdoor
profile settings.