Screen settings
To adjust the screen brightness
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Display
>
Brightness
.
3
Unmark the
Adapt to lighting conditions
checkbox if it is marked.
4
Drag the slider to adjust the brightness.
Lowering the brightness level increases battery performance.
To set the screen to vibrate on touch
1
Drag the status bar downward, then tap >
Sound
.
2
Mark the
Vibrate on touch
checkbox. The screen now vibrates when you tap
soft keys and certain applications.
To adjust the idle time before the screen turns off
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Display
>
Sleep
.
3
Select an option.
To turn off the screen quickly, briefly press the power key .
Language settings
You can select a default language for your device and change it again at a later time.
You can also change the writing language for text input. See
Personalizing the Xperia
keyboard
on page 39.
To change the language
1
From the Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Language & input
>
Language
.
3
Select an option.
4
Tap
OK
.
If you select the wrong language and cannot read the menu texts, find and tap . Then select
the text beside
and select the first entry in the menu that opens. You can then select the
language you want.
Airplane mode
In Airplane mode, the network and radio transceivers are turned off to prevent
disturbance to sensitive equipment. However, you can still play games, listen to music,
watch videos and other content, as long as all this content is saved on your memory
card or internal storage. You can also be notified by alarms, if alarms are activated.
Turning on Airplane mode reduces battery consumption.
To turn on Airplane mode
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
More…
.
3
Mark the
Airplane mode
checkbox.
You can also press and hold down the power key and then select
Airplane mode
in the
menu that opens.
Enhancing the sound output
You can enhance the sound of your device by manually enabling individual sound
settings such as Clear Phase™ and xLOUD™, or you can let Cle technology
adjust the sound automatically. You can also enable the Dynamic normalizer so that
differences in volume between different media files are minimized.
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