Home button, Volume controls – Apple iPhone iOS 7.1 User Manual

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Chapter 1

iPhone at a Glance

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Home button

The Home button takes you to the Home screen, and provides other convenient shortcuts.
See apps you’ve opened. Double-click the Home button. See

Start at home

on page 21.

Use Siri (iPhone 4s or later) or Voice Control. Press and hold the Home button. See

Voice

Control

on page 29 and Chapter 4,

Siri

, on page 41.

On iPhone 5s, you can use the sensor in the Home button to read your fingerprint, instead of
using your passcode or Apple ID password. See

Touch ID sensor

on page 38.

You can also use the Home button to turn accessibility features on or off. See

Accessibility

Shortcut

on page 127.

Volume controls

When you’re on the phone or listening to songs, movies, or other media, the buttons on the side
of iPhone adjust the audio volume. Otherwise, the buttons control the volume for the ringer,
alerts, and other sound effects.

WARNING:

For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see

Important safety

information

on page 151.

Volume

up

Volume

up

Volume

down

Volume

down

Lock the ringer and alert volumes. Go to Settings > Sounds and turn off “Change with Buttons.”
To limit the volume for music and videos, go to Settings > Music > Volume Limit.

Note: In some European Union (EU) countries, iPhone may warn that you’re setting the volume
above the EU recommended level for hearing safety. To increase the volume beyond this level,
you may need to briefly release the volume control. To limit the maximum headset volume
to this level, go to Settings > Music > Volume Limit and turn on EU Volume Limit. To prevent
changes to the volume limit, go to Settings > General > Restrictions.

You can also use either volume button to take a picture or record a video. See

Take photos and

videos

on page 79.

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