Phone settings – HTC 8500 User Manual
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To make the battery last longer
•
Tap in the title bar of the Today screen. On the
Advanced tab
of the
Power settings screen, you can specify when your device
turns off to conserve battery power. For optimum conservation,
specify 3 minutes or less.
•
Use the AC adapter to plug your device into external power
whenever possible, especially when using a Mini SD card or
when using a modem or other peripherals.
•
Adjust the backlight settings.
To adjust the brightness of the backlight
1.
Tap in the title bar of the Today screen.
2.
On the
Power settings screen, tap the Menu > Backlight.
3.
On the
Brightness tab, move the slider right to increase the
brightness, or left to decrease the brightness.
To set the backlight to dim after a time delay
1.
Tap in the title bar of the Today screen.
2.
On the
Power settings screen, tap the Menu > Backlight.
3.
Tap the
Battery power tab, or the External power tab.
4.
Select the
Turn off backlight if device is not used for check
box, and specify the time delay.
Phone settings
You can customize phone settings, such as the ring type and ring tone
to be used for incoming calls, and the keypad tone to be used when
entering phone numbers. Open the Phone program to customize these
settings.
To change the ring tone
1.
On the Phone screen, tap
Menu > Options > Phone tab.
2.
In the
Ring tone list, tap the sound you want to use.
Tip
To use custom
*.wav, *.mid, *.mp3, or *.wma files as ring tones, use
ActiveSync on your PC to copy the files to the /Windows/Rings folder
on your device. Next, select the sound from the Ring tone list. For more