2 personalizing the today screen, Phone services, Alarms and notifications – HTC Touch HS S00 User Manual

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 Setting Up Your Device

Setting Up Your Device 

Phone services

Your device can directly link to the mobile phone network, and allow

you to access and change the settings of various phone services for your

device. Phone services may include Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, Voicemail,

and more. Contact your wireless service provider to find out about the

availability of phone services for your device.

To access and change settings of phone services

1.

Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Phone > Services tab.

2.

Select the service you want to use, then tap Get Settings.

3.

Choose your desired options, then tap OK.

For more information about customizing settings of phone services, see

Help on your device.

4.2 Personalizing the Today Screen

The Today screen shows your upcoming appointments, active tasks, and

information about incoming messages. You can customize what to display

on the Today screen.

To customize the Today screen

1.

Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Today.

2.

On the Appearance tab, select the desired theme for the background

of the Today screen.

3.

On the Items tab, select the items you want to appear on the Today

screen.

To use a custom background image

You can use one of your own pictures as the background image on the

Today screen.

1.

Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Today.

2.

Select the Use this picture as the background check box, and tap

Browse to view a list of your picture files.

3.

Tap the file name of the picture you want to use.

4.

Tap OK.

Tip

You can use *.wav, *.mid, *.mp3, *.wma, or other types of sound files

that you downloaded from the Internet or copied from your PC as ring

tones. For a complete list of supported audio file formats for ring tones, see

"Specifications" in the Appendix.
To use your sound files as ring tones, copy them first to the /My Documents/

My Ringtones folder on your device, then select the sound from the Ring

tone list of your device. For more information about copying files, see

Chapter .

Alarms and notifications

To set an alarm

1.

Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clock & Alarms > Alarms tab.

2.

Tap <Description> and enter a name for the alarm.

3.

Tap the day of the week for the alarm. You can select multiple days by

tapping each desired day.

4.

Tap the time to open a clock and set the time for the alarm.

5.

Tap the alarm icon (

) to specify the type of alarm you want. You

can choose a flashing light, a single sound, a repeating sound, or

vibration.

6.

If you choose to play a sound, tap the list next to the Play sound

check box and tap the sound you want.

To choose how to be notified about events or actions

1.

Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Sounds & Notifications.

2.

On the Sounds tab, choose how you want to be notified by selecting

the appropriate check boxes.

3.

On the Notifications tab, in Event, tap an event name and choose

how you want to be notified by selecting the appropriate check

boxes. You can choose from several options, such as a special sound, a

message, or a flashing light.

Tip

Turning off sounds and the flashing light helps conserve battery power.

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