HTC EVO 4G Sprint User Manual - Page 39

Enabling Touch Tones, Display Settings, Changing the Screen Timeout Period - extended battery

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Enabling Touch Tones You can set the device to play a sound when you are using the phone keypad or tapping the screen. 1. Press > and tap Settings > Sound & display. 2. Do any or all of the following: Ⅲ Select the Audible selection check box to set the device to play a sound every time you tap the screen. Ⅲ Tap Audible touch tones, and then tap Long tones or Short tones to set the device to play a sound when you are using the phone keypad. 3. Press . Display Settings Changing the Screen Timeout Period After a period of inactivity, the device screen turns off to conserve battery power. You can set the idle time before the screen turns off. 1. Press > and tap Settings > Sound & display > Screen timeout. 2. Tap the time before the screen turns off. Note: Extended screen timeout periods reduce the battery's talk and standby times. Tip: To turn off and lock the screen quickly, press the ( ) key. Changing the Display Screen Changing the device's display screen wallpaper with preset wallpapers or your favorite photo is a quick and easy way to change the feel of your device and give it a fresh look. Browse the collection of wallpapers included in your device or choose from photos that you have taken with the camera. You can also change your Home screen to use an animated wallpaper. 1. Press > and tap Wallpaper. 2. Do one of the following: Ⅲ Tap HTC wallpapers or Android wallpapers to use preset images. Ⅲ Tap Live wallpapers to choose from preset animated wallpapers. Ⅲ Tap Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your device as a wallpaper. You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper. 3. Tap Save or Set wallpaper. After changing the wallpaper, remember to save it to the scene that you created or save it as a new scene. For more information, see "Creating and Saving a Custom Scene." Settings 2B. Settings 29

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Settings
2B. Settings
29
Enabling Touch Tones
You can set the device to play a sound when you are using the phone keypad or tapping the screen.
1.
Press
>
and tap
Settings > Sound & display
.
2.
Do any or all of the following:
²
Select the
Audible selection
check box to set the device to play a sound every time you tap the screen.
²
Tap
Audible touch tones
, and then tap
Long tones
or
Short tones
to set the device to play a sound when
you are using the phone keypad.
3.
Press
.
Display Settings
Changing the Screen Timeout Period
After a period of inactivity, the device screen turns off to conserve battery power. You can set the idle time
before the screen turns off.
1.
Press
>
and tap
Settings > Sound & display > Screen timeout
.
2.
Tap the time before the screen turns off.
Changing the Display Screen
Changing the device’s display screen wallpaper with preset wallpapers or your favorite photo is a quick and
easy way to change the feel of your device and give it a fresh look. Browse the collection of wallpapers
included in your device or choose from photos that you have taken with the camera. You can also change
your Home screen to use an animated wallpaper.
1.
Press
>
and tap
Wallpaper
.
2.
Do one of the following:
²
Tap
HTC wallpapers
or
Android wallpapers
to use preset images.
²
Tap
Live wallpapers
to choose from preset animated wallpapers.
²
Tap
Gallery
to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your device as a
wallpaper. You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper.
3.
Tap
Save
or
Set wallpaper
.
After changing the wallpaper, remember to save it to the scene that you created or save it as a new scene.
For more information, see “Creating and Saving a Custom Scene.”
Note:
Extended screen timeout periods reduce the battery’s talk and standby times.
Tip:
To turn off and lock the screen quickly, press the
(
)
key.