HTC S730 User Manual - Page 62

Personalizing Your Phone, Set up the Home screen, Set date, time, language

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62 Managing your Phone 4.1 Personalizing Your Phone Set up the Home screen The Home screen is the starting place for most of the tasks you perform on your phone. You can gain access to all features and programs from the Home screen. To customize the Home screen 1. On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Home Screen. 2. In Home screen layout, Color scheme, Background image, and Time out, select the options you want, and click Done. To set a picture as the background 1. On the Home screen, click Start > Pictures & Videos. 2. Select the picture you want to set as the background. Click View or press CENTER OK for a larger view of the image. 3. Click Menu > Use as Home Screen. 4. Use the NAVIGATION CONTROL to select the portion of the picture you want to use, and click Next. 5. In Adjust the transparency, select a higher percentage for a more transparent picture and then click Finish. Note If the picture fits the screen, step 4 is skipped. Set date, time, language, and other regional options Your phone should already be set up with the regional settings that are appropriate for your locale. To change regional settings You can specify the language, locale, date and time style, as well as number and currency formatting options. 1. On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Regional Settings. 2. In Language, select your preferred language. 3. In Locale, select the locale for the language you selected. The Locale option automatically changes the format of the remaining options (such as date, time, and currency) according to the locale you specify. 4. Click Done.

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62 Managing your Phone
4.1 Personalizing Your Phone
Set up the Home screen
The Home screen is the starting place for most of the tasks you perform
on your phone. You can gain access to all features and programs from the
Home screen.
To customize the Home screen
1.
On the Home screen, click
Start
> Settings >
Home Screen
.
2.
In
Home screen layout
,
Color scheme
,
Background
image
, and
Time out
, select the options you want, and click
Done
.
To set a picture as the background
1.
On the Home screen, click
Start
>
Pictures & Videos
.
2.
Select the picture you want to set as the background. Click
View
or
press CENTER OK for a larger view of the image.
3.
Click
Menu
>
Use as Home Screen
.
4.
Use the NAVIGATION CONTROL to select the portion of the picture
you want to use, and click
Next
.
5.
In
Adjust the transparency
, select a higher percentage for a more
transparent picture and then click
Finish
.
Note
If the picture fits the screen, step 4 is skipped.
Set date, time, language, and other regional options
Your phone should already be set up with the regional settings that are
appropriate for your locale.
To change regional settings
You can specify the language, locale, date and time style, as well as number
and currency formatting options.
1.
On the Home screen, click
Start
> Settings >
Regional Settings
.
2.
In
Language
, select your preferred language.
3.
In
Locale
, select the locale for the language you selected. The
Locale
option automatically changes the format of the remaining options
(such as date, time, and currency) according to the locale you specify.
4.
Click
Done
.