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188 Chapter 13 Managing Your Phone Power saving and display settings Adjust power saving and display settings such as screen brightness, Sleep mode settings, text size, and more. To manually adjust the screen brightness By default, your phone automatically adjusts the screen brightness according to the ambient lighting. 1. Tap Start > Settings > System > Power. 2. Tap the Backlight tab. 3. Adjust the brightness by dragging the slider under On battery power and On external power. To change backlight and automatic Sleep mode settings Dimming the backlight and switching the phone to Sleep mode help save battery power. You can change the idle time before the backlight automatically dims. You can also change the idle time before the phone goes into Sleep mode. 1. Tap Start > Settings > System > Power. 2. Tap the Advanced tab. 3. To change the time before the backlight automatically dims, select a time next to the Turn off backlight if not used for options. 4. To change the time before the phone goes into Sleep mode, select a time next to the Turn off device if not used for options. Tip If you do not want the backlight to dim, clear the Turn off backlight if not used for check boxes. To turn off automatic Sleep mode, clear the Turn off device if not used for check boxes. To increase or decrease the size of text on the screen 1. Tap Start > Settings > System > Screen. 2. Tap the Text Size tab. 3. Move the slider to increase or decrease the text size.

Section	Page
Chapter 1 Getting Started	22
1.1 Inside the Box	22
1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone	22
Top and bottom panels	22
Front panel	23
Back panel	24
Left panel	25
Right panel	25
1.3 Installing the SIM Card, Battery, and Storage Card	26
SIM card	27
Battery	28
Storage card	29
1.4 Charging the Battery	30
1.5 Starting Up	31
Turning the power on and off	31
Switching to Sleep mode	31
1.6 Home Screen	32
1.7 Status Icons	33
1.8 Notifications	35
1.9 Start Screen	36
1.10 Quick Menu	37
1.11 Lock Screen	38
Locking your phone	38
Unlocking your phone	39
Checking notifications when the phone is locked	39
Receiving a call when the phone is locked	40
1.12 Adjusting the Volume	40
1.13 Using Finger Gestures	42
Finger scrolling	42
Finger panning	42
1.14 Using the Zoom Bar	43
1.15 Connecting Your Phone to a Computer	44
Chapter 2 Contacts and Phone Calls	45
2.1 Contacts	45
Opening the Contacts screen	45
Adding new contacts to your phone	45
Adding a contact to your SIM card	46
Assigning contacts with categories	46
Browsing and filtering the contacts list	46
Creating an email or messaging group	47
Sharing contact information	48
Working with multiple contacts	48
2.2 Making Calls	49
Making a call from the Phone dialer screen	49
Making calls from received messages and calendar reminders	51
Making an emergency call	51
Making an international call	51
Calling voicemail	51
2.3 Answering and Ending Calls	52
Accepting or rejecting an incoming call	52
During a call	53
2.4 Making Conference Calls	54
2.5 Call History	56
2.6 Speed Dial	57
Creating a Speed Dial entry	57
Making a call using Speed Dial	57
2.7 Turning the Phone Connection On and Off	58
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen	59
3.1 What’s on the Home Screen	59
Switching between the tabs of the Home screen	60
3.2 Home	61
3.3 People	62
Adding contacts to your phone	62
Adding favorite contacts to the People tab	62
Quickly calling or sending a message to a favorite contact	63
Removing a favorite contact	63
3.4 Messages	64
3.5 Mail	65
Adding your Internet email account	65
Adding your Outlook work account	66
Checking and reading email	67
3.6 Internet	68
3.7 Photos and Videos	69
Setting a favorite album	70
3.8 Music	71
Playing music	71
The Library	72
Playlists	73
3.9 Weather	75
Adding a city	75
Weather settings	76
3.10 Map Search (Available by Country)	77
3.11 Settings	78
3.12 Programs	79
Chapter 4 Entering Text	80
4.1 Using the On-screen Keyboard	80
Full QWERTY	81
Compact QWERTY	81
Phone Keypad	81
Entering text	82
On-screen navigation pad	83
4.2 Using Predictive Mode	83
4.3 Entering Numbers and Symbols	85
4.4 Text Input Settings	86
Chapter 5 Synchronizing Information	87
5.1 Ways of Synchronizing Your Phone	87
5.2 Before Synchronizing With Your Computer	88
5.3 Setting Up Windows Mobile® Device Center on Windows Vista®	88
Setting up synchronization in Windows Mobile Device Center	89
Using Windows Mobile Device Center	90
5.4 Setting Up ActiveSync® on Windows® XP	91
Setting up synchronization in ActiveSync	91
5.5 Synchronizing With Your Computer	92
Starting and stopping synchronization	92
Selecting information to sync	93
Troubleshooting sync connection problem	93
5.6 Synchronizing via Bluetooth	94
5.7 Synchronizing Music and Video	95
5.8 Synchronizing With Microsoft® My Phone	96
Setting up your My Phone account	96
Changing sync settings	96
Stopping sync partnership with your My Phone Web account	97
Managing your My Phone Web account from your computer	97
Chapter 6 Exchanging Messages	98
6.1 Text Messages	98
Creating and sending a new text message	98
Managing text messages in your Inbox	99
Directly making calls from text messages	100
6.2 Multimedia Messages	101
Changing the MMS settings	101
Creating and sending MMS messages	102
Viewing and replying to MMS messages	104
Blocking a phone number from sending you MMS messages	104
6.3 Email	105
Synchronizing Outlook email with your computer	105
Setting up your Internet email account	105
Creating and replying to email messages	106
When viewing email	107
Downloading file attachments	108
Directly making calls from email messages	108
Synchronizing email messages	109
Customizing email settings	109
6.4 Adding Your Signature in Sent Messages	111
6.5 Filtering Your Inbox	111
Chapter 7 Working With Calendar and Company Email	112
7.1 Using Calendar	112
Creating appointments	112
Viewing appointments	113
Setting the reminder time for new appointments	114
Sending meeting requests	114
Making a call from a meeting request or reminder	115
7.2 Synchronizing With the Exchange Server	115
Setting up an Exchange Server connection	115
Starting synchronization	115
7.3 Working With Company Email Messages	116
Automatic synchronization through Direct Push	116
Scheduled synchronization	117
Instant download through Fetch Mail	117
Searching for email messages on the Exchange Server	118
Flagging your messages	118
Out-of-office auto-reply	119
Replying to meeting requests	119
7.4 Finding Contacts in the Company Directory	120
When browsing contacts, composing email, or creating a meeting request	120
When viewing a received Outlook email message	121
Chapter 8 Internet	122
8.1 Ways of Connecting to the Internet	122
Wi-Fi	122
GPRS/3G	124
Dial-up	125
Starting a data connection	125
8.2 Using Opera Mobile™	126
The browser screen	126
Entering a website address and adding it to your bookmarks	127
Mobile view	128
Zooming and panning	128
Opera Mobile menu	128
8.3 Using Internet Explorer® Mobile	129
The browser screen	129
Entering a website address and adding it to your Web favorites	130
Zooming and panning	131
8.4 Using YouTube™	132
The YouTube main screen	132
Searching videos	133
Using the Program Guide	133
Watching videos	134
8.5 Using Streaming Media	135
8.6 Using Windows Live™	136
The Windows Live screen	137
Using Windows Live Messenger	137
8.7 Using Your Phone as a Modem (Internet Sharing)	138
Before you proceed	138
Setting up your phone as a USB modem	139
Using your phone as a Bluetooth modem	139
Ending the Internet connection	140
Chapter 9 Bluetooth	141
9.1 Bluetooth Modes	141
Turning Bluetooth on and making your phone visible	141
9.2 Bluetooth Partnerships	142
Creating a Bluetooth partnership	142
Accepting a Bluetooth partnership	143
9.3 Connecting a Bluetooth Hands-free or Stereo Headset	144
9.4 Sending and Receiving Information Using Bluetooth	145
Sending information from your phone to a computer	145
Sending a file to another Bluetooth-enabled device	147
Receiving information from another Bluetooth-enabled device	147
Changing the folder for saving received files	147
9.5 Printing via Bluetooth	148
Printing a photo	148
9.6 Connecting to Car Kit Phones	149
Chapter 10 Navigating on the Road	150
10.1 Google™ Maps (Available by Country)	150
Opening Google Maps	150
Searching a place of interest	151
10.2 Guidelines and Preparation for Using GPS	152
10.3 Downloading Location Data via QuickGPS	154
Changing the download options	154
Chapter 11 Camera and Multimedia	155
11.1 Taking Photos and Videos	155
Changing the capture mode	155
Zooming	156
Capturing photos and videos	157
On-screen controls	158
Basic settings	158
Advanced settings	159
11.2 Viewing Photos and Videos Using Album	161
Viewing photos	162
Playing videos	163
Closing Album	163
11.3 Using Windows Media® Player Mobile	163
Playing media	163
Synchronizing video and audio files	164
Creating playlists	167
Troubleshooting	167
11.4 Using Audio Booster	168
11.5 Using FM Radio	169
Saving presets	170
Minimizing or turning off FM Radio	170
Chapter 12 Other Programs	171
12.1 Facebook®	171
12.2 Microsoft® Office Mobile	172
12.3 JBlend	173
Installing and launching MIDlets/MIDlet suites	173
12.4 Using RSS Hub	174
Subscribing to and browsing news channels	174
Viewing headlines	176
Sharing the headline link	177
12.5 SIM Manager	177
12.6 Windows® Marketplace	178
12.7 Installing and Uninstalling Programs	179
Chapter 13 Managing Your Phone	180
13.1 Copying and Managing Files	180
13.2 Settings on Your Phone	182
Settings screen	182
Personal folder	183
Connections folder	183
System folder	184
13.3 Changing Basic Settings	186
Wallpaper	186
Sound settings	186
Power saving and display settings	188
Device name	189
Phone services	190
13.4 Using Comm Manager	191
13.5 Using Connection Setup	192
13.6 Using Task Manager	193
13.7 Protecting Your Phone	194
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	194
Protecting your phone with a password	194
Encrypting files on your storage card	195
13.8 Resetting Your Phone	196
Performing a soft reset	196
Performing a hard reset	196
Using Clear Storage	197
Appendix	198
A.1 Specifications	198
A.2 Regulatory Notices	200