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Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 227 Basic settings The Menu panel lets you quickly adjust common camera settings and provides access to more advanced camera settings. To open the Menu panel, tap , and then tap . To adjust a setting, keep tapping a button, for instance, White Balance, to cycle through the available settings. The available menu panel buttons depend on the selected capture mode. Setting White Balance Brightness ISO Storage Self-timer Advanced Function Select the white balance setting according to the current lighting condition to capture colors more accurately. Open the Brightness bar and adjust the brightness level. Tap outside the Brightness bar to apply the change. Set the ISO level manually to 100, 200, 400, or 800, or set it back to AUTO. Higher ISO numbers are better for taking pictures in low light conditions. The camera automatically adjusts the ISO level up to 400 only. Choose between saving your captured photos and videos on the phone's storage or the inserted storage card. Set the self-timer to 2 seconds, 10 seconds, or Off when in Photo or Contacts Picture mode. Open the Advanced screen to adjust advanced camera settings. See "Advanced settings" for details.

Section	Page
Your HTC HD mini User guide	1
Contents	6
Chapter 1 Getting Started	19
1.1 Inside the Box	19
1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone	20
Front panel	20
Back panel	22
Left panel	22
Bottom panel	23
Top panel	23
1.3 Before Charging the Battery and Turning On Your Phone	24
Removing the back cover	24
Inserting the SIM card	25
Inserting the battery	25
Inserting a microSD card	26
Replacing the back cover	26
1.4 Charging the Battery	27
1.5 Starting Up	28
Turning the power on	28
Setting up your phone for the first time	28
Switching to Sleep mode	30
Turning the power off	31
1.6 Home Screen	32
1.7 Status Icons	33
1.8 Notifications	35
1.9 Start Screen	36
Moving an icon to another location	36
1.10 Lock Screen	37
Locking your phone	37
Unlocking your phone	37
Lock screen notifications	38
Receiving a call when the phone is locked	38
1.11 Adjusting the Volume	39
Adjusting the single volume	39
Setting a single volume	40
Adjusting the phone call volume	40
1.12 Using Finger Gestures	40
Finger scrolling	40
Finger panning	41
Pinch zooming	41
1.13 Connecting Your Phone to a Computer	43
Chapter 2 Phone Calls	44
2.1 Making Calls	44
Making a call from the Phone dialer screen	45
Calling voicemail	46
Making calls from received messages and calendar reminders	46
Making an emergency call	47
Making an international call (plus code dialing)	47
Home dialing	47
2.2 Answering and Ending Calls	49
Accepting or rejecting an incoming call	49
During a call	51
2.3 Using Call History	53
2.4 Speed Dial	54
Creating a Speed Dial entry	54
Making a call using Speed Dial	54
2.5 Making Conference Calls	55
Selecting participants and starting the conference call	55
Making the first call and adding calls to the conference	57
During the conference call	57
Making a conference call from an email	58
2.6 Turning the Phone Connection On and Off	59
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen	60
3.1 About the Home Screen	60
3.2 Switching Between the Tabs of the Home Screen	61
3.3 Personalizing Home Screen Tabs	62
3.4 Home	62
Changing the wallpaper	63
Updating weather information	64
Selecting another location to display on the Home tab	64
Changing the date and time	65
Setting the alarm clock	66
Adding and removing quick links	67
3.5 People	68
3.6 Messages	69
3.7 Mail	70
Adding your Internet email account	70
Adding your Outlook work account	71
Checking and reading email	72
3.8 Internet	74
Adding and removing Web favorites	74
Including location information in Internet searches	75
3.9 Calendar	76
Creating an appointment	76
Viewing and managing your appointments	77
3.10 Stocks	79
Adding stock quotes and market indexes	79
Viewing stock information	80
3.11 Photos & Videos	81
3.12 Music	82
Playing music	82
Setting repeat and shuffle modes	83
Finding albums and music tracks in the Library	83
Playlists	84
3.13 Weather	86
Adding a city	87
Weather settings	87
3.14 Twitter	88
3.15 Footprints	88
3.16 Settings	89
Chapter 4 Staying Close	90
4.1 It’s All About People	90
4.2 Adding and Sharing Your Personal Details	91
Adding your personal details	91
Sharing your personal details	92
4.3 Adding Contacts to Your Phone	93
Creating new contacts	93
4.4 Working With Favorite Contacts	95
Adding favorite contacts to the People tab	95
Quickly calling or sending a message to a favorite contact	96
4.5 Viewing and Managing Your Contacts	97
Browsing and finding contacts	98
4.6 Viewing Contact Information and Exchange of Communications With the Contact	99
Changing the number for sending text and multimedia messages	100
4.7 Contact Groups	101
Creating a contact group	101
Sending a text or multimedia message to a group	101
Filtering the contacts list by group	102
4.8 Facebook Updates and Events	102
Logging in and out of Facebook	102
Checking all Facebook updates and events	103
Checking a contact’s Facebook updates and events	104
Updating your Facebook status	105
Chapter 5 Entering Text	106
5.1 Using the Onscreen Keyboard	106
Full QWERTY	107
Compact QWERTY	107
Phone Keypad	107
Onscreen navigation pad	108
Selecting a keyboard layout	108
Entering text	109
5.2 Using Predictive Mode	110
5.3 Entering Numbers and Symbols	112
5.4 Using multiple keyboard languages	114
Adding a new keyboard language	114
Selecting a keyboard language	114
Entering text using multiple keyboard languages	115
5.5 Text Input Settings	115
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information	116
6.1 Ways of Synchronizing Your Phone	116
6.2 Before Synchronizing With Your Computer	117
6.3 Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows 7 and Windows Vista	118
Setting up synchronization in Windows Mobile Device Center	118
Using Windows Mobile Device Center	119
6.4 Setting Up ActiveSync on Windows XP	120
Setting up synchronization in ActiveSync	120
6.5 Synchronizing With Your Computer	121
Starting and stopping synchronization	121
Selecting information to sync	122
Troubleshooting sync connection problems	123
6.6 Synchronizing via Bluetooth	123
6.7 Synchronizing Music and Video	124
6.8 Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone	125
Setting up your My Phone account	125
Changing sync settings	126
Stopping sync partnership with your My Phone Web account	126
Managing your My Phone Web account from your computer	127
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages	128
7.1 Sending Text Messages	128
7.2 Sending Multimedia Messages	129
Creating a slideshow	131
7.3 How to Know When You Have New Text and Multimedia Messages	132
7.4 Message Conversations	133
Viewing the exchange of messages with a contact	133
Replying to conversations	134
Copying and pasting text to your reply message	135
Adding your signature to sent messages	136
Viewing a multimedia message	137
Managing individual messages and message threads	138
7.5 Text and Multimedia Message Settings	141
Adding MMS server settings	141
7.6 Directly Making Calls from Text Messages	141
7.7 Email	142
Synchronizing Outlook email with your computer	142
Setting up your Internet email account	142
Creating and replying to email messages	143
Adding your signature in sent email	144
Downloading a complete email	145
Downloading file attachments	145
When viewing email	146
Directly making calls from email messages	147
Synchronizing email messages	148
Filtering your email inbox	148
Customizing email settings	149
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests	152
8.1 Synchronizing With the Exchange Server	152
Setting up an Exchange Server connection	152
Starting synchronization	152
8.2 Working With Company Email Messages	153
Automatic synchronization through Direct Push	153
Scheduled synchronization	154
Instant download through Fetch Mail	155
Searching for email messages on the Exchange Server	156
Out-of-office auto-reply	156
Flagging your messages	157
8.3 Starting a Conference Call from an Email	158
8.4 Meeting Requests	160
Sending meeting requests	160
Replying to meeting requests	161
8.5 Making a Call from a Meeting Request or Reminder	162
8.6 Finding Contacts in the Company Directory	163
When browsing contacts	163
When composing email	163
When viewing a received Outlook email message	164
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking	165
9.1 Ways of Connecting to the Internet	165
Wi-Fi	165
GPRS/3G	168
Dial-up	168
Starting a data connection	169
9.2 Using Opera Mobile	170
The browser screen	170
Searching for a website and adding it to favorites	171
Mobile view	172
Zooming and panning	172
Opera Mobile menu	173
9.3 Using Internet Explorer Mobile	174
The browser screen	174
Entering a website address and adding it to your favorites	175
Zooming and panning	176
9.4 Using YouTube	177
The YouTube main screen	177
Searching for videos	178
Using the Program Guide	178
Watching videos	179
9.5 Using Streaming Media	180
9.6 Using Windows Live	181
The Windows Live screen	182
Using Windows Live Messenger	182
9.7 Twittering on Your Phone	184
Logging in to your Twitter account	184
Viewing tweets	185
Sending tweets	186
Sending mentions and direct messages	186
Searching for Twitter users to follow	186
Sharing a photo in Twitter	187
Changing Twitter settings	188
Logging out of Twitter	188
9.8 Sharing Photos and Videos on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube	189
Logging into your social networks	189
Uploading photos to Facebook	189
Uploading a photo to Twitter	190
Uploading videos to YouTube	190
9.9 Using Facebook on Your Phone	191
9.10 Using Your Phone as a Modem	192
Before you proceed	192
Setting up your phone as a USB modem	192
Using your phone as a Bluetooth modem	193
Ending the Internet connection	194
9.11 Using Your Phone as a Wireless Router	195
Setting up your phone as a wireless router	195
Connecting your computer to your phone’s Wi-Fi network	196
Turning off your phone’s Wi-Fi network	197
Turning on your phone’s Wi-Fi network in Comm Manager	197
Chapter 10 Bluetooth	198
10.1 Bluetooth Modes	198
Turning Bluetooth on and making your phone visible	199
10.2 Bluetooth Partnerships	200
Creating a Bluetooth partnership	200
Accepting a Bluetooth partnership	201
10.3 Connecting a Bluetooth Hands-free or Stereo Headset	202
10.4 Sending and Receiving Information Using Bluetooth	203
Sending information from your phone to a computer	203
Sending a file to another Bluetooth-enabled device	205
Receiving information from another Bluetooth-enabled device	205
Changing the folder for saving received files	205
10.5 Printing via Bluetooth	206
Printing a photo	206
10.6 Connecting to Car Kit Phones	207
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places	208
11.1 Guidelines and Preparation for Using GPS	208
11.2 Downloading Satellite Positions	209
Changing the download options	210
11.3 HTC Footprints	211
What is a footprint?	211
Taking a photo of your location as a footprint	211
Selecting and saving a photo from Albums as a footprint	213
Editing a footprint	214
Browsing your footprints to find a place you visited	215
Exporting footprints to your storage card	216
Importing footprints from your storage card	216
11.4 Google Maps (Available by Country)	217
Searching a place of interest	217
Using Street View	219
Using Layers	220
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia	222
12.1 Taking Photos and Videos	222
Changing the capture mode	222
Zooming	223
Capturing photos and videos	224
Onscreen controls	226
Basic settings	227
Advanced settings	228
Closing the Camera	230
12.2 Viewing Photos and Videos Using Albums	230
Viewing photos	231
Viewing Facebook photos	233
Playing videos	233
Sharing photos and videos	234
12.3 Using Windows Media Player Mobile	235
Playing media	235
Synchronizing video and audio files	236
Creating playlists	238
Troubleshooting	238
12.4 Using Audio Booster	239
12.5 Using FM Radio	240
Saving presets	241
Minimizing or turning off FM Radio	241
12.6 Using MP3 Trimmer	242
Chapter 13 Other Programs	243
13.1 Calculator	243
Basic Calculator	243
Scientific Calculator	244
13.2 Microsoft Office Mobile	245
13.3 WorldCard Mobile	247
13.4 Voice Recorder	248
13.5 SIM Manager	250
13.6 JBlend	251
Installing and launching MIDlets/MIDlet suites	251
13.7 Installing and Uninstalling Programs	253
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone	255
14.1 Copying and Managing Files	255
14.2 Settings on Your Phone	257
Personalize	257
Wireless controls	257
Sound & Display	258
Data services	258
Location	259
Security	259
Application	260
SD card & phone storage	260
Date & time	260
Locale & text	260
Updates & feedback	261
Other	261
About phone	262
14.3 Basic Settings	263
Changing sound and display settings	263
Specifying a phone name	266
Changing settings of phone services	267
14.4 Using Comm Manager	268
14.5 Using Connection Setup	270
Selecting another mobile operator	270
Updating the Connection Setup database	270
14.6 Using Task Manager	271
14.7 Protecting Your Phone	271
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	271
Protecting your phone with a password	272
Encrypting files on your storage card	273
14.8 Resetting Your Phone	274
Appendix	276
Specifications	276