Sony Ericsson P990i User Guide - Page 92

Time, timer and stopwatch, Setting alarms, Stopwatch

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Time, timer and stopwatch Time Select Tools > Control panel > Device > Time & date to set the time and date. For more information, see Time & date on page 128. Setting alarms You can set three different alarms in your phone. To set a new alarm, tap one of the alarm slots. You can specify when and how often the alarm will go off. You have three possibilities for what happens when an alarm goes off: • A sound is played. Choose between one of the sounds stored in your phone. • The FM radio starts. This function works just like a clock radio. Important: You must connect the handsfree to your phone, which acts as an antenna. When the alarm goes off the radio will be played in the speaker. • A silent alarm. A message is displayed on the screen. If you select Default melody, the settings from Tools > Control panel > Device > Sounds & alerts > Alarms will be used. Alarms require that the phone is turned on.When the alarm goes off you can select Snooze to postpone the alarm for five minutes or Silence to turn off the alarm. To turn off the alarm completely, tap Done. Timer Use Tools > Timer if you need to be reminded within a certain amount of time. A message is displayed and a sound is played exactly when the time has passed. Select Continue to stop the alarm. Stopwatch Use Tools > Stopwatch if you want to measure how long time an event takes. If you select New lap you can measure the time individually for nine separate events, for example a lap in a race or individual contestants in a race. 92 Time, timer and stopwatch P990i This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for private use.

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Time, timer and stopwatch
P990i
This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for private use.
Time, timer and stopwatch
Time
Select
Tools > Control panel > Device > Time & date
to
set the time and date. For more information, see
Time &
date
on page 128.
Setting alarms
You can set three different alarms in your phone.
To set a new alarm, tap one of the alarm slots. You can
specify when and how often the alarm will go off.
You have three possibilities for what happens when an
alarm goes off:
A sound is played. Choose between one of the
sounds stored in your phone.
The FM radio starts. This function works just like a
clock radio.
Important:
You must connect the handsfree to your
phone, which acts as an antenna. When the alarm goes
off the radio will be played in the speaker.
A silent alarm. A message is displayed on the
screen.
If you select
Default melody
, the settings from
Tools >
Control panel > Device > Sounds & alerts > Alarms
will
be used.
Alarms require that the phone is turned on.When the
alarm goes off you can select
Snooze
to postpone the
alarm for five minutes or
Silence
to turn off the alarm.
To turn off the alarm completely, tap
Done
.
Timer
Use
Tools > Timer
if you need to be reminded within a
certain amount of time. A message is displayed and a
sound is played exactly when the time has passed. Select
Continue
to stop the alarm.
Stopwatch
Use
Tools > Stopwatch
if you want to measure how
long time an event takes.
If you select
New lap
you can measure the time
individually for nine separate events, for example a lap
in a race or individual contestants in a race.