Introduction: Customizing Your Handheld
Setting the Sounds and Volumes
You can control the sound for system alerts, alarms, and games using the General Preferences screen. You can also turn the alarm
vibrate and alarm LED on and off.
To set alarm and sound volume levels:
1. Tap the Home icon
2. Tap the
pick list in the upper right corner and choose General.
3. To set sounds and volumes, tap the System
NOTE: Turning off the System Sound also turns off the chime tones used during HotSync
setting typically works only with newer games that are programmed to respond to it.
Enabling the Alarm Vibrate and Alarm LED
When you enable the Alarm Vibrate and Alarm LED settings, your handheld vibrates, and the LED blinks to notify you of alarms.
These settings are useful when you want the Alarm Sound off, but you still want to be notified of alarms.
To enable the Alarm Vibrate and Alarm LED:
1. Tap the Home icon
2. Tap the
pick list in the upper right corner and choose General.
3. Tap the Alarm Vibrate
4. Tap the Alarm LED
Turning Beam Receive On and Off
Beaming is discussed in
Chapter
chapter.
Selecting a Color Theme
You can customize the appearance of your color display by selecting one of more than 30 available color themes. You can also
choose to automatically switch between a day color theme and a night color theme by checking the Auto-Night box.
To select a color theme:
1. Tap the Home icon
2. Tap the
pick list in the upper right corner and choose General.
3. Tap the Colors
4. Tap a color theme. Experiment with other color themes by repeating the
steps above. Tap the box next to Auto-Night to automatically switch to the
Night color theme after sunset.
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. Then tap the Prefs
. Then tap the Prefs
pick list and select On or Off.
pick list and select On or Off.
8. For information on changing the Beam Receive preferences, see
. Then tap the Prefs
pick list. Tap the scroll arrows to view all menu items.
icon.
, Alarm
, or Game Sound
icon.
icon.
pick list and select a sound level.
operations. The Game Sound
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"Turning off Beaming"
in that
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