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Page 182 Setting Preferences for Your Communicator
General Preferences
The General Preferences screen enables you to set the time, date, auto shutoff interval, the beam
receive feature, and sounds for your communicator. See the section that begins on page 22 for
information on setting the time and date.
Auto-off delay
Your communicator has an automatic shutoff feature that turns off the power after a period of
inactivity. This feature conserves battery power if you forget to turn off your communicator. If you
find that your communicator shuts itself off before you finish viewing information on the screen,
increase the auto-off setting.
To set the Auto-off delay:
1. Tap the Auto-off pick list.
2. Tap the setting you want to use for the automatic shutoff feature: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2
minutes, or 3 minutes.
Note: The Auto-off setting turns off only the handheld mode on your communicator. It does not
turn off your communicator’s wireless mode. So, you can still receive calls, e-mail and
SMS messages after the automatic shutoff period.
System, alarm, and game sounds
Your communicator uses a variety of sounds. The System, Alarm, and Game Sound settings
enable you to turn the sounds on or off, and to adjust the volume level.
Note: If the ringer switch is set to no sound, the ringer setting overrides the sound settings and
all sounds are turned off. The system, alarm, and game sounds are used when the ringer
switch is set to the ring position.
To set the system, alarm, and game sounds:
1. Tap the System Sound pick list and select the sound level.
Note: When you turn off the System Sounds, you also turn off the “chime” tones associated
with the HotSync operation.
2. Tap the Alarm Sound pick list and select the sound level.
3. Tap the Game Sound pick list and select the sound level.
Note: The Game Sound setting works only with games that are programmed to respond to
this setting. Older games typically do not respond to this setting.