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YOUR PERSONAL SETTINGS
SYSTEM SETTINGS
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Optimizing power settings
Power Preferences enable you to adjust
settings to maximize the battery’s
performance.
1 Press Applications and select
Prefs .
2 Select Power.
3 Set any of the following preferences:
Brightness: Sets the intensity of the
screen backlight. Drag the slider or
press Left and Right to adjust the
brightness level.
Auto-off after: Determines how long
your screen stays on during a period of
inactivity. When there is no interaction
with the keyboard or screen for the
specified time period, your smartphone
turns off automatically.
Backlight during calls: To preserve
power during an active call, you can set
the screen backlight to either dim or
turn off after a specified amount of time.
Turning off the backlight saves more
power than dimming it. With the
backlight turned off, you can still see a
faint image on the screen and use any
of the buttons on the screen. To return
backlight brightness to normal, press
any key or tap the screen. Be careful;
pressing Power/End hangs up an active
call, and tapping an onscreen button
activates that command.
Beam Receive: Determines whether
your smartphone is ready to receive
information over an infrared beam. If
you leave this option turned off, you
must return to this screen to turn on
this option the next time you want to
receive a beamed item.
TIP You can also set time zones for Calendar
events. See Creating an event
.