Motorola P56MD1 Users Manual

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2B. Settings

Sound Sett ings (page 26)

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Display Settings (page 28)

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Location Settings (page 29)

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Messaging Settings (page 30)

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Airplane Mode (page 30)

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Security Settings (page 31)

Personalize

Display Language

You can choose to display your phone’s onscreen menus in one of several languages.

Touch

Select locale

Touch a language to select it.

>Settings > Language & keyboard >

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Sound Settings

Ringtones

Your phone provides a variety of ringer options that allow you to customize your ring and volume settings. These options allow you to identify incoming calls and messages by the ring.

Selecting Ringtones

To personalize your ringtones:

Touch

ringtone

Touch a ringtone to select it, and touch OK to assign it. (To preview a ringtone, touch it or use the Navigation Key to scroll through and hear samples.)

Assigning a Ringtone to a Contact

You can also assign a ringer to a specific contact entry so you know who's calling without looking at the phone.

Touch

>Settings > Sound & display > Phone

Alert ringtone

Dialer > Contacts

, or

Notification ringtone

Touch a contact to open it, and then press

Menu/ > Options > Ringtone

Touch a ringtone to select it, and touch OK to

assign it. (To preview a ringtone, touch it or use the Navigation Key to scroll through and hear samples.)

Vibrate Settings

Vibrate All

The Vibrate All option allows you to be notified of calls and messages with a vibration instead of an audible alert.

To activate Vibrate All:

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Press and hold the Volume button down while on the home screen until the phone vibrates.

To deactivate Vibrate All:

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Press and hold the Volume button up.

These icons indicate how the ringer is set:

The phone vibrates instead of making a sound for phone calls.

Direct Connect calls, Group Connect calls, and Talkgroup calls are heard through the earpiece, not the speaker.

The ring volume is set to zero for all calls.

Ring and Vibrate

To set your phone to ring and vibrate when you receive phone calls or Call Alerts:

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Touch

Vibrate

>Settings > Sound & display >

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Settings

Silent Mode

The Silent Mode option allows you to mute all sounds without turning your phone off.

To activate and deactivate Silent Mode:

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Press and hold the Phone Options menu and touch

Power/Screen Lock

Silent mode

to open

Adjusting the Phone’s Volume Settings

Adjust your phone’s volume settings to suit your needs and your environment.

Touch

Select

Choose a volume level and touch OK.

Tip:

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>Settings > Sound & display

Ringer volume

You can adjust the ringer volume while on the home screen (or the earpiece volume during a call) by using the Volume button on the left side of your phone.

Media volume

Display Settings

Changing the Screen Timeout

Select how long the display screen remains backlit after any screen touch or keypress is made.

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Touch

Screen timeout

Note:

Changing the Wallpaper

Choose what you see on the display screen while powering on or off and while on the home screen.

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From the home screen, press

Wallpaper > Wallpaper gallery

To select a wallpaper from the Wallpaper gallery:

Flick the thumbnail images left or right to select a wallpaper

Touch

>Settings > Sound & display >

and then touch a duration.

Long backlight settings reduce the battery’s talk and standby times.

Menu/ >

Media Gallery

Set wallpaper

to assign an image.

To select a wallpaper from Media Gallery:

Touch

Touch an image to open it.

Crop the picture if prompted, and then touch

Media Gallery

to set the image as your wallpaper.

Tip:

You can also set an image as a wallpaper from within

Media Gallery

thumbnail and then touching

by touching and holding the image

Set as > Wallpaper

Changing the Clock Display

Select a format for the time and date display.

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Touch

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Touch 24-hour time display and 12-hour time display.

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Touch format to assign it.

Note:

>Settings > Date & time

Use 24-hour format

Select date format

The time, time zone, and date are set by the network, and even though they show up as options, they cannot be changed.

to toggle between

, and then touch a date

Location Settings

Your phone is equipped with a Location feature for use

Save

in connection with location-based services.

The Location feature allows the network to detect your position. Turning Location off will hide your location from everyone, except 911.

Note:

Turning Location on will allow the network to detect your position using GPS technology, making some Sprint applications and services easier to use. Turning Location off will disable the GPS location function for all purposes except 911, but will not hide your general location based on the cell site serving your call. No application or service may use your location without your request or permission. GPS-enhanced 911 is not available in all areas.

To enable your phone’s Location feature:

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Touch >

Settings >Location & security

select one or more services to use.

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Settings

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Messaging Settings

Messaging settings make messaging easier by letting you decide how you would like to be notified of new messages, create a signature with each sent message, and create your own preset messages.

Setting Message Notification

When you receive a message, your phone notifies you by displaying an icon in the notification bar. You can also choose to be notified with a sound while making a phone call.

To turn messaging notifications on and off:

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Touch > Messaging > Menu/ >

Settings > Notifications

To select a message notification ringtone:

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Touch > Messaging> Menu/ >

Settings > Select ringtone

select it, and then touch

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, touch a ringtone to

To set your phone to vibrate when you receive a message:

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Touch > Messaging > Menu/ >

Settings > Vibrate

Setting Reports

You can also choose to receive read and delivery reports for each message you send.

To receive read reports:

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Touch > Messaging > Menu/ >

Settings > Read reports

To receive delivery reports:

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Touch > Messaging > Menu/ >

Settings > Delivery reports

Airplane Mode

Sometimes you may want to have your phone on, but turn off its ability to make and receive calls and other transmissions.

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