User manual

Customizing Your Device
April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual 36
3 In the first section, Battery, you can observe the percentage of charge remaining in your battery (this
number is approximate). If your battery is connected to the charger, however, you’ll see a lightning bolt on
top of the battery icon instead of the charge-remaining percentage.
For grayscale devices, in the Battery section you can enable Power-Saving Mode (screen will “blank”) by
checking the box and setting an idle time. (For color devices, power-saving mode is not available.) Select
from the following idle times:
•5 minutes
• 10 minutes
• 30 minutes
•1 hour
•3 hours
Note! You must first set a Key Guard time in order for power-saving mode to work!
If your device goes into power-saving mode (the screen blanks), the wheel will glow a color, indicating the
amount of charge left in the battery:
• Green glow = 100 - 50% charge
• Yellow glow = 50% charge
• Orange/red glow = 25 - 0% charge! Connect your charger immediately!
4 In the second section, Backlight, you can set your backlighting options:
• If you want backlighting to turn on automatically after you press a control button or key, or open the
display, then select the Automatically turn on when in use check box.
• For color devices, you can choose to have the built-in light meter automatically turn the backlight on when
required by light conditions. To choose this option, select the Automatically turn on only when needed
check box.
• If you never want backlighting to turn on automatically, then make sure you haven’t select any automatic
backlight check box.
Note: You can always manually turn on backlighting by pressing Menu + Back , which opens the
Controls.
5 When backlighting turns on (either automatically or if you turn it on manually), the backlight will stay on for
the amount selected in the Turn on after pop-up menu. To open the pop-up menu, rotate the wheel to
highlight the menu, then press the wheel to open it. You can select from:
• 15 seconds
• 30 seconds
•1 minute
•2 minutes
•5 minutes
Scroll to highlight the time you want, then press the wheel to select it.
Tip: As long as you press a key or button before the set time elapses, the backlight will stay on.