Sprint Nextel Telephone Telephone User Manual


 
Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings 51
Display Settings
Changing the Text Greeting
The text greeting can be up to 15 characters and is displayed
on your phone’s screen in standby mode. You may choose to
keep the phone’s default greeting (“Sprint”), or you may enter
your own custom greeting.
To display or change your greeting:
1. Select > Settings > Display > Greeting > Custom.
2. Enter a custom greeting using your keypad and press .
(See “Entering Text”on page 39.) (To erase the existing
greeting one character at a time, press .
To erase the entire greeting, press and hold .)
Changing the Backlight Time Length
The backlight setting lets you select how long the display
screen and keypad remain backlit after any keypress is made.
To change the Main LCD or Sub LCD backlight setting:
1. Select > Settings > Display > Backlight.
2. SelectMain LCD or Sub LCD.
3. Select
Always On
,
Dim Only
, or a preset length of time.
To change the Keypad backlight setting:
1. Select > Settings> Display>Backlight>Key.
2. SelectAlways Off or a preset length of time.
Note:
Long backlight settings affect the battery’s talk and standby
times.
Note:
The Always On setting returns to the previous value the next
time you turn on the phone.
Your Phone’s Settings