Device Basics
February 12, 2002
T-Mobile Device Owner’s Manual
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Turning on Backlighting
To help you use your device in a dark environment, enable the backlighting feature:
1
From the Jump screen, open the menu and select
Preferences
.
2
Scroll down to select
Battery & Backlight.
3
Select the
Automatically turn on when in use
check box.
4
Select the length of time you want backlighting to stay on from the pop-up menu.
5
Press the Jump button to return to the Jump screen. Now, when you press any button on your device,
backlighting will turn on for the set amount of time. Note that as long as you press a key or button before the
set time elapses, the backlight will not go out.
Tip:
Even if you have not enabled backlighting, you can quickly turn on backlighting for 5 seconds by pressing
+
to open the Controls pane.
Keyboard
Your device keyboard contains five rows of keys, including a key for the “at” symbol (@) and a Directional pad
(“D-pad”) that “rocks” into eight different directions or positions.
The topics below describe the keyboard in more detail.
Directional Pad (D-pad)
The D-pad is the round navigational device in the lower-right corner of the keypad that you can “rock” in eight
directions: up, down, left, right, plus the 4 corners (northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast), which you
use by pressing two adjacent keys at the same time. You use the D-pad to navigate while playing games and to
navigate within
text boxes
. A text box is an area on the screen in which you can type characters. Here’s a few
examples of text boxes:
• To, From, Subject fields in an email, IM, or Text Messages message
• Go To pane in the Web Browser
• Luggage Tag in Control Panels > Security screen
