Sony Xperia L - Customizing your device

To adjust the ringtone volume with the volume key

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Press the volume key up or down.

To adjust the media playing volume with the volume key

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When playing music or watching video, press the volume key up or down.

Adjusting the sound settings

You can adjust several sound settings. For example, you can set your device to silent

mode so that it doesn't ring when you're in a meeting.

To set your device to vibrate mode

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Press the volume key down until appears in the status bar.

You can also press and hold down the power key and then tap in the menu that opens

to set your device to vibrate mode.

To set your device to silent mode

1

Press the volume key down until the device vibrates and appears in the status

bar.

2

Press the volume key down again. appears in the status bar.

You can also press and hold down the power key and then tap in the menu that opens

to set your device to silent mode.

To set your device to vibrate and ring mode

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Sound.

3

Mark the Vibrate when ringing checkbox.

Date and time

You can change the date and time on your device.

To set the date manually

1

From the Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Date & time.

3

Unmark the Automatic date & time checkbox, if it is marked.

4

Tap Set date.

5

Adjust the date by scrolling up and down.

6

Tap Done.

To set the time manually

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Date & time.

3

Unmark the Automatic date & time checkbox if it is marked.

4

Tap Set time.

5

Scroll up or down to adjust the hour and minute.

6

If applicable, scroll up to change am to pm, or vice versa.

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Tap Done.

To set the time zone

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Date & time.

3

Unmark the Automatic time zone checkbox, if it is marked.

4

Tap Select time zone.

5

Select an option.

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Ringtone settings

To set a ringtone

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone.

3

Select a ringtone.

4

Tap Done.

To enable touch tones

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Sound.

3

Mark the Dial pad touch tones and Touch sounds checkboxes.

To select the notification sound

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Sound > Default notification sound.

3

Select the sound to be played when notifications arrive.

4

Tap Done.

Screen settings

To adjust the screen brightness

1

Drag the status bar downward, then tap > Display > Brightness.

2

Drag the slider to adjust the brightness.

3

Tap OK.

Lower the brightness level to increase battery performance.

To set the screen to vibrate on touch

1

Drag the status bar downward, then tap > Sound.

2

Mark the Vibrate on touch checkbox. The screen now vibrates when you tap soft

keys and certain applications.

To adjust the idle time before the screen turns off

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Display > Sleep.

3

Select an option.

To turn off the screen quickly, briefly press the power key .

Language settings

You can select a default language for your device and change it again at a later time.

To change the language

1

From the Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Settings > Language & input > Language.

3

Select an option.

4

Tap OK.

If you select the wrong language and cannot read the menu texts, find and tap . Then select

the text beside

and select the first entry in the menu that opens. You can then select the

language you want.

Airplane mode

In Airplane mode, the network and radio transceivers are turned off to prevent

disturbance to sensitive equipment. However, you can still play games, listen to music,

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