Messages 138Notification settings• Notifications: allows you to see message notifications on yourstatus bar.• Select ringtone: allows you to set the ringtone for yourmessage notifications.• Emergency alerts: allows you to configure emergency alertsettings. You can enable/disable those alert categories youwish to receive. Choose from: Extreme alerts, Severe alert, andAMBER alerts.Note: The Presidential alert can not be disabled.• Vibrate: allows you to configure the vibration mode associatedwith message alerts. Choose from: Always, Only in silent mode,or Never.Emergency Alert ConfigurationThis device is designed to receive wireless emergency alertsfrom the Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS); whichmay also be known as the Personal Localized AlertingNetwork (PLAN). If your wireless provider has chosen toparticipate in CMAS/PLAN, alerts are available while in theprovider's coverage area. If you travel outside your provider'scoverage area, wireless emergency alerts may not beavailable. For more information, please contact your wirelessprovider.Emergency Alerts allows customers to receivegeographically-targeted messages. Alert messages areprovided by the US Department of Homeland Security andwill alert customers of imminent threats to their safety withintheir area. There is no charge for receiving an EmergencyAlert message.There are three types of Emergency Alerts:• Alerts issued by the President• Alerts involving imminent threats to safety of life• AMBER Alerts (missing child alert)Customers may choose not to receive Extreme Alerts, SevereAlerts, and AMBER Alerts.
