Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings 65Your Phone’s SettingsMessaging SettingsStaying connected to your friends and family has neverbeen easier. With your phone’s advanced messagingcapabilities, you can send and receive many different kindsof text messages without placing a voice call. (For moreinformation, see “Accessing Messaging” on page 218.)Your phone’s messaging settings make text messagingeven faster and easier by letting you decide how youwould like to be notified of new messages, create asignature with each sent message, and create your owncanned messages, to name just a few.Setting Message AlertsWhen new messages arrive, you can choose to have yourphone notify you by playing an audible alert.To hear an alert when you receive a new message:1. Press Menu ( ) to access the main menu.2. Select Messaging ( ).3. Select Settings ( ).4. Select Message Alerts ( ).5. Select Ringer Type ( ).6. Select Voicemail ( ), Text Message ( ), orPicture Mail ( ).7. Select Single Tones, Ring Tones, Melodies, orDownloaded and press the navigation key down.8. Press the navigation key left or right to select thedesired sound and press .
