Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings 75Phone SettinesMessaging SettingsStaying connected to your friends and family has never been easier.With your phone’s advanced messaging capabilities, you can send andreceive many different kinds of text messages without placing a voicecall.Your phone’s messaging settings make text messaging even faster andeasier by letting you decide how you would like to be notified of newmessages, create a signature with each sent message, and create yourown canned messages, to name just a few.Setting Message AlertsWhen new messages arrive, you can choose to have your phone notifyyou by playing an audible alert.To hear an alert when you receive a new message:1. Select Menu > Messaging > Settings > General > Message Alert.2. Select Volume and press .3. Select the desired options and press .4. Choose your preferred settings and select Done ( ) toaccept your changes and return to the previous screen. If youneed Help with any of the information on these screens, selectHelp ( ).Setting Message RemindersWhen new messages arrive, you can choose to ignore them and set thephone to periodically remind you of their existence by playing anaudible alert at a set interval.LSLSURSRS76 Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s SettingsTo hear a reminder alert for unread messages:1. Select Menu > Messaging > Settings > General > Message Alert > Reminder.2. Select Off, Once, or Every 2 min and press .Deleting Old MessagesYou can delete messages that you’ve already read whenever you like, oryou can have your phone delete them automatically for you when yourphone's message memory becomes full.To automatically delete read messages:1. Select Menu > Messaging > Settings > General > Auto-Erase.2. Select Yes or No and press .3. Read the notification and select Return ( ).Adding a Customized SignatureEach message you send can have a customized signature to reflect yourpersonality. This feature requires the use of both the keypad and theNavigation Pad.Note: This feature automatically deletes previously read/openedmessages when the storage medium is full.LSLSMENUOKMENUBACK END