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Turning off the screen on a Pocket PC Phone Edition device
- Launch Media Player Mobile on your device.
- Go to Tools > Settings > Buttons in Windows Media Player. (On Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, go to the Buttons tab in the Menu > Options screen.)
- From the "1. Select Function" drop box choose "Screen Toggle". (On Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, select "Toggle Screen" from the list and press the "Assign" button.)
- Press the hardware button that you want to activate the Screen Toggle functionality.
- Tap the "OK" button.
Phone Schedule (top) and ScreenGuard (bottom) let you automatically turn off the display during phone calls to save power and prevent accidental pressing of the touch screen.
What is the purpose of storage cards?
The most common storage card formats for Windows Mobile devices are CompactFlash (top), Secure Digital (middle), and MiniSD (bottom). The storage capacity of the cards varies from a low of 32 megabytes to a high of 4 gigabytes.
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Install programs on a storage card
- Make sure you have a memory card in the card slot on your Pocket PC.
- Connect your Pocket PC to your desktop PC and make sure ActiveSync is running.
- If you haven't already, download the third party program you want to install from the Web to your desktop PC.
- Use your desktop PC's file explorer to find the third party program you just downloaded and double click on the file to begin the installation process.
- The installation "wizard" that appears on your desktop PC will guide you through some pre-installation steps, which may include having to accept a software license agreement.
- At some point the installation wizard will ask you if you want to install the application using the "default application install directory." Be sure to answer "NO" here. It's asking you if you want to install the program in the main internal RAM memory.
- After you answer No, the "Select Destination Media" window appears, allowing you to change the installation location. From the drop-down list associated with the "Save In" field, select the Storage Card option and tap on the OK button.
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