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14. Control panel
In Control panel, you can define and modify various settings of your device. Modifying these settings affects the operation of
your device across several applications.
Go to Desk → Tools → Control panel.
Control panel, main view
To open an application in Control panel, select one of the folders in the left frame, then the appropriate item in the right
frame.
To zoom in on the Control panel view, press Menu, and select View → Zoom in.
General
Go to Desk → Tools → Control panel → General.
Date and time
You can change the time and date used by applications such as Calendar and Clock.
To set the current time and date, select General → Date and time, select the Time and Date fields, and enter the numbers.
When setting the date, you can also press Browse to open a month grid where you can select a date.
To update date and time automatically, select General → Date and time. In the Auto time update field, select On. The time,
date, and time zone information is updated to your device from the mobile phone network (network service). If the time
zone changes, the current city also changes in the Clock application, and starting and ending times of your calendar entries
are shown in local time. For the setting to take effect, the phone needs to be restarted.
Tip: Check any alarms and scheduled calendar entries, as these may be affected by Auto time update.
To use daylight saving, select General → Date and time. In the Daylight-saving field, select On to use the system's daylight
saving time. Note that you cannot activate daylight saving if you have selected On in the Auto time update field.
Tip: To change the time and date format, select General → Regional settings. Modify the settings on the Time and
Date pages.
Regional settings
You can define the format for the local time, date, numbering, and currency.
To define regional settings, select General → Regional settings, and select the appropriate page.
Time page
Define the following:
• Time format—Select the 12-hour or 24-hour clock system.
• am/pm format—If you selected the 12-hour clock format in the previous field, choose the way the 12-hour clock is
expressed.
• Separator—Select the symbol that separates hours and minutes.
Date page
Define the following:
• Date format—Choose the order of days, months, and years.
• Separator—Select the symbol that separates days, months, and years.
• First day of the week—Change the first day of the week.
• Working days—Define which are the working days of the week.
Numbers page
Define the following:
• Decimal point—Select the sign that is used as a decimal point.
• Thousands separation—Select whether you want to use separation between thousands.
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