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How to silence your Doro 8040
How to put your Doro 8040 to silent mode? This is the question we will try to answer in this tutorial. Whether it is to stay quiet, or not to have the inconvenience of an exam, it often happens that you want to put your device on silent. In the first part of this tutorial, we will see how to set your Doro 8040 to silent quickly, then we will show you how you can manage the ringtones and notifications priority modes.
Finally, we will study the programmatic mode for the silent on your Doro 8040, before concluding on the positive and negative aspects of the silent mode.
Quickly switch your Doro 8040 to silent
The easiest way to silence your Doro 8040 is to slide the upper part of your screen downwards. From there you will have access to a new black screen.
A box named 'Audio profiles' will then be available.
Click on it and you will see a choice for different audio modes on your Doro 8040. Select the silent mode and your Doro 8040 will be silent. Note that alarms and other emergency messages will always ring on your device, we will detail the priority modes in the following section.
Silencing your Doro 8040 with priority ringtones
Since the Lollipop version of the Android system, ringtones are now managed by priority modes.
Thus, someone who does not wish to have any ringtones at all, such as a speaker in an operating room requiring silence who does not wish for noise, vibration or light from his screen, will have an interest in selecting 'No priority' or equivalent in this menu. Ringtone priority modes are available in the 'Settings' menu, available from the main screen of your Doro 8040. Once in this menu, you can go to the 'Sounds and notifications' menu, then in 'Ringtones'. In this last menu of your Doro 8040 you will have a choice between three options.
- No ringtone: you will have no vibration, no ringtone or even the screen that lights up.
Even the alarm clock and other emergency messages from your Doro 8040 will be disabled.
With this mode, your Doro 8040 is completely silent.
- 'Priority' mode: with this mode you deactivate all ringtones, except alarms and other notifications.
This option is very practical for transforming your Doro 8040 into an alarm clock.
- Mode 'All': the silent mode of your Doro 8040 is deactivated.
Put silent mode in programmatic mode on your Doro 8040
It is also possible to program the silent mode on your Doro 8040. To do this, go to the 'Priorities' tab of your smartphone as in the previous paragraph. In the lower part of this screen you will then have the choice to program a priority at a given time.
This is very practical, for example, to automatically program an alarm mode on your Doro 8040 before bedtime.
Silent mode: its advantages and disadvantages
We hope we have helped you silence your Doro 8040 via this article.
Be careful, however, with silent mode, as it could cause you to miss important calls or messages.
We therefore recommend that you best manage the squelch on your phone according to your needs!
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