How to set an alarm on your phone, select the volume and melody, repeat and auto-off? How do I use the clock and add another time zone? How to use a stopwatch? Why do you need a timer and how to set it?
In this article, we will look at the basic settings for an alarm, clock, stopwatch and timer using the example of a smartphone Xiaomi. Settings may vary slightly depending on the brand of your phone.
Alarm clock
Open the Clock application, the Alarm tab. To set the alarm, click on the plus sign at the bottom of the screen.
Next, set the alarm time and configure the following options:
- Repeat: once, daily, on weekdays, select days.
- Melody – choose any song as an alarm.
- Vibrate on signal – on / off vibration when the alarm goes off.
- Delete after triggering – deletes this alarm after a single triggering.
- Description – Come up with a name for this alarm clock.
To manually delete alarms: long press on the screen, select the alarms with checkmarks and click “Delete” at the bottom of the screen:
To open the general settings for all alarms, click on the three dots at the top right and select “Settings”.
The following options are available here:
- Triggering when the device is off – the alarm clock will ring even if the phone is turned off. This feature protects you if your phone runs out of juice and you won't oversleep for work. As you know, the phone turns itself off if the charge remains 2-3% – this is necessary for the operation of some applications. In our case, this is an alarm clock.
- Default melody – so that you do not set your favorite melody on a new alarm every time, select it here by default for all alarms at once.
- Alarm volume – set the volume.
- Increase in volume – the sound of the melody will gradually increase to the specified level. It won't scare you with loud music in the middle of the night.
- Pre-call notification – A notification will appear on the screen before the alarm goes off.
- Snooze interval. If the first time you did not turn off the alarm after the alarm went off, the alarm will repeat after 1-30 minutes (set manually).
- Auto turn off the alarm – how long the alarm clock will ring (1-30 minutes).
- Function of the side buttons – you can configure the side buttons on the phone case so that when you press them, turn off / snooze the alarm, and not slide your finger across the screen.
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Clock
The main settings for the clock are located here: Settings> Advanced settings> Date and time. I already wrote about these settings in this article.
And in the application, you can add only a time zone (in addition to your own) to see what time it is in another city (and the time difference relative to my local one). For example, I have the time of Istanbul and Manila (Turkey and the Philippines).
To add a time zone, click on the plus sign at the bottom of the screen.
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Stopwatch
The stopwatch allows you to timed the execution time of an action with the ability to fix “checkpoints” / notches.
For example, I have several control points over time. To put a point, click on the checkbox on the left, To pause the stopwatch – the pause button on the right.
- 00: 17.72
- 00: 52.70
- 01: 00.81
Measurement error – hundredths of a second.
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Timer
The timer works the other way around than the stopwatch. It counts down the preset time to the event and beeps to indicate that the time has expired. For example, you can use a timer to boil eggs or put a vegetable stew to stew.
There are 4 types of timer available to choose from: standard, forest, night and beach. Changing the timer changes the background picture and sound (for example, the sound of the forest or the waves on the beach). To enable, click the “Play” icon at the bottom.
For example, you can choose to fall asleep to the sound of waves or the night by setting a timer for 30 minutes.
When the timer is running, 2 options are still available:
- The screen is always on or not. See the sun icon.
- Beep after timer expires. See the bell icon. If you fall asleep with a timer, turn off this option.
And, as I wrote earlier, after the timer ends, there will be a signal (if you have not turned it off) that the time has expired.