The backlight on the BlackBerry Storm 9500 series smartphone is usually set to fade off after a few seconds to save battery power. But you don’t want it to go off while you’re watching a video right? Here’s how to prevent the backlight from timing out while playing videos.

1. Open the Media application.

2. Press Menu.

3. Select Options.

4. Change the setting for Turn Off Automatic Backlighting field to No.

5. Press Menu.

6. Select Save.