13.3 Changing Basic Settings
Some of the basic settings can be accessed and changed from the Home screen's
Settings tab. You can tap All Settings on this tab to access the other settings of
your phone.
Sound settings
You can choose different sounds for different events of your phone.
To select a phone profile
A profile is a preset that determines how your phone will alert you when there
are incoming phone calls. To select a profile, tap Sounds on the Home screen's
Settings tab and then choose one of the following: Normal, Vibrate, Silent, or
Automatic.
Note
Automatic sets your phone to vibrate only when you receive phone calls during
scheduled appointments in your Calendar.
To change the ringtone and ring type
1.
On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Sounds.
2.
Scroll down and then tap Ringtone. Select the ringtone you want to use and
then tap Done.
3.
Tap Ring Type. Select the ring type you want to use and then tap Done.
Tips
• You can use *.wav, *.mid, *.mp3, *.wma, or other types of sound files that you
downloaded from the Internet or copied from your computer. For a complete list
of supported audio file formats, see "Specifications" in the Appendix.
• To use your sound files as ringtones, copy them first to the /My Documents/My
Ringtones folder on your phone, and then select the sound from the Ring tone
list of your phone. For more information about copying files, see "Copying and
Managing Files" in this chapter.
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