Palm PRE 2 User Manual page 210

1 Open Sounds & Ringtones
2 In System Sounds, tap
transitions, shutter click, dialing (DTMF) tones, and the like. Tap
turn system sounds off.
NOTE Calendar, Email, and Messaging notification sounds are controlled
separately. If you have notification sounds turned on in any of those apps (see
Customize event notification sounds,
Customize messaging notifications), the sound plays even if you have System
Sounds turned off. Note that the ringer switch must be on for any notification
sound to play.
3 Drag the Volume slider to set the system sounds volume.
Add ringtones to your phone
You can add a file in any of the following file types as a ringtone for your
phone: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, or WAV. How to use the file as a
ringtone depends on the following: the file type, how you obtain the file, and
whether you want to use the file as a ringtone only, or play it in the Music
app.
210 Chapter 13 : Preferences
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Off to turn on system sounds for notifications,
Turn new email notifications on/off, and
You can obtain files to use as ringtones in any of the following ways:
• Download a ringtone from one of the many ringtone apps in App Catalog
(see App Catalog).
• Download an MP3 file that you want to use as a ringtone from the
Amazon MP3 app (if available on your phone) (see
• Copy a file from your computer (see
To use an AMR or QCELP file as a ringtone, the file must be stored in the
ringtones folder in your phone's USB drive storage. Here's how to get the
file into the correct folder:
• Files downloaded from App Catalog: The file is placed in the ringtones
folder automatically.
• Files copied from your computer: You must place the file in the
folder (see Copy a ringtone to your
To use a file in the
ringtones folder as a
On to
For MP3, AAC, AAC+, and WAV files, you have two options:
• To use the file as a ringtone only: Place the file in the
Copy a ringtone to your
connect your phone to your computer as described in that procedure,
navigate to the file, and move the file to the
download a file from a ringtone app in App Catalog, it is automatically
placed in the ringtones folder. To use a file in the ringtones folder as a
ringtone, see
• To both use the file as a ringtone and listen to the file in the Music app:
Copy the file to your phone and place the file in any folder in your phone's
USB drive storage except
Drive mode). If you download an MP3 file from the Amazon MP3 app, it is
automatically stored in a folder where you can both listen to it in the
Music app and use it as a ringtone. To use the file as a ringtone, follow the
steps in Select a song as a
Copy a ringtone to your
phone).
ringtones folder as a ringtone, see
ringtone.
phone). If the file is already on your phone,
ringtones
Select a file from the ringtones folder as a
ringtones (see Copy files and folders using USB
ringtone.
Amazon MP3).
phone).
ringtones
Select a file from the
ringtones folder (see
folder. If you
ringtone.