Tones
Use Menu 8, My tones, to change the six sound settings in your
phone: ringing option, ringing tone, ringing volume, message
alert tone, keypad tones, and warning and game tones.
The quick alert settings feature (see page 24) allows you to
select a fixed combination of these settings to suit your
current environment.
Ringing option
Use Menu 8 1 to tell your phone how to notify you that you
have a call.
Note: If you choose Beep once or Silent, the alarm clock
will only sound a quiet beep.
Ring The phone rings normally using the currently selected
ringing tone.
Ascending The phone rings using the currently selected
ringing tone. The ringing volume starts low and increases
with successive rings.
Ring once The phone rings once using the currently
selected ringing tone.
Beep once The phone beeps once.
Silent The phone makes no sound when you receive a call.
The
icon appears at the start screen.
Ringing tone
Your phone plays a ringing tone when someone calls you
and the ringing option is set to Ring, Ascending, or Ring
once. Use Menu 8 2 to choose one of 30 ringing tones.
Scroll to a tone to hear how it sounds.
Note: If the ringing option is set to Silent or Beep once, the
phone won’t play sample tones.
For more information on downloading ringing tones, see
page 55.
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Ringing volume
Use Menu 8 3 to control the volume of
your phone’s ringing and of message
alert tones.
Note: If your phone does not ring
loudly enough at maximum volume, try
a different ringing tone; some tones are louder than others.
Message alert tone
Use Menu 8 4 to choose the tone played when you receive a
text message. Scroll to a tone to hear how it sounds.
Keypad tones
Use Menu 8 5 to adjust the volume of the tones your phone
makes when you press its keys.
Warning and game tones
Use Menu 8 6 to turn your phone’s warning and game tones
on or off. Warning tones are created by events such as
confirmations, errors, power on, battery low, and recharge
battery.
Vibrating alert
If your phone has a vibrating battery attached, use Menu 8
7 to set your phone to vibrate when you receive a voice call.
If you turn vibrating alert on, your phone will vibrate even if
its ringing option is set to Silent.
Note: The vibrating battery does not vibrate when your
phone is connected to or placed in any charging device.